Inventors:
David B. Rozema - Middleton WI, US
Darren H. Wakefield - Fitchburg WI, US
David L. Lewis - Madison WI, US
Jon A. Wolff - Madison WI, US
Andrei V. Blokhin - Fitchburg WI, US
Jonathan D. Benson - Stoughton WI, US
Jeffrey C. Carlson - Madison WI, US
Philipp Hadwiger - Kulmbach, DE
Eric A. Kitas - Aesch BL, CH
Torsten Hoffmann - Weil am Rhein, DE
Kerstin Jahn-Hofmann - Neu-Isenburg, DE
Peter Mohr - Basel, CH
Hans Martin Mueller - Munich, DE
Guenther Ott - Bayreuth, DE
Ingo Roehl - Memmelsdorf, DE
Assignee:
Arrowhead Madison Inc. - Madison WI
International Classification:
C07H 21/04, C07H 21/02, C07K 5/00
Abstract:
The present invention is directed compositions for targeted delivery of RNA interference (RNAi) polynucleotides to hepatocytes in vivo. Targeted RNAi polynucleotides are administered together with co-targeted melittin delivery peptides. Delivery peptides provide membrane penetration function for movement of the RNAi polynucleotides from outside the cell to inside the cell. Reversible modification provides physiological responsiveness to the delivery peptides.