Novel ionizable cationic lipids containing thioether linkage

Abstract

The invention relates to novel ionizable amine lipids incorporating one or more sulphur atoms in the tail section. These lipids can be used in combination with other components to form lipid nanoparticles with oligonucleotides. The invention describes the synthesis of the lipids of formula (I), formation and characterization of nanoparticles and biological experiments demonstrating that the lipid nanoparticles prepared with these novel lipids can efficiently deliver their cargo (e.g. RNA, DNA, mRNA, siRNA, miRNA, pDNA, circular DNA, dsRNA, small biologically active molecules) into the cells.