WAVE LIFE SCIENCES LTD.

The present disclosure provides double stranded oligonucleotides, compositions, and methods relating thereto. The present disclosure encompasses the recognition that structural elements of double stranded oligonucleotides, such as base sequence, chemical modifications (e.g., modifications of sugar, base, and/or internucleotidic linkages) or patterns thereof, and/or stereochemistry (e.g., stereochemistry of backbone chiral centers (chiral internucleotidic linkages), and/or patterns thereof, can have significant impact on oligonucleotide properties and activities, e.g., RNA interference (RNAi) activity, Ago2 loading, thermal stability, in vivo stability, delivery to tissues and into cells, etc. The present disclosure also provides methods for treatment of diseases, e.g., hepatic diseases, central nervous system (CNS) diseases, etc., using provided double stranded oligonucleotide compositions, for example, in RNA interference.

Among other things, the present disclosure relates to designed oligonucleotides, compositions, and methods thereof. In some embodiments, provided oligonucleotide compositions provide altered splicing of a transcript. In some embodiments, provided oligonucleotide compositions have low toxicity. In some embodiments, provided oligonucleotide compositions provide improved protein binding profiles. In some embodiments, provided oligonucleotide compositions have improved delivery. In some embodiments, provided oligonucleotide compositions have improved uptake. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods for treatment of diseases using provided oligonucleotide compositions.

The present disclosure, among other things, provides technologies for oligonucleotide synthesis. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides phosphoramidites and methods for synthesis thereof. In some embodiments, provided methods provides higher yields and/or purities. In some embodiments, provided methods remove byproducts without contact with an aqueous solution.

Among other things, the present disclosure provides designed oligonucleotides and compositions thereof. In some embodiments, oligonucleotides and compositions of the present disclosure can provide high levels of adenosine editing. In some embodiments, oligonucleotides and compositions of the present disclosure are useful for treating various conditions, disorders or diseases, e.g., alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods for treating various conditions, disorders or diseases that can benefit from adenosine editing.

The present invention relates to chirally controlled oligonucleotides of select designs, chirally controlled oligonucleotide compositions, and methods of making and using the same. In some embodiments, a provided chirally controlled oligonucleotide composition provides different cleavage patterns of a nucleic acid polymer than a reference oligonucleotide composition. In some embodiments, a provided chirally controlled oligonucleotide composition provides single site cleavage within a complementary sequence of a nucleic acid polymer.

Among other things, the present disclosure provides technologies for oligonucleotide preparation, particularly chirally controlled oligonucleotide preparation, which technologies provide greatly improved crude purity and yield, and significantly reduce manufacturing costs.

Among other things, the present disclosure provides oligonucleotides, compositions and methods thereof that are useful for adenosine modification. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods for treating various conditions, disorders or diseases that can benefit from adenosine modification.

The present disclosure, among other things, provides technologies for synthesis, including reagents and methods for stereoselective synthesis. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides compounds useful as chiral auxiliaries. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides reagents and methods for oligonucleotide synthesis. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides reagents and methods for chirally controlled preparation of oligonucleotides. In some embodiments, technologies of the present disclosure are particularly useful for constructing challenging internucleotidic linkages, providing high yields and stereoselectivity.

The present disclosure pertains to the recognition that immune responses mediated by CpG oligonucleotides can be affected by the stereochemistry of modified internucleotidic linkages such as phosphorothioates. In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to chirally controlled CpG oligonucleotide compositions comprising CpG oligonucleotides comprising multiple modified internucleotidic linkages such as phosphorothioate linkages, wherein the oligonucleotides comprise one or more CpG region motifs having defined stereochemistry patterns of chiral internucleotidic linkages. In some embodiments, CpG oligonucleotides comprising one or more CpG region motifs are capable of agonizing an immune response. In some embodiments, CpG oligonucleotides comprising one or more CpG region motifs are antagonistic. Methods for making and using chirally controlled CpG oligonucleotide compositions are also described. In some embodiments, no immune modulation is desired, and the present disclosure provides methods of identifying chirally controlled oligonucleotide compositions which have decreased immune modulation.

Among other things, the present disclosure pertains to methods and compositions related to phasing of allelic variants of genetic loci. Phasing of allelic variants of genetic loci on an individual patient's chromosomes is highly valuable for many purposes, including patient stratification for allele-specific therapeutics.