COMPOSITION FOR TREATING KCA3.1 CHANNEL-MEDIATED DISEASES COMPRISING PHENYLALKYL CARBAMATE COMPOUND
20230255921 · 2023-08-17
Inventors
Cpc classification
A61K31/325
HUMAN NECESSITIES
A61K31/27
HUMAN NECESSITIES
International classification
A61K31/27
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Abstract
The present invention relates to a composition for treating K.sub.Ca3.1 channel-mediated diseases, comprising a phenylalkyl carbamate compound and, more specifically, to a pharmaceutical composition comprising, as an active ingredient, a phenylalkyl carbamate compound, the representative example of which is solriamfetol conventionally used as a therapeutic agent for narcolepsy, i.e., 2-amino-3-phenylpropyl carbamate, the pharmaceutical composition being able to be used for treating K.sub.Ca3.1 channel-mediated diseases, for example, fibrotic diseases, autoimmune diseases, and cancer diseases, by inhibiting the activation of K.sub.Ca3.1 channels in the cell membrane.
Claims
1. A composition for treating a K.sub.Ca3.1 channel-mediated disease, comprising: a phenylalkyl carbamate compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 below or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR00003## In Chemical Formula 1, R.sub.1 is one or two functional groups selected from hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, amine, nitro, hydrogen sulfide, methyl, methylhalogen, ethyl, propyl, methoxy, ethoxy, vinyl, and aryl, each of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is one functional group selected from hydrogen, methyl, ethyl, propyl, and amide, and * indicates a chiral center.
2. The composition of claim 1, wherein R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 are hydrogen in Chemical Formula 1.
3. The composition of claim 1, wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, R.sub.1 is one or two functional groups selected from hydrogen, F, Cl, Br, and I.
4. The composition of claim 1, wherein, in Chemical Formula 1, R.sub.1 is one or two Fs, and each of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 is one selected from hydrogen, methyl and amide.
5. The composition of claim 1, wherein the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 is a chiral compound having an R-isomer or S-isomer content of 90% or more.
6. The composition of claim 1, wherein the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 is any one selected from 2-amino-3-phenylpropylcarbamate: 2-amino-3-(3-fluorophenyl)propylcarbamate; 2-amino-3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)propylcarbamate; 2-amino-3-phenylpropylmethylcarbamate; 2-amino-3-phenylpropyl(aminocarbonyl)carbamate; 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propylcarbamate; and 2-amino-3-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]propylcarbamate.
7. The composition of claim 1, wherein the compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 is (R)-2-amino-3-phenylpropylcarbamate hydrochloride.
8. The composition of claim 1, wherein the K.sub.Ca3.1 channel-mediated disease is a fibrotic disease such as liver fibrosis or lung fibrosis.
9. The composition of claim 1, wherein the K.sub.Ca3.1 channel-mediated disease is an autoimmune disease.
10. The composition of claim 1, wherein the K.sub.Ca3.1 channel-mediated disease is a cancer disease.
Description
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
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MODES OF THE INVENTION
[0035] The phenylalkylcarbamate compound of Chemical Formula 1 according to the present invention specifically includes compounds of Chemical Formulas 2 to 8 below.
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[0036] The chemical names and code names given to the compounds of Chemical Formulas 2 to 8 by the present inventors are as follows.
TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Chemical Code Formula Chemical name name 2 (R)-2-amino-3-phenyl propylcarbamate hydrochloride SF-2 3 2-amino-3-(3-fluorophenyl)propylcarbamate SF-3 4 (2R)-2-amino-3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)propylcarbamate SF-4 5 (2R)-2-amino-3-phenylpropyl methylcarbamate SF-5 6 (2R)-2-amino-3- SF-6 phenylpropyl(aminocarbonyl)carbamate 7 2-amino-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)propylcarbamate SF-7 8 (2R)-2-amino-3-[3- SF-8 (trifluoromethyl)phenyl]propylcarbamate hydrochloride
[0037] The compound of Chemical Formula 2 is known under the general name solriamfetol, and is currently used as a therapeutic agent for narcolepsy. A method of preparing the compound of Chemical Formula 3 is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,140,532 B2 and its family patent, Korean Patent No. 10-173863, and the compound of Chemical Formula 4 may be prepared by the method disclosed in U.S. Unexamined patent Application Publication No. U.S. 2005/0080268 A1.
[0038] A method of preparing the compound of Chemical Formula 5 is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,705,640 B2, and a method of preparing the compound of Chemical Formula 6 is disclosed in U.S. patent No. U.S. Pat. No. 9,403,761 B2 or its family patent, Korean Unexamined patent Application Publication No. 10-2016-0126988, and the compound of Chemical Formula 7 may be prepared by the method disclosed in Example 9 in U.S. Pat. No. 6,140,532 B2 and Example 9 in International Publication No. WO 98/15526.
[0039] The compound of Chemical Formula 8 may be prepared by the method disclosed in Example 48A in U.S. patent No. U.S. Pat. No. 9,180,120 B2 filed by Bayer or its family patent, Korena Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 10-2013-0138216.
[0040] For reference, the Bayer patent discloses that the compound of Chemical Formula 8 can be used for liver cirrhosis. However, in the Bayer patent, the compound of Chemical Formula 8, as a V1a. V2 receptor antagonist, is for treating heart failure by inhibiting the action of vasopressin, which is an antidiuretic hormone, and treating liver cirrhosis including cardiovascular disorders through renal and hemodynamic effects.
[0041] On the other hand, in the present invention, the compound of Chemical Formula 8 is intended to solve the direct cause of fibrosis by inhibiting K.sub.Ca3.1 channel expression, and the present invention has a clear difference from the cirrhosis treatment incidentally obtained by the Bayer patent.
[0042] A pharmaceutical composition according to the present invention includes a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound of Chemical Formula 1. Here, the “pharmaceutically acceptable salt” may typically include a metal salt, a salt with an organic base, a salt with an inorganic acid, a salt with an organic acid, and a salt with a basic or acidic amino acid.
[0043] In addition, the pharmaceutical composition according to the present invention may include both solvates and hydrates of the compound of Chemical Formula 1, racemates, all possible stereoisomers thereof, and further include a crystalline or amorphous form of each compound.
[0044] The pharmaceutical composition according to the present invention may be formulated in the form of tablets, pills, powder, granules, capsules, a suspension, a liquid for internal use, an emulsion, a syrup, an aerosol, or a sterile injectable solution. In addition, the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention may be administered orally or parenterally depending on the purpose of use, and when parenterally administered, may be administered by topical application, intraperitoneal injection, intrarectal injection, subcutaneous injection, intravenous injection, intramuscular injection, or intrathoracic injection.
[0045] A dose of the pharmaceutical composition according to the present invention may vary according to a patient's weight, age and sex, a health condition, a diet, administration time, an administration method, an excretion rate and the severity of a disease. A daily dose is preferably 0.2 to 20 mg/kg, and more preferably 0.5 to 10 mg/kg based on the active ingredient, and the pharmaceutical composition according to the present invention may be administered once or twice daily, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
[0046] Hereinafter, the pharmacological effects of the phenylalkylcarbamate compound according to the present invention will be described.
1) Experimental Method
1-1) Fibroblast Culture
[0047] Fibroblasts (CRL-2795: American Type Culture Collection, VA) were cultured in Dulbecco's Modified Eagle Medium (Hyclone, Logan, Utah). All cells were maintained in 5% CO.sub.2 under a humid condition at 37° C. The cultured fibroblasts were exposed to pro-inflammatory agents such as lipopolysaccharides (LPS) and a pro-fibrotic agent TGF.sub.β, and the compounds of Chemical Formulas 2 to 8 of the present invention (hereinafter, referred to as SF-2 to SF-8 compounds) for 24 hours, and then anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic effects were tested.
1-2) Construction of Lung Fibrosis Mouse Model
[0048] To confirm the effect of the SF-2 compound according to the present invention on the inhibition of fibrosis, an experiment was performed as follows. First. C57BL/6 wild-type mice (purchased from Orient Bio) were divided into three groups of 6 to 8, and used as a disease-induced group, a drug-administered group, and a normal control. The test mice for each group were treated as follows.
[0049] (1) Disease-induced group: Lung fibrosis was induced by injecting 1.5 units of bleomycin into the airways of test mice. In addition, the same amount of distilled water as the SF-2 compound administered to the following drug-administered group was intraperitoneally injected (100 mg/kg) 5 times a week. In the accompanying drawing, bleomycin (BLM) refers to this disease-induced group.
[0050] (2) Drug-administered group: 1.5 units of bleomycin was injected into the airways of test mice, and then the SF-2 compound of the present invention was intraperitoneally injected (100 mg/kg) five times a week. In the accompanying drawing, BLM+SF-2 indicates the drug-administered group.
[0051] (3) Normal control: The same amount of distilled water as that of bleomycin injected into the disease-induced group was injected into the airways. In addition, the same amount of distilled water as that of the SF-2 compound administered to the drug-administered group was intraperitoneally injected five times a week. In the accompanying drawing, C or Control indicates the normal group.
[0052] The mouse models for each group were treated with drugs for 4 weeks in the same way as described above and immediately killed by administering an excess of an anesthetic, and then the lungs were extracted and used in the subsequent test.
1-3) Construction of Fatty Liver Disease Mouse Model
[0053] To confirm the therapeutic effect of the SF-2 compound of the present invention on liver inflammation and fibrosis, an experiment was performed as follows. First, C57BL/6 wild-type mice (purchased from Orient Bio) were divided into three groups of 6 to 8, and used as a disease-induced group, a drug-administered group, and a normal control. The test mice for each group were treated as follows.
[0054] (1) Drug-induced group: Test mice were fed a CDAHFD diet (choline deficient, L-amino-acid-defined, high-fat diet with 0.1% methionine. A06071302, Research Diets, New Brunswick, N.J.) to induce fatty liver disease and fibrosis. In addition, the same amount of distilled water as that of the SF-2 compound administered to the following drug-administered group five times a week using a zonde (oral tube). In the accompanying drawing, CDAHFD indicates the disease-induced group.
[0055] (2) Drug-administered group: The SF-2 compound of the present invention, together with the CDAHFD diet, was administered (100 mg/kg/day) to test mice five times a week. In the accompanying drawing, CDAHFD+SF-2 indicates the drug-administered group.
[0056] (3) Normal control: Test mice were fed a normal diet. In addition, the same amount of distilled water as that of the SF-2 compound was administered to the drug-administered group five times a week using a zonde (oral tube). In the accompanying drawing, C or Control indicates the normal group.
[0057] The mouse models for each group were treated with drugs for 16 weeks in the same way as described above and immediately killed by administering an excess of an anesthetic, and then the livers were extracted and used in the subsequent test.
1-4) Preparation of Paraffinized Tissue Specimens of Lung and Liver Tissues and Observation of Morphological Changes Thereof
[0058] The lung and liver tissues extracted from the mouse model were fixed with a paraformaldehyde solution, and cut to a thickness of 1 to 2 mm. The cut tissue was embedded in paraffin and cut to a thickness of 4 μm, the paraffin was removed with xylene, the xylene was removed with ethanol, and the resultant was washed with tap water, thereby obtaining a paraffinized tissue specimen.
[0059] Tissue immunohistochemistry for collagen, which is a fibrotic marker, in the lung and liver tissues, was performed by Masson's trichrome staining.
1-5) Real Time PCR Analysis
[0060] The degrees of mRNA expression of pro-inflammatory or pro-fibrotic agents in lung and liver tissues extracted from the mouse models were measured by real time PCR. RNAs of these tissues were isolated using a TRIzol reagent (Molecular Research Center. Cincinnati, Ohio), and single-stranded cDNA was synthesized using BcaBEST polymerase (Takara Shuzo), followed by performing PCR.
[0061] Primer sequences (SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 30) of the pro-inflammatory cytokines and fibrotic markers used herein are shown in Tables 2 and 3 below.
TABLE-US-00002 TABLE 2 Pro-inflammatory cytokine primer sequences SEQ ID SEQ ID Sense NO: Anti-sense NO: TNFα F-CCCCAAAGGGATGAGAAGTT 5 R-CACTTGGTGGTTTGCTACGA 6 CCL2 F-CCCCAAGAAGGAATGGGTCC 7 R-TGCTTGAGGTGTTTGTGGAA 8 IL1α F-GAGCCGGGTGACAGTATCAG 11 R-ACTTCTGCCTGACGAGCTTC 12 IL6 F-ACCAGAGGAAATTTTCAATA 13 R- 14 GGC TGATGCACTTGCAGAAAACA mGAPDHF F-CCGTATTGGGCGCCTGGTCA 19 R-CCGGCCTTCTCCATGGTGGT 20
TABLE-US-00003 TABLE 3 Fibrotic marker primer sequences Sense SEQ ID NO: Anti-sense SEQ ID NO: Col1α F-ACAGTCCAGTTCTTCATTGC 21 R-GCACTCTTCTCCTGGTCCTG 22 α-SMA F-CTGACAGAGGCACCACTGAA 31 R-CATCTCCAGAGTCCAGCACA 32 mGAPDH F-CCGTATTGGGCGCCTGGTCA 33 R-CCGGCCTTCTCCATGGTGGT 34
1-6) Electrophysiological Analysis
[0062] Whole cell current through the cell membrane in isolated and cultured single fibroblasts was measured using a patch-clamp technique. A voltage ramp was used to apply voltage to whole-cell voltage clamp cells from −100 mV to +100 mV using a micro-glass electrode, the generated current was amplified using an amplifier (EPC-10, HEKA, Lambrecht, Germany) and then recorded at a sampling rate of 1 to 4 kHz.
[0063] A standard external solution contained 150 mM NaCl, 6 mM KCl, 1.5 mM CaCl.sub.2, 1 mM MgCl.sub.2, 10 mM HEPES, and 10 mM glucose at pH 7.4 (adjusted with NaOH), and the micro glass electrode (pipette) solution contained 40 mM KCl, 100 mM K-aspartate, 2 mM MgCl.sub.2, 0.1 mM EGTA, 4 mM Na.sub.2ATP, and 10 mM HEPES at pH 7.2 (adjusted with KOH). The free Ca.sup.2+ concentration in the pipette solution was adjusted to 1 μM by adding an appropriate amount of Ca.sup.2+ in the presence of 5 mM EGTA (calculated with CaBuf; G. Droogmans, Leuven, Belgium).
[0064] K.sub.Ca3.1 current was isolated using the following method. Ina current recorded by injecting 1 μM Ca.sup.2+ into whole-cell voltage clamp cells using a glass electrode and applying 1-ethyl-2-benzimidazolinone (1-EBIO, 100 μM) activating K.sub.Ca3.1 current, a current inhibited by K.sub.Ca3.1 channel inhibitor TRAM-34 (10 μM) was determined as the K.sub.Ca3.1 current, and the recorded current was normalized by division by cell capacitance.
1-7) Statistical Analysis
[0065] Experimental results were expressed as mean±standard error of the mean (S.E.M). Statistical analysis was performed by the Student's t-test, and a significance level of 0.05 or less was determined as significantly different.
2) Experimental Results Using Cultured Cells
2-1) Effect of SF-2 Compound on K.SUB.Ca.3.1 Current
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[0067] The size of the K.sub.Ca3.1 current was 37.49±51 pA/pF in cells not exposed to the SF-2 compound, and the size of the K.sub.Ca3.1 current was significantly reduced to 26.65±1.89 mV/pF, 11.69±1.66 mV/pF, 7.12±1.33 mV/pF, 1.87±0.24 mV/pF, and 1.95±0.44 mV/pF in cells exposed to 10, 30, 100, 300, and 1000 nM of the SF-2 compound, respectively.
2-2) Effect of SF-3 to SF-8 Compounds on K.SUB.Ca.3.1 Current
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2-3) Inflammation Inhibitory Effect by SF-3 to SF-8 Compounds
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[0070] In addition, when the fibroblasts were exposed to one of the SF-2 to SF-8 compounds together with LPS for 24 hours, the degree of mRNA expression of the inflammatory marker decreased. In
2-4) Fibrosis Inhibitory Effect by SF-3 to SF-8 Compounds
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[0072] In addition, when the fibroblasts are exposed to one of the SF-2 to SF-8 compounds together with TGF.sub.β for 24 hours, the expression degrees of the fibrotic markers decreased. In
3) Effect of SF-2 Compound on Lung Disease Mouse Models
3-1) Histological and Immunohistological Analysis Results
[0073] Paraffinized tissue specimens were prepared using lung tissue extracted from the mouse models, and immunohistological staining for the fibrotic marker, collagen, was performed.
[0074] Accordingly, it can be confirmed that the SF-2 compound of the present invention has efficacy of inhibiting lung fibrosis. In
3-2) Analysis Result for Fibrotic Marker mRNA Expression
[0075] To confirm the effect of the SF-2 compound on the expression of fibrotic marker mRNA in the mouse models, RT-PCR was performed for fibrotic markers Col1α (collagen 1α), Col3α (collagen 3α) and α-SMA (α-smooth muscle actin).
[0076] As shown in
4) Experimental Results for Liver Disease Mouse Models
4-1) Histological and Immunohistological Analyses
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4-2) Analysis Result for Expression of Fibrotic Marker mRNA
[0078] To confirm an effect of the SF-2 compound on the expression of fibrotic marker mRNA in the mouse models, RT-PCR was performed for fibrotic markers Col1α (collagen 1α), Col3α (collagen 3α) and α-SMA (α-smooth muscle actin).
[0079] As shown in
[0080] This result suggests that the SF-2 compound of the present invention has an effect of inhibiting liver fibrosis. In
5) Evaluation of Experimental Results
[0081] From the above experimental results, it was confirmed that the compound of Chemical Formula 2 of the present invention, i.e., solriamfetol has efficacy of inhibiting fibrosis in a mouse model in which lung fibrosis is induced by bleomycin and a mouse model in which liver fibrosis is induced by a CDAHFD diet.
[0082] In addition, the compounds of Chemical Formulas 2 to 8 of the present invention have efficacy of inhibiting inflammation and fibrosis in fibroblasts in which inflammation is induced by LPS and fibroblasts in which fibrosis is induced by TGF.sub.β, respectively. This result shows that the compounds of Chemical Formulas 2 to 8 have an effect of inhibiting K.sub.Ca3.1 channel expression.
[0083] Meanwhile, as described in the background, the K.sub.Ca3.1 channel plays an important role in the progression of autoimmune diseases and cancer diseases, as well as inflammatory and fibrotic diseases. Therefore, several research groups or pharmaceutical companies around the world are developing therapeutic agents for autoimmune diseases, inflammatory and fibrotic diseases, and cancer diseases using K.sub.Ca3.1 channel inhibitors such as TRAM-34 and senicapoc.
[0084] As such, when the K.sub.Ca3.1 channel is inhibited, it can inhibit the progression of immune diseases and cancer diseases, as well as inflammatory and fibrotic diseases, and thus it is possible to conclude that the compounds of Chemical Formulas 2 to 8 of the present invention are also effective in treatment of autoimmune diseases and cancer diseases.
[0085] Meanwhile, in the present invention, due to practical limitations, the above experiments were not conducted for all compounds belonging to the compound of Chemical Formula 1, but considering chemical activity and metabolic mechanisms in vivo, it is assumed that all of the compounds of Chemical Formula 1 have pharmacological efficacy similar to the compounds of Chemical Formulas 2 to 8.