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• the present invention relates to the compound of formula
• the compounds of the present invention are NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate)- receptor-subtype selective blockers, which have a key function in modulating neuronal activity and plasticity which makes them key players in mediating processes underlying development of CNS including learning and memory formation and function.
• NMDA N-methyl-D-aspartate
• NMDA receptors are composed of members from two subunit families, namely NR-1 (8 different splice variants) and NR-2 (A to D) originating from different genes. Members from the two subunit families show a distinct distribution in different brain areas. Heteromeric combinations of NR-1 members with different NR-2 subunits result in NMDA receptors, displaying different pharmacological properties. Possible therapeutic indications for NMDA receptor subtype specific blockers include acute forms of neurodegeneration caused, e.g., by stroke or brain trauma; chronic forms of neurodegeneration such as ,
• Alzheimer's disease Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease or ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis); neurodegeneration associated with bacterial or viral infections, diseases such as schizophrenia, anxiety and depression and acute/ chronic pain.
• ALS amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• neurodegeneration associated with bacterial or viral infections diseases such as schizophrenia, anxiety and depression and acute/ chronic pain.
• Objects of the present invention is the novel compound of formula I, its R,R- and S.S-enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, the use in the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases caused by overactivation of respective NMDA receptor subtypes, which include acute forms of neurodegeneration caused, e.g., by stroke or brain trauma; chronic forms of neurodegeneration such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease or ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis); neurodegeneration associated with bacterial or viral infections, and diseases such as schizophrenia, anxiety, depression and acute/chronic pain, the use of these compounds for manufacture of corresponding medicaments, processes for the manufacture of these novel compounds and medicaments, containing them.
• diseases caused by overactivation of respective NMDA receptor subtypes which include acute forms of neurodegeneration caused, e.g., by stroke or brain trauma; chronic forms of neurodegeneration such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease or ALS (amyotrophic lateral
• pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts embraces salts with inorganic and organic acids, such as hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, lactic acid, phosphoric acid, citric acid, formic acid, fumaric acid, maleic acid, acetic acid, succinic acid, tartaric acid, methane-sulfonic acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid and the like.
• 4-Hydroxy-piperidin derivatives are described, for example in EP 824098, in which the piperidine ring is substituted by one hydroxy group in 4-position. These compounds - are described to possess activities on the NMDA receptor and are useful in the treatment of acute forms of neurodegeneration caused, for example, by stroke and brain trauma, and chronic forms of neurodegeneration such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), neurodegeneration associated with bacterial or viral infections and acute/chronic pain.
• (3S,4S)-4-benzyl-l-[2-(4-hydroxy-phenoxy)-ethyl]-piperidine-3 ) 4-diol. are NMDA NR2B subtype selective antagonists whilst they share the highly specific subtype selective blocking properties of compounds of the prior art, for example of l-[2-(4- hydroxy-phenoxy)-ethyl]-4-(4-methyl-benzyl)-piperidin-4-ol (EP 824 098), and are neuroprotectants in vivo, they are less active as blockers of the hERG potassium channels and, thus, are much less likely to have pro-arrhythmic activity in man.
• c Indicates potency for blockade of recombinant human ERG potassium channels expressed in a mammalian cell line (chinese hamster ovary cells, CHO).
• novel compounds of formula I and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts can be prepared by methods known in the art, for example by a process described below, which process comprises reacting a compound of formula
• 4-benzyl-3,4-dihydroxy-piperidine, (3R,4R)-4-benzyl-3,4-dihydroxy-piperidine or (3S ) 4S)-4-benzyl-3,4-dihydroxy-piperidine is treated with l-benzyloxy-4-(2-chloro-ethoxy)-benzene in the presence of K 2 CO 3 .
• the reaction is carried out at about 80 - 100 °C.
• the O-protecting group is then cleaved off in conventional manner, for example by hydrogenating in the presence of Pd/C.
• the acid addition salts of the compounds of formula I are especially well suited for a pharmaceutical use.
• the compounds of formula I and their pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts possess valuable pharmacodynamic properties. They are NMDA- receptor subtype selective blockers, which have a key function in modulating neuronal activity and plasticity which makes them key players in mediating processes underlying development of CNS as well as learning and memory formation.
• Membranes were prepared by homogenization of the whole brain minus cerebellum and medulla oblongata with a Polytron (10.000 rpm, 30 seconds), in 25 volumes of a cold Tris-HCl 50 mM, EDTA 10 mM, pH 7.1 buffer. The homogenate was centrifuged at 48.000 g for 10 minutes at 4 °C. The pellet was resuspended using the Polytron in the same volume of buffer and the homogenate was incubated at 37 °C for 10 minutes. After centrifugation the pellet was homogenized in the same buffer and frozen at -80 °C for at least 16 hours but not more than 10 days.
• the homogenate was thawed at 37 °C, centrifuged and the pellet was washed three times as above in a Tris-HCl 5 mM, pH 7.4 cold buffer. The final pellet was resuspended in the same buffer and used at a final concentration of 200 ⁇ g of protein/ml.
• 3H-Ro 25-6981 binding experiments were performed using a Tris-HCl 50 mM, pH 7.4 buffer.
• 5 nM of 3H-Ro 25-6981 were used and non specific binding was measured using 10 ⁇ M of tetrahydroisoquinoline and usually it accounts for 10% of the total.
• the incubation time was 2 hours at 4 °C and the assay was stopped by filtration on Whatmann GF/B glass fiber filters (Unifilter-96, Packard, Zurich, Switzerland). The filters were washed 5 times with cold buffer. The radioactivity on the filter was counted on a Packard Top-count microplate scintillation counter after addition of 40 mL of microscint 40 (Canberra Packard S.A., Zurich, Switzerland).
• Membranes were prepared by homogenization of the whole brain minus cerebellum and medulla oblongata with a Plytron (10.000 rpm, 30 seconds), in 25 volumes of a cold Tris-HCl 50 mM, EDTA 10 mM, pH 7.1 buffer. The homogenate was centrifuged at 48.000 g for 10 minutes at 4 °C. The pellet was resuspended using the Polytron in the same volume of buffer and the , homogenate was incubated at 37 °C for 10 minutes.
• the pellet was homogenized in the same buffer and frozen at -80 °C for at least 16 hours but not more than 10 days.
• the homogenate was thawed at 37 °C, centrifuged and the pellet was washed three times as above in a Tris-HCl 5mM, pH 7.4 cold buffer. The final pellet was resuspended in the same buffer and used at a final concentration of 200 mg of protein/ml.
• 3H-Prazosin binding experiments were performed using a Tris-HCl 50 mM, pH 7.4 buffer.
• 0.2 nM of 3H-Prazosine were used and non specific binding was measured using 100 mM of Chlorpromazine.
• the incubation time was 30 minutes at room temperature and the assay was stopped by filtration on Whatman GF/B glass fiber filters (Unifilter-96, Canberra Packard S.A., Zurich, Switzerland). The filters were washed 5 times with cold buffer. The radioactivity on the filter was counted on a Packard Top-count microplate scintillation counter after addition of 40 ml of microscint 40 (Canberra Packard S.A., Zurich, Switzerland).
• the thus-determined activity of compounds in accordance with the invention is in the range of 0.039- 0.045 (in ⁇ M), as described in the table above.
• CHO cells were stably transfected by a pcDNA3-hERG expression vector containing a SN40-neo cassette for selection.
• Cells were thinly plated into 35 mm dishes and used for the electrophysiological experiment V2-3 d later.
• a 10-mM stock solution of the test compound was made from pure DMSO. Test solution were made by at least 1000-fold dilution of the stock solution into the extracellular saline.
• the whole-cell configuration of the patch-clamp technique was used for the experiments.
• Cells were clamped to -80 mV holding potential and repetitively (0.1 Hz) stimulated by a voltage pulse pattern consisting of a 1-s conditioning depolarisation to 20 mV immediately followed by a hyperpolarisation of 50 ms duration to -120 mV.
• the membrane current was recorded for at least,3 min (18 stimuli) before compound application (control), and then for another two 3-min intervals in presence of two different concentrations of the compound.
• the compounds of formula I and their salts, as herein described, together with pharmaceutically inert excipients can be incorporated into standard pharmaceutical dosage forms, for example, for oral or parenteral application with the usual pharmaceutical adjuvant materials, for example, organic or inorganic inert carrier materials, such as, water, gelatin, lactose, starch, magnesium stearate, talc, vegetable oils, gums, polyalkylene-glycols and the like.
• pharmaceutical preparations in solid form are tablets, suppositories, capsules, or in liquid form are solutions, suspensions or emulsions.
• Pharmaceutical adjuvant materials include preservatives, stabilizers, wetting or emulsifying agents, salts to change the osmotic pressure or to act as buffers.
• the pharmaceutical preparations can also contain other therapeutically active substances.
• the daily dose of compounds of formula I to be administered varies with the particular compound employed, the chosen route of administration and the recipient.
• Representative of a method for administering the compounds of formula I is by the oral and parenteral type administration route.
• An oral formulation of a compound of formula I is preferably administered to an adult at a dose in the range of 1 mg to 1000 mg per day.
• a parenteral formulation of a compound of formula I is preferably administered to an adult at a dose in the range of from 5 to 500 mg per day.
• the reaction mixture was stirred for 16 hours at r.t. and then sat. NaHCO 3 solution was added.
• the aqueous phase was extracted three times with CH 2 C1 2 and the combined organic layers were washed with sat. NaHCO 3 and IN HCl, dried over MgSO 4 and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give the crude product.

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