Communications Biology (Mar 2022)

Novel endosomolytic compounds enable highly potent delivery of antisense oligonucleotides

  • Jeremy P. Bost,
  • Miina Ojansivu,
  • Michael J. Munson,
  • Emelie Wesén,
  • Audrey Gallud,
  • Dhanu Gupta,
  • Oskar Gustafsson,
  • Osama Saher,
  • Julia Rädler,
  • Stuart G. Higgins,
  • Taavi Lehto,
  • Margaret N. Holme,
  • Anders Dahlén,
  • Ola Engkvist,
  • Per-Erik Strömstedt,
  • Shalini Andersson,
  • C. I. Edvard Smith,
  • Molly M. Stevens,
  • Elin K. Esbjörner,
  • Anna Collén,
  • Samir El Andaloussi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03132-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Two new endosomolytic small compounds increase delivery of splice-switching oligonucleotides by interfering with their trafficking to the LAMP1-positive endosomal compartments, inducing endosomal membrane rupture and concurrent oligonucleotide escape into the cytosol.