US2010234450A1PendingUtilityA1

Molecular targeting agents

Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Aug 9, 2008Filed: Mar 16, 2010Published: Sep 16, 2010
Est. expiryAug 9, 2028(~2 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
C12N 2310/3519A61K 47/549C12N 15/115C12N 2320/32C12N 2310/322C12N 15/1135C12N 2310/16A61K 47/554A61P 35/00C12N 2310/344C12N 2310/14A61K 31/7088
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Abstract

The present invention relates to aptamer conjugates comprising a metal chelating group and to methods of using these aptamers.

Claims

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1 . A conjugate comprising a nucleic acid aptamer that is not more than 45 nucleotides in length comprising the nucleic acid sequence 5′-n 1 n 2 n 3 CGGAUCAGCn 4 n 5 n 6 GUUUA-3′ (SEQ ID NO:1), linked to one or more chelating groups, wherein each n x  can be present or absent, wherein when present each n x  represents any nucleotide. 
     
     
         2 . The conjugate of  claim 1 , wherein nucleotides n 1 n 2 n 3  and n 4 n 5 n 6  are present and hybridize to form a stem structure. 
     
     
         3 . The conjugate of  claim 1 , wherein the nucleic acid aptamer molecule comprises the nucleic acid sequence 5′-AUGCGGAUCAGCCAUGUUUA-3′ (SEQ ID NO:2). 
     
     
         4 . The conjugate of  claim 1 , wherein the nucleic acid aptamer molecule comprises the nucleic acid sequence 5′-n a n b n c n d n 1 n 2 n 3 CGGAUCAGCn 4 n 5 n 6 GUUUAn e n f n g n h -3′ (SEQ ID NO:3). 
     
     
         5 . The conjugate of  claim 4 , wherein nucleotides n 1 n 2 n 3  and n 4 n 5 n 6  are present and hybridize to form a first stem structure and nucleotides n a n b n c n d  and n e n f n g n h  are present and hybridize to form a second stem structure. 
     
     
         6 . The conjugate of  claim 1 , wherein the nucleic acid aptamer molecule comprises the nucleic acid sequence 5′-GACGAUGCGGAUCAGCCAUGUUUACGUC-3′ (SEQ ID NO:4). 
     
     
         7 . The conjugate of  claim 1 , wherein the nucleic acid aptamer molecule comprises the nucleic acid sequence 5′-n 10 n 11 n 12 n 13 n 14 n a n b n c n d n 1 n 2 n 3 CGGAUCAGCn 4 n 5 n 6 GUUUAn e n f n g n h n 15 n 16 n 17 n 18 n 19 n 20 n 21 -3′ (SEQ ID NO:6). 
     
     
         8 . The conjugate of  claim 7 , wherein nucleotides n 1 n 2 n 3  and n 4 n 5 n 6  are present and hybridize to form a first stem structure, nucleotides n a n b n c n d  and n e n f n g n h  are present and hybridize to form a second stem structure, and nucleotides n 10 n 11 n 12 n 13 n 14  and n 16 n 17 n 18 n 19 n 20  are present and hybridize to form a third stem structure. 
     
     
         9 . The conjugate of  claim 1 , wherein the nucleic acid aptamer molecule comprises the nucleic acid sequence aptamer A10-3.2 (5′-GGGAGGACGAUGCGGAUCAGCCAUGUUUACGUCACUCCU-3′ (SEQ ID NO:5)). 
     
     
         10 . The conjugate of  claim 1 , wherein a linker links the aptamer to the one or more chelating groups. 
     
     
         11 . A pharmaceutical composition comprising the conjugate of  claim 1  and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

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