The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for
the study, diagnosis, and treatment of traits, diseases and conditions
that respond to the modulation of Sterol Regulatory Element-Binding
Protein 1 (SREBP1) gene expression and/or activity. The present invention
is also directed to compounds, compositions, and methods relating to
traits, diseases and conditions that respond to the modulation of
expression and/or activity of genes involved in Sterol Regulatory
Element-Binding Protein 1 (SREBP1) gene expression pathways or other
cellular processes that mediate the maintenance or development of such
traits, diseases and conditions. Specifically, the invention relates to
double stranded nucleic acid molecules including small nucleic acid
molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short
interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA),
and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules capable of mediating RNA
interference (RNAi) against Sterol Regulatory Element-Binding Protein 1
(SREBP1) gene expression, including cocktails of such small nucleic acid
molecules and lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulations of such small nucleic
acid molecules. The present invention also relates to small nucleic acid
molecules, such as siNA, siRNA, and others that can inhibit the function
of endogenous RNA molecules, such as endogenous micro-RNA (miRNA) (e.g,
miRNA inhibitors) or endogenous short interfering RNA (siRNA), (e.g.,
siRNA inhibitors) or that can inhibit the function of RISC (e.g., RISC
inhibitors), to modulate SREBP1 gene expression by interfering with the
regulatory function of such endogenous RNAs or proteins associated with
such endogenous RNAs (e.g., RISC), including cocktails of such small
nucleic acid molecules and lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulations of such
small nucleic acid molecules. Such small nucleic acid molecules and are
useful, for example, in providing compositions to prevent, inhibit, or
reduce metabolic diseases traits and conditions, including but not
limited to hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, cardiovascular disease,
atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetis (e.g., type I and/or type II
diabetis), insulin resistance, obesity and/or other disease states,
conditions, or traits associated with SREBP1 gene expression or activity
in a subject or organism.