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- the present invention refers to a pharmaceutical composition, which comprises an active ingredient acting as an antagonist or inverse agonist of a G protein-coupled receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle.
- Said pharmaceutical composition may be used for the treatment of obesity.
- Said pharmaceutical composition may also be used for the treatment of diabetes.
- G proteins Guanine nucleotide-binding proteins, otherwise known as G proteins, are involved in transmitting chemical signals from outside the cell to inside the cell by way of triggering a series of biochemical reactions which ultimately effect physiological changes within the cell.
- G protein-coupled receptors are transmembrane receptors that sense molecules outside the cell and activate signal transduction pathways and intracellular responses. It is well known that G protein-coupled receptors are involved in regulating many diseases.
- Type 1 and type 2 cannabinoid receptors are G protein-coupled receptors found in mammal tissues.
- CBi receptors are expressed mainly by neurons of the central and peripheral nervous system, whereas the CB 2 receptors occur centrally and peripherally particularly in immune cells.
- Signal molecules may bind to the two cannabinoid receptors outside the cell, causing a cascade of biochemical reactions within the cell.
- CB 1 receptors coupled through G proteins inhibit adenylyl cyclase and activate mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase.
- MAP mitogen-activated protein
- CB-i receptors inhibit presynaptic N- and P/Q-type calcium channels and activate inwardly rectifying potassium channels. The combined effect of these biochemical changes generates a variety of physiological effects, of which many are still to be discovered.
- endocannabinoids endogenous ligands to these receptors called endocannabinoids, which along with CBi and CB 2 constitute the endocannabinoid system. It was discovered that certain disorders cause the levels of endocannabinoids, the density of the cannabinoid receptors and the efficiency of the coupling of the cannabinoid receptors to increase. It has been noted that this upregulation of the endocannabinoid system often suppresses undesirable symptoms and signals, suggesting that the endocannabinoid system is autoregulatory.
- Antagonists are receptor ligands that do not provoke a biological response upon binding to a receptor but block or weaken an agonist-mediated response.
- Inverse agonists on the other hand bind to the same receptor as an agonist and reverse the activity of receptors, or in other words, exert an opposite pharmacological effect of a receptor agonist.
- CBi or CB 2 receptors are extremely important in the field of medicine as there are many significant physiological and pathophysiological conditions in which the endocannabinoid system has been demonstrated to play a role. These include diseases of the central nervous system such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and depression, as well as diseases of the peripheral nervous system, such as inflammatory and neuropathic pain, obesity and other alimentary disorders.
- WO/2006/119260 refers to a pharmaceutical composition of an antagonist of the CBi receptor in association with a microsomal triglyceride transfer protein inhibitor which acts in the intestine to treat obesity or alimentary disorders.
- WO/2006/100205 refers to new cannabinoid receptor modulators and their use to treat diseases such as pain, neurodegenerative disorders and alimentary disorders.
- US/2005/101542 refers to yet another pharmaceutical composition comprising cannabinoid receptor antagonists that combined with another protein agonist can reduce the consumption of foods, alcohol, or other appetizing substances.
- Brazilian patent application PI0114410-3 refers to the pharmaceutical combination of the antagonist of CB 1 and the appetite suppressant sibutramine that is useful in the treatment of obesity.
- CBi receptors are targets for treating obesity because they are highly expressed in hypothalamic areas which are involved in central food intake control and feeding behavior. These regions are also interconnected with the mesolimbic dopamine pathway, the so-called "reward" system. Furthermore, peripheral CBi receptors are located in the gastrointestinal tract, liver and in adipose tissue.
- CBi agonists such as ⁇ 9 - tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient of Cannabis sativa
- THC ⁇ 9 - tetrahydrocannabinol
- Antagonism of CB 1 could potentially inverse these effects by inhibiting the dopamine- mediated rewarding properties of food and by inversing the process for storage of fats.
- Obesity is now the most common nutritional disorder in industrialized countries. Defined as a body mass index of greater than 30, obesity arises from the accumulation of excess fat in the body from over consumption of fatty foods. Prevalence of obesity in the US and Europe has reached epidemic levels. Data from the World Health Organization Multinational MONICA (MONItoring of trends and determinants in CArdiovascular diseases) project shows that in some parts of Europe over 70% of men aged 55-64 years are clinically obese or overweight and almost 70% of women in this age group. Furthermore, one in five of all Americans are obese and one in three overweight. In addition, increasing rates of childhood obesity are likely to exacerbate the trend towards increasing obesity in adulthood.
- MONICA World Health Organization Multinational MONICA
- Insulin resistance is a term referring to the condition when one's cells have become less sensitive to the effects of insulin in balancing blood glucose levels. Insulin is the hormone secreted by the pancreas which helps glucose to enter cells where it is turned into energy. Obese individuals have high levels of free fatty acids in their blood plasma. Free fatty acids lead to increased insulin resistance because they compete with and inhibit insulin from stimulating glucose uptake, thus leading to increased and potentially life threatening blood glucose levels. Hence, decreasing the amount of free fatty acids and increasing insulin sensitivity is central to the prevention and treatment of diabetes.
- pancreas People that experience insulin resistance provoke the pancreas to work harder and release increasing amounts of insulin to achieve a healthy blood glucose balance. This can lead to two major problems. First, the pancreas may become exhausted and insulin production may therefore slow down to abnormally low levels. This would trigger adult onset type Il diabetes by increasing blood glucose levels. A second potential problem may be that the insulin resistant patient does not develop diabetes but may suffer from abnormally high levels of insulin in the blood which can cause chronic obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease and possibly some cancers.
- rimonabant (SR141716A), has however been demonstrated to behave as an inverse agonist at the CBi receptor and achieve weight-reducing effects over extended periods in rodents and humans (see Van Gaal et al., Effects of the cannabinoid-1 receptor blocker rimonabant on weight reduction and cardiovascular risk factors in overweight patients, 365 Lancet 1389-1397 (2005)).
- the action of rimonabant is limited however as the United States Food and Drug Administration rejected rimonabant because clinical trials suggested a higher incidence of depression, anxiety, and suicidality following prolonged administration (see R.
- the peptide hemopressin may be a safer alternative compound that exhibits selectivity for CB-
- Hemopressin is a product of the hemoglobin ⁇ chain, discovered in rat brain homogenates. Further studies have indicated that peptides containing the hemopressin amino acid sequence are generated in vivo, suggesting indeed that hemopressin may be a safer alternative than rimonabant or other synthetic inverse agonists or antagonists of CB- I , because of its potential endogenous presence.
- Hemopressin was initially found by Dale et al. to have nonopioid antinociceptive effects (see Antinociceptive action of hemopressin in experimental hyperalgesia, 25 Peptides 431-436 (2005)). Further studies demonstrated that the peptide hemopressin acts specifically on the cannabinoid system as a CBi receptor inverse agonist and can interact with both peripheral and central pain pathways in vivo (see Heimann et al., 104 PNAS 20588-593 (2007)). This article also demonstrated how hemopressin is effective in treating hyperalgesia when administered locally or systemically. Furthermore, this article suggested that based on hemopressin's specificity for CBi it may have an effect on body weight and food intake in the same way as rimonabant.
- hemopressin can: 1) antagonize CBi agonist-induced internalization of the CBi receptor in vitro; 2) induce hypophagia in vivo when administered centrally; 3) induce hypophagia in vivo when administered systemically; 4) overcome powerful orexigenic drives in fasted or obese mice; and 5) reduce feeding in a behaviorally specific manner.
- the objective of this invention is to present a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of obesity, without causing depression, by oxidizing free fatty acids in blood plasma.
- This invention also suggests a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and treatment of diabetes by increasing insulin sensitivity.
- a pharmaceutical composition comprising an active ingredient, including a mimic, derivative or fragment thereof, which may act as an inverse agonist or antagonist of G protein-coupled receptors, particularly CBi, and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle.
- the present invention refers to a pharmaceutical composition, which comprises an active ingredient, a mimic, derivative or fragment thereof, behaving as an inverse agonist and/or antagonist of a G protein-coupled receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle.
- the G protein-coupled receptor targeted in this invention is a cannabinoid receptor and in particular the CBi receptor.
- said active ingredient is the peptide hemopressin, with the following amino acid sequence PVNFKFLSH (proline- valine-asparagine-phenylalanine-lysine-phenylalanine-leucine-serine- histidine), or a mimic, derivative or fragment thereof.
- the pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle is preferably a sterile isosmotic solution with the same osmotic pressure of an isotonic solution of blood and that is compatible with the active ingredient.
- the invention describes how said pharmaceutical composition may be used in the treatment of obesity by reducing fat content without causing any symptoms of depression by oxidizing fatty acids in blood plasma in muscles and the liver.
- the invention also reveals how said pharmaceutical composition may be used in the prevention and treatment of diabetes by increasing insulin sensitivity and thereby decreasing insulin resistance.
- this invention demonstrates that said pharmaceutical composition can effectively achieve said results through any of the following administrative routes: oral, intraperitoneal, or intrathecal.
- hemopressin could decrease food intake in normal and obese mice, whether administered systemically or locally.
- the present invention demonstrates that local or systemic administration of a pharmaceutical composition of hemopressin, a mimic, derivative, or fragment thereof, will directly decrease fat content and body weight, without any symptoms of depression, by oxidizing fatty acids in blood plasma in muscles and the liver.
- the state of the art therefore contains no mention or suggestion of the specific use of hemopressin, or a mimic, derivative, or fragment thereof, as part of a pharmaceutical composition which can be used in the preventative or combative treatment of obesity by reducing fat content and body weight without causing any symptoms of depression by oxidizing fatty acids in the blood plasma in muscles and the liver.
- the state of the art also does not teach how a pharmaceutical composition of hemopressin, its mimics, derivatives or fragments thereof, can prevent and treat diabetes by increasing insulin sensitivity, lowering insulin resistance and thereby balancing blood glucose levels.
- a pharmaceutical composition of hemopressin, a mimic, derivative, or fragment thereof may be administered for the prevention and treatment of diabetes by increasing insulin sensitivity and thereby decreasing insulin resistance and effectively ameliorating dangerously high blood glucose levels.
- the biochemical process affected by inverse agonistic or antagonistic binding to CBi triggers increased oxidation of fatty acids in blood plasma in muscles and the liver, decreasing the amount of free fatty acids and thus decreasing insulin resistance.
- free fatty acids compete with and inhibit insulin from stimulating glucose uptake, thus leading to increased and potentially life threatening blood glucose levels.
- decreasing the amount of free fatty acids and increasing insulin sensitivity is central to the prevention and treatment of diabetes.
- a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of obesity comprising an active ingredient, a mimic, derivative, or fragment thereof, which acts as an antagonist or inverse agonist of cannabinoid type 1 receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, characterized by the fact that administration of said pharmaceutical composition reduces body fat content by oxidizing free fatty acids in blood plasma.
- a pharmaceutical composition comprising an active ingredient, a mimic, derivative, or fragment thereof, which acts as an antagonist or inverse agonist of cannabinoid type 1 receptors and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, characterized by the fact that administration of said pharmaceutical composition improves prevents and treats diabetes by means of oxidizing free fatty acids in blood plasma.
- Figure 1A - identifies hemopressin as a peptide modulator of CBi receptor
- Figure 1 B - illustrates that hemopressin behaves similarly to rimonabant
- FIG. 2A - illustrates that hemopressin is capable of displacing the high-affinity ligand rimonabant from CB 1 receptor;
- FIG. 2B - illustrates that hemopressin is capable of blocking the increase in GTPgammaS, as measured against the agonist HU-210;
- Figure 2C - illustrates that hemopressin is capable of preventing decreases in cAMP levels, as measured against the agonist HU-210;
- FIG. 2D - illustrates that hemopressin is capable of blocking phosphorylation of ERK1 and ERK2, as measured against the agonist HU- 210;
- FIG. 3A - illustrates that hemopressin acts as an inverse agonist of CBi receptors by causing decreases in signaling as measured by binding to GTPgammaS ligand;
- Figure 3B - illustrates that hemopressin acts as an inverse agonist of CB 1 receptors by causing decreases in signaling as measured by adenylate cyclase catalyst activity
- FIG. 3C - illustrates that hemopressin acts as an inverse agonist of CB 1 receptors by causing decreases in signaling as measured by MAP kinase phopshorylation;
- Figure 3D - illustrates that hemopressin efficiently blocks the growth of neurites in neural 2A cells as measured against agonists
- Figures 4A-J - illustrate the immunohistochemistry in the brain of rats demonstrating that hemopressin is a naturally occurring peptide in vivo;
- Figure 5 - illustrates that treatment with hemopressin does not cause depression in rats as compared to treatment with rimonabant
- Figure 6 illustrates how treatment of hemopressin on diet- induced obesity models improves insulin sensitivty.
- the pharmaceutical composition herein claimed is useful for the treatment of obesity and for the prevention and treatment of diabetes.
- hemopressin an alpha hemoglobin fragment originally identified in extracts of rat brain using an enzyme capture technique and defined by the amino acid sequence PVNFKFLSH (proline-valine-asparagine-phenylalanine-lysine-phenylalanine- leucine-serine-histidine), is a peptide inverse agonist of CBi receptors.
- PVNFKFLSH proline-valine-asparagine-phenylalanine-lysine-phenylalanine- leucine-serine-histidine
- hemopressin managed to displace the highly affinitive ligand rimonabant from CBi receptors.
- hemopressin is capable of displacing rimonabant from CBi receptors.
- a test was then designed, the results of which are illustrated in Figure 2B 1 to determine if hemopressin could block the signaling of CBi receptor. It was discovered that hemopressin is capable of blocking the increase of GTPgammaS as measured against the CBi receptor agonist HU-210. Hemopressin was also discovered to block decreases in cAMP levels with efficiency similar to that of rimonabant as measured against agonists as can be seen in Figure 2C.
- Hemopressin was also determined to not only act as an antagonist but as an inverse agonist of CBi receptors. This was further explored by studying the binding of GTPgammaS, adenylate cyclase activity and MAP kinase phopshorylation. In all cases, it was possible to observe that hemopressin, similar to rimonabant, causes decreases in signaling below the basal levels. This can clearly be seen in figures 3A-C. In addition, the activation of CB 1 receptors, particularly by CBi agonist HU-210, leads to induction of the growth of neurites in 2A neural cells. It was discovered that, like rimonabant, hemopressin efficiently blocks the growth of neurites as measured against agonists in 2A neural cells and that hemopressin alone is capable of decreasing the basal growth of neurites as can be observed in ⁇
- hemopressin, its mimics, derivatives and fragments thereof may be used to treat obesity.
- the results of these experiments concluded that hemopressin, its mimics, derivatives and fragments thereof, reduce fat content in rats without causing symptoms of depression.
- This is a significant improvement over the prior art because the prior art simply discusses a treatment using hemopressin to reduce food intake while this invention discloses a pharmaceutical composition containing hemopressin, a mimic, derivative or fragment thereof for the treatment of obesity by direct oxidation of fatty acids in blood plasma in muscles and the liver, without causing the common side effect of depression.
- mice Male Zucker rats were maintained on a 12 hour light/dark cycle. The rats were divided into two groups that receive once a day for three days either intraperitoneal administration of 50 micrograms/Kg body weight of HPW2 or saline. After three days administration, intraperiotoneal administration of HPW2 resulted in significant reduction in retroperitoneal fat content.
- hemopressin its mimics, derivatives and fragments thereof, can effectively reduce fat content without causing depression in two distinctive animal models.
- hemopressin a mimic, derivative, or fragment thereof improves insulin sensitivity and may therefore be used for the prevention and treatment of diabetes.
- insulin resistance is a physiological condition in which the natural hormone, insulin, becomes less effective in lowering blood sugars.
- the resulting increase in blood glucose may raise levels outside the normal range and cause adverse health effects.
- Certain cell types, particularly fat cells require insulin to absorb glucose. When these cells fail to respond adequately to circulating insulin, blood glucose levels rise. -
- Insulin resistance in fat cells reduces the normal effects of insulin on lipids and results in reduced uptake of circulating lipids. Increased mobilization of stored lipids elevates free fatty acids in the blood plasma. Elevated blood fatty-acid concentrations contribute to elevated blood glucose levels.
- Hemopressin besides treating obesity, may therefore be used in the prophylactic treatment of diabetes by increasing insulin sensitivity thereby decreasing insulin resistance by oxidizing fatty acids in the blood plasma in muscles and the liver.
- Treatment of the diet induced obese rats with hemopressin significantly improved insulin sensitivity, as well as HPW2 derivative.
- Treatment with the synthetic antagonist rimonabant and the standard saline control solution did not produce similar results. See Figure 6.
- this invention demonstrates that the systemic or local administration of hemopressin, its mimics, derivatives or fragments thereof, make it a strong candidate for a new therapy for treating obesity by directly reducing body fat content, without the usual collateral effects of depression. Furthermore, the invention suggests that this treatment could also reduce the risk of diabetes and treat patients suffering from diabetes by increasing insulin sensitivity and effectively reducing blood glucose concentrations.
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Abstract
The present invention refers to a pharmaceutical compositions that comprises an active ingredient, such as a peptide, which acts as an antagonist and/or inverse agonist of a G protein-coupled receptor and pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. Said pharmaceutical composition may be used for the treatment of obesity and the prevention of and the treatment of diabetes
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Title: "PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND A METHOD FOR TREATING ALIMENTARY DISORDERS AND RELATED DISEASES".
The present invention refers to a pharmaceutical composition, which comprises an active ingredient acting as an antagonist or inverse agonist of a G protein-coupled receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. Said pharmaceutical composition may be used for the treatment of obesity. Said pharmaceutical composition may also be used for the treatment of diabetes.
Description of Prior Art
Guanine nucleotide-binding proteins, otherwise known as G proteins, are involved in transmitting chemical signals from outside the cell to inside the cell by way of triggering a series of biochemical reactions which ultimately effect physiological changes within the cell. G protein-coupled receptors are transmembrane receptors that sense molecules outside the cell and activate signal transduction pathways and intracellular responses. It is well known that G protein-coupled receptors are involved in regulating many diseases.
Type 1 and type 2 cannabinoid receptors, hereinafter CB1 and CB2, are G protein-coupled receptors found in mammal tissues. CBi receptors are expressed mainly by neurons of the central and peripheral nervous system, whereas the CB2 receptors occur centrally and peripherally particularly in immune cells. Signal molecules may bind to the two cannabinoid receptors outside the cell, causing a cascade of biochemical reactions within the cell. For example, CB1 receptors coupled through G proteins inhibit adenylyl cyclase and activate mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase. In addition, CB-i receptors inhibit presynaptic N- and P/Q-type calcium channels and activate inwardly rectifying potassium channels. The combined effect of these biochemical changes generates a variety of physiological effects, of which many are still to be discovered.
The discovery that mammal tissues express cannabinoid receptors was accompanied by the discovery of endogenous ligands to these
receptors called endocannabinoids, which along with CBi and CB2 constitute the endocannabinoid system. It was discovered that certain disorders cause the levels of endocannabinoids, the density of the cannabinoid receptors and the efficiency of the coupling of the cannabinoid receptors to increase. It has been noted that this upregulation of the endocannabinoid system often suppresses undesirable symptoms and signals, suggesting that the endocannabinoid system is autoregulatory.
In order to better understand the endocannabinoid system, researchers have been developing antagonists and inverse agonists with specificity for either CBi or CB2. Antagonists are receptor ligands that do not provoke a biological response upon binding to a receptor but block or weaken an agonist-mediated response. Inverse agonists on the other hand bind to the same receptor as an agonist and reverse the activity of receptors, or in other words, exert an opposite pharmacological effect of a receptor agonist.
The discovery of antagonists and inverse agonists of CBi or CB2 receptors is extremely important in the field of medicine as there are many significant physiological and pathophysiological conditions in which the endocannabinoid system has been demonstrated to play a role. These include diseases of the central nervous system such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and depression, as well as diseases of the peripheral nervous system, such as inflammatory and neuropathic pain, obesity and other alimentary disorders.
Incidentally, there are several published accounts documenting the importance of antagonists or inverse agonists of either CBi or CB2 receptors in the prophylactic or combative treatment of the aforementioned diseases. For example, WO/2006/119260 refers to a pharmaceutical composition of an antagonist of the CBi receptor in association with a microsomal triglyceride transfer protein inhibitor which acts in the intestine to treat obesity or alimentary disorders. WO/2006/100205 refers to new cannabinoid receptor modulators and their use to treat diseases such as pain, neurodegenerative disorders and alimentary disorders.
US/2005/101542 refers to yet another pharmaceutical composition comprising cannabinoid receptor antagonists that combined with another protein agonist can reduce the consumption of foods, alcohol, or other appetizing substances. Finally, Brazilian patent application PI0114410-3 refers to the pharmaceutical combination of the antagonist of CB1 and the appetite suppressant sibutramine that is useful in the treatment of obesity.
One underlying feature of these published accounts is that they demonstrate how an antagonist or inverse agonist of CBi may treat obesity. CBi receptors are targets for treating obesity because they are highly expressed in hypothalamic areas which are involved in central food intake control and feeding behavior. These regions are also interconnected with the mesolimbic dopamine pathway, the so-called "reward" system. Furthermore, peripheral CBi receptors are located in the gastrointestinal tract, liver and in adipose tissue. These combined facts strongly indicate that the endocannabinoid system may be directly involved in feeding regulation, fat control and blood glucose regulation. For example, it is known in the literature that the administration of exogenous CBi agonists such as Δ9- tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient of Cannabis sativa, increases food intake by increasing motivational rewards. Antagonism of CB1 could potentially inverse these effects by inhibiting the dopamine- mediated rewarding properties of food and by inversing the process for storage of fats.
Obesity is now the most common nutritional disorder in industrialized countries. Defined as a body mass index of greater than 30, obesity arises from the accumulation of excess fat in the body from over consumption of fatty foods. Prevalence of obesity in the US and Europe has reached epidemic levels. Data from the World Health Organization Multinational MONICA (MONItoring of trends and determinants in CArdiovascular diseases) project shows that in some parts of Europe over 70% of men aged 55-64 years are clinically obese or overweight and almost 70% of women in this age group. Furthermore, one in five of all Americans are obese and one in three overweight. In addition, increasing rates of
childhood obesity are likely to exacerbate the trend towards increasing obesity in adulthood.
In addition, research indicates that obese individuals are predisposed to insulin resistance and diabetes, (see Boden, Free fatty acids, a link between obesity and insulin resistance, 3 Front. Biosci. 169-75 (1998)). Insulin resistance is a term referring to the condition when one's cells have become less sensitive to the effects of insulin in balancing blood glucose levels. Insulin is the hormone secreted by the pancreas which helps glucose to enter cells where it is turned into energy. Obese individuals have high levels of free fatty acids in their blood plasma. Free fatty acids lead to increased insulin resistance because they compete with and inhibit insulin from stimulating glucose uptake, thus leading to increased and potentially life threatening blood glucose levels. Hence, decreasing the amount of free fatty acids and increasing insulin sensitivity is central to the prevention and treatment of diabetes.
People that experience insulin resistance provoke the pancreas to work harder and release increasing amounts of insulin to achieve a healthy blood glucose balance. This can lead to two major problems. First, the pancreas may become exhausted and insulin production may therefore slow down to abnormally low levels. This would trigger adult onset type Il diabetes by increasing blood glucose levels. A second potential problem may be that the insulin resistant patient does not develop diabetes but may suffer from abnormally high levels of insulin in the blood which can cause chronic obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease and possibly some cancers.
There are no prior art documents suggesting a pharmaceutical composition of hemopressin, a mimic, derivative or fragment thereof to treat diabetes.
A synthetic compound, rimonabant (SR141716A), has however been demonstrated to behave as an inverse agonist at the CBi receptor and achieve weight-reducing effects over extended periods in rodents and humans (see Van Gaal et al., Effects of the cannabinoid-1 receptor blocker rimonabant on weight reduction and cardiovascular risk factors in overweight
patients, 365 Lancet 1389-1397 (2005)). The action of rimonabant is limited however as the United States Food and Drug Administration rejected rimonabant because clinical trials suggested a higher incidence of depression, anxiety, and suicidality following prolonged administration (see R. Christensen et al., Efficacy and safety of the weight-loss drug rimonabant, 370 Lancet 1706-1713 (2007)). Current research efforts are therefore underway to find safer compounds that behave as selective antagonists or inverse agonists of the CBi receptor.
The peptide hemopressin may be a safer alternative compound that exhibits selectivity for CB-|. Hemopressin is a product of the hemoglobin α chain, discovered in rat brain homogenates. Further studies have indicated that peptides containing the hemopressin amino acid sequence are generated in vivo, suggesting indeed that hemopressin may be a safer alternative than rimonabant or other synthetic inverse agonists or antagonists of CB-I, because of its potential endogenous presence.
Hemopressin was initially found by Dale et al. to have nonopioid antinociceptive effects (see Antinociceptive action of hemopressin in experimental hyperalgesia, 25 Peptides 431-436 (2005)). Further studies demonstrated that the peptide hemopressin acts specifically on the cannabinoid system as a CBi receptor inverse agonist and can interact with both peripheral and central pain pathways in vivo (see Heimann et al.,
104 PNAS 20588-593 (2007)). This article also demonstrated how hemopressin is effective in treating hyperalgesia when administered locally or systemically. Furthermore, this article suggested that based on hemopressin's specificity for CBi it may have an effect on body weight and food intake in the same way as rimonabant.
A recent article, published in the Journal of Neuroscience on May 26, 2010 by Garron T. Dodd et al., titled The peptide hemopressin acts through CBi cannabinoid receptors to reduce food intake in rats and mice, demonstrates how hemopressin acts as an inverse agonist on CBi receptors and modulates the activity of appetite pathways in the brain in a manner
contrary to how THC, and other CBi agonists, modulate appetite pathways in the brain. More specifically, Dodd shows that hemopressin can: 1) antagonize CBi agonist-induced internalization of the CBi receptor in vitro; 2) induce hypophagia in vivo when administered centrally; 3) induce hypophagia in vivo when administered systemically; 4) overcome powerful orexigenic drives in fasted or obese mice; and 5) reduce feeding in a behaviorally specific manner.
Objective of the Invention
In light of the increasing public health concerns regarding obesity and diabetes, many researchers throughout the world have attempted to find a pharmaceutical composition that can be used for the treatment of obesity and diabetes.
The objective of this invention is to present a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of obesity, without causing depression, by oxidizing free fatty acids in blood plasma. This invention also suggests a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention and treatment of diabetes by increasing insulin sensitivity.
The objective of the present invention is achieved by a pharmaceutical composition comprising an active ingredient, including a mimic, derivative or fragment thereof, which may act as an inverse agonist or antagonist of G protein-coupled receptors, particularly CBi, and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle.
Brief Description of the Invention
The present invention refers to a pharmaceutical composition, which comprises an active ingredient, a mimic, derivative or fragment thereof, behaving as an inverse agonist and/or antagonist of a G protein-coupled receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle. The G protein-coupled receptor targeted in this invention is a cannabinoid receptor and in particular the CBi receptor. Preferably, said active ingredient is the peptide hemopressin, with the following amino acid sequence PVNFKFLSH (proline- valine-asparagine-phenylalanine-lysine-phenylalanine-leucine-serine- histidine), or a mimic, derivative or fragment thereof. The pharmaceutically
acceptable vehicle is preferably a sterile isosmotic solution with the same osmotic pressure of an isotonic solution of blood and that is compatible with the active ingredient.
The invention describes how said pharmaceutical composition may be used in the treatment of obesity by reducing fat content without causing any symptoms of depression by oxidizing fatty acids in blood plasma in muscles and the liver. The invention also reveals how said pharmaceutical composition may be used in the prevention and treatment of diabetes by increasing insulin sensitivity and thereby decreasing insulin resistance. Furthermore, this invention demonstrates that said pharmaceutical composition can effectively achieve said results through any of the following administrative routes: oral, intraperitoneal, or intrathecal.
The prior art suggests that administration of hemopressin could decrease food intake in normal and obese mice, whether administered systemically or locally. The present invention however demonstrates that local or systemic administration of a pharmaceutical composition of hemopressin, a mimic, derivative, or fragment thereof, will directly decrease fat content and body weight, without any symptoms of depression, by oxidizing fatty acids in blood plasma in muscles and the liver.
The state of the art therefore contains no mention or suggestion of the specific use of hemopressin, or a mimic, derivative, or fragment thereof, as part of a pharmaceutical composition which can be used in the preventative or combative treatment of obesity by reducing fat content and body weight without causing any symptoms of depression by oxidizing fatty acids in the blood plasma in muscles and the liver. The state of the art also does not teach how a pharmaceutical composition of hemopressin, its mimics, derivatives or fragments thereof, can prevent and treat diabetes by increasing insulin sensitivity, lowering insulin resistance and thereby balancing blood glucose levels.
Experiments were conducted on genetically obese and a diet- induced obesity models demonstrating that a pharmaceutical composition containing hemopressin, a mimic, derivative or fragment thereof, can
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effectively reduce fat content and body weight in rats after either intraperitoneal or oral administration by acting as inverse agonists or as antagonists of the CBi receptor. Experiments to measure symptoms of depression were performed and rats treated with a pharmaceutical composition of hemopressin, mimics, derivatives, or fragments thereof exhibited normal behavior in a standardized stress test.
Additionally, a pharmaceutical composition of hemopressin, a mimic, derivative, or fragment thereof, may be administered for the prevention and treatment of diabetes by increasing insulin sensitivity and thereby decreasing insulin resistance and effectively ameliorating dangerously high blood glucose levels. The biochemical process affected by inverse agonistic or antagonistic binding to CBi triggers increased oxidation of fatty acids in blood plasma in muscles and the liver, decreasing the amount of free fatty acids and thus decreasing insulin resistance. As aforementioned, free fatty acids compete with and inhibit insulin from stimulating glucose uptake, thus leading to increased and potentially life threatening blood glucose levels. Hence, decreasing the amount of free fatty acids and increasing insulin sensitivity is central to the prevention and treatment of diabetes.
A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of obesity comprising an active ingredient, a mimic, derivative, or fragment thereof, which acts as an antagonist or inverse agonist of cannabinoid type 1 receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, characterized by the fact that administration of said pharmaceutical composition reduces body fat content by oxidizing free fatty acids in blood plasma.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising an active ingredient, a mimic, derivative, or fragment thereof, which acts as an antagonist or inverse agonist of cannabinoid type 1 receptors and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, characterized by the fact that administration of said pharmaceutical composition improves prevents and treats diabetes by means of oxidizing free fatty acids in blood plasma.
Summary Description of the Figures
Reference is next made to the appended figures for an improved understanding of the more detailed description of the invention that follows:
Figure 1A - identifies hemopressin as a peptide modulator of CBi receptor;
Figure 1 B - illustrates that hemopressin behaves similarly to rimonabant;
Figure 2A - illustrates that hemopressin is capable of displacing the high-affinity ligand rimonabant from CB1 receptor;
Figure 2B - illustrates that hemopressin is capable of blocking the increase in GTPgammaS, as measured against the agonist HU-210;
Figure 2C - illustrates that hemopressin is capable of preventing decreases in cAMP levels, as measured against the agonist HU-210;
Figure 2D - illustrates that hemopressin is capable of blocking phosphorylation of ERK1 and ERK2, as measured against the agonist HU- 210;
Figure 3A - illustrates that hemopressin acts as an inverse agonist of CBi receptors by causing decreases in signaling as measured by binding to GTPgammaS ligand;
Figure 3B - illustrates that hemopressin acts as an inverse agonist of CB1 receptors by causing decreases in signaling as measured by adenylate cyclase catalyst activity;
Figure 3C - illustrates that hemopressin acts as an inverse agonist of CB1 receptors by causing decreases in signaling as measured by MAP kinase phopshorylation;
Figure 3D - illustrates that hemopressin efficiently blocks the growth of neurites in neural 2A cells as measured against agonists;
Figures 4A-J - illustrate the immunohistochemistry in the brain of rats demonstrating that hemopressin is a naturally occurring peptide in vivo;
Figure 5 - illustrates that treatment with hemopressin does not cause depression in rats as compared to treatment with rimonabant;
Figure 6 - illustrates how treatment of hemopressin on diet- induced obesity models improves insulin sensitivty.
Detailed Description of the Invention
The pharmaceutical composition herein claimed is useful for the treatment of obesity and for the prevention and treatment of diabetes.
The present invention demonstrates that hemopressin, an alpha hemoglobin fragment originally identified in extracts of rat brain using an enzyme capture technique and defined by the amino acid sequence PVNFKFLSH (proline-valine-asparagine-phenylalanine-lysine-phenylalanine- leucine-serine-histidine), is a peptide inverse agonist of CBi receptors. The molecular structure of hemopressin is illustrated below:
The identification of hemopressin as peptide modulator of CB1 receptor can be seen in Figure 1A, where it was discovered that among all the peptides tested only hemopressin was able to decrease the recognition of a CBi specific antibody. The study shown in Figure 1B shows that the increase induced by the CBi agonist HU-210 in the recognition of the antibody can be significantly blocked both by hemopressin and by rimonanbant, suggesting that hemopressin behaves similarly to rimonanbant.
Next the selectivity of hemopressin for CBi receptors was examined using antibodies sensitive to the conformations of mu and delta opiod receptors, alpha-2A and beta-2 adrenergic receptors, as well as type 1 and 2 Angiotensin Il receptors. In the following table, it is possible to identify the specificity of the peptide hemopressin for the CBi receptor. Hemopressin acts only on the CBi receptor, so it appears that hemopressin is highly selective for CBi receptors. The following data presents the percentage of activity as compared to the control group:
Given these results it was examined whether hemopressin managed to displace the highly affinitive ligand rimonabant from CBi receptors. As can be seen in Figure 2A, hemopressin is capable of displacing rimonabant from CBi receptors. A test was then designed, the results of which are illustrated in Figure 2B1 to determine if hemopressin could block the signaling of CBi receptor. It was discovered that hemopressin is capable of blocking the increase of GTPgammaS as measured against the CBi receptor agonist HU-210. Hemopressin was also discovered to block decreases in cAMP levels with efficiency similar to that of rimonabant as measured against agonists as can be seen in Figure 2C. Finally, a test was designed to measure whether hemopressin is capable of blocking the increase of levels of phosphorylated ERK1 and ERK2. Hemopressin, was found to behave similarly to rimonabant in this test as well, as illustrated in Figure 2D. The combined analysis of figures 2A-2D demonstrates that hemopressin binds to CBi receptors and behaves similarly to the highly selective, synthetic CBi receptor antagonist rimonabant.
Hemopressin was also determined to not only act as an antagonist but as an inverse agonist of CBi receptors. This was further explored by studying the binding of GTPgammaS, adenylate cyclase activity and MAP kinase phopshorylation. In all cases, it was possible to observe that hemopressin, similar to rimonabant, causes decreases in signaling below the basal levels. This can clearly be seen in figures 3A-C. In addition, the activation of CB1 receptors, particularly by CBi agonist HU-210, leads to induction of the growth of neurites in 2A neural cells. It was discovered that, like rimonabant, hemopressin efficiently blocks the growth of neurites as measured against agonists in 2A neural cells and that hemopressin alone is capable of decreasing the basal growth of neurites as can be observed in
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figure 3D. These additional experiments indicate that hemopressin behaves not just as an antagonist of CBi receptors but as an inverse agonist of CBi receptors similar to the highly selective synthetic compound rimonabant.
In addition to the aforementioned analysis, binding studies of the most important portions of the hemopressin amino acid sequence to the binding of CBi receptors were conducted. It was determined that the two phenylalanines of the hemopressin sequence should have characteristics of hydrophobic and aromatic groups and the leucine portion of the hemopressin sequence should have characteristics of a hydrophobic group. Hence, mimics, fragments or derivatives thereof with hydrophobic and aromatic groups at the phenylalanine region and hydrophobic groups at the leucine region were shown to bind most successfully with CBi receptors.
Additionally, in vivo studies were conducted demonstrating how hemopressin, its mimics, derivatives and fragments thereof, may be used to treat obesity. The results of these experiments concluded that hemopressin, its mimics, derivatives and fragments thereof, reduce fat content in rats without causing symptoms of depression. This is a significant improvement over the prior art because the prior art simply discusses a treatment using hemopressin to reduce food intake while this invention discloses a pharmaceutical composition containing hemopressin, a mimic, derivative or fragment thereof for the treatment of obesity by direct oxidation of fatty acids in blood plasma in muscles and the liver, without causing the common side effect of depression.
Experiments were conducted demonstrating that administration of hemopressin or its derivative HPW2, having the amino acid sequence PVNFKWLSH, where tryptophan substitutes the C-terminal phenylalanine, to male Wistar rats that had been on an ad lihitom 63-day diet once a day for three days resulted in a significantly reduced periepididymal and visceral fat content when compared to the control group that received just saline.
Experiments were also conducted on genetically obese and diet- induced rats of another species. Male Zucker rats were maintained on a 12 hour light/dark cycle. The rats were divided into two groups that receive once a day for three days either intraperitoneal administration of 50 micrograms/Kg body weight of HPW2 or saline. After three days administration, intraperiotoneal administration of HPW2 resulted in significant reduction in retroperitoneal fat content.
Next, oral administration of hemopressin and HPW2 was demonstrated to significantly reduce the total body weight and periepididymal but not visceral fat content. Retroperitoneal fat content was significantly reduced by hemopressin only. Oral administration of rimonabant had similar effects on reducing fat content. Conversely, the oral administration of the non-cannabinoid peptide VDPENFRLLGNM had no effect on the rats' fat content.
In order to ensure that hemopressin, its mimics, fragments or derivatives thereof would not have undesired side effects like rimonabant, studies were performed to help determine if hemopressin exists as a peptide in vivo. A spectrometric analysis was performed on the mass of rat brain fractions obtained by microwaves to minimize nonspecific post-mortem proteolyses. It was possible to identify from this experiment three new peptides containing hemopressin: VDPVNFKFLSH, RVDPVNFKFLSH, and RVDPVNFKFL. The immunohistochemistry in rat brains suggested that hemopressin may also occur naturally in the neurons of distinct areas of rat brains. These additional studies demonstrated that peptides containing the hemopressin amino acid sequence are indeed generated in vivo. See Figure 4A-J.
In fact, while rimonabant caused the expected depression of the animals during tests, animals receiving 1 mg/Kg hemopressin indeed showed no such symptoms as observed through a standard swimming test. See the results illustrated in Figure 5.
Thus this invention demonstrates that hemopressin, its mimics, derivatives and fragments thereof, can effectively reduce fat content without causing depression in two distinctive animal models.
Finally, it has been demonstrated that administration of hemopressin, a mimic, derivative, or fragment thereof improves insulin sensitivity and may therefore be used for the prevention and treatment of diabetes.
It is generally understood that obese individuals have a higher propensity for suffering from diabetes. This disorder is characterized by high blood glucose in the context of insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency. Insulin resistance is a physiological condition in which the natural hormone, insulin, becomes less effective in lowering blood sugars. The resulting increase in blood glucose may raise levels outside the normal range and cause adverse health effects. Certain cell types, particularly fat cells, require insulin to absorb glucose. When these cells fail to respond adequately to circulating insulin, blood glucose levels rise.
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Insulin resistance in fat cells reduces the normal effects of insulin on lipids and results in reduced uptake of circulating lipids. Increased mobilization of stored lipids elevates free fatty acids in the blood plasma. Elevated blood fatty-acid concentrations contribute to elevated blood glucose levels.
Hemopressin, besides treating obesity, may therefore be used in the prophylactic treatment of diabetes by increasing insulin sensitivity thereby decreasing insulin resistance by oxidizing fatty acids in the blood plasma in muscles and the liver. This was demonstrated in an experiment on diet induced obese rats that were treated with a saline solution, 50 micrograms/Kg of hemopressin, HPW2, rimonabant, and 1 mg/Kg of hemopressin. Treatment of the diet induced obese rats with hemopressin significantly improved insulin sensitivity, as well as HPW2 derivative. Treatment with the synthetic antagonist rimonabant and the standard saline control solution did not produce similar results. See Figure 6.
In conclusion, this invention demonstrates that the systemic or local administration of hemopressin, its mimics, derivatives or fragments thereof, make it a strong candidate for a new therapy for treating obesity by directly reducing body fat content, without the usual collateral effects of depression. Furthermore, the invention suggests that this treatment could also reduce the risk of diabetes and treat patients suffering from diabetes by increasing insulin sensitivity and effectively reducing blood glucose concentrations.
Although the present invention and its advantages have been described in detail, it must be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations may be made without straying from the core and scope of the invention as defined in the claims appended hereto.
Claims
1. A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of obesity comprising an active ingredient, a mimic, derivative, or fragment thereof, which acts as an antagonist or inverse agonist of cannabinoid type 1 receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, characterized by the fact that administration of said pharmaceutical composition reduces body fat.
2. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 , characterized by the fact that said reduction of body fat content does not cause collateral effects of depression.
3. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by the fact that said reduction in body fat content occurs in retroperitoneal, periepididymal and visceral adipose tissues.
4. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 , 2 or 3, characterized by the fact that said reduction in body fat content can be localized to retroperitoneal tissues.
5. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized by the fact that said reduction in body fat content can be localized to periepididymal tissues.
6. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 , 2 or 3, characterized by the fact that said reduction in body fat content can be localized to visceral adipose tissues.
7. A pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating diabetes comprising an active ingredient, a mimic, derivative, or fragment thereof, which acts as an antagonist or inverse agonist of cannabinoid type 1 receptor and a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, characterized by the fact that administration of said pharmaceutical composition improves insulin sensitivity.
8. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 or 7, characterized by the fact that said active ingredient is the peptide hemopressin, defined by the amino acid sequence proline-valine-asparagine- phenylalanine-lysine-phenylalanine-leucine-serine-histidine.
9. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 or 7, ^
characterized by the fact that the two phenylalanines of the hemopressin peptide sequence are replaced by any two hydrophobic and aromatic groups.
10. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 or 7, characterized by the fact that the leucine portion of the hemopressin peptide sequence is replaced by any hydrophobic group.
11. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 or 7, characterized by the fact that said pharmaceutical composition may be administered intraperitoneally, intrathecal^, or orally.
12. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 or 7, characterized by the fact that said active ingredient, mimic, derivative or fragment thereof, be administered in a dose varying from 0.05 micrograms per kilogram of body weight to 1 milligram per kilogram of body weight.
13. A pharmaceutical composition according to claim 1 or 7, characterized by the fact that said active ingredient, mimic, derivative or fragment thereof, be administered in a dose varying from 0.05 micrograms per kilogram of body weight to 50 micrograms per kilogram of body weight.
14. A pharmaceutical composition as in claim 1 or 7, characterized by the fact that the pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle is a sterile isosmotic solution.
15. A pharmaceutical composition as in claim 1 or 7, characterized by the fact that the pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle is a sterile isosmotic solution with the same osmotic pressure of an isotonic solution of blood.
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