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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2002
Volkmar Weissig, Nashua, NH (US);
Vladimir Torchilin, Charlestown, MA (US);
Volkmar Weissig, Nashua, NH (US);
Vladimir Torchilin, Charlestown, MA (US);
Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides composition and methods for delivering a composition according to the invention comprising a wild-type (wt) mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecule to a mammalian cell. The wt-mtDNA molecule is a functional mtDNA molecule that includes the entire mitochondrial genome. The wt-mtDNA molecule in the composition of the invention has a mitochondrial leader sequence (MLS) peptide attached to facilitate the uptake of the mtDNA molecule into a mitochondrion of the mammalian cell. The delivery of the wt-mtDNA/MLS peptide complex is used as a general replenishment therapy for conditions attributed to mtDNA defects, independent of the specific defect in the mtDNA.