Hepatitis D virus (HDV) iRNA compositions and methods of use thereof
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1. A double stranded ribonucleic acid (RNAi) agent for inhibiting expression of hepatitis D virus (HDV) in a cell, wherein said double stranded RNAi agent comprises a sense strand and an antisense strand forming a double-stranded region,wherein the sense strand comprises at least 15 contiguous nucleotides differing by no more than 3 nucleotides from the nucleotide sequence of 5′
- -AAGAAGAUCAAGAAACUUGAA-3′
(SEQ ID NO;
1963), and the antisense strand comprises at least 15 contiguous nucleotides differing by no more than 3 nucleotides from the nucleotide sequence of 5′
-UUCAAGUUUCUUGAUCUUCUU-3′
(SEQ ID NO;
2141),wherein substantially all of the nucleotides of said sense strand and substantially all of the nucleotides of said antisense strand are modified nucleotides,wherein said sense strand is conjugated to a ligand attached at the 3′
-terminus, andwherein the ligand is one or more GalNAc derivatives attached through a bivalent or trivalent branched linker.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double-stranded RNAi agents, targeting the hepatitis D virus (HDV) genome, and methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of one or more HBV genes and methods of treating subjects having an HDV infection and/or HDV-associated disorder.
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1. A double stranded ribonucleic acid (RNAi) agent for inhibiting expression of hepatitis D virus (HDV) in a cell, wherein said double stranded RNAi agent comprises a sense strand and an antisense strand forming a double-stranded region,
wherein the sense strand comprises at least 15 contiguous nucleotides differing by no more than 3 nucleotides from the nucleotide sequence of 5′ - -AAGAAGAUCAAGAAACUUGAA-3′
(SEQ ID NO;
1963), and the antisense strand comprises at least 15 contiguous nucleotides differing by no more than 3 nucleotides from the nucleotide sequence of 5′
-UUCAAGUUUCUUGAUCUUCUU-3′
(SEQ ID NO;
2141),wherein substantially all of the nucleotides of said sense strand and substantially all of the nucleotides of said antisense strand are modified nucleotides, wherein said sense strand is conjugated to a ligand attached at the 3′
-terminus, andwherein the ligand is one or more GalNAc derivatives attached through a bivalent or trivalent branched linker. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24)
- -AAGAAGAUCAAGAAACUUGAA-3′
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10. A double stranded RNAi agent for inhibiting expression of hepatitis D virus (HDV) in a cell, wherein said double stranded RNAi agent comprises a sense strand and an antisense strand forming a double-stranded region, wherein said sense strand comprises the nucleotide sequence of 5′
- -AAGAAGAUCAAGAAACUUGAA-3′
(SEQ ID NO;
1963), and the antisense strand comprises the nucleotide sequence of 5′
-UUCAAGUUUCUUGAUCUUCUU-3′
(SEQ ID NO;
2141),wherein substantially all of the nucleotides of said sense strand and substantially all of the nucleotides of said antisense strand are modified nucleotides, wherein said sense strand is conjugated to a ligand attached at the 3′
-terminus, andwherein the ligand is one or more GalNAc derivatives attached through a bivalent or trivalent branched linker.
- -AAGAAGAUCAAGAAACUUGAA-3′
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12. A composition for inhibiting expression of hepatitis D virus (HDV) in a cell, said composition comprising
(a) a first double-stranded RNAi agent comprising a first sense strand and a first antisense strand forming a double-stranded region, wherein substantially all of the nucleotides of said first sense strand and substantially all of the nucleotides of said first antisense strand are modified nucleotides, wherein said first sense strand is conjugated to a ligand attached at the 3′ - -terminus, and
wherein the ligand is one or more GalNAc derivatives attached through a bivalent or trivalent branched linker; and (b) a second double-stranded RNAi agent comprising a second sense strand and a second antisense strand forming a double-stranded region, wherein substantially all of the nucleotides of said second sense strand and substantially all of the nucleotides of said second antisense strand are modified nucleotides, wherein said second sense strand is conjugated to a ligand attached at the 3′
-terminus, andwherein the ligand is one or more GalNAc derivatives attached through a bivalent or trivalent branched linker; wherein the first sense strand comprises the nucleotide sequence of 5′
-AAGAAGAUCAAGAAACUUGAA-3′
(SEQ ID NO;
1963), and the second sense strand comprises the nucleotide sequence of any one of the sense strands of a duplex selected from the group consisting ofAD-70260.1, AD-70232.1, AD-70249.1, AD-70244.1, AD-70272.1, AD-70228.1, AD-70255.1, AD-70278.1, AD-70295.1, AD-67200.1, AD-67211.1, AD-67199.1, AD-67202.1, AD-67208.1, AD-67210.1, AD-70259.1, AD-70267.1, AD-70271.1, AD-70268.1, AD-70269.1, AD-70256.1, AD-70257.1, and AD-70275.1, and wherein the first antisense strand comprises the nucleotide sequence of 5′
-UUCAAGUUUCUUGAUCUUCUU-3′
(SEQ ID NO;
2141), and the second antisense strand comprises the nucleotide sequence of any one of the antisense strands of a duplex selected from the group consisting of AD-70260.1, AD-70232.1, AD-70249.1, AD-70244.1, AD-70272.1, AD-70228.1, AD-70255.1, AD-70278.1, AD-70295.1, AD-67200.1, AD-67211.1, AD-67199.1, AD-67202.1, AD-67208.1, AD-67210.1, AD-70259.1, AD-70267.1, AD-70271.1, AD-70268.1, AD-70269.1, AD-70256.1, AD-70257.1, and AD-70275.1.
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13. A double stranded RNAi agent comprising a sense strand and an antisense strand, wherein the sense strand comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:
- 1963, and the antisense strand comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO;
2141.
- 1963, and the antisense strand comprises the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO;
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21. A double stranded ribonucleic acid (RNAi) agent for inhibiting expression of hepatitis D virus (HDV) in a cell, wherein said double stranded RNAi agent comprises a sense strand and an antisense strand forming a double-stranded region,
wherein the sense strand comprises 5′ - -asAfsgaagauCfaAfgaAfaCfuugasa-3′
(SEQ ID NO;
2319) and the antisense strand comprises 5′
-usUfscaaguuUfcUfugAfuCfuucusu-3′
(SEQ ID NO;
2497),wherein a, c, g, and u are 2′
-O-methyladenosine-3′
-phosphate, 2′
-O-methylcytidine-3′
-phosphate, 2′
-O-methylguanosine-3′
-phosphate, and 2′
-O-methyluridine-3′
-phosphate, respectively;
Af, Cf, Gf, and Uf are 2′
-fluoroadenosine-3′
-phosphate, 2′
-fluorocytidine-3′
-phosphate, 2′
-fluoroguanosine-3′
-phosphate, and 2′
-fluorouridine-3′
-phosphate, respectively; and
s is a phorphorothioate linkage, andwherein the 3′
end of the sense strand is conjugated to a ligand as shown in the following schematic
- -asAfsgaagauCfaAfgaAfaCfuugasa-3′
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