WO2010062829A1 - Inhibiteurs de tryptophane hydroxylase pour traiter l’ostéoporose - Google Patents

Inhibiteurs de tryptophane hydroxylase pour traiter l’ostéoporose Download PDF

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WO2010062829A1
WO2010062829A1 PCT/US2009/065243 US2009065243W WO2010062829A1 WO 2010062829 A1 WO2010062829 A1 WO 2010062829A1 US 2009065243 W US2009065243 W US 2009065243W WO 2010062829 A1 WO2010062829 A1 WO 2010062829A1
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  • the neurotransmitter serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] is involved in multiple central nervous facets of mood control and in regulating sleep, anxiety, alcoholism, drug abuse, food intake, and sexual behavior. It has also been implicated in the regulation of vascular tone, gut motility and cell-mediated immune responses. Walther, D. J., et ah, Science 299:76 (2003). Serotonin also plays a role in clotting and hemostasis: platelets, which cannot themselves make serotonin, take up large amounts of peripheral 5-HT. Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 10 th ed., p. 274-5 (McGraw-Hill, 2001).
  • Serotonin is synthesized in two steps from the amino acid tryptophan. Goodman & Gilman's, p. 270.
  • the first step is rate-limiting, and is catalyzed by the enzyme tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH), which has two known isoforms: TPHl, which is expressed in the periphery, and TPH2, which is expressed primarily in the brain. Walther, supra.
  • TPH tryptophan hydroxylase
  • TPHl tryptophan hydroxylase
  • TPH2 which is expressed primarily in the brain. Walther, supra.
  • the principle route by which serotonin is removed from the body involves the enzyme monoamine oxidase (MAO), which converts the compound to 5-hydroxyindole acetaldehyde, which is then converted to 5-hydroxyindole acetic acid (5 -HIAA) by the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase.
  • MAO monoamine oxidase
  • LRP5 LDL-receptor related protein 5
  • This invention is directed, in part, to methods of increasing osteoblast proliferation, increasing or normalizing bone formation, increasing or normalizing bone mass, inhibiting loss of bone formation, and inhibiting loss of bone mass.
  • the invention is also directed to methods of treating, managing and preventing osteoporosis. All of these methods comprise administering to a patient a TPHl inhibitor.
  • Preferred inhibitors are of the formula:
  • A is optionally substituted cycloalkyl, aryl, or heterocycle
  • This invention is based, in part, on the discovery that knocking out the tphl gene in mice significantly reduces levels of GI serotonin, yet causes little, if any, measurable effect on the central nervous system (CNS).
  • This invention is also based on the discovery of compounds that inhibit TPH (e.g., TPHl).
  • TPHl central nervous system
  • preferred compounds of the invention reduce peripheral serotonin levels, and may be used in the treatment, prevention and management of a wide range of diseases and disorders.
  • alkenyl means a straight chain, branched and/or cyclic hydrocarbon having from 2 to 20 (e.g., 2 to 10 or 2 to 6) carbon atoms, and including at least one carbon-carbon double bond.
  • alkenyl moieties include vinyl, allyl, 1-butenyl, 2-butenyl, isobutylenyl, 1-pentenyl, 2-pentenyl, 3-methyl-l-butenyl, 2-methyl-2-butenyl, 2,3-dimethyl-2-butenyl, 1-hexenyl, 2-hexenyl, 3-hexenyl, 1-heptenyl, 2- heptenyl, 3-heptenyl, 1-octenyl, 2-octenyl, 3-octenyl, 1-nonenyl, 2-nonenyl, 3-nonenyl, 1- decenyl, 2-decenyl and 3-decenyl.
  • alkyl means a straight chain, branched and/or cyclic (“cycloalkyl”) hydrocarbon having from 1 to 20 (e.g., 1 to 10 or 1 to 4) carbon atoms. Alkyl moieties having from 1 to 4 carbons are referred to as "lower alkyl.” Examples of alkyl groups include methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, t-butyl, isobutyl, pentyl, hexyl, isohexyl, heptyl, 4,4-dimethylpentyl, octyl, 2,2,4-trimethylpentyl, nonyl, decyl, undecyl and dodecyl.
  • Cycloalkyl moieties may be monocyclic or multicyclic, and examples include cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, and adamantyl. Additional examples of alkyl moieties have linear, branched and/or cyclic portions (e.g., l-ethyl-4-methyl- cyclohexyl).
  • alkyl includes saturated hydrocarbons as well as alkenyl and alkynyl moieties.
  • alkoxy means an -O-alkyl group.
  • alkoxy groups include -OCH 3 , -OCH 2 CH 3 , -O(CH 2 ) 2 CH 3 , -O(CH 2 ) 3 CH 3 , -O(CH 2 ) 4 CH 3 , and -O(CH 2 ) 5 CH 3 .
  • alkylaryl or “alkyl-aryl” means an alkyl moiety bound to an aryl moiety.
  • alkylheteroaryl or “alkyl-heteroaryl” means an alkyl moiety bound to a heteroaryl moiety.
  • alkylheterocycle or “alkyl-heterocycle” means an alkyl moiety bound to a heterocycle moiety.
  • alkynyl means a straight chain, branched or cyclic hydrocarbon having from 2 to 20 (e.g., 2 to 20 or 2 to 6) carbon atoms, and including at least one carbon-carbon triple bond.
  • alkynyl moieties include acetylenyl, propynyl, 1-butynyl, 2-butynyl, 1-pentynyl, 2-pentynyl, 3-methyl-l-butynyl, 4-pentynyl, 1-hexynyl, 2-hexynyl, 5-hexynyl, 1-heptynyl, 2-heptynyl, 6-heptynyl, 1-octynyl, 2-octynyl, 7-octynyl, 1-nonynyl, 2-nonynyl, 8-nonynyl, 1-decynyl, 2-decynyl and 9-decynyl.
  • aryl means an aromatic ring or an aromatic or partially aromatic ring system composed of carbon and hydrogen atoms.
  • An aryl moiety may comprise multiple rings bound or fused together.
  • aryl moieties include anthracenyl, azulenyl, biphenyl, fluorenyl, indan, indenyl, naphthyl, phenanthrenyl, phenyl, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-naphthalene, and to IyI.
  • arylalkyl or "aryl-alkyl” means an aryl moiety bound to an alkyl moiety.
  • biohydrolyzable amide means an amide, ester, carbamate, carbonate, ureido, or phosphate, respectively, of a compound that either: 1) does not interfere with the biological activity of the compound but can confer upon that compound advantageous properties in vivo, such as uptake, duration of action, or onset of action; or 2) is biologically inactive but is converted in vivo to the biologically active compound.
  • biohydrolyzable esters include lower alkyl esters, alkoxyacyloxy esters, alkyl acylamino alkyl esters, and choline esters.
  • biohydrolyzable amides include lower alkyl amides, ⁇ -amino acid amides, alkoxyacyl amides, and alkylaminoalkyl-carbonyl amides.
  • biohydrolyzable carbamates include lower alkylamines, substituted ethylenediamines, aminoacids, hydroxy alkylamines, heterocyclic and heteroaromatic amines, and polyether amines.
  • the phrases “disease or disorder mediated by peripheral serotonin” and “disease and disorder mediated by peripheral serotonin” mean a disease and/or disorder having one or more symptoms, the severity of which are affected by peripheral serotonin levels.
  • the terms “halogen” and “halo” encompass fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine.
  • heteroalkyl refers to an alkyl moiety ⁇ e.g., linear, branched or cyclic) in which at least one of its carbon atoms has been replaced with a heteroatom ⁇ e.g., N, O or S).
  • heteroaryl means an aryl moiety wherein at least one of its carbon atoms has been replaced with a heteroatom ⁇ e.g., N, O or S).
  • Examples include acridinyl, benzimidazolyl, benzofuranyl, benzoisothiazolyl, benzoisoxazolyl, benzoquinazolinyl, benzothiazolyl, benzoxazolyl, furyl, imidazolyl, indolyl, isothiazolyl, isoxazolyl, oxadiazolyl, oxazolyl, phthalazinyl, pyrazinyl, pyrazolyl, pyridazinyl, pyridyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrimidyl, pyrrolyl, quinazolinyl, quinolinyl, tetrazolyl, thiazolyl, and triazinyl.
  • heteroarylalkyl or “heteroaryl-alkyl” means a heteroaryl moiety bound to an alkyl moiety.
  • heterocycle refers to an aromatic, partially aromatic or non-aromatic monocyclic or polycyclic ring or ring system comprised of carbon, hydrogen and at least one heteroatom (e.g., N, O or S).
  • a heterocycle may comprise multiple (i.e., two or more) rings fused or bound together.
  • Heterocycles include heteroaryls.
  • Examples include benzo[l,3]dioxolyl, 2,3-dihydro-benzo[l,4]dioxinyl, cinnolinyl, furanyl, hydantoinyl, morpholinyl, oxetanyl, oxiranyl, piperazinyl, piperidinyl, pyrrolidinonyl, pyrrolidinyl, tetrahydrofuranyl, tetrahydropyranyl, tetrahydropyridinyl, tetrahydropyrimidinyl, tetrahydrothiophenyl, tetrahydrothiopyranyl and valerolactamyl.
  • heterocyclealkyl or “heterocycle-alkyl” refers to a heterocycle moiety bound to an alkyl moiety.
  • heterocycloalkyl refers to a non-aromatic heterocycle.
  • heterocycloalkylalkyl or “heterocycloalkyl- alkyl” refers to a heterocycloalkyl moiety bound to an alkyl moiety.
  • the terms “manage,” “managing” and “management” encompass preventing the recurrence of the specified disease or disorder, or of one or more of its symptoms, in a patient who has already suffered from the disease or disorder, and/or lengthening the time that a patient who has suffered from the disease or disorder remains in remission.
  • the terms encompass modulating the threshold, development and/or duration of the disease or disorder, or changing the way that a patient responds to the disease or disorder.
  • pharmaceutically acceptable salts refers to salts prepared from pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic acids or bases including inorganic acids and bases and organic acids and bases.
  • Suitable pharmaceutically acceptable base addition salts include metallic salts made from aluminum, calcium, lithium, magnesium, potassium, sodium and zinc or organic salts made from lysine, N 5 N'- dibenzylethylenediamine, chloroprocaine, choline, diethanolamine, ethylenediamine, meglumine (N-methylglucamine) and procaine.
  • Suitable non-toxic acids include inorganic and organic acids such as acetic, alginic, anthranilic, benzenesulfonic, benzoic, camphorsulfonic, citric, ethenesulfonic, formic, fumaric, furoic, galacturonic, gluconic, glucuronic, glutamic, glycolic, hydrobromic, hydrochloric, isethionic, lactic, maleic, malic, mandelic, methanesulfonic, mucic, nitric, pamoic, pantothenic, phenylacetic, phosphoric, propionic, salicylic, stearic, succinic, sulfanilic, sulfuric, tartaric acid, and p-toluenesulfonic acid.
  • inorganic and organic acids such as acetic, alginic, anthranilic, benzenesulfonic, benzoic, camphorsulfonic, citric, ethe
  • Non-toxic acids include hydrochloric, hydrobromic, phosphoric, sulfuric, and methanesulfonic acids.
  • Examples of specific salts thus include hydrochloride and mesylate salts.
  • Others are well-known in the art. See, e.g., Remington' s Pharmaceutical Sciences, 18 ed. (Mack Publishing, Easton PA: 1990) and Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 19 th ed. (Mack Publishing, Easton PA: 1995).
  • potent TPHl inhibitor is a compound that has a TPH 1 IC 50 of less than about 10 ⁇ M.
  • the terms “prevent,” “preventing” and “prevention” contemplate an action that occurs before a patient begins to suffer from the specified disease or disorder, which inhibits or reduces the severity of the disease or disorder, or of one or more of its symptoms.
  • the terms encompass prophylaxis.
  • prodrug encompasses pharmaceutically acceptable esters, carbonates, thiocarbonates, N-acyl derivatives, N-acyloxyalkyl derivatives, quaternary derivatives of tertiary amines, N-Mannich bases, Schiff bases, amino acid conjugates, phosphate esters, metal salts and sulfonate esters of compounds disclosed herein.
  • prodrugs include compounds that comprise a biohydrolyzable moiety ⁇ e.g., a biohydrolyzable amide, biohydrolyzable carbamate, biohydrolyzable carbonate, biohydrolyzable ester, biohydrolyzable phosphate, or biohydrolyzable ureide analog).
  • Prodrugs of compounds disclosed herein are readily envisioned and prepared by those of ordinary skill in the art. See, e.g., Design of Prodrugs, Bundgaard, A. Ed., Elseview, 1985; Bundgaard, H., “Design and Application of Prodrugs," A Textbook of Drug Design and Development, Krosgaard-Larsen and H. Bundgaard, Ed., 1991, Chapter 5, p. 113-191; and Bundgaard, H., Advanced Drug Delivery Review, 1992, 8, 1-38. Unless otherwise indicated, a "prophylactically effective amount" of a compound is an amount sufficient to prevent a disease or condition, or one or more symptoms associated with the disease or condition, or prevent its recurrence.
  • a prophylactically effective amount of a compound is an amount of therapeutic agent, alone or in combination with other agents, which provides a prophylactic benefit in the prevention of the disease.
  • the term "prophylactically effective amount” can encompass an amount that improves overall prophylaxis or enhances the prophylactic efficacy of another prophylactic agent.
  • protecting group when used to refer to part of a molecule subjected to a chemical reaction, means a chemical moiety that is not reactive under the conditions of that chemical reaction, and which may be removed to provide a moiety that is reactive under those conditions.
  • Protecting groups are well known in the art. See, e.g., Greene, T.W. and Wuts, P.G.M., Protective Groups in Organic Synthesis (3 rd ed., John Wiley & Sons: 1999); Larock, R.C., Comprehensive Organic Transformations (2 nd ed., John Wiley & Sons: 1999).
  • pseudohalogen refers to a polyatomic anion that resembles a halide ion in its acid-base, substitution, and redox chemistry, generally has low basicity, and forms a free radical under atom transfer radical polymerization conditions.
  • pseudohalogens include azide ions, cyanide, cyanate, thiocyanate, thiosulfate, sulfonates, and sulfonyl halides.
  • selective TPHl inhibitor is a compound that has a TPH2_IC 50 that is at least about 10 times greater than its TPH 1 IC 50 .
  • statin-mediated disease refers to a disease or disorder having one or more symptoms that are attributable to increased levels of peripheral 5- hydroxytryptamine (5-HT).
  • 5-HT peripheral 5- hydroxytryptamine
  • stereomerically enriched composition of a compound refers to a mixture of the named compound and its stereoisomer(s) that contains more of the named compound than its stereoisomer(s).
  • a stereoisomerically enriched composition of (S)-butan-2-ol encompasses mixtures of (S)-butan-2-ol and (R)- butan-2-ol in ratios of, e.g., about 60/40, 70/30, 80/20, 90/10, 95/5, and 98/2.
  • stereomerically pure means a composition that comprises one stereoisomer of a compound and is substantially free of other stereoisomers of that compound.
  • a stereomerically pure composition of a compound having one stereocenter will be substantially free of the opposite stereoisomer of the compound.
  • a stereomerically pure composition of a compound having two stereocenters will be substantially free of other diastereomers of the compound.
  • a typical stereomerically pure compound comprises greater than about 80% by weight of one stereoisomer of the compound and less than about 20% by weight of other stereoisomers of the compound, greater than about 90% by weight of one stereoisomer of the compound and less than about 10% by weight of the other stereoisomers of the compound, greater than about 95% by weight of one stereoisomer of the compound and less than about 5% by weight of the other stereoisomers of the compound, greater than about 97% by weight of one stereoisomer of the compound and less than about 3% by weight of the other stereoisomers of the compound, or greater than about 99% by weight of one stereoisomer of the compound and less than about 1% by weight of the other stereoisomers of the compound.
  • substituted when used to describe a chemical structure or moiety, refers to a derivative of that structure or moiety wherein one or more of its hydrogen atoms is substituted with an atom, chemical moiety or functional group such as, but not limited to, alcohol, aldehylde, alkoxy, alkanoyloxy, alkoxycarbonyl, alkenyl, alkyl (e.g.
  • a "therapeutically effective amount" of a compound is an amount sufficient to provide a therapeutic benefit in the treatment or management of a disease or condition, or to delay or minimize one or more symptoms associated with the disease or condition.
  • a therapeutically effective amount of a compound is an amount of therapeutic agent, alone or in combination with other therapies, which provides a therapeutic benefit in the treatment or management of the disease or condition.
  • the term "therapeutically effective amount” can encompass an amount that improves overall therapy, reduces or avoids symptoms or causes of a disease or condition, or enhances the therapeutic efficacy of another therapeutic agent.
  • TPHI IC50 is the IC50 of a compound for TPHl as determined using the in vitro inhibition assay described in the Examples, below.
  • TPH2_IC 50 is the IC 50 of a compound for TPHl
  • TPH2 as determined using the in vitro inhibition assay described in the Examples, below.
  • the terms “treat,” “treating” and “treatment” contemplate an action that occurs while a patient is suffering from the specified disease or disorder, which reduces the severity of the disease or disorder, or one or more of its symptoms, or retards or slows the progression of the disease or disorder.
  • the term “include” has the same meaning as “include” and the term “includes” has the same meaning as “includes, but is not limited to.”
  • the term “such as” has the same meaning as the term “such as, but not limited to.”
  • one or more adjectives immediately preceding a series of nouns is to be construed as applying to each of the nouns.
  • the phrase "optionally substituted alky, aryl, or heteroaryl” has the same meaning as “optionally substituted alky, optionally substituted aryl, or optionally substituted heteroaryl.”
  • a chemical moiety that forms part of a larger compound may be described herein using a name commonly accorded it when it exists as a single molecule or a name commonly accorded its radical.
  • the terms “pyridine” and “pyridyl” are accorded the same meaning when used to describe a moiety attached to other chemical moieties.
  • the two phrases “XOH, wherein X is pyridyl” and “XOH, wherein X is pyridine” are accorded the same meaning, and encompass the compounds pyridin-2-ol, pyridin-3-ol and pyridin-4-ol.
  • stereochemistry of a structure or a portion of a structure is not indicated with, for example, bold or dashed lines, the structure or the portion of the structure is to be interpreted as encompassing all stereoisomers of it.
  • names of compounds having one or more chiral centers that do not specify the stereochemistry of those centers encompass pure stereoisomers and mixtures thereof.
  • any atom shown in a drawing with unsatisfied valences is assumed to be attached to enough hydrogen atoms to satisfy the valences.
  • chemical bonds depicted with one solid line parallel to one dashed line encompass both single and double (e.g. , aromatic) bonds, if valences permit.
  • This invention is directed, in part, to methods of treating, managing and preventing osteoporosis and related diseases and disorders, which comprise inhibiting peripheral tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) in patients in need thereof.
  • TPH peripheral tryptophan hydroxylase
  • the TPH is inhibited by administering to the patient an effective amount of a potent TPHl inhibitor.
  • potent TPHl inhibitors are disclosed in U.S. patent application publication no. 2007-0191370, published August 16, 2007.
  • A is optionally substituted cycloalkyl, aryl, or heterocycle;
  • A is optionally substituted cycloalkyl, aryl, or heterocycle;
  • particular compounds include those wherein A is optionally substituted cycloalkyl (e.g. , 6-membered and 5-membered). In some, A is optionally substituted aryl (e.g., phenyl or naphthyl). In others, A is optionally substituted heterocycle (e.g., 6-membered and 5-membered). Examples of 6-membered heterocycles include pyridine, pyridazine, pyrimidine, pyrazine, and triazine.
  • 5-membered heterocycles include pyrrole, imidazole, triazole, thiazole, thiophene, and furan.
  • A is aromatic. In others, A is not aromatic.
  • A is an optionally substituted bicyclic moiety (e.g., indole, iso-indole, pyrrolo-pyridine, or napthylene).
  • each of Ai and A 2 is independently a monocyclic optionally substituted cycloalkyl, aryl, or heterocycle.
  • Compounds encompassed by this formula include those wherein Ai and/or A 2 is optionally substituted cycloalkyl (e.g., 6-membered and 5-membered).
  • Ai and/or A 2 is optionally substituted aryl (e.g., phenyl or naphthyl).
  • Ai and/or A 2 is optionally substituted heterocycle (e.g., 6-membered and 5-membered).
  • 6- membered heterocycles include pyridine, pyridazine, pyrimidine, pyrazine, and triazine.
  • 5-membered heterocycles include pyrrole, imidazole, triazole, thiazole, thiophene, and furan.
  • Ai and/or A 2 is aromatic. In others, Ai and/or A 2 is not aromatic.
  • D is optionally substituted aryl (e.g., phenyl or naphthyl).
  • D is optionally substituted heterocycle (e.g., 6-membered and 5-membered).
  • 6-membered heterocycles include pyridine, pyridazine, pyrimidine, pyrazine, and triazine.
  • 5- membered heterocycles include pyrrole, imidazole, triazole, thiazole, thiophene, and furan.
  • D is aromatic. In others, D is not aromatic.
  • D is an optionally substituted bicyclic moiety (e.g., indole, iso-indole, pyrrolo-pyridine, or napthylene).
  • E is optionally substituted aryl (e.g., phenyl or naphthyl).
  • E is optionally substituted heterocycle (e.g., 6-membered and 5-membered).
  • 6- membered heterocycles include pyridine, pyridazine, pyrimidine, pyrazine, and triazine.
  • 5-membered heterocycles include pyrrole, imidazole, triazole, thiazole, thiophene, and furan.
  • E is aromatic.
  • E is not aromatic.
  • E is an optionally substituted bicyclic moiety (e.g. , indole, iso-indole, pyrrolo-pyridine, or napthylene).
  • particular compounds include those wherein Ri is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl.
  • R 2 is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl.
  • n is 1 or 2.
  • X is a bond or S.
  • R 4 is independently hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl.
  • X is -O-, -C(R 3 R 4 )O-, or -OC(R 3 R 4 )-, and, for example, R 3 is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, and R 4 is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl.
  • R 3 is hydrogen and R 4 is trifluromethyl.
  • X is -S(O 2 )-, -S(O 2 )N(R 5 )-, -N(R 5 )S(O 2 )-, -C(R 3 R 4 )S(O 2 )-, or -S(O 2 )C(R 3 R 4 )-, and, for example, R 3 is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, R 4 is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, and R 5 is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl.
  • X is -N(R 5 )-, -N(R 5 )C(O)N(R 5 )-, -C(R 3 R 4 )N(R 5 )-, or -N(R 5 )C(R 3 R 4 )-, and, for example, R 3 is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, R 4 is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, and each R 5 is independently hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl.
  • R 3 is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl
  • R 4 is hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl
  • each R 5 is independently hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl.
  • Other compounds are of the formula:
  • R3 is trifluoromethyl. Others are encompassed by the formula:
  • R 3 is hydrogen
  • each of Zi, Z 2 , Z 3 , and Z 4 is independently N or CR 6 ; each R 6 is independently hydrogen, cyano, halogen, OR 7 , NRgR 9 , amino, hydroxyl, or optionally substituted alkyl, alkyl-aryl or alkyl-heterocycle; each R 7 is independently hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, alkyl-aryl or alkyl-heterocycle; each Rg is independently hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, alkyl-aryl or alkyl-heterocycle; each R 9 is independently hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, alkyl-aryl or alkyl-heterocycle; and m is 1-4. Certain such compounds are of the formula:
  • R 3 is hydrogen
  • some compounds are such that all of Zi, Z 2 , Z 3 , and Z 4 are N. In others, only three of Zi, Z 2 , Z 3 , and Z 4 are N. In others, only two of Zi, Z 2 , Z 3 , and Z 4 are N. In others, only one of Zi, Z 2 , Z 3 , and Z 4 is N. In others, none of Zi, Z 2 , Z 3 , and Z 4 are N.
  • each of Z'i, Z' 2 , and Z' 3 is independently N, NH, S, O or CR 6 ; each R 6 is independently amino, cyano, halogen, hydrogen, OR 7 , SR 7 , NRgR ⁇ , or optionally substituted alkyl, alkyl-aryl or alkyl-heterocycle; each R 7 is independently hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, alkyl-aryl or alkyl-heterocycle; each R 8 is independently hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, alkyl-aryl or alkyl-heterocycle; each R 9 is independently hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, alkyl-aryl or alkyl-heterocycle; and p is 1-3. Certain such compounds are of the formula:
  • R 3 is trifluoromethyl. Others are of the formula:
  • R 3 is hydrogen
  • some compounds are such that all of Z'i, Z' 2 , and Z' 3 are N or NH. In others, only two of Z' I , Z' 2 , and Z' 3 are N or NH. In others, only one of Z'i, Z' 2 , and Z' 3 is N or NH. In others, none of Z' ls T 1 , and Z' 3 are N or NH.
  • R 3 is trifluoromethyl. Others are of the formula:
  • R 3 is hydrogen
  • some compounds are such that all of Z" ls Z" 2 , Z" 3 , and Z" 4 are N. In others, only three of Z" ls Z" 2 , Z" 3 , and Z" 4 are N. In others, only two of Z"i, Z" 2 , Z" 3 , and Z" 4 are N. In others, only one of Z"i, Z" 2 , Z" 3 , and Z" 4 is N. In others, none of Z"i, Z" 2 , Z" 3 , and Z" 4 are N.
  • R 3 is trifluoromethyl. Others are of the formula: wherein, for example, R 3 is hydrogen.
  • some compounds are such that all of Z" ls Z" 2 , Z"3, and Z" 4 are N. In others, only three of Z"i, Z" 2 , Z' f 3, and Z" 4 are N. In others, only 5 two of Z"i, Z" 2 , Z" 3 , and Z" 4 are N. In others, only one of Z" ls Z" 2 , Z" 3 , and Z" 4 is N. In others, none of Z"i, Z" 2 , Z" 3 , and Z" 4 are N.
  • particular compounds include those wherein both A and E are optionally substituted phenyl and, for example, X is -O-, -C(RsR 4 )O-, or -OC(RsR 4 )- and, for example, R 3 is hydrogen and R 4 is trifluoromethyl and, for example, n is 1.
  • Stereoisomers may be asymmetrically synthesized or resolved using standard techniques such as chiral columns, chiral resolving agents, or enzymatic resolution. See, e.g., Jacques, J., et al., Enantiomers, Racemates and Resolutions (Wiley Interscience, New York, 1981); Wilen, S. H., et al., Tetrahedron 33:2125 (1977); Eliel, E. L., Stereochemistry of Carbon Compounds (McGraw Hill, NY, 1962); and Wilen, S. H., Tables of Resolving Agents and Optical Resolutions, p. 268 (EX. Eliel, Ed., Univ. of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, IN, 1972).
  • Particular compounds of the invention are potent TPHl inhibitors.
  • Specific compounds have a TPHl IC 50 of less than about 10, 5, 2.5, 1, 0.75, 0.5, 0.4, 0.3, 0.2, 0.1, or 0.05 ⁇ M.
  • Particular compounds are selective TPHl inhibitors.
  • Specific compounds have a TPHl IC 50 that is about 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, or 1000 times less than their TPH2_IC 50 .
  • Particular compounds do not significantly inhibit human tyrosine hydroxylase (TH).
  • specific compounds have an IC 50 for TH of greater than about 100, 250, 500 or 1000 ⁇ M.
  • Particular compounds do not significantly inhibit human phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH).
  • PAH human phenylalanine hydroxylase
  • specific compounds have an IC50 for PAH of greater than about 100, 250, 500 or 1000 ⁇ M.
  • Particular compounds of the invention do not significantly bind (e.g., inhibit with an IC 50 of greater than about 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 750, or 1000 ⁇ M) to one or more of the following: angiotensin converting enzyme, erythropoietin (EPO) receptor, factor IX, factor XI, integrin (e.g., ⁇ 4), isoxazoline or isoxazole fibrinogen receptor, metalloprotease, neutral endopeptidase (NEP), phosphatase (e.g., tyrosine phosphatase), phosphodiesterase (e.g., PDE-4), polymerase, PPAR ⁇ , TNF- ⁇ , vascular cell adhesion molecule- 1 (VCAM-I), or the vitronectin receptor.
  • angiotensin converting enzyme EPO
  • factor IX factor IX
  • factor XI factor XI
  • integrin e.g., ⁇ 4
  • certain compounds of the invention do not readily cross the blood/brain barrier (e.g., less than about 5, 2.5, 2, 1.5, 1, 0.5, or 0.01 percent of compound in the blood passes into the brain).
  • the ability or inability of a compound to cross the blood/brain barrier can be determined by methods known in the art. See, e.g. , Riant, P. et al. , Journal of Neurochemistry 51 :421 -425 (1988); Kastin, A.J., Akerstrom, V., J. Pharmacol. Exp. Therapeutics 294:633-636 (2000); W. A. Banks, W. A., et al, J. Pharmacol. Exp. Therapeutics 302:1062-1069 (2002).
  • A is optionally substituted phenyl, biphenyl or napthyl.
  • Pi Ri or a protecting group
  • P 2 is a protecting group
  • P3 is OR 2 or a protecting group
  • X' is, for example, O or N
  • Yi and Y3 are halogen (e.g., Br, Cl) or an appropriate pseudohalide (e.g., triflate); and each R' is independently hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, alkyl-aryl, alkyl-heterocycle, aryl, or heterocycle, or are taken together with the oxygen atoms to which they are attached to provide a cyclic dioxaborolane (e.g., 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl- 1,3,2-dioxaborolane).
  • a cyclic dioxaborolane e.g., 4,4,5,5-tetramethyl- 1,3,2-dioxaborolane.
  • the groups A, R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 6 and m are defined elsewhere herein.
  • the moieties Z' ⁇ , Z" 2 , Z" 3 , and Z" 4 are also defined herein, although it is to be understood that with regard to the scheme shown above, one of them is attached to the phenyl ring.
  • Z' ⁇ and Z M 4 may be independently CRio (which is defined herein), while Z M 2 is N and Z M 3 is a carbon atom bound to the adjacent phenyl ring.
  • the A moiety can be bicyclic (e.g., optionally substituted biphenyl).
  • the starting material containing A can be prepared as shown below:
  • Y 2 is halogen or pseudohalogen, and each R is independently hydrogen or optionally substituted alkyl, alkyl-aryl, alkyl-heterocycle, aryl, or heterocycle, or are taken together with the oxygen atoms to which they are attached to provide a cyclic dioxaborolane (e.g., 4,4,5,5- tetramethyl-l,3,2-dioxaborolane).
  • a cyclic dioxaborolane e.g., 4,4,5,5- tetramethyl-l,3,2-dioxaborolane.
  • the cyclic moiety D can be any of a variety of structures, which are readily incorporated into compounds of the invention.
  • D is oxazole
  • Scheme 7 compounds wherein D is oxazole can be prepared as shown below in Scheme 7:
  • This invention encompasses methods of increasing osteoblast proliferation, increasing or normalizing bone formation, increasing or normalizing bone mass, inhibiting loss of bone formation, and inhibiting loss of bone mass.
  • the invention is also directed to methods of treating, managing and preventing osteoporosis. Each of these methods is accomplished by administering to the patient a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of a potent
  • the treatment, management and/or prevention of a disease or disorder is achieved while avoiding adverse effects associated with alteration of central nervous system (CNS) serotonin levels.
  • CNS central nervous system
  • adverse effects include agitation, anxiety disorders, depression, and sleep disorders (e.g. , insomnia and sleep disturbance).
  • compositions comprising one or more compounds of the invention.
  • Certain pharmaceutical compositions are single unit dosage forms suitable for oral, mucosal (e.g., nasal, sublingual, vaginal, buccal, or rectal), parenteral (e.g., subcutaneous, intravenous, bolus injection, intramuscular, or intraarterial), or transdermal administration to a patient.
  • dosage forms include, but are not limited to: tablets; caplets; capsules, such as soft elastic gelatin capsules; cachets; troches; lozenges; dispersions; suppositories; ointments; cataplasms (poultices); pastes; powders; dressings; creams; plasters; solutions; patches; aerosols (e.g., nasal sprays or inhalers); gels; liquid dosage forms suitable for oral or mucosal administration to a patient, including suspensions (e.g., aqueous or non-aqueous liquid suspensions, oil-in-water emulsions, or a water-in-oil liquid emulsions), solutions, and elixirs; liquid dosage forms suitable for parenteral administration to a patient; and sterile solids (e.g., crystalline or amorphous solids) that can be reconstituted to provide liquid dosage forms suitable for parenteral administration to a patient.
  • suspensions e.g., aqueous
  • the formulation should suit the mode of administration.
  • the oral administration of a compound susceptible to degradation in the stomach may be achieved using an enteric coating.
  • a formulation may contain ingredients that facilitate delivery of the active ingredient(s) to the site of action.
  • compounds may be administered in liposomal formulations in order to protect them from degradative enzymes, facilitate transport in circulatory system, and effect their delivery across cell membranes.
  • poorly soluble compounds may be incorporated into liquid dosage forms (and dosage forms suitable for reconstitution) with the aid of solubilizing agents, emulsif ⁇ ers and surfactants such as, but not limited to, cyclodextrins (e.g., ⁇ -cyclodextrin, ⁇ -cyclodextrin, Captisol ® , and EncapsinTM (see, e.g. , Davis and Brewster, Nat. Rev. Drug Disc.
  • solubilizing agents emulsif ⁇ ers and surfactants
  • cyclodextrins e.g., ⁇ -cyclodextrin, ⁇ -cyclodextrin, Captisol ®
  • EncapsinTM see, e.g. , Davis and Brewster, Nat. Rev. Drug Disc.
  • Labrasol ® Labraf ⁇ l ® , Labrafac ® , cremafor, and non-aqueous solvents, such as, but not limited to, ethyl alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, ethyl carbonate, ethyl acetate, benzyl alcohol, benzyl benzoate, propylene glycol, 1,3-butylene glycol, dimethyl formamide, dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), biocompatible oils (e.g., cottonseed, groundnut, corn, germ, olive, castor, and sesame oils), glycerol, tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol, polyethylene glycols, fatty acid esters of sorbitan, and mixtures thereof (e.g., DMSOxornoil).
  • DMSO dimethyl formamide
  • biocompatible oils e.g., cottonseed, groundnut, corn, germ, olive, castor, and sesame oils
  • glycerol te
  • Nanoparticles of a compound may be suspended in a liquid to provide a nanosuspension (see, e.g., Rabinow, Nature Rev. Drug Disc. 3:785-796 (2004)).
  • Nanoparticle forms of compounds described herein may be prepared by the methods described in U.S. Patent Publication Nos. 2004-0164194, 2004-0195413, 2004-0251332, 2005-0042177 Al, 2005-0031691 Al, and U.S. Patent Nos.
  • the nanoparticle form comprises particles having an average particle size of less than about 2000 nm, less than about 1000 nm, or less than about 500 nm.
  • the composition, shape, and type of a dosage form will typically vary depending with use. For example, a dosage form used in the acute treatment of a disease may contain larger amounts of one or more of the active ingredients it comprises than a dosage form used in the chronic treatment of the same disease.
  • a parenteral dosage form may contain smaller amounts of one or more of the active ingredients it comprises than an oral dosage form used to treat the same disease. How to account for such differences will be apparent to those skilled in the art. See, e.g. , Remington 's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 18th ed., Mack Publishing, Easton PA (1990). 5.5.1. Oral Dosage Forms
  • compositions of the invention suitable for oral administration can be presented as discrete dosage forms, such as, but are not limited to, tablets (e.g., chewable tablets), caplets, capsules, and liquids (e.g., flavored syrups).
  • dosage forms contain predetermined amounts of active ingredients, and may be prepared by methods of pharmacy well known to those skilled in the art. See generally, Remington 's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 18th ed., Mack Publishing, Easton PA (1990).
  • Typical oral dosage forms are prepared by combining the active ingredient(s) in an intimate admixture with at least one excipient according to conventional pharmaceutical compounding techniques. Excipients can take a wide variety of forms depending on the form of preparation desired for administration.
  • tablets and capsules represent the most advantageous oral dosage unit forms.
  • tablets can be coated by standard aqueous or non-aqueous techniques.
  • Such dosage forms can be prepared by conventional methods of pharmacy.
  • pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms are prepared by uniformly and intimately admixing the active ingredients with liquid carriers, finely divided solid carriers, or both, and then shaping the product into the desired presentation if necessary.
  • Disintegrants may be incorporated in solid dosage forms to facility rapid dissolution. Lubricants may also be incorporated to facilitate the manufacture of dosage forms (e.g. , tablets).
  • Parenteral dosage forms can be administered to patients by various routes including subcutaneous, intravenous (including bolus injection), intramuscular, and intraarterial. Because their administration typically bypasses patients' natural defenses against contaminants, parenteral dosage forms are specifically sterile or capable of being sterilized prior to administration to a patient. Examples of parenteral dosage forms include solutions ready for injection, dry products ready to be dissolved or suspended in a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle for injection, suspensions ready for injection, and emulsions.
  • Suitable vehicles that can be used to provide parenteral dosage forms of the invention are well known to those skilled in the art. Examples include: Water for Injection USP; aqueous vehicles such as Sodium Chloride Injection, Ringer's Injection, Dextrose Injection, Dextrose and Sodium Chloride Injection, and Lactated Ringer's Injection; water-miscible vehicles such as ethyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol, and polypropylene glycol; and non- aqueous vehicles such as corn oil, cottonseed oil, peanut oil, sesame oil, ethyl oleate, isopropyl myristate, and benzyl benzoate.
  • aqueous vehicles such as Sodium Chloride Injection, Ringer's Injection, Dextrose Injection, Dextrose and Sodium Chloride Injection, and Lactated Ringer's Injection
  • water-miscible vehicles such as ethyl alcohol, polyethylene glycol, and polypropylene glycol
  • HPLC Characterization In some of the following synthetic examples, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) retention times are provided. Unless otherwise noted, the various conditions used to obtain those retention times are described below:
  • the organic layer was separated and washed with H 2 O (2x100ml), dried over Na 2 SO 4 , and concentrated in vacuo to give crude intermediate.
  • the crude compound was dissolved in 5ml of MeCN and 5ml of H 2 O in a 20ml microwave reaction vial. To this solution were added L-/?-borono-phenylalanine (253mg, 1.21mmol), sodium carbonate (256mg, 2.42mmol) and catalytic amount of dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(II) (42.1mg, O.O ⁇ mmol). The mixture was sealed and stirred in the microwave reactor at 150 0 C for 5 minutes, followed by the filtration through celite.
  • (R)-l-(l-(Napthalen-2-yl) ethyl) cyanoguanidine was prepared by forming a mixture of naphthalene amine (1 equivalent), sodium dicyanide (0.95 eq.) and followed by 5N HCl (1 eq.) in n-BuOH: H 2 O (1 : 1). The mixture was refluxed for 1 day in a sealed tube at 160 0 C, and progress of reaction was monitored by LCMS. After completion of reaction, solvent (n- BuOH) was removed under reduced pressure and IN HCl was added to adjust pH to 3-5 range. The aqueous solution was extracted with EtOAc (2x100) and combined organic phase was dried over Na 2 SO 4 .
  • the crude intermediate was then dissolved in 1.5ml of MeCN and 1.5ml of H 2 O in a 5ml microwave vial. To this solution were added L-/?-borono- phenylalanine (126mg, 0.606mmol), sodium carbonate (128mg, 1.21mmol) and catalytic amount of dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(II) (21.lmg, 0.03mmol). The mixture was sealed and stirred in the microwave reactor at 150 0 C for 5 minutes followed by the filtration through celite. The filtrate was concentrated and dissolved in MeOH and H 2 O (1 :1) and purified by preparative HPLC using MeOH/H 2 O/TFA solvent system.
  • Tetrabutylammonium fluoride (0.1 ml; 1.0 M solution in tetrahydrofuran) was added to a solution of 2-trifluoromethyl-benzaldehyde (1.74g, lOmmol) and trifluoromethyltrimethylsilane (TMSCF 3 ) (1.8ml, 12 mmol) in 10 ml THF at 0 0 C.
  • TMSCF 3 trifluoromethyltrimethylsilane
  • the formed mixture was warmed up to room temperature and stirred for 4 hours.
  • the reaction mixture was then treated with 12 ml of IN HCl and stirred overnight.
  • the product was extracted with ethyl acetate (3x20ml).
  • the organic layer was separated and dried over sodium sulfate.
  • the organic solvent was evaporated to give 2.2g of l-(2- trifluoromethylphenyl)-2,2,2-trifluoro-ethanol, yield 90%.
  • Tetrabutylammonium fluoride (0.1 ml; 1.0 M solution in tetrahydrofuran) was added to a solution of 4-methyl-benzaldehyde (1.2g, lOmmol) and TMSCF 3 (1.8ml, 12 mmol) in 10 ml THF at 0 0 C. The formed mixture was warmed up to room temperature and stirred for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was then treated with 12 ml of IN HCl and stirred overnight. The product was extracted with ethyl acetate (3x20ml). The organic layer was separated and dried over sodium sulfate. The organic solvent was evaporated to give 1.6g of l-(4- methylphenyl)-2,2,2-trifluoro-ethanol, yield 86%.
  • a microwave vial was charged with 4-chloro-2-amino-6-[l-(4-methylphenyl)-2,2,2- trifluoro-ethoxy]-pyrimidine (33mg, 0. lmmol), 4-borono-L-phenylalanine (31mg, 0.15mmol) and 1 ml of acetonitrile, 0.7ml of water.
  • Aqueous sodium carbonate (0.3 ml, IN) was added to above solution followed by 5 mol percent of dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)- palladium(II).
  • the reaction vessel was sealed and heated to 150 0 C for 5 minutes with microwave. After cooling, the reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness.
  • Cyclohexanecarbaldehyde (0.9 g, 5mmol) was dissolved in 10ml aqueous 1,4- dioxane, to which 200mg (10 mmol) sodium borohydride was added. The reaction was run overnight at room temperature. After completion of the reaction, 5ml 10% HCl solution was added and the product was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was separated and dried over sodium sulfate. The organic solvent was evaporated to give 0.8g of 1-cyclohexyl- 2,2,2-trifluoro-ethanol, yield 88%.
  • a microwave vial (2ml) was charged with 4-chloro-6-[2-fluorophenoxy]-pyrimidine, (33mg, 0. lmmol), 4-borono-L-phenylalanine(31mg, 0.15mmol) and 1 ml of actonitrile, 0.7ml of water, 0.3 ml of aqueous sodium carbonate (IM) was added to above solution followed by 5 mol % of dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(II). The reaction vessel was sealed and heated to 150 0 C for 5 minutes by microwave.
  • 3-(4-Chlorophenyl)piperidine (232mg, lmmol) was added to a solution of 2,4- dichlorotriazine (149.97mg, lmmol), and 300mg diisopropylethyl amine in 10ml THF at 0 0 C.
  • the formed mixture was warmed up to room temperature and stirred for 1 hour.
  • the product was extracted with ethyl acetate (3x20ml).
  • the organic layer was separated and dried over sodium sulfate.
  • the organic solvent was evaporated to give 328mg of 2-chloro-4-[3-(4- chlorophenyl)-piperidin-l-yl]-[l, 3, 5] triazine.
  • a microwave vial was charged with 2-chloro-4-[3-(4-chlorophenyl)-piperidin-l-yl]- [1, 3, 5]triazine (62mg, 0.2mmol), 4-borono-L-phenylalanine(60mg, 0.3mmol), 1 ml of acetonitrile, and 0.7ml of water.
  • Aqueous sodium carbonate (0.6 ml; IM) was added to the solution, followed by 5 mol percent dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(II).
  • the reaction vessel was sealed and heated to 150 0 C for 5 minutes with microwave. After cooling, the reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness.
  • a microwave vial was charged with 4-chloro-6-[2,2,2-trifluoro-l-phenyl-ethoxy]- [l,3,5]triazine-2-ylamine (33mg, 0. lmmol), 4-borono-L-phenylalanine(31mg, 0.15mmol), 1ml of actonitrile, and 0.7ml of water.
  • Aqueous sodium carbonate (0.3 ml, IM) was added to above solution followed by 5 mol percent dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(II).
  • the reaction vessel was sealed and heated to 150 0 C for 5 minutes by microwave. After cooling, the reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness.
  • [l,3,5]triazine-2,4-diamine (30mg, O.lmmol), 2-boc protected-amino-3- ⁇ 5-[4,4,5,5,- tetramethyl-[l,3,2]dioxaborolan-2-yl)-pyridin2-yl-]-propionic acid (50mg, 0.15mmol) 1 ml of acetonitrile, and 0.7ml of water.
  • Aqueous sodium carbonate (0.3 ml; IN) was added to the solution, followed by 5 mol percent dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(II).
  • the reaction vessel was sealed and heated to 150 0 C for 5 mintues by microwave.
  • reaction vessel was sealed and heated to 150 0 C for 5 minutes with microwave. After cooling, the reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness, the residue was dissolved in 2.5 ml of methanol, and then was purified with Prep- LC to give 6.8 mg of boc protected 2-amino-3- ⁇ 3-[4-amino-6-(l-naphthalen-2-yl- ethylamino)[ 1 ,3,5]triazin-2-yl]-pyrazol- 1 -yl ⁇ proionic acid.
  • An Emrys process vial (2-5ml) for microwave was charged with (6-chloro-pyrimidin- 4-yl)-(3-cyclopentyloxy-4-methoxy-benzyl)-amine (64mg, 0.19mmol), 4-borono-L- phenylalanine (40mg, 0.19mmol) and 2 ml of acetonitrile.
  • Aqueous sodium carbonate (2 ml, IM) was added to above solution followed by 5 mol percent of dichlorobis- (triphenylphosphine)-palladium(II).
  • the reaction vessel was sealed and heated to 15O 0 C for 5 minutes with microwave. After cooling, the reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness.
  • Emrys process vial (2-5ml) for microwave was charged with (6-chloro-pyrazin-2- yl)-(3-cyclopentyloxy-4-methoxy-benzyl)-amine (50mg, 0.15mmol), 4-borono-L- phenylalanine (31mg, 0.15mmol) and 2 ml of acetonitrile.
  • Aqueous sodium carbonate (2 ml, IM) was added to the solution followed by 5 mol percent of dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)- palladium(II).
  • the reaction vessel was sealed and heated to 15O 0 C for 5 minutes by microwave. After cooling, the reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness.
  • An Emrys process vial (2-5ml) for microwave was charged with (5-bromo-pyrazin-2- yl)-(4'-methyl-biphenyl-2-ylmethyl)-amine (25mg, 0.071mmol), 4-borono-L-phenylalanine (22mg, 0.1 lmmol) and 1 ml of acetonitrile.
  • Aqueous sodium carbonate (1 ml, IM) was added to the solution followed by 5 mol percent dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)- palladium(II).
  • the reaction vessel was sealed and heated to 15O 0 C for 5 mintues by microwave. After cooling, the reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness.
  • An Emrys process vial (2-5ml) for microwave was charged with 4-chloro-6-(2,2,2- trifluoro-l-phenyl-ethoxy)-pyrimidine (30mg, O.l lmmol), 4-borono-L-phenylalanine (32mg, O.l ⁇ mmol), 1 ml of acetonitrile and 0.6 ml of water.
  • Aqueous sodium carbonate (0.42 ml, IM) was added to above solution followed by 10 mol percent OfPOPd 2 (dihydrogen di- ⁇ - chlorodichlorobis(di-tert-butylphosphinito- ⁇ P) dipalladate.
  • reaction vessel was sealed and heated to 12O 0 C for 30 minutes by microwave. After cooling, the reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness. The residue was dissolved in 2.5 ml of methanol, and the product was purified with Prep-LC to give 4.8mg of 2-amino-3- ⁇ 4-[6-(2,2,2-trifluoro-lphenyl-ethoxy)- pyrimidin-4-yl]-phenyl ⁇ -propionic acid, yield 11%.
  • Tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF: 0.1 ml, IM) in THF was added to a solution of 3,4-difluro-benzaldehyde (1.42g, lOmmol) and (trifluromethyl)trimethylsilane (1.7Og, 12mmol) in 10 ml THF at O 0 C.
  • the mixture was warmed up to room temperature and stirred for 4 hours.
  • the reaction mixture was treated with 12 ml of IM HCl and stirred overnight.
  • the product was extracted with dicloromethane (3x20ml), the organic layer was combined and passed through a pad of silica gel.
  • reaction mixture was cooled, filtered through a syringe filter and then separated by a reverse phase preparative-HPLC using YMC-Pack ODS 100x30 mm ID column (MeOH/H 2 O/TFA solvent system). The pure fractions were concentrated in vacuum. The product was then suspended in 5 ml of water, frozen and lyophilized to give the title compound as a trifluoro salt (12 mg, 20 %).
  • the reaction mixture was stirred at about -40 0 C for 0.5 hours, then the cold bath was removed and the temperature was allowed to rise slowly to room temperature.
  • the solvent was evaporated and the residue was extracted with hexane (4x20 ml). The collected extractions were washed with cold 10% aqueous NaHCO 3 and dried over Na 2 SO 4 .
  • the solvent was evaporated at reduced pressure to afford 3,5-difluorophenyl-l- trimethylsilyloxyalkene (2.03g, 7.929 mmol, 57% crude yield), which was used in the successive reaction without further purification.
  • Powered calcium carbonate (3.806g, 38.06 mmol) and ethyl vinyl ether (2.184g, 30.329 mmol) were added to a solution of eerie ammonium nitrate (10.43Og, 19.033 mmol) in methanol (40 ml) under nitrogen atmosphere.
  • the water layer was basified to pH « 10 with aqueous sodium hydroxide (IM), and was extracted with dichloromethane and the organic layers were combined, dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated to afford 290 mg of l-(5,7-difluoro-naphthalen-2-yl)- ethylamine (38% yield).
  • IM aqueous sodium hydroxide
  • the fresh made amine (290mg, 1.401mmol) was added directly to a suspension of 2- amino-4,6-dichloro triazine (277mg, 1.678 mmol) in anhydrous 1,4-dioxane (60 ml), and followed by addition of N,N-diisopropylethylamine (1 ml, 5.732 mmol).
  • the mixture was heated to mild reflux for about 3 hours.
  • the reaction mixture was then cooled, and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. To the residue was added water and the mixture was sonicated for 2-3 minutes.
  • the above-made alcohol (660 mg, 2.481 mmol) was dissolved in anhydrous 1,4- dioxane (10 ml).
  • Sodium hydride (119 mg, 60% in mineral oil, 2.975 mmol) was added all at once and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes.
  • the solution was transferred into a flask containing a suspension of 2-amino-4,6-dichloro-triazine (491 mg, 2.976 mmol) in 1,4-dioxane (70 ml). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 6 hours.
  • 2-Amino 4,6-dichloro pyrimidine 0.327 g, 2 mmol
  • methyl-(l-naphthalen-2yl- ethyl)-amine (0.360 g, 2 mmol)
  • cesium carbonate 0.717 g, 2.2 mmol
  • the vial was sealed and stirred at 210 0 C for 20 minutes in a microwave reactor.
  • N-(biphenyl-4- ylmethyl)-5-bromopyrazin-2-amine 60 mg, 0.176 mmol
  • L-p- boronophenylalanine 37 mg, 0.176 mmol
  • palladiumtriphenylphosphine dichloride 3.6 mg, 0.0052 mmol
  • Na 2 CO 3 37 mg, 0.353 mmol
  • acetonitrile (1.25 mis) and water (1.25 mis) were heated in a microwave reactor at 150 0 C for 5 minutes.
  • Benzylmercaptan (0.14g, 1.11 mmol) was treated with NaH (60% in mineral oil, 67 mg, 1.66 mmol) in dry THF (15 ml) for 30 minutes.
  • 2-Amino-4,6-dichloropyrimidine (0.2 g, 1.22 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred overnight.
  • the mixture was diluted with methylenechloride, washed with water, then brine, dried over MgSO4, and concentrated to give 0.11 g of 4-(benzylthio)-6-chloropyrimidin-2-amine.
  • 2-Mercaptonapthalene (0.2 g, 1.148) was treated with NaH (60% in Mineral oil, 92 mg, 2.30 mmol) in dry THF (10 ml) for 30 minutes.
  • 2-Amino-4,6-dichloropyrimidine (0.21 g, 1.26 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred overnight.
  • the mixture was diluted with methylenechloride, washed with water, then brine, dried over MgSO4, and concentratred to give 0.18 g 4-chloro-6-(naphthalen-2-ylmethylthio)pyrimidin-2-amine.
  • 3,5-Difluorophenyl-trifluoromethyl ketone was treated with NaBH 4 (0.18 g, 4.76 mmol) in THF (5 ml) for 2 hours. The mixture was quenched with water, extracted with methylene chloride (2x). The organics were combined, filtered through silica gel and concentrated to give 0.46g of l-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethanol. l-(3,4-Difluorophenyl)-2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (0.1 g, 0.471 mmol) was treated with NaH (60% in mineral oil, 38 mg, 0.943 mmol) in dry THF (3 ml) for 30 minutes.
  • tetrabutylammoniumfluoride (TBAF 1.0 N in THF 13 uL, 3.3 mg, 0.013 mmol) was added to a mixture of 3-methyl-biphenyl-2-carboxaldehyde (0.25g, 1.27 mmol) and trifluoromethytrimethyl silane (0.25 g, 1.53 mmol), in THF (1.5 ml) at 0 0 C.
  • the reaction was warmed to room temperature and stirred for 4 hours.
  • HCl (3.0 N, 2.0 ml) was added, and the mixture was stirred for 3 hours.
  • the mixture was concentrated, dissolved in methylene chloride, filtered through silica gel, and concentrated to give 0.15 g of 2,2,2- trifluoro-l-(3'-methylbiphenyl-2-yl)ethanol.
  • 2,2,2-Trifluoro-l-(3'-methylbiphenyl-2-yl)ethanol (0.15 g, 0.563 mmol) was treated with NaH (60% in mineral oil, 45 mg, 1.12 mmol) in dry THF (5 ml) for 30 minutes.
  • 2- Amino-4,6-dichloropyrimidine (92 mg, 0.5633 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred at 50 0 C for 6 hours. The mixture was quenched with water and extracted wth methylenechloride (2x).
  • reaction vessel was sealed and heated to 19O 0 C for 10 minutes with microwave. After cooling, the reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness. The residue was dissolved in 10 ml of THF, to which was added 5N.HC1 (5ml). The mixture was refluxed for 2 hours in order to deprotect the benzophone and tert-butyl groups. The resulting reaction mixture was concentrated and dissolved in methanol (8ml) and purified with Prep-LC to afford 15mg of 2-amino-3-(4(4-amino-6-((R)-l-(naphthalene-2-yl)ethylamino)-l,3,5-trizin-2- yl)phenyl)propanoic acid.
  • Emrys process vial (20ml) for microwave was charged with tert-butyl 3-(4- bromo-2-fluorophenyl)-2-(diphenylmethylene-amino)propanoate (600mg, 1.24mmol), Pd(dba)2 (71mg, 0.124mmol), PCy3 (35mg, 0.124mmol), 4,4,4 > ,4 > ,5,5,5',5'-octamethyl-2,2 > - bi(l,3,2-dioxaborolane (346mg, l.leq. 1.36mmol) and KOAc (182mg, 1.5eq., 1.86mmol) 20ml of DMF.
  • reaction vessel was sealed and heated to 16O 0 C for 20 minutes by microwave. After cooling, the reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure. The residue was dissolved in H 2 O (30ml), extracted with EtOAc (2x40ml), and purified with Prep-LC to give 220mg of tert-butyl 2-(diphenylmethyleneamino)-3-(2-fluoro- 4-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-l,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)phenyl)propanoate.
  • Aqueous sodium carbonate (2 ml, IM) was added to above solution followed by 10 mol percent dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(II).
  • the reaction vessel was sealed and heated to 19O 0 C for 10 minutes by microwave. After cooling, the reaction mixture was evaporated to dryness. The residue was dissolved in 10 ml of THF, to which 5N.HC1 (2ml) was then added. The mixture was refluxed for 2 hours (deprotection of benzophone and tert-butyl groups).
  • Adamantane (2-yl) ethyl cyanoguanidine was prepared by forming a solution of cyanoguanidine (1 equivalent), (S)-2-amino-3-(4-cyanophenylpropanoic acid (1 equivalent) and potassium tertiary butaoxide (3.5 equivalent, Aldrich) in dry n-BuOH, which was vigorously refluxed at 160 0 C in a sealed tube for 2 days. After completion of the reaction, the mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature, and the reaction was quenched with water. Solvent was removed under reduced pressure. Again, after allowing to cool to room temperature, the reaction mixture was brought to pH 12-14 by adding IN NaOH.
  • the crude intermediate (250mg, 0.83mmol) was then dissolved in 6.0ml of MeCN and 6ml of H 2 O in a 20ml microwave vial. To this solution were added L-p-borono- phenylalanine (173.6mg, 0.83mmol), sodium carbonate (173.6mg, 1.66mmol) and catalytic amount of dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(II) (11.6mg, 0.0166mmol). The reaction vial was then sealed and stirred in the microwave reactor at 150 0 C for 7 minutes.
  • the crude intermediate (150mg, 0.497mmol) was then dissolved in 3.0ml of MeCN and 3ml of H 2 O in a 10 ml microwave vial.
  • L-p-borono- phenylalanine (104mg, 0.497mmol)
  • sodium carbonate 150mg, 0.994mmol
  • catalytic amount of dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)-palladium(II) (6.9mg, 0.00994mmol).
  • the reaction vial was then sealed and stirred in the microwave reactor at 150 0 C for 5 minutes.
  • Reaction mixture was cooled, filtered through a syringe filter and then separated by a reverse phase preparative-HPLC using YMC-Pack ODS 100x30 mm ID column (MeOH/H 2 O/TFA solvent system). The pure fractions were concentrated in vacuum. The product was then suspended in 5 ml of water, frozen and lyophilized to give 5 mg of pure product, 2-amino-3-[5-(5-phenyl-thiophen-2-yl)- lH-indol-3-yl]-propionic acid.
  • IH-NMR 300 MHz, CD 3 OD: 3.21-3.26 (m, 2H), 4.25 (q, IH), 7.15-7.35 (m, 8H), 7.58 (d, 2H), 7.82 (d, IH).
  • Residue was purified by preparative HPLC using MeOHZH 2 CVTFA as solvent system to obtain (S)-2-amino-3-[4-(2- amino-6-phenylethynyl-pyrimidin-4-yl(-phenyl]-propionic acid as a TFA salt.
  • 1 H-NMR 400 MHz, CD 3 OD: ⁇ (ppm) 3.20-3.42 (m, 2H), 4.31 (m, IH), 7.40-7.51 (m, 6H), 7.62 (d, 2H), 8.18 (d, 2H).
  • TPHl Human TPHl, TPH2, tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and phenylalanine hydroxylase (PH) were all generated using genes having the following accession numbers, respectively: X52836, AY098914, X05290, and U49897.
  • the full-length coding sequence of human TPHl was cloned into the bacterial expression vector pET24 (Novagen, Madison, WI, USA). A single colony of BL21(DE3) cells harboring the expression vector was inoculated into 50 ml of L broth (LB)- kanamycin media and grown up at 37°C overnight with shaking.
  • Expression of TPHl was induced with 15% D-lactose over a period of 10 hours at 25°C. The cells were spun down and washed once with phosphate buffered saline (PBS).
  • PBS phosphate buffered saline
  • TPHl was purified by affinity chromatography based on its binding to pterin.
  • the cell pellet was resuspended in a lysis buffer (100 ml/20 g) containing 50 mM Tris-Cl, pH 7.6, 0.5 M NaCl, 0.1% Tween-20, 2 mM EDTA, 5 mM DTT, protease inhibitor mixture (Roche Applied Science, Indianapolis, IN, USA) and 1 mM phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride (PMSF), and the cells were lyzed with a microfluidizer.
  • a lysis buffer 100 ml/20 g
  • PMSF phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride
  • the lysate was centrifuged and the supernatant was loaded onto a pterin-coupled sepharose 4B column that was equilibrated with a buffer containing 50 mM Tris, pH 8.0, 2 M NaCl, 0.1% Tween-20, 0.5 mM EDTA, and 2 mM DTT.
  • the column was washed with 50 ml of this buffer and TPHl was eluded with a buffer containing 30 mM NaHCO 3 , pH 10.5, 0.5 M NaCl, 0.1% Tween-20, 0.5 mM EDTA, 2 mM DTT, and 10% glycerol.
  • Eluted enzyme was immediately neutralized with 200 mM KH 2 PO 4 , pH 7.0, 0.5 M NaCl, 20 mM DTT, 0.5mM EDTA, and 10% glycerol, and stored at -80 0 C.
  • Human tryptophan hydroxylase type II (TPH2), tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) were expressed and purified essentially in the same way, except the cells were supplemented with tyrosine for TH and phenylalanine for PAH during growth.
  • TPHl and TPH2 activities were measured in a reaction mixture containing 50 mM 4- morpholinepropanesulfonic acid (MOPS), pH 7.0, 60 ⁇ M tryptophan, 100 mM ammonium sulfate, 100 ⁇ M ferrous ammonium sulfate, 0.5 mM tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine (TCEP), 0.3 mM 6-methyl tetrahydropterin, 0.05 mg/ml catalase, and 0.9 mM DTT.
  • v is the initial velocity at a given compound concentration C
  • b is the background signal
  • D is the Hill slope which is approximately equal to 1
  • / c jo is the concentration of the compound that inhibits half of the maximum enzyme activity.
  • Human TH and PAH activities were determined by measuring the amount of 3 H 2 O generated using L- [3, 4- 3 H] -tyrosine and L- [4- 3 H] -phenylalanine, respectively.
  • the enzyme (100 nM) was first incubated with its substrate at 0.1 mM for about 10 minutes, and added to a reaction mixture containing 50 mM MOPS, pH 7.2, 100 mM ammonium sulfate, 0.05% Tween-20, 1.5 mM TCEP, 100 ⁇ M ferrous ammonium sulfate, 0.1 mM tyrosine or phenylalanine, 0.2 mM 6-methyl tetrahydropterin, 0.05 mg/ml of catalase, and 2 mM DTT. The reactions were allowed to proceed for 10-15 minutes and stopped by the addition of 2 M HCl. The mixtures were then filtered through activated charcoal and the radioactivity in the filtrate was determined by scintillation counting. Activities of of compounds on TH and PAH were determined using this assay and calculated in the same way as on TPHl and TPH2.
  • RBL2H3 is a rat mastocytoma cell line, which contains TPHl and makes 5-hydroxytrypotamine (5HT) spontaneously
  • BON is a human carcinoid cell line, which contains TPHl and makes 5-hydroxytryptophan (5HTP).
  • the CBAs were performed in 96-well plate format.
  • the mobile phase used in HPLC contained 97% of 100 mM sodium acetate, pH 3.5 and 3% acetonitrile.
  • a Waters Cl 8 column (4.6 x 50 mm) was used with Waters HPLC (model 2795).
  • a multi-channel fluorometer (model 2475) was used to monitor the flow through by setting at 280 nm as the excitation wavelength and 360 nm as the emission wavelength.
  • RBL CBA Cells were grown in complete media (containing 5 % bovine serum) for 3-4 hours to allow cells to attach to plate wells (7K cell/well). Compounds were then added to each well in the concentration range of 0.016 ⁇ M to 11.36 ⁇ M. The controls were cells in complete media without any compound present. Cells were harvested after 3 days of incubation at 37°C. Cells were >95% confluent without compound present. Media were removed from plate and cells were lysed with equal volume of 0.1 N NaOH. A large portion of the cell lysate was treated by mixing with equal volume of IM TCA and then filtered through glass fiber. The filtrates were loaded on reverse phase HPLC for analyzing 5HT concentrations. A small portion of the cell lysate was also taken to measure protein concentration of the cells that reflects the cytotoxicity of the compounds at the concentration used. The protein concentration was measured by using BCA method.
  • the average of 5HT level in cells without compound treated was used as the maximum value in the IC 50 derivation according to the equation provided above.
  • the minimum value of 5HT is either set at 0 or from cells that treated with the highest concentration of compound if a compound is not cytotoxic at that concentration.
  • BON CBA Cells were grown in equal volume of DMEM and F12K with 5 % bovine serum for 3-4 hours (2OK cell/well) and compound was added at a concentration range of 0.07 ⁇ M to 50 ⁇ M. The cells were incubated at 37°C overnight. Fifty ⁇ M of the culture supernatant was then taken for 5HTP measurement. The supernatant was mixed with equal volume of IM TCA, then filtered through glass fiber. The filtrate was loaded on reverse phase HPLC for 5HTP concentration measurement. The cell viability was measured by treating the remaining cells with Promega Celltiter-Glo Luminescent Cell Viability Assay. The compound potency was then calculated in the same way as in the RBL CBA.
  • the in vivo effects of a potent TPHl inhibitor of the invention were evaluated in several studies by determining the change of 5 -HT levels in the intestines and brains of mice following oral administration of the compound.
  • the compound was formulated in different vehicles to provide either a suspension or solution.
  • 14-week-old male C57 albino mice were dosed once daily by oral gavage at 5 ml/kg for four consecutive days. Five hours after the last dose, the animals were quickly sacrificed. Various regions of the intestinal tract and whole brain were taken and frozen immediately. 5 -HT was extracted from the tissues and measured by HPLC. Blood samples were taken for exposure analysis.
  • the potent TPHl inhibitor was found to reduce 5 -HT levels in both the small and large intestine, but not in the brain.
  • the compound was formulated in H 2 O and administered to mice at four different dose levels: 15, 50, 150, and 500 mg/kg, once daily by oral gavage.
  • the compound caused significant reduction of 5-HT in the jejunum and ileum in a dose-dependent fashion.
  • the colon statistically significant reduction of 5-HT was seen at the 50, 150, and 500 mg/kg/day dose levels. No significant change of 5-HT levels was observed in the brain at any of the dose levels.

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La présente invention concerne les utilisations d’inhibiteurs de tryptophane hydroxylase pour augmenter la masse osseuse et traiter des maladies et des troubles tels que l’ostéoporose. Les inhibiteurs préférés sont des composés de formule (I).
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