Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series – Organic compounds – Azoxy
Reexamination Certificate
2001-12-13
2003-03-25
Berch, Mark L. (Department: 1624)
Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Organic compounds
Azoxy
Reexamination Certificate
active
06538116
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention relates to C-nitroso compounds which are therapeutically active at low concentrations as NO donors.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
NO donors are known to be useful for therapeutic utility, e.g., to prevent restenosis following angioplasty (Groves, P., et al., Cardiovascular Research 26, 615-619 (1992)), to inhibit platelets to prevent coagulation and thrombus formation (Groves, P., et al., Circulation 87, 590-597 (1993)) and to treat angina (Knight, et al., Circulation 95, 125-132 (1997)). NO donors are considered to have additional therapeutic utility in cancer, killing microbes and viruses, relaxing airways and intestinal smooth muscle (e.g., for treating asthma and esophageal spasms), in promoting erectile function and in treatment of heart failure and urinary incontinence.
NO donors are described in “Methods in Nitric Oxide Research,” edited by Feelisch, M., and Stamler, J. S., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1996 at pages 71-115. These NO donors are O-nitroso and S-nitroso compounds, and C-nitroso compounds that are excluded from the invention herein.
Twenty-two additional C-nitroso compounds are described in Rehse, K, et al., Arch. Pharm Pharm. Med. Chem. 331, 104-110 (1998). These compounds are of low molecular weight and are not water-soluble and were shown to be weakly active. Other C-nitroso compounds are described in Rehse, K., et al., Arch. Pharm. Pharm Med. Chem. 331, 79-84 (1998); these are nitro-nitroso compounds and the specific compounds mentioned are excluded from the invention herein.
Other C-nitroso compounds which are old are 3-methyl-3-nitroso-2,4-pentanedione and 3-ethyl-3-nitroso-2,4-pentanedione. These compounds and their synthesis are described in Sklyar, Yu. E., et al., Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii 5, 70-73 (1969). These compounds are of low molecular weight and do not meet the definition of water solubility set forth hereinafter.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It has been discovered in a first embodiment herein that certain C-nitroso compounds of higher molecular weight than have previously been prepared, especially those that are water-soluble, are therapeutically active as NO donors at nanomolar concentrations, in some cases when used alone and in some cases in the presence of glutathione.
The C-nitroso compounds of the first embodiment herein have a nitroso group attached to a tertiary carbon. Otherwise there is an essentially irreversible tautomerization to the corresponding oxime which is generally not active. It has been discovered herein that the nitroso group being attached to a tertiary carbon is important for good activity.
The C-nitroso compounds of the first embodiment herein have a molecular weight ranging from about 225 to about 1,000 on a monomeric basis. The high activity obtained for compounds of this molecular weight is considered to be surprising and means that many drugs that are now being used can be converted to C-nitroso compounds providing not only the therapeutic effect of the starting drug but also advantages provided by nitroso group including relaxation effect and other advantages as described later.
The C-nitroso compounds of the first embodiment herein are obtained by nitrosylation of a carbon acid having a pKa less than about 25. C-nitroso compounds derived from carbon acids with lower acidities (higher pKa values) will not act as useful donors of NO.
Thus, the invention of the first embodiment in its broad aspects is directed to a C-nitroso compound having a molecular weight ranging from about 225 to about 1,000 on a monomer basis wherein a nitroso group is attached to a tertiary carbon, which is obtained by nitrosylation of a carbon acid having a pKa less than about 25.
The C-nitroso compound is preferably water-soluble and preferably contains carbon alpha to nitrosylated carbon which is part of a ketone group.
In one subgenus, the C-nitroso compound is obtained by nitrosylation of a carbon acid having a pKa less than 10. Compounds of this subgenus, when used alone, have NO donating and relaxation providing activity when used at micromolar concentrations. However, it has been discovered herein that this activity is potentiated by glutathione, so compounds of this subgenus, when administered with or to react with glutathione, are therapeutically active (to provide NO donating and relaxation effects) when used at nanomolar concentrations. Thus, an embodiment herein is directed to a method of treating a patient with such C-nitroso compound at nanomolar (e.g., from 0.1 to 900 nanomolar) concentrations, together with glutathione to provide NO donating and relaxing effect, where the patient is one in need of NO donating and/or relaxing effect and/or is in need of nitrosoglutathione.
In another subgenus, the C-nitroso compound is obtained by nitrosylation of a carbon acid having a pKa ranging from about 15 to about 20. It has been found in this case that the compound is therapeutically active and provides nitrosylating activity and relaxing effect when used at nanomolar concentrations without potentiation and that glutathione inhibits the activity of the compound.
It has been discovered herein that C-nitroso compounds of the invention herein can be obtained by nitrosylating the tertiary carbon atom of a conventional drug if that drug constitutes a carbon acid having a pKa less than 25 or can be converted to a carbon acid having a pKa less than 25 and will provide a C-nitroso compound meeting the aforedescribed molecular weight limitations. The resulting C-nitroso compounds retain the activity of the drug and additionally provide the relaxation effect associated with NO and can provide other beneficial effect as described below.
It has been discovered herein that when the conventional drug is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug that is a COX-1 and a COX-2 inhibitor, the resulting C-nitroso compound will function as a COX-1 and COX-2 inhibitor without the deleterious effects associated with COX-1 inhibition but with the advantages associated with COX-1 and COX-2 inhibition. In particular, COX-1 mediates production of thromboxane which mediates platelet aggregation thereby providing a deleterious deletions effect; inhibition of COX-1 reverses this effect. This reversal is reinforced by the C-nitroso nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs herein. On the other hand, COX-1 inhibitors inhibit production of prostaglandins which protect against ulcers; the NO associated with the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs herein protects against this deleterious side effect. While the COX-1 inhibiting effect that mediates stomach attack is partly related to a deficiency of NO, there is an NO beneficial effect that may be COX-1 independent that more than negates the detrimental effect of inhibition of COX-1 production of prostaglandins. Thus, the C-nitroso nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory COX-1/COX-2 inhibitors herein provide an advantage over selective inhibitors of COX-2 in also providing the advantageous effects associated with COX-1 inhibition and other NO beneficial effects. Furthermore, C-nitroso selective COX-2 inhibitors provide not only the advantages of COX-2 inhibition but also some of the advantages associated with COX-1 inhibition. Furthermore, the NO in C-nitroso COX inhibitors potentiates the alleviating effect of COX inhibitors on urinary incontinence.
Dimeric 2-[4′-(&agr;-ritroso)isobutyrylphenyl]propionic acid has been synthesized herein and is obtained by C-nitrosylation of ibuprofen modified to have a lower carbon acid pKa. It represents a C-nitroso compound herein obtained by nitrosylation of a carbon acid having a pKa ranging from about 15 to about 25 and is therapeutically active without glutathione when used at nanomolar concentrations.
Thus, one embodiment herein is directed to a method of treating a patient with an inflammatory or painful disorder comprising administering to said patient a therapeutically effective (inflammation and/or pain relieving) amount of a C-nitroso compound of the instant invention which is obtained by nitrosylation of the tertiary carbon of a con
Stamler Jonathan S.
Toone Eric J.
Berch Mark L.
Duke University
Habte Kahsay
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