US 11,945,846 B2
Stapled intracellular-targeting antimicrobial peptides to treat infection
Loren D. Walensky, Newton, MA (US); and Rida Mourtada, Brookline, MA (US)
Assigned to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/813,528.
Application 16/813,528 is a continuation of application No. 15/445,502, filed on Feb. 28, 2017, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/301,426, filed on Feb. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0308236 A1, Oct. 1, 2020
Int. Cl. A61K 38/08 (2019.01); A61K 38/10 (2006.01); A61K 38/17 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); C07K 7/06 (2006.01); C07K 7/08 (2006.01); C07K 14/435 (2006.01); C07K 14/46 (2006.01); C07K 14/47 (2006.01)
CPC C07K 14/461 (2013.01) [A61K 38/08 (2013.01); A61K 38/10 (2013.01); A61K 38/1703 (2013.01); A61K 38/1706 (2013.01); A61K 38/1709 (2013.01); A61K 38/1767 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01); C07K 7/06 (2013.01); C07K 7/08 (2013.01); C07K 14/43504 (2013.01); C07K 14/463 (2013.01); C07K 14/47 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
 
1. A stapled peptide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof comprising the amino acid sequence TRSSRAGLQWPVGRVX1RLLX2K (SEQ ID NO:38), TRSSRAGLQWPX1GRVX2RLLRK (SEQ ID NO:42), TRSSRAGLX1WPVX2RVHRLLRK (SEQ ID NO:43), TRX1SRAX2LQWPVGRVHRLLRK (SEQ ID NO:47), TRSSRAX3LQWPVGX4VHRLLRK (SEQ ID NO:55), or TRSSX3AGLQWPX4GRVHRLLRK (SEQ ID NO:57),
wherein each of X1, X2, X3, and X4 is a non-natural amino acid,
wherein X1 and X2 are cross-linked to each other where present, and
wherein X3 and X4 are cross-linked to each other where present.