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Definitions

• the present invention relates to biodegradable lipids and to their use for the delivery of active agents such as nucleic acids.
• Therapeutic nucleic acids include, e.g., small interfering RNA (siRNA), micro RNA (miRNA), antisense oligonucleotides, ribozymes, plasmids, immune stimulating nucleic acids, antisense, antagomir, antimir, microRNA mimic, supermir, Ul adaptor, and aptamer.
• siRNA or miRNA these nucleic acids can down-regulate intracellular levels of specific proteins through a process termed RNA interference (RNAi).
• RNAi RNA interference
• the therapeutic applications of RNAi are extremely broad, since siRNA and miRNA constructs can be synthesized with any nucleotide sequence directed against a target protein. To date, siRNA constructs have shown the ability to specifically down-regulate target proteins in both in vitro and in vivo models. In addition, siRNA constructs are currently being evaluated in clinical studies.
• siRNA or miRNA constructs Two problems currently faced by siRNA or miRNA constructs are, first, their susceptibility to nuclease digestion in plasma and, second, their limited ability to gain access to the intracellular compartment where they can bind the protein RISC when administered systemically as the free siRNA or miRNA.
• Lipid nanoparticles formed from cationic lipids with other lipid components, such as cholesterol and PEG lipids, and oligonucleotides (such as siRNA and miRNA) have been used to facilitate the cellular uptake of the oligonucleotides.
• oligonucleotides such as siRNA and miRNA
• these lipid nanoparticles would provide high drug:lipid ratios, protect the nucleic acid from degradation and clearance in serum, be suitable for systemic delivery, and provide intracellular delivery of the nucleic acid.
• these lipid-nucleic acid particles should be well-tolerated and provide an adequate therapeutic index, such that patient treatment at an effective dose of the nucleic acid is not associated with significant toxicity and/or risk to the patient.
• the present invention relates to a cationic lipid and PEG lipid suitable for forming nucleic acid-lipid particles.
• Each of the cationic and PEG lipids of the present invention includes one or more biodegradable groups.
• the biodegradable groups are located in a lipidic moiety (e.g., a hydrophobic chain) of the cationic or PEG lipid.
• These cationic and PEG lipids may be incorporated into a lipid particle for delivering an active agent, such as a nucleic acid (e.g., an siRNA).
• an active agent such as a nucleic acid (e.g., an siRNA).
• the incorporation of the biodegradable group(s) into the lipid results in faster metabolism and removal of the lipid from the body following delivery of the active agent to a target area. As a result, these lipids have lower toxicity than similar lipids without the biodegradable groups.
• the cationic lipid is a compound of formula (I), which has a branched alkyl at the alpha position adjacent to the biodegradable group (between the biodegradable group and the teriary carbon):
• Formula (I) or a salt thereof e.g., a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R' is absent, hydrogen, or alkyl (e.g., C C 4 alkyl); with respect to R 1 and R 2 ,
• R 1 and R 2 are each, independently, optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterocycle, or R 10 ;
• R 1 and R 2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form an optionally substituted heterocylic ring;
• one of R 1 and R 2 is optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, or heterocycle, and the other forms a 4-10 member heterocyclic ring or heteroaryl (e.g., a 6-member ring) with (a) the adjacent nitrogen atom and (b) the (R) a group adjacent to the nitrogen atom; each occurrence of R is, independently, -(CR 3 R 4 )-; each occurrence of R 3 and R 4 are, independently H, halogen, OH, alkyl, alkoxy, -NH 2 , R 10 , alkylamino, or dialkylamino (in one preferred embodiment, each occurrence of R 3 and R 4 are, independently H or CrC 4 alkyl); each occurrence of R 10 is independently selected from PEG and polymers based on poly(oxazoline), poly(ethylene oxide), poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(glycerol), poly(
• X and Y are each, independently, alkylene or alkenylene (e.g., C 4 to C 2 o alkylene or C 4 to C 2 o alkenylene);
• a biodegradable group e.g., -OC(O)-, -C(0)0-, - SC(O)-, -C(0)S-, -OC(S)-, -C(S)
• each occurrence of R z is, independently, Q-Cg alkyl (e.g., methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, n- butyl, n-pentyl, or n-hexyl); a is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; b is 0, 1, 2, or 3; and
• Z and Z are each, independently, Cg-C 14 alkyl or Cg-C 14 alkenyl, wherein the alkenyl group may optionally be substituted with one or two fluorine atoms at the alpha position to a 1 2 double bond which is between the double bond and the terminus of Z or Z (e.g.,
• the R'R R N-(R) a -Q-(R) b - group can be any of the head groups described herein, including those shown in Table 1 below, and salts thereof. In one preferred embodiment,
• R and R are both alkyl (e.g., methyl).
• a is 3. In another embodiment, b is 0.
• a is 3, b is 0 and R is -CH 2 -. In yet a further embodiment, a is 3,
• R is -CH 2 - and Q is -C(0)0-.
• R and R are methyl, a is 3, b is 0, R is -CH 2 - and Q is -C(0)0-.
• X and Y are each, independently -(CH 2 ) n - wherein n is 4 to 20, e.g., 4 to 18, 4 to 16, or 4 to 12. In one embodiment, n is 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10. In one exemplary embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 )6-. In another embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 7 -. In yet another embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 9 -. In yet another embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 8 -.
• M and M are each, independently, -OC(O)- or -C(0)0-.
• M and M are each -C(0)0-.
• the cationic lipid is a compound of formula (II), which has a branched alkyl at the alpha position adjacent to the biodegradable group (between the
• Formula (II) or a salt thereof e.g., a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R' is absent, hydrogen, or alkyl (e.g., C C 4 alkyl); with respect to R 1 and R 2 ,
• R 1 and R 2 are each, independently, optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkylalkyl, heterocycle, or R 10 ;
• R 1 and R 2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form an optionally substituted heterocylic ring;
• one of R 1 and R 2 is optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, or heterocycle, and the other forms a 4-10 member heterocyclic ring or heteroaryl (e.g., a 6-member ring) with (a) the adjacent nitrogen atom and (b) the (R) a group adjacent to the nitrogen atom; each occurrence of R is, independently, -(CR 3 R 4 )-; each occurrence of R 3 and R 4 are, independently H, halogen, OH, alkyl, alkoxy, -NH 2 , R 10 , alkylamino, or dialkylamino (in one preferred embodiment, each occurrence of R 3 and R 4 are, independently H or CrC 4 alkyl); each occurrence of R 10 is independently selected from PEG and polymers based on poly(oxazoline), poly(ethylene oxide), poly(vinyl alcohol), poly(glycerol), poly(
• X and Y are each, independently, alkylene (e.g., C6-Cg alkylene) or alkenylene, wherein the alkylene or alkenylene group is optionally substituted with one or two fluorine atoms at the
• each occurrence of R z is, independently, Ci-Cg alkyl (e.g., methyl, ethyl, isopropyl); a is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; b is 0, 1, 2, or 3; and
• Z 1 and Z 2 are each, independently, C8-C 14 alkyl or C8-C 14 alkenyl, wherein (i) the alkenyl group may optionally be substituted with one or two fluorine atoms at the alpha position to a double bond which is between the double bond and the terminus of Z 1 or Z 2 (e.g.,
• M 1 or M 2 by at least 8 carbon atoms.
• X and Y are each, independently -(CH 2 ) n - wherein n is 4 to 20, e.g., 4 to 18, 4 to 16, or 4 to 12. In one embodiment, n is 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10. In one exemplary embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 6 -. In another embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) -. In yet another embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 9 -. In yet another embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 8 -.
• R'R R N-(R) a -Q-(R)b- group can be any of the head groups described herein, including those shown in Table 1 below, and salts thereof.
• the cationic lipid is a compound of formula (III), which has a branching point at a position that is 2-6 carbon atoms (i.e., at the beta ( ⁇ ), gamma ( ⁇ ), delta ( ⁇ ), epsilon ( ⁇ ) or zeta position ⁇ )) adjacent to the biodegradable group (between the biodegradable group and the terminus of the tail, i.e., Z 1 or Z 2 ):
• R', R 1 , R 2 , R, R 3 , R 4 , R 10 , Q, R 5 , M 1 , M 2 , R z , a, and b are defined as in formula (I);
• L 1 and 1 2 are each, independently, C Cs alkylene or C2-C5 alkenylene;
• X and Y are each, independently, alkylene (e.g., C 4 to C 2 o alkylene or C6-Cg alkylene) or alkenylene (e.g., C 4 to C 2 o alkenylene); and
• Z 1 and Z 2 are each, independently, C 8 -C 14 alkyl or C 8 -C 14 alkenyl, wherein the alkenyl group may optionally be substituted with one or two fluorine atoms at the alpha position to a double bond which is between the double bond and the terminus of Z 1 or Z 2 (e.g.,
• L 1 and L2 are each -CH 2 -. In another embodiment, L 1 and L2 are each -(CH 2 ) 2 -. In one embodiment, L 1 and L2 are each -(CH 1
• X and Y are each, independently -(CH 2 ) n wherein n is 4 to 20, e.g., 4 to 18, 4 to 16, or 4 to 12. In one embodiment, n is 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10. In one exemplary embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) -. In another exemplary embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 8 -. In yet another exemplary embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 )cr.
• R'R R N-(R) a -Q-(R)b- group can be any of the head groups described herein, including those shown in Table 1 below, and salts thereof.
• the cationic lipid is a compound of formula (IIIA), which has a branching point at a position that is 2-6 carbon atoms (i.e., at the beta ( ⁇ ), gamma ( ⁇ ), delta ( ⁇ ), epsilon ( ⁇ ) or zeta position ⁇ )) from the biodegradable groups M 1 and M 2 (i.e., between the biodegradable group and the terminus of the tail, i.e., Z 1 or Z 2 ):
• R', R 1 , R 2 , R, R 3 , R 4 , R 10 , Q, R 5 , M 1 , M 2 , a, and b are defined as in formula (I); each R z is, independently, Q-Cg alkyl (e.g., C 3 -C 6 alkyl or C 2 -C 3 alkyl);
• L 1 and V 2 are each, independently, Q-Cs alkylene (e.g., C 2 -C 3 alkylene) or C 2 -C 5 alkenylene;
• X and Y are each, independently, alkylene (e.g., C 4 to C 20 alkylene or C 7 -C 9 alkylene) or alkenylene (e.g., C 4 to C 20 alkenylene or C 7 -C 9 alkenylene); and
• Z 1 and Z 2 are each, independently, Q-Cg alkyl (e.g., Ci-C 6 alkyl, such as Q, C 3 or C 5 alkyl) or C 2 -Cg alkenyl (such as C 2 -C 6 alkenyl); wherein said cationic lipid is not one selected from:
• Q-Cg alkyl e.g., Ci-C 6 alkyl, such as Q, C 3 or C 5 alkyl
• C 2 -Cg alkenyl such as C 2 -C 6 alkenyl
• L 1 and L2 are each -(CH 2 ) 2 -. In another embodiment, L 1 and L2 are each -(CH 2 ) 3 -.
• X and Y are each, independently -(CH 2 ) n wherein n is 4 to 20, e.g., 4 to 18, 4 to 16, 4 to 12 or 7-9. In one embodiment, n is 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10.
• X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 7 -. In yet another exemplary embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 )9.
• M 1 and M2 are -C(0)0- (where the carbonyl group in M 1 and M 2 is bound to the variable X, and the oxygen atom in M 1 and M2 is bound to the variable L 1 and L 2 ).
• R'R R N-(R) a -Q-(R)b- group can be any of the head groups described herein, including those shown in Table 1 below, and salts thereof.
• Z 1 and Z 2 are branched alkyl or branched alkenyl groups.
• Z 1 , Z 2 , and each R z are C 3 -C8 alkyl (such as a C 3 - C 6 alkyl).
• Z 1 , Z 2 , and each R z are C 3 -Cg branched alkyl (such as a C 3 -C 6 branched alkyl).
• Z 1 , Z 2 , and each R z are C 3 -C8 straight alkyl (such as a C 3 -C 6 straight alkyl).
• the branching point is at the second position (the ⁇ - position) from the biodegradable groups M 1 and M 2 in each tail.
• Z 1 , Z 2 , and each R z can be C 3 - Cg alkyl (e.g., a C 3 -C 6 alkyl), such as a C 3 -Cg branched alkyl (e.g., a C 3 -C 6 branched alkyl) or a
• C traight alkyl e.g., a C 3 -C 6 straight alkyl.
• M 1 and M 2 3-C8 s are -
• the branching point is at the third position (the ⁇ - position) from the biodegradable groups M 1 and M 2 in each tail.
• Z 1 , Z 2 , and each R z can be C 3 - C8 alkyl (e.g., a C 3 -C 6 alkyl), such as a C 3 -C8 branched alkyl (e.g., a C 3 -C 6 branched alkyl) or a
• C 3 -Cg straight alkyl e.g., a C 3 -C 6 straight alkyl.
• M 1 and M 2 are -
• the branching point is at the third position (the ⁇ - position) from the biodegradable groups M 1 and M 2 in each tail.
• M 1 and/or M 2 are not -0(C(0)- (where the oxygen atom in M 1 and/or M2 is bound to the variable X, and the carbonyl in M 1 and/or M2 is bound to the variable L 1 and/or L 2 ).
• Z 1 , Z 2 , and R z are not C3-Q0 cyclo alkyl (Ci-C6 alkyl).
• the cationic lipid is a compound of formula (IV), which has a branching point at a position that is 2-6 carbon atoms (i.e., at beta ( ⁇ ), gamma ( ⁇ ), delta ( ⁇ ), epsilon ( ⁇ ) or zeta position ⁇ )) adjacent to the biodegradable group (between the biodegradable group and the terminus of the tail i.e., Z 1 or Z 2 ):
• R', R 1 , R 2 , R, R 3 , R 4 , R 10 , Q, R 5 , M 1 , M 2 , R z , a, and b are defined as in formula (I);
• L 1 and L 2 are each, independently, C Cs alkylene or C2-C5 alkenylene;
• X and Y are each, independently, alkylene or alkenylene (e.g., C 12 -C2o alkylene or C 12 - C 2 o alkenylene); and
• each occurrence of Z is independently Q-C4 alkyl (preferably, methyl).
• -L 1 -C(Z) 3 is -CH 2 C(CH 3 ) 3 .
• - ⁇ ) 3 is -CH 2 CH 2 C(CH 3 ) 3 .
• the total carbon atom content of each tail e.g., -X-M 1 -L 1 -C(Z) or -
• Y-M 2 -L 2 -C(Z) ) is from about 17 to about 26.
• the total carbon atom content can be from about 19 to about 26 or from about 21 to about 26.
• X and Y are each, independently -(CH 2 ) n - wherein n is 4 to 20, e.g., 4 to 18, 4 to 16, or 4 to 12. In one embodiment, n is 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10. In one exemplary embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 6 -. In another embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) -. In yet another embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 9 -. In yet another embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 8 -.
• the cationic lipid is a compound of formula (V), which has an alkoxy or thioalkoxy (i.e., -S-alkyl) group substitution on at least one tail:
• R', R 1 , R 2 , R, R 3 , R 4 , R 10 , Q, R 5 , M 1 , M 2 , a, and b are defined as in formula (I);
• X and Y are each, independently, alkylene (e.g., C 6 -C8 alkylene) or alkenylene, wherein the alkylene or alkenylene group is optionally substituted with one or two fluorine atoms at the
• Z 1 and Z 2 are each, independently, Cg-C 14 alkyl or Cg-C 14 alkenyl, wherein (i) the Cg-C 14 alkyl or Cs-C 14 alkenyl of at least one of Z 1 and Z 2 is substituted by one or more alkoxy (e.g., a CrC 4 alkoxy such as -OCH 3 ) or thioalkoxy (e.g., a CrC 4 thioalkoxy such as -SCH 3 ) groups, and (ii) the alkenyl group may optionally be substituted with one or two fluorine atoms at the alpha position to a double bond which is between the double bond and the terminus of Z 1 or Z 2
• alkoxy e.g., a CrC 4 alkoxy such as -OCH 3
• thioalkoxy e.g., a CrC 4 thioalkoxy such as -SCH 3
• the alkoxy substitution on Z 1 and/or Z 2 is at the beta position from the M 1 and/or M 2 group.
• X and Y are each, independently -(CH 2 ) n - wherein n is 4 to 20, e.g., 4 to 18, 4 to 16, or 4 to 12. In one embodiment, n is 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10.
• X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 6 -. In another embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 7 -. In yet another embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 )9-. In yet another embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 8 -.
• R'R R N-(R) a -Q-(R)t > - group can be any of the head groups described herein, including those shown in Table 1 below, and salts thereof.
• the cationic lipid is a compound of formula (VIA), which has one or more fluoro substituents on at least one tail at a position that is either alpha to a double bond or alpha to a biodegradable group:
• R 1 , R 2 , R, a, and b are as defined with respect to formula (I);
• R' is absent, hydrogen, or alkyl (e.g., C C 4 alkyl); and each of R 9 and R 10 are independently C 12 -C 24 alkyl (e.g., C 12 -C 2 o alkyl), C 12 -C 24 alkenyl (e.g., C 12 -C 2 o alkenyl), or C 12 -C 24 alkoxy (e.g., C 12 -C 20 alkoxy) (a) having one or more biodegradable groups and (b) optionally substituted with one or more fluorine atoms at a position which is (i) alpha to a biodegradable group and between the biodegradable group and the tertiary carbon atom marked with an asterisk (*), or (ii) alpha to a carbon-carbon double bond and between the double bond and the terminus of the R 9 or R 10 group; each biodegradable group independently interrupts the C 12 -C24 alkyl, alkenyl, or alkoxy
• R 9 and R 10 contains a fluoro group
• the terminus of R 9 and R 10 is separated from the tertiary carbon atom marked with an asterisk (*) by a chain of 18-22 carbon atoms (e.g., 18-20 carbon atoms).
• the terminus of the R 9 and/or R 10 has the formula -C(0)0-CF 3 .
• the cationic lipid is a compound of formula (VIB), which has one or more fluoro substituents on at least one tail at a position that is either alpha to a double bond or alpha to a biodegradable group:
• R' , R 1 , R 2 , R, R 3 , R 4 , R 10 , Q, R 5 , M 1 , M 2 , a, and b are defined as in formula (I);
• X and Y are each, independently, alkylene (e.g., C 6 -C8 alkylene) or alkenylene, wherein the alkylene or alkenylene group is optionally substituted with one or two fluorine atoms at the
• Z and Z are each independently, Cg-C 14 alkyl or Cg-C 14 alkenyl, wherein said Cg-C 14 alkenyl is optionally substituted by one or more fluorine atoms at a position that is alpha to a
• At least one of Z and Z is substituted by two fluoro groups at a position that is either alpha to a double bond or alpha to a biodegradable group.
• At least one of Z and Z has a terminal -CF 3 group at a position that is alpha to a
• biodegradable group i.e., at least one of Z and Z terminates with an -C(0)OCF 3 group.
• At least one of Z and Z may include one or more of the following moieties:
• X and Y are each, independently -(CH 2 ) n wherein n is 4 to 20, e.g., 4 to 18, 4 to 16, or 4 to 12. In one embodiment, n is 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10. In one exemplary embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) -. In another exemplary embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 9 -. In yet another embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 8 -.
• R'R R N-(R) a -Q-(R)b- group can be any of the head groups described herein, including those shown in Table 1 below, and salts thereof.
• the cationic lipid is a compound of formula (VII), which has an acetal group as a biodegradable group in at least one tail:
• R', R 1 , R 2 , R, R 3 , R 4 , R 10 , Q, R 5 , a, and b are defined as in formula (I);
• X and Y are each, independently, alkylene (e.g., C 6 -C8 alkylene) or alkenylene, wherein the alkylene or alkenylene group is optionally substituted with one or two fluorine atoms at the
• a biodegradable group e.g., -OC(O)-, -C(0)0-, - SC(O)-, -C(0)S-, -OC(S)-, -C
• Cio alkyl or C 4 -C 10 alkenyl) 1
• Z 1 and Z 2 are each, independently, C 4 -C 14 alkyl or C 4 -C 14 alkenyl, wherein the alkenyl group may optionally be substituted with one or two fluorine atoms at the alpha position to a double bond which is between the double bond and the terminus of Z 1 or Z 2 (e.g.,
• each of M 1 and M 2 is a same shape.
• X and Y are each, independently -(CH 2 ) n - wherein n is 4 to 20, e.g., 4 to 18, 4 to 16, or 4 to 12. In one embodiment, n is 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10. In one exemplary embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 6 -. In another embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 7 -. In yet another embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 9 -. In yet another embodiment, X and Y are -(CH 2 ) 8 -.
• R'R R N-(R) a -Q-(R)t > - group can be any of the head groups described herein, including those shown in Table 1 below, and salts thereof.
• the present invention relates to a cationic lipid or a salt thereof having:
• each hydrophobic tail is of the formula -R e -M-R f where R e is a C 4 -C 14 alkyl or alkenyl, M is a biodegradable group, and R is a branched alkyl or alkenyl (e.g., a Cio-C2o alkyl or Cio-C2o alkenyl), such that (i) the chain length of -R e -M-R f is at most 20 atoms (i.e.
• the total length of the tail from the first carbon atom after the central carbon atom to a terminus of the tail is at most 20), and (ii) the group -R e -M-R f has at least 20 carbon atoms (e.g., at least 21 atoms).
• the alkyl or alkenyl group in R e may be substituted ith one or two fluorine atoms at
• the alpha position to the M or M 2 group e.g., Also, optionally, the alkenyl group in R may be substituted with one or two fluorine atoms at the alpha position to a double
• the cationic lipid of the present invention (such as of formulas I- VII) has assymetrical hydrophobic groups (i.e., the two hydrophobic groups have different chemical formulas).
• the cationic lipid can have the formula: 3
• G is branched or unbranched C3-C 15 alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl (e.g., a n-Cg alkyl n-Cg alkyl, or n-C 10 alkyl);
• R is a branched or unbranched alkylene or alkenylene (e.g., C 6 -C 20 alkylene or C 6 -C 20 alkenylene such as C 12 -C 2 o alkylene or C 12 -C 2 o alkenylene);
• R 3 and R 4 are defined as in formula (I); each occurrence of R 5 is, independently, H or alkyl (e.g., C 1 -C4 alkyl);
• R is branched or unbranched C3-C 15 alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl;
• a protonatable group having a pK a of from about 4 to about 13, more preferably from about 5 to about 8 (e.g. from about 5 to about 7, or from about 5 to about 6.5, or from about 5.5 to about 6.5, or from about 6 to about 6.5).
• the primary group includes (i) a head group, and (ii) a central moiety (e.g., a central carbon atom) to which both the hydrophobic tails are directly bonded.
• Representative central moieties include, but are not limited to, a central carbon atom, a central nitrogen atom, a central carbocyclic group, a central aryl group, a central hetrocyclic group (e.g., central tetrahydrofuranyl group or central pyrrolidinyl group) and a central heteroaryl group.
• Representative asymmetrical cationic lipids include:
• w is 0, 1, 2, or 3; and x and y are each independently 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7.
• the biodegradable cationic lipid has a logP value of at least 10.1 (as calculated by the software available at http://www.molinspiration.com/services/logp.html from Molinspiration Cheminformatics of Slovensky Grob, Slovak Republic). More preferably, the logP value is at least 10.2 or 10.3.
• the biodegradable cationic lipid in the lipid nanoparticle has a HPLC retention time (relative to the retention time of cholesterol in the lipid nanoparticle), hereafter referred to as tii pi( j - t c h ol , of at least 1.4.
• HPLC retention time relative to the retention time of cholesterol in the lipid nanoparticle
• biodegradable cationic lipid of the present invention is not one selected from:
• the biodegradable cationic lipid is not one selected from those disclosed in International Publication No. WO 2011/153493 and U.S. Patent Publication No. 2012/0027803, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
• biodegradable cationic lipid having (i) a logP value of at least 10.1 and/or a tii pi( j - t chol , of at least 1.4, and (2) one or more biodegradable groups (such as an ester group) located in the mid- or distal section of a lipidic moiety (e.g., a hydrophobic chain) of the cationic lipid, with the proviso that the compound is not selected from
• the biodegradable cationic lipid is not one selected from those disclosed in International Publication No. WO 2011/153493 and U.S. Patent Publication No. 2012/0027803, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
• the incorporation of the biodegradable group(s) into the cationic lipid results in faster metabolism and removal of the cationic lipid from the body following delivery of the active pharmaceutical ingredient to a target area.
• the cationic lipid includes a branched alkyl or branched alkenyl group in its biodegradable group(s).
• the cationic lipd has a logP of at least 10.2 or 10.3.
• the cationic lipid has a tii pi( j - tchoh °f at least 1.75, 2.0, or 2.25.
• the cationic lipid preferably has a pKa of from about 4 to about 7 (such as 6.0 to 6.5).
• the cationic lipid having a logP value of at least 10.1 and/or a tu P id - tchoh °f at least 1.4 comprises (a) a head group (preferably a nitrogen containing head group, such as the head groups described herein), (b) at least two hydrophobic tails, each of the formula - (hydrophobic chain) -(biodegradable group)- (hydrophobic chain), and (c) a linker group (for instance, a single central carbon atom) which is bound to the head group and the hydrophobic tails.
• the cationic lipid preferably has one, two, three, four or more of the properties listed below:
• a pKa of from about 4 to about 7 (such as 6.0 to 6.5);
• the biodegradable group is separated from the terminus of the hydrophobic tail by from about 6 to about 12 carbon atoms (for instance, 6 to 8 carbon atoms or 8 to 12 carbon atoms),
• the chain length from the linker group to the terminus of the hydrophobic tail is at most 21 (e.g., at most 20, or from about 17 to about 21, from about 18 to about 20, or from about 16 to about 18) (The atom(s) in the linker group are not counted when calculating the chain length.);
• the total number of carbon atoms in the hydrophobic tail is from about 17 to about 26 (such as from about 19 to about 26, or from about 21 to about 26);
• the number of carbon atoms between the linker group and the biodegradable group ranges from about 5 to about 10 (for example, 6 to 10, or 7 to 9);
• the total number of carbon atoms between the linker group and the terminus of the hydrophobic tail is from about 15 to about 20 (such as from 16 to 20, 16 to 18, or 18 to 20);
• the total number of carbon atoms between the biodegradable group and the terminus of the hydrophobic tail is from about 12 to about 18 (such as from 13 to 25);
• the terminal hydrophobic chain in the hydrophobic tail is a branched alkyl or alkenyl group, for example, where the branching occurs at the ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ , or ⁇ position on the hydrophobic chain relative to the biodegradable group;
• the cationic lipid when formulated as a lipid nanoparticle (such as in Example 35), the cationic lipid has an in vivo half life (t 1/2 ) in the liver of less than about 3 hours, such as less than about 2.5 hours, less than about 2 hours, less than about 1.5 hours, less than about 1 hour, less than about 0.5 hour or less than about 0.25 hours;
• the present invention embodies compounds having any combination of some or all of the aforementioned properties. These properties provide a cationic lipid which remains intact until delivery of an active agent, such as a nucleic acid, after which cleavage of the hydrophobic tail occurs in vivo.
• the compounds can have all of properties (i) to (viii) (in addition to the logP or tii pi( j - t cll oi value).
• the compounds have properties (i), (ii), (iii), and (viii).
• the compounds have properties (i), (ii), (iii), (v), (vi), and (viii).
• step (a) designing a cationic lipid having a logP value of at least 10.1 and/or a tii pi( j - t c h 0 i, of at least 1.4, and optionally also having one, two, three, four, or more properties from the list above (i.e., properties (i)-(xii)); and (b) synthesizing the cationic lipid of step (a).
• the cationic lipid in step (a) may comprises (a) a head group (preferably a nitrogen containing head group, such as the head groups described herein), (b) at least two hydrophobic tails, each of the formula -(hydrophobic chain)- (biodegradable group)-(hydrophobic chain), and (c) a linker group (for instance, a single central carbon atom) which is bound to the head group and the hydrophobic tails.
• Step (a) may comprise:
• the PEG lipid has the formula:
• Gi is branched or unbranched C 3 -C 15 alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl (e.g., a n-C ⁇ alkyl n-C9 alkyl, or n-C 10 alkyl); or Gi is -R 12 -M R 13 ;
• R is a branched or unbranched alkylene or alkenylene (e.g., C 6 -C 20 alkylene or C 6 -C 20 alkenylene such as C 12 -C 20 alkylene or Ci 2 -C 2 o alkenylene);
• alkenylene e.g., C 6 -C 20 alkylene or C 6 -C 20 alkenylene such as C 12 -C 20 alkylene or Ci 2 -C 2 o alkenylene
• R 3 and R 4 are defined as in formula (I); each occurrence of R 5 is, independently, H or alkyl (e.g., C 1 -C4 alkyl);
• R is branched or unbranched C 3 -C 15 alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl;
• the pegylated primary group includes (i) a head group having a PEG moiety, and (ii) a central moiety (e.g., a central carbon atom) to which both the hydrophobic tails are directly bonded.
• central moieties include, but are not limited to, a central carbon atom, a central nitrogen atom, a central carbocyclic group, a central aryl group, a central hetrocyclic group (e.g., central tetrahydrofuranyl group or central pyrrolidinyl group) and a central heteroaryl group.
• 's include, but are not limited to,
• b is 10-100 (e.g., 20-50 or 40-50)
• PEG lipid (or a salt thereof) having: (i) a pegylated primary group including a head group which includes a PEG moiety (e.g., having from 10 to 1000 repeating units such as ethoxy units)), and
• one or more hydrophobic tails (preferably, two hydrophobic tails) directly bound to the pegylated primary group, wherein at least one hydrophobic tail is of the formula -R e -M-R f where R e is a C 4 -C 14 alkyl or alkenyl, M is a biodegradable group, and R f is a branched alkyl or alkenyl (e.g., a Cio-C2o alkyl or Cio-C2o alkenyl), such that (i) the chain length of -R e -M-R f is at most 20 atoms (i.e.
• the total length of the tail from the first carbon atom after the central carbon atom to a terminus of the tail is at most 20), and (ii) the group -R e -M-R f has at least 20 carbon atoms (e.g., at least 21 atoms).
• the alkyl or alkenyl group in R e may be substituted
• the alkenyl group in R may be substituted with one or two fluorine atoms at the alpha position to a double bond which is between the double bond and the terminus of R
• the pegylated primary group includes (i) a head group having a PEG moiety, and (ii) a central moiety (e.g., a central carbon atom) to which the hydrophobic tails are directly bound.
• the PEG moiety may have 5-100, 10-60, 15-50, or 20-45 repeating units.
• the PEG moiety may have the formula u moiety wherein b is an integer from 10 to 1,000 (e.g., 5-100, 10-60, 15-50, or 20-45); R 3 is -H, -R c , or -OR c ; and R c is -H, alkyl (e.g., CrC 4 alkyl), acyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclyl.
• alkyl e.g., CrC 4 alkyl
• acyl e.g., cycloalkyl
• alkenyl alkynyl
• aryl aryl
• heteroaryl or heterocyclyl
• lipid particle that includes a cationic lipid and/or PEG lipid of the present invention.
• the lipid particle includes a cationic lipid of the present invention (e.g., of one of formulas (I)-(VIII)).
• the lipid particle includes a PEG lipid of the present invention (e.g., of formula (IX)).
• the lipid particle includes a cationic lipid of the present invention and a PEG lipid of the present invention.
• the lipid particle includes a neutral lipid, a lipid capable of reducing aggregation, a cationic lipid, and optionally, a sterol (e.g., cholesterol).
• Suitable neutral lipids include, but are not limited to, distearoylphosphatidylcholine (DSPC), dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC), POPC, DOPE, and SM.
• Suitable lipids capable of reducing aggregation include, but are not limited to, a PEG lipid, such as PEG-DMA, PEG- DMG, and those of the present invention (e.g., of formula (IX)) or a combination thereof.
• the lipid particle may further include an active agent (e.g., a therapeutic agent).
• the active agent can be a nucleic acid such as a plasmid, an immuno stimulatory oligonucleotide, an siRNA, an antisense oligonucleotide, a microRNA, an antagomir, an aptamer, or a ribozyme.
• the nucleic acid is a siRNA.
• the nucleic acid is a miRNA.
• the lipid particle includes a cationic lipid of the present invention, a neutral lipid and a sterol.
• the lipid particle may further include an active agent, such as a nucleic acid (e.g., an siRNA or miRNA).
• the lipid particle includes a PEG lipid of the present invention, a cationic lipid, a neutral lipid, and a sterol.
• the lipid particle may further include an active agent, such as a nucleic acid (e.g., an siRNA or miRNA).
• the lipid particles described herein may be lipid nanoparticles.
• Yet another embodiment of the invention is a pharmaceutical composition which includes a lipid particle of the present invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
• the cationic lipid remains intact until delivery of the nucleic acid molecule after which cleavage of the hydrophobic tail occurs in vivo.
• the PEG lipid remains intact until delivery of the nucleic acid molecule after which cleavage of the hydrophobic tail occurs in vivo.
• the present invention relates to a method of delivering a nucleic acid molecule comprising administering a nucleic lipid particle comprising (i) the nucleic acid molecule and (ii) a cationic lipid and/or a PEG lipid of the present invention.
• the cationic lipid and/or a PEG lipid remains intact until delivery of the nucleic acid molecule after which cleavage of the hydrophobic tail occurs in vivo.
• the active agent can be a nucleic acid selected from a plasmid, an immuno stimulatory oligonucleotide, an siRNA, an antisense oligonucleotide, a microRNA, an antagomir, an aptamer, and a ribozyme.
• the nucleic acid is a siRNA or miRNA.
• Yet another aspect is a method of treating a disease or disorder characterized by the overexpression of a polypeptide in a subject by providing to the subject a pharmaceutical composition of the present invention, wherein the active agent is a nucleic acid selected from an siRNA, a microRNA, and an antisense oligonucleotide, and wherein the siRNA, microRNA, or antisense oligonucleotide includes a polynucleotide that specifically binds to a polynucleotide that encodes the polypeptide, or a complement thereof.
• the nucleic acid is a siRNA or miRNA.
• Yet another aspect is a method of treating a disease or disorder characterized by underexpression of a polypeptide in a subject by providing to the subject a pharmaceutical composition of the present invention, wherein the active agent is a plasmid that encodes the polypeptide or a functional variant or fragment thereof.
• Yet another aspect is a method of inducing an immune response in a subject by providing to the subject a pharmaceutical composition wherein the active agent is an immuno stimulatory oligonucleotide.
• composition or lipid particles described above include a nucleic acid.
• the agent when contacted with cells, can efficiently deliver nucleic acids to the cells.
• a method of delivering a nucleic acid to the interior of a cell by obtaining or forming a composition or lipid particles described above, and contacting the composition or lipid particles with a cell.
• the present invention relates to a lipid particle that includes a neutral lipid, a lipid capable of reducing aggregation (e.g., a PEG lipid), a cationic lipid, and optionally a sterol.
• the lipid particle further includes an active agent (e.g., a therapeutic agent).
• an active agent e.g., a therapeutic agent.
• the cationic lipid is a compound of any one of Formulas I- VIII.
• the following disclosure represents various embodiments of the compounds described above, including the compounds of Formulas I- VIII.
• M 1 and M 2 are each, independently:
• M 1 and M 2 are each, independently:
• M 1 and M 2 are each, independently:
• M 1 and M 2 are each -C(0)0-.
• R 1 and R 2 are each, individually, optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, or heterocycle.
• R 1 is alkyl and R 2 is alkyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkylalkyl.
• R 1 and R 2 are each, individually, alkyl (e.g.,
• R 1 and R 2 are both methyl.
• R 1 and R 2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form an optionally substituted heterocylic ring ( -methylpiperazinyl).
• one of R 1 and R 2 is
• R' is hydrogen or alkyl. In another embodiment, R' is hydrogen or methyl. In one embodiment, R' is absent. In one embodiment, R' is absent or methyl.
• the compound also contains a negatively charged counter ion.
• the counterion can be any anion, such as an organic or inorganic anion. Suitable examples of anions include, but are not limited to, tosylate, methanesulfonate, acetate, citrate, malonate, tartarate, succinate, benzoate, ascorbate, a-ketoglutarate, a-glycerophosphate, halide (e.g., chloride), sulfate, nitrate, bicarbonate, and carbonate.
• the counterion is a halide (e.g., CI).
• each R is, independently, -(CR 3 R 4 )-, wherein R 3 and R 4 are each, independently, H or alkyl (e.g., C C 4 alkyl).
• each R is, independently, -(CHR 4 )-, wherein each R 4 is, independently H or alkyl (e.g., CrC 4 alkyl).
• each R is, independently, -CH 2 -, -C(CH 3 ) 2 - or -CH(iPr)- (where iPr is isopropyl).
• each R is -CH 2 -.
• R 5 is, in each case, hydrogen or methyl.
• R 5 can be, in each case, hydrogen.
• Q is -C(0)0-.
• the dashed line to Q is absent, b is 0 and R'R 1 R 2 N-(R) a -Q- and the tertiary carbon adjacent to it (C*) form the following group:
• n 1 to 4 (e.g., n is 2).
• the dashed line to Q is absent, b is 0 and R'R 1 R 2 N-(R) a -Q- and the tertiary carbon adjacent to it form the following group:
• n 1 to 4 (e.g., n is 2)
• R 1 , R 2 , R, a, and b are as defined with respect to formula (I).
• a is 3.
• the dashed line to Q is absent, b is 0 and R'R 1 R 2 N-(R) a -Q- and the tertiary carbon adjacent to it form the following group:
• n 1 to 4 (e.g., n is 2)
• R 1 , R 2 , R, a, and b are as defined with respect to formula (I).
• a is 0.
• the group can be:
• b is 0. In another embodiment, a is 2, 3, or 4 and b is 0. For example, in one embodiment, a is 3 and b is 0. In another embodiment, a is 3, b is 0, and Q is -C(0)0-.
• a suitable cholesterol moiety for the cationic lipids of the present invention (including compounds of formulas I- VI) has the formula:
• Additional embodiments include a cationic lipid having a head group, one or more hydrophobic tails, and a central moiety between the head group and the one or more tails.
• the head group can include an amine; for example an amine having a desired pK a .
• the pK a can be influenced by the structure of the lipid, particularly the nature of head group; e.g., the presence, absence, and location of functional groups such as anionic functional groups, hydrogen bond donor functional groups, hydrogen bond acceptor groups, hydrophobic groups (e.g., aliphatic groups), hydrophilic groups (e.g., hydroxyl or methoxy), or aryl groups.
• the head group amine can be a cationic amine; a primary, secondary, or tertiary amine; the head group can include one amine group (monoamine), two amine groups (diamine), three amine groups (triamine), or a larger number of amine groups, as in an oligoamine or polyamine.
• the head group can include a functional group that is less strongly basic than an amine, such as, for example, an imidazole, a pyridine, or a guanidinium group.
• the head group can be zwitterionic. Other head groups are suitable as well.
• central moieties include, but are not limited to, a central carbon atom, a central nitrogen atom, a central carbocyclic group, a central aryl group, a central hetrocyclic group (e.g., central tetrahydrofuranyl group or central pyrrolidinyl group) and a central heteroaryl group.
• the central moiety can include, for example, a glyceride linker, an acyclic glyceride analog linker, or a cyclic linker (including a spiro linker, a bicyclic linker, and a polycyclic linker).
• the central moiety can include functional groups such as an ether, an ester, a phosphate, a phosphonate, a phosphorothioate, a sulfonate, a disulfide, an acetal, a ketal, an imine, a hydrazone, or an oxime.
• functional groups such as an ether, an ester, a phosphate, a phosphonate, a phosphorothioate, a sulfonate, a disulfide, an acetal, a ketal, an imine, a hydrazone, or an oxime.
• Other central moieties and functional groups are suitable as well.
• the cationic lipid is a racemic mixture.
• the cationic lipid is enriched in one diastereomer, e.g. the cationic lipid has at least 95%, at least 90%, at least 80% or at least 70% diastereomeric excess.
• the cationic lipid is enriched in one enantiomer, e.g. the lipid has at least 95%, at least 90%, at least 80% or at least 70% enantiomer excess.
• the cationic lipid is chirally pure, e.g. is a single optical isomer.
• the cationic lipid is enriched for one optical isomer.
• a double bond e.g., a carbon-carbon double bond or carbon-nitrogen double bond
• isomerism in the configuration about the double bond (i.e. cis/trans or E/Z isomerism).
• the configuration of a double bond is illustrated in a chemical structure, it is understood that the corresponding isomer can also be present.
• the amount of isomer present can vary, depending on the relative stabilities of the isomers and the energy required to convert between the isomers. Accordingly, some double bonds are, for practical purposes, present in only a single configuration, whereas others (e.g., where the relative stabilities are similar and the energy of conversion low) may be present as inseparable equilibrium mixture of configurations.
• a double-bonded unsaturation is replaced by a cyclic unsaturation.
• the cyclic unsaturation can be a cycloaliphatic unsaturation, e.g., a cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, or cyclooctyl group.
• the cyclic group can be a polycyclic group, e.g., a bicyclic group or tricyclic group.
• a bicyclic group can be bridged, fused, or have a spiro st oiety can be replaced by a cyclopropyl moiety, e.g.,
• the cationic lipid includes one or more biodegradable groups.
• the biodegradable group(s) include one or more bonds that may undergo bond breaking reactions in a biological environment, e.g., in an organism, organ, tissue, cell, or organelle.
• Functional groups that contain a biodegradable bond include, for example, esters, dithiols, and oximes.
• Biodegradation can be a factor that influences the clearance of the compound from the body when administered to a subject. Biodegredation can be measured in a cell based assay, where a formulation including a cationic lipid is exposed to cells, and samples are taken at various time points.
• the lipid fractions can be extracted from the cells and separated and analyzed by LC-MS. From the LC-MS data, rates of biodegradation (e.g., as t values) can be measured.
• Compound 1 includes an ester linkage in each aliphatic chain, which can undergo hydrolysis in a biological environment, for example, when exposed to, e.g., a lipase or an esterase.
• the structure of the compound influences the rate at which the compound undergoes biodegradation.
• a compound where the methyl substituent is on the other side of the biodegradable group such as would be expected to exhibit a different rate of biodegradation. Greater effects on that rate would be expected from changes in the structure of the compound at the site of hydrolysis.
• One modification that can influence the rate of hydrolysis, and thereby influence the rate of biodegradation and clearance from a subject's body, is to make the leaving group of the hydrolysis reaction have a secondary, rather than primary, alcohol.
• Compound 1 shown above may be metabolized as shown in the scheme below:
• a cationic lipid of any of the embodiments described herein has an in vivo half life (t 1/2 ) (e.g., in the liver, spleen or plasma) of less than about 3 hours, such as less than about 2.5 hours, less than about 2 hours, less than about 1.5 hours, less than about 1 hour, less than about 0.5 hour or less than about 0.25 hours.
• the cationic lipid preferably remains intact, or has a half-life sufficient to form a stable lipid nanoparticle which effectively delivers the desired active pharmaceutical ingredient (e.g., a nucleic acid) to its target but thereafter rapidly degrades to minimize any side effects to the subject.
• the cationic lipid preferably has a ti /2 in the spleen of from about 1 to about 7 hours.
• a cationic lipid of any of the embodiments described herein containing a biodegradable group or groups has an in vivo half life (t 1/2 ) (e.g., in the liver, spleen or plasma) of less than about 10% (e.g., less than about 7.5%, less than about 5%, less than about 2.5%) of that for the same cationic lipid without the biodegrable group or groups.
• t 1/2 in vivo half life
• Some cationic lipids can be conveniently represented as a hydrophobic group combined via a central moiety (such as a carbon atom) with a headgroup.
• a central moiety such as a carbon atom
• the present invention includes compounds composed of any combination of the head and hydrophobic groups listed below (in combination with a central moiety (such as a central carbon atom).
• head groups include those depicted in Table 1A:
• Suitable primary groups include, but are not limited to, those that are a combination of a head group from table 1A with a central carbon atom.
• Other suitable primary groups include those in table IB below: Table IB
• hydrophobic tail groups include those depicted in Table 1C:
• tail groups includes those of the formula -R 12 -M 1 -R 13 where R 12 is a C 4 -
• M 1 is a biodegradable group as defined above, and R 13 is a branched
• alkyl or alkenyl e.g., a Cio-C 2 o alkyl or Q 0 -C 20 alkenyl
• M 1 -R 13 is at most 21 atoms (i.e., the total length of the tail from the first carbon after the tertiary carbon (marked with an asterisk) to a terminus of the tail is at most 21), and (ii) the group -R 12 -
• M 1 -R 13 has at least 20 carbon atoms (e.g., at least 21 or 22 carbon atoms).
• the chain length of -R 12 -M 1 -R 13 is at most 21 (e.g., at most 20).
• the chain length can be from about 17 to about 24 or from about 18 to about 20.
• the total carbon atom content of each tail (-R 12 -M 1 -R 13 ) is from about 17 to about 26.
• the total carbon atom content can be from about 19 to about 26 or from about 21 to about 26.
• the tail has the formula: where R is an alkyl or alkenyl group having from about 13 to about 17 carbon atoms, and the total carbon length of the tail from the first carbon (the leftmost carbon atom above) to a terminus of the tail is at most 20.
• the tail has from about 22 to about 26 carbon atoms.
• the maximum length of R 13 from its attachment point to the ester group of the compound is 12 carbon atoms (e.g., the maximum length can be 11 carbon atoms).
• the branch in the alkyl or alkenyl group is at the ⁇ -position or later from the point of attachment of R 13 to the ester group. Suitable R 13 groups include, but are not limited to
• the cationic lipid can be any suitable cationic lipid.
• the cationic lipid can be any suitable cationic lipid.
• R is an alkyl or alkenyl group having from about 13 to about 15 carbon atoms
• the total carbon length of the tail from the first carbon (i.e., the leftmost carbon atom, which is attached to a tertiary carbon) to a terminus of the tail is at most 20.
• the tail has from about 24 to about 26 carbon atoms.
• the maximum length of R 13 from its attachment point to the ester group of the compound is 10 carbon atoms (e.g., the maximum length can be 9 carbon atoms).
• the branch in the alkyl or alkenyl group is at the ⁇ -position or later from the point of attachment of R 13 to the ester group. Suitable
• R 13 groups include, but are not limited to
• the cationic lipid can be any suitable cationic lipid.
• the cationic lipid can be any suitable cationic lipid.
• the R group may be derived from a natural product, such as dihydrocitgronellol, lavandulol, phytol, or dihydrophytol.
• the R 13 group in the tails above is a dihydrocitronellol group (either as a racemic group or a chirally pure group):
• the cationic lipid having a dihydroitronellol group can be any organic compound having a dihydroitronellol group.
• the cationic lipid having a dihydroitronellol group can be any organic compound having a dihydroitronellol group.
• the R group in the tails above is a lavandulol group or a homolog of it as shown below:
• a cationic lipid of the fomula is a cationic lipid of the fomula:
• Headgroup can also be thought of as a combination of a headgroup, a linker moiety, and two parts of the hydrophobic chains as follows:
• headgrops Various headgrops, linker moieties, and hydrophobic chains I and II are listed below.
• the present invention includes compounds composed of any combination of the head, linker, hydrophobic chain I, and hydrophobic chain II groups listed below.
• cationic lipids of the present invention include those in Table 3 below. Each asymmetric carbon atom in the compounds below can be either chirally pure (R or S) or racemic. These cationic lipids as well as those in the working examples (such as Examples 36 and 37) are suitable for forming nucleic acid-lipid particles.
• the present invention relates to a method of preparing a compound of Formula I-VII. Suitable exemplary synthetic methods are illustrated in Schemes 1-27 shown in the Examples section below.
• the cationic lipid of the present invention is selected from the following compounds, and salts thereof (including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof). These cationic lipids are suitable for forming nucleic acid-lipid particles.
• the cationic lipid of the present invention is selected from following compounds, and salts thereof (including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof):
• the cationic lipid of the present invention is selected from the following compounds, and salts thereof (including pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof):
• Additional re resentative cationic lipids include, but are not limited to:
• n 0, 1, or 2
• X O, S, NR, CH 2
• n 0, 1, or 2
• n 0 1, or 2
• n 0, 1, or 2
• n 0 1, or 2
• n 0, 1, or 2
• the head can have one methylene unit between the X group (or other functional group) and nitrogen atom.
• the head can be:
• Cationic lipids include those having alternative fatty acid groups and other dialkylamino groups than those shown, including those in which the alkyl substituents are different (e.g., N-ethyl-N-methylamino-, and N-propyl-N-ethylamino-).
• the cationic lipids have at least one protonatable or deprotonatable group, such that the lipid is positively charged at a pH at or below physiological pH (e.g. pH 7.4), and neutral at a second pH, preferably at or above physiological pH.
• a pH at or below physiological pH e.g. pH 7.4
• a second pH preferably at or above physiological pH.
• Such lipids are also referred to as cationic lipids.
• the lipids can have more than one protonatable or deprotonatable group, or can be zwiterrionic.
• protonatable lipids i.e., cationic lipids
• the lipids can have a pK a of about 4 to about 7, e.g., from about 5 to about 7, such as from about 5.5 to about 6.8, when incorporated into lipid particles.
• Such lipids may be cationic at a lower pH formulation stage, while particles will be largely (though not completely) surface neutralized at physiological pH around pH 7.4.
• the lipids are charged lipids.
• charged lipid includes, but is not limited to, those lipids having one or two fatty acyl or fatty alkyl chains and a quaternary amino head group.
• the quaternary amine carries a permanent positive charge.
• the head group can optionally include an ionizable group, such as a primary, secondary, or tertiary amine that may be protonated at physiological pH.
• the presence of the quaternary amine can alter the pKa of the ionizable group relative to the pKa of the group in a structurally similar compound that lacks the quaternary amine (e.g., the quaternary amine is replaced by a tertiary amine).
• the cationic lipid can be a protonated salt of the amine cationic lipid.
• the term "free form" refers to the amine cationic lipids in non-salt form.
• the free form may be regenerated by treating the salt with a suitable dilute aqueous base solution such as dilute aqueous NaOH, potassium carbonate, ammonia and sodium bicarbonate.
• the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the instant cationic lipids can be synthesized from the cationic lipids of this invention which contain a basic or acidic moiety by conventional chemical methods.
• the salts of the basic cationic lipids are prepared either by ion exchange chromatography or by reacting the free base with stoichiometric amounts or with an excess of the desired salt-forming inorganic or organic acid in a suitable solvent or various combinations of solvents.
• the salts of the acidic compounds are formed by reactions with the appropriate inorganic or organic base.
• non-toxic salts of the cationic lipids of this invention include non-toxic salts of the cationic lipids of this invention as formed by reacting a basic instant cationic lipids with an inorganic or organic acid.
• non-toxic salts include those derived from inorganic acids such as hydrochloric, hydrobromic, sulfuric, sulfamic, phosphoric, nitric and the like, as well as salts prepared from organic acids such as acetic, propionic, succinic, glycolic, stearic, lactic, malic, tartaric, citric, ascorbic, pamoic, maleic, hydroxymaleic, phenylacetic, glutamic, benzoic, salicylic, sulfanilic, 2-acetoxy-benzoic, fumaric, toluenesulfonic, methanesulfonic, ethane disulfonic, oxalic, isethionic, and trifluoroacetic (TFA
• suitable “pharmaceutically acceptable salts” refers to salts prepared form pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic bases including inorganic bases and organic bases.
• Salts derived from inorganic bases include aluminum, ammonium, calcium, copper, ferric, ferrous, lithium, magnesium, manganic salts, manganous, potassium, sodium, and zinc.
• the base is selected from ammonium, calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium.
• Salts derived from pharmaceutically acceptable organic non-toxic bases include salts of primary, secondary and tertiary amines, substituted amines including naturally occurring substituted amines, cyclic amines and basic ion exchange resins, such as arginine, betaine caffeine, choline, N ⁇ -dibenzylethylenediamine, diethylamin, 2-diethylaminoethanol, 2-dimethylaminoethanol, ethanolamine, ethylenediamine, N-ethylmorpholine, N-ethylpiperidine, glucamine, glucosamine, histidine, hydrabamine, isopropylamine, lysine, methylglucamine, morpholine, piperazine, piperidine, polyamine resins, procaine, purines, theobromine, triethylamine, trimethylamine tripropylamine, and tromethamine.
• basic ion exchange resins such as arginine, betaine caffeine,
• the cationic lipids of the present invention may potentially be internal salts or zwitterions, since under physiological conditions a deprotonated acidic moiety in the compound, such as a carboxyl group, may be anionic, and this electronic charge might then be balanced off internally against the cationic charge of a protonated or alkylated basic moiety, such as a quaternary nitrogen atom.
• a deprotonated acidic moiety in the compound such as a carboxyl group
• a deprotonated acidic moiety in the compound such as a carboxyl group
• this electronic charge might then be balanced off internally against the cationic charge of a protonated or alkylated basic moiety, such as a quaternary nitrogen atom.
• One or more additional cationic lipids which carry a net positive charge at about physiological pH, in addition to those specifically described above, may also be included in the lipid particles and compositions described herein.
• Such cationic lipids include, but are not
• DOTMA N-(2,3-dioleyloxy)propyl-N,N-N-triethylammonium chloride
• DDAB N,N-distearyl-N,N-dimethylammonium bromide
• DOTAP N-(2,3-dioleoyloxy)propyl)-N,N,N-trimethylammonium chloride
• DOTAP. CI N-(2,3-dioleoyloxy)propyl)-N,N,N-trimethylammonium chloride
• DOTAP. CI l,2-Dioleyloxy-3-trimethylaminopropane chloride salt
• DC-Choi N-(N',N'-dimethylaminoethane)-carbamoyl)cholesterol
• DC-Choi N-(l-(2,3-dioleyloxy)propyl)-N-2-(sperminecarboxamido)ethyl)-N,N-dimethylammonium trifluoracetate
• DOSPA dioctadecylamidoglycyl carboxyspermine
• DOPE dioctadecylamidoglycyl carboxyspermine
• DOPE dioctadecylamidoglycyl carboxyspermine
• DOPE dioctadecylamidoglycyl carboxyspermine
• DOPE dioctadecylamidoglycyl carboxyspermine
• DOPE dioctadecylamidoglycyl carboxyspermine
• DOPE dioctadecylamidoglycyl carb
• cationic lipids can be used, such as, e.g. , LIPOFECTIN (including DOTMA and DOPE, available from GIBCO/BRL), and LIPOFECT AMINE (comprising DOSPA and DOPE, available from GIBCO/BRL).
• LIPOFECTIN including DOTMA and DOPE, available from GIBCO/BRL
• LIPOFECT AMINE comprising DOSPA and DOPE, available from GIBCO/BRL
• Suitable head groups for the PEG lipids include, but are not limited to those shown in Table 3 below.
• n is an integer from 10 to 100 (e.g. 20-50 or 40-50);
• s, s', t and t' are independently 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7; and m is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.
• the lipid particles and compositions described herein may also include one or more neutral lipids.
• Neutral lipids when present, can be any of a number of lipid species which exist either in an uncharged or neutral zwitterionic form at physiological pH.
• Such lipids include, for example, diacylphosphatidylcholine, diacylphosphatidylethanolamine, ceramide, sphingomyelin, dihydrosphingomyelin, cephalin, and cerebrosides.
• the neutral lipid component is a lipid having two acyl groups (e.g., diacylphosphatidylcholine and diacylphosphatidylethanolamine).
• the neutral lipid contains saturated fatty acids with carbon chain lengths in the range of C 10 to C 2 o- In another embodiment, the neutral lipid includes mono or diunsaturated fatty acids with carbon chain lengths in the range of C 10 to C 20 .
• Suitable neutral lipids include, but are not limited to, DSPC, DPPC, POPC, DOPE, DSPC, and SM.
• the lipid particles and compositions described herein may also include one or more lipids capable of reducing aggregation.
• lipids that reduce aggregation of particles during formation include polyethylene glycol (PEG)-modified lipids (PEG lipids, such as PEG-DMG and PEG-DMA), monosialoganglioside Gml, and polyamide oligomers ("PAO”) such as (described in U.S. Patent No. 6,320,017, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety).
• Suitable PEG lipids include, but are not limited to, PEG-modified phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidic acid, PEG-ceramide conjugates (e.g., PEG-CerC14 or PEG-CerC20) (such as those described in U.S. Patent No. 5,820,873, incorporated herein by reference), PEG-modified dialkylamines and PEG-modified l,2-diacyloxypropan-3-amines, PEG-modified diacylglycerols and dialkylglycerols, mPEG (mw2000)-diastearoylphosphatidylethanolamine (PEG-DSPE).
• the lipid particles and compositions may include a sterol, such as cholesterol.
• the present invent relates to lipid particles that include one or more of the cationic lipids described herein.
• the lipid particle includes one or more compounds of formula I- VII.
• Lipid particles include, but are not limited to, liposomes.
• a liposome is a structure having lipid-containing membranes enclosing an aqueous interior.
• nucleic acid- lipid particle comprising a cationic lipid of the present invention, a non-cationic lipid (such as a neutral lipid), optionally a PEG-lipid conjugate (such as the lipids for reducing aggregation of lipid particles discussed herein), optionally a sterol (e.g., cholesterol), and a nucleic acid.
• SNALP refers to a stable nucleic acid-lipid particle.
• a SNALP represents a particle made from lipids, wherein the nucleic acid (e.g., an interfering RNA) is encapsulated within the lipids.
• SNALPs are useful for systemic applications, as they can exhibit extended circulation lifetimes following intravenous (i.v.) injection, they can accumulate at distal sites (e.g., sites physically separated from the administration site), and they can mediate silencing of target gene expression at these distal sites.
• the nucleic acid may be complexed with a condensing agent and encapsulated within a SNALP as set forth in International Publication No. WO 00/03683, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.
• the lipid particle may include a cationic lipid, a fusion-promoting lipid (e.g., DPPC), a neutral lipid, cholesterol, and a PEG-modified lipid.
• the lipid particle includes the above lipid mixture in molar ratios of about 20-70% cationic lipid: 0.1-50% fusion promoting lipid: 5-45% neutral lipid: 20-55% cholesterol: 0.5-15% PEG-modified lipid (based upon 100% total moles of lipid in the lipid particle).
• the cationic lipid is present in a mole percentage of about 20% and about 60%; the neutral lipid is present in a mole percentage of about 5% to about 25%; the sterol is present in a mole percentage of about 25% to about 55%; and the PEG lipid is PEG-DMA, PEG-DMG, or a combination thereof, and is present in a mole percentage of about 0.5% to about 15% (based upon 100% total moles of lipid in the lipid particle).
• the molar lipid ratio with regard to mol% cationic lipid/DSPC/Chol/PEG-DMG or PEG-DMA) is approximately 40/10/40/10, 35/15/40/10 or 52/13/30/5.
• This mixture may be further combined with a fusion-promoting lipid in a molar ratio of 0.1-50%, 0.1-50%, 0.5-50%, 1-50%, 5%-45%, 10%-40%, or 15%-35%.
• the resulting lipid particles can have a total molar ratio of (mol% cationic lipid/DSPC/Chol/PEG-DMG or PEG-DMA/fusion-promoting peptide) 20/5/20/5/50.
• the neutral lipid, DSPC, in these compositions is replaced with POPC, DPPC, DOPE or SM.
• the lipid particles comprise a cationic lipid of the present invention, a neutral lipid, a sterol and a PEG-modified lipid.
• the lipid particles include from about 25% to about 75% on a molar basis of cationic lipid, e.g., from about 35 to about 65%, from about 45 to about 65%, about 60%, about 57.5%, about 57.1%, about 50% or about 40% on a molar basis.
• the lipid particles include from about 0% to about 15% on a molar basis of the neutral lipid, e.g., from about 3 to about 12%, from about 5 to about 10%, about 15%, about 10%, about 7.5%, about 7.1% or about 0% on a molar basis.
• the neutral lipid is DPPC.
• the neutral lipid is DSPC.
• the formulation includes from about 5% to about 50% on a molar basis of the sterol, e.g., about 15 to about 45%, about 20 to about 40%, about 48%, about 40%, about 38.5%, about 35%, about 34.4%, about 31.5% or about 31% on a molar basis.
• the sterol is cholesterol.
• the lipid particles described herein may further include one or more therapeutic agents.
• the lipid particles include a nucleic acid (e.g., an oligonucleotide), such as siRNA or miRNA.
• the lipid particles include from about 0.1% to about 20% on a molar basis of the PEG-modified lipid, e.g., about 0.5 to about 10%, about 0.5 to about 5%, about 10%, about 5%, about 3.5%, about 1.5%, about 0.5%, or about 0.3% on a molar basis.
• the PEG-modified lipid is PEG- DMG.
• the PEG-modified lipid is PEG-c-DMA.
• the lipid particles include 25-75% of cationic lipid, 0.5-15% of the neutral lipid, 5-50% of the sterol, and 0.5- 20% of the PEG-modified lipid on a molar basis.
• the lipid particles include 35-65% of cationic lipid, 3-12% of the neutral lipid, 15-45% of the sterol, and 0.5- 10% of the PEG-modified lipid on a molar basis. In one embodiment, the lipid particles include 45-65% of cationic lipid, 5-10% of the neutral lipid, 25-40% of the sterol, and 0.5- 5% of the PEG-modified lipid on a molar basis. In one embodiment, the PEG modified lipid comprises a PEG molecule of an average molecular weight of 2,000 Da. In one embodiment, the PEG modified lipid is PEG-distyryl glycerol (PEG-DSG).
• PEG-DSG PEG-distyryl glycerol
• the ratio of lipid: siRNA is at least about 0.5: 1, at least about 1: 1, at least about 2: 1, at least about 3: 1, at least about 4: 1, at least about 5: 1, at least about 6: 1, at least about 7: 1, at least about 11: 1 or at least about 33: 1. In one embodiment, the ratio of lipid: siRNA ratio is between about 1: 1 to about 35: 1, about 3: 1 to about 15: 1, about 4: 1 to about 15: 1, or about 5: 1 to about 13: 1. In one embodiment, the ratio of lipid: siRNA ratio is between about 0.5: 1 to about 12: 1.
• the lipid particles are nanoparticles.
• the lipid particles have a mean diameter size of from about 50 nm to about 300 nm, such as from about 50 nm to about 250 nm, for example, from about 50 nm to about 200 nm.
• a lipid particle containing a cationic lipid of any of the embodiments described herein has an in vivo half life (t ⁇ ) (e.g., in the liver, spleen or plasma) of less than about 3 hours, such as less than about 2.5 hours, less than about 2 hours, less than about 1.5 hours, less than about 1 hour, less than about 0.5 hour or less than about 0.25 hours.
• t ⁇ in vivo half life
• a lipid particle containing a cationic lipid of any of the embodiments described herein has an in vivo half life (t ⁇ ) (e.g., in the liver, spleen or plasma) of less than about 10 % (e.g., less than about 7.5%, less than about 5%, less than about 2.5%) of that for the same cationic lipid without the biodegrable group or groups.
• t ⁇ in vivo half life
• the lipid particles and compositions described herein can further include one or more antioxidants.
• the antioxidant stabilizes the lipid particle and prevents, decreases, and/or inhibits degradation of the cationic lipid and/or active agent present in the lipid particles.
• the antioxidant can be a hydrophilic antioxidant, a lipophilic antioxidant, a metal chelator, a primary antioxidant, a secondary antioxidant, salts thereof, and mixtures thereof.
• the antioxidant comprises a metal chelator such as EDTA or salts thereof, alone or in combination with one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or more additional antioxidants such as primary antioxidants, secondary antioxidants, or other metal chelators.
• the antioxidant comprises a metal chelator such as EDTA or salts thereof in a mixture with one or more primary antioxidants and/or secondary antioxidants.
• the antioxidant may comprise a mixture of EDTA or a salt thereof, a primary antioxidant such as a- tocopherol or a salt thereof, and a secondary antioxidant such as ascorbyl palmitate or a salt thereof.
• the antioxidant comprises at least about 100 mM citrate or a salt thereof. Examples of antioxidants include, but are not limited to, hydrophilic antioxidants, lipophilic antioxidants, and mixtures thereof.
• Non-limiting examples of hydrophilic antioxidants include chelating agents (e.g., metal chelators) such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), citrate, ethylene glycol tetraacetic acid (EGTA), l,2-bis(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'- tetraacetic acid (BAPTA), diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA), 2,3-dimercapto-l- propanesulfonic acid (DMPS), dimercap to succinic acid (DMSA), cc-lipoic acid, salicylaldehyde isonicotinoyl hydrazone (SIH), hexyl thioethylamine hydrochloride (HTA), desferrioxamine, salts thereof, and mixtures thereof.
• metal chelators e.g., metal chelators
• EDTA ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
• Additional hydrophilic antioxidants include ascorbic acid, cysteine, glutathione, dihydrolipoic acid, 2- mercaptoethane sulfonic acid, 2- mercaptobenzimidazole sulfonic acid, 6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid, sodium metabisulfite, salts thereof, and mixtures thereof.
• Non-limiting examples of lipophilic antioxidants include vitamin E isomers such as ⁇ -, ⁇ -, ⁇ -, and ⁇ -tocopherols and ⁇ -, ⁇ -, ⁇ -, and ⁇ - tocotrienols; polyphenols such as 2-tert-butyl-4-methyl phenol, 2-fert-butyl-5-methyl phenol, and 2-tert-butyl-6-methyl phenol; butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) (e.g., 2-teri-butyl-4- hydroxyanisole and 3-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyanisole); butylhydroxytoluene (BHT); tert- butylhydroquinone (TBHQ); ascorbyl palmitate; rc-propyl gallate; salts thereof; and mixtures thereof.
• Suitable antioxidants and formulations containing such antioxidants are described in International Publication No. WO 2011/066651, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
• the lipid particles or compositions contain the antioxidant EDTA (or a salt thereof), the antioxidant citrate (or a salt thereof), or EDTA (or a salt thereof) in combination with one or more (e.g., a mixture of) primary and/or secondary antioxidants such as a- tocopherol (or a salt thereof) and/or ascorbyl palmitate (or a salt thereof).
• one or more e.g., a mixture of
• primary and/or secondary antioxidants such as a- tocopherol (or a salt thereof) and/or ascorbyl palmitate (or a salt thereof).
• the antioxidant is present in an amount sufficient to prevent, inhibit, or reduce the degradation of the cationic lipid present in the lipid particle.
• the antioxidant may be present at a concentration of at least about or about 0.1 mM, 0.5 mM, 1 mM, 10 mM, 100 mM, 500 mM, 1 M, 2 M, or 5M, or from about 0.1 mM to about 1 M, from about 0.1 mM to about 500 mM, from about 0.1 mM to about 250 mM, or from about 0.1 mM to about 100 mM.
• lipid particles and compositions described herein can further include an apolipoprotein.
• apolipoprotein or “lipoprotein” refers to apolipoproteins known to those of skill in the art and variants and fragments thereof and to apolipoprotein agonists, analogues or fragments thereof described below.
• the active agent is a nucleic acid, such as a siRNA.
• the active agent can be a nucleic acid encoded with a product of interest, including but not limited to, RNA, antisense oligonucleotide, an antagomir, a DNA, a plasmid, a ribosomal RNA (rRNA), a micro RNA (miRNA) (e.g., a miRNA which is single stranded and 17-25 nucleotides in length), transfer RNA (tRNA), a small interfering RNA (siRNA), small nuclear RNA (snRNA), antigens, fragments thereof, proteins, peptides, vaccines and small molecules or mixtures thereof.
• RNA antisense oligonucleotide
• an antagomir e.g., a DNA, a plasmid, a ribosomal RNA (rRNA), a micro RNA (miRNA) (e.g., a mi
• the nucleic acid is an oligonucleotide (e.g., 15-50 nucleotides in length (or 15-30 or 20-30 nucleotides in length)).
• An siRNA can have, for instance, a duplex region that is 16-30 nucleotides long.
• the nucleic acid is an immuno stimulatory oligonucleotide, decoy oligonucleotide, supermir, miRNA mimic, or miRNA inhibitor.
• a supermir refers to a single stranded, double stranded or partially double stranded oligomer or polymer of ribonucleic acid (RNA) or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or both or modifications thereof, which has a nucleotide sequence that is substantially identical to an miRNA and that is antisense with respect to its target.
• miRNA mimics represent a class of molecules that can be used to imitate the gene silencing ability of one or more miRNAs.
• miRNA mimic refers to synthetic non-coding RNAs (i.e. the miRNA is not obtained by purification from a source of the endogenous miRNA) that are capable of entering the RNAi pathway and regulating gene expression.
• the nucleic acid that is present in a lipid-nucleic acid particle can be in any form.
• the nucleic acid can, for example, be single-stranded DNA or RNA, or double- stranded DNA or RNA, or DNA-RNA hybrids.
• Non-limiting examples of double- stranded RNA include siRNA.
• Single- stranded nucleic acids include, e.g. , antisense oligonucleotides, ribozymes, microRNA, and triplex-forming oligonucleotides.
• the lipid particles of the present invention can also deliver nucleic acids which are conjugated to one or more ligands.
• the lipid particles may be formulated as a pharmaceutical composition, e.g., which further comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent, excipient, or carrier, such as physiological saline or phosphate buffer.
• a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent, excipient, or carrier such as physiological saline or phosphate buffer.
• the resulting pharmaceutical preparations may be sterilized by conventional, well known sterilization techniques.
• the aqueous solutions can then be packaged for use or filtered under aseptic conditions and lyophilized, the lyophilized preparation being combined with a sterile aqueous solution prior to administration.
• the compositions may contain pharmaceutically acceptable auxiliary substances as required to approximate physiological conditions, such as pH adjusting and buffering agents, and tonicity adjusting agents, for example, sodium acetate, sodium lactate, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, and calcium chloride.
• the lipidic suspension may include lipid-protective agents which protect lipids against free -radical and lipid-peroxidative damages on storage. Lipophilic free-radical quenchers, such as a-tocopherol and water-soluble iron-specific chelators, such as ferrioxamine, are suitable.
• the concentration of lipid particle or lipid-nucleic acid particle in the pharmaceutical formulations can vary, for example, from less than about 0.01%, to at or at least about 0.05-5% to as much as 10 to 30% by weight.
• a solution of one or more lipids (including a cationic lipid of any of the embodiments described herein) in an organic solution (e.g., ethanol) is prepared.
• a solution of one or more active (therapeutic) agents (such as, for example an siRNA molecule or a 1: 1 molar mixture of two siRNA molecules) in an aqueous buffered (e.g., citrate buffer) solution is prepared.
• the two solutions are mixed and diluted to form a colloidal suspension of siRNA lipid particles.
• the siRNA lipid particles have an average particle size of about 80-90 nm.
• the dispersion may be filtered through 0.45/2 micron filters, concentrated and diafiltered by tangential flow filtration.
• cationic lipid inlcudes those lipids having one or two fatty acid or fatty aliphatic chains and an amino acid containing head group that may be protonated to form a cationic lipid at physiological pH.
• a cationic lipid is referred to as an "amino acid conjugate cationic lipid.”
• a subject or patient in whom administration of the complex is an effective therapeutic regimen for a disease or disorder is preferably a human, but can be any animal, including a laboratory animal in the context of a clinical trial or screening or activity experiment.
• the methods, compounds and compositions of the present invention are particularly suited to administration to any animal, particularly a mammal, and including, but by no means limited to, humans, domestic animals, such as feline or canine subjects, farm animals, such as but not limited to bovine, equine, caprine, ovine, and porcine subjects, wild animals (whether in the wild or in a zoological garden), research animals, such as mice, rats, rabbits, goats, sheep, pigs, dogs, and cats, avian species, such as chickens, turkeys, and songbirds, i.e., for veterinary medical use.
• biodegradable cationic lipid refers to a cationic lipid having one or more biodegradable groups located in the mid- or distal section of a lipidic moiety (e.g., a hydrophobic chain) of the cationic lipid.
• a lipidic moiety e.g., a hydrophobic chain
• biodegradable group refers to a group that include one or more bonds that may undergo bond breaking reactions in a biological environment, e.g., in an organism, organ, tissue, cell, or organelle.
• the biodegradable group may be metabolizable by the body of a mammal, such as a human (e.g., by hydrolysis).
• Some groups that contain a biodegradable bond include, for example, but are not limited to esters, dithiols, and oximes.
• an "aliphatic” group is a non-aromatic group in which carbon atoms are linked into chains, and is either saturated or unsaturated.
• alkyl and alkylene refer to a straight or branched chain saturated hydrocarbon moiety.
• the alkyl group is a straight chain saturated hydrocarbon.
• the "alkyl” or “alkylene” group contains from 1 to 24 carbon atoms.
• Representative saturated straight chain alkyl groups include methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, n-pentyl, and n-hexyl.
• Representative saturated branched alkyl groups include isopropyl, sec-butyl, isobutyl, ie/t-butyl, and isopentyl.
• alkenyl refers to a straight or branched chain hydrocarbon moiety having one or more carbon-carbon double bonds. In one embodiment, the alkenyl group contains 1, 2, or 3 double bonds and is otherwise saturated. Unless otherwise specified, the "alkenyl” group contains from 2 to 24 carbon atoms. Alkenyl groups include both cis and trans isomers. Representative straight chain and branched alkenyl groups include ethylenyl, propylenyl,
• alkynyl refers to a straight or branched chain hydrocarbon moiety having one or more carbon-carbon triple bonds. Unless otherwise specified, the "alkynyl” group contains from 2 to 24 carbon atoms. Representative straight chain and branched alkynyl groups include acetylenyl, propynyl, 1-butynyl, 2-butynyl, 1-pentynyl, 2-pentynyl, and 3-methyl-l-butynyl.
• branched alkyl refers to an alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl group in which one carbon atom in the group (1) is bound to at least three other carbon atoms and (2) is not a ring atom of a cyclic group.
• a spirocyclic group in an alkyl, alkenyl, or alkynyl group is not considered a point of branching.
• acyl refers to a carbonyl group substituted with hydrogen, alkyl, partially saturated or fully saturated cycloalkyl, partially saturated or fully saturated heterocycle, aryl, or heteroaryl.
• acyl groups include groups such as (C 1 -C2o)alkanoyl (e.g., formyl, acetyl, propionyl, butyryl, valeryl, caproyl, and t-butylacetyl), (C3-C2o)cycloalkylcarbonyl (e.g., cyclopropylcarbonyl, cyclobutylcarbonyl, cyclopentylcarbonyl, and cyclohexylcarbonyl), heterocyclic carbonyl (e.g., pyrrolidinylcarbonyl, pyrrolid-2-one-5-carbonyl, piperidinylcarbonyl, piperazinylcarbonyl, and tetrahydrofurany
• aryl refers to an aromatic monocyclic, bicyclic, or tricyclic hydrocarbon ring system. Unless otherwise specified, the "aryl” group contains from 6 to 14 carbon atoms. Examples of aryl moieties include, but are not limited to, phenyl, naphthyl, anthracenyl, and pyrenyl.
• cycloalkyl and cycloalkylene refer to a saturated monocyclic or bicyclic hydrocarbon moiety such as cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, and cyclohexyl. Unless otherwise specified, the "cycloalkyl” or “cycloalkylene” group contains from 3 to 10 carbon atoms.
• cycloalkylalkyl refers to a cycloalkyl group bound to an alkyl group, where the alkyl group is bound to the rest of the molecule.
• heterocycle refers to a non-aromatic 5- to 8-membered monocyclic, or 7- to 12-membered bicyclic, or 11- to 14-membered tricyclic ring system which is either saturated or unsaturated, and which contains from 1 to 3 heteroatoms if monocyclic, 1-6 heteroatoms if bicyclic, or 1-9 heteroatoms if tricyclic, independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, and wherein the nitrogen and sulfur heteroatoms may be optionally oxidized, and the nitrogen heteroatom may be optionally quaternized.
• the heterocycle may be a cycloalkoxy group.
• heterocycle may be attached to the rest of the molecule via any heteroatom or carbon atom in the heterocycle.
• Heterocycles include, but are not limited to, morpholinyl, pyrrolidinonyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, piperizynyl, hydantoinyl, valerolactamyl, oxiranyl, oxetanyl, tetrahydrofuranyl, tetrahydropyranyl, tetrahydropyridinyl, tetrahydroprimidinyl, tetrahydrothiophenyl, tetrahydrothiopyranyl, tetrahydropyrimidinyl, tetrahydrothiophenyl, and tetrahydrothiopyranyl.
• heteroaryl refers to an aromatic 5-8 membered monocyclic, 7-12 membered bicyclic, or 11-14 membered tricyclic ring system having 1-3 heteroatoms if monocyclic, 1-6 heteroatoms if bicyclic, or 1-9 heteroatoms if tricyclic, where the heteroatoms are selected from O, N, or S (e.g., carbon atoms and 1-3, 1-6, or 1-9 heteroatoms of N, O, or S if monocyclic, bicyclic, or tricyclic, respectively).
• the heteroaryl groups herein described may also contain fused rings that share a common carbon-carbon bond.
• substituted refers to the replacement of one or more hydrogen radicals in a given structure with the radical of a specified substituent including, but not limited to: halo, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heterocyclyl, thiol, alkylthio, oxo, thioxy, arylthio, alkylthioalkyl, arylthioalkyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylsulfonylalkyl, arylsulfonylalkyl, alkoxy, aryloxy, aralkoxy, aminocarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, arylaminocarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, haloalkyl, amino, trifluoromethyl, cyano, nitro, alkylamino, arylamino, alkylaminoalkyl, arylamin
• halogen refers to fluoro, chloro, bromo and iodo.
• DSPC distearoylphosphatidylcholine
• DPPC l,2-Dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
• POPC 1- palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-phosphatidylcholine
• DOPE l,2-dileoyl-sn-3- phosphoethanolamine
• PEG-DMG generally refers to 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycerol-methoxy polyethylene glycol (e.g., PEG 2000)
• TBDPSC1 tert-Butylchlorodiphenylsilane
• DMAP DMAP:
• HMPA hexamethylphosphoramide
• EDC l-ethyl-3-(3- dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide
• DIPEA diisopropylethylamine
• DCM dichloromethane
• TEA triethylamine
• TBAF tetrabutylammonium fluoride
• protecting groups are any group that reduces or eliminates unwanted reactivity of a functional group.
• a protecting group can be added to a functional group to mask its reactivity during certain reactions and then removed to reveal the original functional group.
• an “alcohol protecting group” is used.
• An “alcohol protecting group” is any group which decreases or eliminates unwanted reactivity of an alcohol functional group.
• the compounds may be prepared by at least one of the techniques described herein or known organic synthesis techniques.
• the di-aldehyde 4 can be synthesized as shown in Scheme 3, using l-bromo-9-decene.
• Di- aldehyde containing a head group 27 can be useful for the synthesis of terminal ester-substituted lipids using, e.g., a Wittig reaction. Ozonolysis can afford di-aldehyde 4 and 27.
• Compound 30 Compound 29 (133 g, 0.5635 mol) was dissolved in 1.5 L of DCM, CBr 4 (280.35 g, 0.8456 mol) was added into this stirring solution and the reaction mixture was cooled to 0°C under an inert atmosphere. PPh 3 (251.03 g, 0.9571 mol) was then added in portions keeping the temperature below 20 °C. After complete addition, the reaction mixture was stirred for 3 hours at room temperature. After completion of the reaction, the solid (PPh 3 0) that precipitated from the reaction mixture was removed by filtration, and the filtrate was diluted with crushed ice ( ⁇ 1.5 kg) and extracted with DCM (3 x 750 mL).
• the organic layer was taken in 5 litre beaker, diluted with 500 mL of methanol and cooled to 0 °C. To this solution, an excess of NaBH 4 ( ⁇ 5eq) was added in portions to ensure hydrolysis of the formate ester which was not cleaved by addition of HC1. The resulting solution was stirred for an hour and then volatilites were removed under vacuum. The residue was taken in water (1 L) and acidified by 10% HC1 solution (pH 4). The product was then extracted with ethyl acetate (3 x 1 L). the organic phase was then dried and concentrated on rotary evaporator to afford the desired compound 31 (57 g, 24%) as solid.
• Compound 32 Compound 31 (56 g, 0.1196 mol) was dissolved in 700 mL dry THF and cooled to 0 °C. TBSC1 (36.06 g, 0.2396 mol) was added slowly followed by the addition of imidazole (32.55 g, 0.4786 mol) under an inert atmosphere. The reaction was then stirred at room temperature for 18 hours. Upon completion, the reaction was quenched with ice ( ⁇ 1 kg) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3 x 500 mL).
• Compound 33 Compound 32 (60 g, 0.1030 mol) was dissolved in 500 mL ethyl acetate and degassed with N 2 for 20 minutes. (10 wt %) Pd on carbon (12 g) was added and the reaction was stirred under an atmosphere of hydrogen for 18 hours. After completion, the mixture was filtered through a bed of celite and washed with ethyl acetate. The filtrate was evaporated under vacuum to afford compound 33 (19 g, 46%) that was pure enough to use in the next synthetic sequence.
• Compound 34 Compound 33 (8.2 g, 0.0199 mol) was dissolved in 100 mL dry DCM and cooled to 0 °C. TEA (22.14 mL, 0.1592 mol) was added under an inert atmosphere. After stirring the mixture for 5 minutes, mesyl chloride (4.6 mL, 0.059 mol) was added drop wise and the reaction was stirred further for 3 hours. After completion of the reaction, the mixture was quenched with ice (-200 g) and extracted with DCM (3 x 75 mL).
• reaction progress was monitored by 1H NMR. After completion, the reaction mixture was cooled to 0 °C and quenched by careful addition of saturated NH 4 C1 solution (50 mL) followed by water (200 mL). The aqueous phase was extracted with hexane (3 x 250 mL). The organic layer was dried and solvent removed under vacuum to afford compound 36 (5 g, 94%), which was used without further purification.
• Compound 39 Compound 37 (2.5 g, 0.00598 mol) was dissolved in 25 mL dry THF and cooled to -40 °C. w-BuLi (1.4 M in hexane 12.9 mL, 0.01794 mol) was added slowly, followed, after a 10 minute interval, by slow addition of HMPA (25 mL). The resulting mixture was maintained for 30 minutes -40 °C under a nitrogen atmosphere. A solution of compound 38 (3.5 g, 1.01196 mol) in 25 mL dry THF was then added drop wise to the cooled reaction mixture. The resulting mixture was warmed to room temperature over 2 hours, then stirred at room temperature for 18 hours.
• Compound 8 can be synthesized as shown in Scheme 6. Either bromides of compound 58, 60, or 62 can be reacted with ethyl formate to generate terminal-functionalized di-olefin chain.
• Compound 8 can then be prepared from the diolefin chain compounds using standard chemical reactions.
• chain length and linker length as well as alkyl groups in ester functionality and substituents on nitrogen atom can be derivatized.
• Compound 209 Compound 208 (148 mg, 0.181 mmol) was treated with TFA (1.5 mL) in CH 2 CI 2 (6 mL) for 2.5 h. After evaporation and co-evaporation with toluene gave the compound 209 (154 mg, quant.). Molecular weight for C 43 H 8 oN0 6 (M+H) + Calc. 706.5980, Found 706.5.
• reaction was then warmed to ambient temperature and stirred for 10 hours. After completion of reaction, the mixture was quenched with crushed ice ( ⁇ 2kg) and extracted with ethyl acetate
• 1, 17-bis-benzyloxy-heptadecan-9-ol (242): To freshly activated Mg turnings (24.08g, 1.003mol) was added 200mL anhydrous THF, followed by the addition of pinch of iodine into the mixture under inert atmosphere. After initiation of the Grignard formation a solution of Compound 241 (150g, 0.5016mol) in 1 L of dry THF was added slowly controlling the exothermic reaction. After complete addition, the reaction was heated to reflux for 1 hour, then cooled to room temperature. Methyl formate (60.24g, 1.0033mol) was then added slowly and reaction was continued for 2 hours.
• the reaction mixture was then diluted with CH 2 CI 2 (40 mL) and washed with saturated NaHC0 3 (50 mL), water (60 mL) and brine (60 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous Na 2 S0 4 and solvents were removed in vacuo.
• the crude product thus obtained was purified by Combiflash Rf purification system (40 g silicagel, 0- 10 % MeOH in CH 2 C1 2 ) to afford the pure product 246 (0.35 g, 53%) as a colorless oil.
• Di((Z)-non-2-en-l-yl) 9-hydroxyheptadecanedioate (247) The silyl protected diester 246 (0.3 g, 0.44 mmol) was dissolved in 1 M solution of TBAF in THF (6 mL) and the solution was kept at 40 °C for two days. The reaction mixture was diluted with water (60 mL) and extracted with ether (2 x 50 mL). The combined organic layers were concentrated and the thus obtained crude product was purified by column to isolate the pure product (0.097 g, 39%).
• the following shorter route was used for the synthesis of analogs of Compound 1 of the present invention
• the commercial 9-bromonon-l-ene 248 was treated with magnesium to form the corresponding Grignard reagent which was reacted with ethylformate to give the corresponding adduct 249 which on treatment with bromobutyryl chloride to provide the bromoester 250.
• the bromoester 250 on treatment with Ru0 4 provided the diacid 251.
• the bromodiacid 251 on treatment with dimethylamine provided the amino diacid 252.
• the diacid 252 on treatment with oxalyl chloride in the presence of DMF provided the diacid chlorides 253.
• the lipids 254a-n were synthesized by treating the acid Chloride 253 with respective alcohols.
• the Bromoacid 251 (2 mmol) is dissolved in 2M solution of dimethylamine in THF (20 mL) and to it 1 g of anhudrous K 2 C0 3 was added and the mixture was heated in a pressure bottle at 50 °C overnight.
• the TLC showed the completion of the reaction.
• the reaction mixture was acidified with acetic acid and diluted with water (100 mL) and extracted with dichloromethane (2 x 60 mL). The combined organic layers were concentrated dried and used as such in the next reaction. MW calcd for C 23 H4 3 N0 6 429.59; Found 430.6 (MH) + .
• the diacid 252 is converted to the corresponding diacid chloride 253 by treating it with oxalyl chloride in dichloromethane in the presence of catalytic DMF and the crude acid chloride obtained after the concentration of the reaction mixture was used as such for the coupling with different alcohols.
• Di((Z)-non-2-en-l-yl) 9-hydroxyheptadecanedioate (9) The silyl protected diester 8 (0.3 g, 0.44 mmol) was dissolved in 1 M solution of TBAF in THF (6 mL) and the solution was kept at 40 °C for two days after which the TLC showed the completion of the reaction. The reaction mixture was diluted with water (60 mL) and extracted with ether (2 x 50 mL). The combined organic layers were concentrated and the thus obtained crude product was purified by column to isolate the pure product (0.097 g, 39%).
• the following shorter route was used for the synthesis of the di((Z)-non- 2-en-l-yl) 9-((4-(dimethylamino)butanoyl)oxy)heptadecanedioate.
• the commercial 9- bromonon-l-ene 10 was treated with magnesium to form the corresponding Grignard reagent which was reacted with ethylformate to give the corresponding adduct 11 which on treatment with bromobutyryl chloride to provide the bromoester 12.
• the bromoester 12 ontreatment with Ru0 4 provided the diacid 13.
• the bromodiacid 13 on treatment with dimethylamine provided the amino diacid 14.
• the aminodiacid 14 on coupling with the alcohol 15 provided the product in good yields.
• Alcohol 502 The compound 501 (10.25 g, 21.5 mmol) was dissolved in 75 mL of 80 % acetic acid and stirred at room temperature for 14 h. 10 mL of methanol was added and concentrated, followed by column chromatography (0-50 % ethyl acetate in hexane) yielded the expected product 502 as colorless oil (1.8 g, 82 , R f : 0.3, 30 % ethyl acetate in hexane).
• R alkyl/aryl
• n 0-10
• R alkyl/aryl
• n 0-10
• Compound 2 was synthesized from 1 using a procedure analogous to that described in Journal of the Organic Chemistry, 2009, 1473.
• the amino lipids synthesized in Examples 31 and 32 can be converted to the corresponding quaternary lipids as shown below by treatment with CH 3 C1 in CH 3 CN and CHC1 3 .
• the cationic lipids described herein are used to formulate liposomes containing the AD- 1661 duplex (shown in the table below) using an in-line mixing method as described in International Publication No. WO 2010/088537, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
• the lipid nanoparticles had the formulation shown in the table below.
• the siRNA AD-1661 duplex has the sequence shown below.
• Nf is a 2'F modified nucleobase
• dT is deoxythymidine
• s is phosphothioate
• the lipid nanoparticles was prepared as follows. Cationic lipid, DSPC, cholesterol, and PEG-DMG in the ratio recited in the table above were solubilized in ethanol at a total lipid concentration of 25 mg/niL.
• the stock solutions should be completely clear and the lipids should be completely solubilized before combining with the siRNA. Therefore, if it was determined appropriate, the stock solutions were heated to completely solubilize the lipids.
• the individual stock solutions were combined by pumping each solution to a T-junction (i.e., by in-line mixing). Specifically, the ethanol solution (at 5 ml/min, via 0.01 in. PEEK tube) and aqueous buffer solution (at 15 mL/min, via 0.02 in. PEEK tube) were mixed through a T- junction (PEEK Tee body, IDEX).
• Lipid nanoparticles containing the cationic lipids listed in the table in Example 36 were prepared as described above.
• FVII Factor VII
• hepatocytes a prominent protein in the coagulation cascade
• FVII levels in plasma can be determined by a simple, plate-based colorimetric assay.
• FVII represents a convenient model for determining siRNA-mediated downregulation of hepatocyte-derived proteins.
• Test formulations of the lipid nanoparticles prepared in Example 35 were initially assessed for their FVII knockdown in female 7-9 week old, 15-25g, female C57B1/6 mice at 0.1, 0.3, 1.0 and 5.0 mg/kg with 3 mice per treatment group. All studies included animals receiving either phosphate-buffered saline (PBS, control group) or a benchmark formulation. Formulations were diluted to the appropriate concentration in PBS immediately prior to testing. Mice were weighed and the appropriate dosing volumes calculated (10 ⁇ /g body weight). Test and benchmark formulations as well as PBS (for control animals) were administered intravenously via the lateral tail vein.
• PBS phosphate-buffered saline
• Plasma FVII levels were quantified and ED 50 values (dose resulting in a 50% reduction in plasma FVII levels compared to control animals) were calculated using a standard curve generated from a pooled sample of serum from control animals. Those formulations of interest showing high levels of FVII knockdown (ED 50 « 0.1 mg/kg) were re-tested in independent studies at a lower dose range to confirm potency and establish ED 50 levels.
• the following table shows ED 50 values for some of the cationic lipids described herein. Two asterisks (**) indicates an ED 50 value between 0.001 and 0.10. One asterisk (*) indicates an ED 50 value greater than 0.10.
• Example 37 Hydrophobicity and Stability
• the logP values for the biodegrabable cationic lipids listed in the table below were calculated using the software available at http://www.molinspiration.com/services/logp.html from Molinspiration Cheminformatics of Slovensky Grob, Slovak Republic.
• the HPLC retention time for each biodegradable cationic lipid was measured in lipid nanoparticles prepared from them.
• the lipid nanoparticles were prepared as described in Example 35 using AD- 1661 as the payload.
• the retention times are reported in the table below relative to the retention time for cholesterol.
• HPLC buffer used was a mixture of two solutions (Solution #1 and Solution #2).
• Solution #2 80% methanol / 20% isopropanol
• the ratios of the two solutions in the mixture changed over time as indicated in the table below.
• the size of the lipid nanoparticles was measured before and after undergoing dialysis overnight. In general, greater changes in lipid nanoparticle size are indicative of lesser stability.
• Dynamic laser light scattering was used to determine the lipid nanoparticle size (expressed as the intensity weighted diameter) with a Zetasizer (Malvern Instruments, Inc. of Westborough, MA). All measurements were made at 532 nm wavelength at the scattering angle of 173° using normal resolution mode as the analysis model. The results of these experiments are provided in the table below.

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