Journal
NUCLEIC ACID THERAPEUTICS
Volume 26, Issue 6, Pages 372-380Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/nat.2016.0623
Keywords
disposition; pharmacokinetics; GalNAc3; antisense; oligonucleotide; ASO; ISIS 681257; lipoprotein
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Triantennary N-acetyl galactosamine (GalNAc(3))-conjugated antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) have greatly improved potency due to receptor-mediated uptake into hepatocyte. The disposition and pharmacokinetics of ISIS 681257, a GalNAc(3)-conjugated ASO, were studied in monkeys. Following subcutaneous (SC) injection, ISIS 681257 was rapidly absorbed into the systemic circulation, with peak plasma levels observed within hours after dosing. After reaching C-max, plasma concentrations rapidly declined in a multiexponential manner and were characterized by a dominant initial rapid distribution phase in which drug transferred to tissues from circulation, followed by a much slower terminal elimination phase (half-life of 4 weeks). Intact ISIS 681257 is the major full-length oligonucleotide species in plasma (70%). In tissues, the conjugated-GalNAc sugar moiety was rapidly metabolized, leaving the fully unconjugated form as the only full-length oligonucleotide detected at 48h after dosing. Unconjugated ISIS 681257 cleared slowly from tissues with a half-life of 4 weeks. ISIS 681257 was highly bound to plasma proteins (>97% bound), which limited its urinary excretion. Disposition of ISIS 681257 in plasma and liver appeared nonlinear over the 1-40mg/kg dose range studied. The plasma and liver tissue concentration data were well described by a population based mixed-effects modeling approach with Michaelis-Menten uptake from plasma to liver. Safety data from the study and the good exposure, as well as the extended half-life of the unconjugated ASO in the liver, support further development and less frequent dosing in Phase I clinical study.
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