EP0403605A1 - Elastase-inhibitierende polymere und verfahren - Google Patents
Elastase-inhibitierende polymere und verfahrenInfo
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Definitions
- This invention relates to potent polymeric inhibitors of the enzyme elastase and to their utilization for inhibiting the activity of the enzyme in animals and humans.
- the invention also relates to a method of increasing the biological half-life and/or the elastase enzyme inhibitory activity of a peptide elastase inhibitor by binding multiple units of the inhibitor to a hydrophilic, flexible and substantially non-biodegradable polymer.
- Proteinases from polymorphonuclear leukocytes and macrophages appear to be responsible for the chronic tissue destruction associated with inflammation, arthritis and emphysema.
- elastases human leukocyte elastase and cathepsin G
- the protective mechanism appears to be nonoperative in individuals with an alphai-antitrypsin deficiency due to genetic or other causes.
- Synthetic elastase inhibitors capable of replacing alphai-antitrypsin may therefore be useful in the treatment of pulmonary emphysema and related diseases.
- elastase inhibitors include peptide chloromethyl ketones as described by P.M. Tuhy and J.C. Powers, "Inhibition of Human Leukocyte Elastase by Peptide Chloromethyl Ketones", FEBS Letters, 50, 359-61 (1975); J.C. Powers, B. F. Gupton, A. D. Harley, N. Nishino and R. J . Whitley, "Specificity of Porcine Pancreatic Elastase, Human Leukocyte Elastase and Cathepsin G. Inhibition with Peptide Chloromethyl Ketones", Biochem. Biophys. Acta.
- This invention relates to a polymer of the formula
- P is a polymer comprising at least one unit of the formula (A m B n ), wherein (A m B n ) is substantially nonbiodegradable and has an average molecular weight of about 1,000 to 500,000 daltons, m and n may be the same or different and are about 5 to 3,000, and A and B may be the same or different and at least one of A and B is capable of covalently binding to one of L and R;
- R is a compound selected from the group consisting of a compound C of the formula
- R' is selected from the group consisting of straight and secondary branch-chained (C 1 -C 4 ) alkyl, (C 2 -C 3 ) alkenyl, (C 2 -C 4 ) alkynyl, (C 3 -C 6 ) cycloalkyl, and benzyl, and
- R 2 is selected from the group consisting of substituted and unsubstituted phenyl, wherein the substituents are selected from the group consisting of nitro, and pentafluoro, benzyl, CH 2 CF 2 CF 2 CF 3 , 1-lower alkyl tetrazolyl, 1-phenyltetrazolyl, 2-thioxo-3-thiazolidinyl-, pyridyl and benzothiazolyl, provided that when R 2 is p-nitrophenyl R' is other than tert-butyl, benzyl or cyclohexyl, and when X is sulfur R 2 is other than benzyl;
- X is 0 or S
- R 2 is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, nitrophenyl, fluorophenyl, -CH 2 CF 2 CF 2 CF 2 , 1-lower alkyltetrazolyl, 1- phenyltetrazolyl, benzyl, 2-thioxo- 3-thiazolidinyl, pyridyl and benzothiazolyl, and
- R' is selected from the group consisting of straight or secondary branch chained (C 1 -C 4 ) alkyl, (C 2 -C 3 ) alkenyl, (C 2 -C 4 ) alkynyl, (C 3 -C 6 ) cycloalkyl, and benzyl, provided that when R 2 is p-nitrophenyl R' is other than tertiary-butyl, benzyl or cyclohexyl, and when X is sulfur
- R 2 is other than benzyl
- Z is -O-Suc-Ala-Ala
- L is selected from the group consisting of a covalent bond and a linker group which is covalently bound to R and one of A and B;
- q is about 1 to m+n.
- This invention also relates to an elastase enzyme inhibiting composition, comprising
- Also part of this invention is a method of inhibiting the enzyme elastase in an animal or human in need of such treatment comprising administering to said animal or human an elastase-inhibiting amount of the polymer of this invention.
- This invention also relates to a method of inhibiting the enzyme elastase in an animal or human in need of such treatment comprising administering to said animal or human the elastase enzyme inhibiting composition of this invention described above.
- Also part of this invention is a method of increasing the biological half-life of a compound selected from the group consisting of a compound C of the formula
- X is oxygen or sulfur
- R' is selected from the group consisting of straight and secondary branch- chained (C 1 -C 4 ) alkyl, (C 2 -C 3 ) alkenyl, (C 2 -C 4 ) alkynyl, (C 3 -C 6 ) cycloalkyl, and benzyl; and
- R 2 is selected from the group consisting of substituted and unsubstituted phenyl, wherein the substituents are selected from the group consisting of nitro, and pentafluoro, benzyl, CH 2 CF 2 CF 2 CF 2 , 1-lower alkyl tetrazolyl, 1-phenyltetrazolyl, 2-thioxo-3-thiazolidinyl-, pyridyl and benzothiazolyl, provided that when R 2 is p-nitrophenyl R' is other than tert-butyl, benzyl or cyclohexyl, and when X is sulfur R 2 is other than benzyl;
- X is O or S
- R 2 is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, nitrophenyl, fluorophenyl, -CH 2 CF 2 CF 2 CF 2 , 1-lower alkyltetrazolyl, 1- phenyltetrazolyl, benzyl, 2-thioxo- 3-thiazolidinyl, pyridyl and benzothiazolyl, and
- R' is selected from the group consisting of straight or secondary branch chained (C 1 -C 4 ) alkyl, (C 2 -C 3 ) alkenyl, (C 2 -C 4 ) alkynyl, (C 3 -C 6 ) cycloalkyl, and benzyl, provided that when R 2 is p- nitrophenyl R' is other than tertiary-butyl, benzyl or cyclohexyl, and when X is sulfur R 2 is other than benzyl; and
- Z is -O-Suc-Ala-Ala.
- each said R being covalently bound to L or to one of A and B,
- L is selected from the group consisting of a covalent bond and a linker group which is covalently bound to R and one of A and B;
- q is about 1 to m+n.
- this invention also relates to a method of increasing the elastase enzyme inhibitory activity of a compound selected from the group consisting of a compound C of the formula
- X is oxygen or sulfur
- R 2 is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, p-nitrophenyl, pentafluorophenyl, - 0 - CH 2 CF 2 CF 2 CF 2 , 1 - methyltetrazolyl, 1-phenyltetrazolyl, 2-thioxo-3- thiazolidinyl, pyridyl, benzyl and benzothiazolyl, and
- R' is selected from the group consisting of lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl and benzyl, provided that when R is p- nitrophenyl R' is other than tert-butyl, and when X is sulfur R is other than benzyl;
- X is O or S
- R 2 is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, nitrophenyl, fluorophenyl, -CH 2 CF 2 CF 2 CF 2 , 1-lower alkyltetrazolyl, 1- phenyltetrazolyl, benzyl, 2-thioxo-3-thiazolidinyl, pyridyl and benzothiazolyl, and R' is selected from the group consisting of straight or secondary branch chained (C 1 -C 4 ) alkyl, (C 2 -C 3 ) alkenyl, (C 2 -C 4 ) alkynyl, (C 3 -C 6 ) cycloalkyl, and benzyl, provided that when R 2 is p- nitrophenyl R' is other than tertiary-butyl, benzyl or cyclohexyl, and
- Z is MeO-Suc-Ala-Ala.
- each said R being covalently bound to L or to one of A and B,
- L is selected from the group consisting of a covalent bond and a linker group which is covalently bound to R and one of A and B;
- q is about 5 to m+n.
- Figure 1 depicts the inhibition of human leukocyte elastase (HLE) by various peptidyl carbamate derivatives and alphai-proteinase inhibitor (alpha 1 -PI) using MeO-Suc-Ala-Ala-Pro-VAL-NA as a substrate, where the concentration of the substrate is 1.62 x 10 -4 M and the concentration of the enzyme is 3.4 x 10 -8 M.
- HLE human leukocyte elastase
- alpha 1 PI alphai-proteinase inhibitor
- Figure 2 depicts the cumulative molecular weight distribution of the polymer-bound compound described in Example 2 (polymer IV).
- Figure 3 depicts the absorption spectrum of the polymer bound compound of Example 2 (polymer IV).
- Figure 4 shows a gel permeation chromatography (GPC) analysis of the reaction mixture of the compound and the polymer of Example 2 (compound III) at various times of the reaction.
- GPC gel permeation chromatography
- Figure 5 depicts the binding of the elastase inhibitory peptide to the polymer (compound III) of Example 2.
- This invention arose from a desire to improve on the biological half-life and/or potency of the elastase enzyme peptide inhibitors provided by the same inventors in U. S. Patent 4,643,991.
- the inventors unexpectedly discovered that if multiple units of the known peptide inhibitors were covalently bound to a flexible, linear .polymer the product polymers had a surprisingly high biological half-life and/or potency with respect to the inhibition of the elastase enzyme.
- the polymers provided herein have the formula
- P is a polymer comprising at least one unit of the formula (A m B n ), wherein (A m B n ) is substantially nonbiodegradable and has an average molecular weight of about 1,000 to 500,000 daltons, m and n may be the same or different and are about 5 to 3,000, and A and B may be the same or different and at least one of A and B is capable of covalently binding to one of L and R;
- R is a compound selected from the group consisting of a compound C of the formula
- X is oxygen or sulfur
- R' is selected from the group consisting of straight and secondary branch-chained (C 1 -C 4 ) alkyl, (C 2 -C 3 ) alkenyl, (C 2 -C 4 ) alkynyl, (C 3 -C 6 ) cycloalkyl and benzyl, and
- R 2 is selected from the group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, wherein the substituents are selected from the group consisting of nitro, pentafluoro, benzyl, CH 2 CF 2 CF 2 CF 3 , 1-lower alkyl tetrazolyl. 1-phenyltetrazolyl, 2-thioxo3-thiazoli-dinyl-, pyridyl and benzothiazolyl, provided that when R 2 is p-nitrophenyl R' is other than tert-butyl, benzyl or cyclohexyl, and when X is sulfur R 2 is other than benzyl;
- X is O or S
- R 2 is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, nitrophenyl, fluorophenyl, -CH 2 CF 2 CF 2 CF 3 , 1-lower alkyltetrazolyl. 1- phenyltetrazolyl, benzyl, 2-thioxo-3-thiazolidinyl, pyridyl and benzothiazolyl, and
- R' is selected from the group consisting of straight or secondary branch chained (C 1 -C 4 ) alkyl, (C 2 -C 3 ) alkenyl, (C 2 -C 4 ) alkynyl, (C 3 -C 6 ) cycloalkyl, and benzyl, provided that when R 2 is p- nitrophenyl R' is other than tertiary-butyl, benzyl or cyclohexyl, and when X is sulfur R 2 is other than benzyl; and
- Z is MeO-Suc-Ala-Ala.
- each said R being covalently bound to L or to one of A and B,
- L is selected from the group consisting of a covalent bond and a linker group which is covalently bound to R and one of A and B;
- q is about 1 to m+n.
- polymers are suitable for the inhibition of the activity of the elastase enzyme both in vitro and in vivo.
- solely pharmaceutically-acceptable polymers are to be utilized. These are known in the art and need not be specifically referred to herein.
- the polymers of this invention When the polymers of this invention are utilized in the in vitro inhibition of the enzyme they need not be pharmaceutically- acceptable. Accordingly, a significantly larger number of polymers are ultimately suitable for the design of the inhibitory polymers of this invention for use in vitro.
- the polymers suitable for use in this invention are water soluble polymers, and preferably polymers having a flexible backbone structure which are not easily biodegradable and which consequently have a prolonged biological half life. Even more preferred are polymers which are water soluble and substantially non-biodegradable but which also have a flexible polymer backbone. A high flexibility exhibited by the polymer is helpful in increasing the accessibility of the polymer bound inhibitory molecule to the enzyme.
- Suitable polymers for use in this invention are polymers containing amide bonds in the main chain. Particularly useful are derivatives of synthetic polyamino acids, examples of which include random copolymers of alpha hydroxy alkyl-D,L-aspartamide, e.g., poly alpha
- suitable polymers include polysaccharide derivatives, especially derivatives of dextran, cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, alginic acid and hyaluronic acid or combinations thereof or combinations with other polymers.
- suitable polymers with oxygen atoms in the main polymer chain are polyether polymers, examples of which include polyethyleneglycol (polyoxirane), divinylethermaleic acid copolymer (pyran copolymer, DIVEMA), and the like.
- polymers with alpha-C-C- backbone suitable for use in this invention are copolymers prepared from mixtures of different types of monomers.
- One such group is a polymer formed by mixing one type of monomer which has reactive appended moieties and another type of monomer lacking such moieties.
- Particularly suitable are copolymers derived from hydrophilic vinylic and/or acrylic type monomers, examples of which include N-2-vinylpyrrolidone, 2-hydroxypropylmethacrylamide, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and other hydrophilic esters and amides of arylic and methacrylic acid which are well known in the art.
- Suitable monomers containing appended reactive moieties for preparation of copolymers for use in this invention include, e.g., maleic acid anhydride and reactive esters of acrylic and methacrylic acid. Particularly suitable are, e.g., glycidyl acrylate, glycidylmethacrylate, p-nitrophenyl, N-hydroxysuccinimide, pentachlorophenyl or/and pentafluorophenyl esters of methacrylic and acrylic acids, wherein the alkoxy moiety of the reactive ester can be either bound directly to the carbonyl of methacrylic or acrylic acid or it can be bound via a spacer linker.
- Suitable spacer linkers for use in these types of polymers are generally known in the art.
- particularly suitable polymers include poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone), copoly-(N-vinylpyrrolidone-co-maleic acid anhydride). copoly-(N-vinylpyrrolidoneco-methacryloyl-N-Hydroxysuccinimide, copoly(N-(2-15 hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide-co-methacryloyl p-Nitrophenyl ester) and other copolymers formed by the monomers indicated above.
- the linkers or spacers optionally incorporated in the polymer-bound inhibitors of the invention must contain at least two reactive groups.
- One of the reactive groups must be capable of covalently bonding to the appended moiety present in at least some of the monomer units contained in the polymer.
- the other reactive group must be capable of covalently bonding to a reactive group present in the free inhibitor molecule which is not involved in the binding to the active site of the enzyme.
- Suitable linkers are known in the art and need not be specifically described herein.
- One group of linkers which has been found suitable for use with this invention is that encompassing flexible backbone hydrocarbons containing at least two reactive groups.
- the length of the linker or spacer may vary as desired for particular applications. Typically, (C 2 -C 20 ) hydrocarbon linkers are utilized, preferably linear hydrocarbons. However, other types of molecules may also be incorporated herein.
- a particularly suitable type of linker has been found to be those comprising (C 1 -C 20 ) hydrocarbons having covalently bonded substituents to the first and last carbon atoms such as hydroxy amines.
- Other examples suitable for use in this invention are alpha, omega-diamines, alpha, omega-diamino alcohols and alpha, omega-diamino acids.
- novel substituted carbamate compound polymers the pharmaceutical compositions containing them and the method for using these polymers are exemplified in the specific inhibition of porcine pancreatic elastase and human leukocyte elastase without affecting the similar serine dependent proteases, bovine pancreatic trypsin and chymotrypsin.
- proteases from polymorphonuclear leukocytes and macrophages especially elastases (human leukocyte HL elastase and cathepsin G) appear to be responsible for chronic tissue destruction associated with inflammation, arthritis and emphysema.
- elastases human leukocyte HL elastase and cathepsin G
- This protective mechanism appears to be non-operative in individuals with an alphai-antitrypsin deficiency due to genetic or other causes.
- Synthetic elastase inhibitors capable of replacing alphai-antitrypsin are therefore useful in the treatment of pulmonary emphysema and related diseases.
- a class of known compounds containing carbamate functionality and oligopeptides which are active-site directed inhibitors of elastase in animals and humans have been found to exhibit an increased biological half-life and/or potency when multiple units thereof are bound to a substantially non-biodegradable polymer.
- Polymers with multiple-bound peptidyl carbamate chains therefore provide an opportunity to incorporate multiple inhibitory moieties into a single unit, thereby increasing the efficiency of the transfer of the acrylating moiety to the active site of the enzyme. This, in turn, optimizes the affinity of the polymer inhibitor towards the enzyme in comparison with the low-molecular weight inhibitory peptides themselves.
- acylating moiety can be varied to optimize the duration of enzymatic inactivation as desired.
- the mechanism of the invention takes advantage of the fact that carbamate esters react with proteases and esterases at the carbonyl carbon by losing the alkoxy portion thereof and transferring the carbamylating moiety to the active side of the enzyme. Deacylation then leads to the recovery of enzymatic activity.
- Suitable carbamate compounds which are active in accordance with the above proposals as elastase inhibitors are various. These compounds are carbamates substituted by oligopeptides and may generally be described by the following general formula C
- Z is selected from the group consisting of R"O-Suc-, wherein R" is (C 1 -C 3 ) alkyl, CF 3 CO- and/or a linker to a polymer.
- X is oxygen or sulfur
- R' is selected from the group consisting of straight and secondary branch-chained (C 1 -C 4 ) alkyl, (C 2 -C 3 ) alkenyl, (C 2 -C 4 ) alkynyl, (C 3 -C 6 ) cycloalkyl and benzyl, and
- R 2 is selected from the group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, wherein the substituents are selected from the group consisting of nitro, pentafluoro, benzyl, CH 2 CF 2 CF 2 CF 3 , 1-lower alkyl tetrazolyl, 1-phenyltetrazolyl, 2-thioxo3-thiazolidinyl-, pyridyl and benzothiazolyl, provided that when R 2 is p-nitrophenyl R' is other than tert-butyl, benzyl or cyclohexyl, and when X is sulfur R 2 is other than benzyl.
- inhibitory peptides may be described by the following general formulas D or E
- R' is (C 1 -C 3 ) alkyl or a suitable linker to the polymer, X is oxygen or sulfur, and R 2 is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, fluorophenyl, nitrophenyl, 1-phenyltetrazolyl, 1-lower alkyl tetrazolyl, benzyl, 3-thiazolidinyl, pyridyl and benzothiazolyl, and R' is straight or secondary branch chained (C 2 -C 4 ) alkyl, (C 2 -C 4 ) alkenyl, and (C 2 -C 4 ) alkynyl, provided that when R 2 is p-nitrophenyl R' is other than tertiary-butyl, and when X is sulfur R 2 is other than benzyl; and
- Z' is selected from the group consisting of MeO-Suc-Ala-Ala, CF 3 CO-Ala-Ala and a suitable linker connecting this compound with a polymer;
- R' is as defined above but is preferably isopropyl.
- Suitable linkers are known in the art for the particular type of atom groupings present herein.
- the peptidyl carbamates are those wherein the amino portion contains the oligopeptide and the peptide portion is so chosen as to increase the specificity of the carbamate ester for elastase.
- the peptides for the individual inhibitory compounds may be prepared by a sequential series of reactions beginning with L-proline protected on the ring nitrogen with ultimate coupling to the peptide.
- an N-protected proline e.g., N-t-Boc-L-proline
- diazomethane e.g., N-t-Boc-L-proline
- HCL chloromethyl ketone protected L-proline
- the chloromethyl ketone thus obtained is reacted with the appropriate amine H 2 NR' to form the protected amine derivative.
- the amine is in turn reached with the appropriate chloroformate or thiochloroformate and deprotected by reaction with an acid such as HCl to provide the HCl salt.
- Z-Ala-Ala This compound is then coupled with Z-Ala-Ala by the mixed carbonic anhydride method to provide the compounds of the invention.
- Z-Ala-Ala intermediates may be prepared according to the following scheme:
- the L-proline in the initial step is protected on the ring nitrogen by reaction with any suitable protective agent known to the art so that reaction will occur on the carboxylic acid portion of the molecule.
- the nitrogen atom in the ring is protected with a known protective agent, such as t-BOC.
- t-BOC-Pro is available commercially from Sigma Chemical Company, St. Louis, Missouri.
- the protected proline is reacted with diazomethane by the method of Penke et al. (B. Penke, J. Czombos, L. Balaspiri, J. Peters and K. Kovacs, Helv. Chim. Acta., 53:1057 (1970)).
- the resulting chloromethylketone is then reacted with the appropriate amine.
- This reaction is preferably conducted in a solvent solution, such as a lower alkyl alcohol, and preferably in the presence of an alkali metal iodide.
- the reactants are mixed under cool temperatures and then reacted at 50 to 75° C to complete the reaction.
- the evolved HCl is neutralized, as with a sodium carbonate solution, and extracted.
- This intermediate is then reacted with the appropriate chloroformate or thiochloroformate and deprotected with hydrogen chloride to form the carbamate portion of the molecule.
- This molecule is then coupled with the peptide portion of the molecule to form the final product.
- the polymers of the invention may be employed as specific active site directed inhibitors of the enzyme elastase.
- the polymers are preferably combined with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier for the in vivo administration by injection or in the oral form.
- Conventional adjuvants and carriers may be employed in combination with about 1 to 90 wt% of the active polymer.
- the polymers may be administered to animals or humans at dosage amounts of about 0.1 mg/kg to 300 mg/kg, preferably about 1 mg/kg to 30mg/kg, and still more preferably an average amount of about 12 mg/kg.
- the loading of the inhibitors onto the polymers either directly or by means of a linker spacer is conducted via chemical reactions which are known in the art and need not be described here in detail.
- the degree of loading i.e., density of the PC units along the polymer chain
- the degree of loading can be varied in such a way that it is the most appropriate in accordance with the loading desired. This can be attained by varying the experimental conditions, e.g., the number of appended reactive moieties on the polymer chain, the number of spacer groups and/or the ratio of PC to the polymer in the reaction.
- specific reaction schemes are described but are by no means intending to be limiting of the invention.
- a peptidyl carbamate inhibitor (compound 5) suitable for the preparation of a polymer-bound inhibitor is prepared in accordance with the invention according to Scheme 1 hereinbelow.
- EEDQ 1-ethoxycarbonyl- 2-ethoxy-1,2-dihydroquinoline
- the mixture is then extracted into CH 2 CI 2 (100 mml) and washed with 10% citric acid (50 ml x 3) and 5% NaHCO 3 (50 ml).
- the organic layer is dried (Na 2 SO 4 ) and concentrated in vacuo.
- reaction mixture is then extracted into EtOAc/ tetrahydrofuran (THF) (150 ml x 2. of 1:1 mixture) and dried (Na2S ⁇ 4).
- THF EtOAc/ tetrahydrofuran
- Na2S ⁇ 4 dried (Na2S ⁇ 4).
- the solvent is then evaporated to give the product (1) which is purified by silica gel column chromatography (CH 2 /Cl 2 /EtOAc 10:1) (12.1 g, 74%) m.p.
- N-methylmorpholine (0.46 mL, 4.2 mmol) and the mixture is stirred for 5 min.
- Isobutyl chloroformate (0.55 ml, 4.2 mmol) in THF (2 ml) is added and stirring is continued for 10 min at -15°C.
- reaction mixture is then filtered and the filtrate extracted with CHCI 3 , washed with 10% citric acid (3 x 10 ml), dried (Na2S ⁇ 4) and the solvent evaporated to give an oil.
- Formic acid (1.25 ml) is added to a stirring solution of a compound 3 (0.7 g, 1.02 mmol) in EtOAc (7 ml ). Anhydrous HCl is then bubbled through the reaction mixture and the reaction is followed by thin layer chromatography (TLC). The solvent is evaporated and the formic acid is turned into an azeotropic mixture by addition of n-heptane. The resulting oil is used in the next step without further purification.
- TLC thin layer chromatography
- Polysuccinimide (I) is prepared and fractioned accord ing to the method described by Vlasak, J., Rypacek, F., Drobnik, J., Saudek, V., J. Polymer Sci., Polymer Symp., 66:59-64 (1979).
- reaction mixture is left at room temperature for 4 days and then 11.0 ml (0.18 mol) of 2-aminoethanol are added and the reaction is continued for another 24 hours.
- the mixture is then neutralized with acetic acid, dialyzed against water and the polymer isolated by freeze-drying.
- PHEA(AE-BOC) (Compound II) (8.50 g) is dissolved in 30 ml of trifluoroacetic acid. The solution is left for one hour at room temperature and then dialyzed against distilled water (Visking Dialysis Tubing, Serva).
- the dialyzed solution is then concentrated to a volume of 30 ml by the ultrafiltration on an Amicon YM 10 membrane and diluted again with water up to 200 ml. The ultrafiltration is repeated in the same way 5 times.
- the polymer is isolated from the retentate by freeze-drying.
- Example 8 Binding of peptidylcarbamate-hemisuccinite to the polymer with aminoethyl spacer-chains (PHEA-AE).
- Peptidyl-carbamate-hemisuccinate (compound 5 of 5 Scheme 1) (0.586 g, 0.001 mol) and N-ethyl-N'-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (0.23 g, 0.0012 mol) are reacted in 4.0 ml of DMF for 45 minutes in an ice bath. Then the ice cold solution containing 2.20 g of polymer III (0.0012 mol of -NH2) and 0.167 ml (0.0012 mol) of triethylamine in 12 ml of DMF is added thereto and the reaction mixture is stirred at 0-4°C for 24 hours.
- the polymer product is then dialyzed against a phosphate buffer pH 7.00 containing 0.15 M NaCl.
- the dialyzed polymer is further purified by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) on a Sephadex G25 F column (50 x 300 mm) in the same buffer and the collected polymer fractions are desalted by repeated ultrafiltration and dilution on Amicon YM 10 membrane.
- the polymer inhibitor is isolated by freeze-drying from water.
- Example 9 Identification and characterization of the carrier polymer and the polymer-bound inhibitor
- the molecular weight distribution analysis of all polymers is performed by size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) on a mixed-bed column (Sepharose CL-4B:Sephacryl S 200 SF : : Sephadex G-25 SF, 16 : 5: 3; 13 x 350 mm).
- SEC size-exclusion chromatography
- 0.05 M phosphate buffer pH 7.50 containing 0.15 M NaCl is used as eluent.
- the column is calibrated with standard samples of PHEA (Rypacek, F., Saudek, V., Pytela, J., Skarda, V., Drobnik, J., Makromol. Chem. Suppl. 9:129-135 (1985)).
- the elution profiles are monitored by means of an 5 ISCO model 1840 Spectrophotometric detector.
- the values of molecular-weight averages, M w and M n , and a cumulative molecular-weight distribution are calculated from the SEC data. These data are shown in Figure 2.
- the content of peptidyl carbamate units in the polymer-bound inhibitor is determined from the absorption spectrum of the polymer-inhibitor (polymer IV) assuming the value of 9700 mol -1 1.cm for molar absorptivity of the above PC inhibitor at 276 nm (the data are shown in Figure 3).
- the time course of the binding reaction between the free PC and polymer III is followed by GPC.
- 10 ul samples of the reaction mixture are withdrawn at appropriate time intervals, diluted with phosphate buffer (e.g., PBS) and applied onto a Sephadex G-25 SF (11x40 mm) column.
- PBS phosphate buffer
- the ratio between the polymer-bound PC inhibitor and the unbound low-molecular-weight PC inhibitor is determined from the areas under the respective peaks of the elution curve monitored as the optical density at 276 nm (the absorption maximum for the free PC). The results are shown in Figure 4 and 5.
- Poly-alpha, beta -(N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-D,L-aspartamide) copolymer with 6-aminohexyl spacer-chains was prepared according to the overall procedure described in Example 2, but using mono-N-t-BOC-1,6-diaminohexane hydrochloride in place of mono-N-t-BOC-7 ,2diaminoethane.
- the copolymer of N-2-vinylpyrrolidone and Omethacryloyl -N-oxy-succinimide (p(VP-CO-MANSu)) containing 8 mole % methacryloyl-N-oxy-succinimide comonomer is prepared by the copolymerization of said comonomers in dioxane with azo-bis-iso-butyronitril as initiator.
- the polymer poly (VP-CO-MA-AH), i.e. copolymer of N-2-vinylpyrrolidone and N-(6-aminohexyl) methyacrylamide is isolated by freeze drying from aqueous solution.
- the mole content of aminohexyl spacer-chains is determined to be 8.9 mole % from all monomer units of the copolymer.
- peptidyl-carbamate hemisuccinate inhibitor (compound 5 of Scheme 1) prepared according to Example 1 is reacted with 21 mg of EDC (0.11 mmol) in 1.0 ml of DMF at OoC. After 60 minutes a solution of 260 mg of the above Dextran-HN2 in 2 ml of 0.1 mol 1 -1 borate buffer pH 9.00 is added and the mixture is stirred in an ice bath for another 16 hours. The reaction mixture is then diluted with 3 ml of 0.3 mol 1 -1 NaCl and applied onto a Sephadex G-25 column. The dextran-bound PC inhibitor is isolated from the collected high-molecular-weight fraction by freeze-drying.
- All enzyme assays are performed spectrophotometrically at 25 C using GARY 219 or 2200 Varian Spectrometers.
- the activity of PPE is measured using 5-Boc-L-alinine p-nitrophenyl ester (Boc-Ala-ONP), as the substrate and monitoring the absorbance at 347.5 nm (p-nitrophenol).
- the activity of HLE is measured using methoxy succinyl-L-analyl- L-alanyl L-prolyl-L-valine pnitroanilide (MeO-Suc-Ala-Ala- Pro-Val-NA), as the substrate and following the absorbance at 410 nm (pnitroaniline).
- Active inhibitors are tested against other serine dependent proteolytic enzymes such as tryps in and chymotryps in using their respective substrates, N-benzoyl-L-arginine ethyl ester, N-benzoyl-L- tyrosine ethyl ester and monitoring the absorbance at 253 and 256 respectively.
- HLE 0.1M HEPES N-2 hydroxy ethyl piperazineN-2-. ethanesulfonic acid
- buffer pH 7.4 containing 0.5 M sodium chloride and 10% dimethyl sulfoxide.
- 0.1 ml of the inhibitor and 0.1 ml of the substrate are added to 2.7 ml of sodium phosphate buffer in two quartz cuvettes.
- the cuvettes are thermally equilibrated in the spectrophotometer for two minutes and the absorbance balanced at 347.5 nm.
- PPE 0.1 ml in buffer
- 0.1 ml buffer is added to the reference cuvette. The mixture is shaken for twenty seconds and the increase in absorbance monitored for thirty minutes.
- HEPES N-2 hydroxy ethyl piperazine-N- 2ethanesulfonic acid
- Substrate MeO-Suc-Ala-Ala-Pro-Val-NA, (1.27, 8.47, 4.23) x 10 -3 M in dimethyl sulfoxide.
- Polymer-bound inhibitor (2.09, 1.05, 0.42, 0.21) x 10 -5 M in 0.05M potassium dihydrogen phosphate buffer, pH
- Free inhibitor (6.98, 3.49, 1.74, 0.70) x 10 -3 M in dimethyl sulfoxide.
- the enzyme (33 ul) is added to the sample cuvette and
- Controls are run by adding 33 ul of 0.05M potassium dihydrogen phosphate buffer pH 6.5 in place of polymer-bound
- the Ki values are determined from Dixon plots and slope replots of Lineweaver-Burke plots.
- the Ki for polymer bound free PC inhibitor is 8.0 x 10 -7 M and the K 1 for the free PC inhibitor is 0.4-1.0 x 10 -5 M.
- Substrate MeO-Suc-Ala-Ala-Pro-Val-NA, 1.26 x 10 -2 M in dimethyl sulfoxide.
- Polymer bound free PC inhibitor (4.56, 1.82, 0.91, 0.45) x 10 -5 M in 0.1M Hepes buffer pH 7.5 containing 0.05M NaCl and 10% dimethyl sulfoxide.
- 33 ul of the inhibitor and 33 ul of the enzyme are added to 1.9 ml of the 0.1M Hepes buffer in a quartz cuvette and mixed.
- the reference cuvette contains 33 uL of the inhibitor, 33 ul of 0.05 M sodium acetate buffer and 1.90 ml of 0.1M Hepes buffer.
- the cuvettes are thermally equilibrated in a spectrophotometer for 2 minutes and the absorbance balanced at 410 nm. At the end of a predetermined incubation period (2. 5 to 20 minutes), 33 ul of substrate is added to both the reference and sample cuvettes and the mixtures are shaken for 15 seconds. The reaction is then monitored for 3 minutes and the release of p-niroaniline recorded at 410 nm. Control:
- Control is conducted as above, except that 33 ul of 0.1 M Hepes buffer is used instead of inhibitor, and is considered as 100% activity.
- Ki values are obtained from a reciprocal plot of k ObS (pseudo first-order rate constant for inhibition) vs. inhibitor concentration.
- Example 16 Determination of Presence or Absence of
- Substrate MeO-Suc-Ala-Ala-Pro-Val-NA, 4.23 x 10 -3 M in dimethyl sulfoxide.
- a velocity versus inhibitor concentration plot is used to demonstrate the presence of tight binding between polymer bound PCI and the enzyme.
- the dissociation constant of the enzyme-inhibitor complex can be used as an index of inhibitory potency. When this is done, it is found that upon binding the PC inhibitor to the polymer an at least 700 fold decrease in the K i value is observed indicating improved potency.
- Figure 1 provides comparison of the inhibitory activity of the free PC inhibitor (PC-1) polymer-bound-PC inhibitor (PHEA-(AE)-PC) (P-PC11) and a natural inhibitor of elastase, i.e. alpha-lproteinase inhibitor (alpha 1 -PI). Even if the polymerbound PC inhibitor contains such a low content of PC units as 1.6 mole % in this case it is at least as active as alpha 1 -PI.
- the polymer PHEA has been shown to lack toxicity (Neri, p.; Antoni, G.; Benvenute, F.; Cocola, F. and Gazzei, G., J. Med. Chem., 16:893-897 (1973). In fact, it is not possible to determine its LD50 in mice and rats owing to its extreme tolerability over a period of 40 days. Daily i.v. injections of PHEA at doses 10 fold greater than those likely to be used in man do not induce any significant changes in total weight gain or organ weight. Moreover, no adverse effect of PHEA on the biosynthetic mechanism of the serum proteins or of blood cells has been observed (Neri et al, supra).
- PHEA has been shown to lack antigenecity. When PHEA is injected in rabbits and guinea pigs according to a wide number of immunization patterns no evidence of an immune response to it is found. (Neri et al, supra).
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