Targeting oncogenic KRAS with molecular brush-conjugated antisense oligonucleotides.
Targeting oncogenic KRAS with molecular brush-conjugated antisense oligonucleotides.
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10.1073/pnas.2113180119
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2022-07-19
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11.1
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We report a molecular brush-based oligonucleotide therapeutics platform which uniquely provides conjugated antisense oligonucleotides with binding selectivity, improved pharmacological properties, and an unusual biodistribution profile. These improvements lead to superior in vivo performance compared with the state of the art in KRASMUT-driven non–small-cell lung carcinoma mouse models with minimal side effects and may eventually broaden the disease areas where a nucleic acid–based treatment can be developed. The mutant form of the guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) KRAS is a key driver in human tumors but remains a challenging therapeutic target, making KRASMUT cancers a highly unmet clinical need. Here, we report a class of bottlebrush polyethylene glycol (PEG)–conjugated antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) for potent in vivo KRAS depletion. Owing to their highly branched architecture, these molecular nanoconstructs suppress nearly all side effects associated with DNA–protein interactions and substantially enhance the pharmacological properties of the ASO, such as plasma pharmacokinetics and tumor uptake. Systemic delivery to mice bearing human non–small-cell lung carcinoma xenografts results in a significant reduction in both KRAS levels and tumor growth, and the antitumor performance well exceeds that of current popular ASO paradigms, such as chemically modified oligonucleotides and PEGylation using linear or slightly branched PEG. Importantly, these conjugates relax the requirement on the ASO chemistry, allowing unmodified, natural phosphodiester ASOs to achieve efficacy comparable to that of chemically modified ones. Both the bottlebrush polymer and its ASO conjugates appear to be safe and well tolerated in mice. Together, these data indicate that the molecular brush–ASO conjugate is a promising therapeutic platform for the treatment of KRAS-driven human cancers and warrant further preclinical and clinical development.
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