COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THERAPEUTIC NUCLEIC ACID AND SAPONIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF MUSCLE-WASTING DISORDERS

    公开(公告)号:US20250051770A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-13

    申请号:US18723163

    申请日:2022-12-20

    Abstract: The invention lies in the field of treatment and prophylaxis of muscle wasting disorders, in particular the ones involving a genetic factor that can be targeted by a delivery of a therapeutic nucleic acid into the muscle cells. In line with the latter aspect, disclosed herein are pharmaceutical compositions and advantageous components thereof that substantially enhance the effective delivery and release of a therapeutic nucleic acid into the right internal compartment of the muscle cell, such as the cytosol and/or the nucleus, in which compartment it can reach and act upon its genetic target. As disclosed herein, this substantially enhanced delivery and release is achieved by a provision of an endosomal-escape-enhancing saponin in the disclosed herein pharmaceutical compositions comprising therapeutic nucleic acids and, optionally, muscle cell-targeting ligands conjugated therewith. As for the first time demonstrated herein, these saponin types not only surprisingly retain their endosomal-escape-enhancing properties in fully differentiated muscle cells but also can in an unconjugated state successfully be delivered thereto together with the therapeutic nucleic acids.

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