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Definitions

• the present invention relates generally to novel classes of compounds which interact with adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT), as well as to compositions and methods for using such compounds to treat conditions associated with altered mitochondrial function.
• ANT adenine nucleotide translocase
• Mitochondria are the main energy source in cells of higher organisms, and these organelles provide direct and indirect biochemical regulation of a wide array of cellular respiratory, oxidative and metabolic processes. These include electron transport chain (ETC) activity, which drives oxidative phosphorylation to produce metabolic energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), and which also underlies a central mitochondrial role in intracellular calcium homeostasis.
• ETC electron transport chain
• ATP adenosine triphosphate
• Mitochondrial ultrastructural characterization reveals the presence of an outer mitochondrial membrane that serves as an interface between the organelle and the cytosol, a highly folded inner mitochondrial membrane that appears to form attachments to the outer membrane at multiple sites, and an intermembrane space between the two mitochondrial membranes.
• the subcompartment within the inner mitochondrial membrane is commonly referred to as the mitochondrial matrix.
• the cristae originally postulated to occur as infoldings of the inner mitochondrial membrane, have recently been characterized using three-dimensional electron tomography as also including tube-like conduits that may form networks, and that can be connected to the inner membrane by open, circular (30 nm diameter) junctions (Perkins et al., 1997, Journal of Structural Biology 779:260). While the outer membrane is freely permeable to ionic and non-ionic solutes having molecular weights less than about ten kilodaltons, the inner mitochondrial membrane exhibits selective and regulated permeability for many small molecules, including certain cations, and is impermeable to large (> ⁇ 10 kDa) molecules.
• Altered or defective mitochondrial activity may result in the generation of highly reactive free radicals that have the potential of damaging cells and tissues.
• These free radicals may include reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as superoxide, peroxynitrite and hydroxyl radicals, and potentially other reactive species that may be toxic to cells.
• ROS reactive oxygen species
• oxygen free radical induced lipid peroxidation is a well established pathogenetic mechanism in central nervous system (CNS) injury such as that found in a number of degenerative diseases, and in ischemia (i.e., stroke).
• free radical mediated damage may inactivate one or more of the myriad proteins of the ETC.
• free radical mediated damage may result in catastrophic mitochondrial collapse that has been termed "permeability transition” (PT) or “mitochondrial permeability transition” (MPT).
• PT permeability transition
• MPT mitochondrial permeability transition
• Free radical oxidative activity may dissipate this membrane potential, thereby preventing ATP biosynthesis and halting the production of a vital biochemical energy source.
• mitochondrial proteins such as cytochrome c may leak out of the mitochondria after MPT and may induce the genetically programmed cell suicide sequence known as apoptosis (Wilson, 1998 Cell Death Differed. 5:646-652) or programmed cell death (PCD).
• Altered mitochondrial function characteristic of mitochondria associated diseases may also be related to loss of mitochondrial membrane electrochemical potential by mechanisms other than free radical oxidation, and MPT may result from direct calcium overload due to excitotoxic mechanisms or indirect effects of mitochondrial genes, gene products or related downstream mediator molecules and/or extramitochondrial genes, gene products or related downstream mediators, or from other known or unknown causes. Loss of mitochondrial electrochemical potential therefore may be a critical event in the progression of diseases associated with altered mitochondrial function, including degenerative diseases.
• Mitochondrial defects which may include defects related to the discrete mitochondrial genome that resides in mitochondrial DNA and/or to the extramitochondrial genome, which includes nuclear chromosomal DNA and other extramitochondrial DNA, may contribute significantly to the pathogenesis of diseases associated with altered mitochondrial function.
• alterations in the structural and/or functional properties of mitochondrial components comprised of subunits encoded directly or indirectly by mitochondrial and/or extramitochondrial DNA including alterations deriving from genetic and/or environmental factors or alterations derived from cellular compensatory mechanisms, may play a role in the pathogenesis of any disease associated with altered mitochondrial function.
• a number of diseases and conditions are thought to be caused by, or to be associated with, alterations in mitochondrial function.
• AD Alzheimer's Disease
• diabetes mellitus obesity
• Parkinson's Disease Huntington's disease
• dystonia Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy
• schizophrenia mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke (MELAS); cancer; psoriasis; hyperproliferative disorders; mitochondrial diabetes and deafness (MIDD); myoclonic epilepsy ragged red fiber syndrome; osteoarthritis; and Friedrich's ataxia.
• MIMD mitochondrial diabetes and deafness
• myoclonic epilepsy ragged red fiber syndrome
• osteoarthritis and Friedrich's ataxia.
• the extensive list of additional diseases associated with altered mitochondrial function continues to expand as aberrant mitochondrial or mitonuclear activities are implicated in particular disease processes.
• a hallmark pathology of AD and potentially other diseases associated with altered mitochondrial function is the death of selected cellular populations in particular affected tissues.
• Mitochondrial dysfunction is thought to be critical in the cascade of events leading to apoptosis (also referred to as "programmed cell death” or PCD) in various cell types (Kroemer et al., FASEB J. 9:1277-87, 1995), and may be a cause of apoptotic cell death in neurons of the AD brain.
• Altered mitochondrial physiology may be among the earliest events in PCD (Fiskum et al., J. Cerebral Blood Flow and Met. 79:351-369, 1999; Murphy et al., J. Cerebral Blood Flow and Met.
• Oxidatively stressed mitochondria may release a pre-formed soluble factor that can induce chromosomal condensation, an event preceding apoptosis (Marchetti et al., Cancer Res. 56:2033-38, 1996).
• members of the Bcl-2 family of anti-apoptosis gene products are located within the outer mitochondrial membrane (Monaghan et al., J. Histochem. Cytochem. 40:1819-25, 1992) and these proteins appear to protect membranes from oxidative stress (Korsmeyer et al., Biochim. Biophys. Act. 7277:63, 1995).
• ANT adenine nucleotide translocase
• ANT a nuclear encoded mitochondrial protein
• the adenine nucleotide translocase (ANT) is reportedly the most abundant protein of the inner mitochondrial membrane, forming dimers that comprise up to 10% of the total mitochondrial protein in highly oxidative tissue like cardiac and skeletal muscle.
• Three human ANT isoforms have been described that appear to differ in their tissue expression patterns, and other mammalian ANT homologues have been described. See, e.g., Wallace et al., 1998 in Mitochondria & Free Radicals in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Beal, Howell and Bodis-Wollner, Eds., Wiley- Liss, New York, pp. 283-307, and references cited therein.
• ANT proteins mediate the exchange across the mitochondrial inner membrane of ATP synthesized in the mitochondrial matrix for adenosine diphosphate (ADP) in the cytosol.
• ADP adenosine diphosphate
• This nucleotide exchange is the most active transport system in aerobic cells, and is a critical component in maintaining cellular energy metabolism (for a review see Klingenberg, J. Bioenergetics and Biomembranes 25:447-457, 1993).
• ANT has also been implicated as an important molecular component of the MPT pore, a Ca 2+ -regulated inner membrane channel that plays an important modulating role in apoptotic processes.
• all five of the multisubunit complexes that mediate ETC activity are localized to the inner mitochondrial membrane.
• ANT represents the most abundant of the inner mitochondrial membrane proteins. In at least three distinct chemical reactions known to take place within the ETC, positively-charged protons are moved from the mitochondrial matrix, across the inner membrane, to the intermembrane space. This disequilibria of charged species creates an electrochemical potential of approximately 220 mV referred to as the "protonmotive force" (PMF), which is often represented by the notation ⁇ and represents the sum of the electric potential and the pH differential across the inner mitochondrial membrane (see, e.g., Ernster et al., 1981 J. Cell Biol. 97:227s and references cited therein).
• PMF protonmotive force
• This membrane potential drives the ANT-mediated stoichiometric exchange of ATP and ADP across the inner mitochondrial membrane, and provides the energy contributed to the phosphate bond created when ADP is phosphorylated to yield ATP by ETC Complex V, a process that is "coupled” stoichiometrically with transport of a proton into the matrix.
• ETC Complex V the inner membrane is impermeable to proton movement from the intermembrane space into the matrix, leaving ETC Complex V as the sole means whereby protons can return to the matrix.
• MPT involves the opening of a mitochondrial membrane "pore", a process by which, inter alia, the ETC and ATP synthesis are uncoupled, ⁇ m collapses and mitochondrial membranes lose the ability to selectively regulate permeability to solutes both small (e.g., ionic Ca 2+ , Na + , K + , H + ) and large (e.g., proteins) molecules.
• this pore is a physically discrete conduit that is formed in mitochondrial membranes, for example by assembly or aggregation of particular mitochondrial and/or cytosolic proteins and possibly other molecular species, or whether the opening of the "pore" may simply represent a general increase in the porosity of the mitochondrial membrane.
• MPT may also be induced or blocked by compounds that bind one or more mitochondrial molecular components.
• Such compounds include, but are not limited to, atractyloside and bongkrekic acid, which are known to bind to ANT.
• Methods of determining appropriate amounts of such compounds to induce MPT are known in the art (see, e.g., Beutner et al., 1998 Biochim. Biophys. Acta 7368:7; Obatomi and Bach, 1996 Toxicol. Lett. 89:155; Green and Reed, 1998 Science 287:1309; Kroemer et al., 1998 Annu. Rev. Physiol. 60:619; and references cited therein).
• certain mitochondrial molecular components such as ANT, may contribute to the MPT mechanism.
• fatty acids bind to ANT, they can induce what is termed “mild” mitochondrial uncoupling.
• the word “mild” means that the uncoupling is only evident at the resting state of the mitochondria (i.e. state 4, nonphosphor ⁇ iating respiration) when the membrane potential is maximal, and that there is little or no effect during robust ATP production. Additionally, it has been discovered that this uncoupling induced by free fatty acids may be reversed by the addition of the ANT ligand carboxyatractyloside (see e.g., Andreyev et al., 1989 Eur. J. Biochem. 82:585- 592; Skulachev, 1991 FEBS Lett.
• This invention is , directed to novel classes of compounds which bind, form a complex with, or otherwise interact with ANT.
• This invention is also directed to compositions containing one or more of such compounds in combination with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, as well as to methods for treating or preventing conditions associated with altered mitochondrial function with such compounds. Without wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that the compounds of the present invention interact with ANT to induce mild mitochondrial uncoupling.
• this invention is directed to compounds which have the following structure (I):
• compositions containing a compound of this invention in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier are disclosed.
• Methods of use for treating or preventing conditions associated with altered mitochondrial function, the treatment or prevention of which may be effected or facilitated by inducing mild mitochondrial uncoupling, with the compounds of this invention and compositions comprising them are also disclosed.
• MIDD mitochondrial diabetes and deafness
• MIMD myoclonic epilepsy ragged red fiber syndrome
• osteoarthritis and Friedrich's ataxia as well as other conditions associated with altered mitochondrial function with the compounds of this invention and compositions comprising them are disclosed.
• R2, R3, R5 and R 6 are the same or different and independently hydrogen, halogen, nitro, cyano, alkyl, substituted alkyl, alkoxy, hydroxy, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl or substituted heteroaryl;
• R' and R" are the same or different and independently alkyl, substituted alkyl, aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl or substituted heteroaryl; and R 4 and R 5 or R 5 and Re, taken together with the carbon atoms to which they are attached, optionally form a substituted or unsubstituted homocycle.
• Alkyl means a straight chain or branched, noncyclic or cyclic, unsaturated or saturated aliphatic hydrocarbon containing from 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
• Representative saturated straight chain alkyls include methyl, ethyl, n- propyl, n-butyl, n-pentyl, n-hexyl, and the like; while saturated branched alkyls include isopropyl, sec-butyl, is ⁇ butyl, te/f-butyl, isopentyl, and the like.
• Unsaturated alkyls contain at least one double or triple bond between adjacent carbon atoms (referred to as an "alkenyl” or “alkynyl”, respectively).
• Representative straight chain and branched alkenyls include ethylenyl, propylenyl, 1-butenyl, 2-butenyl, isobutylenyl, 1-pentenyl, 2-pentenyl, 3-methyl- 1-butenyl, 2-methyl-2-butenyl, 2,3-dimethyl-2-butenyl, and the like; while representative straight chain and branched alkynyls include acetylenyl, propynyl, 1-butynyl, 2-butynyl, 1-pentynyl, 2-pentynyl, 3-methyl-1 butynyl, and the like.
• saturated cyclic alkyls include cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, -CH 2 cyclohexyl, and the like; while unsaturated cyclic alkyls include cyclopentenyl, cyclohexenyl, -CH 2 cyclohexenyl, and the like.
• Aryl means an aromatic carbocyclic moiety such as phenyl or naphthyl (i.e., 1- or 2-naphthyl).
• Arylalkyl means an alkyl having at least one alkyl hydrogen atom replaced with an aryl moiety, such as benzyl, -(CH 2 ) 2 phenyl, -(CH 2 ) 3 phenyl, and the like.
• Heteroaryl means an aromatic heterocycle ring of 5 to 10 members and having at least one heteroatom selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, and containing at least 1 carbon atom, including both mono- and bicyclic ring systems.
• Representative heteroaryls are pyridyl, furyl, benzofuranyl, thiophenyl, benzothiophenyl, quinolinyl, pyrrolyl, indolyl, oxazolyl, benzoxazolyl, imidazolyl, benzimidazolyl, thiazolyl, benzothiazolyl, isoxazolyl, pyrazolyl, isothiazolyl, pyridazinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, triazinyl, cinnolinyl, phthalazinyl, and quinazolinyl.
• Heteroarylalkyl means an alkyl having at least one alkyl hydrogen atom replaced with a heteroaryl moiety, such as -(CH 2 ) 2 pyridyl, -(CH 2 ) 3 pyridyl, and the like.
• Heterocycle means a 5- to 7-membered monocyclic, or 7- to 10- membered bicyclic, heterocyclic ring which is either saturated, unsaturated, or aromatic, and which contains from 1 to 4 heteroatoms independently selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, and wherein the nitrogen and sulfur heteroatoms may be optionally oxidized, and the nitrogen heteroatom may be optionally quaternized, including bicyclic rings in which any of the above heterocycles are fused to a benzene ring.
• the heterocycle may be attached via any heteroatom or carbon atom.
• Heterocycles include heteroaryls as defined above.
• heterocycles also include morpholinyl, pyrrolidinonyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, hydantoinyl, valerolactamyl, oxiranyl, oxetanyl, tetrahydrofuranyl, tetrahydropyranyl, tetrahydropyridinyl, tetrahydroprimidinyl, tetrahydrothiophenyl, tetrahydrothiopyranyl, tetrahydropyrimidinyl, tetrahydrothiophenyl, tetrahydrothiopyranyl, and the like.
• Hemocycle means a saturated, unsaturated or aromatic carbocyclic moiety.
• substituted means any of the above groups (i.e., alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl heteroarylalkyl, heterocycle and homocycle) wherein at least one hydrogen atom is replaced with a substituent.
• substituent i.e., alkyl, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl heteroarylalkyl, heterocycle and homocycle
• Alkylamino and dialkylamino mean one or two alkyl moieties attached through a nitrogen bridge (i.e., -N-alkyl) such as methylamino, ethylamino, dimethylamino, diethylamino, and the like.
• -N-alkyl methylamino, ethylamino, dimethylamino, diethylamino, and the like.
• Haloalkyl means an alkyl moiety having at least one alkyl hydrogen replaced with halogen, such as -CF 3 , and the like.
• Halogen means fluoro, chloro, bromo and iodo.
• Sulfonylalkyl means an alkyl moiety attached through a sulfonyl bridge (i.e., -SO 2 -alkyl) such as methylsulfonyl, ethylsulfonyl, and the like.
• Thioalkyl means an alkyl moiety attached through a sulfur bridge
• -S-alkyl such as methylthio, ethylthio, and the like.
• Compounds of this invention include embodiments of structure (I) wherein Ri is hydrogen or alkyl.
• alkyl is methyl or -C(CH 3 ) 2 -CH 2 -C(CH 3 ) 2 -CH 3 .
• Compounds of this invention also include embodiments of structure (I) wherein R 2 is hydrogen.
• Compounds of this invention also include embodiments of structure (I) wherein R 3 is hydrogen.
• Compounds of this invention also include embodiments of structure (I) wherein R 4 is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl or heteroaryl.
• R 4 is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl or heteroaryl.
• alkyl is tetf-butyl and heteroaryl is thiophenyl.
• Compounds of this invention also include embodiments of structure (I) wherein R 5 is hydrogen or halogen. Compounds of this invention also include embodiments of structure (I) wherein R 6 is hydrogen or halogen.
• the compounds of the present invention may generally be utilized as the free acid or free base. Alternatively, the compounds of this invention may be used in the form of acid or base addition salts. Acid addition salts of the free amino compounds of the present invention may be prepared by methods well known in the art, and may be formed from organic and inorganic acids. Suitable organic acids include maleic, fumaric, benzoic, ascorbic, succinic, methanesulfonic, acetic, oxalic, propionic, tartaric, salicylic, citric, gluconic, lactic, mandelic, cinnamic, aspartic, stearic, palmitic, glycolic, glutamic, and benzenesulfonic acids.
• Suitable inorganic acids include hydrochloric, hydrobromic, sulfuric, phosphoric, and nitric acids.
• Base addition salts include those salts that form with the carboxylate anion and include salts formed with organic and inorganic cations such as those chosen from the alkali and alkaline earth metals (for example, lithium, sodium, potassium, magnesium, barium and calcium), as well as the ammonium ion and substituted derivatives thereof (for example, dibenzylammonium, benzylammonium, 2-hydroxyethylammonium, and the like).
• the term "pharmaceutically acceptable salt" of structure (I) is intended to encompass any and all acceptable salt forms.
• prodrugs are also included within the context of this invention.
• Prodrugs are any covalently bonded carriers that release a compound of structure (I) in vivo when such prodrug is administered to a patient.
• Prodrugs are generally prepared by modifying functional groups in a way such that the modification is cleaved, either by routine manipulation or in vivo, yielding the patent compound.
• Prodrugs include, for example, compounds of this invention wherein hydroxy or amine groups are bonded to any group that, when administered to a patient, cleaves to form the hydroxy or amine groups.
• representative examples of prodrugs include (but are not limited to) acetate, formate and benzoate derivatives of alcohol and amine functional groups of the compounds of structure (I).
• esters may be employed, such as methyl esters, ethyl esters, and the like.
• the compounds of structure (I) may have chiral centers and may occur as racemates, racemic mixtures and as individual enantiomers or diastereomers. All such isomeric forms are included within the present invention, including mixtures thereof.
• some of the crystalline forms of the compounds of structure (I) may exist as polymorphs, which are included in the present invention.
• some of the compounds of structure (I) may also form solvates with water or other organic solvents. Such solvates are similarly included within the scope of this invention.
• the compounds of the present invention may be prepared by known organic synthesis techniques, including the methods described in more detail in the Examples.
• Activities of the compounds of the present invention are typically calculated from the IC 50 as the concentration of a compound necessary to displace 50% of a detectable (i.e., detectably labeled, for example, radiolabeled) ligand from ANT molecules, which may be present as isolated or purified polypeptides or as components of preparations containing isolated mitochondria or submitochondrial particles (SMP) using established ligand binding assays or modifications thereof.
• a detectable (i.e., detectably labeled, for example, radiolabeled) ligand from ANT molecules which may be present as isolated or purified polypeptides or as components of preparations containing isolated mitochondria or submitochondrial particles (SMP) using established ligand binding assays or modifications thereof.
• compounds may be tested for their ability to compete with radiolabeled atractyloside (ATR), or with a radiolabeled ATR derivative, for binding to isolated ANT polypeptides or to ANT present in isolated mitochondria or SMP.
• ATR radiolab
• the relative affinities for ANT of various compounds of the present invention may be determined by a fluorescence assay that exploits the fluorescent properties of an ATR derivative.
• an ATR derivative When such an ATR derivative is bound to ANT, the fluorescence is quenched.
• fluorescence dequenching that results from displacement of the fluorophore can be measured in real time.
• a mitochondrial preparation is washed and resuspended in a suitable buffer in the presence of an ATR derivative with fluorescent properties, washed to remove unbound fluorophore and placed in a fluorometer equipped with a light source and filter set appropriate for the fluorophore. Fluorescence intensity is monitored as a function of time, and a candidate compound is then added to determine its ability to compete with the ATR derivative for binding to ANT, as evidenced by a change in detectable relative fluorescence intensity units.
• any additional ATR derivative that remains bound to ANT is displaced by adding an excess (e.g., ⁇ M quantities) of ATR as a competitive inhibitor, to determine maximal signal intensity and therefrom calculate the proportion of the ATR derivative displaced by the candidate compound.
• an excess e.g., ⁇ M quantities
• ANT-binding assays such as those illustrated above and described in the Examples for determining the activities and IC 50 values of candidate compounds, and which are not intended to be limiting. See also U.S. 09/569,327 entitled "Production of Adenine Nucleotide Translocator (ANT), Novel ANT Ligands and Screening Assays Therefor", which is hereby incorporated by reference.
• the compounds of this invention bind, form a complex with, or otherwise interact with ANT to induce mild mitochondrial uncoupling, and are thereby useful in the treatment of a variety of conditions associated with altered mitochondrial function.
• the compounds of this invention have utility over a broad range of therapeutic applications, and may be used to treat conditions including (but not limited to) Alzheimer's Disease, diabetes mellitus, obesity, Parkinson's Disease, Huntington's disease, dystonia, Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy, schizophrenia, mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke (MELAS), cancer, psoriasis, hyperproliferative disorders, mitochondrial diabetes and deafness (MIDD), myoclonic epilepsy ragged red fiber syndrome, osteoarthritis and Friedrich's ataxia.
• the compounds of the present invention are preferably part of a pharmaceutical composition when used in the methods of the present invention.
• the pharmaceutical composition will include at least one of a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, dilutent or excipient, in addition to a therapeutically effective amount of one or more compounds of the present invention and, optionally, other components.
• the "therapeutically effective amount" of a compound of the present invention will depend on the route of administration, the type of warmblooded mammal being treated, and the physical characteristics of the specific mammal under consideration. These factors and their relationship to determining this amount are well known to skilled practitioners in the medical arts. Furthermore, this amount and the method of administration can be tailored to achieve optimal efficacy but will depend on such factors as weight, diet, concurrent medication and other factors which as noted those skilled in the medical arts will recognize.
• dosages will be between about 0.01 mg/kg and 100 mg/kg body weight, preferably between about 0.01 and 10 mg/kg body weight.
• compositions formulated as liquid solutions include saline and sterile water, and may optionally include antioxidants, buffers, bacteriostats and other common additives. Preservatives, stabilizers, dyes and even flavoring agents may also be provided in the pharmaceutical composition.
• the compositions can also be formulated as pills, capsules, granules, or tablets that contain, in addition to a compound of this invention, dispersing and surface active agents, binders, and lubricants.
• One skilled in this art may further formulate a compound in an appropriate manner, and in accordance with accepted practices, such as those disclosed in Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, Gennera, Ed., Mack Publishing Co., Easton, PA 1990.
• compositions that contain one or more compounds that interact with ANT may be in any form which allows for the composition to be administered to a patient.
• the composition may be in the form of a solid, liquid or gas (aerosol).
• routes of administration include, without limitation, oral, topical, parenteral (e.g., sublingually or buccally), sublingual, rectal, vaginal, and intranasal.
• parenteral as used herein includes subcutaneous injections, intravenous, intramuscular, intrastemal, intracavemous, intrameatal, intraurethral injection or infusion techniques.
• the pharmaceutical composition is formulated so as to allow the active ingredients contained therein to be bioavailable upon administration of the composition to a patient.
• Compositions that will be administered to a patient take the form of one or more dosage units, where for example, a tablet may be a single dosage unit, and a container of one or more compounds of the invention in aerosol form may hold a plurality of dosage units.
• Structure 12 (2.0 g, 8.1 mmol) was dissolved in DCM (100 mL) and DIEA (4.0 mL, 24.3 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was cooled to 0°C and chloromethyl methyl ether (1.35 mL, 17.8 mmol) was added. The reaction was warmed to room temperature and stirred for 1 hr. Saturated NaHCO 3 (30 mL) was added and the mixture was stirred for a further 20 min. The organic phase was removed and the aqueous phase was extracted with further DCM (30mL). The combined organic phase was dried with Na 2 SO , filtered and evaporated to give structure 13 (3.88 g) as a brown oil (containing some residual water).
• Structure 13 (2.69 g, 8.1 mmol) was dissolved in MeOH (100 mL) and cooled to 0°C. NaBH 4 (460 mg, 12.2 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred at 0°C for 1 hr. The reaction mixture was partitioned between brine (100 mL) and EtOAc (100 mL) and the organic layer was removed. The aqueous layer was extracted again with EtOAc (100 mL) and the combined organic phase was dried with Na 2 SO 4 , filtered and evaporated. The product was wet so the residue was again partitioned between brine (100 mL) and EtOAc (100 mL).
• Structure 16 (50 mg, 0.11 mmol) was dissolved in a solution of HCI:MeOH (99:1 , 2 mL) and heated to 55°C for 4 hrs. The reaction mixture was then diluted with MeCN:H 2 O (9:1) and lyophilised to yield structure 19 (25.1 mg, 62%) as an off-white powder.
• a competitive binding assay measuring the ability of compounds 1-73 to bind to an ANT polypeptide was performed.
• a modification of the procedures set forth in U.S. 09/569,327 entitled “Production of Adenine Nucleotide Translocator (ANT), Novel ANT Ligands and Screening Assays Therefor” was utilized.
• competitive binding assays were performed using purified mitochondria from mammalian tissue or from T. ni cells infected with a baculovirus expressing ANT protein. The mitochondria were incubated with 0.5 nm of a labeled atractyloside derivative (e.g., 125 I-ATR) and 20 ⁇ M of the compound to be tested or a control compound.
• a labeled atractyloside derivative e.g., 125 I-ATR
• the reaction After incubation of the mitochondria preparation with the compound and the labeled ligand, the reaction is applied to filter paper, the filter paper washed to remove non-specific binding, then dried and the bound radioactivity determined via scintillation counting.
• compounds of the present invention will displace 50% of the radioactive ligand. To this end, all of the compounds in Table 2 satisfy these criteria.

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