WO1994013325A2 - Peptide linkers for improved oligonucleotide delivery - Google Patents

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WO1994013325A2
WO1994013325A2 PCT/US1993/012246 US9312246W WO9413325A2 WO 1994013325 A2 WO1994013325 A2 WO 1994013325A2 US 9312246 W US9312246 W US 9312246W WO 9413325 A2 WO9413325 A2 WO 9413325A2
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  • the invention relates to pharmaceutical
  • compositions containing oligonucleotides (ODNS, having 5-100 nucleotides) (such as “antisense” or “antigene” agents) which act by binding to intracellular molecular targets, and which, for efficient delivery to a target DNA, RNA or protein, are covalently linked through a cleavable peptide moiety to a carrier moiety, which facilitates delivery of the ODN to the cytosol.
  • ODNS oligonucleotides
  • ODNs Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides
  • hybridization is expected in the art to provide drugs with fewer toxic side effects.
  • antisense oligonucleotide therapeutic principle is very appealing from a theoretical viewpoint, the state of the art is that because of their high cost and low molar potency, these agents are currently not used as effective antiviral drugs.
  • the highly charged ODNs do not enter the cytoplasm of cells easily, and thereforemany approaches have been taken in the prior art to improve delivery of ODN drugs across membrane barriers.
  • Antigene oligonucleotides are another class of sequence specific drugs which can inhibit protein synthesis.
  • Antigene ODNs bind to duplex DNA as a third strand and can inhibit transcription of mRNA.
  • antigene ODN drugs should be more potent than antisense ODN drugs since there is only one genetic target (DNA).
  • DNA genetic target
  • Alkylating groups or cleaving groups which are targeted by antigene ODNs have the potential to permanently inactivate specific genes, thereby providing a rational base for curing disease. Since these ODNs act in the nucleus of cells, they must also be delivered across membrane barriers.
  • Protein binding oligonucleotides are another potential class of therapeutic. These are
  • oligonucleotides that bind to specific proteins.
  • intracellular proteins is delivery across cellular membranes.
  • Ribozymes are another class of oligonucleotides which can sequence specifically catalyze the hydrolysis of target RNA strands.
  • Cech, T.R. (1987) The chemistry of self-splicing RNA and RNA enzymes, Science 236, 1532.
  • the prior art has already proposed using these catalytic, RNA based "scissors" as therapeutic agents.
  • the problem again is the delivery of the ribozyme oligonucleotides across cellular membranes.
  • Polyanionic ODNs cross membranes poorly and can be degraded by nucleases before reaching their ultimate site of action (the cytoplasm or nucleus of cells). Thus, poor bioavailability is a major reason for the low potency of ODN drugs. Therefore it is desirable to take advantage of endocytosis; an uptake pathway which cells use to bring macromolecules across the plasma membrane and deliver them to lysosomes. Lysosomes are low pH, membrane bound vesicles which contain the hydrolytic enzymes necessary to digest the concentrated macromolecules.
  • the invention described here pertains to specificdrug-linker-carrier compositions wherein the drug is a therapeutic ODN and the linker is a lysosome sensitive peptide.
  • the linker is a lysosome sensitive peptide.
  • several versatile chemical methods for the synthesis of ODN- peptides These methods enable the construction of0DN-peptides which can be linked to virtually any lysosomotropic carrier or targeting ligand of choice.
  • the modular nature of the chemistry facilitates variation of the therapeutic ODN, the peptide, and the carrier.
  • the delivery system can be "fine-tuned" toincrease the potency and therapeutic index of
  • therapeutic agents of the invention are (1) therapeutic ODN;
  • state-of-the-art antisense and antigene ODNs are within the scope of the invention, which may be chemically modified or unmodified as compared to the "natural" unmodified DNA constituents normally occuring in living cells.
  • FIG 1 illustrates the membrane binding
  • Figure 2 is a schematic illustration of the mechanism by which the ODN-peptide-carrier conjugates enter the cell and release the drug.
  • the lysosomotropic carrier (galactose coated polymer) specifically targets hepatocytes.
  • the antigene (or antisense) ODN is designed to sequence specifically inhibit synthesis of viral proteins in HBV infected cells.
  • Figure 3 illustrates the synthetic scheme used for conjugating amine modified ODNs to peptide linkers.
  • Figure 4 illustrates preferred methods of
  • Figure 5 shows C-18 HPLC chromatograms which illustrate the preparation and purity of the MODEL ODN- peptide conjugates.
  • Figure 6 is a photo of a polyacrylamide gel which illustrates that the peptide linking arms of MODEL ODN- peptide conjugates are cleaved by proteases (trypsin in this case).
  • Figure 7 shows the structure and synthesis of thiol modified "membrane anchors" which can be used as surfactant carriers for ODNs.
  • Figure 8 illustrates a synthetic scheme used for preparation of ODN-linker-polyamine carrier conjugates.
  • FIG. 9 shows the structure of preferred
  • Figure 10 shows galactose containing compounds which can be used to construct hepatocyte specific targeting ligands for ODNs.
  • the therapeutic ODNs utilized in the present invention are the "active agents" in the sense that after release from the ODN-peptide-carrier conjugate, the ODNs bind to a desired DNA, RNA or protein to bring about the desired therapeutic action.
  • therapeutic ODNs are per se well-known in the art, and are subject to numerous patent and scientific
  • ODN-peptide- carrier conjugates of the invention may contain all natural nucleotide building units, or may contain synthetic nucleotides, modified nucleotides such as nucleotides modified by attachment of groups to the heterocyclic bases, sugar or phosphate moieties, or ⁇ -nucleotides, and nucleotides wherein the "natural" phospho-diester linkage has been modified.
  • RNA based therapeutics such as ribozymes, are also includedunder the general abbreviation "ODN”.
  • the criterion with respect to the therapeutic ODN component of the ODN-peptide-carrier conjugate of the present invention is that the ODN must be capable of selective binding to a target DNA, RNA, or proteinwithin a target cell, to bring about a desired
  • the carriers utilized in the covalently linked therepeutic ODN-peptide-carrier conjugate molecules of the invention are lysosomotropic agents. These are substances which are taken up selectively into
  • Endocytosis is the primary cellular
  • lysosomotropic drug carriers The effect of lysosomotropic drug carriers is to concentrate drug inside the cell. The drug must be released from the carrier in order to diffuse to its ultimate
  • lysosomotropic agents which are utilized in the invention are illustrated in Figure 1. They are classified according to the mechanism by which they bind to the plasma membrane and by the cellular specificity of that binding. After binding to the plasma membrane, all three categories of agents are delivered to the lysosome by endocytosis.
  • a first category (Class 1) of lysosomotropic agents are surfactant carriers. These are molecules with surfactant properties.
  • the nonioinic detergent Triton WR-1339 is an example of this class of agent.
  • Highly lipophilic "membrane anchors" such as
  • cholesterol or lipids are another example of this class of carrier.
  • Surfactant carriers interact with the plasma membrane of cells and are endocytosed by a process termed "pinocytosis" or "fluid-phase
  • a second category (Class 2) of lysosomotropic agents are polyamine carriers. Specifically, cationic macromolecules have been shown to be lysosomotropic. The best known of this class of agent is poly-L-lysine (PLL). Moreover, it is known that the cellular uptake of proteins and other macromolecules can be enhanced by conjugation to PLL or other polyamines Shen, W.-C, and Ryser, H.J.-P. (1978) Conjugation of poly-L-lysine to albumin and horseradish peroxidase: A novel method of enhancing the cellular uptake of proteins. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 75, 1872. PLL is internalized by a process described as "non-specific adsorptive
  • a third category (Class 3) of lysosomotropic agents are targeting ligands.
  • Class 3 Of particular interest to the present invention are receptor-specific
  • targeting ligands are defined as molecules containing specific conformations of functional groups which "fit" into recognition sites on membrane bound receptors.
  • the size, shape (conformation), charge density, lipophilicity, and location of hydrogen bonding functional groups are critical properties which ensure recognition by specific membrane receptors.
  • Molecular fragments such as sugar groups can serve as "membrane recognition elements”. Certain combinations and conformations of these elements are recognized and bound by cell-surface receptors.
  • the ligand-receptor complex is internalized by receptor-mediated
  • transferrin a protein that carries iron in the blood. All actively metabolizing cells have transferrin receptors which endocytose.
  • tissue specific receptors are those that are found in a certain sub-population of cells within an organism. In order to be suitable targets for liganddrug conjugates, these receptors must also be rapidly endocytosed. Provided below are illustrative examples of tissue specific receptors which fit these criteria. It should be noted that the "tissue specificy" of targeting ligands as drug carriers is not absolute, and is ultimately determined by biodistribution in suitable animal models.
  • glycoproteins which have been used for endocytosis studies.
  • Mammalian macrophages contain a transport system that binds and internalizes glycoproteins with exposed mannose
  • this macrophage specific system is similar to the hepatocyte specific system described above.
  • a tri-mannosyl ligand has been shown to be an effective substrate for this receptor.
  • Monocytes and macrophages contain a membrane lectin which specifically bind mannose-6-phosphate bearing glycoproteins. Recently, it has been shown that uptake of oligonucleotides into macrophages can be enhanced by conjugation to 6-phosphomannosylated serum albumin. For a description see Bonfils, E., Depierreux, C., Midoux, P., Thuong, N.T., Monsigny, M., and Roche, A.C. (1992) Drug Targeting: synthesis and endocytosis of oligonucleotide-neoglycoprotein conjugates, Nucleic Acids Res. 20, 4621.
  • Polyanionic macromolecules such as acetylated LDL, maleylated albumin, and sulfated polysaccharides are recognized by a specific receptor in mammalian macrophages.
  • CD3 antigen on T-lymphocytes The human CD3
  • T3 antigen is a receptor found on human T-cells.
  • Anti-CD3 monoclonal antibodies are available which recognize the antigen. Such antibodies have been used clinically for the prevention and treatment of graft vs. host disease and for treatment of T-cell
  • Lysosome-sensitive linkers have therefore been explored in the prior art for use in these ligand-drug conjugates.
  • cleavable peptide linkers capable of enlarging delivery of small molecular weight, cytotoxic drugs via macromolecular carrier molecules.
  • Such peptides include leu-ala-leu and ala-leu-ala-leu. The latter two have been known to release free drug from a BSA carrier when treated with lysosomal enzymes (Trouet, A., Masquelier, M., Baurain, R., and Deprez-de Campaneere, D. (1982), A covalent linkage between daunorubicin and proteins that is stable in serum and reversible by lysosomal hydrolases, as required for a lysosomatropic drug-carrier
  • HPMA N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide
  • peptide linkers which can be used in accordance with the present invention.
  • the requirement is that the peptide be covalently linked to both the therapeutic ODN (drug) and to the carrier, (targeting ligand) and that it be cleaved inside the cell after the target is reached, so as to release the therapeutic ODN.
  • the present invention employs ODN-peptide
  • ODN-peptide-carrier conjugates The peptide functions as a protease sensitive
  • the peptide sequence is chosen such that it is hydrolyzed by proteases in the lysosomes of the target cells and not by serum
  • the ODNs which are released in the lysosomes in accordance with the invention have a therapeutic function.
  • the therapeutic ODNs may be modified with groups which improve their binding to the target, improve their stability to nucleases, and/or improve their ability to cross the lysosomal membrane.
  • modification of the 3'-terminus of the ODN has been found to enhance stability to exonucleases, and such 3'-terminus modified ODNs may be
  • Lipophilic modifications of ODNs have been found to enhance membrane transport. Such "lipophilicy modified" ODNs may also be advantageously employed in accordance with the present invention.
  • the ODN is a therapeutic agent which specifically inhibits synthesis or function of proteins which are implicated in a diseased state.
  • Targeting ligands can be chosen to provide selective delivery to diseased cells.
  • the therapeutic-ODN and targeting ligand provide a "matched set" wherein the targeting ligand is chosen to
  • the therapeutic ODN is an antisense ODN which sequence specifically inhibits synthesis of a protein that is synthesized by hepatocytes infected by Hepatitis B virus (HBV).
  • the targeting ligand is a galactose modified polymer which is specifically recognized and internalized by hepatocytes.
  • the peptide linker is chosen on the basis of its known sensitivity to rat liver lysosomal proteases.
  • Figure 3 describes the general structure and method of synthesis for ODN-peptide conjugates which are linked in accordance with the present invention to lysosomotropic carriers.
  • the illustrated method utilizes a therapeutic ODN which has been modified with a suitable electrophilic or nucleophilic linker group (A).
  • A electrophilic or nucleophilic linker group
  • Such modified ODNs are readily prepared using standard automated techniques.
  • the purified ODN is- treated with a peptide that bears two crosslinkable groups (B) and (C) with different reactivity such that (A) reacts with (B), yet (C) remains free for further crosslinking reactions.
  • the resulting "crosslinkable" ODN-peptide is purified and used as a versatile
  • the Class 1 conjugates are the simplest ODN-peptide-carrier constructs.
  • the lysosomotropic carriers are "membrane anchors” or “surfactants” which have affinity for the plasma membrane of the cell. This non-specific
  • ODN conjugates may be advantageous for cell culture systems, where it is desired to target every cell. Although such conjugates do not provide cell specific targeting, they improve potency of ODNs by increasing the rate of transport across the plasma membrane.
  • the ODN conjugates are delivered to the lysosomes where the peptide linkers are hydrolyzed to release the active ODN drugs.
  • conjugates can be prepared in accordance with the present invention through sulfhydryl- iodoacetamide coupling chemistry.
  • the ODN-peptide conjugate of Figure 3 has already been reacted with iodoacetic anhydide to provide the iodoacetamide derivative.
  • This is reacted with a "membrane anchor" group having a free thiol group to provide the ODN-peptide-COCH 2 -S- membrane anchor product.
  • iodoacetamide derivatives is very versatile, due to the extreme nucleophilicity of the sulfhydryl group and the extreme electrophilicity of the iodoacetamide.
  • the Class 2 ODN-peptide conjugates illustrated in Figure 4 are analogous to the ODN-PLL conjugates described above. However, in accordance with the present invention because a degradable peptide linker is used, non-natural polyamines less toxic than PLL are preferably substituted for the poly-L-lysine carrier. This class of conjugates can be further modified with targeting ligands to provide Class 3 conjugates.
  • the Class 3 conjugates illustrated on Figure 4 utilize receptor specific targeting ligands.
  • This class of conjugates is the most versatile in that the biophysical properties can be "fine-tuned" to optimize potency of the ODN drug.
  • the number of targeting ligands, size of the carrier, or charge of the complex can be varied to optimize cellular uptake.
  • complex galactose containing ligands such as AsOR, only one ligand is necessary whereas when the ligand
  • membrane recognition element in a simple molecule, such as galactose, then binding of several ligands to the ODN-peptide molecule would be advantageous.
  • Method A involves modification of the Class 2 conjugates with a reactive form of a "membrane recognition element”.
  • Method B involves direct
  • Degradable polyamines such as PLL can also be used in accordance with the present invention.
  • reaction of cyanuric chloride activated ODNs with PLL provides a novel method for preparation of ODN-PLL conjugates (Class 2). Since PLL is itself a cleavable peptide, the specially designed linking peptide sequences of the invention are not necessary in this case, because PLL acts as the
  • recognition elements such as sugars
  • Figure 3 which can be prepared in several ways.
  • the ODN is attached (linked) to the peptide through a "branching or linking group".
  • the branching or linking groups (A)-(C) are available in the art with a variety of chain lengths and reactive crosslinking functionality. Therefore, a vast array of linking groups and
  • crosslinking groups on the ODN and peptide can be chosen.
  • branching or linking groups are defined as molecular fragments which connect, or have the ability to connect, two other molecular functions (in this case the ODN with the peptide).
  • the most versatile of these linking groups are known as "heterobifunctional linkers".
  • linkers have two different crosslinking groups which can react in a stepwise fashion. Many of these linkers are commercially available from biotechnology supply companies (e.g. Pierce Chemical Company).
  • Linker arms and crosslinking chemistry for ODNs are also generally known in the art. Generally, these linker groups are composed of unreactive spacer groups and two
  • crosslinking groups with different reactivity are crosslinking groups with different reactivity.
  • Figure 3 illustrates the conjugation chemistry which is currently the most efficient and versatile route to ODN-peptide-ligand conjugates.
  • the specific conjugation chemistry which is used in this embodiment for attaching ODN group (A) to peptide group (B) is novel.
  • the method involves conjugation of an ODN bearing an electrophilic crosslinking group to a peptide which bears two nucleophilic groups ((B) and (C)) of differing reactivity.
  • the resulting ODN- peptide conjugate is prepared in such a manner that a nucleophilic "handle" (C) remains on the peptide.
  • This group is used to further attach the lysosomotropic carrier to the peptide portion of the ODN-peptide conjugate.
  • the peptide is therefore also used as a heterobifunctional linker.
  • heterobifunctional linking groups have been known in the art, ODN-peptide conjugates which are themselves "cross-linkable" are believed to be novel .
  • ODN-peptides described here as models were not designed for use as cleavable linkers. They are included in this application to illustrate the
  • the exemplary chemistry is
  • ODN1 H 2 N-(CH 2 ) 6 -O-PO 2 --5'O-CTCCATCTTCGTCACA
  • ODN1 is a 5'-hexylamine modified 16-mer ODN with a sequence complementary to the initiation codon region of the mRNA transcript for the Hepatitis B surface
  • ODN2 is a 3'-hexanol, 5'-hexylamine modified 24-mer ODN
  • PEP1 H 2 N-cys-thr-pro-pro-lys-lys-lys-arg-lys-val-
  • PEP2 H 2 N-cys-asn-ser-ala-ala-phe-glu-asp-leu-arg-val- leu-ser-CO 2 H
  • PEP3 H 2 N-met-asn-lys-ile-pro-ile-lys-asp-leu-leu-asn- pro-gln-cys-CONH 2
  • nucleophilic 5'-hexylamine group of the ODN to an
  • electrophilic group (A) involved treatment with excess
  • Iodoacetic anhydride acts as a
  • heterobifunctional linker in that it has two electrophilic sites of differing reactivity.
  • the anhydride functional group reacts rapidly with the primary amino group whereas the iodoacetyl functional group is left untouched for further reaction with the peptide sulfhydryl in the next step.
  • iodoacetic anhydride has many advantages over these prior art linkers.
  • One advantage is that iodoacetic anhydride is much less expensive, another that it gives fewer side reactions.
  • IA-ODNs preparation of IA-ODNs, is novel, and so is the use of IA-ODNs for preparation of ODN conjugates.
  • the IA-ODNs are typical of electrophilic ODNs in that they do not survive lyophilization conditions.
  • the IA-ODNs are typical of electrophilic ODNs in that they do not survive lyophilization conditions.
  • ultrafiltration separation techniques are excellent for purification of these reactive ODN derivatives.
  • Figure 5 Pulels B and C
  • the purified IA-ODN2 (10.7 min peak) is completely separated from small molecular weight iodoacetyl contaminants (4.6 min). It is important that the aqueous solutions of IA-ODN are never taken to dryness.
  • the peptide-ODN conjugates can be readily purified by HPLC and lyophilized. In the specific examples, isolated yields of 98%, 97%, and 87% were obtained for each of the three peptide-0DN2 conjugates.
  • ODN-peptide conjugates prepared from ODN1 were further characterized by thermal denaturation studies as described in EXAMPLE III.
  • the dissociation of duplexes formed from equimolar concentrations of the ODN1-peptide conjugates and an unmodified 20-mer ODN target were examined.
  • the changes in absorbance at 260 nm were measured as a function of temperature and the melting temperatures (T m ) were determined.
  • T m melting temperatures
  • iodoacetamide-ODNs are cleanly prepared from
  • ODN-peptides are prepared from heterobifunctional peptide groups wherein the peptide has a thiol group (B) which reacts much faster than a nucleophilic amine group (C).
  • B thiol group
  • C nucleophilic "handle”
  • electrophilic and nucleophilic crosslinking groups can be used.
  • electrophilic ODNs were coupled to nucleophilic peptides.
  • nucleophilic (thiol substituted) ODNs can be used.
  • the conjugation chemistry which is illustrated in Figure 3 for the 5'-terminus of the ODN can also be performed at the 3'-terminus of the ODN.
  • 3'-hexylamine modified ODNs are readily prepared from a specially modified solid support (Petrie, C.R., Reed, M.W., Adams, A.D., and Meyer, R.B.,Jr. (1992), An improved CPG support for the Synthesis of 3'-amine-tailed oligonucleotides, Bioconjugate Chem. 3, 85).
  • Addition of the peptide linker at the 3'-terminus may be advantageous in certain circumstances.
  • other conjugate groups can be readily added to the 5'- terminus of ODNs as the last step of automated
  • the model ODN-peptide conjugates were further characterized by their susceptibility to proteolysis with trypsin.
  • trypsin catalyzes the hydrolysis at the carboxyl side of lysine or arginine residues in the peptides. It was found in accordance with the present invention that trypsin had no effect on the ODN as shown by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in Figure 6.
  • This experiment shows the feasibility of using peptides as cleavable linkers in accordance with the present invention, wherein the peptide is cleaved by enzymes which do not degrade ODNs.
  • the ODN-targeting ligand linkage must be stable to serum proteases, yet cleaved by the lysosomal enzymes in the target cell.
  • the lysosomal thiol- proteinases in particular cathepsin B , are the enzymes most important in cleavage of oligopeptide drug-polymer linkages.
  • the following two peptides were selected, which are expected to be also readily cleaved by proteases in human liver cells.
  • cysteine residues have been added to the amino terminus of the peptides in accordance with the present
  • iodoacetamide-ODN derivative to provide an attachment point for the iodoacetamide-ODN derivative.
  • the lysine residue has been added in accordance with the invention to provide a primary amine containing modification for attachment to the desired lysosomotropic carrier.
  • iodoacetamide-ODNs are selectively attached in accordance with the invention to the cysteine residue of peptides containing lysine residues.
  • heterofunctional peptide linkers PEP4 and PEP5 are reacted in accordance with the invention, with IA-ODNs as shown in Figure 3.
  • the four internal amino acids in the peptide sequences PEP4 and PEP5 do not contain nucleophilic functional groups. This allows selective crosslinking of the primary amino group (C) of the ODN- peptide linker to a suitable functional group on the lysosomotropic carrier of choice.
  • an iodoacetamide derivative of an ODN- peptide was prepared using MODEL ODN3 and the
  • ODN3 H 2 N-(CH 2 ) 6 -O-PO 2 --5'O-GTTCTCCATGTTCAG-O- PO- 2 -O- ( CH 2 ) OH
  • ODN3 is a 3'-hexanol, 5'-hexylamine modified 15- mer ODN with a sequence complementary to the initiation codon region of the mRNA transcript for the Hepatitis B surface antigen in HepG2 cells.
  • the 5'-hexylamine ODN was first converted to IA- ODN3 and then coupled to the free sulfhydryl form of PEP4 under the conditions described in EXAMPLE II.
  • the terminal lysine residue of the peptide linker in ODN3- PEP4 was further converted to the corresponding
  • ODN-soaps useful in accordance with the present invention are for formulation into ointments that aid in penetration of the ODN through skin tissue for topical applications.
  • the lipophilic “anchor” inserts into the plasma membrane of a target cell, thus allowing cellular uptake by "fluid phase endocytosis".
  • the peptide linker Upon reaching the lysosome, the peptide linker is degraded and the therapeutic ODN passes through the lysosomal membrane and into the cytosol.
  • therapeutic ODN can be further modified with groups that aid in transport through membranes.
  • the polymeric carriers are
  • FIG. 7 Three types of novel phosphoramidite monomeric “anchor units" are shown in Figure 7 which can be polymerized to provide "membrane anchors" with different lipophilic properties.
  • the monomers are polymerized in a stepwise fashion to give carriers of discrete sizes depending on the number of synthetic cycles.
  • the surfactant carriers prepared from these monomers have the additional benefit of being water soluble by virtue of the hydrophilic phosphate residues which are interspersed throughout the polymers. This allows conjugation chemistry to be carried out under aqueous conditions.
  • the linker chemistry that has been developed for preparation of ODN conjugates is easily applied to these machine-made carriers.
  • nucleophilic thiol linker groups can be attached to the polymeric carriers as a final step through use of a commercially available phosphoramidite reagent.
  • one type of phosphoramidite monomer which is usable as a sufactant carrier in the present invention, and which is novel per se, is derived from hydroxyprolinol.
  • the preparation of acridine and cholesterol derivatized hydroxyprolinol derivatives is described elsewhere (Reed, M.W., Adams, A.D., Nelson, J.S., and Meyer, R.B., Jr. (1991), Acridine and
  • aliphatic lipids e.g. palmitic acid to give 1c
  • other lipophilic groups can be introduced at the free amino group of hydroxyprolinol.
  • EXAMPLE V describes synthesis of the phosphoramidite monomer of the acridine containing hydroxyprolinol "anchor unit" 1a).
  • a second type of phosphoramidite monomers which can be polymerized to provide "membrane anchor" building blocks within the present invention and which are novel, are derivatives of alkanols, also shown in Figure 7. These simple surfactant building blocks can be prepared with a variety of alkyl chain lengths.
  • a third type of phosphoramidite monomers which can be polymerized to provide a "membrane anchor" building units of the ODN-peptide-carrier molecule of the present invention, and which are novel per se are derivatives of polyethylene glycols (PEG). These derivatives have unique properties which make them desirable for modification of biologically active molecules. These properties include: a wide range of solubilities, lack of toxicity, absence of antigenicity and immunogenicity, non-interference with enzymatic activities and conformations of polypeptides,
  • a nucleophilic SH group is introduced by using the appropriate thiol phosphoramidite.
  • the SH group serves to couple the polymeric membrane anchor to the iodoacetamide derivatized ODN-peptide compound.
  • Other types of conjugation chemistry can be substituted for the iodoacetamide/thiol chemistry shown in Figure 4.
  • cyanuric chloride is used to couple the amino linker group (C) on the ODN-peptide to an amino group on the carrier (targeting ligand).
  • ODN-linker-NH 2 groups are N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N-(2-aminoethyl)-2-aminoethyl-N
  • the ODN-polyamine coupling chemistry is
  • ODN4 H 2 N-(CH 2 ) 6 -O-PO 2 --5'O-CTGCTGCCTCCCGTAGGAGT
  • ODN3 is a 5'-hexylamine modified 20-mer ODN which has been used in the prior art as a universal signal probe for hybridization assays.
  • cyanuric chloride acts as an inexpensive heterobifunctional linker for connecting two molecules via amino groups.
  • the cyanuric chloride activated-ODNs (CC-ODNs) are stable in solution for weeks but (like most electrophilic ODNs) decompose upon lyophilization.
  • the CC-ODNs are readily purified by ultrafiltration techniques. Although bis-adducts of amine-tailed ODNs with cyanuric chloride are not formed, CC-ODNs react rapidly with polyamines.
  • the cyanuric chloride activated ODN (CC-ODN3) is further reacted with polyethyleneimine (10,000 MW polyethyleneimine (PEI), in the example), as described in detail in EXAMPLE IX.
  • polyethyleneimine 10,000 MW polyethyleneimine (PEI), in the example
  • the ODN-PEI conjugate which can be isolated presumably exists as a heterogeneous mixture of products with various ratios of ODN: PEI.
  • the material balance (90% recovered ODN after
  • Capping of polyamine carrier molecules with succinic anhydride is an optional step that, in accordance with the invention, allows the "stickiness" of the ODN conjugates to be modulated.
  • the net charge on the ODN- peptide-polyamine conjugates can also be controlled by varying the
  • polyamines have been shown in the prior art to improve uptake of macromolecules into cells.
  • Figure 9 the structures of three polyamines are shown which are preferred in the present invention.
  • 1:1 conjugates of ODN-peptides with polyamines of average MW 10,000 are contemplated in accordance with the present invention to be most useful as ODN delivery vehicles. It is contemplated that for efficient drug delivery the polyamine must contain enough cationic residues (at physiologic pH) to neutralize the anionic charges on the ODN and also provide a net positive charge to the complex.
  • polyamines preferably used in this aspect of the invention are illustrated.
  • PEI Polyethyleneimine
  • a 10,000 MW polymer of PEI contains approximately 58 primary amines, 116 secondary amines, and 58 tertiary amines.
  • Poly-L-lysine is available as the
  • hydrobromide salts from Sigma Chemical in a variety of average molecular weight ranges.
  • the polymers are prepared by base-initiated polymerization of the corresponding N-carboxyanhydride.
  • the MW range of most interest to this invention are 4K-15K, 15K-30K, and 30K-70K.
  • a 10,000 MW polymer of PLL contains
  • the naturally occurring poly-L-backbone can be degraded by lysosomal enzymes, but this carrier may pose toxicity problems.
  • the "non- natural" poly-D-isomers are also commercially available and can be used as control compounds to study non- degradable carriers.
  • Dendrimers are prepared in the desired size through a series of well defined organic reactions known in the art. The repeating amide units of these polymers are added in discrete layers or "generations". Each additional layer gives a larger polymer with a discrete molecular weight and a specified number of surface amino groups.
  • the larger dendrimers (>4th generation) have a
  • dendrimer has a molecular weight of 10,632 and contains 48 terminal primary amines. Roberts, J.C, Adams, Y.E., Tomalia, D., Mercer-Smith, J.A., and Lavallee, D.K. (1990), Using starburst dendrimers as linker molecules to radiolabel antibodies, Bioconjugate
  • Dendrimers are contemplated to be well suited for applications as carriers in ODN
  • dendrimers come in a variety of sizes and have good water solubility.
  • FIG 4 Two methods suitable for synthesis of ODN-peptide- ligand conjugates are illustrated in Figure 4.
  • the indirect method (Method A) where residual amino groups on the ODN-peptide-polyamine conjugates (Class 2) are reacted ("capped") with suitable membrane recognition elements.
  • hepatocytes have a membrane bound receptor which recognizes galactose containing ligands.
  • macrophages recognize mannose containing ligands.
  • Figure 10 shows the structure of carbohydrate containing molecules which can be used as reagents ("CAP reagents") to attach membrane recognition elements to amine containing carriers.
  • CAP reagents carbohydrate containing molecules which can be used as reagents
  • Figure 10 are constructed from known carboxylic acid precursors for example as described in EXAMPLE X. P- nitrophenyl ester derivatives of these same
  • carbohydrates are used in the prior art for preparation of the more complex "cluster ligands" (Ponpimom, M.M., Bugianesi, R.L., Robbins, J.C, Doebber, T.W., and Shen, T.Y. (1981), Cell-specific ligands for selective drug delivery to tissues and organs, J. Med. Chem. 24, 1388).
  • the derivatives 4 can be used as acylating CAP Reagents for the construction of ODN-peptide-ligand conjugates as illustrated in Figure 8.
  • each polyamine carrier is "capped" with many carbohydrate ligands, thus providing the multivalency that is required for efficient binding of ligands by the carbohydrate specific receptor.
  • the heterocyclic bases in the ODN are not modified (as evidenced by thermal denaturation studies).
  • the acetyl protecting groups on the carbohydrate rapidly hydrolyze at pH 8.3 to give, in the final product the desired hydroxyl form of the carbohydrate membrane recognition elements.
  • ODN-peptide-dendrimer conjugates allows the topology of the membrane recognition elements to be controlled.
  • the distance between the amine containing tips on the "arms" of the dendrimers depend on the generation. "Capping" with the TFP esters (4)
  • ODN-peptide-polyamine conjugates can also be conjugated to fully constructed targeting ligands.
  • ligands are generally macromolecular in nature, a single ligand may be suitable for the delivery of a number of therapeutic ODNs.
  • Chemistry for attaching poly-L-lysine to targeting proteins is known.
  • Method A A direct method for synthesis of ODN-peptide- ligand conjugates (Method A) is also illustrated in Figure 4. Iodoacetamide/thiol coupling chemistry is preferred since it has been discovered in accordance with the present invention that iodoacetamide-linker- ODNs react with a variety of different thiol containing compounds.
  • the ODN-peptide-NH 2 is first "activated" with iodoacetic anhydride, (for example as described in EXAMPLE XI) and thereafter conjugated to thiol
  • the ODN is attached to a functional group on the targeting ligand which is distinct from the receptor binding region of the ligand.
  • thiol containing targeting ligands and preferred within the present invention are monoclonal antibodies, or fragments thereof.
  • Free thiol groups on immunoglobulins (Ig) can be generated in accordance with the prior art by two different methods. Reductive cleavage of the native disulfides in the hinge region of the Ig can be
  • DTT dithiothreitol
  • S-acetylmercaptosuccinic anhydride 2-iminothiolane
  • N- succinimidyl 3-(2-pyridyldithio)propionate SPDP
  • ASOR asialoorosomucoid
  • asialoglycoproteins such as ASOR are rapidly removed from the blood plasma of mammals by a carbohydrate recognition system present only in hepatocytes. It is known that a conjugate of the ASOR ligand with horseradish peroxidase is rapidly internalized in rat liver. Thiol modified ASOR has been prepared in the prior art, using SPDP, and was used for coupling to PLL.
  • ODN-peptide-iodoacetamides are directly coupled to thiol modified ASOR to give ODN- Peptide-ASOR conjugates using the iodoacetamide/thiol coupling chemistry, as described for the peptide thiols (EXAMPLE II).
  • FIG. 10 Another type of fully constructed targeting ligand are the polymers illustrated in Figure 10.
  • Monomers which contain suitable "membrane recognition elements" such as the CAP molecules of Figure 10 are prepared from the CAP Reagents and amine containing monomer.
  • polymeric targeting ligands containing peptide backbones can be prepared from suitably
  • Modified nucleic acid monomers are constructed from the CAP Reagents.
  • An illustrative example is given in Figure 10, wherein
  • 5-methylamino-2'-deoxyuridine phosphoramidite has been reacted with a CAP reagent, and thereafter polymerized by using standard DNA synthesis conditions to give targeting ligands with phosphate-sugar backbones.
  • thiol linker groups can be readily added at the terminus of the constructed polymers.
  • polymeric targeting ligand is synthesized from substituted hydroxyprolinol
  • phosphoramidite monomers as illustrated in Figure 10.
  • This chemistry is directly analogous to that described above.
  • the carbohydrate containing TFP ester (4a or 4b) is reacted with hydroxyprolinol and further functionalized using standard conditions to give monomers which carry the carbohydrate moiety of formula 4a or 4b.
  • the carbohydrate containing monomers are then polymerized to a desired size using standard ODN synthesis conditions, and a terminal thiol group is added as shown in Figure 7.
  • the resulting thiol modified carbohydrate polymer is directly coupled to ODN-peptide-iodoacetamides using the coupling
  • a targeting ligand prepared from monomer 1 (of Figure 7) wherein the CAP group is the ⁇ -D-mannose derivative derived from 4b is expected to be especially effective at targeting macrophages, since it is recognized by the polyanion receptor as well as the mannose receptor.
  • Therapeutic ODN-Targeting Ligand "Matched Sets"
  • another aspect of the invention is a method to improve the potency of sequence specific ODN drugs by targeting them to specific tissue types.
  • Many diseases are caused by excess production of proteins which elicit effects which are deleterious to the survival of the affected organism.
  • Therapeutic ODNs can be designed which specifically inhibit production of these "deleterious" proteins within a normally healthy cell. Diseases generally are localized in certain topological areas or in certain types of tissue within an organism. It is desirable to match the therapeutic ODN with an ODN carrier system that concentrates the drug in the affected cells.
  • "matched sets" of nucleic acid specific ODNs and tissue specific targeting ligands or carriers provide drugs with higher therapeutic index than traditional pharmaceuticals.
  • deleterious proteins can be produced as a result of infection by pathogenic organisms such as viruses, bacteria, fungus or eukaryotic parasites. Harmful proteins need not be xenobiotic in origin. For example, the expression of oncogenes has been linked to cancer. Even proteins which are required for the health of an organism can be overproduced and cause toxic effects. For example, the proteins IL-1 ⁇ and TNF- ⁇ are secreted by macrophages to elicit an
  • BRMs biological response modifiers
  • Topical application can be an especially effective route of administration for many types of diseased tissue.
  • sexually transmitted diseases such as human papilloma virus or herpes simplex virus commonly infect membranous tissue and cause eruptions in the skin of the genitalia.
  • Herpes zoster is commonly localized at the basal ganglia of the thorax of infected individuals and causes the visible lesions on the skin known as "shingles”.
  • Herpes viruses can also be localized in the eye.
  • Class 1 ODN-peptide conjugates ODN soaps
  • the Class 3 ODN-peptide- targeting ligand conjugates of the invention are contemplated to be especially useful for delivery of therapeutic drugs to affected tissues which cannot be easily reached through non-invasive methods. As described earlier, these conjugates can be designed to recognize and bind to specific receptors on specific types of cells. An examplary "matched set" in
  • Those below are several diseases which may be treated by systemic administration of "matched sets" of antisense ODNs and targeting ligand conjugates of this invention.
  • the examples of antisense ODNs have either been reported (without the peptide and target ligand moieties) in cell culture models, or have been examined by the inventors.
  • the ODN-peptide-ligand combinations of the invention are expected to give improved molar potency of ODNs in cell culture in comparison to unconjugated ODNs.
  • Antisense ODNs complementary to the translation initiation codon region of the HBsAg mRNA have been found to inhibit expression of secreted surface antigen. Conjugation of antisense ODNs to galactose coated polymers, with a cleavable peptide is expected to efficiently deliver the antisense ODN into the cytosol of hepatocytes and provide improved protein inhibition.
  • Leishmania is a pathogenic human parasite.
  • amastigote form of the parasite takes refuge in the lysosomes of infected macrophages.
  • the antisense ODNs complementary to the spliced leader sequence of the mRNAs in Leishmania can inhibit growth of this
  • Conjugation of antisense ODNs to mannose coated polymers with a cleavable peptide is expected to improve the sequence specific potency of this class of cytotoxic agent.
  • Septic Shock As described above, production of the cytokines TNF- ⁇ and IL-1 ⁇ by human macrophages drive the inflammatory response. Diseases as diverse as septic shock, arthritis, diabetes, and multiple sclerosis may be treatable by blockers of IL-1 .
  • Antisense ODNs to IL-1 and TNF- ⁇ have been reported. Conjugation of the appropriate antisense ODNs to mannose coated polymers with a cleavable peptide is expected to reduce production of these powerful BRMs.
  • HIV-1 Human immunodeficiency virus type 1
  • AIDS Human immunodeficiency syndrome
  • the human T-cell lymphocyte is a major cellular target for the HIV virion.
  • Antisense ODNs complementary to the viral RNA have been shown to inhibit HIV replication and expression in cultured T-cells. Conjugation of similar antisense ODNs to T-cell specific antibodies or
  • antibody fragments is expected to improve the potency of these antiviral agents.
  • the activity of the therapeutic ODN-cleavable peptide-carrier molecules of the present invention can be confirmed in the following assays and test
  • ODN-peptide-carrier conjugates with proteases releases the ODN from the carrier.
  • the ability of the targeting ligands to facilitate uptake and release of ODNs into the cytosol is the ability of the targeting ligands to facilitate uptake and release of ODNs into the cytosol.
  • the uptake of asialoglycoproteins into this continuous cell line are well characterized.
  • the ODNs are internally labeled with 32 P.
  • each ODN is synthesized in two component halves. The 5' half of the ODN is kinased in the presence of 32 P-ATP and then ligated to the 3' half of the same ODN in the presence of a short complementary template ODN.
  • the resultant internally radiolabeled ODN is isolated from its complement by denaturing and conjugated to
  • radiolabeled ODN conjugates are added to the Hep G2 cultures at ⁇ M concentrations. At specified times the cells are washed and harvested. The resultant whole cell pellets are resuspended and vortexed in a standard lysis buffer containing 0.5% NP-40 nonionic detergent. The nuclei are washed once with the same buffer, and this wash buffer is combined with the original lysis solution. The cytoplasmic and nuclear fractions are each divided into two aliquots. One is resuspended in scintillant and counted, while the other is treated with proteinase K in the presence of EDTA and SDS and the nucleic acid alcohol precipitated in the presence of carrier. The purified nucleic acid is
  • ODN-peptide-carrier conjugates of the invention are preferably assayed for both uptake characteristics and antisense activity in a hepatoma cell line which supports the constitutive replication of hepatitis B virus (HBV).
  • HBV hepatitis B virus
  • the antisense ODN screen uses a Hep G2 cell clone in which a dimeric copy of the HBV genome has been stably integrated into the chromosomal DNA.
  • HBsAg free hepatitis B surface antigen
  • Dane particles intact virions
  • the assay employs a convenient enzyme immunoassay kit available from Abbott to detect the secreted HBsAg.
  • a typical assay is conducted in a microtiter plate employing triplicates of each sample.
  • a concentration series of each antisense ODN is tested against a nonsense ODN with identical base composition and modification.
  • the cells are washed prior to addition of the ODN in fresh medium and incubation is continued until the extracellular level of HBsAg is high; this can take several days, in which case
  • the medium from each well is removed and assayed for HBsAg level using the Abbott kit.
  • the Hep G2 cells are treated with various combinations
  • concentrations of the ODN-peptide-carrier conjugates, and the amount of secreted HBsAg is determined.
  • the corresponding unconjugated antisense ODNs will serve as baseline controls.
  • Potency is determined by serial dilution of an ODN stock solution by evaluating the concentration at which the detected HBsAg level is reduced by 1/2 (the inhibitory dose (50%), or ID 50 ).
  • the therapeutic ODN-cleavable peptide carrier formulations of the present invention may be
  • the vehicles of administration such as lotions, ointments, solutions, injections, tablets, capsules, etc. per se are well known in the art and need not be described here in detail.
  • oligonucleotides with the sequences 5'-CTCCATCTTCGTCACA (ODN1), 5'-TAATTATTCAGCCATTTATTATTAGTT (ODN2),
  • GTTCTCCATGTTCAG ODN3
  • 5' -CTGCTGCCTCCCGTAGGAGT ODN4
  • Protected ⁇ -cyanoethyl phosphoramidites, CPG supports, deblocking solutions, cap reagents, oxidizing solutions, and tetrazole solutions were purchased from either Milligen or Glen Research.
  • 5'-aminohexyl modifications were introduced using an N-MMT-hexanolamine phosphoramidite linker (Milligen).
  • tritylated ODNs were HPLC purified by direct injection of the ammonia solution onto a Hamilton PRP-1 column (305 x 7.0 mm), and the product was eluted using a linear gradient of 20% - 45% acetonitrile in 0.1 M TEAA (pH 7.5) over 20 min (flow rate - 4 mL/min). Appropriate fractions were combined and concentrated to dryness on a Savant Speed-Vac.
  • the residue was detritylated in 80% acetic acid (500 ⁇ L, 28@C, 70 min), precipitated with 100 ⁇ L of 3 M sodium acetate and 4 mL of 1- butanol, centrifuged, washed with 1 mL of ethanol, centrifuged, evaporated to dryness, and reconstituted with 1 mL of sterile distilled water.
  • ODN concentrations of modified ODNs were determined from the UV absorbance at 260 nm. All ODN concentrations were measured in pH 7.2 PBS (9.2 mM disodium phosphate, 0.8 mM monosodium phosphate, 0.131 M sodium chloride). An extinction coefficient for each ODN was determined using a nearest neighbor model substantially as taught by Cantor, C. R., Warshaw, M. M., and Shapiro, H.
  • IA-ODN2 Iodoacetamide-ODNs
  • oligonucleotide, ODN2 (0.50 mL, 1.41 mg, 0.184 ⁇ moles), was combined with 0.50 mL of 1.0 M sodium borate buffer (pH 8.3) in a polypropylene eppendorf tube.
  • Iodoacetic anhydride was added as a 50 mg/mL stock solution in acetonitrile (128 ⁇ L, 6.4 mg, 18 ⁇ moles), and the heterogeneous mixture was vortexed for 1 h.
  • C-18 HPLC analysis indicated complete conversion of ODN2 (9.8 min peak) to iodoacetamide-ODN2 (10.7 min peak) as shown in Figure 5 (panels A and B). Excess iodoacetic anhydride and iodoacetate appears at 4.6 min.
  • the crude reaction mixture was transferred to a 3,000 MW cutoff
  • ODN1 equimolar amounts of the particular ODN1-peptide described above and an unmodified 20-mer ODN complement with the base sequence 5'-GTGACGAACATGGAGAACAT.
  • the 5 ' -hexylamine modified 16-mer (ODN1) was used as a control in each run.
  • ODNs were prepared as 2 ⁇ M solutions in pH 7.2 PBS.
  • a Gilford System 2600 UV-VIS spectrophotometer equipped with a Gilford 2527 Thermo- programmer was used. The samples were heated from 15°C to 85oC with a temperature increase of 0.5°C / min. Absorbance vs. time and the first derivative data were recorded automatically.
  • the T m curves were typical of those obtained with unmodified ODNs.
  • T m 60.8°C
  • ODN1-Peptides The three ODN1-peptide conjugates (described in Table I) were characterized by treatment with trypsin.
  • Phosporamidites (1-[5-(9-Acridinyl)-1-oxopentyl]-5- [bis(4-methoxyphenyl)phenylmethoxy]methyl-(3R-trans)-o- [(N,N-diisopropylamino)- ⁇ -cyanoethoxy- phosphino]pyrrolidinol (1a)).
  • the acridine substituted precursor alcohol to the phosphoramidite (1a) was prepared according to the literature procedure (Reed, M.W., et al. Acridine and Cholesterol-Derivatized Solid Supports For Improved Synthesis of 3'-Modified
  • the precursor alcohol to the phosphoramidite (2) was prepared according to the literature procedure (Hinrichsen, R.D., Fraga, D. and Reed, M.W. (1992) 3'- Modified Antisense Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
  • ODN-Polyethyleneimine Conjugates (ODN4-10K PEI).
  • CC-ODN4 CC-ODN4 in 15 mL of 0.1 M sodium borate buffer (pH 8.3)
  • 3.91 mL of 5 M NaCl 3.91 mL of 5 M NaCl
  • 0.64 mL of 0.1 M sodium borate buffer was added.
  • the mixture was vortexed in a 50 mL polypropylene tube.
  • a 5.5 mg/mL stock solution of purified 10,000 MW PEI in 0.1 M borate buffer was prepared.
  • the supernatant was purified by ultrafiltration through a 30,000 MW cutoff membrane (Diaflo) using 10 mM Tris (pH 7.5, 3 x 10 mL) as the wash solution. After the final wash, the retentate was brought to a final volume of 3.5 mL with pH 7.5 Tris.
  • the yield of recovered ODN3-conjugate was determined by A 260 to be 3.52 mg (90% recovery). Based on the stoichiometry, the average ratio of ODN4:10K PEI is ⁇ 5:1.
  • Gel filtration HPLC analysis (Zorbax, GF-250 column) indicated complete conversion of CC-ODN4 (10-11 min peak) to ODN4-PEI (7.9 min peak).
  • TPU thiopseudourea
  • the tetrafluorophenyl ester (4a) was prepared from 0.13 g (0.35 mmol) of the carboxylic acid by treatment with 1.5 equivalents of tetrafluorophenyl trifluoroacetate in CH 2 Cl 2 in the presence 2
  • TFP-TFA Tetrafluorophenyl trifluoroacetate
  • the product 4a was purified by flash

Abstract

A covalently linked conjugate of an oligonucleotide (ODN) with a peptide and a carrier or targeting ligand (ODN-peptide-carrier) includes a therapeutic oligonucleotide which is capable of selectively binding to a target sequence of DNA, RNA or protein inside a target cell. The ODN is covalently linked to a peptide which is capable of being cleaved by proteolytic enzymes inside the target cell. The peptide, in turn is covalently linked to a carrier or targeting ligand moiety which facilitates delivery of the entire ODN-peptide-carrier conjugate into the cell, and preferably into a specific target tissue type. Inside the cell, the peptide is cleaved, releasing the ODN which, by binding to the target DNA, RNA or protein sequence, brings about a beneficial result.

Description

PEPTIDE LINKERS FOR IMPROVED OLIGONUCLEOTIDE DELIVERY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to pharmaceutical
compositions containing oligonucleotides (ODNS, having 5-100 nucleotides) (such as "antisense" or "antigene" agents) which act by binding to intracellular molecular targets, and which, for efficient delivery to a target DNA, RNA or protein, are covalently linked through a cleavable peptide moiety to a carrier moiety, which facilitates delivery of the ODN to the cytosol.
DESCRIPTION OF BACKGROUND ART
Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) provide a means to sequence specifically inhibit synthesis of distinct proteins within a cell. For a review
reference is made to Uhlmann, E. and Peyman, A., (1990) Antisense oligonucleotides: a new therapeutic
principle, Chem. Rev., 90, 543. The prior art is aware that by targeting mRNA sequences which code for
proteins associated with disease (for example, viralproteins), antisense ODNs can have a therapeutic effect. The exquisite specificity of DNA:RNA
hybridization is expected in the art to provide drugs with fewer toxic side effects. Although the antisense oligonucleotide therapeutic principle is very appealing from a theoretical viewpoint, the state of the art is that because of their high cost and low molar potency, these agents are currently not used as effective antiviral drugs. Moreover, the highly charged ODNs do not enter the cytoplasm of cells easily, and thereforemany approaches have been taken in the prior art to improve delivery of ODN drugs across membrane barriers.
Antigene oligonucleotides are another class of sequence specific drugs which can inhibit protein synthesis. For a review reference is made to Moffat, A.S. (1991) Triplex DNA Finally Comes of Age, Science 252, 1374. Antigene ODNs bind to duplex DNA as a third strand and can inhibit transcription of mRNA. In theory, antigene ODN drugs should be more potent than antisense ODN drugs since there is only one genetic target (DNA). Currently this technology is limited by the number of gene targets which triple strand binding ODNs can recognize, but the field is rapidly advancing. The potency of antigene ODNs can be further enhanced by modification with functional groups that react with the duplex DNA target strands. Alkylating groups or cleaving groups which are targeted by antigene ODNs have the potential to permanently inactivate specific genes, thereby providing a rational base for curing disease. Since these ODNs act in the nucleus of cells, they must also be delivered across membrane barriers.
Protein binding oligonucleotides are another potential class of therapeutic. These are
oligonucleotides that bind to specific proteins.
Recently, it has been reported that single stranded ODNs can be isolated which bind to protein targets in a sequence specific manner and inhibit protein function. This is described in the reference article Bock, et al., (1992) Selection of single-stranded DNA molecules that bind and inhibit human thrombin, Nature, 355, 564. Other examples of protein binding ODNs are homopolymers of phosphorothioates (Agrawal, S. Goodchild, J.,
Civiera, M.P., Thornton, A.H. Sarin, P.S. and Zamecnik,P.C., (1988) Oligodeoxynucleoside phophoramidates and phosphorothioates as inhibitors of human
immunodeficiency virus, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 85, 7079) or phosphorodithioates (Marshall, W.S., Beaton, G., Stein, CA., Matsukura, M., and Caruthers, M.H. (1992) Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus activity by phosphorothioate oligodeoxycytidine, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 89, 6265) which have been shown to bind to viral reverse transcriptase and inhibit HIV replication. A problem encountered in connection with oligonucleotides which target
intracellular proteins is delivery across cellular membranes.
Ribozymes are another class of oligonucleotides which can sequence specifically catalyze the hydrolysis of target RNA strands. For a description see Cech, T.R. (1987) The chemistry of self-splicing RNA and RNA enzymes, Science 236, 1532. The prior art has already proposed using these catalytic, RNA based "scissors" as therapeutic agents. The problem again is the delivery of the ribozyme oligonucleotides across cellular membranes.
In light of the foregoing it appears desirable to improve delivery of ODN drugs from the extracellular media (i.e. serum) into the cytosol of cells.
Polyanionic ODNs cross membranes poorly and can be degraded by nucleases before reaching their ultimate site of action (the cytoplasm or nucleus of cells). Thus, poor bioavailability is a major reason for the low potency of ODN drugs. Therefore it is desirable to take advantage of endocytosis; an uptake pathway which cells use to bring macromolecules across the plasma membrane and deliver them to lysosomes. Lysosomes are low pH, membrane bound vesicles which contain the hydrolytic enzymes necessary to digest the concentrated macromolecules.
Further, it is desirable to improve the potency of ODN drugs by targeting them to specific tissue types. There has been a significant research effort in the prior art on design of cleavable linking groups to attach drugs to targeting ligands. The "flagship" targeting ligands for tissue specific targeting of drugs are monoclonal antibodies. These compounds can be "engineered" to bind to specific cell-surface receptors (antigens) which are rapidly endocytosed. Therefore, it is desirable to improve the potency ofODN drugs by increasing transport of ODNs across cellular membranes and further to improve potency by targeting the nucleic acid specific ODN drugs to cell specific receptors through choice of appropriate ligands. Thus "matched sets" of nucleic acid specificODNs and tissue specific targeting ligands are expected to provide drugs with higher therapeutic index than traditional pharmaceuticals.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention described here pertains to specificdrug-linker-carrier compositions wherein the drug is a therapeutic ODN and the linker is a lysosome sensitive peptide. Within the scope of the invention are several versatile chemical methods for the synthesis of ODN- peptides. These methods enable the construction of0DN-peptides which can be linked to virtually any lysosomotropic carrier or targeting ligand of choice. The modular nature of the chemistry facilitates variation of the therapeutic ODN, the peptide, and the carrier. The delivery system can be "fine-tuned" toincrease the potency and therapeutic index of
oligonucleotide based drugs.
More specifically, the three components of therapeutic agents of the invention are (1) therapeutic ODN;
(2) a peptide linker which must cleave after the therapeutic ODN is delivered in order to release the therapeutic ODN, and a
(3) carrier, which facilitates transport of the ODN to the desired site of action.
The foregoing three components are covalently linked in accordance with the present invention.
With regard to the therapeutic ODN, it is noted that state-of-the-art antisense and antigene ODNs are within the scope of the invention, which may be chemically modified or unmodified as compared to the "natural" unmodified DNA constituents normally occuring in living cells.
The nature of the three components of the ODN- peptide-carrier conjugate molecule of the present invention is described in detail and with reference to specific examples, in the following Detailed
Description of the Invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Figure 1 illustrates the membrane binding
mechanism of the three classes of lysosomotropic drug carriers applicable to the invention.
Figure 2 is a schematic illustration of the mechanism by which the ODN-peptide-carrier conjugates enter the cell and release the drug. In the
illustration, the lysosomotropic carrier (galactose coated polymer) specifically targets hepatocytes. The antigene (or antisense) ODN is designed to sequence specifically inhibit synthesis of viral proteins in HBV infected cells.
Figure 3 illustrates the synthetic scheme used for conjugating amine modified ODNs to peptide linkers. Figure 4 illustrates preferred methods of
synthesis for three classes of lysosomotropic ODN- peptide-carrier conjugates.
Figure 5 shows C-18 HPLC chromatograms which illustrate the preparation and purity of the MODEL ODN- peptide conjugates.
Figure 6 is a photo of a polyacrylamide gel which illustrates that the peptide linking arms of MODEL ODN- peptide conjugates are cleaved by proteases (trypsin in this case).
Figure 7 shows the structure and synthesis of thiol modified "membrane anchors" which can be used as surfactant carriers for ODNs.
Figure 8 illustrates a synthetic scheme used for preparation of ODN-linker-polyamine carrier conjugates.
Figure 9 shows the structure of preferred
polyamine carriers.
Figure 10 shows galactose containing compounds which can be used to construct hepatocyte specific targeting ligands for ODNs.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The therapeutic ODNs utilized in the present invention, are the "active agents" in the sense that after release from the ODN-peptide-carrier conjugate, the ODNs bind to a desired DNA, RNA or protein to bring about the desired therapeutic action. Inasmuch as therapeutic ODNs are per se well-known in the art, and are subject to numerous patent and scientific
literature references, their detailed description is not necessary here. By way of summary it is stated here that antisense ODNs, antigene ODNs, protein binding ODNs, and ribozymes are within the scope of the present invention. Moreover, the ODN components of the ODN-peptide- carrier conjugates of the invention may contain all natural nucleotide building units, or may contain synthetic nucleotides, modified nucleotides such as nucleotides modified by attachment of groups to the heterocyclic bases, sugar or phosphate moieties, or α-nucleotides, and nucleotides wherein the "natural" phospho-diester linkage has been modified. RNA based therapeutics, such as ribozymes, are also includedunder the general abbreviation "ODN".
The criterion with respect to the therapeutic ODN component of the ODN-peptide-carrier conjugate of the present invention is that the ODN must be capable of selective binding to a target DNA, RNA, or proteinwithin a target cell, to bring about a desired
biological effect.
The carriers utilized in the covalently linked therepeutic ODN-peptide-carrier conjugate molecules of the invention are lysosomotropic agents. These are substances which are taken up selectively into
lysosomes. Endocytosis is the primary cellular
mechanism by which these agents are transported from the extracellular media to the lysosomes. The effect of lysosomotropic drug carriers is to concentrate drug inside the cell. The drug must be released from the carrier in order to diffuse to its ultimate
intracellular target.
Three categories of lysosomotropic agents which are utilized in the invention are illustrated in Figure 1. They are classified according to the mechanism by which they bind to the plasma membrane and by the cellular specificity of that binding. After binding to the plasma membrane, all three categories of agents are delivered to the lysosome by endocytosis.
A first category (Class 1) of lysosomotropic agents are surfactant carriers. These are molecules with surfactant properties. The nonioinic detergent Triton WR-1339 is an example of this class of agent. Highly lipophilic "membrane anchors", such as
cholesterol or lipids, are another example of this class of carrier. Surfactant carriers interact with the plasma membrane of cells and are endocytosed by a process termed "pinocytosis" or "fluid-phase
endocytosis". This process, which is per se well known in the art is illustrated in Figure 1.
A second category (Class 2) of lysosomotropic agents are polyamine carriers. Specifically, cationic macromolecules have been shown to be lysosomotropic. The best known of this class of agent is poly-L-lysine (PLL). Moreover, it is known that the cellular uptake of proteins and other macromolecules can be enhanced by conjugation to PLL or other polyamines Shen, W.-C, and Ryser, H.J.-P. (1978) Conjugation of poly-L-lysine to albumin and horseradish peroxidase: A novel method of enhancing the cellular uptake of proteins. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 75, 1872. PLL is internalized by a process described as "non-specific adsorptive
pinocytosis". The presumed mechanism of this is illustrated in Figure 1.
A third category (Class 3) of lysosomotropic agents are targeting ligands. Of particular interest to the present invention are receptor-specific
targeting ligands. In the context of this invention, targeting ligands are defined as molecules containing specific conformations of functional groups which "fit" into recognition sites on membrane bound receptors. The size, shape (conformation), charge density, lipophilicity, and location of hydrogen bonding functional groups are critical properties which ensure recognition by specific membrane receptors. Molecular fragments such as sugar groups can serve as "membrane recognition elements". Certain combinations and conformations of these elements are recognized and bound by cell-surface receptors. The ligand-receptor complex is internalized by receptor-mediated
endocytosis. A wealth of knowledge has unfolded regarding ligands (including ODNs) which are
endocytosed by this receptor-mediated process. As of this date, several hormones, growth factors, proteins (e.g. low-density lipoprotein (LDL), α2-macroglobin, antibodies, transferrin, vitellogenin, and toxins) and viruses have been shown to enter cells by this
receptor-mediated process.
Many of these receptors are "non-cell specific" (i.e. they are found on a majority of cell types). An example would be transferrin, a protein that carries iron in the blood. All actively metabolizing cells have transferrin receptors which endocytose.
"Tissue specific" receptors are those that are found in a certain sub-population of cells within an organism. In order to be suitable targets for liganddrug conjugates, these receptors must also be rapidly endocytosed. Provided below are illustrative examples of tissue specific receptors which fit these criteria. It should be noted that the "tissue specificy" of targeting ligands as drug carriers is not absolute, and is ultimately determined by biodistribution in suitable animal models.
Galactose receptor on hepatocytes. If sialic acid residues are removed from the oligosaccharide side chains of glycoproteins, terminal galactose residues are exposed which are recognized by a specific receptor [known as asialoglycoprotein (ASGP) receptor] on hepatocytes. This system is very efficient and well understood. As early as 1971, it was proposed to use asialoglycofetuin as a carrier "to specifically induce the hepatic uptake of other substances such as drugs". Recently, it has been demonstrated that conjugates of poly-L-lysine and asialoglycoproteins can form
complexes with antisense oligonucleotides to give improved antiviral potency against hepatitis B (see Wu, G. Y., and Wu, C.H. (1992) Specific inhibition of hepatitis B viral gene expression in vitro by targeted antisense oligonucleotides, J. Biol. Chem. 267, 12436).
The geometric constraints of the ASGP binding site have been extensively studied using synthetic,
galactose containing "cluster ligands" Lee, R.T., Lin,
P., and Lee, Y.C. (1984), New synthetic cluster ligands for galactose/N-acetylgalactosamine-specific lectin of mammalian liver. Biochemistry 23. 4255. It has been postulated that three galactose-binding sites of the receptor are arranged in space at the vertices of a triangle whose sides are 15, 22, and 25 angstroms.
Ligands have been prepared which have binding
affinities approaching the complex asialoglycoproteins (Kd = ca. 10-9 M).
Less well designed galactose containing ligands also bind to the ASGP receptor, especially when
attached to macromolecular carriers. For example, treatment of polyamines such as PLL or PDL with
reactive galactose compounds yield "synthetic
glycoproteins" which have been used for endocytosis studies. In general, it is advantageous to have multiple galactose "membrane recognition elements" present in these synthetic ligands.
Mannose receptor on macrophages. Mammalian macrophages contain a transport system that binds and internalizes glycoproteins with exposed mannose
residues. The components and functioning of this macrophage specific system is similar to the hepatocyte specific system described above. A tri-mannosyl ligand has been shown to be an effective substrate for this receptor.
Mannose-6-phosphate receptor on monocytes.
Monocytes and macrophages contain a membrane lectin which specifically bind mannose-6-phosphate bearing glycoproteins. Recently, it has been shown that uptake of oligonucleotides into macrophages can be enhanced by conjugation to 6-phosphomannosylated serum albumin. For a description see Bonfils, E., Depierreux, C., Midoux, P., Thuong, N.T., Monsigny, M., and Roche, A.C. (1992) Drug Targeting: synthesis and endocytosis of oligonucleotide-neoglycoprotein conjugates, Nucleic Acids Res. 20, 4621.
Polvanion receptor on macrophages. Polyanionic macromolecules such as acetylated LDL, maleylated albumin, and sulfated polysaccharides are recognized by a specific receptor in mammalian macrophages.
CD3 antigen on T-lymphocytes. The human CD3
("T3") antigen is a receptor found on human T-cells. Anti-CD3 monoclonal antibodies are available which recognize the antigen. Such antibodies have been used clinically for the prevention and treatment of graft vs. host disease and for treatment of T-cell
malignancies. The nature of the linking molecule, which
covalently links the therapeutic ODN (drug) with the carrier (targeting ligand) is important. The
therapeutic ODN (drug) must be released from the targeting agent in order to reach its ultimate site of action in the cell. Analogy in the prior art are monoclonal antibody-drug conjugates which are
internalized and degraded in the lysosomes to release the drug (or drug-linker fragment) . Lysosome-sensitive linkers have therefore been explored in the prior art for use in these ligand-drug conjugates.
There are known in the prior art several cleavable peptide linkers capable of enlarging delivery of small molecular weight, cytotoxic drugs via macromolecular carrier molecules. Such peptides include leu-ala-leu and ala-leu-ala-leu. The latter two have been known to release free drug from a BSA carrier when treated with lysosomal enzymes (Trouet, A., Masquelier, M., Baurain, R., and Deprez-de Campaneere, D. (1982), A covalent linkage between daunorubicin and proteins that is stable in serum and reversible by lysosomal hydrolases, as required for a lysosomatropic drug-carrier
conjugate: In vitro and in vivo studies, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 79, 626).
Another carrier known in the prior art is the synthetic polymer N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide (HPMA) which has been extensively studied as a carrier for drugs (for review see Duncan, R., Kopecek, J., and Lloyd, J.B. (1987), Biological evaluation of soluble macromolecules as bioreversible drug carriers, In
Bioreversible Carriers in Drug Design. (E. B. Roche, Ed.) pp 196-213, Pergamon Press, Elmsford, NY.). This carrier (HPMA) has been conjugated to drugs with inter alia, the peptide sequence gly-phe-leu-gly-phe.
The foregoing peptides sequences provide examples of the peptide linkers which can be used in accordance with the present invention. Generally speaking the requirement is that the peptide be covalently linked to both the therapeutic ODN (drug) and to the carrier, (targeting ligand) and that it be cleaved inside the cell after the target is reached, so as to release the therapeutic ODN.
It is noted at this stage of the description of the present invention that whereas there have been several prior art reports of syntheses of ODN-peptide conjugates (for references see Tung, C., Rudolph, M.J., and Stein, S. (1991), Preparation of Oligonucleotide- Peptide Conjugates, Bioconiugate Chem. 2. 464), to the best knowledge of the present inventors the concept of utilizing peptides as degradable linkers between carriers (targeting ligands) and therapeutic ODNs is new.
Within the broad teachings of the present
invention the following general examples and specific embodiments are provided.
GENERAL EMBODIMENTS
The present invention employs ODN-peptide
conjugates wherein the peptide moiety bears a
functional group which can be selectively crosslinked to a functional group on lysosomotropic carrier
(targeting ligand) molecules. Within this principle, methods are described for preparation of three
examplary classes of ODN-peptide-carrier conjugates. The peptide functions as a protease sensitive
(cleavable) linker. The peptide sequence is chosen such that it is hydrolyzed by proteases in the lysosomes of the target cells and not by serum
proteases.
The ODNs which are released in the lysosomes in accordance with the invention have a therapeutic function. As noted above, the therapeutic ODNs may be modified with groups which improve their binding to the target, improve their stability to nucleases, and/or improve their ability to cross the lysosomal membrane. For example, modification of the 3'-terminus of the ODN has been found to enhance stability to exonucleases, and such 3'-terminus modified ODNs may be
advantageously employed in accordance with the
invention. Lipophilic modifications of ODNs have been found to enhance membrane transport. Such "lipophilicy modified" ODNs may also be advantageously employed in accordance with the present invention.
It is a feature of the present invention that the ODN is a therapeutic agent which specifically inhibits synthesis or function of proteins which are implicated in a diseased state. Targeting ligands can be chosen to provide selective delivery to diseased cells. The therapeutic-ODN and targeting ligand provide a "matched set" wherein the targeting ligand is chosen to
selectively deliver the therapeutic ODNs to those cells which are synthesizing deleterious proteins. Several examples of "matched set" ODN-peptide-ligand
combinations are described below which provide therapy for particular diseases.
A specific example of a "matched set" ODN-peptideligand conjugate is particularly noteworthy. In this example the therapeutic ODN is an antisense ODN which sequence specifically inhibits synthesis of a protein that is synthesized by hepatocytes infected by Hepatitis B virus (HBV). The targeting ligand is a galactose modified polymer which is specifically recognized and internalized by hepatocytes. The peptide linker is chosen on the basis of its known sensitivity to rat liver lysosomal proteases.
Figure 3 describes the general structure and method of synthesis for ODN-peptide conjugates which are linked in accordance with the present invention to lysosomotropic carriers. The illustrated method utilizes a therapeutic ODN which has been modified with a suitable electrophilic or nucleophilic linker group (A). Such modified ODNs are readily prepared using standard automated techniques. The purified ODN is- treated with a peptide that bears two crosslinkable groups (B) and (C) with different reactivity such that (A) reacts with (B), yet (C) remains free for further crosslinking reactions. The resulting "crosslinkable" ODN-peptide is purified and used as a versatile
intermediate for conjugation of ODNs to various
lysosomotropic carrier molecules via the peptide linking arm. Three general classes of therapeutic conjugates can be prepared from these "crosslinkable" ODN-peptides as illustrated in Figure 4.
Referring now to Figure 4 the Class 1 conjugates are the simplest ODN-peptide-carrier constructs. In this case, the lysosomotropic carriers are "membrane anchors" or "surfactants" which have affinity for the plasma membrane of the cell. This non-specific
mechanism may be advantageous for cell culture systems, where it is desired to target every cell. Although such conjugates do not provide cell specific targeting, they improve potency of ODNs by increasing the rate of transport across the plasma membrane. The ODN conjugates are delivered to the lysosomes where the peptide linkers are hydrolyzed to release the active ODN drugs.
These conjugates can be prepared in accordance with the present invention through sulfhydryl- iodoacetamide coupling chemistry. In the example shown on Figure 4, the ODN-peptide conjugate of Figure 3 has already been reacted with iodoacetic anhydide to provide the iodoacetamide derivative. This is reacted with a "membrane anchor" group having a free thiol group to provide the ODN-peptide-COCH2-S- membrane anchor product. The chemistry utilizing such
iodoacetamide derivatives is very versatile, due to the extreme nucleophilicity of the sulfhydryl group and the extreme electrophilicity of the iodoacetamide.
The Class 2 ODN-peptide conjugates illustrated in Figure 4 are analogous to the ODN-PLL conjugates described above. However, in accordance with the present invention because a degradable peptide linker is used, non-natural polyamines less toxic than PLL are preferably substituted for the poly-L-lysine carrier. This class of conjugates can be further modified with targeting ligands to provide Class 3 conjugates.
Cyanuric chloride coupling chemistry is
illustrated for the preparation of these conjugates as the preferred method for coupling amine modified ODNs to amine containing polymers.
The Class 3 conjugates illustrated on Figure 4 utilize receptor specific targeting ligands. This class of conjugates is the most versatile in that the biophysical properties can be "fine-tuned" to optimize potency of the ODN drug. The number of targeting ligands, size of the carrier, or charge of the complex can be varied to optimize cellular uptake. With complex galactose containing ligands such as AsOR, only one ligand is necessary whereas when the ligand
("membrane recognition element") in a simple molecule, such as galactose, then binding of several ligands to the ODN-peptide molecule would be advantageous. By attaching nucleic acid specific ODN drugs to tissue- specific ligands, "matched sets" are created which dramatically improve ODN potency and therapeutic index.
Two methods are described for preparation of these conjugates. Method A involves modification of the Class 2 conjugates with a reactive form of a "membrane recognition element". Method B involves direct
reaction of an ODN-peptide with a pre-formed targeting ligand. In the Method B example illustrated on Figure 4 the peptide is modified with a reactive iodoacetamide group and the targeting ligand is a sulfhydryl modified monoclonal antibody.
Other Constructs. Degradable polyamines such as PLL can also be used in accordance with the present invention. For example, reaction of cyanuric chloride activated ODNs with PLL provides a novel method for preparation of ODN-PLL conjugates (Class 2). Since PLL is itself a cleavable peptide, the specially designed linking peptide sequences of the invention are not necessary in this case, because PLL acts as the
cleavable peptide link. Treatment of this novel class of ODN-PLL conjugates with ligands or "membrane
recognition elements" (such as sugars) provides Class 3 conjugates.
Preparation of MODEL ODN-Peptide Conjugates
Certain features of the present invention are demonstrated by model ODN-peptide conjugates,
illustrated in Figure 3, which can be prepared in several ways. With reference to Figure 3, the ODN is attached (linked) to the peptide through a "branching or linking group". The branching or linking groups (A)-(C) are available in the art with a variety of chain lengths and reactive crosslinking functionality. Therefore, a vast array of linking groups and
crosslinking groups on the ODN and peptide can be chosen. For the purpose of this description, branching or linking groups are defined as molecular fragments which connect, or have the ability to connect, two other molecular functions (in this case the ODN with the peptide). The most versatile of these linking groups are known as "heterobifunctional linkers".
These linkers have two different crosslinking groups which can react in a stepwise fashion. Many of these linkers are commercially available from biotechnology supply companies (e.g. Pierce Chemical Company).
The use of bifunctional and heterobifunctional linkers for crosslinking and immobilization of proteins has been reviewed (Means, G.E. and Feeney, R.E. (1990), Chemical Modification of Proteins: History and
Applications, Bioconjugate Chem. 1, 2.). The concepts presented in this review are also applicable to
crosslinking and immobilization of ODNs. Linker arms and crosslinking chemistry for ODNs are also generally known in the art. Generally, these linker groups are composed of unreactive spacer groups and two
crosslinking groups with different reactivity.
Figure 3 illustrates the conjugation chemistry which is currently the most efficient and versatile route to ODN-peptide-ligand conjugates. The specific conjugation chemistry which is used in this embodiment for attaching ODN group (A) to peptide group (B) is novel. The method involves conjugation of an ODN bearing an electrophilic crosslinking group to a peptide which bears two nucleophilic groups ((B) and (C)) of differing reactivity. The resulting ODN- peptide conjugate is prepared in such a manner that a nucleophilic "handle" (C) remains on the peptide.
This group is used to further attach the lysosomotropic carrier to the peptide portion of the ODN-peptide conjugate. The peptide is therefore also used as a heterobifunctional linker. Whereas heterobifunctional linking groups, have been known in the art, ODN-peptide conjugates which are themselves "cross-linkable" are believed to be novel .
Others, skilled in the art of bioconjugate
chemistry and with this disclosure, will be able to prepare conjugates using different crosslinking
chemistry which utilize peptides as attaching groups between ODNs and carriers and targeting ligands.
The ODN-peptides described here as models were not designed for use as cleavable linkers. They are included in this application to illustrate the
conjugation chemistry which has been developed in accordance with the present invention. In addition, the model peptides were used to demonstrate that peptide linkers can be selectively cleaved by proteases without affecting the ODN.
Specifically, the exemplary chemistry is
illustrated using two different MODEL ODNs:
ODN1: H2N-(CH2)6-O-PO2--5'O-CTCCATCTTCGTCACA
ODN1 is a 5'-hexylamine modified 16-mer ODN with a sequence complementary to the initiation codon region of the mRNA transcript for the Hepatitis B surface
antigen in Hep3B cells.
ODN2:
H2N-(CH2)6-O-PO2--5'O-TAATTATTCAGCCATTTATTATTAGTT-O-PO2--O-(CH2)6 ODN2 is a 3'-hexanol, 5'-hexylamine modified 24-mer ODN
with a sequence complementary to the initiation codon
region of the mRNA transcript for the regulatory
protein calmodulin in Paramecium tetraurelia.
The nucleophilic hexylamine linker groups were
added at the 5'-terminus of the ODNs during automated
synthesis using a commercially available phoshoramidite
reagent. The 3'-hexanol modification in ODN2 was added
at the 3'-terminus through use of a hexanol modified
solid support.
The following model peptides were supplied by
Multiple Peptide Systems (San Diego, CA) as the free
sulfhydryl compounds (95+% pure):
PEP1: H2N-cys-thr-pro-pro-lys-lys-lys-arg-lys-val-
CONH2
PEP2: H2N-cys-asn-ser-ala-ala-phe-glu-asp-leu-arg-val- leu-ser-CO2H
PEP3: H2N-met-asn-lys-ile-pro-ile-lys-asp-leu-leu-asn- pro-gln-cys-CONH2
These peptides were prepared using standard solid phase
synthesis techniques and were purified by C18 HPLC.
The purified peptides were carefully handled under
argon to prevent oxidation to disulfides.
The chemistry illustrated in Figure 3 was used for
preparation of ODN-peptides. Conversion of the
nucleophilic 5'-hexylamine group of the ODN to an
electrophilic group (A) involved treatment with excess
iodoacetic anhydride. Iodoacetic anhydride acts as a
heterobifunctional linker in that it has two electrophilic sites of differing reactivity. The anhydride functional group reacts rapidly with the primary amino group whereas the iodoacetyl functional group is left untouched for further reaction with the peptide sulfhydryl in the next step.
Thus, treatment of hexylamine modified ODNs with 100 equivalents of iodoacetic anhydride at pH 8.3 as described in EXAMPLE I gives quantitative conversion to the desired iodoacetamide-ODN (IA-ODN). Since ODNs have strong UV absorbance at 260 nm, the course of the conjugation reaction was easily monitored by reverse phase (C-18) HPLC. As shown in Figure 5 (Panels A and B) the starting hexylamine modified ODN (ODN2, 9.8 min peak) is completely converted to the desired
iodoacetamide ODN (IA-ODN2, 10.7 min peak) in less than 60 min. Comparative experiments with three
commercially available heterobifunctional linkers
(sulfo-SIAB, SIAB, NHS-iodoacetate) showed that
iodoacetic anhydride has many advantages over these prior art linkers. One advantage is that iodoacetic anhydride is much less expensive, another that it gives fewer side reactions. As far as the present inventors are aware, the use of iodoacetic anhydride for
preparation of IA-ODNs, is novel, and so is the use of IA-ODNs for preparation of ODN conjugates.
Although they are stable in solution, the IA-ODNs are typical of electrophilic ODNs in that they do not survive lyophilization conditions. However, in
accordance with the present invention ultrafiltration separation techniques (such as the system described below in EXAMPLE I) are excellent for purification of these reactive ODN derivatives. As shown in Figure 5 (Panels B and C), through ultrafiltraton the purified IA-ODN2 (10.7 min peak) is completely separated from small molecular weight iodoacetyl contaminants (4.6 min). It is important that the aqueous solutions of IA-ODN are never taken to dryness.
Referring still primarily to Figure 3, treatment of the iodoacetamide-ODNs with excess (for example 5- equivalents) of the desired sulfhydryl containing peptide gives quantitative conversion to the peptide- ODN conjugates. (For specifics see EXAMPLE II).
However, C-18 HPLC analysis indicated different
reaction kinetics for the three peptides (PEP1, PEP2 and PEP3) that correlated to the cationic nature of the peptides. Reaction with PEP1 (net charge = +5) was complete in minutes, whereas PEP2 (net charge = 0) required 20 hr, and PEP3 (net charge = +1) required 3 hours.
The peptide-ODN conjugates can be readily purified by HPLC and lyophilized. In the specific examples, isolated yields of 98%, 97%, and 87% were obtained for each of the three peptide-0DN2 conjugates. The
peptide-ODN conjugates showed one peak by C-18 HPLC and one band by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Figure 5 (Panel D) illustrates the purity of the conjugate of 0DN2 and PEP3.
The ODN-peptide conjugates prepared from ODN1 were further characterized by thermal denaturation studies as described in EXAMPLE III. The dissociation of duplexes formed from equimolar concentrations of the ODN1-peptide conjugates and an unmodified 20-mer ODN target were examined. The changes in absorbance at 260 nm were measured as a function of temperature and the melting temperatures (Tm) were determined. The results indicate that the 5'-peptide modifications have little effect on the hybridization properties of the ODN. The results from these studies demonstrate that
iodoacetamide-ODNs are cleanly prepared from
hexylamine-ODNs in accordance with the present
invention and that there are no competing side
reactions (i.e. modification of the unprotected
nucleotides) since these would have interfered with hybridization. These Tm studies also demonstrate that even large fragments from a peptide linker have little effect on the hybridization properties (the sequence specific binding mechanism) of the larger molecular weight ODN drugs. Therefore, amino acid residue (s) from proteolysis of the linker are, generally speaking, expected to have little effect on the biological activity of the released ODN.
The results from the foregoing embodiments with model peptides demonstrate that iodoacetamide-ODNs react with the free sulfhydryl group on the cysteine residue of a peptide without significant competing side reactions with primary amines on the lysine residues. Especially striking were the results with PEP1. In accordance with the present invention, this lysine rich peptide reacted cleanly with the iodoacetamide modified ODN, thus clearly indicating that nucleophilic
sulfhydryl groups react much faster with iodoacetamide- ODNs than do the primary amine groups in the lysine residues.
Thus, in accordance with the present invention ODN-peptides are prepared from heterobifunctional peptide groups wherein the peptide has a thiol group (B) which reacts much faster than a nucleophilic amine group (C). The residual nucleophilic "handle" (C) is utilized for crosslinking reactions to carriers or targeting ligands.
As noted earlier (Figure 3), other chemical linker groups (A), (B) can be used to prepare ODN-peptide conjugates which bear, on the peptide, nucleophilic or electrophilic "handles" (C). In the above given example, the synthetic peptides included the amino acid cysteine as the thiol containing linker (B), and the amino acid lysine as the primary amine containing linker (C). Other suitable thiol or amine containing fragments can be substituted for these amino acids to provide a peptide suitable for conjugating the ODN with a lysosomotropic carrier. Such peptide linkers, bearing the appropriate amino acid protecting groups, can become readily apparent to those skilled in the art. In addition, different combinations of
electrophilic and nucleophilic crosslinking groups can be used. In the above examples, electrophilic ODNs were coupled to nucleophilic peptides. Alternatively, one can use nucleophilic (thiol substituted) ODNs and react them with electrophilic peptides (i.e.
iodoacetamide derivatives at the N-terminal amino groups, without departing from the scope of the
invention.
The conjugation chemistry which is illustrated in Figure 3 for the 5'-terminus of the ODN can also be performed at the 3'-terminus of the ODN. 3'-hexylamine modified ODNs are readily prepared from a specially modified solid support (Petrie, C.R., Reed, M.W., Adams, A.D., and Meyer, R.B.,Jr. (1992), An improved CPG support for the Synthesis of 3'-amine-tailed oligonucleotides, Bioconjugate Chem. 3, 85). Addition of the peptide linker at the 3'-terminus may be advantageous in certain circumstances. For example, other conjugate groups can be readily added to the 5'- terminus of ODNs as the last step of automated
synthesis. Conjugating the peptide linker to the 3'- terminus can help to prevent nuclease degradation.
Cleavable Peptide Linkers
The model ODN-peptide conjugates were further characterized by their susceptibility to proteolysis with trypsin. (For detail see EXAMPLE IV). As is known in the art, trypsin catalyzes the hydrolysis at the carboxyl side of lysine or arginine residues in the peptides. It was found in accordance with the present invention that trypsin had no effect on the ODN as shown by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in Figure 6. This experiment shows the feasibility of using peptides as cleavable linkers in accordance with the present invention, wherein the peptide is cleaved by enzymes which do not degrade ODNs.
The choice of peptide sequence is critical to the success of the delivery system. For an effective
"bioreversible" drug delivery system in accordance with the present invention, the ODN-targeting ligand linkage must be stable to serum proteases, yet cleaved by the lysosomal enzymes in the target cell. It has been shown in the prior art that the lysosomal thiol- proteinases, in particular cathepsin B , are the enzymes most important in cleavage of oligopeptide drug-polymer linkages. On the basis of studies done using rat liver lysosomal enzymes, the following two peptides were selected, which are expected to be also readily cleaved by proteases in human liver cells.
PEP4: H2N-cys-leu-ala-leu-ala-lys-CONH2
PEP5: H2N-cys-gly-phe-leu-gly-lys-CONH2
It is also within the scope of the present invention to isolate and identify specific proteases present in the lysosomes of targeted cells, and
thereafter design specific cleavable peptide linkers for optimum release of ODN drug from the targeting ligand.
In the examplary PEP4 and PEP5 peptides the amino acids "leu-ala-leu-ala" and "gly-phe-leu-gly"
respectively, comprise the "cleavable linkers". The cysteine residues have been added to the amino terminus of the peptides in accordance with the present
invention to provide an attachment point for the iodoacetamide-ODN derivative. The lysine residue has been added in accordance with the invention to provide a primary amine containing modification for attachment to the desired lysosomotropic carrier. As is described above, iodoacetamide-ODNs are selectively attached in accordance with the invention to the cysteine residue of peptides containing lysine residues. Thus the
"heterobifunctional" peptide linkers PEP4 and PEP5 are reacted in accordance with the invention, with IA-ODNs as shown in Figure 3. The four internal amino acids in the peptide sequences PEP4 and PEP5 do not contain nucleophilic functional groups. This allows selective crosslinking of the primary amino group (C) of the ODN- peptide linker to a suitable functional group on the lysosomotropic carrier of choice.
In order to further illustrate the conjugation chemistry, an iodoacetamide derivative of an ODN- peptide was prepared using MODEL ODN3 and the
cleavable, crosslinkable peptide PEP4.
ODN3 : H2N-(CH2)6-O-PO2--5'O-GTTCTCCATGTTCAG-O- PO-2-O- ( CH2 ) OH
ODN3 is a 3'-hexanol, 5'-hexylamine modified 15- mer ODN with a sequence complementary to the initiation codon region of the mRNA transcript for the Hepatitis B surface antigen in HepG2 cells.
The 5'-hexylamine ODN was first converted to IA- ODN3 and then coupled to the free sulfhydryl form of PEP4 under the conditions described in EXAMPLE II. The terminal lysine residue of the peptide linker in ODN3- PEP4 was further converted to the corresponding
iodoacetamide derivative as described in EXAMPLE XI. HPLC analysis indicated clean conversion of ODN3-PEP4 (elution time = 12.0 min) to IA-ODN3-PEP4 (elution time = 15.0 min). This example provides an ODN derivative which can be further linked to a sulfhydryl modified carrier via a cleavable peptide linker arm.
Synthesis of ODN-Peptide-Surfactant Conjugates (Class 1)
Chemistry suitable in accordance with the present invention for synthesis of ODN-peptide-surfactant conjugates is illustrated in Figure 4. The reactive primary amino group (C) on the ODN-peptide linker
(Figure 3) is first derivatized with iodoacetic
anhydride to give reactive iodoacetamide derivatives as described above and in Example XI. The iodoacetamide derivative of the ODN-peptide conjugate is then reacted with thiol derivatized membrane anchor molecules. This efficient and versatile iodoacetamide/thiol coupling chemistry, as described for the peptide thiols (EXAMPLE II), can be used for the preparation of a wide variety of ODN-peptide-carriers.
Attachment of lipophilic groups to polyanionic ODNs give conjugates with surfactant properties by virtue of their "amphipathic" nature. For example, it is known that aqueous solutions of cholesterol modified ODNs form foams when shaken. Although the behavior of these "ODN-soaps" at cellular membrane surfaces is not well understood, it is believed that the lipophilic groups enhance affinity of ODNs for cells. A vast number of hydrophobic "membrane anchors" are known in the prior art to be suitable building blocks for surfactants, and can therefore be incorporated into the "ODN-peptide-carrier" molecules of the prevent
invention.
Thus, ODN-soaps useful in accordance with the present invention are for formulation into ointments that aid in penetration of the ODN through skin tissue for topical applications. The lipophilic "anchor" inserts into the plasma membrane of a target cell, thus allowing cellular uptake by "fluid phase endocytosis". Upon reaching the lysosome, the peptide linker is degraded and the therapeutic ODN passes through the lysosomal membrane and into the cytosol. The
therapeutic ODN can be further modified with groups that aid in transport through membranes.
Referring now to Figure 7, a versatile method for preparation of thiol modified polymeric carriers is illustrated. The chemistry employed here is based on the efficient β-cyanoethyl phosphoramidite coupling chemistry that has been developed in the prior art for preparation of nucleic acid polymers. In the
illustrated example, the polymeric carriers are
synthesized on a hexanol modified solid support of the prior art using standard ODN synthesis conditions.
Three types of novel phosphoramidite monomeric "anchor units" are shown in Figure 7 which can be polymerized to provide "membrane anchors" with different lipophilic properties. Generally speaking, the monomers are polymerized in a stepwise fashion to give carriers of discrete sizes depending on the number of synthetic cycles. The surfactant carriers prepared from these monomers have the additional benefit of being water soluble by virtue of the hydrophilic phosphate residues which are interspersed throughout the polymers. This allows conjugation chemistry to be carried out under aqueous conditions. The linker chemistry that has been developed for preparation of ODN conjugates is easily applied to these machine-made carriers. As shown in Figure 7, nucleophilic thiol linker groups can be attached to the polymeric carriers as a final step through use of a commercially available phosphoramidite reagent.
Specifically, one type of phosphoramidite monomer which is usable as a sufactant carrier in the present invention, and which is novel per se, is derived from hydroxyprolinol. The preparation of acridine and cholesterol derivatized hydroxyprolinol derivatives is described elsewhere (Reed, M.W., Adams, A.D., Nelson, J.S., and Meyer, R.B., Jr. (1991), Acridine and
Cholesterol-Derivatized Solid Supports for Improved Synthesis of 3'-Modified Oligonucleotides.,
Bioconjugate Chem., 2. 217). The contents of this reference is expressly incorporated herein.
Enantiomerically pure hydroxyprolinol and certain derivatives are described in our application for United States Letters Patent, Serial Number 07/574,348, filed on August 28, 1990, which is also expressly
incorporated herein. With reference to Figure 7, aliphatic lipids (e.g. palmitic acid to give 1c), and other lipophilic groups can be introduced at the free amino group of hydroxyprolinol. (EXAMPLE V describes synthesis of the phosphoramidite monomer of the acridine containing hydroxyprolinol "anchor unit" 1a).
A second type of phosphoramidite monomers which can be polymerized to provide "membrane anchor" building blocks within the present invention and which are novel, are derivatives of alkanols, also shown in Figure 7. These simple surfactant building blocks can be prepared with a variety of alkyl chain lengths.
(EXAMPLE VI describes synthesis of the phosphoramidite monomer of the hexanol containing "anchor unit" 2.)
A third type of phosphoramidite monomers which can be polymerized to provide a "membrane anchor" building units of the ODN-peptide-carrier molecule of the present invention, and which are novel per se are derivatives of polyethylene glycols (PEG). These derivatives have unique properties which make them desirable for modification of biologically active molecules. These properties include: a wide range of solubilities, lack of toxicity, absence of antigenicity and immunogenicity, non-interference with enzymatic activities and conformations of polypeptides,
nonbiodegradability, and ease of excretion from living organisms. These building blocks can be easily
prepared with a variety of alkyl chain lengths.
(EXAMPLE VII describes synthesis of the phosphoramidite monomer of the tetraethylene glycol containing "anchor unit" 3.)
The steps of synthesizing the polymer from the above-noted monomers are conducted in analogy with polymer synthesis known in the art, and are not
described in detail. These steps are illustrated in Figure 7. A nucleophilic SH group is introduced by using the appropriate thiol phosphoramidite. The SH group serves to couple the polymeric membrane anchor to the iodoacetamide derivatized ODN-peptide compound. Other types of conjugation chemistry can be substituted for the iodoacetamide/thiol chemistry shown in Figure 4.
Synthesis of ODN-Peptide-Polyamine Conjugates (Class 2)
An example of the synthesis of ODN-peptide- polyamine conjugates is illustrated in Figure 4. In accordance with this example, cyanuric chloride is used to couple the amino linker group (C) on the ODN-peptide to an amino group on the carrier (targeting ligand).
Specifically, ODN-linker-NH2 groups are
"activated" with cyanuric chloride to give stable, electrophilic derivatives that can be further reacted with amine containing polymers.
The ODN-polyamine coupling chemistry is
illustrated using MODEL ODN4.
ODN4 : H2N-(CH2)6-O-PO2--5'O-CTGCTGCCTCCCGTAGGAGT
ODN3 is a 5'-hexylamine modified 20-mer ODN which has been used in the prior art as a universal signal probe for hybridization assays.
Treatment of ODN4 with 100 equivalents of cyanuric chloride gives only the mono-ODN adduct, as described in detail in EXAMPLE VIII. Since the remaining two chlorines are "deactivated", cyanuric chloride acts as an inexpensive heterobifunctional linker for connecting two molecules via amino groups. The cyanuric chloride activated-ODNs (CC-ODNs) are stable in solution for weeks but (like most electrophilic ODNs) decompose upon lyophilization. The CC-ODNs are readily purified by ultrafiltration techniques. Although bis-adducts of amine-tailed ODNs with cyanuric chloride are not formed, CC-ODNs react rapidly with polyamines.
Presumably this increase in reaction kinetics is controlled by electrostatic interactions of the
macromolecules. No side reactions of cyanuric chloride with the heterocyclic bases can be detected.
The cyanuric chloride activated ODN (CC-ODN3) is further reacted with polyethyleneimine (10,000 MW polyethyleneimine (PEI), in the example), as described in detail in EXAMPLE IX. The ODN-PEI conjugate which can be isolated presumably exists as a heterogeneous mixture of products with various ratios of ODN: PEI. The material balance (90% recovered ODN after
purification in the example) implies that the average number of ODNs per polyamine is approximately 5. After formation of the ODN-polyamine conjugate, residual cationic charges on the PEI are preferably "capped" by treatment with succinic anhydride. This procedure prevents "non-specific adsorption" of non-target nucleic acids by the PEI. The "capping" reaction also serves as a model for introduction of "membrane
recognition elements", as illustrated in Figure 8.
"Capping" of polyamine carrier molecules with succinic anhydride is an optional step that, in accordance with the invention, allows the "stickiness" of the ODN conjugates to be modulated. The net charge on the ODN- peptide-polyamine conjugates can also be controlled by varying the
size of the polyamine.
A variety of polyamines have been shown in the prior art to improve uptake of macromolecules into cells. In Figure 9 the structures of three polyamines are shown which are preferred in the present invention. 1:1 conjugates of ODN-peptides with polyamines of average MW 10,000 are contemplated in accordance with the present invention to be most useful as ODN delivery vehicles. It is contemplated that for efficient drug delivery the polyamine must contain enough cationic residues (at physiologic pH) to neutralize the anionic charges on the ODN and also provide a net positive charge to the complex.
Referring specifically to Figure 9 the
"polyamines" preferably used in this aspect of the invention are illustrated.
Polyethyleneimine (PEI) is an inexpensive, commercially available polymer which is available in a variety of average molecular weight ranges (600, 1200, 1800, 10,000 and 70,000). PEI polymers are very highly branched into a "bush-like" structure. A 10,000 MW polymer of PEI contains approximately 58 primary amines, 116 secondary amines, and 58 tertiary amines.
Poly-L-lysine (PLL) is available as the
hydrobromide salts from Sigma Chemical in a variety of average molecular weight ranges. The polymers are prepared by base-initiated polymerization of the corresponding N-carboxyanhydride. The MW range of most interest to this invention are 4K-15K, 15K-30K, and 30K-70K. A 10,000 MW polymer of PLL contains
approximately 47 primary amines, and is much less densely charged than PEI. The naturally occurring poly-L-backbone can be degraded by lysosomal enzymes, but this carrier may pose toxicity problems. The "non- natural" poly-D-isomers are also commercially available and can be used as control compounds to study non- degradable carriers.
A unique class of quasi-spherical, amine coated polymers has recently become commercially available (Polysciences Inc., Warrington, PA). Dendrimers are prepared in the desired size through a series of well defined organic reactions known in the art. The repeating amide units of these polymers are added in discrete layers or "generations". Each additional layer gives a larger polymer with a discrete molecular weight and a specified number of surface amino groups. The larger dendrimers (>4th generation) have a
distinctly spherical shape. A fifth generation
dendrimer has a molecular weight of 10,632 and contains 48 terminal primary amines. Roberts, J.C, Adams, Y.E., Tomalia, D., Mercer-Smith, J.A., and Lavallee, D.K. (1990), Using starburst dendrimers as linker molecules to radiolabel antibodies, Bioconjugate
Chemistry. 1, 305. Dendrimers are contemplated to be well suited for applications as carriers in ODN
delivery systems. The commercially available
dendrimers come in a variety of sizes and have good water solubility. The discrete molecular weight of these amine coated polymers (polydispersity = 1.00) allows preparation and isolation of ODN-peptide- dendrimer conjugates of high purity.
Synthesis of ODN-Peptide-Ligand Conjugates (Class 3, Method A)
Two methods suitable for synthesis of ODN-peptide- ligand conjugates are illustrated in Figure 4. The indirect method (Method A) where residual amino groups on the ODN-peptide-polyamine conjugates (Class 2) are reacted ("capped") with suitable membrane recognition elements. As described earlier, hepatocytes have a membrane bound receptor which recognizes galactose containing ligands. Likewise, macrophages recognize mannose containing ligands. Figure 10 shows the structure of carbohydrate containing molecules which can be used as reagents ("CAP reagents") to attach membrane recognition elements to amine containing carriers.
Thus, the peracetylated, carbohydrate containing, tetrafluorophenyl (TFP) esters 4a and 4b shown on
Figure 10 are constructed from known carboxylic acid precursors for example as described in EXAMPLE X. P- nitrophenyl ester derivatives of these same
carbohydrates are used in the prior art for preparation of the more complex "cluster ligands" (Ponpimom, M.M., Bugianesi, R.L., Robbins, J.C, Doebber, T.W., and Shen, T.Y. (1981), Cell-specific ligands for selective drug delivery to tissues and organs, J. Med. Chem. 24, 1388). The derivatives 4 can be used as acylating CAP Reagents for the construction of ODN-peptide-ligand conjugates as illustrated in Figure 8. In accordance with the present invention each polyamine carrier is "capped" with many carbohydrate ligands, thus providing the multivalency that is required for efficient binding of ligands by the carbohydrate specific receptor.
The reaction ( "capping") of ODN-peptide-polyamine carriers using the TFP esters 4 is analogous to the succinylation conditions provided in EXAMPLE IX. TFP esters react rapidly with amine modified ODNs under the described reaction conditions. It was found in
accordance with the present invention that even with >100 equivalents of TFP ester, the heterocyclic bases in the ODN are not modified (as evidenced by thermal denaturation studies). In addition, the acetyl protecting groups on the carbohydrate rapidly hydrolyze at pH 8.3 to give, in the final product the desired hydroxyl form of the carbohydrate membrane recognition elements.
The use of ODN-peptide-dendrimer conjugates allows the topology of the membrane recognition elements to be controlled. The distance between the amine containing tips on the "arms" of the dendrimers depend on the generation. "Capping" with the TFP esters (4)
therefore provides sugar residues with specific
geometric constraints. It is contemplated within the present invention to vary the size of the dendrimer to optimize binding to the sugar specific receptor.
The ODN-peptide-polyamine conjugates can also be conjugated to fully constructed targeting ligands.
Since these ligands are generally macromolecular in nature, a single ligand may be suitable for the delivery of a number of therapeutic ODNs. Chemistry for attaching poly-L-lysine to targeting proteins is known.
Synthesis of ODN-Peptide-Ligand Conjugates (class 3, Method B)
A direct method for synthesis of ODN-peptide- ligand conjugates (Method A) is also illustrated in Figure 4. Iodoacetamide/thiol coupling chemistry is preferred since it has been discovered in accordance with the present invention that iodoacetamide-linker- ODNs react with a variety of different thiol containing compounds. The ODN-peptide-NH2 is first "activated" with iodoacetic anhydride, (for example as described in EXAMPLE XI) and thereafter conjugated to thiol
containing targeting ligands as described in EXAMPLE II.
The just-noted direct conjugation of ODN-peptides to fully constructed targeting ligands (Method B on Figure 4) is advantageous in that ligands with well understood targeting properties can be used. Targeting properties of the ligand are not affected
significantly, if the ODN is attached to a functional group on the targeting ligand which is distinct from the receptor binding region of the ligand.
Especially illustrative as thiol containing targeting ligands, and preferred within the present invention are monoclonal antibodies, or fragments thereof. Free thiol groups on immunoglobulins (Ig) can be generated in accordance with the prior art by two different methods. Reductive cleavage of the native disulfides in the hinge region of the Ig can be
achieved by mild treatment with reducing agents such as dithiothreitol (DTT). This method is also useful for generation of free thiols in antibody fragments such as F(ab')2 or Fab. Reduced Fab from rabbit contains one thiol per targeting molecule. Fab from other animal sources contain one to three thiols. Alternatively, free thiols can be introduced into Ig by treatment with S-acetylmercaptosuccinic anhydride, 2-iminothiolane, N- succinimidyl 3-(2-pyridyldithio)propionate (SPDP), or other reagents that react with the e-amino groups in native lysine residues.
An example of a fully constructed targeting ligand which is preferred for delivery of anti-hepatitis ODNs is asialoorosomucoid (ASOR). ASOR can be prepared from the blood plasma glycoprotein, orosomucoid, by
treatment with neuraminidase, in accordance with prior art. As noted above, asialoglycoproteins such as ASOR are rapidly removed from the blood plasma of mammals by a carbohydrate recognition system present only in hepatocytes. It is known that a conjugate of the ASOR ligand with horseradish peroxidase is rapidly internalized in rat liver. Thiol modified ASOR has been prepared in the prior art, using SPDP, and was used for coupling to PLL. In accordance with the present invention, ODN-peptide-iodoacetamides are directly coupled to thiol modified ASOR to give ODN- Peptide-ASOR conjugates using the iodoacetamide/thiol coupling chemistry, as described for the peptide thiols (EXAMPLE II).
Another type of fully constructed targeting ligand are the polymers illustrated in Figure 10. Monomers which contain suitable "membrane recognition elements" such as the CAP molecules of Figure 10 are prepared from the CAP Reagents and amine containing monomer. For example, polymeric targeting ligands containing peptide backbones can be prepared from suitably
functionalized lysine monomers by reacting the lysine monomer with the CAP reagents. Polymerization of the thus derivatized amino acid monomers is carried out using, solid support based peptide synthesis conditions.
Modified nucleic acid monomers (phosphoramidites) are constructed from the CAP Reagents. An illustrative example is given in Figure 10, wherein
5-methylamino-2'-deoxyuridine phosphoramidite has been reacted with a CAP reagent, and thereafter polymerized by using standard DNA synthesis conditions to give targeting ligands with phosphate-sugar backbones. As described above, thiol linker groups can be readily added at the terminus of the constructed polymers.
Another type of polymeric targeting ligand is synthesized from substituted hydroxyprolinol
phosphoramidite monomers as illustrated in Figure 10. This chemistry is directly analogous to that described above. For example, the carbohydrate containing TFP ester (4a or 4b) is reacted with hydroxyprolinol and further functionalized using standard conditions to give monomers which carry the carbohydrate moiety of formula 4a or 4b. The carbohydrate containing monomers are then polymerized to a desired size using standard ODN synthesis conditions, and a terminal thiol group is added as shown in Figure 7. The resulting thiol modified carbohydrate polymer is directly coupled to ODN-peptide-iodoacetamides using the coupling
conditions described in EXAMPLE II. A targeting ligand prepared from monomer 1 (of Figure 7) wherein the CAP group is the α-D-mannose derivative derived from 4b is expected to be especially effective at targeting macrophages, since it is recognized by the polyanion receptor as well as the mannose receptor.
Therapeutic ODN-Targeting Ligand, "Matched Sets" As described earlier, another aspect of the invention is a method to improve the potency of sequence specific ODN drugs by targeting them to specific tissue types. Many diseases are caused by excess production of proteins which elicit effects which are deleterious to the survival of the affected organism. Therapeutic ODNs can be designed which specifically inhibit production of these "deleterious" proteins within a normally healthy cell. Diseases generally are localized in certain topological areas or in certain types of tissue within an organism. It is desirable to match the therapeutic ODN with an ODN carrier system that concentrates the drug in the affected cells. Thus, "matched sets" of nucleic acid specific ODNs and tissue specific targeting ligands or carriers provide drugs with higher therapeutic index than traditional pharmaceuticals. Specifically, deleterious proteins can be produced as a result of infection by pathogenic organisms such as viruses, bacteria, fungus or eukaryotic parasites. Harmful proteins need not be xenobiotic in origin. For example, the expression of oncogenes has been linked to cancer. Even proteins which are required for the health of an organism can be overproduced and cause toxic effects. For example, the proteins IL-1β and TNF-α are secreted by macrophages to elicit an
inflammatory response in an organism. If these biological response modifiers (BRMs) are overproduced, then effects which are toxic to the organism can result (e.g. septic shock).
Topical application can be an especially effective route of administration for many types of diseased tissue. For example, sexually transmitted diseases such as human papilloma virus or herpes simplex virus commonly infect membranous tissue and cause eruptions in the skin of the genitalia. Herpes zoster is commonly localized at the basal ganglia of the thorax of infected individuals and causes the visible lesions on the skin known as "shingles". Herpes viruses can also be localized in the eye. As discussed above, Class 1 ODN-peptide conjugates (ODN soaps) can be especially useful for therapy of viral diseases such as these which are accessible by direct topical
applications.
Systemic administration of ODNs presents a more complex delivery problem. The Class 3 ODN-peptide- targeting ligand conjugates of the invention are contemplated to be especially useful for delivery of therapeutic drugs to affected tissues which cannot be easily reached through non-invasive methods. As described earlier, these conjugates can be designed to recognize and bind to specific receptors on specific types of cells. An examplary "matched set" in
accordance with the present invention is for therapy of Hepatitis B virus.
Listed below are several diseases which may be treated by systemic administration of "matched sets" of antisense ODNs and targeting ligand conjugates of this invention. The examples of antisense ODNs have either been reported (without the peptide and target ligand moieties) in cell culture models, or have been examined by the inventors. The ODN-peptide-ligand combinations of the invention are expected to give improved molar potency of ODNs in cell culture in comparison to unconjugated ODNs.
Hepatitis B. Antisense ODNs complementary to the translation initiation codon region of the HBsAg mRNA have been found to inhibit expression of secreted surface antigen. Conjugation of antisense ODNs to galactose coated polymers, with a cleavable peptide is expected to efficiently deliver the antisense ODN into the cytosol of hepatocytes and provide improved protein inhibition.
Leishmaniasis. The single celled protozoan
Leishmania is a pathogenic human parasite. The
amastigote form of the parasite takes refuge in the lysosomes of infected macrophages. The antisense ODNs complementary to the spliced leader sequence of the mRNAs in Leishmania can inhibit growth of this
microorganism. Conjugation of antisense ODNs to mannose coated polymers with a cleavable peptide is expected to improve the sequence specific potency of this class of cytotoxic agent. Septic Shock. As described above, production of the cytokines TNF-α and IL-1β by human macrophages drive the inflammatory response. Diseases as diverse as septic shock, arthritis, diabetes, and multiple sclerosis may be treatable by blockers of IL-1 .
Antisense ODNs to IL-1 and TNF-α have been reported. Conjugation of the appropriate antisense ODNs to mannose coated polymers with a cleavable peptide is expected to reduce production of these powerful BRMs.
AIDS. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) has been clearly identified as the primary cause of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The human T-cell lymphocyte is a major cellular target for the HIV virion. Antisense ODNs complementary to the viral RNA have been shown to inhibit HIV replication and expression in cultured T-cells. Conjugation of similar antisense ODNs to T-cell specific antibodies or
antibody fragments is expected to improve the potency of these antiviral agents.
The activity of the therapeutic ODN-cleavable peptide-carrier molecules of the present invention can be confirmed in the following assays and test
procedures.
Proteolysis Assay.
Treatment of ODN-peptide-carrier conjugates with proteases releases the ODN from the carrier. These assays can be performed according to the protocol described in EXAMPLE IV.
Stability and Uptake Assay.
The ability of the targeting ligands to facilitate uptake and release of ODNs into the cytosol is
evaluated in a cell culture system. Thus, Hep G2 cultures are used to evaluate the uptake, the intracellular distribution and the stability of the ODN conjugates. By way of background, the uptake of asialoglycoproteins into this continuous cell line are well characterized. For the assay, the ODNs are internally labeled with 32P. To accomplish this, each ODN is synthesized in two component halves. The 5' half of the ODN is kinased in the presence of 32P-ATP and then ligated to the 3' half of the same ODN in the presence of a short complementary template ODN. The resultant internally radiolabeled ODN is isolated from its complement by denaturing and conjugated to
cleavable peptide and carrier in the presence of cold carrier ODN.
For the uptake and stability studies, the
radiolabeled ODN conjugates are added to the Hep G2 cultures at μM concentrations. At specified times the cells are washed and harvested. The resultant whole cell pellets are resuspended and vortexed in a standard lysis buffer containing 0.5% NP-40 nonionic detergent. The nuclei are washed once with the same buffer, and this wash buffer is combined with the original lysis solution. The cytoplasmic and nuclear fractions are each divided into two aliquots. One is resuspended in scintillant and counted, while the other is treated with proteinase K in the presence of EDTA and SDS and the nucleic acid alcohol precipitated in the presence of carrier. The purified nucleic acid is
electrophoresed through a denaturing 20% polyacrylamide gel to determine the integrity of the ODN.
The relative distribution of counts between cytoplasmic and nuclear fractions provides an
approximate indication of how much ODN has been
released into the cytosol, since once this happens the ODN rapidly accumulates within the nucleus. The distribution of counts on the gel provides further indication of the state of the ODN. Rapidly moving, nonresolved products indicate nuclease digestion.
Conversely, counts held up in the well reflect ODN still conjugated to the macromolecular carrier.
Antisense Assay for Hepatocyte Specific Carriers. ODN-peptide-carrier conjugates of the invention are preferably assayed for both uptake characteristics and antisense activity in a hepatoma cell line which supports the constitutive replication of hepatitis B virus (HBV).
The antisense ODN screen uses a Hep G2 cell clone in which a dimeric copy of the HBV genome has been stably integrated into the chromosomal DNA. The resultant 2.2.15 human hepatoblastoma cell line
secretes both free hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and intact virions (i.e., Dane particles). In the assay, ODNs complementary to the translation initiation site in HBsAg mRNA are tested for their ability to inhibit synthesis (and hence) secretion of HBsAg into the culture medium.
The assay employs a convenient enzyme immunoassay kit available from Abbott to detect the secreted HBsAg. A typical assay is conducted in a microtiter plate employing triplicates of each sample. Generally, a concentration series of each antisense ODN is tested against a nonsense ODN with identical base composition and modification. The cells are washed prior to addition of the ODN in fresh medium and incubation is continued until the extracellular level of HBsAg is high; this can take several days, in which case
multiple additions of the ODN can be made. At the conclusion of the assay, the medium from each well is removed and assayed for HBsAg level using the Abbott kit.
The Hep G2 cells are treated with various
concentrations of the ODN-peptide-carrier conjugates, and the amount of secreted HBsAg is determined. The corresponding unconjugated antisense ODNs will serve as baseline controls. Potency is determined by serial dilution of an ODN stock solution by evaluating the concentration at which the detected HBsAg level is reduced by 1/2 (the inhibitory dose (50%), or ID50).
Paramecium Antisense Assay. It is desirable that the 3'-modified antisense ODNs which are released from the macromolecular carrier molecule are still
substrates for RNase H. Such modifications are
evaluated by microinjection into Paramecium and
monitoring their swimming behavior as described in Hinrichsen, R.D., Fraga, D. and Reed, M.W. (1992) 3'- Modified Antisense Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
Complementary To Calmodulin mRNA Alter Behavorial
Responses In Paramecium, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.,
U.S.A.. 89, 8601, which is expressly incorporated herein by reference. This assay is advantageous since microinjection allows intracellular mechanisms of action of modified antisense ODNs to be evaluated separately from membrane transport issues. Potency is determined by serial dilution of an ODN stock solution and evaluating the minimum effective concentration.
Methods of Administration; Formulations
The therapeutic ODN-cleavable peptide carrier formulations of the present invention may be
administered topically, or systemically depending on the nature of the condition treated. The vehicles of administration, such as lotions, ointments, solutions, injections, tablets, capsules, etc. per se are well known in the art and need not be described here in detail.
SPECIFIC EXAMPLES
Physical properties of the modified
oligonucleotides described in the following EXAMPLES are presented in Table I.
General Synthesis of 5'-Hexylamine Modified
Oligodeoxynucleotides. 5'-Hexylamine modified
oligonucleotides with the sequences 5'-CTCCATCTTCGTCACA (ODN1), 5'-TAATTATTCAGCCATTTATTATTAGTT (ODN2),
GTTCTCCATGTTCAG (ODN3), and 5' -CTGCTGCCTCCCGTAGGAGT (ODN4 ) were prepared on either a Milligen 7500 or an Applied Biosystems Model 380B using the protocols supplied by the manufacturer. Protected β-cyanoethyl phosphoramidites, CPG supports, deblocking solutions, cap reagents, oxidizing solutions, and tetrazole solutions were purchased from either Milligen or Glen Research. 5'-aminohexyl modifications were introduced using an N-MMT-hexanolamine phosphoramidite linker (Milligen). The 3'-hexanol modification was introduced into ODN2 and ODN3 through use of a hexanol modified CPG solid support which is made in accordance with the procedure of Hinrichsen, R.D., Fraga, D. and Reed, M.W. (1992) 3'-Modified Antisense Oligodeoxyribonucleotides Complementary To Calmodulin mRNA Alter Behavorial
Responses In Paramecium, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.,
U.S.A., 89, 8601. Analytical and preparative HPLC were carried out using a Rainin pump system equipped with a Gilson 116 UV detector. Pump control and data
processing were performed using a Rainin Dynamax chromatographic software package on a Macintosh computer. After ammonia deprotection, the tritylated ODNs were HPLC purified by direct injection of the ammonia solution onto a Hamilton PRP-1 column (305 x 7.0 mm), and the product was eluted using a linear gradient of 20% - 45% acetonitrile in 0.1 M TEAA (pH 7.5) over 20 min (flow rate - 4 mL/min). Appropriate fractions were combined and concentrated to dryness on a Savant Speed-Vac. The residue was detritylated in 80% acetic acid (500 μL, 28@C, 70 min), precipitated with 100 μL of 3 M sodium acetate and 4 mL of 1- butanol, centrifuged, washed with 1 mL of ethanol, centrifuged, evaporated to dryness, and reconstituted with 1 mL of sterile distilled water.
Characterization of Modified ODNs. The
concentrations of modified ODNs were determined from the UV absorbance at 260 nm. All ODN concentrations were measured in pH 7.2 PBS (9.2 mM disodium phosphate, 0.8 mM monosodium phosphate, 0.131 M sodium chloride). An extinction coefficient for each ODN was determined using a nearest neighbor model substantially as taught by Cantor, C. R., Warshaw, M. M., and Shapiro, H.
( 1970 ) , Oligonucleotide interactions . III . circular dichroism studies of the conformation of
deoxyoligonucleotides, Biopolymers 9. 1059, correcting for the molecular weight of appended modifications. The value for e was used to calculate a theoretical ratio of A260 to concentration in μg/mL. The
calculated concentration values (μg/mL) for A260 = 1 OD unit are listed in Table I for all modified ODNs. The purified ODNs were analyzed by HPLC on a Dynamax C-18 column (0.75 x 25 cm) using a linear gradient of 5% - 45% acetonitrile in TEAA over 20 minutes (flow rate = 1 mL/min). ODN purity was confirmed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). The 5'-hexylamine modified ODNs (ODN1, ODN2, and ODN3) showed one peak by HPLC and one band.
EXAMPLE I
Synthesis of Iodoacetamide-ODNs (IA-ODN2). An aqueous solution of the 5'-hexylamine modified
oligonucleotide, ODN2 (0.50 mL, 1.41 mg, 0.184 μmoles), was combined with 0.50 mL of 1.0 M sodium borate buffer (pH 8.3) in a polypropylene eppendorf tube. Iodoacetic anhydride was added as a 50 mg/mL stock solution in acetonitrile (128 μL, 6.4 mg, 18 μmoles), and the heterogeneous mixture was vortexed for 1 h. C-18 HPLC analysis indicated complete conversion of ODN2 (9.8 min peak) to iodoacetamide-ODN2 (10.7 min peak) as shown in Figure 5 (panels A and B). Excess iodoacetic anhydride and iodoacetate appears at 4.6 min. The crude reaction mixture was transferred to a 3,000 MW cutoff
microconcentrator (Amicon) with 1.0 mL of 0.1 M borate buffer (pH 8.3), and centrifuged to a retentate volume of -0.1 mL. The retentate was reconstituted to 2 mL and the mix was re-concentrated. This process was repeated, and the retentate was reconstituted to 1.0 mL with 0.1 M borate. As shown in Figure 5 (panel C) this ultrafiltration process cleanly separated the
iodoacetamide-ODN from the small molecular weight contaminants. The UV absorbance at 260 nm indicated a concentration of 1.18 mg. This corresponds to an isolated yield of 82%. The IA-ODN solution was stored at -20ºC HPLC analysis after 1 year showed less than 10% decomposition.
A similar procedure was used for preparation of IA-ODN1. The synthetic results are presented in Table I. EXAMPLE II
Synthesis of ODN-Peptide conjugates (ODN2-PEP2).
A solution of 294 μg (37.5 nmoles) of iodoacetamide- ODN2 in 0.1 M sodium borate buffer (pH 8.3) was transferred to a 1.1 mL septum capped glass vial and degassed by sparging with argon for 10 min. A 1.0 mg/mL stock solution of the thiol containing peptide (PEP2) in degassed water was prepared. 267 μL (188 nmoles) of the PEP2 solution was added to the solution of IA-ODN2, the mixture was degassed and kept under an argon atmosphere for 23 h. C18 HPLC analysis indicated complete conversion of IA-ODN2 (10.7 min peak) to ODN2- PEP2 (13.2 min peak). The reaction mixture was concentrated to dryness on a Speed-Vac and
reconstituted with 100 μL of TEAA buffer. The mixture was purified by C-18 HPLC using the column and gradient described in Figure 5. The peak corresponding to product was collected in one fraction and dried on a Speed-Vac. The solid residue was reconstituted with 200 μL of water, and the purified product (ODN2-PEP2) was analyzed by C-18 HPLC (Figure 5, Panel D). The concentration was determined by A260 to be 1.67 mg/mL (97% recovery).
A similar procedure was used for preparation of ODN1-PEP1, ODN1-PEP2, ODN1-PEP3, ODN2-PEP1, ODN2-PEP3 and ODN3-PEP4. The ODN-peptide conjugation reactions were conveniently followed by C18 HPLC. PEP1 reacted completely in <1 h, PEP2 required 20 h, and PEP3 required 3 h. The synthetic results are presented in Table I.
The sequences of the peptides are as follows:
PEP1 H2N-cys-thr-pro-pro-lys-lys-lys-arg-lys-val-CONH2 PEP2 H2N-cys-asn-ser-ala-ala-phe-glu-asp-leu-arg-val- leu-ser-
CO2H.
PEP3 H2N-met-asn-lys-ile-pro-ile-lys-asp-leu-leu-asn- pro-gln-cys- CONH2
PEP4 H2N-cys-leu-ala-leu-ala-lys-CONH2
EXAMPLE III
Thermal Denaturation Studies (ODNl-Peptides).
Thermal dissociation curves were obtained by following changes in A260 of aqueous solutions containing
equimolar amounts of the particular ODN1-peptide described above and an unmodified 20-mer ODN complement with the base sequence 5'-GTGACGAACATGGAGAACAT. The 5 ' -hexylamine modified 16-mer (ODN1) was used as a control in each run. ODNs were prepared as 2 μM solutions in pH 7.2 PBS. A Gilford System 2600 UV-VIS spectrophotometer equipped with a Gilford 2527 Thermo- programmer was used. The samples were heated from 15°C to 85ºC with a temperature increase of 0.5°C / min. Absorbance vs. time and the first derivative data were recorded automatically. The Tm curves were typical of those obtained with unmodified ODNs. The Tm was determined using the derivative maxima: ODN1, Tm = 62.8ºC; ODN1-PEP1, Tm = 61.8ºC; ODN1-PEP2, Tm = 59.0°C;0DN1-PEP1, Tm = 60.8°C
EXAMPLE IV
Protease Degradation Studies (ODN1-Peptides). The three ODN1-peptide conjugates (described in Table I) were characterized by treatment with trypsin.
Solutions of 2 μg of the ODN-peptide in 7 μL of water were combined with 1 μL of lOx trypsin disruption solution, 1 μL of 100 mM Tris buffer (pH 9.0), and 1 μL of 100 mM EDTA. After digesting 60 min, the samples were loaded on 20% denaturing polyacrylamide gel.
Electrophoresis indicated complete proteolysis of starting ODN1-peptide (see Figure 6, lanes 1-6).
Trypsin had no effect on an unmodified ODN1 control (lanes 8 and 9).
EXAMPLE V
Synthesis of Substituted Hydroxyprolinol
Phosporamidites (1-[5-(9-Acridinyl)-1-oxopentyl]-5- [bis(4-methoxyphenyl)phenylmethoxy]methyl-(3R-trans)-o- [(N,N-diisopropylamino)-β-cyanoethoxy- phosphino]pyrrolidinol (1a)). The acridine substituted precursor alcohol to the phosphoramidite (1a) was prepared according to the literature procedure (Reed, M.W., et al. Acridine and Cholesterol-Derivatized Solid Supports For Improved Synthesis of 3'-Modified
Oligonucleotides, Bioconjugate Chem., 2, 217). To a solution of 203 mg (0.30 mmol) of the alcohol in 15 mL of methylene chloride was added 0.25 mL (1.4 mmol) of anhydrous N,N-diisopropylethylamine. While stirring under argon, 2-cyanoethoxy-N,N'- diisopropylaminochlorophosphine (0.13 mL, 0.66 mmol) was added via syringe. After 1 h, the solution was stripped of solvent and the residual yellow syrup was taken up in -0.5 mL methylene chloride. This solution was purified by flash chromatography (2 x 36 cm silica) using a gradient of ethyl acetate in hexanes (10% triethylamine). The product eluted with 4.5:4.5:1, ethyl acetate-hexanes-triethylamine. Removal of solvents gave 229 mg (87% yield) of the phosphoramidite ( 1a) as an off-white solid foam: TLC (4.5:4.5:1 ethhl acetate-hexanes-triethylamine) Rf = 0.34, yellow spot with blue fluorescence which stained orange upon spraying with 10 % sulfuric acid in methanol. EXAMPLE VI
Synthesis of Alkanol Phosphoramidites (1-O-(4,4'- dimethoxytrityl)-6-O-[N,N-diisopropylamino)-β- cyanoethoxy-phosphino]-1,6-hexanediol (2)).
The precursor alcohol to the phosphoramidite (2) was prepared according to the literature procedure (Hinrichsen, R.D., Fraga, D. and Reed, M.W. (1992) 3'- Modified Antisense Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
Complementary To Calmodulin mRNA Alter Behavorial
Responses In Paramecium, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.,
U.S.A., 89. 8601). To a solution of 0.70 g (1.66 mmol) of the alcohol in 85 mL of methylene chloride was added 1.4 mL (8.0 mmol) of anhydrous N,N- diisopropylethylamine. While stirring under argon, 2- cyanoethoxy-N,N'-diisopropylaminochlorophosphine (0.70 mL, 2.9 mmol) was added via syringe. After 0.5 h, the solution was quenched with 0.6 mL of methanol and poured into 250 mL of ethylacetate (10 %
triethylamine). The organic layer was washed with 2 x 200 mL of saturated sodium bicarbonate, 2 x 200 mL of saturated sodium chloride, and dried over sodium sulfate. The solution was stripped of solvent and the residual yellow syrup was purified by flash
chromatography (3.5 x 25 cm silica) using a gradient of ethyl acetate in hexanes (10% triethylamine). The product eluted with 1:8:1 ethyl acetate-hexanes- triethylamine. Removal of solvents gave 667 mg (65% yield) of the phosphoramidite (2) as a pale yellow syrup: TLC (1:8:1 ethyl acetate-hexanes-triethylamine) Rf = 0.32, spot stained orange upon spraying with 10 % sulfuric acid in methanol.
EXAMPLE VII
Synthesis of Polyethylene Glycol Phosphoramidites ((2-Cyanoethoxy)-N,N'-diisopropylamino-13-[1-O-(4,4'- dimethoxytrityl)-1,4,7,10,13-pentaoxatridecyl]phosphine (3)). The alcohol precursor to the phosphoramidite (3) was first prepared. After drying by coevaporation with pyridine, 7.8 g (40 mmol) of tetraethyleneglycol
(Pfaltz & Bauer) in 45 mL of dry pyridine was treated with 4.42 g (13 mmol) of dimethoxytrityl chloride for 1 hr at RT under argon. The mixture was evaporated in vacuo and purified by flash chromatography on RP column (5 x 30 cm, BAKERBOND Octadecyl C18), 40 μm Prep LC Packing) using 90% (v/v) methanol with 0.02 %
triethylamine as the eluent. Removal of solvents gave 3.75 g (58% yield) of the precursor to 3 as an oil:- TLC (20:1 chloroform-ethanol) Rf = 0.35, spot stained orange upon spraying with 10 % sulfuric acid in
methanol.
A fraction of the alcohol precursor (2.98 g, 6.0 mmol) was evaporated with dry pyridine (2x10 mL) and thoroughly dried in vacuo. The resulting oil was transferred to an argon atmosphere while still under vacuum and dissolved in a mixture of anhydrous N,N- diisopropylethylamine (4.3 mL, 24.7 mmol) and
dichloromethane (135 mL). While swirling vigorously under argon, 2-cyanoethoxy-N,N'- diisopropylaminochlorophosphine (2.2 mL, 11.2 mmol) was added to the mixture dropwise for 1 min by syringe. The resulting solution was stirred for 1.5 hr and monitored by TLC (5:5:1 hexanes-dichloromethane-triethylamine). The resulting mixture (major spot of phosphoramidite with Rf 0.64) was quenched with methanol (5 mL) and poured into 700 mL of 25:1 ethylacetate-triethylamine. The organic layer was washed with 10% sodium
bicarbonate solution (2 x 300 mL) and saturated sodium chloride solution (2 x 300 mL). The organic layer was dried with sodium sulfate, filtered and the solvent was removed in vacuo. The product was purified by flash chromatography (4 x 30 cm silica). After washing with 200 mL of 5:5:1 hexanes-dichloromethane-triethylamine, phosphoramidite (3) was eluted with the same solvent mixture. Evaporation of the solvent gave 2.8 g (67% yield) of 3 as an oil: TLC (5:5:1 hexanes- dichloromethane-triethylamine) Rf = 0.64, spot stained orange upon spraying with 10% sulfuric acid in
methanol.
EXAMPLE VIII
Synthesis of Cyanuric Chloride Activated ODNs (CC- ODN4). To 5 mg (0.8 μmoles) of 5'-hexylamine modified oligonucleotide, ODN3 (0.494 mL of a 10.12 mg/mL solution) was added 3.2 mL of 0.1 M sodium borate buffer (pH 8.3), 2.0 mL of 1.0 M sodium borate buffer (pH 8.3), and 2.3 mL of water. To the stirred solution was added 0.8 mL (40 mg, 217 μmoles) of a 50 mg/mL stock solution of cyanuric chloride in acetonitrile. After 40 min, the excess cyanuric chloride was removed by ultrafiltration through a 3000 MW cutoff membrane(Amicon, Beverly, MA) using 0.1 M sodium borate buffer (pH 8.3, 3 x 10 mL) as the wash solution. After the final wash, the retentate was brought to a final volume of 15.0 mL with 0.1 M borate buffer. The yield of CC- ODN4 was determined by A260 to be 3.91 mg (79%
recovery). C18 HPLC analysis indicated complete conversion of ODN3 (8.8 min peak) to CC-ODN4 (11.6 min peak) and no detectable cyanuric chloride (7.0 min). The product was used immediately for further reaction (EXAMPLE VI). EXAMPLE IX
Synthesis of ODN-Polyethyleneimine Conjugates (ODN4-10K PEI). To a freshly prepared solution of 3.91 mg (0.636 μmoles) of CC-ODN4 in 15 mL of 0.1 M sodium borate buffer (pH 8.3), was added 3.91 mL of 5 M NaCl and an additional 0.64 mL of 0.1 M sodium borate buffer. The mixture was vortexed in a 50 mL polypropylene tube. A 5.5 mg/mL stock solution of purified 10,000 MW PEI in 0.1 M borate buffer was prepared. 231 μL of the PEI solution (1.27 mg, 0.127 μmoles) was added in 10 μL aliquots to the stirred solution of CC- ODNS. The tube was heated at 50°C for 12 h. 235 μL (23.5 mg) of a 100 mg/mL solution of succinic anhydride in 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone was added to the ODN-PEI conjugate. The solution was vortexed and then gently rocked for 45 min. The heterogeneous mixture was centrifuged at 1500g to remove solids. The supernatant was purified by ultrafiltration through a 30,000 MW cutoff membrane (Diaflo) using 10 mM Tris (pH 7.5, 3 x 10 mL) as the wash solution. After the final wash, the retentate was brought to a final volume of 3.5 mL with pH 7.5 Tris. The yield of recovered ODN3-conjugate was determined by A260 to be 3.52 mg (90% recovery). Based on the stoichiometry, the average ratio of ODN4:10K PEI is ~5:1. Gel filtration HPLC analysis (Zorbax, GF-250 column) indicated complete conversion of CC-ODN4 (10-11 min peak) to ODN4-PEI (7.9 min peak).
EXAMPLE X
Synthesis of carbohydrate Containing CAP Reagents (Tetrafluorophenyl 3-(2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-1-thio-β- D-galactopyranosyl)propionate (4a)). Tetra-O-acetyl-D- galactosyl bromide (Sigma) was converted to the
thiopseudourea (TPU) derivative by treatment with thiourea in acetone according to the literature procedure (Stowell, C.P., and Lee, Y.C (1982)
Preparation of neoglycoproteins using 2-imino-2- methoxyethyl 1-thioglycosides. Methods in Enzymology, 83, 278). This TPU derivative was reacted with 3- iodopropionic acid (Aldrich) according to the
literature procedure (Ponpimom, M.M., et al (1981) Cell-Specific Ligands For Selective Drug Delivery To Tissues And Organs, J. Med. Chem., 24, 1388) to give 2- carboxyethyl 2,3,4, 6-tetra-O-acetyl-1-thio-β-D- galactopyranoside. The crude material was purified by flash chromatography (3.5 x 30 cm silica) using a gradient of methanol in methylene chloride. The product eluted with 10% methanol. Removal of solvent gave 135 mg (20% yield) of the carboxylic acid as a yellow syrup. The tetrafluorophenyl ester (4a) was prepared from 0.13 g (0.35 mmol) of the carboxylic acid by treatment with 1.5 equivalents of tetrafluorophenyl trifluoroacetate in CH2Cl2 in the presence 2
equivalents of triethylamine.
Tetrafluorophenyl trifluoroacetate (TFP-TFA) was prepared from 2,3,5,6-tetrafluorophenol by refluxing with trifluoroacetic anhydride, neat. TFP-TFA was isolated by distillation (b.p. 62°C/18mm).
The product 4a was purified by flash
chromatography (1 x 37 cm silica) using a gradient of ethyl acetate in hexane. The product eluted with 20% ethyl acetate. Removal of solvent gave 125 mg (67% yield) of 4a as a pale yellow syrup: TLC (1:2 ethyl acetate-hexanes) Rf = 0.30, stained black upon
charring with 10% sulfuric acid in methanol.
EXAMPLE XI
Synthesis of Iodoacetamide Derivative of ODN- Peptide Conjugate (IA-ODN3-PEP4).
A solution of 3.0 mg (0.613 μmoles) of ODN3 in 0.39 mL of 0.1 M borate buffer (pH 8.3) was treated with iodoacetic anhydride and purified by
ultrafiltration as described in EXAMPLE I. The yield of purified IA-ODN3 solution was 2.4 mg (77% recovery).
A solution of 2.2 mg (0.435 μmoles) IA-ODN3 solution in 1.00 mL of 0.1 M borate buffer was treated with a solution of 1.34 mg (2.12 μmoles) of PEP4 in degassed water as described in EXAMPLE II. HPLC analysis after 1.5 hours showed complete conversion of IA-ODN3 (10.9 min) to ODN3-PEP4 (12.0 min). ODN3-PEP4 was purified by HPLC using a 250 x 10 mm C-18 column (flow rate = 4.7 mL / min). The pure fraction was concentrated to give 1.46 mg of ODN3-PEP4 (60%
recovery).
A solution of 1.46 mg (0.262 μmoles) of ODN3-PEP4 in 0.50 mL of water was combined with 0.25 mL of 1.0 M borate buffer (pH 8.3). Iodoacetic anhydride was added as a 50 mg/mL stock solution in acetonitrile (185 μL, 9.2 mg, 26 μmoles). HPLC analysis after 2 hours showed reaction of ODN3-PEP4 to IA-ODN3-PEP4 (15.0 min). The mixture was purified by ultrafiltration as described in EXAMPLE I. The yield of purified IA-ODN3 was 0.72 mg (48% recovery). The synthetic results are presented in Table 1. Table I. Properties of Modified Oligonucleotides (ODNs)
Figure imgf000060_0001
a The sequences of the oligonucleotides and peptides are as described in the SPECIFIC EXAMPLES. b Calculated concentration of ODN that gives 1.00 absorbance units at 260 nm. c Elution time; C-18 HPLC system described in Figure 5. - % Isolated yield of ODN after purification as described in EXAMPLES. a Purified by PRP-1 HPLC using the gradientdescribed in Figure 5 (flow rate = 2 mL/min).

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
1. An oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate wherein the oligonucleotide, peptide and carrier moieties are covalently linked to one another, and wherein:
the oligonucleotide is selected from a group consisting of antisense oligonucleotide, antigene oligonucleotide, protein binding oligonucleotide and ribozyme which selectively binds to a desired sequence of RNA, DNA or protein in a target cell, and which by binding to the desired RNA, DNA or protein sequence brings about a desired therapeutic effect, the
oligonucleotide optionally being modified relative to naturally occurring oligonucleotides to increase binding to the desired RNA, DNA or protein sequence or to increase resistance to nuclease enzymes;
the peptide is cleavable by protease enzymes within the lysosomes of a target cell, and
the carrier is a lysosomotropic carrier which is capable of facilitating transport of the
oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate into the target cell.
2. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 1 wherein the oligonucleotide is an antisense oligonucleotide.
3. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 1 wherein the oligonucleotide is an antigene oligonucleotide.
4. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 1 wherein the oligonucleotide is a protein binding oligonucleotide.
5. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 1 wherein the oligonucleotide is a ribozyme.
6. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 1 wherein the peptide includes the sequence selected from the group consisting of
-leu-ala-leu-ala-, gly-phe-leu-gly- and gly-phe-tyr- ala.
7. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 1 wherein the peptide includes the sequence selected from the group consisting of H2N-cys-leu-ala- leu-ala-lys-CONH2, H2N-cys-gly-phe-leu-gly-lys-CONH2 and N2N-cys-gly-phe-tyr-ala-lys-CONH2.
8. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 1 wherein the carrier is selected from a group consisting of lipophilic groups, surfactant carriers, polyamine carriers and targeting ligands, the targeting ligands having an ability to non-covalently bind to a target receptor group on the surface of the target cell.
9. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 6 wherein the carrier is selected from a group consisting of poly-L-lysine, polyethyleneimine and dendrimers having a multitude of external amino groups.
10. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 6 wherein the carrier is a polyamine having a plurality of external amino groups, and wherein a plurality of sugar residues are covalently linked to the amino groups on said polyamines, the sugar residues acting as binding sites to receptors on the surface of the target cell.
11. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 8 wherein the sugar residue is a D-galactosyl group or a D-mannosyl group.
12. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 7 wherein the peptide moiety includes an amino group, and wherein the polyamine moiety is covalently linked to said amino group with a bridging moiety consisting of a chlorinated symmetrical triazine group.
13. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 1 wherein the carrier is a polymer selected from a group of polymers having the structures (a), (b) and (c)
Figure imgf000063_0001
(c)
wherein n is 3 to 300, x is 1 to 10, and wherein the CAP group is selected from the group consisting of R1 and R2 wherein m is 1 to 5, and wherein R3 is H, or lower alkanoyl.
Figure imgf000064_0001
R1 R2
14. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 1 wherein the peptide is covalently linked to the 5' or 3' tail of the ODN through a covalent linkage which comprises the structure
ODN-5' or 3'-O-P(O,O-)-O(CH2)o-NH-CO-CH2-S-PEPTIDE -NH- where o is an integer beween 2 and 12, ODN
represents the oligonucleotide and PEPTIDE represents the residue of the peptide moiety.
15. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 14 wherein o is 6.
16. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 1 wherein the peptide is covalently linked to the carrier moiety through a covalent linkage which comprises the structure
-PEPTIDE-NH-CO-CH2-S-CARRIER,
wherein PEPTIDE represents the residue of the peptide, and CARRIER represents residue of the carrier moiety.
17. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 1 wherein the peptide is covalently linked to the 5' or the 3' tail of the ODN through a covalent linkage which comprises the structure
ODN-5' or 3'-O-P(O,O-)-O(CH2)o-NH-CO-CH2-S-PEPTIDE
-NH- and wherein
the peptide is covalently linked to the carrier moiety through a covalent linkage which comprises the structure
-PEPTIDE-NH-CO-CH2-S-CARRIER,
or -PEPTIDE-NH-W-NH-CARRIER
where o is an integer beween 2 and 12, ODN
represents the oligonucleotide moiety, PEPTIDE
represents the residue of the peptide moiety, CARRIER represents residue of the carrier moiety and W
represents an chlorinated symmetrical triazine moiety which is obtained when a nucleophilic NH2 group of the peptide moiety and a nucleophilic NH2 group of the carrier moiety is bridged by reaction with cyanuric chloride.
18. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 1 wherein the carrier is a monoclonal
antibody.
19. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 1 wherein the carrier is a polymer having the structure
HO— (CH2)o-O —O— anchor unit -O-(CH2)o-S-
Figure imgf000065_0002
Figure imgf000065_0001
(d) , wherein the anchor unit is selected from a group consisting of structures (e), (f) and (g)
--(CH2)p.O--
— (CH2 CH2 O) p-
(e) ( f )
Figure imgf000066_0001
(g)
wherein R5 represents an alkyl-9-acridinyl group, O- cholesteryl group or an alkyl group having 6 to 20 carbons, p is an integer between 3 to 30, o is an integer between 2 to 20, and n is an integer between 3 to 300.
20. The oligonucleotide-peptide-carrier conjugate of Claim 1 wherein the carrier is an asialoglycoprotein having specific binding affinity to hepatocytes.
21. A compound selected from the group consisting of the structures shown by formulas (h) and (i)
Figure imgf000067_0001
(h) (i)
wherein X is 1-10 the CAP group is selected from the group consisting of R1 and R2, wherein m is 1 to 10, and wherein R3 is H, or lower alkanoyl.
Figure imgf000067_0002
22. A compound selected from the group consisting of structures shown by the formulas (k), (1) and (s), wherein the R5 represents an alkyl-9-acridinyl group, O-cholesteryl group or an alkyl group having 6 to 30 carbons, and p is an integer between 3 to 30. O(CH2)2CN O(CH2)2CN DMTr-O-(CH2)p-O— s DMTr-O— (CH2CH2O)p -
Figure imgf000068_0002
N(iPr)2
Figure imgf000068_0003
N(iPr)2
(k) (l)
O
(s)
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