Gene carriers with the use of polysaccharide and process for producing the same
US7521433B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 11, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N15/87
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed are gene carriers utilizing β-1,3-glucan and methods of preparing the same. The β-1,3-glucan has at least one 1,6-glucopyranoside branch and is chemically modified through periodate oxidation and reductive amination so as to impart nucleic acid-binding functional groups (for example, cationic functional groups) to at least some of the 1,6-glucopyranoside branches thereof. Triple helix β-1,3-glucan is dissolved in a polar organic solvent to form single-stranded β-1,3-glucan. By replacing, in the presence of a nucleic acid, the polar organic solvent for the solution containing the chemically modified single-stranded β-1,3-glucan by water, a complex (gene carrier) is formed in which the nucleic acid is bound to double-stranded β-1,3-glucan.
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