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ArticleNucleic acids research2020

Mechanisms of palmitic acid-conjugated antisense oligonucleotide distribution in mice.

Alfred E Chappell, Hans J Gaus, Andres Berdeja, Ruchi Gupta, Minji Jo, Thazha P Prakash, Michael Oestergaard, Eric E Swayze, Punit P Seth

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alfred E ChappellIonis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2855 Gazelle Court, Carlsbad, CA 92010, USA.
Hans J GausIonis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2855 Gazelle Court, Carlsbad, CA 92010, USA.
Andres BerdejaIonis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2855 Gazelle Court, Carlsbad, CA 92010, USA.
Ruchi GuptaIonis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2855 Gazelle Court, Carlsbad, CA 92010, USA.
Minji JoIonis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2855 Gazelle Court, Carlsbad, CA 92010, USA.
Thazha P PrakashIonis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2855 Gazelle Court, Carlsbad, CA 92010, USA.
Michael OestergaardIonis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2855 Gazelle Court, Carlsbad, CA 92010, USA.
Eric E SwayzeIonis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2855 Gazelle Court, Carlsbad, CA 92010, USA.
Punit P SethIonis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2855 Gazelle Court, Carlsbad, CA 92010, USA.
Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States) · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conjugation of antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) with a variety of distinct lipophilic moieties like fatty acids and cholesterol increases ASO accumulation and activity in multiple tissues. While lipid conjugation increases tissue exposure in mice and reduces excretion of ASO in urine, histological review of skeletal and cardiac muscle indicates that the increased tissue accumulation of lipid conjugated ASO is isolated to the interstitium. Administration of palmitic acid-conjugated ASO (Palm-ASO) in mice results in a rapid and substantial accumulation in the interstitium of muscle tissue followed by relatively rapid clearance and only slight increases in intracellular accumulation in myocytes. We propose a model whereby increased affinity for lipid particles, albumin, and other plasma proteins by lipid-conjugation facilitates ASO transport across endothelial barriers into tissue interstitium. However, this increased affinity for lipid particles and plasma proteins also facilitates the transport of ASO from the interstitium to the lymph and back into circulation. The cumulative effect is only a slight (∼2-fold) increase in tissue accumulation and similar increase in ASO activity. To support this proposal, we demonstrate that the activity of lipid conjugated ASO was reduced in two mouse models with defects in endothelial transport of macromolecules: caveolin-1 knockout (Cav1-/-) and FcRn knockout (FcRn-/-).

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Palmitic AcidAlbuminsAnimalsBlood ProteinsCaveolin 1FemaleHeartHep G2 CellsHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHumansLipoproteins, HDLLipoproteins, LDLLymphatic SystemMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLAlbuminsBlood ProteinsCaveolin 1Fc receptor, neonatalHistocompatibility Antigens Class ILipoproteins, HDLLipoproteins, LDLOligonucleotides, AntisensePalmitic AcidReceptors, Fc

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PMID32182359
PMCPMC7192618
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