論文

査読有り 招待有り
2021年5月

Highly Potent GalNAc-Conjugated Tiny LNA Anti-miRNA-122 Antisense Oligonucleotides.

Pharmaceutics
  • Yamamoto,T
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  • Mukai,Y
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  • Wada, F
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  • Terada, C
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  • Kayaba, Y
  • ,
  • Oh, K
  • ,
  • Yamayoshi, A
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  • Obika, S
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  • Harada–Shiba, M

13
6
開始ページ
817
終了ページ
817
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.3390/pharmaceutics13060817
出版者・発行元
MDPI AG

The development of clinically relevant anti-microRNA antisense oligonucleotides (anti-miRNA ASOs) remains a major challenge. One promising configuration of anti-miRNA ASOs called “tiny LNA (tiny Locked Nucleic Acid)” is an unusually small (~8-mer), highly chemically modified anti-miRNA ASO with high activity and specificity. Within this platform, we achieved a great enhancement of the in vivo activity of miRNA-122-targeting tiny LNA by developing a series of N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc)-conjugated tiny LNAs. Specifically, the median effective dose (ED50) of the most potent construct, tL-5G3, was estimated to be ~12 nmol/kg, which is ~300–500 times more potent than the original unconjugated tiny LNA. Through in vivo/ex vivo imaging studies, we have confirmed that the major advantage of GalNAc over tiny LNAs can be ascribed to the improvement of their originally poor pharmacokinetics. We also showed that the GalNAc ligand should be introduced into its 5′ terminus rather than its 3′ end via a biolabile phosphodiester bond. This result suggests that tiny LNA can unexpectedly be recognized by endogenous nucleases and is required to be digested to liberate the parent tiny LNA at an appropriate time in the body. We believe that our strategy will pave the way for the clinical application of miRNA-targeting small ASO therapy.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics13060817
URL
https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/13/6/817/pdf
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.3390/pharmaceutics13060817
  • eISSN : 1999-4923

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