Patent ID: 10378011

Abstract:
An oligonucleotide having improved affinity for AGO2 is disclosed. The oligonucleotide has a nucleotide residue or a nucleoside residue represented by formula (I) wherein X1 is an oxygen atom or the like, R1 is formula (IIA), wherein R5A is halogen or the like, and R6A is a hydrogen atom or the like, or formula (IVA) wherein Y3A is a nitrogen atom or the like, and Y4A is CH or the like, or the like, R2 is a hydrogen atom, hydroxy, halogen, or optionally substituted lower alkoxy, and R3 is a hydrogen atom or the like at the 5′ end thereof, and the nucleotide residue or the nucleoside residue binds to an adjacent nucleotide residue through the oxygen atom at position 3. A method for improving the knockdown activity of an oligonucleotide wherein the oligonucleotide has a knockdown activity against an mRNA encoding a protein involved in a disease.