NZ754228B2 - Modified guide rnas - Google Patents

Modified guide rnas

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NZ754228B2
NZ754228B2 NZ754228A NZ75422817A NZ754228B2 NZ 754228 B2 NZ754228 B2 NZ 754228B2 NZ 754228 A NZ754228 A NZ 754228A NZ 75422817 A NZ75422817 A NZ 75422817A NZ 754228 B2 NZ754228 B2 NZ 754228B2
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David V Morrissey
Amy Madison Rhoden Smith
Walter Strapps
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Intellia Therapeutics Inc
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Abstract

This disclosure relates to modified single and dual guide RNAs having improved in vitro and in vivo activity in gene editing methods.

Claims (34)

CLAIMS :
1. A single guide RNA (sgRNA) comprising an upper stem region and a hairpin region, wherein (i) a. each nucleotide in the upper stem region is modified with e; and b. the hairpin region comprises a hairpin 1 region and a hairpin 2 region and each nucleotide in the hairpin 2 region is ed with 2’-O-Me; and (ii) a 5’ end modification comprising at least two phosphorothioate (PS) linkages within the first seven nucleotides at the 5’ end of the 5’ terminus.
2. The sgRNA of claim 1, wherein the sgRNA comprises one or more modifications in the hairpin 1 region.
3. The sgRNA of claim 1 or claim 2, n each of the tides in the hairpin 1 region are modified with 2’-O-Me.
4. The sgRNA of any one of claims 1-3, n the sgRNA comprises a modified nucleotide between the hairpin 1 and hairpin 2 regions.
5. The sgRNA of any one of claims 1-4, further comprising a lower stem region comprising a modification.
6. The sgRNA of any one of claims 1-5, further comprising a 3’ terminus region comprising a modification.
7. The sgRNA of claim 6, further comprising a 3’ end modification in the 3’ terminus.
8. The sgRNA of claim 7, wherein at least two of the last four nucleotides at the 3’ end of the 3’ terminus are modified, optionally with e, 2’-F, or 2’-O-moe.
9. The sgRNA of claim 8, further comprising orothioate (PS) bonds between one or more of the last four nucleotides at the 3’ end of the 3’ terminus.
10. The sgRNA of any one of claims 1-9, further comprising a bulge region comprising a modification and/or a nexus region sing a modification.
11. The sgRNA of any one of claims 1-10, wherein at least the first three nucleotides at the 5’ end of the 5’ terminus, and the last three nucleotides at the 3’ end of the 3’ terminus are modified.
12. The sgRNA of any one of claims 1-11, wherein the first four nucleotides at the 5’ end of the 5’ terminus, and the last four nucleotides at the 3’ end of the 3’ terminus are linked with orothioate (PS) bonds.
13. The sgRNA of claim 12, wherein the end modifications comprise 2’-O-Me or 2’-F.
14. The sgRNA of any one of claims 1-13, wherein the first four nucleotides at the 5’ end of the 5’ terminus and the last four nucleotides at the 3’ end of the 3’ terminus are linked with a PS bond, and wherein the first three tides at the 5’ end of the 5’ terminus and the last three or four nucleotides at the 3’ end of the 3’ terminus comprise 2’-O-Me modifications.
15. The sgRNA of any one of claims 1-14, wherein the first four nucleotides at the 5’ us and the last four nucleotides at the 3’ terminus are linked with a PS bond, and wherein the first three nucleotides at the 5’ terminus and the last three nucleotides at the 3’ terminus se 2’-O-Me, 2’-F, and/or 2’-O-moe modifications.
16. The sgRNA of any one of claims 1-15, wherein the first four nucleotides at the 5’ end of the 5’ terminus and the last four nucleotides at the 3’ end of the 3’terminus are linked with a PS bond, and wherein the first three nucleotides at the 5’ end of the 5’ terminus and the last three nucleotides at the 3’ end of the 3’ terminus are modified with 2’-O-Me.
17. The sgRNA of any one of claims 1-15, n the first four nucleotides at the 5’ end of the 5’ us and the last four nucleotides at the 3’ end of the 3’terminus are linked with a PS bond, wherein the first three nucleotides at the 5’ end of the 5’ terminus and the last four nucleotides at the 3’ end of the 3’ terminus are modified with 2’-O-Me.
18. The sgRNA of any one of claims 1-17, wherein the lower stem region comprises tides LS1 to LS12 from the 5’ end to the 3’ end thereof, and LS1, LS6, LS7, LS8, LS11, and/or LS12 are modified with 2’-O-Me and/or wherein the sgRNA ses a bulge region and each nucleotide in the bulge region is modified with 2’-O-Me and/or wherein at least 50% of the nucleotides in the bulge region are modified with 2’-O-Me and/or wherein the sgRNA r comprises a nexus region comprising nucleotides N1 through N18 from the 5’ end to the 3’ end thereof, and N16, N17, and/or N18 in the nexus region are modified with 2’-O-Me and/or wherein N15, N16, N17, and/or N18 in the nexus region are modified.
19. The sgRNA of claim 18, wherein the modifications in the nexus region are selected from e and 2’-F.
20. The sgRNA of claim 1, wherein the sgRNA comprises 2’-O-Me modified nucleotides at: a. the first three nucleotides at the 5’ end of the 5’ terminus; b. each nucleotide in the hairpin 1 region; c. the nucleotide between hairpin 1 and hairpin 2; and d. the last four nucleotides at the 3’ end of the 3’ terminus.
21. The sgRNA of claim 1, wherein the hairpin 1 region comprises H1-1 to H1-12 from the 5’ end to the 3’ end thereof and the hairpin 2 region comprises H2-1 to H2-15 from the 5’ end to the 3’ end thereof, and wherein the sgRNA comprises 2’-O-Me ed nucleotides at: a. the first three nucleotides at the 5’ end of the 5’ terminus; b. each of nucleotides H1-1, H1-2, H1-3, H1-4, H1-5, H1-6, H1-7, H1-8, H1-9, H1-10, H1-11, and H1-12; c. the nucleotide between hairpin 1 and hairpin 2; and d. the last four nucleotides at the 3’ end of the 3’ us; and e. three PS bonds linking the first four nucleotides at the 5' end of the 5' terminus and three PS bonds linking the last four nucleotides at the 3' end of the 3' terminus.
22. The sgRNA of claim 1, n the sgRNA is a sgRNA comprising any of SEQ ID NOs: 240, 265-283, 309-327, and 331.
23. The sgRNA of claim 1, wherein the sgRNA is a sgRNA comprising SEQ ID No: 242 or SEQ ID No: 358.
24. A composition comprising an sgRNA of any one of claims 1-23, further comprising a lipid nanoparticle (LNP).
25. The composition of claim 25, further comprising an mRNA which encodes a nuclease.
26. A composition sing an sgRNA of any one of claims 1-23, further comprising a se or an mRNA which encodes the nuclease.
27. The composition of claim 25 or claim 26, wherein the nuclease is a Cas protein.
28. The composition of any one or claims 25-27, wherein the Cas protein is a Cas9.
29. The composition of claim 28, wherein the Cas9 protein is an S. pyogenes Cas9.
30. The composition of any one of claims 25-29, wherein the nuclease is a nickase.
31. The composition of any one of claims 25-30, n the nuclease is modified.
32. A pharmaceutical formulation comprising the sgRNA of any one of claims 1-24 or the composition of any one of claims 24-31, and further comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
33. A method of modifying a target DNA in vitro or ex vivo comprising delivering (1) a Cas n or a nucleic acid encoding a Cas protein, and (2) the sgRNA of any one of claims 1-23 or the composition of any one of claims 24-31.
34. Use of the sgRNA of any one of claims 1-23, the composition of any one of claims 24-31 in the manufacture of a medicament for treating a disease or disorder. 2’2?»in 162.?
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