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US-12624355-B2 - Double-stranded oligonucleotide, composition and conjugate comprising double-stranded oligonucleotide, preparation method thereof and use thereof

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Abstract

Provided is a modified double-stranded oligonucleotide, in which the sense strand comprises a nucleotide sequence 1, the anti-sense strand comprises a nucleotide sequence 2, the nucleotide sequences 1 and 2 are both 19 nucleotides in length, and in the direction from 5′ end to 3′ end, nucleotides at positions 7, 8 and 9 of the nucleotide sequence 1 and nucleotides at positions 2, 6, 14 and 16 of the nucleotide sequence 2 are all fluoro-modified nucleotides, and each nucleotide at other positions is independently one of non-fluoro-modified nucleotides. Further provided are a pharmaceutical composition and a conjugate comprising the oligonucleotide, and pharmaceutical use thereof.

Inventors

  • Hongyan Zhang
  • Shan GAO
  • Daiwu KANG

Assignees

  • Suzhou Ribo Life Science Co., Ltd.

Dates

Publication Date
20260512
Application Date
20221003
Priority Date
20171201

Claims (20)

  1. 1 . A double-stranded oligonucleotide, which comprises a sense strand and an antisense strand, each nucleotide in the sense strand and antisense strand being a modified nucleotide, wherein the sense strand comprises a nucleotide sequence 1, and the antisense strand comprises a nucleotide sequence 2; the nucleotide sequence 1 and the nucleotide sequence 2 are both 19 nucleotides in length and are at least partly reverse complementary to form a double-stranded region; the nucleotide sequence 2 is at least partly reverse complementary to a first nucleotide sequence segment, which refers to a segment of nucleotide sequence in a target mRNA; in the direction from 5′ terminal to 3′ terminal, the nucleotides at positions 7, 8 and 9 of the nucleotide sequence 1 are fluoro modified nucleotides, and each of the nucleotides at the other positions in the nucleotide sequence 1 is independently a non-fluoro modified nucleotide; the first nucleotide at 5′ terminal of the nucleotide sequence 2 is the first nucleotide at 5′ terminal of the antisense strand, the nucleotides at positions 2, 6, 14 and 16 of the nucleotide sequence 2 are fluoro modified nucleotides, and each of the nucleotides at the other positions in the nucleotide sequence 2 is independently a non-fluoro modified nucleotide, wherein in the double-stranded oligonucleotide, at least one phosphate group is a phosphorothioate, and the phosphorothioate linkage exists in at least one of the following positions: the position between the first and second nucleotides at 5′ terminal of the sense strand; the position between the second and third nucleotides at 5′ terminal of the sense strand; the position between the first and second nucleotides at 3′ terminal of the sense strand; the position between the second and third nucleotides at 3′ terminal of the sense strand; the position between the first and second nucleotides at 5′ terminal of the antisense strand; the position between the second and third nucleotides at 5′ terminal of the antisense strand; the position between the first and second nucleotides at 3′ terminal of the antisense strand; and the position between the second and third nucleotides at 3′ terminal of the antisense strand; wherein the double-stranded oligonucleotide is an saRNA or an siRNA.
  2. 2 . The double-stranded oligonucleotide according to claim 1 , wherein in the direction from 5′ terminal to 3′ terminal, at least the nucleotides at positions 2-19 of the nucleotide sequence 2 are complementary to the first nucleotide sequence segment, or wherein in the direction from 5′ terminal to 3′ terminal, the nucleotide at position 1 of the nucleotide sequence 2 is A or U.
  3. 3 . The double-stranded oligonucleotide according to claim 1 , wherein the sense strand further comprises nucleotide sequence 3, and the antisense strand further comprises nucleotide sequence 4; each nucleotide in the nucleotide sequence 3 and the nucleotide sequence 4 is independently a non-fluoro modified nucleotide; the nucleotide sequence 3 and the nucleotide sequence 4 are respectively 1-4 nucleotides in length; the nucleotide sequence 3 and the nucleotide sequence 4 have equal length and are substantially reverse complementary or completely reverse complementary to each other; the nucleotide sequence 3 is linked to the 5′ terminal of the nucleotide sequence 1; and the nucleotide sequence 4 is linked to the 3′ terminal of the nucleotide sequence 2; the nucleotide sequence 4 is substantially reverse complementary, or completely reverse complementary to a second nucleotide sequence segment, which refers to a nucleotide sequence that is adjacent to the first nucleotide sequence segment in the target mRNA and has the same length as the nucleotide sequence 4.
  4. 4 . The double-stranded oligonucleotide according to claim 1 , wherein the double-stranded oligonucleotide also comprises a nucleotide sequence 5; each nucleotide in the nucleotide sequence 5 is independently a non-fluoro modified nucleotide; the nucleotide sequence 5 is 1-3 nucleotides in length and is linked to 3′ terminal of the antisense strand, thereby forming a 3′ overhang of the antisense strand.
  5. 5 . The double-stranded oligonucleotide according to claim 4 , wherein the nucleotide sequence 5 is 2 nucleotides in length; and in the direction from 5′ terminal to 3′ terminal, the nucleotide sequence 5 is 2 consecutive thymidine deoxynucleotides or 2 consecutive uridine nucleotides, or is completely reverse complementary to a third nucleotide sequence segment, which refers to a nucleotide sequence that is adjacent to the first or second nucleotide sequence segment in the target mRNA and has the same length as the nucleotide sequence 5.
  6. 6 . The double-stranded oligonucleotide according to claim 1 , wherein each non-fluoro modified nucleotide is a methoxy modified nucleotide, wherein the methoxy modified nucleotide refers to a nucleotide formed by substituting the 2′-hydroxy of the ribose group of the nucleotide with a methoxy group.
  7. 7 . The double-stranded oligonucleotide according to claim 1 , wherein the nucleotide at 5′-terminal of the antisense strand is a 5′-phosphate nucleotide or a 5′-phosphate analogue modified nucleotide.
  8. 8 . The double-stranded oligonucleotide according to claim 1 , wherein the target mRNA is one of the mRNAs corresponding to the following genes: ApoB, ApoC, ANGPTL3, PCSK9, SCD1, TIMP-1, Col1A1, FVII, STAT3, p53, HBV, and HCV.
  9. 9 . The double-stranded oligonucleotide according to claim 8 , wherein, the nucleotide sequence 1 is a sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 1, and the nucleotide sequence 2 is a sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 2; or the nucleotide sequence 1 is a sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 3, and the nucleotide sequence 2 is a sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 4; or the nucleotide sequence 1 is a sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 5, and the nucleotide sequence 2 is a sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 6; or the nucleotide sequence 1 is a sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 7, and the nucleotide sequence 2 is a sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 8; or the nucleotide sequence 1 is a sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 9, and the nucleotide sequence 2 is a sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 10; or the nucleotide sequence 1 is a sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 11, and the nucleotide sequence 2 is a sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 12; or the nucleotide sequence 1 is a sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 13, and the nucleotide sequence 2 is a sequence shown by SEQ ID NO: 14; (SEQ ID NO: 1) 5′-CmCmUmUmGmAmGfGfCfAmUmAmCmUmUmCmAmAmAm-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 2) 5′-UmUfUmGmAmAfGmUmAmUmGmCmCmUfCmAfAmGmGm-3′ (SFQ ID NO: 3) 5′-UmGmCmUmAmUmGfCfCfUmCmAmUmCmUmUmCmUmAm-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 4) 5′-UmAfGmAmAmGfAmUmGmAmGmGmCmAfUmAfGmCmAm-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 5) 5′-UmCmUmGmUmGmCfCfUfUmCmUmCmAmUmCmUmGmAm-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 6) 5′-UmCfAmGmAmUfGmAmGmAmAmGmGmCfAmCfAmGmAm-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 7) 5′-CmGmUmGmUmGmCfAfCfUmUmCmGmCmUmUmCmAmAm-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 8) 5′-UmUfGmAmAmGfCmGmAmAmGmUmGmCfAmCfAmCmGm-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 9) 5′-GmAmAmAmGmUmAfUfGfUmCmAmAmCmGmAmAmUmAm-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 10) 5′-UmAfUmUmCmGfUmUmGmAmCmAmUmAfCmUfUmUmCm-3′ (SEQ ID No: 11) 5′-CmCmAmAmGmAmGfCfAfCmCmAmAmGmAmAmCmUmAm-3′ (SEQ ID No: 12) 5′-UmAfGmUmUmCfUmUmGmGmUmGmCmUfCmUfUmGmGm-3′ (SEQ ID No: 13) 5′-CmAmAmUmAmAmAfGfCfUmGmGmAmCmAmAmGmAmAm-3′ (SEQ ID No: 14) 5′-UmUfCmUmUmGfUmCmCmAmGmCmUmUfUmAfUmUmGm-3′ wherein C, G, U, and A represent the base components of the nucleotides; m represents that the nucleotide adjacent to the left side of the letter m is a 2′-methoxy modified nucleotide; f represents that the nucleotide adjacent to the left side of the letter f is a 2′-fluoro modified nucleotide.
  10. 10 . A pharmaceutical composition, wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises the double-stranded oligonucleotide according to claim 1 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  11. 11 . An oligonucleotide conjugate, comprising the double-stranded oligonucleotide according to claim 1 and a conjugation group conjugated to the double-stranded oligonucleotide.
  12. 12 . The oligonucleotide conjugate according to claim 11 , wherein the oligonucleotide conjugate has a structure as shown by Formula (308): wherein n1 is an integer of 1-3, and n3 is an integer of 0-4; m1, m2, and m3 independently of one another are an integer of 2-10; R 10 , R 11 , R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , and R 15 independently of one another are H, or selected from the group consisting of C 1 -C 10 alkyl, C 1 -C 10 haloalkyl and C 1 -C 10 alkoxy; R 3 is a group having a structure as shown by Formula (A59): wherein, E 1 is OH, SH or BH 2 ; Nu is a double-stranded oligonucleotide; R 2 is a linear alkylene of 1 to 20 carbon atoms in length, wherein one or more carbon atoms are optionally replaced with one or more groups selected from the group consisting of: C(O), NH, O, S, CH═N, S(O) 2 , C 2 -C 10 alkenylene, C 2 -C 10 alkynylene, C 6 -C 10 arylene, C 3 -C 18 heterocyclylene, and C 5 -C 10 heteroarylene, and wherein R 2 optionally has one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of: C 1 -C 10 alkyl, C 6 -C 10 aryl, C 5 -C 10 heteroaryl, C 1 -C 10 haloalkyl, —OC 1 -C 10 alkyl, —OC 1 -C 10 alkylphenyl, —C 1 -C 10 alkyl-OH, —OC 1 -C 10 haloalkyl, —SC 1 -C 10 alkyl, —SC 1 -C 10 alkylphenyl, —C 1 -C 10 alkyl-SH, —SC 1 -C 10 haloalkyl, halo, —OH, —SH, —NH 2 , —C 1 -C 10 alkyl-NH 2 , —N(C 1 -C 10 alkyl)(C 1 -C 10 alkyl), —NH(C 1 -C 10 alkyl), cyano, nitro, —CO 2 H, —C(O)OC 1 -C 10 alkyl, —CON(C 1 -C 10 alkyl)(C 1 -C 10 alkyl), —CONH(C 1 -C 10 alkyl), —CONH 2 , —NHC(O)(C 1 -C 10 alkyl), —NHC(O)(phenyl), —N(C 1 -C 10 alkyl)C(O)(C 1 -C 10 alkyl), —N(C 1 -C 10 alkyl)C(O)(phenyl), —C(O)C 1 -C 10 alkyl, —C(O)C 1 -C 10 alkylphenyl, —C(O)C 1 -C 10 haloalkyl, —OC(O)C 1 -C 10 alkyl, —SO 2 (C 1 -C 10 alkyl), —SO 2 (phenyl), —SO 2 (C 1 -C 10 haloalkyl), —SO 2 NH 2 , —SO 2 NH(C 1 -C 10 alkyl), —SO 2 NH(phenyl), —NHSO 2 (C 1 -C 10 alkyl), —NHSO 2 (phenyl), and —NHSO 2 (C 1 -C 10 haloalkyl); each L 1 is independently a linear alkylene of 1 to 70 carbon atoms in length, wherein one or more carbon atoms are optionally replaced with one or more groups selected from the group consisting of: C(O), NH, O, S, CH═N, S(O) 2 , C 2 -C 10 alkenylene, C 2 -C 10 alkynylene, C 6 -C 10 arylene, C 3 -C 18 heterocyclylene, and C 5 -C 10 heteroarylene, and wherein L 1 optionally has one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of: C 1 -C 10 alkyl, C 6 -C 10 aryl, C 5 -C 10 heteroaryl, C 1 -C 10 haloalkyl, —OC 1 -C 10 alkyl, —OC 1 -C 10 alkylphenyl, —C 1 -C 10 alkyl-OH, —OC 1 -C 10 haloalkyl, —SC 1 -C 10 alkyl, —SC 1 -C 10 alkylphenyl, —C 1 -C 10 alkyl-SH, —SC 1 -C 10 haloalkyl, halo, —OH, —SH, —NH 2 , —C 1 -C 10 alkyl-NH 2 , —N(C 1 -C 10 alkyl)(C 1 -C 10 alkyl), —NH(C 1 -C 10 alkyl), cyano, nitro, —CO 2 H, —C(O)OC 1 -C 10 alkyl, —CON(C 1 -C 10 alkyl)(C 1 -C 10 alkyl), —CONH(C 1 -C 10 alkyl), —CONH 2 , —NHC(O)(C 1 -C 10 alkyl), —NHC(O)(phenyl), —N(C 1 -C 10 alkyl)C(O)(C 1 -C 10 alkyl), —N(C 1 -C 10 alkyl)C(O)(phenyl), —C(O)C 1 -C 10 alkyl, —C(O)C 1 -C 10 alkylphenyl, —C(O)C 1 -C 10 haloalkyl, —OC(O)C 1 -C 10 alkyl, —SO 2 (C 1 -C 10 alkyl), —SO 2 (phenyl), —SO 2 (C 1 -C 10 haloalkyl), —SO 2 NH 2 , —SO 2 NH(C 1 -C 10 alkyl), —SO 2 NH(phenyl), —NHSO 2 (C 1 -C 10 alkyl), —NHSO 2 (phenyl), and —NHSO 2 (C 1 -C 10 haloalkyl); represents the site where a group is linked to the rest of the molecule; M 1 represents a targeting group.
  13. 13 . The oligonucleotide conjugate according to claim 12 , wherein each L 1 is independently selected from the group consisting of groups A1-A26, and any combination thereof: wherein each j1 is independently an integer of 1-20; each j2 is independently an integer of 1-20; R′ is a C 1 -C 10 alkyl; Ra is selected from the group consisting of A27-A45: Rb is a C 1 -C 10 alkyl.
  14. 14 . The oligonucleotide conjugate according to claim 13 , wherein L1 is selected from A1, A4, A5, A6, A8, A10, A11, and A13, and any connection combination thereof; or L1 is selected from the connection combinations of at least two of A1, A4, A8, A10, and A11; or L1 is selected from the connection combinations of at least two of A1, A8 and A10.
  15. 15 . The oligonucleotide conjugate according to claim 12 , wherein L1 is 3 to 25 atoms in length, or L1 is 4 to 15 atoms in length.
  16. 16 . The oligonucleotide conjugate according to claim 12 , wherein n1 is an integer of 1 or 2; n3 is an integer of 0 or 1; and n1+n3=2-3.
  17. 17 . The oligonucleotide conjugate according to claim 12 , wherein m1, m2 and m3 independently of one another are an integer of 2-5, or m1=m2=m3.
  18. 18 . The oligonucleotide conjugate according to claim 12 , wherein each of the targeting groups is selected from ligands capable of binding to cell surface receptor; or each of the targeting groups is selected from ligands that have affinity to the asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGP-R) on the surface of mammalian hepatocyte; or at least one or each of the targeting groups is galactose or N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc).
  19. 19 . The oligonucleotide conjugate according to claim 12 , wherein R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, and R15 independently of one another are selected from H, methyl or ethyl.
  20. 20 . The oligonucleotide conjugate according to claim 12 , wherein R2 forms an amide bond with the N atom on the nitrogenous backbone; or R2 is B5, B6, B5′ or B6′: wherein represents the site where a group is linked to the rest of the molecule; q2 is an integer of 1-10.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE OF RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/758,720, filed on Apr. 23, 2020, now U.S. Pat. No. 11,492,620, entitled “DOUBLE-STRANDED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE, COMPOSITION AND CONJUGATE COMPRISING DOUBLE-STRANDED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND USE THEREOF,” which in turn is a national stage application of PCT/CN2018/118212, filed on Nov. 29, 2018, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201711249356.9, filed on Dec. 1, 2017, Chinese Patent Application No. 201711249345.0, filed on Dec. 1, 2017, Chinese Patent Application No. 201711249333.8, filed on Dec. 1, 2017, Chinese Patent Application No. 201711479058.9, filed on Dec. 29, 2017, Chinese Patent Application No. 201810951752.4, filed on Aug. 21, 2018, and Chinese Patent Application No. 201811165363.5, filed on Sep. 30, 2018. The entire content of each of the prior applications is hereby incorporated by reference. SEQUENCE LISTING Incorporated by reference herein in its entirety is a computer-readable sequence listing submitted via EFS-Web and identified as follows: One (87534 byte ASCII (Text)) file named “20211012 RB069PCT-ESP1V192724ZX-CNSZRB-US-updated.txt” created on Oct. 12, 2021. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The use of double-stranded oligonucleotides as pharmaceutical active ingredients has been well-known to the public. Delivery system is one of key technologies in the development of small RNA drugs. One type of small RNA delivery system is a targeted conjugation delivery technology for liver cells. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a double-stranded oligonucleotide comprising a sense strand and an antisense strand, each nucleotide in the sense strand and the antisense strand being a modified nucleotide, wherein the sense strand comprises a nucleotide sequence 1, and the antisense strand comprises a nucleotide sequence 2; the nucleotide sequence 1 and the nucleotide sequence 2 are both 19 nucleotides in length and are at least partly reverse complementary to form a double-stranded complementary region; the nucleotide sequence 2 is at least partly reverse complementary to a first nucleotide sequence segment, which refers to a segment of nucleotide sequence in the target mRNA; in the direction from 5′ terminal to 3′ terminal, the nucleotides at positions 7, 8 and 9 of the nucleotide sequence 1 are fluoro modified nucleotides, and each of the nucleotides at the other positions in the nucleotide sequence 1 is independently a non-fluoro modified nucleotide; the first nucleotide at 5′ terminal of the nucleotide sequence 2 is the first nucleotide at 5′ terminal of the antisense strand, the nucleotides at positions 2, 6, 14 and 16 of the nucleotide sequence 2 are fluoro modified nucleotides, and each of the nucleotides at the other positions in the nucleotide sequence 2 is independently a non-fluoro modified nucleotide. In some embodiments, the present disclosure further provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising the double-stranded oligonucleotide of the present disclosure and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In some embodiments, the present disclosure further provides a conjugate comprising the double-stranded oligonucleotide the present disclosure and a ligand conjugated to the double-stranded oligonucleotide. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides use of the double-stranded oligonucleotide, pharmaceutical composition or conjugate of the present disclosure in the manufacture of a medicament for treating and/or preventing a pathological condition or disease caused by the expression of a specific gene in hepatocytes. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method for treating a pathological condition or disease caused by the expression of a specific gene in hepatocytes, comprising administering the double-stranded oligonucleotide, pharmaceutical composition or conjugate of the present disclosure, to a subject suffering from such a disease. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides is a method for inhibiting the expression of a specific gene in hepatocytes, comprising contacting the hepatocytes with the double-stranded oligonucleotide, pharmaceutical composition or conjugate of the present disclosure. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides is a kit comprising the double-stranded oligonucleotide, pharmaceutical composition or conjugate of the present disclosure. Additional features and advantages of the present invention will be illustrated in detail in the following specific embodiments. INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE All publications, patents and patent applications mentioned in this description are herein incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each individual publication, patent and patent application were specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIGS. 1 and 2 show the semiquantitativ