TABLE 5

Effect of length of oligonucleotide (ISIS 104838 and metabolites) on protein binding in whole human plasma


Sequence

Length

Concentration

%Fbound
μM
5′ GCTGATTAGAGAGAGGTCCC 3′ 20 0.1 98.15 ± 0.10
10 96.99 ± 0.13
5′ GCTGATTAGAG 3′ 11 0.1 80.83 ± 0.39
10 75.30 ± 0.72
5′ GCTGATTAGA 3′ 10 0.1 89.73 ± 0.49
10 84.59 ± 0.88
5′ GCTGATTAG 3′ 9 0.1 81.54 ± 0.51
10 77.52 ± 0.60
5′ GCTGATTA 3′ 8 0.1 79.61 ± 1.00


10
70.95 ± 1.45