Tricyclic fused xanthine compounds and their uses

Details Tricyclic fused xanthine compounds and their uses Tricyclic fused xanthine compounds and their uses

2000-11-29

2003-07-01

Shah, Mukund J. (Department: 1624)

Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions

Designated organic active ingredient containing

Heterocyclic carbon compounds containing a hetero ring...

C514S241000, C514S250000, C514S267000, C544S115000, C544S184000, C544S226000, C544S251000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06586429

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention generally relates to novel tricyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, methods for preparing such compounds and methods for using these compounds, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment or prevention of symptoms or manifestations associated with diseases or disorders affected by cytokine intracellular signaling.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Inflammatory responses are a component of the pathogenesis of many vertebrate disorders/diseases, including those in humans. In its broadest meaning, the term “inflammation” denotes local as well as systemic responses, increased blood flow, vasodilation, fluid transudation from the vessels, infiltration of the tissues by leukocytes and, in some severe cases, intravascular thrombosis, damage to the blood vessels and extravasation of blood characterize local inflammation. The systemic inflammatory response, also denoted as an acute phase response, is characterized by various reactions including, for example, fever, leukocytosis and release of acute phase reactants into the serum. In severe cases, shock and death may occur. See Heremans et al.,
Lymphokine Research
8(3): 329-333 (1989). Diseases involving inflammation are particularly harmful when they afflict the respiratory system, resulting in obstructed breathing, hypoxemia, hypercapnia and lung tissue damage. Obstructive diseases of the airways are characterized by airflow limitation (i.e., airflow obstruction or narrowing) due to constriction of airway smooth muscle, edema and hypersecretion of mucous leading to increased work in breathing, dyspnea, hypoxemia and hypercapnia. While the mechanical properties of the lungs during obstructed breathing are shared between different types of obstructive airway diseases, the pathophysiology can differ. The inflammatory response is believed to be controlled by a variety of cellular events characterized by the influx of certain cell types and mediators, the presence of which can lead to tissue damage and sometimes death. Cytokines are believed to be primary factors in the biochemical cascade of events that regulate inflammatory responses.
Cytokines are a class of secreted, soluble proteins produced by a variety of cells in response to many different kinds of inducing stimuli, including environmental, mechanical, and pathological stresses. Lymphoid, inflammatory and hemopoietic cells secrete a variety of cytokines that regulate the immune response by controlling cell proliferation, differentiation and effector functions. For example, regulatory cytokines produced in response to T cell stimulation during an immune response can be immunosuppressive or immunostimulatory. The immune response and acute phase response associated with altered cytokine levels can occur, for example, due to disuse deconditioning, organ damage such as that associated with transplantation, cancer treatment, septic shock and other bacterially related pathologies, adverse drug reactions, nitric oxide mediated tissue damage and diabetes. Some cytokines induce or release other known mediators of inflammation. These systems are controlled by related feedback mechanisms. Thus, it is believed that inflammatory responses are not a result of a single cytokine being released in large quantities, but rather to a set of cytokines collectively acting via a network of intercellular signals to incite the inflammatory response.
Cytokines are well known in the art and include, but are not limited to, the tumor necrosis factors (TNFs), colony stimulating factors (CSFs), interferons (INFs), interleukins (IL-1, IL-2, IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-9, IL-10, IL-11, IL-12, IL-13, IL-14, and IL-15), transforming growth factors (TGFs), oncostatin M (OSM), leukemia inhibiting factor (LIF), platelet activating factor (PAF) and other soluble immunoregulatory peptides that mediate host defense responses, cell regulation and cell differentiation. See, e.g., Kuby,
Immunology
2d ed. (W. H. Freeman and Co. 1994). Cytokines are normally present in very low concentrations in a tissue and their effects are mediated through binding to high affinity receptors on specific cell types. Various cytokines such as the interleukins (IL), interferons (IFN), colony stimulating factors (CSF) and tumor necrosis factors (TNF) are produced during immune, inflammatory, repair and acute phase responses and they control various aspects of these responses. Following induction of such an immune, inflammatory, repair or acute phase response, the concentrations of various cytokines can increase or decrease at different times. For example, increased levels of cytokines are associated with a variety of situations such as space flight, immobilization, spinal cord injury, and bed rest, which result in disuse deconditioning. During space flight, for example, TNF, IL-6, and IL-2 levels increase upon a subject's initial exposure to weightlessness and again upon return from space. Altered levels of cytokines have also been linked to abnormal bone metabolism and the rapid decalcification that occurs during immobilization, spinal cord injury, or long-term bed rest. Similarly, cytokine levels are altered during chronic states such as during repair and autoimmune reactions to organ damage, nephrotoxicity associated with the administration of cyclosporine to transplant subjects, cancer chemotherapy, as well as in individuals that are obese or suffering from diabetes, septic (endotoxic) shock or glomerulonephritis.
Cytokines, including the TNFs, CSFs, interferons and interleukins mediate host defense responses, cell regulation and cell differentiation. For example, these cytokines can induce fever in a subject, can cause activation of T cells, B cells and macrophages, and can even affect the levels of other cytokines, which result in a cascade effect whereby other cytokines mediate the biological levels and actions of the first cytokine.
Cytokines may regulate the immune response through immunostimulatory or immunosuppresive effects. For example, IL-10 can block activation of many of the inflammatory cytokines including TNF, IL-1 and IL-6, while upregulating anti-inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-4. IL-10, which is produced by macrophages and other cell types, also stimulates the proliferation of mast cells and thymocytes and inhibits various functions of monocytes and macrophages. As a consequence of this monocyte and macrophage inhibition, the activity of T cells is also affected. The full scope of the role of IL-10 in the immune system is only beginning to be understood.
Cytokines have multiple biological activities and interact with more than one cell type. Thus, it has not been possible to target one particular cytokine or cell type to prevent the damaging side effects of treatment. A better approach for preventing damage due to the unwanted and uncontrolled over-suppression or over-stimulation of cytokine activity would be to regulate the expression of the relevant or controlling cytokine or cytokines involved in an immune response without eliminating or over-expressing any one cytokine. Such a treatment would not create or aggravate a pathological or ongoing immune response. In this way, pathological immune-mediated effects, such as immunosuppression or autoimmune reactions, can be prevented and homeostasis can be maintained.
Corticosteroids have been used to modulate cytokine expression. However, they can cause complete immunosuppression and have other undesirable side effects, such as inducing “wasting” syndrome, diabetes and osteoporosis. For example, steroid therapy is a common treatment for MS because it is believed that steroids alter the trafficking of cells into the brain or reduce the secretion of cytokines by inflammatory cells in areas of inflammation. Although their effect in reversing some of the acute symptoms of autoimmune disease, such as MS, are well known, their side effects have precluded long-term use. Similarly, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID), are effective in treating inflamma

Affiliated with

Also associated with

Rating

Tricyclic fused xanthine compounds and their uses does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Tricyclic fused xanthine compounds and their uses, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Tricyclic fused xanthine compounds and their uses will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3050538