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• the present invention relates to mimics of the enzyme superoxide dismutase for the treatment of the exudative and non-exudative forms of age- related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and retinal edema.
• Age-related macular degeneration is the most common cause of vision impairment in the elderly population in western countries.
• the exudative or “wet” form of AMD is characterized by excessive neovascularization of the choroid, leading to retinal detachment and vision loss.
• the non-exudative or “dry” form is characterized by the accumulation of cellular debris called drusen in Bruch's membrane below the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE).
• Exudative AMD which occurs in a minority of patients with AMD, but is the more aggressive form of the disease, can be treated with limited success by laser photocoagulation therapy or photodynamic therapy. The latter procedure involves dosing of the affected area with a compound which, when irradiated with the appropriate wavelength of light, generates a reactive intermediate that destroys surrounding blood vessels.
• the visual cycle begins in photoreceptor cells with the absorption of a photon by an opsin-bound Schiff base of 11-c/s retinal, which isomerizes to the corresponding a ⁇ -trans retinal derivative. Release of the a ⁇ -trans retinal from opsin is followed by condensation with phosphatidylethanolamine to form the new Schiff base NRPE (for N-Retinyl Phosphatidyl Ethanolamine). The NRPE so formed is transported across the photoreceptor cell outer membrane, where it is hydrolyzed to a ⁇ -trans retinal.
• NRPE for N-Retinyl Phosphatidyl Ethanolamine
• Enzymatic reduction to a ⁇ -trans retinol is followed by transport into the RPE cell, where the compound is enzymatically isomerized to 11-c/s retinol and oxidized to 11-c/s retinal. This compound is transported back to the photoreceptor cell, where it forms an opsin-bound Schiff base to complete the cycle. all-fra ⁇ s retinal
• RPE cells Besides helping to complete the visual cycle by recycling retinal, an important function of RPE cells is to support the continuous remodeling of retinal photoreceptors by phagocytosing their discarded outer segments and digesting them in RPE cell lysosomes. With age occurs the accumulation of a non-digestible pigment called lipofuscin in the lysosomes (the appearance of drusen is thought to correspond to lipofuscin accumulation). Lipofuscin absorbs light in the blue part of the spectrum and fluoresces in the yellow part of the spectrum. This fluorescence transfers energy to nearby oxygen, which becomes transformed into reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as superoxide ion. These ROS oxidize lysosomal membrane phospholipids, destroying membrane integrity.
• ROS reactive oxygen species
• A2E Nakanishi et. al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Vol. 95:14609-14613, 1998, and references therein).
• This compound is thought to result biosynthetically from isomerization of electrophilic NRPE to the nucleophilic enamine 1 , followed by condensation with another molecule of all-trans retinal to form azatriene 2, electrocyclic ring closure to dihydropyridine 3, autoxidation to the N-(2-hydroxyethyl)pyridinium species A2PE, and enzyamtic hydrolysis of the phosphate ester by the enzyme phospholipase D to afford A2E.
• Stargardt's Disease a genetic mutation that when homozygously present leads to a rare rapid macular degeneration called Stargardt's Disease may be associated, when heterozygously expressed, with non-exudative AMD (Dean et. al., Science, Vol. 277:1805-1807, 1997).
• the gene is called the ABCR gene (for ATP Binding Cassette Transporter Retina), whose protein product (also called rim protein) utilizes the energy released upon ATP hydrolysis to transport molecules across cell membranes. It is thought that the transporter's substrate is the Schiff base NRPE mentioned above.
• the substrate NRPE accumulates in the photoreceptor cell instead of being shuttled out for reduction to retinol. Condensation with a molecule of all fra ⁇ s-retinal liberated from opsin and further reaction as mentioned above produces A2E.
• the A2E is ingested by RPE cells with the rest of the photoreceptor cell outer segment, where it accumulates in the lysosome. Supporting this hypothesis is the disclosure by Travis et. al. that A2E accumulation in RPE cells occurs much more rapidly in mice that are homozygously mutant in the ABCR gene, as compared to normal controls (Travis et. al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, Vol. 97:7154-7159, 2000).
• Wihlmark et. al. disclosed that blue light irradiation of RPE cells with lipofuscin-loaded lysosomes increased cell membrane peroxidation and decreased cell viability, as compared to controls irradiated in the absence of lipofuscin (Wihlmark et. al., Free Radical Biol. Med. Vol. 22:1229-1234, 1997).
• Boulton and Shamsi have disclosed that dosing of cultured RPE cells with lipofuscin and exposing them to light decreased cell viability by over 40% after 24 hours and decreased lysosomal enzymatic and antioxidant activity, including that of superoxide dismutase (SOD) (Boulton and Shamsi, Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci., Vol. 42:3041-3046, 2001).
• SOD superoxide dismutase
• SOD enzyme family contains a low valent metal (either Mn" or a Cu'/Zn 1 binuclear linkage) which catalyze the disproportionation of the highly reactive superoxide radical anion to the less toxic entities O 2 and H 2 O 2 . If not quenched the superoxide anion can (via its protonated form) abstract hydrogens from the allylic sites of fatty acids, leading to membrane damage. Additionally superoxide anion can react with NO to produce peroxynitrite, a potent oxidizing agent that is believed to be an important player in the untoward biological effects of excessive NO production.
• Oxidative stress also contributes to diabetes induced vascular and neural dysfunction. All forms of diabetes result in the development of diabetes specific microvascular pathology of the retina, renal glomerulus and peripheral nerve (M. Brownlee, "Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology of Diabetic Complications", Nature, Vol. 414:813-820, 2001).
• a prime source of the oxidative insult associated with diabetes is elevated levels of superoxide. Release of superoxide was detected in human blood vessels isolated from, patients with diabetes (Guzik, et al., "Mechanisms of Increased Vascular Superoxide Production in Human Diabetes Mellitus” Circulation, Vol. 105:1656-62, 2002).
• Sources of superoxide include the vascular tissues and polymorphonuclear leukocytes (Shurtz-Swirski et al., "Involvement of Peripheral Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes in Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Type 2 Diabetic Patients," Diabetes Care, Vol. 24:104-110, 2001).
• Superoxide Dismutase mimics have been shown to delay the onset of diabetes (AEOL10113 - Piganelli, et al., "A Metalloporphyrin-Based Superoxide Dismutase Mimic Inhibits Adoptive Transfer of Autoimmune Diabetes by a Diabetogenic T-cell Clone," Diabetes, Vol.
• Mn SOD intravenously dosed Mn SOD itself to treat or prevent oxidative stress-related tissue injury in humans, such as tissue damage due to cerebral or myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, has been unsuccessful due to bioavailability and immunogenic issues. These problems are thought to be due to the fact that Mn SOD is a high molecular weight species. A low molecular weight compound that catalyzes superoxide disproportionation with efficiency comparable to endogenous Mn SOD would be a good candidate for minimizing the aforementioned side effects. Salvemini et. al. have disclosed a class of Mn(ll)-pentaaza macrocycle complexes as low molecular weight SOD mimics.
• Mn-salen complexes as SOD and catalase mimics with therapeutic activity has also been disclosed.
• compound 5 has been shown to be neuroprotective in a rat stroke model (Baker et. al., J. Pharmacol. Exp. Then, Vol. 284:215-221 , 1998; Doctrow et. al., J. Med. Chem., Vol. 45:4549-4558, 2002), while compound 6 was found to increase the lifespan of mice that were deficient in endogenous expression of the enzyme superoxide dismutase 2 (Melov et. al., J. Neurosci., Vol. 21 :8348- 8353, 2001).
• Crapo et. al. have disclosed the use of porphyrin- containing SOD mimics for treating glaucoma and macular degeneration (Crapo et. al., U.S. Patent Nos. 5,994,339 and 6,127,356).
• Campbell et. al. have disclosed the use of certain salen or bipyridyl Mn(ll or lll)phenolate complexes for treating uveitis and cataracts (Campbell et. al., U.S. Patent Nos. 6,046,188 and 6,177,419 B1).
• This application is directed to the use of mimics of the enzyme, superoxide dismutase to treat persons suffering from the exudative and non- exudative forms of AMD, diabetic retinopathy, which includes preproliferative diabetic retinopathy (collectively DR) and retinal edema.
• DR preproliferative diabetic retinopathy
• Posterior segment neovascularization is the vision-threatening pathology responsible for the two most common causes of acquired blindness in developed countries: exudative age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR).
• AMD exudative age-related macular degeneration
• PDR proliferative diabetic retinopathy
• the only approved treatments for the posterior segment NV that occurs during exudative AMD are laser photocoagulation or photodynamic therapy with Visudyne ® ; both therapies involve occlusion of affected vasculature which results in localized laser-induced damage to the retina.
• Surgical interventions with vitrectomy and membrane removal are the only options currently available for patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy.
• neovascular membranes In addition to changes in the retinal microvasculature induced by hyperglycemia in diabetic patients leading to macular edema, proliferation of neovascular membranes is also associated with vascular leakage and edema of the retina. Where edema involves the macula, visual acuity worsens. In diabetic retinopathy, macular edema is the major cause of vision loss. Like angiogenic disorders, laser photocoagulation is used to stabilize or resolve the edematous condition. While reducing further development of edema, laser photocoagulation is a cytodestructive procedure, that, unfortunately will alter the visual field of the affected eye.
• An effective pharmacologic therapy for ocular NV and edema would likely provide substantial efficacy to the patient, in many diseases thereby avoiding invasive surgical or damaging laser procedures. Effective treatment of the NV and edema would improve the patient's quality of life and productivity within society. Also, societal costs associated with providing assistance and health care to the blind could be dramatically reduced.
• Patent Number 6,127,356 the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
• the present invention is also directed to the provision of compositions adapted for treatment of retinal and optic nerve head tissues.
• the ophthalmic compositions of the present invention will include one or more SOD mimics and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle.
• Various types of vehicles may be used.
• the vehicles will generally be aqueous in nature.
• Aqueous solutions are generally preferred, based on ease of formulation, as well as a patient's ability to easily administer such compositions by means of instilling one to two drops of the solutions in the affected eyes.
• the SOD mimics of the present invention may also be readily incorporated into other types of compositions, such as suspensions, viscous or semi-viscous gels, or other types of solid or semi-solid compositions. Suspensions may be preferred for SOD mimics that are relatively insoluble in water.
• the ophthalmic compositions of the present invention may also include various other ingredients, such as buffers, preservatives, co-solvents, and viscosity building agents.
• An appropriate buffer system e.g., sodium phosphate, sodium acetate or sodium borate
• sodium phosphate, sodium acetate or sodium borate may be added to prevent pH drift under storage conditions.
• Ophthalmic products are typically packaged in multidose form. Preservatives are thus required to prevent microbial contamination during use. Suitable preservatives include: benzalkonium chloride, thimerosal, chlorobutanol, methyl paraben, propyl paraben, phenylethyl alcohol, edetate disodium, sorbic acid, polyquaternium-1 , or other agents known to those skilled in the art. Such preservatives are typically employed at a level of from 0.001 to 1.0% weight volume ("% w/v").
• the route of administration e.g., topical, ocular injection, parenteral, or oral
• the dosage regimen will be determined by skilled clinicians, based on factors such as the exact nature of the condition being treated, the severity of the condition, and the age and general physical condition of the patient.
• the doses used for the above described purposes will vary, but will be in an effective amount to prevent or treat AMD, DR, and retinal edema.
• the term "pharmaceutically effective amount” refers to an amount of one or more SOD mimics which will effectively treat AMD, DR, and/or retinal edema in a human patient.
• the doses used for any of the above-described purposes will generally be from about 0.01 to about 100 milligrams per kilogram of body weight (mg/kg), administered one to four times per day. When the compositions are dosed topically, they will generally be in a concentration range of from 0.001 to about 5% w/v, with 1-2 drops administered 1-4 times per day.
• pharmaceutically acceptable carrier refers to any formulation that is safe, and provides the appropriate delivery for the desired route of administration of an effective amount of at least one compound of the present invention.
• Examples 1 and 2 are formulations useful for intraocular, periocular, or retrobulbar injection or perfusion.

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