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Delivery agent

a technology of delivery agent and delivery tube, which is applied in the field of delivery tube, can solve the problems of certain limitations in the application or efficacy of all the drugs, whether it is the type of target protein, its pi or molecular weight or the type of cells, and achieve the effects of improving the delivery effect, improving the efficiency of transfection according to the invention, and improving the efficiency of delivery

Active Publication Date: 2017-06-01
THERMO FISHER SCI BALTICS UAB
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Benefits of technology

This patent describes a new method for delivering peptides and proteins into cells using a composition of polycationic and polyanionic agents. The polyanionic agent can be a polyphosphate or a polyoxometalate. This method is more efficient, uniform, and robust than previous methods, and can deliver a wide range of peptides and proteins of interest, including those of different pI and molecular mass. The medicament acts as a vehicle for delivering the therapeutic peptide or protein and needs to be prepared to a level of purity and stability suitable for administration to a subject. Overall, this patent provides a new and improved approach for delivering peptides and proteins into cells which could have therapeutic applications.

Problems solved by technology

There are many known peptide / protein delivery methods that have been successfully commercialized, however, all of them have certain limitations in their application or efficacy regarding the type of target protein, its pI or molecular weight or the types of cells used for transfection.

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Analysis of the Protein Transfection Using pHP

[0094]Transfection of HeLa (Human cervical carcinoma-derived cell line) cells was carried out as follows: one day before the transfection experiment, the cells were seeded in a 24-well tissue culture plate at the density of 5×104 cells per well in the total volume of 1 ml DMEM culture medium supplemented with 10% FBS. The cells were incubated at 37° C. in a CO2 incubator until they reached 70-80% confluency (usually within 24 h). On the day of transfection, the growth medium was removed and replaced with 0.5 ml of warm serum-free medium. Alexa Fluor 488-labeled goat IgG antibody (1 μg) was diluted in 100 μl of 0.15M NaCl solution and mixed with different amounts of polyanions: DNA (1 μg pUC18), sodium polyphosphate (10 mM pP—1 μl) or sodium polytungstate (10 Mm pW—3 μl). Cationic polymer pHP (1 μl) was added into the protein-polyanion mixture and vortexed immediately for few seconds to ensure even distribution of the material. The comple...

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Analysis of the Protein Localization after Polyanion-Polycation Mediated Transfection

[0095]HeLa cell transfection with β-galactosidase (1 μg) was carried out using the same protocol and conditions as described above. The cells were further fractionated using ProteoJET™ Membrane Protein Extraction Kit (Fermentas) in order to separate membrane and cytoplasmic proteins. The enzymatic activity of β-galactosidase in both fractions was estimated using colorimetric assay.

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Analysis of Different Polyanions in pHP-Mediated Protein Transfections

[0096]Several different polyanions were tested for their ability to improve labelled-IgG transfection. Polyanions were grouped as follows: (i) phosphates—heterophosphates (DNA) and homophosphates (sodium polyphosphate—pP), (ii) POMs—without hetero atom (sodium polytungstate, pW, or ammonium molybdate tetrahydrate, pMo) and with hetero atom (sodium phosphotungstate tribasic hydrate, pWP, and sodium phosphomolybdate hydrate, pMoP). HeLa cells were prepared for transfection essentially as described in Example 1. The amount of each polyanion used was: 3 μl of pW, pWP or pMoP, and 2 μl of pMo (each 10 mM stock concentration), 0.5 μl of pP (30 mM stock concentration), 1 μg of DNA. Polyanion-Antibody-pHP mixtures were incubated for 15 min and added to the cells in a drop-wise manner. Transfection results were processed 2 h later using Guava Easy Cyte Plus flow cytometry system (Millipore).

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Abstract

A composition comprising a polycationic agent and a polyanionic agent, and kits comprising the composition, is provided. In embodiments, the polyanionic agent is a nucleic acid and the polycationic agent is a modified polyalkyleneimine polymer.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a Continuation-in-Part of co-pending U.S. application Ser. No. 14 / 147,028 filed Jan. 3, 2014; which is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 12 / 901,840 filed Oct. 11, 2010 which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,951,957; which claims priority to Great Britain application Serial No. 0917792.4 filed Oct. 12, 2009, each of which is expressly incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.FIELD OF INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a composition for delivering a peptide or protein into a cell, a kit for delivering a peptide or protein into a cell and a method therefor, as well as uses of the compositions and kits.BACKGROUND OF INVENTIONAbbreviations[0003]P / P—peptide or proteinPA—polyanionic agentpHP—polyhydroxypropyleneiminepWP—sodium phosphotungstate tribasic hydrate (Na3O40PW12.xH2O);pW—sodium polytungstate (Na6O39W12.H2O);pMoP—sodium phosphomolybdate hydrate (Mo12Na3O40P.xH2O);pMo—ammonium molybdate tetrahydrate (H24Mo7N6O24.4H...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C12N5/09C08G73/02
CPCC08G73/02C12N5/0693A61K47/59A61K47/605
Inventor LAGUNAVICIUS, ARUNASZALIAUSKIENE, LOLITA
Owner THERMO FISHER SCI BALTICS UAB