302 results about "Cationic liposome" patented technology

Compositions, methods, and applications that increase the efficiency of nucleic acid transfection are provided. In one aspect, a pharmaceutical composition may include at least about 0.5 mg / ml concentration of a nucleic acid condensed with a cationic lipopolymer suspended in an isotonic solution, where the cationic lipopolymer includes a cationic polymer backbone having cholesterol and polyethylene glycol covalently attached thereto, and wherein the molar ratio of cholesterol to cationic polymer backbone is within a range of from about 0.1 to about 10, and the molar ratio of polyethylene glycol to cationic polymer backbone is within a range of from about 0.1 to about 10. The composition further may include a filler excipient.

Highly efficient cationic liposomes have been developed as an improved delivery system for biologically-active reagents. A novel structure, the sandwich liposome, is formed and comprises one or more biologically active agents internalized between two bilomellar liposomes. This structure protects the incoming agent and accounts for the high efficiency of in vivo delivery and for the broad tissue distribution of the sandwich liposome complexes. These novel liposomes are also highly efficient carriers of nucleic acids. By using extruded DOTAP:cholesterol liposomes to form complexes with DNA encoding specific proteins, expression has been improved dramatically. Highest expression was achieved in the lung, while increased expression was detected in several organs and tissues.

Angiogenic endothelial cells are selectively targeted with lipid / DNA complexes or cationic liposomes containing a substance which affects the targeted cells by inhibiting or promoting their growth. A site of angiogenesis can be precisely located by administering cationic liposomes containing a detectable label. The complexes may comprise nucleotide constructs which are comprised of promoters which are selectively and exclusively activated in the environment of an angiogenic endothelial cell.

The present invention includes compositions and methods for delivering one or more active agents in vivo by contacting a target organ or tissue with a microbubble encapsulated active agent comprising a neutrally charged lipid microbubble loaded with cationic liposomes comprising one or more active agents and selectively releasing the active agents at the target by exposing the microbubble at the target with ultrasound, wherein the active agents remain protected in the microbubble until selectively release at the target.

This invention provides a method of inactivating non-enveloped virus particles. The method includes the step of contacting the virus with a virucidally-enhanced alcoholic composition that includes an alcohol, and an enhancer selected from the group consisting of cationic oligomers and polymers, proton donors, chaotropic agents, and mixtures thereof.

The invention relates to novel cationic lipid formulations and use thereof for treatment of cancer, especially in combination with radiation.

New emulsion and micelle formulations are described as are complexes of these formulations with biologically active substances. The novel formulations are different from cationic lipid vectors such as cationic liposomes in that the complexes formed between biologically active substances and the emulsion and micellar formulations of this invention are physically stable and their transfection activity is resistant to the presence of serum. These novel formulations are disclosed to be useful in areas such as gene therapy or vaccine delivery.

The present invention relates to liposome formulations that are physically stable. In particular the present invention relates to steric stabilization of cationic liposomes by incorporating glycolipids into the liposomes. The stabilized liposomes can be used either as an adjuvant for antigenic components or as a drug delivery system. In particular the invention relates to vaccines with adjuvants in aqueous media for immunization, where the final product is stable.

The present invention relates to vectorization of double stranded RNA oligonucleotides by cationic particles chosen from among surfactant micelles, block or non-block polymer micelles, cationic liposomes and niosomes, cationic oleosomes and cationic nanoemulsions, as well as from among cationic organic or inorganic particles and nanocapsules, and topical compositions for the skin, mucous membranes or eyes.

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for intracellular protein delivery. The compositions include a protein operatively associated with a cationic lipid in such a way as to facilitate intracellular delivery of the protein by the cationic lipid, such as by associating directly with a cationic lipid, encapsulating it in a cationic liposome, associating the protein with a lipoplex comprising cationic lipid and nucleic acid, or associating the protein with an anionic polymer that is in association with a cationic lipid. These compositions are useful in delivering antibodies to intracellular proteins to neutralize their activity, and to introduce therapeutically useful proteins, peptides or small molecules.

A method for preparing a stable cell-targeting complex comprising a ligand and a cationic liposome encapsulating a therapeutic or diagnostic agent comprises (a) combining the complex with a solution comprising a stabilizing amount of sucrose and (b) lyophilizing the resultant solution to obtain a lyophilized preparation; wherein, upon reconstitution, the preparation retains at least about 80% of its pre-lyophilization activity.

This invention concerns a liposome comprising lipids and at least one active ingredient, wherein at least one of the lipids is a cationic lipid; said liposome exhibiting a net positive charge at physiological conditions at which said liposome preferentially adheres to monocytes in freshly drawn blood when compared to adherence to granulocytes, T-lymphocytes, B-lymphocytes and / or NK cells in freshly drawn blood, to a lipid-based pharmaceutical composition comprising said liposomes and their use in monocytic associated prophylaxis, treatment or amelioration of a condition such as cancer, an infectious disease, an inflammatory disease, an autoimmune disease or allergy.

Methods and compositions for triggering the delivery of an encapsulated therapeutic agent from a liposome are provided. Liposomes of opposite charge and incorporating lipids which favor non-lamellar structures are contacted in vivo. At least one of the liposome encapsulates at least one therapeutic drug or agent. Preferably, the liposomes have a fusogenic hydrophillic coating, such as PEG to control the rate of interaction of the liposomes and release of the therapeutic agent.

A method of preparing an antibody- or antibody fragment-targeted cationic immunoliposome or polymer complex comprises the steps of (a) preparing an antibody or antibody fragment; (b) mixing said antibody or antibody fragment with a cationic liposome to form a cationic immunoliposome or with a cationic polymer to form a polyplex; and (c) mixing said cationic immunoliposome or said polyplex with a therapeutic or diagnostic agent to form said antibody- or antibody fragment-targeted cationic immunoliposome or polymer complex.

The invention relates to novel cationic lipid formulations and use thereof for treatment of cancer, especially in combination with radiation.

The present invention provides methods of preparing an antibody- or antibody fragment-targeted cationic immunoliposome or polymer complex comprising (a) preparing an antibody or antibody fragment; (b) mixing said antibody or antibody fragment with a cationic liposome to form a cationic immunoliposome or with a cationic polymer to form a polyplex; and (c) mixing said cationic immunoliposome or said polyplex with a therapeutic or diagnostic agent to form said antibody- or antibody fragment-targeted cationic immunoliposome or polymer complex. The present invention also provides cationic immunoliposome or polymer complexes produced by such methods and compositions comprising such complexes. The present invention also provides methods for treating various diseases and disorders, including cancers, by administering the complexes and compositions of the invention to a patient.

The present invention is in the field of drug delivery, and specifically, cationic liposome-based drug delivery. In embodiments, this invention provides methods of making ligand-targeted (e.g., antibody- or antibody fragment-targeted) liposomes useful for the delivery of liposomes to tumors, including brain tumors. In embodiments, the liposomes deliver temozolomide across the blood-brain barrier for treatment of primary or metastatic brain tumors. Additional cancers that can be treated with the liposomes include neuroendocrine tumors, melanoma, prostate, head and neck, ovarian, lung, liver, kidney, breast, urogenital, gastric, colorectal, cervical, vaginal, angiosarcoma, liposarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, choriocarcinoma, pancreatic, retinoblastoma and other types of cancer. In another embodiment the liposomes deliver melphalan for the treatment of multiple myeloma, other tumors of the blood or other solid tumors. In still other embodiments the liposomes can deliver other drugs such as pemetrexed or irinotecan for treatment of cancer or drugs including atropine for treatment of organophosphate poisoning.

Highly efficient cationic liposomes have been developed as an improved delivery system for biologically-active reagents. A novel structure, the sandwich liposome, is formed and comprises one or more biologically active agents internalized between two bilomellar liposomes. This structure protects the incoming agent and accounts for the high efficiency of in vivo delivery and for the broad tissue distribution of the sandwich liposome complexes.These novel liposomes are also highly efficient carriers of nucleic acids. By using extruded DOTAP:cholesterol liposomes to form complexes with DNA encoding specific proteins, expression has been improved dramatically. Highest expression was achieved in the lung, while increased expression was detected in several organs and tissues.

Cationic liposomes with immunostimulatory nucleic acids are shown to stimulate the innate immune response, and synergistic combinations of such liposomal nucleic acids and therapeutic antibodies are provided to dramatically improve antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity and target cell lysis.

The present invention refers to the use of cationic liposomal preparations for the treatment or diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis or related disorders.

The invention discloses a cationic liposome, comprising cationic lipid, neutral phospholipid, polyethylene glycol derivatived phospholipid and mannose or mannan oligosaccharide, wherein a shell-shaped phospholipid bilayer is formed by phospholipid molecules in the the cationic lipid, the neutral phospholipid and the polyethylene glycol derivatived phospholipid; and mannose- or mannan oligosaccharide- modified polyethylene glycol derivatived phospholipid is formed by connecting the mannose or the mannan oligosaccharide with one end of the polyethylene glycol derivatived phospholipid. By adding the mannose- or mannan oligosaccharide- modified polyethylene glycol derivatived phospholipid, targeting property and enrichment in lymph glands of antigen-presenting cells are increased; the cationic liposome has an immunologic enhancement effect; and the immune efficacy of liposome-encapsulated vaccines can be increased. The invention also provides a preparation method of the cationic liposome.

A cancer vaccine comprising a cancer antigen which comprises, as an active ingredient, the product of a tumor suppressor gene WT1, a partial peptide or a modified version thereof, and a cationic liposome.

Angiogenic endothelial cells are selectively targeted with lipid / DNA complexes or cationic liposomes containing a substance which affects the targeted cells by inhibiting or promoting their growth. A site of angiogenesis can be precisely located by administering cationic liposomes containing a detectable label. The complexes may comprise nucleotide constructs which are comprised of promoters which are selectively and exclusively activated in the environment of an angiogenic endothelial cell.

The invention belongs to the field of pharmaceutic preparations, and relates to a targeted ligand-PEG (polyethylene glycol)-cholesterol / tocopherol derivative, and a preparation method and an application of the derivative, in particular to an application of the derivative in a composite mechanism mediate tumor targeted drug delivery system. According to the derivative, the preparation method and the application, a drug delivery system consisting of the targeted ligand-PEG-cholesterol / tocopherol derivative with a targeting function, a long circulating function and a pH (power of hydrogen) sensitive function as a functional material, a cation liposome and a drug can simultaneously carry anticancer polypeptide and gene / chemotherapy drugs. According to the system, different drugs are jointly entrapped into the lipid nano drug delivery system and delivered into a targeted cell by utilizing a physicochemical property difference between components or by in-vivo specific targeted recognition, signal conduction blocking and pH triggering PEG chain breaking charge reversion methods, so that a targeted tumor therapeutic effect is improved. According to the derivative, the preparation method and the application, the advantages of the system in directional delivery, co-delivery and the like are proved by in-vivo and in-vitro activity evaluation, the anticancer activity is improved significantly, and definite synergic therapeutic and immunity effects are provided.

The present invention relates to liposome formulations that are physically stable. In particular the present invention relates to steric stabilization of cationic liposomes by incorporating glycolipids into the liposomes. The stabilized liposomes can be used either as an adjuvant for antigenic components or as a drug delivery system. In particular the invention relates to vaccines with adjuvants in aqueous media for immunization, where the final product is stable.

The invention discloses a novel cationic liposome, a cationic liposome nucleic acid pharmaceutical preparation having the same as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The cationic liposome comprises cationic lipid, assisted lipo, polycarboxyl betaine lipid molecule and a freezing protective agent. The cationic liposome nucleic acid pharmaceutical preparation comprises cationic liposome modified by neutral lipid of polycarboxyl betaine and nucleic acid pharmaceutical preparation working solution. According to the cationic liposome, the defects of high toxicity, bad blood stability and low transfection efficiency are overcome and the pharmaceutical effects of the nucleic acid drugs are effectively improved; and at the same time, as the preparation is undisturbed by blood serum during the use, the operations in the experiment and the treatment are simplified.

A method of preparing an antibody- or antibody fragment-targeted cationic immunoliposome or polymer complex comprises the steps of (a) preparing an antibody or antibody fragment; (b) mixing said antibody or antibody fragment with a cationic liposome to form a cationic immunoliposome or with a cationic polymer to form a polyplex; and (c) mixing said cationic immunoliposome or said polyplex with a therapeutic or diagnostic agent to form said antibody- or antibody fragment-targeted cationic immunoliposome or polymer complex.

The present invention relates to compositions and methods for intracellular protein delivery. The compositions include a protein operatively associated with a cationic lipid in such a way as to facilitate intracellular delivery of the protein by the cationic lipid, such as by associating directly with a cationic lipid, encapsulating it in a cationic liposome, associating the protein with a lipoplex comprising cationic lipid and nucleic acid, or associating the protein with an anionic polymer that is in association with a cationic lipid. These compositions are useful in delivering antibodies to intracellular proteins to neutralize their activity, and to introduce therapeutically useful proteins, peptides or small molecules.

Nucleic acid-immunoliposome compositions useful as therapeutic agents are disclosed. These compositions preferably comprise (i) cationic liposomes, (ii) a single chain antibody fragment which binds to a transferrin receptor, and (iii) a nucleic acid encoding a wild type p53. These compositions target cells which express transferrin receptors, e.g., cancer cells. These compositions can be used therapeutically to treat persons or animals who have cancer, e.g., head and neck cancer, breast cancer or prostate cancer.

A functional RNP containing negative-strand single-stranded RNA derived from Sendai virus, which has been modified so as not to express at least one envelope protein, has been successfully prepared. An RNP comprising a foreign gene is prepared and inserted into a cell with the use of a cationic liposome, thereby successfully expressing the foreign gene.