US 12,234,458 B2
Composition for inhibiting CTGF expression
Cheol Hee Won, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LEMONEX INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LEMONEX INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jan. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/162,045.
Application 17/162,045 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2019/095026, filed on Jun. 3, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/712,317, filed on Jul. 31, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0065618 (KR), filed on Jun. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0230602 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. C12N 15/113 (2010.01); A61K 9/16 (2006.01); A61P 17/02 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01)
CPC C12N 15/1136 (2013.01) [A61K 9/1611 (2013.01); A61P 17/02 (2018.01); C07K 14/003 (2013.01); C12N 2310/14 (2013.01); C12N 2310/3181 (2013.01); C12N 2310/351 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
 
1. A composition comprising: a nucleic acid molecule comprising at least one selected from the group consisting of:
(i) siRNA comprised of a sense RNA having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and an antisense RNA having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; (ii) dsRNA comprised of a strand having a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3 and another strand complementary thereto; (iii) dsRNA comprised of a strand having a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 57 and another strand complementary thereto; (iv) dsRNA comprised of a strand having a sequence of SEQ ID NO: 60 and another strand complementary thereto; and
a porous silica particle,
wherein the nucleic acid molecule is loaded on a surface or inside the pores of the porous silica particle; and
the porous silica particle is characterized in that an average pore diameter ranges from 5 to 100 nm, and t, at which an absorbance ratio in the following Equation 1 becomes 1/2, is 24 or more:
At/Ao  [Equation 1]
wherein Ao is absorbance of the porous silica particle measured by putting 5 ml of suspension containing 1 mg/ml of porous silica particle into a cylindrical permeable membrane having pores with a pore diameter of 50 kDa:
15 ml of the same solvent as the suspension comes into contact with an outside of the permeable membrane, and the inside/outside of the permeable membrane are horizontally stirred at 60 rpm and at 37° C.;
pH of the suspension is 7.4; and
At indicates absorbance of the porous silica particle measured after lapse of “t” hours since Ao was measured.