US20150299131A1 - Compounds and methods for inhibiting nhe-mediated antiport in the treatment of disorders associated with fluid retention or salt overload and gastrointestinal tract disorders - Google Patents

Compounds and methods for inhibiting nhe-mediated antiport in the treatment of disorders associated with fluid retention or salt overload and gastrointestinal tract disorders Download PDF

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US20150299131A1 US14/421,454 US201314421454A US2015299131A1 US 20150299131 A1 US20150299131 A1 US 20150299131A1 US 201314421454 A US201314421454 A US 201314421454A US 2015299131 A1 US2015299131 A1 US 2015299131A1
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  • the present disclosure is directed to compounds that are substantially active in the gastrointestinal tract to inhibit NHE-mediated antiport of sodium ions and hydrogen ions, and the use of such compounds in the treatment of disorders associated with fluid retention or salt overload and in the treatment of gastrointestinal tract disorders, including the treatment or reduction of pain associated with a gastrointestinal tract disorder.
  • congestive heart failure a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Councils on Epidemiology and Prevention, Clinical Cardiology, Cardiovascular Nursing, and High Blood Pressure Research ; Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group; and Functional Genomics and Translational Biology Interdisciplinary Working Group: Circulation, v. 117, no. 19, p. 2544-2565 (2008)).
  • CHF congestive heart failure
  • CHF heart failure leading to CHF
  • systolic heart failure caused by contractile failure of the myocardium.
  • a main cause of CHF is due to ischemic coronary artery disease, with or without infarction. Long standing hypertension, particularly when it is poorly controlled, may lead to CHF.
  • neurohumoral compensatory mechanisms i.e., the sympathetic nervous system and the renin-angiotensin system
  • the renin-angiotensin system is activated in response to decreased cardiac output, causing increased levels of plasma renin, angiotensin II, and aldosterone.
  • cardiac output increases proportionally, to a point where the heart is unable to dilate further.
  • contractility is reduced, so the heart operates at higher volumes and higher filling pressures to maintain output. Filling pressures may eventually increase to a level that causes transudation of fluid into the lungs and congestive symptoms (e.g., edema, shortness of breath). All of these symptoms are related to fluid volume and salt retention, and this chronic fluid and salt overload further contribute to disease progression.
  • Compliance with the medication regimen and with dietary sodium restrictions is a critical component of self-management for patients with heart failure and may lengthen life, reduce hospitalizations and improve quality of life. Physicians often recommend keeping salt intake below 2.3 g per day and no more than 2 g per day for people with heart failure. Most people eat considerably more than this, so it is likely that a person with congestive heart failure will need to find ways to reduce dietary salt.
  • diuretics may be used or administered to relieve congestion by decreasing volume and, consequently, filling pressures to below those that cause pulmonary edema. By counteracting the volume increase, diuretics reduce cardiac output; however, fatigue and dizziness may replace CHF symptoms.
  • thiazides Among the classes or types of diuretics currently being used is thiazides. Thiazides inhibit NaCl transport in the kidney, thereby preventing reabsorption of Na in the cortical diluting segment at the ending portion of the loop of Henle and the proximal portion of the distal convoluted tubule. However, these drugs are not effective when the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is less than 30 ml/min.
  • GFR glomerular filtration rate
  • loop diuretics e.g., furosemide
  • Loop diuretics inhibit the NaKCl transport system, thus preventing reabsorption of Na in the loop of Henle.
  • Diuretic resistance may be caused by poor availability of the drug.
  • endogenous acids compete with loop diuretics such as furosemide for the organic acid secretory pathway in the tubular lumen of the nephron. Higher doses, or continuous infusion, are therefore needed to achieve entrance of an adequate amount of drug into the nephron.
  • recent meta-analysis have raised awareness about the long-term risk of chronic use of diuretics in the treatment of CHF. For instance, in a recent study (Ahmed et al., Int J Cardiol. 2008 April 10; 125(2): 246-253) it was shown that chronic diuretic use was associated with significantly increased mortality and hospitalization in ambulatory older adults with heart failure receiving angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor and diuretics.
  • Angiotensin-converting enzyme (“ACE”) inhibitors are an example of another drug therapy that may be used to treat congestive heart failure.
  • ACE inhibitors cause vasodilatation by blocking the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. Abnormally low cardiac output may cause the renal system to respond by releasing renin, which then converts angiotensinogen into angiotensin I.
  • ACE converts angiotensin I into angiotensin II.
  • Angiotensin II stimulates the thirst centers in the hypothalamus and causes vasoconstriction, thus increasing blood pressure and venous return.
  • Angiotensin II also causes aldosterone to be released, causing reabsorption of Na and concomitant passive reabsorption of fluid, which in turn causes the blood volume to increase.
  • ACE inhibitors block this compensatory system and improve cardiac performance by decreasing systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance.
  • ACE inhibitors have shown survival benefit and conventionally have been a treatment of choice for CHF.
  • ACE inhibitors lower aldosterone, the K-secreting hormone, one of the side-effects of their use is hyperkalemia.
  • ACE inhibitors have been show to lead to acute renal failure in certain categories of CHF patients. (See, e.g., C. S.
  • ESRD end stage renal disease
  • ESRD end stage renal disease
  • the quasi-absence of renal function and ability to eliminate salt and fluid results in large fluctuations in body weight as fluid and salt build up in the body (sodium/volume overload).
  • the fluid overload is characterized as interdialytic weight gain.
  • High fluid overload is also worsened by heart dysfunction, specifically CHF.
  • Dialysis is used to remove uremic toxins and also adjust salt and fluid homeostasis.
  • SIH symptomatic intradialytic hypotension
  • SIH symptomatic intradialytic hypotension
  • the cause of primary or “essential” hypertension is elusive. However, several observations point to the kidney as a primary factor. The strongest data for excess salt intake and elevated blood pressure come from INTERSALT, a cross-sectional study of greater than 10,000 participants. For individuals, a significant, positive, independent linear relation between 24-hour sodium excretion and systolic blood pressure was found. Higher individual 24-hour urinary sodium excretions were found to be associated with higher systolic/diastolic blood pressure on average, by 6-3/3-0 mm Hg. Primary hypertension is a typical example of a complex, multifactorial, and polygenic trait.
  • ESLD end stage liver disease
  • Fluid retention is the most frequent complication of ESLD and occurs in about 50% of patients within 10 years of the diagnosis of cirrhosis. This complication significantly impairs the quality of life of cirrhotic patients and is also associated with poor prognosis.
  • the one-year and five-year survival rate is 85% and 56%, respectively (Kashani et al., Fluid retention in cirrhosis: pathophysiology and management ; QJM, v. 101, no. 2, p. 71-85 (2008)).
  • Splanchnic vasodilation increases splanchnic lymph production, exceeding the lymph transportation system capacity, and leads to lymph leakage into the peritoneal cavity.
  • Thiazolidinediones such as rosiglitazone
  • PPAR peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
  • TZD's are peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma agonist agents used for the treatment of type-2 diabetes and are widely prescribed.
  • PPAR peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
  • fluid retention has emerged as the most common and serious side-effect of TZD's and has become the most frequent cause of discontinuation of therapy.
  • the incidence of TZD-induced fluid retention ranges from 7% in monotherapy and to as high as 15% when combined with insulin (Yan, T., Soodvilai, S., PPAR Research volume 2008, article ID 943614).
  • the mechanisms for such side-effects are not fully understood but may be related in Na and fluid re-absorption in the kidney.
  • TZD-induced fluid retention is resistant to loop diuretics or thiazide diuretics, and combination of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) alpha with PPAR gamma agonists, which were proposed to reduce such fluid overload, are associated with major adverse cardiovascular events.
  • PPAR peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
  • salt and fluid accumulation contribute to the morbidity and mortality of many diseases, including heart failure (in particular, congestive heart failure), chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease, liver disease and the like. It is also accepted that salt and fluid accumulation are risk factors for hypertension. Accordingly, there is a clear need for a medicament that, when administered to a patient in need, would result in a reduction in sodium retention, fluid retention, or preferably both. Such a medicament would more preferably also not involve or otherwise impair renal mechanisms of fluid/Na homeostasis.
  • Diarrhea may be triggered by several agents including, for example, laxatives such as sorbitol, polyethyleneglycol, bisacodyl and phenolphthaleine. Sorbitol and polyethyleneglycol triggers osmotic diarrhea with low levels of secreted electrolytes; thus, their utility in removing sodium salt from the GI tract is limited.
  • laxatives such as sorbitol, polyethyleneglycol, bisacodyl and phenolphthaleine.
  • Sorbitol and polyethyleneglycol triggers osmotic diarrhea with low levels of secreted electrolytes; thus, their utility in removing sodium salt from the GI tract is limited.
  • the mechanism of action of phenolphthalein is not clearly established, but is thought to be caused by inhibition of the Na/K ATPase and the Cl/HCO 3 anion exchanger and stimulation of electrogenic anion secretion (see, e.g., Eherer, A. J., C. A. Santa Ana
  • a fluid-absorbing polymer such as the natural plant fiber psyllium.
  • Polymeric materials, and more specifically hydrogel polymers may also be used for the removal of fluid from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
  • GI gastrointestinal
  • the use of such polymers is described in, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,470,975 and No. 6,908,609, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all relevant and consistent purposes.
  • polymers to effectively remove significant quantities of fluid they must desirably resist the static and osmotic pressure range existing in the GI tract.
  • the osmotic gradient produced drives fluid from the lumen to the serosal side of the mucosa.
  • Fluid-absorbing polymers such as those described in for example U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,470,975 and 6,908,609, may not be able to sustain such pressure. Such polymers may collapse in a normal colon where the salt absorption process is intact, hence removing a modest quantity of fluid and thereby salt.
  • Synthetic polymers that bind sodium have also been described.
  • ion-exchange polymeric resins such as Dowex-type cation exchange resins
  • KayexalateTM or KionexTM
  • cation exchange resins have very limited use as drugs, due at least in part to their limited capacity and poor cation binding selectivity.
  • the resins may release a stochiometric amount of exogenous cations (e.g., H, K, Ca), which may in turn potentially cause acidosis (H), hyperkalemia (K) or contribute to vascular calcification (Ca). Such resins may also cause constipation.
  • exogenous cations e.g., H, K, Ca
  • H acidosis
  • K hyperkalemia
  • Ca vascular calcification
  • Such resins may also cause constipation.
  • Constipation is characterized by infrequent and difficult passage of stool and becomes chronic when a patient suffers specified symptoms for over 12 non-consecutive weeks within a 12-month period. Chronic constipation is idiopathic if it is not caused by other diseases or by use of medications.
  • An evidence-based approach to the management of chronic constipation in North America (Brandt et al., 2005, Am. J. Gastroenterol. 100(Suppl.1):S5-S21) revealed that prevalence is approximately 15% of the general population. Constipation is reported more commonly in women, the elderly, non-whites, and individuals from lower socioeconomic groups.
  • IBS Irritable bowel syndrome
  • D-IBS diarrhea-predominant IBS
  • C-IBS constipation-predominant IBS
  • Visceral hypersensitivity is often considered to play a major etiologic role and has been proposed to be a biological marker even useful to discriminate IBS from other causes of abdominal pain.
  • IBS patients were submitted to a visceral sensitivity test (Balloon distention) and compared with healthy subjects. It revealed that 61% of the IBS patients had an altered visceral perception as measured by pain and discomfort threshold.
  • Other reviews have documented the role of visceral hypersensitivity in abdominal pain symptomatic of various gastrointestinal tract disorders (Akbar, A, et al, Aliment. Pharmaco.
  • Constipation is commonly found in the geriatric population, particularly patients with osteoporosis who have to take calcium supplements. Calcium supplements have shown to be beneficial in ostoporotic patients to restore bone density but compliance is poor because of calcium-induced constipation effects.
  • Opioid-induced constipation (also referred to as opioid-induced bowel dysfunction or opioid bowel dysfuntion (OBD)) is a common adverse effect associated with opioid therapy.
  • OIC is commonly described as constipation; however, it is a constellation of adverse gastrointestinal (GI) effects, which also includes abdominal cramping, bloating, and gastroesophageal reflux.
  • GI adverse gastrointestinal
  • Patients with cancer may have disease-related constipation, which is usually worsened by opioid therapy.
  • OIC is not limited to cancer patients.
  • a recent survey of patients taking opioid therapy for pain of non-cancer origin found that approximately 40% of patients experienced constipation related to opioid therapy ( ⁇ 3 complete bowel movements per week) compared with 7.6% in a control group.
  • Some patients suffering from chronic idiopathic constipation can be successfully treated with lifestyle modification, dietary changes and increased fluid and fiber intake, and these treatments are generally tried first.
  • physicians typically recommend laxatives, most of which are available over-the-counter. Use of laxatives provided over-the-counter is judged inefficient by about half of the patients (Johanson and Kralstein, 2007, Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. 25(5):599-608).
  • Other therapeutic options currently prescribed or in clinical development for the treatment of IBS and chronic constipation including OIC are described in, for example: Chang et al., 2006, Curr. Teat. Options Gastroenterol.
  • Such treatments include but are not limited to serotonin receptor ligands, chloride channel activators, opioid receptor antagonists, guanylate-cyclase receptor agonists and nucleotide P2Y(2) receptor agonists. Many of these treatment options are inadequate, as they may be habit forming, ineffective in some patients, may cause long term adverse effects, or otherwise are less than optimal.
  • a major function of the GI tract is to maintain water/Na homeostasis by absorbing virtually all water and Na to which the GI tract is exposed.
  • the epithelial layer covering the apical surface of the mammalian colon is a typical electrolyte-transporting epithelium, which is able to move large quantities of salt and water in both directions across the mucosa. For example, each day the GI tract processes about 9 liters of fluid and about 800 meq of Na. (See, e.g., Zachos et al., Molecular physiology of intestinal Na+/H+ exchange ; Annu. Rev. Physiol., v. 67, p.
  • Electroneutral transport is essentially due to the Na + /H + antiport NHE (e.g., NHE-3) and is responsible for the bulk of Na absorption. Electrogenic transport is provided by the epithelium sodium channel (“ENaC”). Electroneutral transport is located primarily in the ileal segment and proximal colon and electrogenic transport is located in the distal colon.
  • ENaC epithelium sodium channel
  • Plasma membrane NHEs contribute to maintenance of intracellular pH and volume, transcellular absorption of NaCl and NaHCO 3 , and fluid balance carried out by epithelial cells, especially in the kidney, intestine, gallbladder, and salivary glands, as well as regulation of systemic pH.
  • Nine isoforms of NHEs have been identified (Kiela, P. R., et al.; Apical NA+/H+ exchangers in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract ; J. Physiol. Pharmacol., v. 57 Suppl 7, p.
  • NHE-2, NHE-3 and NHE-8 are expressed on the apical side of the GI tract, with NHE-3 providing a larger contribution to transport.
  • NHE-3 provides a larger contribution to transport.
  • Cl-dependant NHE has been identified in the crypt of rat cells.
  • much research has been devoted to identifying inhibitors of NHEs. The primary targets of such research have been NHE-1 and NHE-3. Small molecule NHE inhibitors are, for example, described in: U.S. Pat. Nos.
  • 2004/0039001 (WO 02/020496); 2005/0020612 (WO 03/055490); 2004/0113396 (WO 03/051866); 2005/0020612; 2005/0054705; 2008/0194621; 2007/0225323; 2004/0039001; 2004/0224965; 2005/0113396; 2007/0135383; 2007/0135385; 2005/0244367; 2007/0270414; International Publication Nos. WO 01/072742; WO 01/021582 (CA2387529); WO 97/024113 (CA02241531) and European Pat. No. EP0744397 (CA2177007); all of which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety for all relevant and consistent purposes.
  • NHE inhibitors that are not absorbed (i.e., not systemic) and target the gastrointestinal tract, as disclosed recently in WO 2010/078449.
  • Such inhibitors can be utilized in the treatment of disorders associated with fluid retention and salt overload and in the treatment of GI tract disorders, including the treatment or reduction of pain associated with a gastrointestinal tract disorder.
  • Such inhibitors are particular advantageous because they can be delivered with reduced fear of systemic on-target or off-target effects (e.g., little or no risk of renal involvement or other systemic effects.
  • the present invention is directed to compounds that are substantially active in the gastrointestinal tract to inhibit NHE-mediated antiport of sodium ions and hydrogen ions, and the use of such compounds in the treatment of disorders associated with fluid retention and salt overload and in the treatment of gastrointestinal tract disorders, including the treatment or reduction of pain associated with a gastrointestinal tract disorder.
  • the NHE-inhibiting small molecule moiety has the following structure:
  • the NHE-inhibiting small molecule moiety has one of the following structures:
  • L is a polyalkylene glycol linker.
  • L is a polyethylene glycol linker.
  • X is C(X 1 ). In further embodiments, each X, is hydrogen.
  • X is N.
  • each Z a is hydrogen
  • W is selected from alkylene, polyalkylene glycol, —C( ⁇ O)—NH-(alkylene)-NH—C( ⁇ O)—, —C( ⁇ O)—NH-(polyalkylene glycol)-NH—C( ⁇ O)—, —C( ⁇ O)-(alkylene)-C( ⁇ O)—, —C( ⁇ O)-(polyalkylene glycol)-C( ⁇ O)— and cycloalkyl,
  • X is N
  • Y is C 1-6 alkylene
  • Z is selected from —NZ a —C( ⁇ O)—NZ a —, —C( ⁇ O)NZ a —, —NZ a —C( ⁇ O)— and heteroaryl;
  • each Z a is independently selected from hydrogen and C 1-6 alkyl
  • the NHE-inhibiting small molecule moiety has the following structure:
  • the NHE-inhibiting small molecule moiety has one of the following structures:
  • L is a polyalkylene glycol linker.
  • L is a polyethylene glycol linker.
  • X is C(X 1 ). In further embodiments, each X, is hydrogen.
  • X is N.
  • each Z a is hydrogen
  • a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound as set forth above, or a stereoisomer, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient.
  • the composition further comprises a fluid-absorbing polymer.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer is delivered directly to the colon.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer has a fluid absorbency of at least about 15 g of isotonic fluid per g of polymer under a static pressure of about 5 kPa.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer has a fluid absorbency of at least about 15 g of isotonic fluid per g of polymer under a static pressure of about 10 kPa.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer is characterized by a fluid absorbency of at least about 10 g/g.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer is characterized by a fluid absorbency of at least about 15 g/g. In further embodiments, the fluid-absorbing polymer is superabsorbent. In further embodiments, the fluid-absorbing polymer is a crosslinked, partially neutralized polyelectrolyte hydrogel. In further embodiments, the fluid-absorbing polymer is a crosslinked polyacrylate. In further embodiments, the fluid-absorbing polymer is a polyelectrolyte. In further embodiments, the fluid-absorbing polymer is calcium Carbophil. In further embodiments, the fluid-absorbing polymer is prepared by a high internal phase emulsion process. In further embodiments, the fluid-absorbing polymer is a foam.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer is prepared by a aqueous free radical polymerization of acrylamide or a derivative thereof, a crosslinker and a free radical initiator redox system in water.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer is a hydrogel.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer is an N-alkyl acrylamide.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer is a superporous gel.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer is naturally occurring.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer is selected from the group consisting of xanthan, guar, wellan, hemicelluloses, alkyl-cellulose hydro-alkyl-cellulose, carboxy-alkyl-cellulose, carrageenan, dextran, hyaluronic acid and agarose.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer is psyllium.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer is a polysaccharide that includes xylose and arabinose.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer is a polysaccharide that includes xylose and arabinose, wherein the ratio of xylose to arabinose is at least about 3:1, by weight.
  • the composition further comprises another pharmaceutically active agent or compound.
  • the composition further comprises another pharmaceutically active agent or compound selected from the group consisting of a diuretic, cardiac glycoside, ACE inhibitor, angiotensin-2 receptor antagonist, aldosterone antagonist, aldosterone synthase inhibitor, renin inhibitor, calcium channel blocker, beta blocker, alpha blocker, central alpha agonist, vasodilator, blood thinner, anti-platelet agent, lipid-lowering agent, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma agonist agent.
  • a diuretic cardiac glycoside
  • ACE inhibitor angiotensin-2 receptor antagonist
  • aldosterone antagonist aldosterone synthase inhibitor
  • renin inhibitor calcium channel blocker
  • beta blocker alpha blocker
  • central alpha agonist vasodilator
  • blood thinner blood thinner
  • anti-platelet agent lipid-lowering agent
  • PPAR peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
  • the diuretic is selected from the group consisting of a high ceiling loop diuretic, a benzothiadiazide diuretic, a potassium sparing diuretic, and a osmotic diuretic.
  • the composition further comprises another pharmaceutically active agent or compound selected from the group consisting of an analgesic peptide or agent.
  • the composition further comprises another pharmaceutically active agent or compound selected from the group consisting of a laxative agent selected from a bulk-producing agent (e.g.
  • psyllium husk (Metamucil)), methylcellulose (Citrucel), polycarbophil, dietary fiber, apples, stool softeners/surfactant (e.g., docusate, Colace, Diocto), a hydrating or osmotic agent (e.g., dibasic sodium phosphate, magnesium citrate, magnesium hydroxide (Milk of magnesia), magnesium sulfate (which is Epsom salt), monobasic sodium phosphate, sodium biphosphate), a hyperosmotic agent (e.g., glycerin suppositories, sorbitol, lactulose, and polyethylene glycol (PEG)).
  • a hydrating or osmotic agent e.g., dibasic sodium phosphate, magnesium citrate, magnesium hydroxide (Milk of magnesia), magnesium sulfate (which is Epsom salt), monobasic sodium phosphate, sodium biphosphate
  • a method for inhibiting NHE-mediated antiport of sodium and hydrogen ions comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound or pharmaceutical composition as set forth above.
  • a method for treating a disorder associated with fluid retention or salt overload comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound or pharmaceutical composition as set forth above.
  • a method for treating a disorder selected from the group consisting of heart failure (such as congestive heart failure), chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease, liver disease, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma agonist-induced fluid retention comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound or pharmaceutical composition as set forth above.
  • heart failure such as congestive heart failure
  • PPAR peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
  • a method for treating hypertension comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound or pharmaceutical composition as set forth above.
  • the method comprises administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of the compound to the mammal in order to increase the mammal's daily fecal output of sodium and/or fluid. In further embodiments, the method comprises administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of the compound to the mammal in order to increase the mammal's daily fecal output of sodium by at least about 30 mmol, and/or fluid by at least about 200 ml. In further embodiments, the mammal's fecal output of sodium and/or fluid is increased without introducing another type of cation in a stoichiometric or near stoichiometric fashion via an ion exchange process.
  • the method further comprises administering to the mammal a fluid-absorbing polymer to absorb fecal fluid resulting from the use of the compound that is substantially active in the gastrointestinal tract to inhibit NHE-mediated antiport of sodium ions and hydrogen ions therein.
  • the compound or composition is administered to treat hypertension. In further embodiments, the compound or composition is administered to treat hypertension associated with dietary salt intake. In further embodiments, administration of the compound or composition allows the mammal to intake a more palatable diet. In further embodiments, the compound or composition is administered to treat fluid overload. In further embodiments, the fluid overload is associated with congestive heart failure. In further embodiments, the fluid overload is associated with end stage renal disease. In further embodiments, the fluid overload is associated with peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma agonist therapy. In further embodiments, the compound or composition is administered to treat sodium overload. In further embodiments, the compound or composition is administered to reduce interdialytic weight gain in ESRD patients. In further embodiments, the compound or composition is administered to treat edema. In further embodiments, the edema is caused by chemotherapy, pre-menstrual fluid overload or preeclampsia.
  • PPAR peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
  • the compound or composition is administered orally, by rectal suppository, or enema.
  • the method comprises administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of the compound or composition in combination with one or more additional pharmaceutically active compounds or agents.
  • the one or more additional pharmaceutically active compounds or agents is selected from the group consisting of a diuretic, cardiac glycoside, ACE inhibitor, angiotensin-2 receptor antagonist, aldosterone antagonist, aldosterone synthase inhibitor, renin inhibitor, calcium channel blocker, beta blocker, alpha blocker, central alpha agonist, vasodilator, blood thinner, anti-platelet agent, lipid-lowering agent, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma agonist agent.
  • PPAR peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
  • the diuretic is selected from the group consisting of a high ceiling loop diuretic, a benzothiadiazide diuretic, a potassium sparing diuretic, and a osmotic diuretic.
  • the pharmaceutically effective amount of the compound or composition, and the one or more additional pharmaceutically active compounds or agents are administered as part of a single pharmaceutical preparation.
  • the pharmaceutically effective amount of the compound or composition, and the one or more additional pharmaceutically active compounds or agents are administered as individual pharmaceutical preparations.
  • the individual pharmaceutical preparation are administered sequentially.
  • the individual pharmaceutical preparation are administered simultaneously.
  • a method for treating a gastrointestinal tract disorder comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound or pharmaceutical composition as set forth above.
  • the gastrointestinal tract disorder is a gastrointestinal motility disorder. In further embodiments, the gastrointestinal tract disorder is irritable bowel syndrome. In further embodiments, the gastrointestinal tract disorder is chronic constipation. In further embodiments, the gastrointestinal tract disorder is chronic idiopathic constipation. In further embodiments, the gastrointestinal tract disorder is chronic constipation occurring in cystic fibrosis patients. In further embodiments, the gastrointestinal tract disorder is opioid-induced constipation. In further embodiments, the gastrointestinal tract disorder is a functional gastrointestinal tract disorder. In further embodiments, the gastrointestinal tract disorder is selected from the group consisting of chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction and colonic pseudo-obstruction. In further embodiments, the gastrointestinal tract disorder is Crohn's disease.
  • the gastrointestinal tract disorder is ulcerative colitis. In further embodiments, the gastrointestinal tract disorder is a disease referred to as inflammatory bowel disease. In further embodiments, the gastrointestinal tract disorder is associated with chronic kidney disease (stage 4 or 5). In further embodiments, the gastrointestinal tract disorder is constipation induced by calcium supplement. In further embodiments, the gastrointestinal tract disorder is constipation, and the constipation to be treated is associated with the use of a therapeutic agent. In further embodiments, the gastrointestinal tract disorder is constipation, and the constipation to be treated is associated with a neuropathic disorder. In further embodiments, the gastrointestinal tract disorder is constipation, and the constipation to be treated is post-surgical constipation (postoperative ileus).
  • the gastrointestinal tract disorder is constipation, and the constipation to be treated is idiopathic (functional constipation or slow transit constipation).
  • the gastrointestinal tract disorder is constipation, and the constipation to be treated is associated with neuropathic, metabolic or an endocrine disorder (e.g., diabetes mellitus, renal failure, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, hypocalcaemia, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, spinal cord lesions, neurofibromatosis, autonomic neuropathy, Chagas disease, Hirschsprung's disease or cystic fibrosis, and the like).
  • neuropathic, metabolic or an endocrine disorder e.g., diabetes mellitus, renal failure, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, hypocalcaemia, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, spinal cord lesions, neurofibromatosis, autonomic neuropathy, Chagas disease, Hirschsprung's disease or cystic fibrosis, and the like.
  • the gastrointestinal tract disorder is constipation
  • the constipation to be treated is due the use of drugs selected from analgesics (e.g., opioids), antihypertensives, anticonvulsants, antidepressants, antispasmodics and antipsychotics.
  • analgesics e.g., opioids
  • antihypertensives e.g., anticonvulsants
  • antidepressants e.g., antidepressants
  • antispasmodics e.g., antipsychotics.
  • a method for treating irritable bowel syndrome comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound or pharmaceutical composition as set forth above.
  • the compound or composition is administered to treat or reduce pain associated with a gastrointestinal tract disorder. In further embodiments, the compound or composition is administered to treat or reduce visceral hypersensitivity associated with a gastrointestinal tract disorder. In further embodiments, the compound or composition is administered to treat or reduce inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. In further embodiments, the compound or composition is administered to reduce gastrointestinal transit time.
  • the compound or composition is administered either orally or by rectal suppository.
  • the method comprises administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of the compound or composition, in combination with one or more additional pharmaceutically active compounds or agents.
  • the one or more additional pharmaceutically active agents or compounds are an analgesic peptide or agent.
  • the one or more additional pharmaceutically active agents or compounds are selected from the group consisting of a laxative agent selected from a bulk-producing agent (e.g.
  • psyllium husk (Metamucil)), methylcellulose (Citrucel), polycarbophil, dietary fiber, apples, stool softeners/surfactant (e.g., docusate, Colace, Diocto), a hydrating or osmotic agent (e.g., dibasic sodium phosphate, magnesium citrate, magnesium hydroxide (Milk of magnesia), magnesium sulfate (which is Epsom salt), monobasic sodium phosphate, sodium biphosphate), and a hyperosmotic agent (e.g., glycerin suppositories, sorbitol, lactulose, and polyethylene glycol (PEG)).
  • a hydrating or osmotic agent e.g., dibasic sodium phosphate, magnesium citrate, magnesium hydroxide (Milk of magnesia), magnesium sulfate (which is Epsom salt), monobasic sodium phosphate, sodium biphosphate
  • the pharmaceutically effective amount of the compound or composition, and the one or more additional pharmaceutically active compounds or agents are administered as part of a single pharmaceutical preparation. In further embodiments, the pharmaceutically effective amount of the compound or composition, and the one or more additional pharmaceutically active compounds or agents, are administered as individual pharmaceutical preparations. In further embodiments, the individual pharmaceutical preparation are administered sequentially. In further embodiments, the individual pharmaceutical preparation are administered simultaneously.
  • NHE-mediated antiport of sodium ions (Na + ) and hydrogen ions (H + ) in the gastrointestinal tract, and more particularly the gastrointestinal epithelia is a powerful approach to the treatment of various disorders that may be associated with or caused by fluid retention and/or salt overload, and/or disorders such as heart failure (in particular, congestive heart failure), chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease, liver disease, and/or peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma agonist-induced fluid retention.
  • heart failure in particular, congestive heart failure
  • chronic kidney disease chronic kidney disease
  • end-stage renal disease end-stage renal disease
  • liver disease and/or peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma agonist-induced fluid retention.
  • PPAR peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
  • the inhibition of the NHE-mediated antiport of sodium ions and hydrogen ions in the GI tract increases the fecal excretion of sodium, effectively reducing systemic levels of sodium and fluid. This, in turn, improves the clinical status of a patient suffering from, for example, CHF, ESRD/CKD and/or liver disease. It has further been found that such a treatment may optionally be enhanced by the co-administration of other beneficial compounds or compositions, such as for example a fluid-absorbing polymer.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer may optimally be chosen so that it does not block or otherwise negatively interfere with the mechanism of action of the co-dosed NHE-inhibiting compound.
  • NHE-mediated antiport of sodium ions (Na + ) and hydrogen ions (H + ) in the gastrointestinal tract is a powerful approach to the treatment of hypertension, that may be associated with or caused by fluid retention and/or salt overload. More specifically, it has been found that the inhibition of the NHE-mediated antiport of sodium ions and hydrogen ions in the GI tract increases the fecal excretion of sodium, effectively reducing systemic levels of sodium and fluid. This, in turn, improves the clinical status of a patient suffering from hypertension.
  • Such a treatment may optionally be enhanced by the co-administration of other beneficial compounds or compositions, such as for example a fluid-absorbing polymer.
  • a fluid-absorbing polymer may optimally be chosen so that it does not block or otherwise negatively interfere with the mechanism of action of the co-dosed NHE-inhibiting compound.
  • NHE-mediated antiport of sodium ions (Na + ) and hydrogen ions (H + ) in the gastrointestinal tract is a powerful approach to the treatment of various gastrointestinal tract disorders, including the treatment or reduction of pain associated with gastrointestinal tract disorders, and more particularly to the restoration of appropriate fluid secretion in the gut and the improvement of pathological conditions encountered in constipation states.
  • the compounds of the present disclosure restore fluid homeostasis in the GI tract, particularly in situations wherein fluid secretion/absorption is altered in such a way that it results in a high degree of feces dehydration, low gut motility, and/or a slow transit-time producing constipation states and GI discomfort generally. It has further been found that such a treatment may optionally be enhanced by the co-administration of other beneficial compounds or compositions, such as for example a fluid-absorbing polymer.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer may optimally be chosen so that it does not block or otherwise negatively interfere with the mechanism of action of the co-dosed NHE-inhibiting compound.
  • the method of the present disclosure employs the use of compounds and compositions that are desirably highly selective or localized, thus acting substantially in the gastrointestinal tract without exposure to other tissues or organs. In this way, any systemic effects can be minimized (whether they are on-target or off-target). Accordingly, it is to be noted that, as used herein, and as further detailed elsewhere herein, “substantially active in the gastrointestinal tract” generally refers to compounds that are substantially systemically non-bioavailable and/or substantially impermeable to the layer of epithelial cells, and more specifically epithelium of the GI tract.
  • substantially impermeable more particularly encompasses compounds that are impermeable to the layer of epithelial cells, and more specifically the gastrointestinal epithelium (or epithelial layer).
  • gastrointestinal epithelium refers to the membranous tissue covering the internal surface of the gastrointestinal tract. Accordingly, by being substantially impermeable, a compound has very limited ability to be transferred across the gastrointestinal epithelium, and thus contact other internal organs (e.g., the brain, heart, liver, etc.).
  • transcellular transit a substance travels through the cell, mediated by either passive or active transport passing through both the apical and basolateral membranes
  • paracellular transit where a substance travels between cells of an epithelium, usually through highly restrictive structures known as “tight junctions”.
  • the compounds of the present disclosure may therefore not be absorbed, and are thus essentially not systemically bioavailable at all (e.g., impermeable to the gastrointestinal epithelium at all), or they show no detectable concentration of the compound in serum.
  • the compounds may: (i) exhibit some detectable permeability to the layer of epithelial cells, and more particularly the epithelium of the GI tract, of less than about 20% of the administered compound (e.g., less than about 15%, about 10%, or even about 5%, and for example greater than about 0.5%, or 1%), but then are rapidly cleared in the liver (i.e., hepatic extraction) via first-pass metabolism; and/or (ii) exhibit some detectable permeability to the layer of epithelial cells, and more particularly the epithelium of the GI tract, of less than about 20% of the administered compound (e.g., less than about 15%, about 10%, or even about 5%, and for example greater than about 0.5%, or 1%), but then are rapidly cleared in the
  • Compounds may also be cleared from circulation unchanged into the bile by biliary excretion.
  • the compounds of the present disclosure may therefore not exhibit detectable concentrations in the bile.
  • the compounds may exhibit some detectable concentration in the bile and more particularly the epithelium of the biliary tract and gallbladder of 10 ⁇ M, less than 1 ⁇ M, less than 0.1 ⁇ M, less than 0.01 ⁇ M or less than about 0.001 ⁇ M.
  • substantially systemically non-bioavailable generally refers to the inability to detect a compound in the systemic circulation of an animal or human following an oral dose of the compound.
  • a compound to be bioavailable it must be transferred across the gastrointestinal epithelium (that is, substantially permeable as defined above), be transported via the portal circulation to the liver, avoid substantial metabolism in the liver, and then be transferred into systemic circulation.
  • the NHE-inhibiting compounds e.g., NHE-3, -2 and/or -8 inhibitors
  • the NHE-inhibiting compounds are believed to act via a distinct and unique mechanism, causing the retention of fluid and ions in the GI tract (and stimulating fecal excretion) rather than stimulating increased secretion of said fluid and ions.
  • lubiprostone (Amitiza® Sucampo/Takeda) is a bicyclic fatty acid prostaglandin E1 analog that activates the Type 2 Chloride Channel (ClC-2) and increases chloride-rich fluid secretion from the serosal to the mucosal side of the GI tract (see, e.g., Pharmacological Reviews for Amitiza®, NDA package).
  • Linaclotide (MD-1100 acetate, Microbia/Forest Labs) is a 14 amino acid peptide analogue of an endogenous hormone, guanylin, and indirectly activates the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) thereby inducing fluid and electrolyte secretion into the GI (see, e.g., Li et al., J. Exp. Med., vol. 202 (2005), pp. 975-986).
  • the substantially impermeable NHE-inhibiting compounds of the present disclosure act to inhibit the reuptake of salt and fluid rather than promote secretion. Since the GI tract processes about 9 liters of fluid and about 800 meq of Na each day, it is anticipated that NHE inhibition could permit the removal of substantial quantities of systemic fluid and sodium to resorb edema and resolve CHF symptoms.
  • the linker moiety is a polyethylene glycol (PEG) motif PEG derivatives are advantageous due in part to their aqueous solubility, which may help avoid hydrophobic collapse (the intramolecular interaction of hydrophobic motifs that can occur when a hydrophobic molecule is exposed to an aqueous environment (see, e.g., Wiley, R. A.; Rich, D. H. Medical Research Reviews 1993, 13(3), 327-384).
  • the core moiety illustrated below is also advantageous because it provides some rigidity to the molecule, allowing an increase in distance between the NHE-inhibiting small molecule moieties while minimally increasing rotational degrees of freedom.
  • NHE-inhibiting compounds that may be utilized for the treatments detailed in the instant disclosure, it may in some cases be advantageous to first determine a likely point of attachment on a NHE-inhibiting small molecule moiety, where a core or linker might be installed or attached before making a series of candidate multivalent or polyvalent compounds. This may be done by one skilled in the art via known methods by systematically installing functional groups, or functional groups displaying a fragment of the desired core or linker, onto various positions of the NHE-inhibiting small molecule moiety and then testing these adducts to determine whether the modified compound still retains desired biological properties (e.g., NHE-inhibiting activity).
  • desired biological properties e.g., NHE-inhibiting activity
  • cores and linkers Another aspect to be considered in the design of cores and linkers is the limiting or preventing of hydrophobic collapse.
  • Compounds with extended hydrocarbon functionalities may collapse upon themselves in an intramolecular fashion, causing an increased enthalpic barrier for interaction with the desired biological target.
  • these are preferably designed to be resistant to hydrophobic collapse.
  • conformational constraints such as rigid monocyclic, bicyclic or polycyclic rings can be installed in a core or linker to increase the rigidity of the structure.
  • Unsaturated bonds, such as alkenes and alkynes may also or alternatively be installed. Such modifications may ensure the NHE-inhibiting compound is accessible for productive binding with its target.
  • the hydrophilicity of the linkers may be improved by adding hydrogen bond donor or acceptor motifs, or ionic motifs such as amines that are protonated in the GI, or acids that are deprotonated. Such modifications will increase the hydrophilicity of the core or linker and help prevent hydrophobic collapse. Furthermore, such modifications will also contribute to the impermeability of the resulting compounds by increasing tPSA.
  • any embodiment of the compounds of the present invention, as set forth above, and any specific substituent set forth herein in such compounds, as set forth above, may be independently combined with other embodiments and/or substituents of such compounds to form embodiments of the inventions not specifically set forth above.
  • substituents in the event that a list of substituents is listed for any particular substituent in a particular embodiment and/or claim, it is understood that each individual substituent may be deleted from the particular embodiment and/or claim and that the remaining list of substituents will be considered to be within the scope of the invention.
  • combinations of substituents and/or variables of the depicted formulae are permissible only if such contributions result in stable compounds.
  • Amino refers to the —NH 2 radical.
  • Niro refers to the —NO 2 radical.
  • Oxo refers to the ⁇ O substituent.
  • Thioxo refers to the ⁇ S substituent.
  • Alkyl refers to a straight or branched hydrocarbon chain radical consisting solely of carbon and hydrogen atoms, which is saturated or unsaturated (i.e., contains one or more double and/or triple bonds), having from one to twelve carbon atoms (C 1 -C 12 alkyl), preferably one to eight carbon atoms (C 1 -C 8 alkyl) or one to six carbon atoms (C 1 -C 6 alkyl), and which is attached to the rest of the molecule by a single bond, e.g., methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, 1-methylethyl (iso-propyl), n-butyl, n-pentyl, 1,1-dimethylethyl (t-butyl), 3-methylhexyl, 2-methylhexyl, ethenyl, prop-1-enyl, but-1-enyl, pent-1-enyl, penta-1,4-dienyl,
  • Alkylene or “alkylene chain” refers to a straight or branched divalent hydrocarbon chain linking the rest of the molecule to a radical group, consisting solely of carbon and hydrogen, which is saturated or unsaturated (i.e., contains one or more double and/or triple bonds), and having from one to twelve carbon atoms, e.g., methylene, ethylene, propylene, n-butylene, ethenylene, propenylene, n-butenylene, propynylene, n-butynylene, and the like.
  • the alkylene chain is attached to the rest of the molecule through a single or double bond and to the radical group through a single or double bond.
  • the points of attachment of the alkylene chain to the rest of the molecule and to the radical group can be through one carbon or any two carbons within the chain. Unless stated otherwise specifically in the specification, an alkylene chain may be optionally substituted.
  • Alkoxy refers to a radical of the formula —OR a where R a is an alkyl radical as defined above containing one to twelve carbon atoms. Unless stated otherwise specifically in the specification, an alkoxy group may be optionally substituted.
  • Alkylamino refers to a radical of the formula —NHR a or —NR a R a where each R a is, independently, an alkyl radical as defined above containing one to twelve carbon atoms. Unless stated otherwise specifically in the specification, an alkylamino group may be optionally substituted.
  • Thioalkyl refers to a radical of the formula —SR a where R a is an alkyl radical as defined above containing one to twelve carbon atoms. Unless stated otherwise specifically in the specification, a thioalkyl group may be optionally substituted.
  • Aryl refers to a hydrocarbon ring system radical comprising hydrogen, 6 to 18 carbon atoms and at least one aromatic ring.
  • the aryl radical may be a monocyclic, bicyclic, tricyclic or tetracyclic ring system, which may include fused or bridged ring systems.
  • Aryl radicals include, but are not limited to, aryl radicals derived from aceanthrylene, acenaphthylene, acephenanthrylene, anthracene, azulene, benzene, chrysene, fluoranthene, fluorene, as-indacene, s-indacene, indane, indene, naphthalene, phenalene, phenanthrene, pleiadene, pyrene, and triphenylene.
  • aryl or the prefix “ar-” (such as in “aralkyl”) is meant to include aryl radicals that are optionally substituted.
  • Alkyl refers to a radical of the formula —R b —R e where R b is an alkylene chain as defined above and R e is one or more aryl radicals as defined above, for example, benzyl, diphenylmethyl and the like. Unless stated otherwise specifically in the specification, an aralkyl group may be optionally substituted.
  • “Cycloalkyl” or “carbocyclic ring” refers to a stable non-aromatic monocyclic or polycyclic hydrocarbon radical consisting solely of carbon and hydrogen atoms, which may include fused or bridged ring systems, having from three to fifteen carbon atoms, preferably having from three to ten carbon atoms, and which is saturated or unsaturated and attached to the rest of the molecule by a single bond.
  • Monocyclic radicals include, for example, cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, and cyclooctyl.
  • Polycyclic radicals include, for example, adamantyl, norbornyl, decalinyl, 7,7-dimethyl-bicyclo[2.2.1]heptanyl, and the like. Unless otherwise stated specifically in the specification, a cycloalkyl group may be optionally substituted.
  • Cycloalkylalkyl refers to a radical of the formula —R b R d where R d is an alkylene chain as defined above and R g is a cycloalkyl radical as defined above. Unless stated otherwise specifically in the specification, a cycloalkylalkyl group may be optionally substituted.
  • fused refers to any ring structure described herein which is fused to an existing ring structure in the compounds of the invention.
  • the fused ring is a heterocyclyl ring or a heteroaryl ring
  • any carbon atom on the existing ring structure which becomes part of the fused heterocyclyl ring or the fused heteroaryl ring may be replaced with a nitrogen atom.
  • Halo or “halogen” refers to bromo, chloro, fluoro or iodo.
  • Haloalkyl refers to an alkyl radical, as defined above, that is substituted by one or more halo radicals, as defined above, e.g., trifluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trichloromethyl, 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl, 1,2-difluoroethyl, 3-bromo-2-fluoropropyl, 1,2-dibromoethyl, and the like. Unless stated otherwise specifically in the specification, a haloalkyl group may be optionally substituted.
  • Heterocyclyl or “heterocyclic ring” refers to a stable 3- to 18-membered non-aromatic ring radical which consists of two to twelve carbon atoms and from one to six heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur.
  • the heterocyclyl radical may be a monocyclic, bicyclic, tricyclic or tetracyclic ring system, which may include fused or bridged ring systems; and the nitrogen, carbon or sulfur atoms in the heterocyclyl radical may be optionally oxidized; the nitrogen atom may be optionally quaternized; and the heterocyclyl radical may be partially or fully saturated.
  • heterocyclyl radicals include, but are not limited to, dioxolanyl, thienyl[1,3]dithianyl, decahydroisoquinolyl, imidazolinyl, imidazolidinyl, isothiazolidinyl, isoxazolidinyl, morpholinyl, octahydroindolyl, octahydroisoindolyl, 2-oxopiperazinyl, 2-oxopiperidinyl, 2-oxopyrrolidinyl, oxazolidinyl, piperidinyl, piperazinyl, 4-piperidonyl, pyrrolidinyl, pyrazolidinyl, quinuclidinyl, thiazolidinyl, tetrahydrofuryl, trithianyl, tetrahydropyranyl, thiomorpholinyl, thiamorpholinyl, 1-oxo-thio
  • N-heterocyclyl refers to a heterocyclyl radical as defined above containing at least one nitrogen and where the point of attachment of the heterocyclyl radical to the rest of the molecule is through a nitrogen atom in the heterocyclyl radical. Unless stated otherwise specifically in the specification, a N-heterocyclyl group may be optionally substituted.
  • Heterocyclylalkyl refers to a radical of the formula —R b R e where R b is an alkylene chain as defined above and R e is a heterocyclyl radical as defined above, and if the heterocyclyl is a nitrogen-containing heterocyclyl, the heterocyclyl may be attached to the alkyl radical at the nitrogen atom. Unless stated otherwise specifically in the specification, a heterocyclylalkyl group may be optionally substituted.
  • Heteroaryl refers to a 5- to 14-membered ring system radical comprising hydrogen atoms, one to thirteen carbon atoms, one to six heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, and at least one aromatic ring.
  • the heteroaryl radical may be a monocyclic, bicyclic, tricyclic or tetracyclic ring system, which may include fused or bridged ring systems; and the nitrogen, carbon or sulfur atoms in the heteroaryl radical may be optionally oxidized; the nitrogen atom may be optionally quaternized.
  • Examples include, but are not limited to, azepinyl, acridinyl, benzimidazolyl, benzothiazolyl, benzindolyl, benzodioxolyl, benzofuranyl, benzooxazolyl, benzothiazolyl, benzothiadiazolyl, benzo[b][1,4]dioxepinyl, 1,4-benzodioxanyl, benzonaphthofuranyl, benzoxazolyl, benzodioxolyl, benzodioxinyl, benzopyranyl, benzopyranonyl, benzofuranyl, benzofuranonyl, benzothienyl (benzothiophenyl), benzotriazolyl, benzo[4,6]imidazo[1,2-a]pyridinyl, carbazolyl, cinnolinyl, dibenzofuranyl, dibenzothiophenyl, furany
  • N-heteroaryl refers to a heteroaryl radical as defined above containing at least one nitrogen and where the point of attachment of the heteroaryl radical to the rest of the molecule is through a nitrogen atom in the heteroaryl radical. Unless stated otherwise specifically in the specification, an N-heteroaryl group may be optionally substituted.
  • Heteroarylalkyl refers to a radical of the formula —R b R f where R b is an alkylene chain as defined above and R f is a heteroaryl radical as defined above. Unless stated otherwise specifically in the specification, a heteroarylalkyl group may be optionally substituted.
  • substituted means any of the above groups (i.e., alkyl, alkylene, alkoxy, alkylamino, thioalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, haloalkyl, heterocyclyl, N-heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, N-heteroaryl and/or heteroarylalkyl) wherein at least one hydrogen atom is replaced by a bond to a non-hydrogen atoms such as, but not limited to: a halogen atom such as F, Cl, Br, and I; an oxygen atom in groups such as hydroxyl groups, alkoxy groups, and ester groups; a sulfur atom in groups such as thiol groups, thioalkyl groups, sulfone groups, sulfonyl groups, and sulfoxide groups; a nitrogen atom in groups such as
  • “Substituted” also means any of the above groups in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by a higher-order bond (e.g., a double- or triple-bond) to a heteroatom such as oxygen in oxo, carbonyl, carboxyl, and ester groups; and nitrogen in groups such as imines, oximes, hydrazones, and nitriles.
  • a higher-order bond e.g., a double- or triple-bond
  • nitrogen in groups such as imines, oximes, hydrazones, and nitriles.
  • substituted includes any of the above groups in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced with —NR g R h , —NR g C( ⁇ O)R h , —NR g C( ⁇ O)NR g R h , —NR g C( ⁇ O)OR h , —NR g SO 2 R h , —OC( ⁇ O)NR g R h , —OR g , —SR g , —SOR g , —SO 2 R g , —OSO 2 R g , —SO 2 OR g , ⁇ NSO 2 R g , and —SO 2 NR g R h .
  • “Substituted” also means any of the above groups in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced with —C( ⁇ O)R g , —C( ⁇ O)OR g , —C( ⁇ O)NR g R h , —CH 2 SO 2 R g , —CH 2 SO 2 NR g R h , —(CH 2 CH 2 O) 2-10 R g .
  • R g and R h are the same or different and independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, thioalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, haloalkyl, heterocyclyl, N-heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, N-heteroaryl and/or heteroarylalkyl.
  • “Substituted” further means any of the above groups in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by a bond to an amino, cyano, hydroxyl, imino, nitro, oxo, thioxo, halo, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylamino, thioalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, haloalkyl, heterocyclyl, N-heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heteroaryl, N-heteroaryl and/or heteroarylalkyl group.
  • each of the foregoing substituents may also be optionally substituted with one or more of the above substituents.
  • Prodrug is meant to indicate a compound that may be converted under physiological conditions or by solvolysis to a biologically active compound of the invention.
  • prodrug refers to a metabolic precursor of a compound of the invention that is pharmaceutically acceptable.
  • a prodrug may be inactive when administered to a subject in need thereof, but is converted in vivo to an active compound of the invention.
  • Prodrugs are typically rapidly transformed in vivo to yield the parent compound of the invention, for example, by hydrolysis in blood.
  • the prodrug compound often offers advantages of solubility, tissue compatibility or delayed release in a mammalian organism (see, Bundgard, H., Design of Prodrugs (1985), pp. 7-9, 21-24 (Elsevier, Amsterdam)).
  • prodrugs are provided in Higuchi, T., et al., A.C.S. Symposium Series, Vol. 14, and in Bioreversible Carriers in Drug Design, Ed. Edward B. Roche, American Pharmaceutical Association and Pergamon Press, 1987.
  • prodrug is also meant to include any covalently bonded carriers, which release the active compound of the invention in vivo when such prodrug is administered to a mammalian subject.
  • Prodrugs of a compound of the invention may be prepared by modifying functional groups present in the compound of the invention in such a way that the modifications are cleaved, either in routine manipulation or in vivo, to the parent compound of the invention.
  • Prodrugs include compounds of the invention wherein a hydroxy, amino or mercapto group is bonded to any group that, when the prodrug of the compound of the invention is administered to a mammalian subject, cleaves to form a free hydroxy, free amino or free mercapto group, respectively.
  • Examples of prodrugs include, but are not limited to, acetate, formate and benzoate derivatives of alcohol or amide derivatives of amine functional groups in the compounds of the invention and the like.
  • the invention disclosed herein is also meant to encompass the in vivo metabolic products of the disclosed compounds. Such products may result from, for example, the oxidation, reduction, hydrolysis, amidation, esterification, and the like of the administered compound, primarily due to enzymatic processes. Accordingly, the invention includes compounds produced by a process comprising administering a compound of this invention to a mammal for a period of time sufficient to yield a metabolic product thereof. Such products are typically identified by administering a radiolabelled compound of the invention in a detectable dose to an animal, such as rat, mouse, guinea pig, monkey, or to human, allowing sufficient time for metabolism to occur, and isolating its conversion products from the urine, blood or other biological samples.
  • an animal such as rat, mouse, guinea pig, monkey, or to human
  • Solid compound and “stable structure” are meant to indicate a compound that is sufficiently robust to survive isolation to a useful degree of purity from a reaction mixture, and formulation into an efficacious therapeutic agent.
  • Optional or “optionally” means that the subsequently described event or circumstances may or may not occur, and that the description includes instances where said event or circumstance occurs and instances in which it does not.
  • optionally substituted aryl means that the aryl radical may or may not be substituted and that the description includes both substituted aryl radicals and aryl radicals having no substitution.
  • “Pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient” includes without limitation any adjuvant, carrier, excipient, glidant, sweetening agent, diluent, preservative, dye/colorant, flavor enhancer, surfactant, wetting agent, dispersing agent, suspending agent, stabilizer, isotonic agent, solvent, or emulsifier which has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration as being acceptable for use in humans or domestic animals.
  • “Pharmaceutically acceptable salt” includes both acid and base addition salts.
  • “Pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt” refers to those salts which retain the biological effectiveness and properties of the free bases, which are not biologically or otherwise undesirable, and which are formed with inorganic acids such as, but are not limited to, hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid and the like, and organic acids such as, but not limited to, acetic acid, 2,2-dichloroacetic acid, adipic acid, alginic acid, ascorbic acid, aspartic acid, benzenesulfonic acid, benzoic acid, 4-acetamidobenzoic acid, camphoric acid, camphor-10-sulfonic acid, capric acid, caproic acid, caprylic acid, carbonic acid, cinnamic acid, citric acid, cyclamic acid, dodecylsulfuric acid, ethane-1,2-disulfonic acid, ethanesulfonic acid, 2-hydroxyethanesulfonic
  • “Pharmaceutically acceptable base addition salt” refers to those salts which retain the biological effectiveness and properties of the free acids, which are not biologically or otherwise undesirable. These salts are prepared from addition of an inorganic base or an organic base to the free acid. Salts derived from inorganic bases include, but are not limited to, the sodium, potassium, lithium, ammonium, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, copper, manganese, aluminum salts and the like. Preferred inorganic salts are the ammonium, sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium salts.
  • Salts derived from organic bases include, but are not limited to, salts of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines, substituted amines including naturally occurring substituted amines, cyclic amines and basic ion exchange resins, such as ammonia, isopropylamine, trimethylamine, diethylamine, triethylamine, tripropylamine, diethanolamine, ethanolamine, deanol, 2-dimethylaminoethanol, 2-diethylaminoethanol, dicyclohexylamine, lysine, arginine, histidine, caffeine, procaine, hydrabamine, choline, betaine, benethamine, benzathine, ethylenediamine, glucosamine, methylglucamine, theobromine, triethanolamine, tromethamine, purines, piperazine, piperidine, N-ethylpiperidine, polyamine resins and the like.
  • Particularly preferred organic bases are isoprop
  • solvate refers to an aggregate that comprises one or more molecules of a compound of the invention with one or more molecules of solvent.
  • the solvent may be water, in which case the solvate may be a hydrate.
  • the solvent may be an organic solvent.
  • the compounds of the present invention may exist as a hydrate, including a monohydrate, dihydrate, hemihydrate, sesquihydrate, trihydrate, tetrahydrate and the like, as well as the corresponding solvated forms.
  • the compound of the invention may be true solvates, while in other cases, the compound of the invention may merely retain adventitious water or be a mixture of water plus some adventitious solvent.
  • a “pharmaceutical composition” refers to a formulation of a compound of the invention and a medium generally accepted in the art for the delivery of the biologically active compound to mammals, e.g., humans.
  • a medium includes all pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, diluents or excipients therefor.
  • the compounds of the invention, or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts may contain one or more asymmetric centers and may thus give rise to enantiomers, diastereomers, and other stereoisomeric forms that may be defined, in terms of absolute stereochemistry, as (R)- or (S)- or, as (D)- or (L)- for amino acids.
  • the present invention is meant to include all such possible isomers, as well as their racemic and optically pure forms.
  • Optically active (+) and ( ⁇ ), (R)- and (S)-, or (D)- and (L)-isomers may be prepared using chiral synthons or chiral reagents, or resolved using conventional techniques, for example, chromatography and fractional crystallization.
  • stereoisomer refers to a compound made up of the same atoms bonded by the same bonds but having different three-dimensional structures, which are not interchangeable.
  • the present invention contemplates various stereoisomers and mixtures thereof and includes “enantiomers”, which refers to two stereoisomers whose molecules are nonsuperimposeable mirror images of one another.
  • a “tautomer” refers to a proton shift from one atom of a molecule to another atom of the same molecule.
  • the present invention includes tautomers of any said compounds.
  • the compounds described herein are designed to be substantially active or localized in the gastrointestinal lumen of a human or animal subject.
  • gastrointestinal lumen is used interchangeably herein with the term “lumen,” to refer to the space or cavity within a gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, which can also be referred to as the gut), delimited by the apical membrane of GI epithelial cells of the subject.
  • the compounds are not absorbed through the layer of epithelial cells of the GI tract (also known as the GI epithelium).
  • Gastrointestinal mucosa refers to the layer(s) of cells separating the gastrointestinal lumen from the rest of the body and includes gastric and intestinal mucosa, such as the mucosa of the small intestine.
  • a “gastrointestinal epithelial cell” or a “gut epithelial cell” as used herein refers to any epithelial cell on the surface of the gastrointestinal mucosa that faces the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract, including, for example, an epithelial cell of the stomach, an intestinal epithelial cell, a colonic epithelial cell, and the like.
  • “Substantially systemically non-bioavailable” and/or “substantially impermeable” as used herein (as well as variations thereof) generally refer to situations in which a statistically significant amount, and in some embodiments essentially all of the compound of the present disclosure (which includes the NHE-inhibitor small molecule), remains in the gastrointestinal lumen.
  • a statistically significant amount and in some embodiments essentially all of the compound of the present disclosure (which includes the NHE-inhibitor small molecule)
  • the compound of the present disclosure which includes the NHE-inhibitor small molecule
  • localization to the gastrointestinal lumen refers to reducing net movement across a gastrointestinal layer of epithelial cells, for example, by way of both transcellular and paracellular transport, as well as by active and/or passive transport.
  • the compound in such embodiments is hindered from net permeation of a layer of gastrointestinal epithelial cells in transcellular transport, for example, through an apical membrane of an epithelial cell of the small intestine.
  • the compound in these embodiments is also hindered from net permeation through the “tight junctions” in paracellular transport between gastrointestinal epithelial cells lining the lumen.
  • the compound is essentially not absorbed at all by the GI tract or gastrointestinal lumen.
  • the terms “substantially impermeable” or “substantially systemically non-bioavailable” refers to embodiments wherein no detectable amount of absorption or permeation or systemic exposure of the compound is detected, using means generally known in the art.
  • substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable provides or allows for some limited absorption in the GI tract, and more particularly the gut epithelium, to occur (e.g., some detectable amount of absorption, such as for example at least about 0.1%, 0.5%, 1% or more and less than about 30%, 20%, 10%, 5%, etc., the range of absorption being for example between about 1% and 30%, or 5% and 20%, etc.; stated another way, “substantially impermeable” or “substantially systemically non-bioavailable” refers to compounds that exhibit some detectable permeability to an epithelium layer of cells in the GI tract of less than about 20% of the administered compound (e.g., less than about 15%, about 10%, or even about 5%, and for example greater than about 0.5%, or 1%), but then are cleared by the liver (i.e., hepatic extraction) and/or the kidney (i.
  • the ability of a compound to be substantially systemically non-bioavailable is based on the compound charge, size, and/or other physicochemical parameters (e.g., polar surface area, number of hydrogen bond donors and/or acceptors therein, number of freely rotatable bonds, etc.).
  • the absorption character of a compound can be selected by applying principles of pharmacodynamics, for example, by applying Lipinski's rule, also known as “the rule of five.”
  • Lipinski shows that small molecule drugs with (i) a molecular weight, (ii) a number of hydrogen bond donors, (iii) a number of hydrogen bond acceptors, and/or (iv) a water/octanol partition coefficient (Moriguchi Log P), greater than a certain threshold value, generally do not show significant systemic concentration (i.e., are generally not absorbed to any significant degree).
  • substantially systemically non-bioavailable compounds e.g., substantially systemically non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compounds
  • substantially systemically non-bioavailable compounds can be designed to have molecular structures exceeding one or more of Lipinski's threshold values.
  • Lipinski et al. Experimental and Computational Approaches to Estimate Solubility and Permeability in Drug Discovery and Development Settings , Adv. Drug Delivery Reviews, 46:3-26 (2001); and Lipinski, Drug - like Properties and the Causes of Poor Solubility and Poor Permeability , J. Pharm. & Toxicol.
  • a substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound of the present disclosure can be constructed to feature one or more of the following characteristics: (i) a MW greater than about 500 Da, about 1000 Da, about 2500 Da, about 5000 Da, about 10,000 Da or more (in the non-salt form of the compound); (ii) a total number of NH and/or OH and/or other potential hydrogen bond donors greater than about 5, about 10, about 15 or more; (iii) a total number of 0 atoms and/or N atoms and/or other potential hydrogen bond acceptors greater than about 5, about 10, about 15 or more; and/or (iv) a Moriguchi partition coefficient greater than about 10 5 (i.e., Log P greater than about 5, about 6, about 7, etc.), or alternatively less than about 10 (i.e., a Log P of less than 1, or even 0).
  • the molecular polar surface area (i.e., “PSA”), which may be characterized as the surface belonging to polar atoms, is a descriptor that has also been shown to correlate well with passive transport through membranes and, therefore, allows prediction of transport properties of drugs. It has been successfully applied for the prediction of intestinal absorption and Caco2 cell monolayer penetration. (For Caco2 cell monolayer penetration test details, see for example the description of the Caco2 Model provided in Example 31 of U.S. Pat. No.
  • PSA is expressed in ⁇ 2 (squared angstroms) and is computed from a three-dimensional molecular representation.
  • a fast calculation method is now available (see, e.g., Ertl et al., Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, 2000, 43, 3714-3717, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all relevant and consistent purposes) using a desktop computer and commercially available chemical graphic tools packages, such as ChemDraw.
  • topological PSA (tPSA) has been coined for this fast-calculation method.
  • tPSA is well correlated with human absorption data with common drugs (see, e.g., Table 1, below):
  • the compounds of the present disclosure may be constructed to exhibit a tPSA value greater than about 100 ⁇ 2 , about 120 ⁇ 2 , about 130 ⁇ 2 , or about 140 ⁇ 2 , and in some instances about 150 ⁇ 2 , about 200 ⁇ 2 , about 250 ⁇ 2 , about 270 ⁇ 2 , about 300 ⁇ 2 , about 400 ⁇ 2 , or even about 500 ⁇ 2 , such that the compounds are substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable (as defined elsewhere herein).
  • the permeability properties of the compounds of the present disclosure may be screened experimentally.
  • the permeability coefficient can be determined by methods known to those of skill in the art, including for example by Caco-2 cell permeability assay and/or using an artificial membrane as a model of a gastrointestinal epithelial cell. (As previously noted above, see for example U.S. Pat. No. 6,737,423, Example 31 for a description of the Caco-2 Model, which is incorporated herein by reference).
  • a synthetic membrane impregnated with, for example, lecithin and/or dodecane to mimic the net permeability characteristics of a gastrointestinal mucosa may be utilized as a model of a gastrointestinal mucosa.
  • the membrane can be used to separate a compartment containing the compound of the present disclosure from a compartment where the rate of permeation will be monitored.
  • parallel artificial membrane permeability assays PAMPA
  • Such in vitro measurements can reasonably indicate actual permeability in vivo. (See, for example, Regensland et al., J. Med. Chem., 2001, 44:923-930; Schmidt et al., Millipore Corp. Application Note, 2002, n o AN1725EN00, and n o AN1728EN00, incorporated herein by reference.)
  • the compounds utilized in the methods of the present disclosure may have a permeability coefficient, P app , of less than about 100 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 cm/s, or less than about 10 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 cm/s, or less than about 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 cm/s, or less than about 0.1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 6 cm/s, when measured using means known in the art (such as for example the permeability experiment described in extractsland et al., J. Med. Chem., 2001, 44. 923-930, the contents of which is incorporated herein by reference).
  • a NHE-inhibiting small molecule moiety is modified as described above to hinder the net absorption through a layer of gut epithelial cells, rendering the resulting compound substantially systemically non-bioavailable.
  • the compounds of the present disclosure comprise an NHE-inhibiting small molecule moiety linked, coupled or otherwise attached to a moiety which renders the overall compound substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable. More specifically, the NHE-inhibiting small molecule moiety is coupled to a dimer, multimer or polymer moiety, such that the resulting compound is substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable.
  • the dimer, multimer or polymer portion or moiety may be of a molecular weight greater than about 500 Daltons (Da), about 1000 Da, about 2500 Da, about 5000 Da, about 10,000 Da or more, and in particular may have a molecular weight in the range of about 1000 Daltons (Da) to about 500,000 Da, preferably in the range of about 5000 to about 200,000 Da, and more preferably may have a molecular weight that is sufficiently high to essentially preclude any net absorption through a layer of gut epithelial cells of the compound.
  • the substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compounds utilized in the treatment methods of the present disclosure may additionally exhibit a persistent inhibitor effect. This effect manifests itself when the inhibitory action of a compound at a certain concentration in equilibrium with the epithelial cell (e.g., at or above its inhibitory concentration, IC) does not revert to baseline (i.e., sodium transport without inhibitor) after the compound is depleted by simple washing of the luminal content.
  • IC inhibitory concentration
  • This effect can be interpreted as a result of the tight binding of the NHE-inhibiting compounds to the NHE protein at the intestinal apical side of the gut epithelial cell.
  • the binding can be considered as quasi-irreversible to the extent that, after the compound has been contacted with the gut epithelial cell and subsequently washed off said gut epithelial cell, the flux of sodium transport is still significantly lower than in the control without the compound.
  • This persistent inhibitory effect has the clear advantage of maintaining drug activity within the GI tract even though the residence time of the active in the upper GI tract is short, and when no entero-biliary recycling process is effective to replenish the compound concentration near its site of action.
  • Such a persistent inhibitory effect has an obvious advantage in terms of patient compliance, but also in limiting drug exposure within the GI tract.
  • the persistence effect can be determined using in vitro methods; in one instance, cell lines expressing NHE transporters are split in different vials and treated with a NHE-inhibiting compound and sodium solution to measure the rate of sodium uptake. The cells in one set of vials are washed for different periods of time to remove the inhibitor, and sodium uptake measurement is repeated after the washing. Compounds that maintain their inhibitory effect after multiple/lengthy washing steps (compared to the inhibitory effect measured in the vials where washing does not occur) are persistent inhibitors.
  • Persistence effect can also be characterized ex vivo by using the everted sac technique, whereby transport of Na is monitored using an excised segment of GI perfused with a solution containing the inhibitor and shortly after flushing the bathing solution with a buffer solution free from inhibitor.
  • a persistence effect can also be characterized in vivo by observing the time needed for sodium balance to return to normal when the inhibitor treatment is discontinued. The limit of the method resides in the fact that apical cells (and therefore apical NHE transporters) are sloughed off after a period of 3 to 4 days, the typical turnover time of gut epithelial cells.
  • a persistence effect can be achieved by increasing the residence time of the active compound at the apical surface of the gut epithelial cells; this can be obtained by designing NHE antiport inhibitors with several NHE-inhibiting small molecule moieties built-in the small molecule or oligomer (wherein “several” as used herein typically means at least about 2, about 4, about 6 or more). Examples of such structures in the context of analogs of the antibiotic vancomycin are given in Griffin, et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2003, 125, 6517-6531. Alternatively the compound comprises groups that contribute to increase the affinity towards the gut epithelial cell so as to increase the time of contact with the gut epithelial cell surface.
  • Such groups are referred to as being “mucoadhesive.” More specifically, the Core or L moiety can be substituted by such mucoadhesive groups, such as polyacrylates, partially deacetylated chitosan or polyalkylene glycol. (See also Patil, S. B. et al., Curr. Drug. Deliv., 2008, Oct. 5(4), pp. 312-8.)
  • the compounds utilized in the treatment methods of the present disclosure are preferably substantially systemically non-bioavailable, and/or preferably exhibit a persistent inhibitory effect, it is also desirable that, during their prolonged residence time in the gut, these compounds sustain the hydrolytic conditions prevailing in the upper GI tract. In such embodiments, compounds of the present disclosure are resistant to enzymatic metabolism.
  • administered compounds are preferably resistant to the activity of P450 enzymes, glucurosyl transferases, sulfotransferases, glutathione S-transferases, and the like, in the intestinal mucosa, as well as gastric (e.g., gastric lipase, and pepsine), pancreatic (e.g., trypsin, triglyceride pancreatic lipase, phospholipase A2, endonucleases, nucleotidases, and alpha-amylase), and brush-border enzymes (e.g., alkaline phosphatase, glycosidases, and proteases) generally known in the art.
  • P450 enzymes e.g., gastric lipase, and pepsine
  • pancreatic e.g., trypsin, triglyceride pancreatic lipase, phospholipase A2, endonucleases, nucleot
  • the compounds that are utilized in methods of the present disclosure are also preferably resistant to metabolism by the bacterial flora of the gut; that is, the compounds are not substrates for enzymes produced by bacterial flora.
  • the compounds administered in accordance with the methods of the present disclosure may be substantially inactive towards the gastrointestinal flora, and do not disrupt bacterial growth or survival.
  • the minimal inhibitory concentration (or “MIC”) against GI flora is desirably greater than about 15 ⁇ g/ml, about 30 ⁇ g/ml, about 60 ⁇ g/ml, about 120 ⁇ g/ml, or even about 240 ⁇ g/ml, the MIC in various embodiments being for example between about 16 and about 32 ⁇ g/ml, or between about 64 and about 128 ⁇ g/ml, or greater than about 256 ⁇ g/ml.
  • metabolic stability can be achieved in a number of ways. Functionality susceptible to P450-mediated oxidation can be protected by, for example, blocking the point of metabolism with a halogen or other functional group. Alternatively, electron withdrawing groups can be added to a conjugated system to generally provide protection to oxidation by reducing the electrophilicity of the compound. Proteolytic stability can be achieved by avoiding secondary amide bonds, or by incorporating changes in stereochemistry or other modifications that prevent the drug from otherwise being recognized as a substrate by the metabolizing enzyme.
  • one or more of the NHE-inhibiting compounds detailed herein when administered either alone or in combination with one or more additional pharmaceutically active compounds or agents (including, for example, a fluid-absorbing polymer) to a patient in need thereof, may act to increase the patient's daily fecal output of sodium by at least about 20, about 30 mmol, about 40 mmol, about 50 mmol, about 60 mmol, about 70 mmol, about 80 mmol, about 90 mmol, about 100 mmol, about 125 mmol, about 150 mmol or more, the increase being for example within the range of from about 20 to about 150 mmol/day, or from about 25 to about 100 mmol/day, or from about 30 to about 60 mmol/day
  • one or more of the NHE-inhibiting compounds detailed herein when administered either alone or in combination with one or more additional pharmaceutically active compounds or agents (including, for example, a fluid-absorbing polymer) to a patent in need thereof, may act to increase the patient's daily fluid output by at least about 100 ml, about 200 ml, about 300 ml, about 400 ml, about 500 ml, about 600 ml, about 700 ml, about 800 ml, about 900 ml, about 1000 ml or more, the increase being for example within the range of from about 100 to about 1000 ml/day, or from about 150 to about 750 ml/day, or from about 200 to about 500 ml/day (assuming isotonic fluid).
  • one or more of the NHE-inhibiting compounds detailed herein when administered either alone or in combination with one or more additional pharmaceutically active compounds or agents (including, for example, a fluid-absorbing polymer) to a patient in need thereof at a dose resulting in at least a 10% increase in fecal water content, has a C max that is less than the IC 50 for NHE-3, more specifically, less than about 10 ⁇ (10 times) the IC 50 , and, more specifically still, less than about 100 ⁇ (100 times) the IC 50 .
  • one or more of the NHE-inhibiting compounds detailed herein when administered either alone or in combination with one or more additional pharmaceutically active compounds or agents (including, for example, a fluid-absorbing polymer) to a patient in need thereof, may have a C max of less than about 10 ng/ml, about 7.5 ng/ml, about 5 ng/ml, about 2.5 ng/ml, about 1 ng/ml, or about 0.5 ng/ml, the C max being for example within the range of about 1 ng/ml to about 10 ng/ml, or about 2.5 ng/ml to about 7.5 ng/ml.
  • one or more of the NHE-inhibiting compounds detailed herein when administered either alone or in combination with one or more additional pharmaceutically active compounds or agents (including, for example, a fluid-absorbing polymer) to a patient in need thereof, may have a IC 50 of less than about 10 ⁇ M, about 7.5 ⁇ M, about 5 ⁇ M, about 2.5 ⁇ M, about 1 ⁇ M, or about 0.5 ⁇ M, the IC 50 being for example within the range of about 1 ⁇ M to about 10 ⁇ M, or about 2.5 ⁇ M to about 7.5 ⁇ M.
  • one or more of the NHE-inhibiting compounds detailed herein when administered to a patient in need thereof, may have a ratio of IC 50 :C max , wherein IC 50 and C. are expressed in terms of the same units, of at least about 10, about 50, about 100, about 250, about 500, about 750, or about 1000.
  • the maximum compound concentration detected in the serum is lower than the NHE inhibitory concentration IC 50 of said compound.
  • IC 50 is defined as the quantitative measure indicating the concentration of the compound required to inhibit 50% of the NHE-mediated Na/H antiport activity in a cell based assay.
  • a pharmaceutical composition or preparation that may be used in accordance with the present disclosure for the treatment of various disorders associated with fluid retention and/or salt overload in the gastrointestinal tract comprises, in general, the substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound of the present disclosure, as well as various other optional components as further detailed herein below (e.g., pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, etc.).
  • the compounds utilized in the treatment methods of the present disclosure, as well as the pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, may accordingly be administered alone, or as part of a treatment protocol or regiment that includes the administration or use of other beneficial compounds (as further detailed elsewhere herein).
  • the NHE-inhibiting compound including any pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, is administered with a fluid-absorbing polymer (as more fully described below).
  • a “subject” or “mammal” is preferably a human, but can also be an animal in need of treatment with a compound of the disclosure, e.g., companion animals (e.g., dogs, cats, and the like), farm animals (e.g., cows, pigs, horses and the like) and laboratory animals (e.g., rats, mice, guinea pigs and the like).
  • companion animals e.g., dogs, cats, and the like
  • farm animals e.g., cows, pigs, horses and the like
  • laboratory animals e.g., rats, mice, guinea pigs and the like.
  • Subjects “in need of treatment” with a compound of the present disclosure, or subjects “in need of NHE inhibition” include subjects with diseases and/or conditions that can be treated with substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compounds, with or without a fluid-absorbing polymer, to achieve a beneficial therapeutic and/or prophylactic result.
  • a beneficial outcome includes a decrease in the severity of symptoms or delay in the onset of symptoms, increased longevity and/or more rapid or more complete resolution of the disease or condition.
  • a subject in need of treatment may be suffering from hypertension; from salt-sensitive hypertension which may result from dietary salt intake; from a risk of a cardiovascular disorder (e.g., myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and the like) resulting from hypertension; from heart failure (e.g., congestive heart failure) resulting in fluid or salt overload; from chronic kidney disease resulting in fluid or salt overload, from end stage renal disease resulting in fluid or salt overload; from liver disease resulting in fluid or salt overload; from peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma agonist-induced fluid retention; or from edema resulting from congestive heart failure or end stage renal disease.
  • a cardiovascular disorder e.g., myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and the like
  • a cardiovascular disorder e.g., myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and the like
  • heart failure e.g., congestive heart failure
  • PPAR peroxisome prolife
  • a subject in need of treatment typically shows signs of hypervolemia resulting from salt and fluid retention that are common features of congestive heart failure, renal failure or liver cirrhosis. Fluid retention and salt retention manifest themselves by the occurrence of shortness of breath, edema, ascites or interdialytic weight gain.
  • Other examples of subjects that would benefit from the treatment are those suffering from congestive heart failure and hypertensive patients and, particularly, those who are resistant to treatment with diuretics, i.e., patients for whom very few therapeutic options are available.
  • a subject “in need of treatment” also includes a subject with hypertension, salt-sensitive blood pressure and subjects with systolic/diastolic blood pressure greater than about 130-139/85-89 mm Hg.
  • NHE-inhibiting compounds may be beneficial for patients put on “non-added salt” dietary regimen (i.e., 60-100 mmol of Na per day), to liberalize their diet while keeping a neutral or slightly negative sodium balance (i.e., the overall uptake of salt would be equal of less than the secreted salt).
  • “liberalize their diet” means that patients treated may add salt to their meals to make the meals more palatable, or/and diversify their diet with salt-containing foods, thus maintaining a good nutritional status while improving their quality of life.
  • the treatment methods described herein may also help patients with edema associated with chemotherapy, pre-menstrual fluid overload and preeclampsia (pregnancy-induced hypertension).
  • the present disclosure is further directed to methods of treatment involving the administration of the compound of the present disclosure, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound.
  • Such methods may include, for example, a method for treating hypertension, the method comprising administering to the patient a substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising it.
  • the method may be for reducing fluid overload associated with heart failure (in particular, congestive heart failure), the method comprising administering to the patient a substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound or pharmaceutical composition comprising it.
  • the method may be for reducing fluid overload associated with end stage renal disease, the method comprising administering to the patient a substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound or composition comprising it.
  • the method may be for reducing fluid overload associated with peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma agonist therapy, the method comprising administering to the patient a substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound or composition comprising it.
  • PPAR peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
  • the method may be for decreasing the activity of an intestinal NHE transporter in a patient, the method comprising: administering to the patient a substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound, or a composition comprising it.
  • a pharmaceutical composition or preparation that may be used in accordance with the present disclosure for the treatment of various gastrointestinal tract disorders, including the treatment or reduction of pain associated with gastrointestinal tract disorders comprises, the substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound of the present disclosure, as well as various other optional components as further detailed herein below (e.g., pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, etc.).
  • the compounds utilized in the treatment methods of the present disclosure, as well as the pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, may accordingly be administered alone, or as part of a treatment protocol or regiment that includes the administration or use of other beneficial compounds (as further detailed elsewhere herein).
  • the NHE-inhibiting compound, including any pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound is administered with a fluid-absorbing polymer (as more fully described below).
  • a “subject” is preferably a human, but can also be an animal in need of treatment with a compound of the disclosure, e.g., companion animals (e.g., dogs, cats, and the like), farm animals (e.g., cows, pigs, horses and the like) and laboratory animals (e.g., rats, mice, guinea pigs and the like).
  • companion animals e.g., dogs, cats, and the like
  • farm animals e.g., cows, pigs, horses and the like
  • laboratory animals e.g., rats, mice, guinea pigs and the like.
  • Subjects “in need of treatment” with a compound of the present disclosure, or subjects “in need of NHE inhibition” include subjects with diseases and/or conditions that can be treated with substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compounds, with or without a fluid-absorbing polymer, to achieve a beneficial therapeutic and/or prophylactic result.
  • a beneficial outcome includes a decrease in the severity of symptoms or delay in the onset of symptoms, increased longevity and/or more rapid or more complete resolution of the disease or condition.
  • a subject in need of treatment is suffering from a gastrointestinal tract disorder; the patient is suffering from a disorder selected from the group consisting of: a gastrointestinal motility disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic constipation, chronic idiopathic constipation, chronic constipation occurring in cystic fibrosis patients, chronic constipation occurring in chronic kidney disease patients, calcium-induced constipation in osteoporotic patients, opioid-induced constipation, a functional gastrointestinal tract disorder, gastroesophageal reflux disease, functional heartburn, dyspepsia, functional dyspepsia, non-ulcer dyspepsia, gastroparesis, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and related diseases referred to as inflammatory bowel syndrome, colonic pseudo-obstruction, and the like.
  • the constipation to be treated is: associated with the use of a therapeutic agent; associated with a neuropathic disorder; post-surgical constipation (postoperative ileus); associated with a gastrointestinal tract disorder; idiopathic (functional constipation or slow transit constipation); associated with neuropathic, metabolic or endocrine disorder (e.g., diabetes mellitus, renal failure, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, hypocalcaemia, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, spinal cord lesions, neurofibromatosis, autonomic neuropathy, Chagas disease, Hirschsprung's disease or cystic fibrosis, and the like).
  • a therapeutic agent associated with a neuropathic disorder
  • post-surgical constipation postoperative ileus
  • associated with a gastrointestinal tract disorder e.g., a gastrointestinal tract disorder
  • idiopathic functional constipation or slow transit constipation
  • neuropathic, metabolic or endocrine disorder e.g., diabetes mellitus
  • Constipation may also be the result of surgery (postoperative ileus) or due the use of drugs such as analgesics (e.g., opioids), antihypertensives, anticonvulsants, antidepressants, antispasmodics and antipsychotics.
  • the present disclosure is further directed to methods of treatment involving the administration of the compound of the present disclosure, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound.
  • Such methods may include, for example, a method for increasing gastrointestinal motility in a patient, the method comprising administering to the patient a substantially non-permeable or substantially non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising it.
  • the method may be for decreasing the activity of an intestinal NHE transporter in a patient, the method comprising administering to the patient a substantially non-permeable or substantially non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising it.
  • the method may be for treating a gastrointestinal tract disorder, a gastrointestinal motility disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic calcium-induced constipation in osteoporotic patients, chronic constipation occurring in cystic fibrosis patients, chronic constipation occurring in chronic kidney disease patients, a functional gastrointestinal tract disorder, gastroesophageal reflux disease, functional heartburn, dyspepsia, functional dyspepsia, non-ulcer dyspepsia, gastroparesis, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, colonic pseudo-obstruction, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory bowel disease, the method comprising administering an antagonist of the intestinal NHE, and more specifically, a substantially non-permeable or substantially non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising it, either orally or by rectal suppository.
  • an antagonist of the intestinal NHE and more specifically, a substantially non-permeable or substantially non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound, or a
  • the method may be for treating or reducing pain, including visceral pain, pain associated with a gastrointestinal tract disorder or pain associated with some other disorder, the method comprising administering to a patient a substantially non-permeable or substantially non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising it.
  • the method may be for treating inflammation, including inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, e.g., inflammation associated with a gastrointestinal tract disorder or infection or some other disorder, the method comprising administering to a patient a substantially non-permeable or substantially non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising it.
  • a pharmaceutical composition or preparation that may be used in accordance with the present disclosure for the treatment of various metabolic disorders including the treatment or reduction of type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM), metabolic syndrome, and/or symptoms associated with such disorders comprises, in general, the substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound of the present disclosure, as well as various other optional components as further detailed herein below (e.g., pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, etc.).
  • the compounds utilized in the treatment methods of the present disclosure, as well as the pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, may accordingly be administered alone, or as part of a treatment protocol or regiment that includes the administration or use of other beneficial compounds (as further detailed elsewhere herein).
  • Obesity is becoming a worldwide epidemic. In the United States, approximately 2 ⁇ 3rds of the population is either overweight (body mass index [BMI] 25 to 29.9) or obese (BMI ⁇ 30) (Ogden, C L et al, “Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the united states, 1999-2004” JAMA 2006, 295, 1549-1555). Obesity is a major risk factor for the development of diabetes and related complications, including cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease (CKD). The prevalence of T2DM has increased alarmingly in the United States. The American Diabetes Associated (ADA) estimates that more than 23 million U.S. adults aged 20 years or older have diabetes, with T2DM accounting for approximately 95% of these cases.
  • ADA American Diabetes Associated
  • Metabolic syndrome previously known as Syndrome X, the plurimetabolic syndrome, the dysmetabolic syndrome, and other names, consists of a clustering of metabolic abnormalities including abdominal obesity, hypertriglyceridemia, low levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, elevated blood pressure (BP), and elevations in fasting glucose or diabetes (Townsend, R. R. et al “Metabolic Syndrome, Components, and Cardiovascular Disease Prevalence in Chronic Kidney Disease: Findings from the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study” American Journal of Nephrology 2011, 33, 477-484). Metabolic syndrome is common in patients with CKD and an important risk factor for the development and progression of CKD.
  • CRIC Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort
  • GFR glomerular filtration rate
  • a “subject” with metabolic disease is preferably a human, but can also be an animal in need of treatment with a compound of the disclosure, e.g., companion animals (e.g., dogs, cats, and the like), farm animals (e.g., cows, pigs, horses and the like) and laboratory animals (e.g., rats, mice, guinea pigs and the like).
  • companion animals e.g., dogs, cats, and the like
  • farm animals e.g., cows, pigs, horses and the like
  • laboratory animals e.g., rats, mice, guinea pigs and the like.
  • Subjects “in need of treatment” with a compound of the present disclosure, or subjects “in need of NHE inhibition” include subjects with diseases and/or conditions that can be treated with substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compounds, with or without a fluid-absorbing polymer, to achieve a beneficial therapeutic and/or prophylactic result.
  • a beneficial outcome includes a decrease in the severity of symptoms or delay in the onset of symptoms, increased longevity and/or more rapid or more complete resolution of the disease or condition.
  • a subject with a metabolic disorder causing or exacerbating chronic kidney disease would benefit from a treatment modality that could divert excess sodium and fluid from the body by a method that does not require normally functionaling kidneys.
  • Such a treatment would include the method comprising administering to a patient a substantially non-permeable or substantially non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising it.
  • the compounds utilized in the treatment methods of the present disclosure, as well as the pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, may accordingly be administered alone, or as part of a combination therapy or regimen that includes the administration or use of other therapeutic compounds related to the treatment of metabolic disorders such as T2DM and metabolic syndrome.
  • the NHE-inhibiting compound including any pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, is administered with a fluid absorbing polymer.
  • the compounds described herein can be used alone or in combination with other agents.
  • the compounds can be administered together with a diuretic (i.e., High Ceiling Loop Diuretics, Benzothiadiazide Diuretics, Potassium Sparing Diuretics, Osmotic Diuretics), cardiac glycoside, ACE inhibitor, angiotensin-2 receptor antagonist, calcium channel blocker, beta blocker, alpha blocker, central alpha agonist, aldosterone antagonist, aldosterone synthase inhibitor, renin inhibitor, vasodilator, blood thinner, anti-platelet agent, lipid-lowering agent, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma agonist agent or compound or with a fluid-absorbing polymer as more fully described below.
  • the agent can be covalently attached to a compound described herein or it can be a separate agent that is administered together with or sequentially with a compound described herein in a combination therapy.
  • Combination therapy can be achieved by administering two or more agents, e.g., a substantially non-permeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound described herein and a diuretic, cardiac glycoside, ACE inhibitor, angiotensin-2 receptor antagonist, aldosterone antagonist, aldosterone synthase inhibitor, renin inhibitor, calcium channel blocker, beta blocker, alpha blocker, central alpha agonist, vasodilator, blood thinner, anti-platelet agent or compound, each of which is formulated and administered separately, or by administering two or more agents in a single formulation.
  • agents e.g., a substantially non-permeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound described herein and a diuretic, cardiac glycoside, ACE inhibitor, angiotensin-2 receptor antagonist, aldosterone antagonist, aldosterone synthase inhibitor, renin inhibitor, calcium channel blocker, beta blocker, alpha blocker, central alpha
  • the two or more agents in the combination therapy can be administered simultaneously, they need not be.
  • administration of a first agent (or combination of agents) can precede administration of a second agent (or combination of agents) by minutes, hours, days, or weeks.
  • the two or more agents can be administered within minutes of each other or within 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, or 24 hours of each other or within 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 days of each other or within 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or weeks of each other. In some cases even longer intervals are possible. While in many cases it is desirable that the two or more agents used in a combination therapy be present in within the patient's body at the same time, this need not be so.
  • Combination therapy can also include two or more administrations of one or more of the agents used in the combination. For example, if agent X and agent Y are used in a combination, one could administer them sequentially in any combination one or more times, e.g., in the order X—Y—X, X—X—Y, Y—X—Y, Y—Y—X, X—X—Y—Y, etc.
  • the compounds described herein can be used in combination therapy with a diuretic.
  • diuretic agents are, for example: High Ceiling Loop Diuretics [Furosemide (Lasix), Ethacrynic Acid (Edecrin), Bumetanide (Bumex)], Benzothiadiazide Diuretics [Hydrochlorothiazide (Hydrodiuril), Chlorothiazide (Diuril), Clorthalidone (Hygroton), Benzthiazide (Aguapres), Bendroflumethiazide (Naturetin), Methyclothiazide (Aguatensen), Polythiazide (Renese), Indapamide (Lozol), Cyclothiazide (Anhydron), Hydroflumethiazide (Diucardin), Metolazone (Diulo), Quinethazone (Hydromox), Trichlormethiazide (Naqua)], Potassium
  • Cardiac glycosides (cardenolides) or other digitalis preparations can be administered with the compounds of the disclosure in co-therapy.
  • useful cardiac glycosides are, for example: Digitoxin (Crystodigin), Digoxin (Lanoxin) or Deslanoside (Cedilanid-D). Cardiac glycosides in the various classes are described in the literature.
  • Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors can be administered with the compounds of the disclosure in co-therapy.
  • ACE Inhibitors include, for example: Captopril (Capoten), Enalapril (Vasotec), Lisinopril (Prinivil).
  • Captopril Capoten
  • Enalapril Vasotec
  • Lisinopril Lisinopril in the various classes are described in the literature.
  • Angiotensin-2 Receptor Antagonists can be administered with the compounds of the disclosure in co-therapy.
  • Angiotensin-2 Receptor Antagonists are, for example: Candesartan (Atacand), Eprosartan (Teveten), Irbesartan (Avapro), Losartan (Cozaar), Telmisartan (Micardis), Valsartan (Diovan).
  • Angiotensin-2 Receptor Antagonists in the various classes are described in the literature.
  • Calcium channel blockers such as Amlodipine (Norvasc, Lotrel), Bepridil (Vascor), Diltiazem (Cardizem, Tiazac), Felodipine (Plendil), Nifedipine (Adalat, Procardia), Nimodipine (Nimotop), Nisoldipine (Sular), Verapamil (Calan, Isoptin, Verelan) and related compounds described in, for example, EP 625162B1, U.S. Pat. No. 5,364,842, U.S. Pat. No. 5,587,454, U.S. Pat. No. 5,824,645, U.S. Pat. No. 5,859,186, U.S. Pat. No.
  • Beta blockers can be administered with the compounds of the disclosure in co-therapy.
  • useful beta blockers are, for example: Acebutolol (Sectral), Atenolol (Tenormin), Betaxolol (Kerlone), Bisoprolol/hydrochlorothiazide (Ziac), Bisoprolol (Zebeta), Carteolol (Cartrol), Metoprolol (Lopressor, Toprol XL), Nadolol (Corgard), Propranolol (Inderal), Sotalol (Bumblece), Timolol (Blocadren). Beta blockers in the various classes are described in the literature.
  • PPAR gamma agonists such as thiazolidinediones (also called glitazones) can be administered with the compounds of the disclosure in co-therapy.
  • thiazolidinediones also called glitazones
  • useful PPAR agonists are, for example: rosiglitazone (Avandia), pioglitazone (Actos) and rivoglitazone.
  • Aldosterone antagonists can be administered with the compounds of the disclosure in co-therapy.
  • useful Aldosterone antagonists are, for example: eplerenone, spironolactone, and canrenone.
  • Renin inhibitors can be administered with the compounds of the disclosure in co-therapy.
  • useful Renin inhibitors is, for example: aliskiren.
  • Alpha blockers can be administered with the compounds of the disclosure in co-therapy.
  • useful Alpha blockers are, for example: Doxazosin mesylate (Cardura), Prazosin hydrochloride (Minipress). Prazosin and polythiazide (Minizide), Terazosin hydrochloride (Hytrin).
  • Alpha blockers in the various classes are described in the literature.
  • Central alpha agonists can be administered with the compounds of the disclosure in co-therapy.
  • the useful Central alpha agonists are, for example: Clonidine hydrochloride (Catapres), Clonidine hydrochloride and chlorthalidone (Clorpres, Combipres), Guanabenz Acetate (Wytensin), Guanfacine hydrochloride (Tenex), Methyldopa (Aldomet), Methyldopa and chlorothiazide (Aldochlor), Methyldopa and hydrochlorothiazide (Aldoril).
  • Central alpha agonists in the various classes are described in the literature.
  • Vasodilators can be administered with the compounds of the disclosure in co-therapy.
  • useful vasodilators are, for example: Isosorbide dinitrate (Isordil), Nesiritide (Natrecor), Hydralazine (Apresoline), Nitrates/nitroglycerin, Minoxidil (Loniten).
  • Vasodilators in the various classes are described in the literature.
  • Blood thinners can be administered with the compounds of the disclosure in co-therapy.
  • useful blood thinners are, for example: Warfarin (Coumadin) and Heparin. Blood thinners in the various classes are described in the literature.
  • Anti-platelet agents can be administered with the compounds of the disclosure in co-therapy.
  • useful anti-platelet agents are, for example: Cyclooxygenase inhibitors (Aspirin), Adenosine diphosphate (ADP) receptor inhibitors [Clopidogrel (Plavix), Ticlopidine (Ticlid)], Phosphodiesterase inhibitors [Cilostazol (Pletal)], Glycoprotein IIB/IIIA inhibitors [Abciximab (ReoPro), Eptifibatide (Integrilin), Tirofiban (Aggrastat), Defibrotide], Adenosine reuptake inhibitors [Dipyridamole (Persantine)].
  • Anti-platelet agents in the various classes are described in the literature.
  • Lipid-lowering agents can be administered with the compounds of the disclosure in co-therapy.
  • useful lipid-lowering agents are, for example: Statins (HMG CoA reductase inhibitors), [Atorvastatin (Lipitor), Fluvastatin (Lescol), Lovastatin (Mevacor, Altoprev), Pravastatin (Pravachol), Rosuvastatin Calcium (Crestor), Simvastatin (Zocor)], Selective cholesterol absorption inhibitors [ezetimibe (Zetia)], Resins (bile acid sequestrant or bile acid-binding drugs) [Cholestyramine (Questran, Questran Light, Prevalite, Locholest, Locholest Light), Colestipol (Colestid), Colesevelam Hcl (WelChol)], Fibrates (Fibric acid derivatives) [Gemfibrozil (Lopid), Fenofibrate (Antara, Lofibra, Tricor, and Trigli
  • the compounds of the disclosure can be used in combination with peptides or peptide analogs that activate the Guanylate Cyclase-receptor in the intestine and results in elevation of the intracellular second messenger, or cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), with increased chloride and bicarbonate secretion into the intestinal lumen and concomitant fluid secretion.
  • cGMP cyclic guanosine monophosphate
  • Example of such peptides are Linaclotide (MD-1100 Acetate), endogenous hormones guanylin and uroguanylin and enteric bacterial peptides of the heat stable enterotoxin family (ST peptides) and those described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,140,102, U.S. Pat. No.
  • the compounds of the disclosure can be used in combination with type-2 chloride channel agonists, such as Amitiza (Lubiprostone) and other related compounds described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,414,016, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all relevant and consistent purposes.
  • type-2 chloride channel agonists such as Amitiza (Lubiprostone) and other related compounds described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,414,016, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all relevant and consistent purposes.
  • the compounds described herein can be used in combination therapy with agents used for the treatment of obesity, T2DM, metabolic syndrome and the like.
  • useful agents include: insulin; insulin secretagogues, such as sulphonylureas; glucose-lowering effectors, such as metformin; activators of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor ⁇ (PPAR ⁇ ), such as the thiazolidinediones; incretin-based agents including dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors such as sitagliptin, and synthetic incretin mimetics such as liraglutide and exenatide; alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, such as acarbose; glinides, such as repaglinide and nateglinide, and the like.
  • the compounds of the disclosure can be used in combination with P2Y2 receptor agonists, such as those described in EP 1196396B1 and U.S. Pat. No. 6,624,150, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all relevant and consistent purposes.
  • natriuretic peptides such as nesiritide, a recombinant form of brain-natriuretic peptide (BNP) and an atrial-natriuretic peptide (ANP).
  • Vasopressin receptor antagonists such as tolvaptan and conivaptan may be co-administered as well as phosphate binders such as renagel, renleva, phoslo and fosrenol.
  • Other agents include phosphate transport inhibitors (as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,806,532; 6,355,823; 6,787,528; 7,119,120; 7,109,184; U.S. Pat. Pub. No.
  • the compounds described herein can be used alone or in combination with other agents.
  • the compounds can be administered together with an analgesic peptide or compound.
  • the analgesic peptide or compound can be covalently attached to a compound described herein or it can be a separate agent that is administered together with or sequentially with a compound described herein in a combination therapy.
  • Combination therapy can be achieved by administering two or more agents, e.g., a substantially non-permeable or substantially non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound described herein and an analgesic peptide or compound, each of which is formulated and administered separately, or by administering two or more agents in a single formulation.
  • agents e.g., a substantially non-permeable or substantially non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compound described herein and an analgesic peptide or compound, each of which is formulated and administered separately, or by administering two or more agents in a single formulation.
  • Other combinations are also encompassed by combination therapy.
  • two agents can be formulated together and administered in conjunction with a separate formulation containing a third agent. While the two or more agents in the combination therapy can be administered simultaneously, they need not be.
  • administration of a first agent (or combination of agents) can precede administration of a second agent (or combination of agents) by minutes, hours, days, or weeks.
  • the two or more agents can be administered within minutes of each other or within 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, or 24 hours of each other or within 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 days of each other or within 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or weeks of each other. In some cases even longer intervals are possible. While in many cases it is desirable that the two or more agents used in a combination therapy be present in within the patient's body at the same time, this need not be so.
  • Combination therapy can also include two or more administrations of one or more of the agents used in the combination. For example, if agent X and agent Y are used in a combination, one could administer them sequentially in any combination one or more times, e.g., in the order X—Y—X, X—X—Y, Y—X—Y, Y—Y—X, X—X—Y—Y, etc.
  • the compounds described herein can be used in combination therapy with an analgesic agent, e.g., an analgesic compound or an analgesic peptide.
  • the analgesic agent can optionally be covalently attached to a compound described herein.
  • useful analgesic agents are, for example: Ca channel blockers, 5HT3 agonists (e.g., MCK-733), 5HT4 agonists (e.g., tegaserod, prucalopride), and 5HT1 receptor antagonists, opioid receptor agonists (loperamide, fedotozine, and fentanyl), NK1 receptor antagonists, CCK receptor agonists (e.g., loxiglumide), NK1 receptor antagonists, NK3 receptor antagonists, norepinephrine-serotonin reuptake inhibitors (NSR1), vanilloid and cannabanoid receptor agonists, and sialorphin.
  • Analgesics agents in the various classes are
  • Opioid receptor antagonists and agonists can be administered with the compounds of the disclosure in co-therapy or linked to the compound of the disclosure, e.g., by a covalent bond.
  • opioid receptor antagonists such as naloxone, naltrexone, methyl nalozone, nalmefene, cypridime, beta funaltrexamine, naloxonazine, naltrindole, and nor-binaltorphimine are thought to be useful in the treatment of opioid-induced constipaption (OIC). It can be useful to formulate opioid antagonists of this type in a delayed or sustained release formulation, such that initial release of the antagonist is in the mid to distal small intestine and/or ascending colon.
  • OIC opioid-induced constipaption
  • Enkephalin pentapeptide HOE825; Tyr-D-Lys-Gly-Phe-L-homoserine
  • HOE825 Tyr-D-Lys-Gly-Phe-L-homoserine
  • this peptide can be used in conjunction with the compounds of the disclosure.
  • trimebutine which is thought to bind to mu/delta/kappa opioid receptors and activate release of motilin and modulate the release of gastrin, vasoactive intestinal peptide, gastrin and glucagons.
  • K-opioid receptor agonists such as fedotozine, ketocyclazocine, and compounds described in US 2005/0176746 (WO 03/097051 A2), the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all relevant and consistent purposes, can be used with or linked to the compounds of the disclosure.
  • ⁇ -opioid receptor agonists such as morphine, diphenyloxylate, frakefamide (H-Tyr-D-Ala-Phe(F)-Phe-NH 2 ; disclosed in WO 01/019849 A1, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all relevant and consistent purposes) and loperamide can be used.
  • Tyr-Arg is a dipeptide that acts by stimulating the release of met-enkephalins to elicit an analgesic effect (J. Biol. Chem. 262:8165, 1987).
  • Kyotorphin can be used with or linked to the compounds of the disclosure.
  • CCK receptor agonists such as caerulein from amphibians and other species are useful analgesic agents that can be used with or linked to the compounds of the disclosure.
  • Conotoxin peptides represent a large class of analgesic peptides that act at voltage gated Ca channels, NMDA receptors or nicotinic receptors. These peptides can be used with or linked to the compounds of the disclosure.
  • Peptide analogs of thymulin can have analgesic activity and can be used with or linked to the compounds of the disclosure.
  • CCK (CCKa or CCKb) receptor antagonists including loxiglumide and dexloxiglumide (the R-isomer of loxiglumide) (U.S. Pat. No. 5,130,474 or WO 88/05774, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all relevant and consistent purposes) can have analgesic activity and can be used with or linked to the compounds of the disclosure.
  • 5-HT4 agonists such as tegaserod/zelnorm and hydrogen-HT4 agonists
  • 5-HT4 agonists such as tegaserod/zelnorm and hydrogenxapride.
  • Such agonists are described in: EP1321142 A1, WO 03/053432A1, EP 505322 A1, EP 505322 B1, EP 507672 A1, EP 507672 B1, U.S. Pat. No. 5,510,353 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,273,983, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all relevant and consistent purposes.
  • Calcium channel blockers such as ziconotide and related compounds described in, for example, EP 625162B1, U.S. Pat. No. 5,364,842, U.S. Pat. No. 5,587,454, U.S. Pat. No. 5,824,645, U.S. Pat. No. 5,859,186, U.S. Pat. No. 5,994,305, U.S. Pat. No. 6,087,091, U.S. Pat. No. 6,136,786, WO 93/13128 A1, EP 1336409 A1, EP 835126 A1, EP 835126 B1, U.S. Pat. No. 5,795,864, U.S. Pat. No. 5,891,849, U.S. Pat. No. 6,054,429, WO 97/01351 A1, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all relevant and consistent purposes, can be used with or linked to the compounds of the disclosure.
  • NK-1, NK-2, and NK-3 receptors can be used with or linked to the compounds of the disclosure.
  • NK-1, NK-2, and NK-3 receptors for a review see Giardina et al. 2003 Drugs 6:758, can be can be used with or linked to the compounds of the disclosure.
  • NK1 receptor antagonists such as: aprepitant (Merck & Co Inc), vofopitant, ezlopitant (Pfizer, Inc.), R-673 (Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd), SR-14033 and related compounds described in, for example, EP 873753 A1, U.S. 20010006972 A1, U.S. 20030109417 A1, WO 01/52844 A1, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all relevant and consistent purposes, can be used with or linked to the compounds of the disclosure.
  • NK-2 receptor antagonists such as nepadutant (Menarini Ricerche SpA), saredutant (Sanofi-Synthelabo), SR-144190 (Sanofi-Synthelabo) and UK-290795 (Pfizer Inc) can be used with or linked to the compounds of the disclosure.
  • NK3 receptor antagonists such as osanetant (Sanofi-Synthelabo), talnetant and related compounds described in, for example, WO 02/094187 A2, EP 876347 A1, WO 97/21680 A1, U.S. Pat. No. 6,277,862, WO 98/11090, WO 95/28418, WO 97/19927, and Boden et al. (J Med. Chem. 39:1664-75, 1996), the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all relevant and consistent purposes, can be used with or linked to the compounds of the disclosure.
  • Norepinephrine-serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as milnacipran and related compounds described in WO 03/077897 A1, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all relevant and consistent purposes, can be used with or linked to the compounds of the disclosure.
  • Vanilloid receptor antagonists such as arvanil and related compounds described in WO 01/64212 A1, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all relevant and consistent purposes, can be used with or linked to the compounds of the disclosure.
  • the compounds can be used in combination therapy with a phosphodiesterase inhibitor (examples of such inhibitors can be found in U.S. Pat. No. 6,333,354, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all relevant and consistent purposes).
  • the compounds can be used alone or in combination therapy to treat disorders associated with chloride or bicarbonate secretion that may lead to constipation, e.g., Cystic Fibrosis.
  • the compounds can also or alternatively be used alone or in combination therapy to treat calcium-induced constipation effects.
  • Constipation is commonly found in the geriatric population, particularly patients with osteoporosis who have to take calcium supplements. Calcium supplements have shown to be beneficial in ostoporotic patients to restore bone density but compliance is poor because of constipation effects associated therewith.
  • the compounds of the current disclosure have can be used in combination with an opioid.
  • Opioid use is mainly directed to pain relief, with a notable side-effect being GI disorder, e.g. constipation.
  • GI disorder e.g. constipation.
  • These agents work by binding to opioid receptors, which are found principally in the central nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract.
  • the receptors in these two organ systems mediate both the beneficial effects, and the undesirable side effects (e.g. decrease of gut motility and ensuing constipation).
  • Opioids suitable for use typically belong to one of the following exemplary classes: natural opiates, alkaloids contained in the resin of the opium poppy including morphine, codeine and thebaine; semi-synthetic opiates, created from the natural opioids, such as hydromorphone, hydrocodone, oxycodone, oxymorphone, desomorphine, diacetylmorphine (Heroin), nicomorphine, dipropanoylmorphine, benzylmorphine and ethylmorphine; fully synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl, pethidine, methadone, tramadol and propoxyphene; endogenous opioid peptides, produced naturally in the body, such as endorphins, enkephalins, dynorphins, and endomorphins.
  • natural opioids such as hydromorphone, hydrocodone, oxycodone, oxymorphone, desomorphine, diacetylmorphine (Heroin),
  • the compound of the disclosure can be used alone or in combination therapy to alleviate GI disorders encountered with patients with renal failure (stage 3-5). Constipation is the second most reported symptom in that category of patients (Murtagh et al., 2006; Murtagh et al., 2007a; Murtagh et al., 2007b). Without being held by theory, it is believed that kidney failure is accompanied by a stimulation of intestinal Na re-absorption (Hatch and Freel, 2008). A total or partial inhibition of such transport by administration of the compounds of the disclosure can have a therapeutic benefit to improve GI transit and relieve abdominal pain.
  • angiotensin-modulating agents Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE) inhibitors (e.g. captopril, enalopril, lisinopril, ramipril) and Angiotensin II receptor antagonist therapy (also referred to as AT 1 -antagonists or angiotensin receptor blockers, or ARB's); diuretics such as loop diuretics (e.g. furosemide, bumetanide), Thiazide diuretics (e.g.
  • ACE Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
  • diuretics such as loop diuretics (e.g. furosemide, bumetanide), Thiazide diuretics (e.g.
  • hydrochlorothiazide, chlorthalidone, chlorthiazide) and potassium-sparing diuretics amiloride; beta blockers: bisoprolol, carvedilol, nebivolol and extended-release metoprolol; positive inotropes: Digoxin, dobutamine; phosphodiesterase inhibitors such as milrinone; alternative vasodilators: combination of isosorbide dinitrate/hydralazine; aldosterone receptor antagonists: spironolactone, eplerenone; natriuretic peptides: Nesiritide, a recombinant form of brain-natriuretic peptide (BNP), atrial-natriuretic peptide (ANP); vasopressin receptor antagonists: Tolvaptan and conivaptan; phosphate binder (Renagel, Renleva, Phoslo, Fosrenol); phosphate transport inhibitor such as those described
  • the compounds of the disclosure can be used in combination with peptides or peptide analogs that activate the Guanylate Cyclase-receptor in the intestine and results in elevation of the intracellular second messenger, or cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP), with increased chloride and bicarbonate secretion into the intestinal lumen and concomitant fluid secretion.
  • cGMP cyclic guanosine monophosphate
  • Example of such peptides are Linaclotide (MD-1100 Acetate), endogenous hormones guanylin and uroguanylin and enteric bacterial peptides of the heat stable enterotoxin family (ST peptides) and those described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,140,102, U.S. Pat. No.
  • the compounds of the disclosure can be used in combination with type-2 chloride channel agonists, such as Amitiza (Lubiprostone) and other related compounds described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,414,016, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all relevant and consistent purposes.
  • type-2 chloride channel agonists such as Amitiza (Lubiprostone) and other related compounds described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,414,016, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all relevant and consistent purposes.
  • the compounds of the disclosure can be used in combination with P2Y2 receptor agonists, such as those described in EP 1196396B1 and U.S. Pat. No. 6,624,150, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference for all relevant and consistent purposes.
  • the compounds of the disclosure can be used in combination with laxative agents such as bulk-producing agents, e.g. psyllium husk (Metamucil), methylcellulose (Citrucel), polycarbophil, dietary fiber, apples, stool softeners/surfactant such as docusate (Colace, Diocto); hydrating agents (osmotics), such as dibasic sodium phosphate, magnesium citrate, magnesium hydroxide (Milk of magnesia), magnesium sulfate (which is Epsom salt), monobasic sodium phosphate, sodium biphosphate; hyperosmotic agents: glycerin suppositories, sorbitol, lactulose, and polyethylene glycol (PEG).
  • laxative agents such as bulk-producing agents, e.g. psyllium husk (Metamucil), methylcellulose (Citrucel), polycarbophil, dietary fiber, apples, stool softeners/surfactant such as docusate (Col
  • the compounds of the disclosure accelerate gastrointestinal transit, and more specifically in the colon, without substantially affecting the residence time in the stomach, i.e. with no significant effect on the gastric emptying time. Even more specifically the compounds of the invention restore colonic transit without the side-effects associated with delayed gastric emptying time, such as nausea.
  • the GI and colonic transit are measured in patients using methods reported in, for example: Burton D D, Camilleri M, Mullan B P, et al., J. Nucl. Med., 1997; 38:1807-1810; Cremonini F, Mullan B P, Camilleri M, et al., Aliment. Pharmacol.
  • the NHE-inhibiting compounds described therein may be administered to patients in need thereof in combination with a fluid-absorbing polymer (“FAP”).
  • FAP fluid-absorbing polymer
  • the intestinal fluid-absorbing polymers useful for administration in accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure may be administered orally in combination with non-absorbable NHE-inhibiting compounds (e.g., a NHE-3 inhibitor) to absorb the intestinal fluid resulting from the action of the sodium transport inhibitors.
  • non-absorbable NHE-inhibiting compounds e.g., a NHE-3 inhibitor
  • Such polymers swell in the colon and bind fluid to impart a consistency to stools that is acceptable for patients.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymers described herein may be selected from polymers with laxative properties, also referred to as bulking agents (i.e., polymers that retain some of the intestinal fluid in the stools and impart a higher degree of hydration in the stools and facilitate transit).
  • the fluid-absorbing polymers may also be optionally selected from pharmaceutical polymers with anti-diarrhea function, i.e., agents that maintain some consistency to the stools to avoid watery stools and potential incontinence.
  • the ability of the polymer to maintain a certain consistency in stools with a high content of fluid can be characterized by its “water holding power.”
  • Wenzl et al. in Determinants of decreased fecal consistency in patients with diarrhea ; Gastroenterology, v. 108, no. 6, p. 1729-1738 (1995) studied the determinants that control the consistency of stools of patients with diarrhea and found that they were narrowly correlated with the water holding power of the feces.
  • the water holding power is determined as the water content of given stools to achieve a certain level of consistency (corresponding to “formed stool” consistency) after the reconstituted fecal matter has been centrifuged at a certain g number.
  • the water holding power of the feces is increased by ingestion of certain polymers with a given fluid absorbing profile. More specifically, it has been found that the water-holding power of said polymers is correlated with their fluid absorbancy under load (AUL); even more specifically the AUL of said polymers is greater than 15 g of isotonic fluid/g of polymer under a static pressure of 5 kPa, even more preferably under a static pressure of 10 kPa.
  • AUL fluid absorbancy under load
  • the FAP utilized in the treatment method of the present disclosure preferably has a AUL of at least about 10 g, about 15 g, about 20 g, about 25 g or more of isotonic fluid/g of polymer under a static pressure of about 5 kPa, and preferably about 10 kPA, and may have a fluid absorbency of about 20 g, about 25 g or more, as determined using means generally known in the art. Additionally or alternatively, the FAP may impart a minimum consistency to fecal matter and, in some embodiments, a consistency graded as “soft” in the scale described in the test method below, when fecal non water-soluble solid fraction is from 10% to 20%, and the polymer concentration is from 1% to 5% of the weight of stool.
  • the determination of the fecal non water-soluble solid fraction of stools is described in Wenz et al.
  • the polymer may be uncharged or may have a low charge density (e.g., 1-2 meq/gr).
  • the polymer may be delivered directly to the colon using known delivery methods to avoid premature swelling in the esophagus.
  • the FAP is a “superabsorbent” polymer (i.e., a lightly crosslinked, partially neutralized polyelectrolyte hydrogel similar to those used in baby diapers, feminine hygiene products, agriculture additives, etc.).
  • Superabsorbent polymers may be made of a lightly crosslinked polyacrylate hydrogel. The swelling of the polymer is driven essentially by two effects: (i) the hydration of the polymer backbone and entropy of mixing and (ii) the osmotic pressure arising from the counter-ions (e.g., Na ions) within the gel.
  • the gel swelling ratio at equilibrium is controlled by the elastic resistance inherent to the polymer network and by the chemical potential of the bathing fluid, i.e., the gel will de-swell at higher salt concentration because the background electrolyte will reduce the apparent charge density on the polymer and will reduce the difference of free ion concentrations inside and outside the gel that drives osmotic pressure.
  • the swelling ratio SR (g of fluid per g of dry polymer and synonymously “fluid absorbency”) may vary from 1000 in pure water down to 30 in 0.9% NaCl solution representative of physiological saline (i.e., isotonic). SR may increase with the degree of neutralization and may decrease with the crosslinking density.
  • SR generally decreases with an applied load with the extent of reduction dependent on the strength of the gel, i.e., the crosslinking density.
  • the salt concentration within the gel, as compared with the external solution, may be lower as a result of the Donnan effect due to the internal electrical potential.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer may include crosslinked polyacrylates which are fluid absorbent such as those prepared from ⁇ , ⁇ -ethylenically unsaturated monomers, such as monocarboxylic acids, polycarboxylic acids, acrylamide and their derivatives. These polymers may have repeating units of acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, metal salts of acrylic acid, acrylamide, and acrylamide derivatives (such as 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid) along with various combinations of such repeating units as copolymers. Such derivatives include acrylic polymers which include hydrophilic grafts of polymers such as polyvinyl alcohol. Examples of suitable polymers and processes, including gel polymerization processes, for preparing such polymers are disclosed in U.S. Pat.
  • the degree of crosslinking can vary greatly depending upon the specific polymer material; however, in most applications the subject superabsorbent polymers are only lightly crosslinked, that is, the degree of crosslinking is such that the polymer can still absorb over 10 times its weight in physiological saline (i.e., 0.9% saline).
  • such polymers typically include less than about 0.2 mole % crosslinking agent.
  • the FAP's utilized for treatment are Calcium Carbophil (Registry Number: 9003-97-8, also referred as Carbopol EX-83), and Carpopol 934P.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer is prepared by high internal phase emulsion (“HIPE”) processes.
  • HIPE high internal phase emulsion
  • the HIPE process leads to polymeric foam slabs with a very large porous fraction of interconnected large voids (about 100 microns) (i.e., open-cell structures).
  • This technique produces flexible and collapsible foam materials with exceptional suction pressure and fluid absorbency (see U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,650,222; 5,763,499 and 6,107,356, which are incorporated herein for all relevant and consistent purposes).
  • the polymer is hydrophobic and, therefore, the surface should be modified so as to be wetted by the aqueous fluid. This is accomplished by post-treating the foam material by a surfactant in order to reduce the interfacial tension.
  • fluid-absorbing gels are prepared by aqueous free radical polymerization of acrylamide or a derivative thereof, a crosslinker (e.g., methylene-bis-acrylamide) and a free radical initiator redox system in water.
  • the material is obtained as a slab.
  • the swelling ratio of crosslinked polyacrylamide at low crosslinking density e.g., 2%-4% expressed as weight % of methylene-bis-acrylamide
  • the swelling properties of these polymers have been extensively studied and are essentially the same of those of crosslinked polyacrylic acids at high salt concentration.
  • a crosslinked polyacrylamide gel of same crosslink density as a neutralized polyacrylic acid will exhibit the same swelling ratio (i.e., fluid absorbing properties) and it is believed the same degree of deswelling under pressure, as the crosslinked polyelectrolyte at high salt content (e.g., 1 M).
  • the properties (e.g., swelling) of neutral hydrogels will not be sensitive to the salt environment as long as the polymer remains in good solvent conditions. Without being held to any particular theory, it is believed that the fluid contained within the gel has the same salt composition than the surrounding fluid (i.e., there is no salt partitioning due to Donnan effect).
  • hydrogel materials that include N-alkyl acrylamide polymers (e.g., N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAM)).
  • NIPAM N-isopropylacrylamide
  • the corresponding aqueous polyNIPAM hydrogel shows a temperature transition at about 35° C. Above this temperature the hydrogel may collapse. The mechanism is generally reversible and the gel re-swells to its original swelling ratio when the temperature reverts to room temperature. This allows production of nanoparticles by emulsion polymerization (R. Pelton, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 85, pp. 1-33, (2000)).
  • the FAP utilized for treatment in combination with a NHE-inhibitor is a superporous gel that may delay the emptying of the stomach for the treatment of obesity (J. Chen, Journal of Controlled Release, 65, pp. 73-82 (2000), or to deliver proteins.
  • Polyacrylate-based SAP's with a macroporous structure may also be used.
  • Macroporous SAP and superporous gels differ in that the porous structure remains almost intact in the dry state for superporous gels, but disappears upon drying for macroporous SAP's.
  • the method of preparation is different although both methods use a foaming agent (e.g., carbonate salt that generates CO 2 bubbles during polymerization).
  • Typical swelling ratios, SR, of superporous materials are around 10. Superporous gels keep a large internal pore volume in the dry state.
  • Macroporous hydrogels may also be formed using a method whereby polymer phase separation in induced by a non-solvent.
  • the polymer may be poly-NIPAM and the non-solvent utilized may be glucose (see, e.g., Z. Zhang, J. Org. Chem., 69, 23 (2004)) or NaCl (see, e.g., Cheng et al., Journal of Biomedical Materials Research—Part A , Vol. 67, Issue 1, 1 Oct. 2003, Pages 96-103).
  • the phase separation induced by the presence of NaCl leads to an increase in swelling ratio. These materials are preferred if the swelling ratio of the material, SR, is maintained in salt isotonic solution and if the gels do not collapse under load.
  • the temperature of “service” should be shifted beyond body temperature, e.g. by diluting NIPAM in the polymer with monomer devoid of transition temperature phenomenon.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer may be selected from certain naturally-occurring polymers such as those containing carbohydrate moieties.
  • carbohydrate-containing hydrogels are non-digestible, have a low fraction of soluble material and a high fraction of gel-forming materials.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer is selected from xanthan, guar, wellan, hemicelluloses, alkyl-cellulose, hydro-alkyl-cellulose, carboxy-alkyl-cellulose, carrageenan, dextran, hyaluronic acid and agarose.
  • the gel forming polymer is psyllium.
  • Psyllium (or “ispaghula”) is the common name used for several members of the plant genus Plantago whose seeds are used commercially for the production of mucilage.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymer is in the gel-forming fraction of psyllium, i.e., a neutral saccharide copolymer of arabinose (25%) and xylose (75%) as characterized in (J. Marlett, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 62, pp. 2-7-209 (2003); and, M. Fischer, Carbohydrate Research, 339, 2009-2012 (2004)), and further described in U.S. Pat. Nos.
  • a psyllium-containing dosage form is suitable for chewing, where the chewing action disintegrates the tablet into smaller, discrete particles prior to swallowing but which undergoes minimal gelling in the mouth, and has acceptable mouthfeel and good aesthetics as perceived by the patient.
  • the psyllium-containing dosage form includes physically discrete unit suitable as a unitary dosage for human subjects and other mammals, each containing a predetermined quantity of active material (e.g. the gel-forming polysaccharide) calculated to produce the desired therapeutic effect.
  • Solid oral dosage forms that are suitable for the present compositions include tablets, pills, capsules, lozenges, chewable tablets, troches, cachets, pellets, wafer and the like.
  • the FAP is a polysaccharide particle wherein the polysaccharide component includes xylose and arabinose.
  • the ratio of the xylose to the arabinose may be at least about 3:1 by weight, as described in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,287,609; 7,026,303 and 7,014,862, each of which is incorporated herein for all relevant and consistent purposes.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymers described herein may be used in combination with the NHE-inhibiting compound or a pharmaceutical composition containing it.
  • the NHE-inhibiting compound and the FAP may also be administered with other agents including those described under the heading “Combination Therapies” without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.
  • the NHE-inhibiting compound may be administered alone without use of a fluid-absorbing polymer to resolve symptoms without eliciting significant diarrhea or fecal fluid secretion that would require the co-administration of a fluid-absorbing polymer.
  • the fluid-absorbing polymers described herein may be selected so as to not induce any substantial interaction with the NHE-inhibiting compound or a pharmaceutical composition containing it.
  • “no substantial interaction” generally means that the co-administration of the FAP polymer would not substantially alter (i.e., neither substantially decrease nor substantially increase) the pharmacological property of the NHE-inhibiting compounds administered alone.
  • FAPs containing negatively charged functionality such as carboxylates, sulfonates, and the like, may potentially interact ionically with positively charged NHE-inhibiting compounds, preventing the inhibitor from reaching its pharmacological target.
  • shape and arrangement of functionality in a FAP could act as a molecular recognition element, and sequestor NHE-inhibiting compounds via “host-guest” interactions via the recognition of specific hydrogen bonds and/or hydrophobic regions of a given inhibitor.
  • the FAP polymer may be selected, for co-administration or use with a compound of the present disclosure, to ensure that (i) it does not ionically interact with or bind with the compound of the present disclosure (by means of, for example, a moiety present therein possessing a charge opposite that of a moiety in the compound itself), and/or (ii) it does not possess a charge and/or structural conformation (or shape or arrangement) that enables it to establish a “host-guest” interaction with the compound of the present disclosure (by means of, for example, a moiety present therein that may act as a molecular recognition element and sequester the NHE inhibitor or inhibiting moiety of the compound).
  • an “effective amount” (or “pharmaceutically effective amount”) of a compound disclosed herein, is a quantity that results in a beneficial clinical outcome of the condition being treated with the compound compared with the absence of treatment.
  • the amount of the compound or compounds administered will depend on the degree, severity, and type of the disease or condition, the amount of therapy desired, and the release characteristics of the pharmaceutical formulation. It will also depend on the subject's health, size, weight, age, sex and tolerance to drugs. Typically, the compound is administered for a sufficient period of time to achieve the desired therapeutic effect.
  • the NHE-inhibiting compound and FAP may be administered together or in a “dual-regimen” wherein the two therapeutics are dosed and administered separately.
  • the typical dosage administered to the subject in need of the NHE-inhibiting compound is typically from about 5 mg per day and about 5000 mg per day and, in other embodiments, from about 50 mg per day and about 1000 mg per day.
  • Such dosages may induce fecal excretion of sodium (and its accompanying anions), from about 10 mmol up to about 250 mmol per day, from about 20 mmol to about 70 mmol per day or even from about 30 mmol to about 60 mmol per day.
  • the typical dose of the fluid-absorbing polymer is a function of the extent of fecal secretion induced by the non-absorbable NHE-inhibiting compound.
  • the dose is adjusted according to the frequency of bowel movements and consistency of the stools. More specifically the dose is adjusted so as to avoid liquid stools and maintain stool consistency as “soft” or semi-formed, or formed.
  • typical dosage ranges of the fluid-absorbing polymer to be administered in combination with the NHE-inhibiting compound are from about 2 g to about 50 g per day, from about 5 g to about 25 g per day or even from about 10 g to about 20 g per day.
  • the daily uptake may be from about 2 g to about 50 g per day, from about 5 g to about 25 g per day, or from about 10 g to about 20 g per day, with a weight ratio of NHE-inhibiting compound to fluid-absorbing polymer being from about 1:1000 to 1:10 or even from about 1:500 to 1:5 or about 1:100 to 1:5.
  • a typical dosage of the substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable, NHE-inhibiting compound when used alone without a FAP may be between about 0.2 mg per day and about 2 g per day, or between about 1 mg and about 1 g per day, or between about 5 mg and about 500 mg, or between about 10 mg and about 250 mg per day, which is administered to a subject in need of treatment.
  • the frequency of administration of therapeutics described herein may vary from once-a-day (QD) to twice-a-day (BID) or thrice-a-day (TID), etc., the precise frequency of administration varying with, for example, the patient's condition, the dosage, etc.
  • the NHE-inhibiting compound could be taken once-a-day while the fluid-absorbing polymer could be taken at each meal (TID).
  • the NHE-inhibiting compound is administered twice-a-day (BID), or thrice-a-day (TID), and in a more specific embodiment, the NHE-inhibiting compound is administered in an amount ranging from 2-200 mg per dose BID, or 2-100 mg per dose TID. In more specific embodiments, the NHE-inhibiting compound is administered in an amount of about 15 mg per dose, about 30 mg per dose, or about 45 mg per dose, and in a more specific embodiment, in an amount of 15 mg per dose, 30 mg per dose, or 45 mg per dose.
  • the substantially impermeable or substantially systemically non-bioavailable NHE-inhibiting compounds of the present disclosure with or without the fluid-absorbing polymers described herein may be administered by any suitable route.
  • the compound is preferably administrated orally (e.g., dietary) in capsules, suspensions, tablets, pills, dragees, liquids, gels, syrups, slurries, and the like.
  • Methods for encapsulating compositions (such as in a coating of hard gelatin or cyclodextran) are known in the art (Baker, et al., “Controlled Release of Biological Active Agents”, John Wiley and Sons, 1986).
  • the compounds can be administered to the subject in conjunction with an acceptable pharmaceutical carrier as part of a pharmaceutical composition.
  • Suitable pharmaceutical carriers may contain inert ingredients which do not interact with the compound.
  • the carriers are biocompatible, i.e., non-toxic, non-inflammatory, non-immunogenic and devoid of other undesired reactions at the administration site.
  • pharmaceutically acceptable carriers include, for example, saline, commercially available inert gels, or liquids supplemented with albumin, methyl cellulose or a collagen matrix. Standard pharmaceutical formulation techniques can be employed, such as those described in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, Mack Publishing Company, Easton, Pa.
  • compositions for oral use can be obtained by combining a compound of the present disclosure with a solid excipient, optionally grinding a resulting mixture, and processing the mixture of granules, after adding suitable auxiliaries, if desired, to obtain tablets or dragee cores.
  • suitable excipients are, in particular, fillers such as sugars, including lactose, sucrose, mannitol, or sorbitol; cellulose preparations such as, for example, maize starch, wheat starch, rice starch, potato starch, gelatin, gum tragacanth, methyl cellulose, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, and/or polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP).
  • disintegrating agents can be added, such as cross-linked polyvinyl pyrrolidone, agar, or alginic acid or a salt thereof such as sodium alginate.
  • Dragee cores are provided with suitable coatings.
  • suitable coatings can be used, which can optionally contain gum arabic, talc, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, carbopol gel, polyethylene glycol, and/or titanium dioxide, lacquer solutions, and suitable organic solvents or solvent mixtures.
  • Dyestuffs or pigments can be added to the tablets or dragee coatings for identification or to characterize different combinations of active compound doses.
  • compositions which can be used orally include push-fit capsules made of a suitable material, such as gelatin, as well as soft, sealed capsules made of a suitable material, for example, gelatin, and a plasticizer, such as glycerol or sorbitol.
  • the push-fit capsules can contain the active ingredients in admixture with filler such as lactose, binders such as starches, and/or lubricants such as talc or magnesium stearate and, optionally, stabilizers.
  • the active compounds can be dissolved or suspended in suitable liquids, such as fatty oils, liquid paraffin, or liquid polyethylene glycols.
  • stabilizers can be added. All formulations for oral administration should be in dosages suitable for such administration.
  • certain compounds of the disclosure may be obtained as different stereoisomers (e.g., diastereomers and enantiomers) or as isotopes and that the disclosure includes all isomeric forms, racemic mixtures and isotopes of the disclosed compounds and a method of treating a subject with both pure isomers and mixtures thereof, including racemic mixtures, as well as isotopes.
  • Stereoisomers can be separated and isolated using any suitable method, such as chromatography.
  • NHE proteins show considerable diversity in their patterns of tissue expression, membrane localization and functional roles. (See, e.g., The sodium - hydrogen exchanger - From molecule To Its Role In Disease , Karmazyn, M., Avkiran, M., and Fliegel, L., eds., Kluwer Academics (2003).)
  • NHE-1 through -9 nine distinct NHE genes (NHE-1 through -9) have been described. Of these nine, five (NHE-1 through -5) are principally active at the plasma membrane, whereas NHE-6, -7 and -9 reside predominantly within intracellular compartments.
  • NHE-1 is ubiquitously expressed and is chiefly responsible for restoration of steady state intracellular pH following cytosolic acidification and for maintenance of cell volume. Recent findings show that NHE-1 is crucial for organ function and survival (e.g., NHE-1-null mice exhibit locomotor abnormalities, epileptic-like seizures and considerable mortality before weaning).
  • NHE-2 through -4 are predominantly expressed on the apical side of epithelia of the kidney and the gastrointestinal tract.
  • NHE-3 is the major contributor of renal bulk Na+ and fluid re-absorption by the proximal tubule.
  • the associated secretion of H+ by NHE-3 into the lumen of renal tubules is also essential for about 2 ⁇ 3 of renal HCO3 ⁇ re-absorption.
  • Complete disruption of NHE-3 function in mice causes a sharp reduction in HCO3 ⁇ , Na+ and fluid re-absorption in the kidney, which is consistently associated with hypovolemia and acidosis.
  • the compounds of the disclosure are intended to target the apical NHE antiporters (e.g. NHE-3, NHE-2 and NHE-8) without substantial permeability across the layer of gut epithelial cells, and/or without substantial activity towards NHEs that do not reside predominantly in the GI tract.
  • This invention provides a method to selectively inhibit GI apical NHE antiporters and provide the desired effect of salt and fluid absorption inhibition to correct abnormal fluid homeostasis leading to constipations states. Because of their absence of systemic exposure, said compounds do not interfere with other key physiological roles of NHEs highlighted above.
  • the compounds of the disclosure are expected to treat constipation in patients in need thereof, without eliciting undesired systemic effects, such as for example salt wasting or bicarbonate loss leading to hyponatriemia and acidosis among other disorders.
  • the compounds of the disclosure are delivered to the small bowel with little or no interaction with the upper GI such as the gastric compartment and the duodenum.
  • the compounds are designed so as to be released in an active form past the duodenum. This can be accomplished by either a prodrug approach or by specific drug delivery systems.
  • prodrug is to be understood to refer to a modified form of the compounds detailed herein that is inactive (or significantly less active) in the upper GI, but once administered is metabolised in vivo into an active metabolite after getting past, for example, the duodenum.
  • the activity of the NHE-inhibiting compound can be masked with a transient protecting group that is liberated after compound passage through the desired gastric compartment.
  • acylation or alkylation of the essential guanidinyl functionality of the NHE-inhibiting compound would render it biochemically inactive; however, cleavage of these functional groups by intestinal amidases, esterases, phosphatases, and the like, as well enzymes present in the colonic flora, would liberate the active parent compound.
  • Prodrugs can be designed to exploit the relative expression and localization of such phase I metabolic enzymes by carefully optimizing the structure of the prodrug for recognition by specific enzymes.
  • the anti-inflammatory agent sulfasalazine is converted to 5-aminosalicylate in the colon by reduction of the diazo bond by intestinal bacteria.
  • the NHE-inhibiting compounds of the disclosure are formulated in certain pharmaceutical compositions for oral administration that release the active in the targeted areas of the GI, i.e., jejunum, ileum or colon, or preferably the distal ileum and colon, or even more preferably the colon.
  • the active pharmaceutical ingredient is contained in a tablet/capsule designed to release said API as a function of the environment (e.g., pH, enzymatic activity, temperature, etc.), or as a function of time.
  • a tablet/capsule designed to release said API as a function of the environment (e.g., pH, enzymatic activity, temperature, etc.), or as a function of time.
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  • the APL containing core tablet is layered with various polymeric coatings with specific dissolution profiles.
  • the first layer ensures that the tablet passes through the stomach intact so it can continue through the small intestine.
  • the change from an acidic environment in the stomach to an alkaline environment in the small intestine initiates the release of the protective outer layer.
  • the next layer is made permeable by the alkalinity and intestinal fluid. This allows fluid to penetrate to the interior layer and release the active ingredient, which diffuses from the core to the outside, where it can be absorbed by the intestinal wall.
  • Other methods are contemplated without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.
  • compositions of the invention can be used with drug carriers including pectin and galactomannan, polysaccharides that are both degradable by colonic bacterial enzymes.
  • drug carriers including pectin and galactomannan, polysaccharides that are both degradable by colonic bacterial enzymes.
  • compositions of the invention may be used with the pharmaceutical matrix of a complex of gelatin and an anionic polysaccharide (e.g., pectinate, pectate, alginate, chondroitin sulfate, polygalacturonic acid, tragacanth gum, arabic gum, and a mixture thereof), which is degradable by colonic enzymes (U.S. Pat. No. 6,319,518).
  • an anionic polysaccharide e.g., pectinate, pectate, alginate, chondroitin sulfate, polygalacturonic acid, tragacanth gum, arabic gum, and a mixture thereof.
  • fluid-absorbing polymers that are administered in accordance with treatment methods of the present disclosure are formulated to provide acceptable/pleasant organoleptic properties such as mouthfeel, taste, and/or to avoid premature swelling/gelation in the mouth and in the esophagus and provoke choking or obstruction.
  • the formulation may be designed in such a way so as to ensure the full hydration and swelling of the FAP in the GI tract and avoid the formation of lumps.
  • the oral dosages for the FAP may take various forms including, for example, powder, granulates, tablets, wafer, cookie and the like, and are most preferably delivered to the small bowel with little or no interaction with the upper GI such as the gastric compartment and the duodenum.
  • Example 1 To a solution of A (972 mg, 193 mmol) and DIEA (657 ⁇ L, 3.87 mmol) in DCM (20 mL) was added bis(perfluorophenyl) 4-nitro-4-(3-oxo-3-(perfluorophenoxy)propyl)heptanedioate (intermediate B, 500 mg, 0.645 mmol) and the resulting solution stirred at room temperature for 20 h. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the resulting residue purified by automated flash column silica gel chromatography using a gradient of DCM:MeOH (99:1 to 9:1) to give the title compound as a yellow solid (516 mg, 46%) after the solvent was removed.
  • intermediate B 500 mg, 0.645 mmol
  • the solution was purified by automated flash column reverse phase chromatography using a gradient of H 2 O 0.05% TFA: CH 3 CN 0.05% TFA (80:20 to 60:40) and detection by UV at 254 nm in three batches.
  • the suspension was extracted twice with a 95:5 DCM: MeOH solution. The combined organic layers were dried over Na 2 SO 4 and the solvent removed to give the title compound (3.52 g, 51% yield) as a white foam.
  • the suspension was filtered through a pad of Celite® and the pad washed twice with EtOH.
  • To combined organic layers were concentrated under reduced pressure and was purified by automated flash column reverse phase chromatography using a gradient of H 2 O 0.05% TFA: CH 3 CN 0.05% TFA (80:20 to 50:50) and detection by UV at 254 nm.
  • the solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the resulting residue dissolved in DCM and washed with saturated aqueous NaHCO 3 .
  • the organic phase was dried over Na 2 SO 4 and the solvent removed under reduced pressure to give the title compound (280 mg, 31%).
  • Example 3 Taurine (9.2 mg, 0.074 mmol) was dissolved in H 2 O (200 ⁇ L), to which was added DIEA (26 ⁇ L, 0.15 mmol), followed by DMF (800 ⁇ L). To the resulting solution was added N,N′-disuccinimidyl carbonate (19 mg, 0.074 mmol) and the solution stirred at 50° C. for 1. Example 2 (25 mg, 0.015 mmol) was then added and the solution stirred for 18 h at 50° C.
  • Example 4 Example 2 (200 mg, 0.118 mmol) and 33 weight % aqueous formaldehyde (30 ⁇ L) were combined in a mixture of MeCN (2 mL) and H 2 O (2 mL). Five drops of acetic acid were then added, followed by sodium triacetoxyborohydride (15 mg, 0.24 mmol) and the mixture stirred for 30 min at room temperature. The mixture was then purified by preparative HPLC with a C18 silica gel stationary phase using a gradient of H 2 O 0.05% TFA:CH 3 CN 0.05% TFA (80:20 to 40:60) and detection by UV at 254 nm to give the title compound tetra-TFA salt (146 mg, 57% yield) as a white solid.
  • Example 5 Example 2 (47 mg, 0.028 mmol) and DIEA (14 ⁇ L, 0.83 mmol) were dissolved in MeCN (1 mL). Methanesulfonic anhydride (6.0 mg, 0.35 mmol) was then added and the solution stirred for 1 h at room temperature and then stirred for an additional 1 h at 50° C.
  • Example 6 Example 2 (50 mg, 0.029 mmol) and DIEA (15 ⁇ L, 0.088 mmol) were dissolved in DMF (1 mL). 1,4-Dioxane-2,6-dione (6.0 mg, 0.038 mmol) was then added and the solution stirred at 40° C. for 1 h, then diluted with H 2 O and acidified with TFA. The mixture was then purified by preparative HPLC with a C18 silica gel stationary phase using a gradient of H 2 O 0.05% TFA: CH 3 CN 0.05% TFA (80:20 to 20:80) and detection by UV at 254 nm to give the title compound tri-TFA salt (40 mg, 63% yield) as a white solid.
  • Example 7 To a solution of example 2 (150 mg, 0.0882 mmol) and DIEA (30 ⁇ L, 0.18 mmol) in THF (3 mL) was added ethyl 2-isocyanatoacetate (20 ⁇ L, 0.18 mmol) and the resulting solution stirred for 1.5 h at room temperature. H 2 O (2 mL) and LiOH.H 2 O (18.5 mg, 0.441 mmol) was then added and the resulting mixture stirred for 2 h at room temperature. The mixture was diluted with DCM and washed with H 2 O, then the organic layer dried over Na 2 SO 4 and the solvent remove under reduced pressure.
  • Example 8 To a solution of example 2 (50 mg, 0.029 mmol) and TEA (12 ⁇ L, 0.088 mmol) in DCM (1 mL) was added isocyanatotrimethylsilane (5.9 ⁇ L, 0.044 mmol). The resulting solution was stirred for 1 h at room temperature, then stirred for an additional 16 h at 40° C.
  • Example 9 The title compound was synthesized in a manner similar to example 2 (method B), using intermediate E in place of intermediate A. MS (ES, m/z): 1829.2 [M+H] + .
  • Example 10 Example 9 (75 mg, 0.041 mmol) and DIEA (21 ⁇ L, 0.12 mmol) were dissolved in MeCN (1 mL) and cooled to 0° C. To the stirring solution was added propionyl chloride (4.3 ⁇ L, 0.049 mmol), then the resulting mixture allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 30 min.
  • the mixture was diluted with H 2 O and acidified with TFA, then purified by preparative HPLC with a C18 silica gel stationary phase using a gradient of H 2 O 0.05% TFA:CH 3 CN 0.05% TFA (80:20 to 20:80) and detection by UV at 254 nm to give the title compound tri-TFA salt (18 mg, 23% yield) as a white solid.
  • Example 11 To a solution of intermediate G (51 mg, 0.29 mmol) and DIEA (25 ⁇ L, 0.15 mmol) dissolved in DMF (1 mL) was added 2-Amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol.HCl (9.2 mg, 0.059 mmol). The resulting solution was stirred at room temperature for 2 h, then diluted with H 2 O, and acidified with TFA.
  • Example 12 To a solution of intermediate G (50 mg, 0.029 mmol) and DIEA (10 ⁇ L, 0.059 mmol) in MeCN (1 mL) was added (S)-di-tert-butyl 2-aminosuccinate (11 mg, 0.044 mmol). The resulting solution was stirred for 18 h at 40° C., then diluted with H 2 O, acidified with TFA, and then purified by preparative HPLC with a C18 silica gel stationary phase using a gradient of H 2 O 0.05% TFA: CH 3 CN 0.05% TFA (80:20 to 20:80) and detection by UV at 254 nm. The fractions with pure material were combined and the lyophilized.
  • Example 13 The title compound was synthesized in a manner similar to example 11, using example 9 in place of example 2 and phenylisocyanate in place of isocyanatotrimethylsilane. MS (ES, m/z): 1948.2 [M+H] + .
  • Example 14 To a solution of example 2 (100 mg, 0.0588 mmol), N,N-dimethylglycine (9.0 mg, 0.088 mmol), and DIEA (50 ⁇ L, 0.29 mmol) in DMF (2 mL) was added HATU (27 mg, 0.071 mmol).
  • Example 15 The title compound was synthesized in a manner similar to example 14, using example 9 in place of example 2 and undecanoic acid in place N,N-dimethylglycine. MS (ES, m/z): 1997.2 [M+H] + .
  • Example 16 The title compound was synthesized in a manner similar to Example 14, using example 9 in place of example 2 and 4′-chlorobiphenyl-4-carboxylic acid in place of N,N-dimethylglycine. MS (ES, m/z): 1022.4 [M+2H] 2+ .
  • Example 17 To a stirring solution of 17a (24 mg, 0.060 mmol), intermediate A (100 mg, 0.199 mmol), and DIEA (102 ⁇ L) in DMF (1 mL) was added HATU (82 mg, 0.22 mmol). The resulting mixture was stirred for 2 h at room temperature, then diluted with H 2 O and acidified with TFA and purified by preparative HPLC with a C18 silica gel stationary phase using a gradient of H 2 O 0.05% TFA:CH 3 CN 0.05% TFA (80:20 to 40:60) and detection by UV at 254 nm to give the title compound tri-TFA salt (63 mg, 45% yield) as a white solid.
  • Example 18 To a solution of intermediate E.1 (70 mg, 0.158 mmol) and triprop-2-ynylamine (6.3 mg, 0.0478 mmol) in DMF (1 mL) was added CuI (1.4 mg, 0.0072 mmol) and the resulting mixture stirred for 16 h at room temperature. The mixture was then diluted with H 2 O and acidified with TFA, then purified by preparative HPLC with a C18 silica gel stationary phase using a gradient of H 2 O 0.05% TFA:CH 3 CN 0.05% TFA (80:20 to 20:80) and detection by UV at 254 nm to give the title compound tri-TFA salt (40 mg, 36% yield) as a white solid.
  • Example 19 A solution of example 9 (75 mg, 0.041 mmol) and 4′-chlorobiphenyl-4-carbaldehyde (8.9 mg, 0.041 mmol) in MeOH (1 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 4 h. NaBH 4 (2.5 mg, 0.065 mmol) was then added and the resulting mixture stirred at room temperature for 30 min. The solvent was then removed under reduced pressure and the resulting residue dissolved in DCM and washed with 1 M aqueous HCl, saturated aqueous NaHCO 3 , and brine. The organic layer was then dried over Na 2 SO 4 and the solvent removed under reduced pressure.
  • Example 20 The title compound was synthesized in a manner similar to example 19, 4-(octyloxy)benzaldehyde in place of 4′-chlorobiphenyl-4-carbaldehyde. MS (ES, m/z): 1024.5 [M+2H] 2+ .
  • Example 42 3,12-bis(14-(3-((S)-6,8-dichloro-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-4-yl)phenylsulfonamido)-2-oxo-6,9,12-trioxa-3-azatetradecyl)-N1,N14-bis(2-(2-(2-(2-(3-((S)-6,8-dichloro-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-4-yl)phenylsulfonamido)ethoxy)ethoxy)ethoxy)ethyl)-6,9-dioxa-3,12-diazatetradecane-1,14-diamide.
  • Example 43 (S)—N,N′-(15-(1-(3-((S)-6,8-dichloro-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-4-yl)phenylsulfonamido)-10-oxo-3,6-dioxa-9,11-diazatetradecan-14-yl)-10,20-dioxo-3,6,24,27-tetraoxa-9,11,15,19,21-pentaazanonacosane-1,29-diyl)bis(3-((S)-6,8-dichloro-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-4-yl)benzenesulfonamide).
  • Example 44 N 1 ,N 1 ,N 12 ,N 12 -tetrakis(13-(3-((S)-6,8-dichloro-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-4-yl)phenylsulfonamido)-4-oxo-8,11-dioxa-3,5-diazatridecyl)dodecanediamide.
  • intermediate 46c To a mixture of this yellow solid in DMF (2.5 mL) was added intermediate 46c (52.2 mg, 0.106 mmol, 0.263 equiv) and DIEA (141 ⁇ L, 0.808 mmol, 2 equiv). The mixture was stirred at rt for 1 h and diluted with water. The yellow precipitate was collected via filtration and purified by column to give 122 mg (58%) of intermediate 46d as a slightly yellow solid.
  • Example 46 (S)—N,N′-(14-amino-14-(13-(3-((S)-6,8-dichloro-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-4-yl)phenylsulfonamido)-4-oxo-8,11-dioxa-3,5-diazatridecyl)-10,18-dioxo-3,6,22,25-tetraoxa-9,11,17,19-tetraazaheptacosane-1,27-diyl)bis(3-((S)-6,8-dichloro-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-4-yl)benzenesulfonamide) To a mixture of intermediate 46d (122 mg, 0.062 mmol, 1 equiv) in DMF (2 mL) was added tris(2-aminoethyl)amine.
  • Example 47 (S)—N,N′-(15-(1-(3-((S)-6,8-dichloro-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-4-yl)phenylsulfonamido)-11-methyl-10-oxo-3,6-dioxa-9,11-diazatetradecan-14-yl)-11,19-dimethyl-10,20-dioxo-3,6,24,27-tetraoxa-9,11,15,19,21-pentaazanonacosane-1,29-diyl)bis(3-((S)-6,8-dichloro-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-4-yl)benzenesulfonamide).
  • Example 42 2454.7 1228.6 [M + 2H] 2+ Example 49
  • Example 50 Example 42 2312.6 1157 [M + 2H] 2+
  • Example 51 Example 43 1901.6 1903 [M + H] + Example 52
  • Example 43 1859.6 1860.4 [M + H] + Example 53 Example 43 1727.5 1728 [M + H] + Example 54
  • Example 58 Example 47 1784.5 1785.5 [M + H] +
  • Example 59 Example 44 2616.8 1309.5 [M + 2H] 2+
  • Example 60 Example 45 2454.7 1228.5 [M + 2H] 2+
  • Example 61 Example 44 2792.9 1397.5 [M + 2H] 2
  • Example 72 HATU (42 mg, 0.11 mmol) was added to a solution of 4-acetyl-4-(2-carboxyethyl)heptanedioic acid (intermediate N, 8.2 mg, 0.03 mmol), (S)—N-(2-(2-(2-aminoethoxyl)ethoxy)ethyl)-3-(6,8-dichloro-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-4-yl)benzenesulfonamide (intermediate A, 50 mg, 0.10 mmol) and DIEA (28 mg, 0.022 mmol) in DMF (0.50 mL).
  • Example 73 Sodium borohydride (1 mg, 0.03 mmol) was added to a solution of a TFA salt of 4-acetyl-N1,N7-bis(2-(2-(2-(3-((S)-6,8-dichloro-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-4-yl)phenylsulfonamido)ethoxy)ethoxy)ethyl)-4-(3-(2-(2-(3-((S)-6,8-dichloro-2-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-4-yl)phenylsulfonamido)ethoxy)ethoxy)ethylamino)-3-oxopropyl)heptanediamide (example 72, 15 mg, 0.007 mmol) in MeOH 200 ⁇ L and DCM (54L).
  • Rat or human NHE-3-mediated Natdependent H + antiport was measured using a modification of the pH sensitive dye method originally reported by Paradiso ( Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. (1984) 81(23): 7436-7440). Opossum kidney (OK) cells were obtained from the ATCC and propagated per their instructions.
  • the rat NHE-3 gene (GenBank M85300) or the human NHE-3 gene (GenBank NM — 004174.1) was introduced into OK cells via electroporation, and cells were seeded into 96 well plates and grown overnight.
  • Natfree HEPES 100 mM choline, 50 mM HEPES, 10 mM glucose, 5 mM KCl, 2 mM CaCl 2 , 1 mM MgCl 2 , pH 7.4 and incubated in the same buffer for 10 minutes at room temperature to lower intracellular pH.
  • NHE-3-mediated recovery of neutral intracellular pH was initiated by addition of Na-HEPES buffer containing 0.4 ⁇ M ethyl isopropyl amiloride (EIPA, a selective antagonist of NHE-1 activity that does not inhibit NHE-3) and 0-30 ⁇ M test compound, and monitoring the pH sensitive changes in BCECF fluorescence ( ⁇ ex 505 nm, ⁇ em 538 nm) normalized to the pH insensitive BCECF fluorescence ( ⁇ ex 439 nm, ⁇ em 538 nm).
  • EIPA ethyl isopropyl amiloride
  • Urinary sodium concentration and fecal form were measured to assess the ability of selected example compounds to inhibit the absorption of sodium from the intestinal lumen.
  • Eight-week old Sprague-Dawley rats were purchased from Charles River Laboratories (Hollister, Calif.), were housed 2 per cage, and acclimated for at least 3 days before study initiation. Animals were fed Harlan Teklad Global 2018 rodent chow (Indianapolis, Ind.) and water ad libitum throughout the study and maintained in a standard light/dark cycle of 6 AM to 6 PM.
  • Fecal forms were scored according to a common scale associated with increasing fecal water to the wettest observation in the cage's collection funnel (1, normal pellet; 2, pellet adhering to sides of collection funnel due to moisture; 3, loss of normal pellet shape; 4, complete loss of shape with a blotting pattern; 5, liquid fecal streams evident).
  • the supernatants were diluted 100-fold in deionized Milli-Q water then filtered through a 0.2 ⁇ m GHP Pall AcroPrep filter plate (Pall Life Sciences, Ann Arbor, Mich.) prior to analysis by ion chromatography.
  • Ten microliters of each filtered extract was injected onto a Dionex ICS-3000 ion chromatograph system (Dionex, Sunnyvale, Calif.). Cations were separated by an isocratic method using 25 mM methanesulfonic acid as the eluent on an IonPac CS12A 2 mm i.d. ⁇ 250 mm, 8 ⁇ m particle size cation exchange column (Dionex).
  • Sodium was quantified using standards prepared from a cation standard mix containing Li + , Na + , NH 4 + , K + , Mg 2+ , and Ca 2+ (Dionex). The mean mass of sodium urinated for every group in the 16 h period was determined with the vehicle group usually urinating approximately 21 mg sodium.
  • the urine Na (uNa) for rats in the test groups were expressed as a percentage of the vehicle mean and the means were compared to that of the vehicle group by utilizing a one-way analysis of variance coupled with a Dunnett's post hoc test. Means that were significantly lower than the vehicle group as determined by statistical analysis were denoted: *, P ⁇ 0.05; **, P ⁇ 0.01; ***, P ⁇ 0.001.
  • test drug containing buffer was aspirated from the cells, cells were washed twice with NaCl-HEPES buffer without drug, then incubated for 30 min at room temperature with NH 4 Cl-HEPES buffer (20 mM NH 4 Cl, 80 mM NaCl, 50 mM HEPES, 5 mM KCl, 2 mM CaCl 2 , 1 mM MgCl 2 , pH 7.4) containing 5 ⁇ M BCECF-AM.
  • Natfree HEPES 100 mM choline, 50 mM HEPES, 10 mM glucose, 5 mM KCl, 2 mM CaCl 2 , 1 mM MgCl 2 , pH 7.4 and incubated in the same buffer for 10 minutes at room temperature to lower intracellular pH.
  • NHE-3-mediated recovery of neutral intracellular pH was initiated (40 min after compound washout) by addition of Na-HEPES buffer containing 0.4 ⁇ M ethyl isopropyl amiloride (EIPA, a selective antagonist of NHE-1 activity that does not inhibit NHE-3), and monitoring the pH sensitive changes in BCECF fluorescence ( ⁇ ex 505 nm, ⁇ em 538 nm) normalized to the pH insensitive BCECF fluorescence ( ⁇ ex 439 nm, ⁇ em 538 nm).
  • EIPA ethyl isopropyl amiloride
  • Bile concentration for example compounds Nominal Dose Concentration in Example (mg/kg) Bile (nM) 2 30 4 3 30 10 4 30 45 6 30 21 7 30 19 14 30 28 36 30 17 40 30 23 43 30 6 46 30 3 62 30 7

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