Hemoregulatory peptides for stimulating the myelopoietic system

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to novel compounds which have hemoregulatory activities and can be used to stimulate haematopoiesis and for the treatment of viral, fungal and bacterial infectious diseases.


BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

A variety of regulatory messengers and modifiers such as colony stimulating factors, interferons, and different types of peptides are responsible for the regulation of myelopoiesis. Metcalf, Cell, 43:5 (1985); Baserga R., Foa P., Metcalf D, Polli EE (eds), Biological Regulation of Cell Proliferation (1986); Nicola et al., J. Cell Physiol. 128:501 (1986), Zoumbos et al., Proyr. Hemat. 1:341 and 14:201 (1986); Werner et al., Experientia 42:521 (1986).
In 1982, a synthetic hemoregulatory pentapeptide was reported to have a selective inhibitory effect on myelopoietic cells both in vitro and in vivo, where the main effect seems to be on myelopoietic stem cells (CFU-gm), Paukovits et al., Z. Naturforsch 37:1297 (1982) and U.S. Pat. No. 4,499,081. This peptide is believed to be an analogue of a naturally occurring granulopoiesis inhibition factor which has been found in minute quantities in bone marrow extracts.
In 1987, Laerum et al., reported that the oxidation product of this peptide was a dimer (HP-5) formed by disulfide bridges. This dimer has the opposite effects of the monomer as it strongly stimulates colony formation of both human and murine CFU-gm in vitro and up-regulates murine myelopoietic cells in vivo. It is claimed in European Application No. 87309806.5.
The dimer is reported as being useful in stimulating myelopoiesis in patients suffering from reduced myelopoietic activity, including bone marrow damage, agranulocytosis and aplastic anemia including patients having depressed bone marrow function due to immunosuppressive treatment to suppress tissue reactions i.e. in bone marrow transplant surgery. It may also be used to promote more rapid regeneration of bone marrow after cytostatic chemotherapy and radiation therapy for neoplastic and viral diseases. It may be of particular value where patients have serious infections due to a lack of immune response following bone marrow failure.
We have now found certain novel compounds which have a stimulative effect on myelopoietic cells and are useful in the treatment and prevention of viral, fungal and bacterial diseases.


SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This invention comprises compounds, hereinafter represented as Formula (I), which have hemoregulatory activities and can be used to stimulate haematopoiesis and in the prevention and treatment of bacterial, viral and fungal diseases.
These compounds are useful in the restoration of leukocytes in patients with lowered cell counts resulting from a variety of clinical situations, such as surgical induced myelosuppression, AIDS, ARDS, congenital myelodysplacis, bone marrow and organ transplants; in the protection of patients with leukopenia from infection; in the treatment of severely burned patients and in the amelioration of the myelosuppression observed with some cell-cycle specific antiviral agents and in the treatment of infections in patients who have had bone marrow transplants, especially those with graft versus host disease, in the treatment of tuberculosis and in the treatment of fevers of unknown origin in humans and animals. The compounds are also useful in the treatment and prevention of viral, fungal and bacterial infectious diseases, particularly Candida, Herpes and hepatitis in both immunosuppressed and "normal" subjects.
These compounds may also be used in combination with the monomers of co-pending U.S. application Ser. No. 07/799,465 and U.S. Pat. No. 4,499,081, incorporated by reference herein, to provide alternating peaks of high and low activity in the bone marrow cells, thus augmenting the natural circadian rhythm of haematopoiesis. In this way, cytostatic therapy can be given at periods of low bone marrow activity, thus reducing the risk of bone marrow damage, while regeneration will be promoted by the succeeding peak of activity. This i

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R.P. Soni, "Studies in Heterocyclics: Novel Synthsis of 4,5-Diarylimidazoles", Aust. J. Chem., 35, pp. 1493-1496 (1982).

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