IP Library Granted Patent US 12,404,236
Granted Patent B2
US 12,404,236 · App. 18/498,102 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Non-peptidic cell-penetrating motifs

Inventors: Dehua Pei (Columbus, OH); George Appiah Kubi (Columbus, OH); Ziqing Qian (Wellesley, MA)
Assignee: Ohio State Innovation Foundation
C07C279/12A61K47/542A61K47/64C07K5/06086
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Patent No.
US 12,404,236
App. No.
18/498,102
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are compounds that can penetrate the mitochondrial membrane and that are able to deliver cargo (e.g., therapeutic agents) specifically to the mitochondria.

Claims (41)

1. A compound having a structure according to Formula I or II

or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof,

wherein:

A is a non-peptidic multivalent moiety, wherein A is selected from the group consisting of:

(a) a carbocyclyl;

(b) a heterocyclyl;

(c) an aryl;

(d) a heteroaryl; and

(e) a sugar alcohol;

each L is independently a bond, or an alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene, carbocyclyl, heterocyclyl, or —R c —X 1 —R d —, wherein R c and R d are independently selected from alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene, carbocyclyl, or heterocarbocyclyl, each of which are optionally substituted, and X 1 is O, NH, or S;

each M is independently a bond, or an alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene, carbocyclyl, heterocyclyl, or —R e —X 2 —R f —, wherein R e and R f are independently selected from alkylene, alkenylene, alkynylene, carbocyclyl, or heterocarbocyclyl, each of which are optionally substituted, and X 2 is O, NH, or S;

each X is independently a first bonding group that links R 1 to A, wherein X is a divalent group;

each Y is a second bonding group that directly or indirectly links A to a guanidine group, wherein the guanidine group refers to the structure:

each Z is a lone pair;

each R 1 is independently a hydrophobic amino acid residue, or analog thereof, having an aromatic side chain;

each R 2 is independently absent or a moiety comprising hydrophobic residue;

each R 3 is independently a cargo moiety;

each p is independently 1 to 3;

each q is independently 2 to 7; and

each s is independently an integer from 1 to 3.

2. The compound of claim 1 , wherein A is an aryl.

3. The compound of claim 1 , wherein A is:

wherein:

each wavy line denotes the point of attachment to L and each asterisk denotes the point of attachment to X.

4. The compound of claim 1 , wherein X is a bonding group selected from,

wherein each a is independently number from 0 to 10.

5. The compound of claim 1 , wherein Y is selected from N, S,

wherein each b is independently a number from 0 to 10.

6. The compound of claim 1 , wherein R 2 is independently selected from the group consisting of:

(a) a moiety comprising an aryl or heteroaryl moiety and

(b) an amino acid residue or analog thereof, having an aromatic side chain.

7. The compound of claim 1 , wherein R 1 and R 2 are each independently an amino acid selected from the group consisting of phenylalanine, tryptophan, naphthylalanine, phenylglycine, homophenylalanine, tyrosine, cyclohexylglycine, piperidine-2-carboxylic acid, cyclohexylalanine, 3-(3-benzothienyl)-alanine, 3-(2-quinolyl)-alanine, O-benzylserine, 3-(4-(benzyloxy)phenyl)-alanine, S-(4-methylbenzyl) cysteine, N-(naphthalen-2-yl) glutamine, and 3-(1,1′-biphenyl-4-yl)-alanine, each of which is optionally substituted with one or more substituents.

8. The compound of claim 1 , wherein p is 2 or 3.

9. The compound of claim 1 , wherein Y is N and p is 2.

10. The compound of claim 1 , wherein q is 2 or 3.

11. The compound of claim 1 , wherein s is 1.

12. The compound of claim 1 , wherein the cargo moiety comprises a therapeutic agent.

13. The compound of claim 12 , wherein the therapeutic agent is an anticancer agent.

14. The compound of claim 1 , wherein the compound is a compound of the formula:

15. The compound of claim 1 , wherein R 1 is a D-amino acid residue.

16. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2024
From: PEI, DEHUA; KUBI, GEORGE APPIAH; QIAN, ZIQING
To: OHIO STATE INNOVATION FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 068031/0276 →
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Jan 29, 2024
From: OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
To: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH), U.S. DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (DHHS), U.S. GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 066378/0350 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17052935
Provisional Application 62666995 · May 4, 2018
Related Publication 20240101509A1 · Mar 28, 2024
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