Chiral control

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9982257-B2
Application number	US-201314414614-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2013
Priority date	Jul 13, 2012
Publication date	May 29, 2018
Grant date	May 29, 2018

Abstract

The present invention relates to chirally controlled oligonucleotides, chirally controlled oligonucleotide compositions, and the method of making and using the same. The invention specifically encompasses the identification of the source of certain problems with prior methodologies for preparing chiral oligonucleotides, including problems that prohibit preparation of fully chirally controlled compositions, particularly compositions comprising a plurality of oligonucleotide types. In some embodiments, the present invention provides chirally controlled oligonucleotide compositions. In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods of making chirally controlled oligonucleotides and chirally controlled oligonucleotide compositions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A chirally controlled oligonucleotide composition comprising a plurality of oligonucleotides of at least one type, wherein each type is defined by:
1) base sequence;
2) pattern of backbone linkages;
3) pattern of backbone chiral centers; and
4) pattern of backbone X-moieties (—X-L-R 1 );
wherein:
the oligonucleotides of the at least one type comprise one or more phosphorothioate triester internucleotidic linkages and one or more phosphate diester linkage;
the oligonucleotides of the at least one type comprise at least two consecutive modified internucleotidic linkages; and
oligonucleotides of the at least one oligonucleotide type comprise one or more modified internucleotidic linkages independently having the structure of formula (I):

wherein:
P* is an asymmetric phosphorus atom and is either Rp or Sp;
W is O, S or Se;
each of X, Y and Z is independently —O—, —S—, —N(-L-R 1 )—, or L;
L is a covalent bond or an optionally substituted, linear or branched C 1 -C 50 alkylene, wherein one or more methylene units of L are optionally and independently replaced by an optionally substituted C 1 -C 6 alkylene, C 1 -C 6 alkenylene, —C≡C—, —C(R′) 2 —, -Cy-, —O—, —S—, —S—S—, —N(R′)—, —C(O)—, —C(S)—, —C(NR′)—, —C(O)N(R′)—, —N(R′)C(O)N(R′)—, —N(R′)C(O)—, —N(R′)C(O)O—, —OC(O)N(R′)—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, —S(O) 2 N(R′)—, —N(R′)S(O) 2 —, —SC(O)—, —C(O)S—, —OC(O)—, or —C(O)O—;
R 1 is halogen, R, or an optionally substituted C 1 -C 10 aliphatic wherein one or more methylene units are optionally and independently replaced by an optionally substituted C 1 -C 6 alkylene, C 1 -C 6 alkenylene, —C≡C—, —C(R′) 2 —, -Cy-, —O—, —S—, —S—S—, —N(R′)—, —C(O)—, —C(S)—, —C(NR′)—, —C(O)N(R′)—, —N(R′)C(O)N(R′)—, —N(R′)C(O)—, —N(R′)C(O)O—, —OC(O)N(R′)—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, —S(O) 2 N(R′)—, —N(R′)S(O) 2 —, —SC(O)—, —C(O)S—, —OC(O)—, or —C(O)O—;
each R′ is independently —R, —C(O)R, —CO 2 R, or —SO 2 R, or:
two R′ on the same nitrogen are taken together with their intervening atoms to form an optionally substituted heterocyclic or heteroaryl ring, or
two R′ on the same carbon are taken together with their intervening atoms to form an optionally substituted aryl, carbocyclic, heterocyclic, or heteroaryl ring;

-Cy- is an optionally substituted bivalent ring selected from phenylene, carbocyclylene, arylene, heteroarylene, or heterocyclylene;
each R is independently hydrogen, or an optionally substituted group selected from C 1 -C 6 aliphatic, phenyl, carbocyclyl, aryl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclyl; and
each

independently represents a connection to a nucleoside.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the oligonucleotides are cleaved from a solid support.

3. The composition of claim 2 , wherein the oligonucleotides comprise one or more modified internucleotide linkages independently having the structure of formula I-b:

wherein:
P* is an asymmetric phosphorus atom and is either Rp or Sp;
X is —S—;
L is a covalent bond or an optionally substituted, linear or branched C 1 -C 50 alkylene, wherein one or more methylene units of L are optionally and independently replaced by an optionally substituted C 1 -C 6 alkylene, C 1 -C 6 alkenylene, —C≡C—, —C(R′) 2 —, -Cy-, —O—, —S—, —S—S—, —N(R′)—, —C(O)—, —C(S)—, —C(NR′)—, —C(O)N(R′)—, —N(R′)C(O)N(R′)—, —N(R′)C(O)—, —N(R′)C(O)O—, —OC(O)N(R′)—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, —S(O) 2 N(R′)—, —N(R′)S(O) 2 —, —SC(O)—, —C(O)S—, —OC(O)—, or —C(O)O—;
R 1 is halogen, R, or an optionally substituted C 1 -C 10 aliphatic wherein one or more methylene units are optionally and independently replaced by an optionally substituted C 1 -C 6 alkylene, C 1 -C 6 alkenylene, —C≡C—, —C(R′) 2 —, -Cy-, —O—, —S—, —S—S—, —N(R′)—, —C(O)—, —C(S)—, —C(NR′)—, —C(O)N(R′)—, —N(R′)C(O)N(R′)—, —N(R′)C(O)—, —N(R′)C(O)O—, —OC(O)N(R′)—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, —S(O) 2 N(R′)—, —N(R′)S(O) 2 —, —SC(O)—, —C(O)S—, —OC(O)—, or —C(O)O—;
each R′ is independently —R, —C(O)R, —CO 2 R, or —SO 2 R, or:
two R′ on the same nitrogen are taken together with their intervening atoms to form an optionally substituted heterocyclic or heteroaryl ring, or
two R′ on the same carbon are taken together with their intervening atoms to form an optionally substituted aryl, carbocyclic, heterocyclic, or heteroaryl ring;

-Cy- is an optionally substituted bivalent ring selected from phenylene, carbocyclylene, arylene, heteroarylene, or heterocyclylene;
each R is independently hydrogen, or an optionally substituted group selected from C 1 -C 6 aliphatic, phenyl, carbocyclyl, aryl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclyl; and
each

independently represents a connection to a nucleoside.

4. The composition of claim 3 , wherein the oligonucleotides are at least 15 nucleotide units in length.

5. The composition of claim 3 , wherein the composition contains predetermined levels of at least two oligonucleotide types.

6. A chirally controlled oligonucleotide comprising one or more modified internucleotide linkages independently having the structure of formula I:

wherein:
P* is an asymmetric phosphorus atom and is either Rp or Sp;
W is O, S or Se;
each of X, Y and Z is independently —O—, —S—, —N(-L-R 1 )—, or L;
L is a covalent bond or an optionally substituted, linear or branched C 1 -C 50 alkylene, wherein one or more methylene units of L are optionally and independently replaced by an optionally substituted C 1 -C 6 alkylene, C 1 -C 6 alkenylene, —C≡C—, —C(R′) 2 —, -Cy-, —O—, —S—, —S—S—, —N(R′)—, —C(O)—, —C(S)—, —C(NR′)—, —C(O)N(R′)—, —N(R′)C(O)N(R′)—, —N(R′)C(O)—, —N(R′)C(O)O—, —OC(O)N(R′)—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, —S(O) 2 N(R′)—, —N(R′)S(O) 2 —, —SC(O)—, —C(O)S—, —OC(O)—, or —C(O)O—;
R 1 is halogen, R, or an optionally substituted C 1 -C 10 aliphatic wherein one or more methylene units are optionally and independently replaced by an optionally substituted C 1 -C 6 alkylene, C 1 -C 6 alkenylene, —C≡C—, —C(R′) 2 —, -Cy-, —O—, —S—, —S—S—, —N(R′)—, —C(O)—, —C(S)—, —C(NR′)—, —C(O)N(R′)—, —N(R′)C(O)N(R′)—, —N(R′)C(O)—, —N(R′)C(O)O—, —OC(O)N(R′)—, —S(O)—, —S(O) 2 —, —S(O) 2 N(R′)—, —N(R′)S(O) 2 —, —SC(O)—, —C(O)S—, —OC(O)—, or —C(O)O—;
each R′ is independently —R, —C(O)R, —CO 2 R, or —SO 2 R, or:
two R′ on the same nitrogen are taken together with their intervening atoms to form an optionally substituted heterocyclic or heteroaryl ring, or
two R′ on the same carbon are taken together with their intervening atoms to form an optionally substituted aryl, carbocyclic, heterocyclic, or heteroaryl ring;

-Cy- is an optionally substituted bivalent ring selected from phenylene, carbocyclylene, arylene, heteroarylene, or heterocyclylene;
each R is independently hydrogen, or an optionally substituted group selected from C 1 -C 6 aliphatic, phenyl, carbocyclyl, aryl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclyl; and
each

independently represents a connection to a nucleoside;
the oligonucleotide comprises one or more phosphorothioate triester internucleotidic linkages and one or more p

Assignees

• Wave Life Sciences Ltd

Inventors

• Butler David
• Iwamoto Naoki
• Meena
• Svrzikapa Nenad
• Verdine Gregory L
• Zlatev Ivan

Classifications

• A61P43/00

  Drugs for specific purposes, not provided for in groups A61P1/00-A61P41/00 · CPC title

• C12N2310/11

  Antisense · CPC title

• C07D295/088

  to an acyclic saturated chain · CPC title

• C12N15/11

  DNA or RNA fragments; Modified forms thereof (DNA or RNA not used in recombinant technology, C07H21/00); {Non-coding nucleic acids having a biological activity} · CPC title

• C12N2330/30

  chemically synthesised · CPC title