Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61K—PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL OR TOILETRY PURPOSES
  • A61K31/00—Medicinal preparations containing organic active ingredients
  • A61K31/33—Heterocyclic compounds
  • A61K31/395—Heterocyclic compounds having nitrogen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. guanethidine or rifamycins
  • A61K31/495—Heterocyclic compounds having nitrogen as a ring hetero atom, e.g. guanethidine or rifamycins having six-membered rings with two or more nitrogen atoms as the only ring heteroatoms, e.g. piperazine or tetrazines
  • A61K31/505—Pyrimidines; Hydrogenated pyrimidines, e.g. trimethoprim
  • A61K31/519—Pyrimidines; Hydrogenated pyrimidines, e.g. trimethoprim ortho- or peri-condensed with heterocyclic rings
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61P—SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS
  • A61P39/00—General protective or antinoxious agents
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61P—SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS OR MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS
  • A61P43/00—Drugs for specific purposes, not provided for in groups A61P1/00-A61P41/00

Definitions

• ARS acute radiation syndrome
• the initial health consequence of a total body radiation (TBI) exposure is an acute radiation syndrome (ARS) in the most radiosensitive organs, with survival from this exposure being dictated by the extent of damage to stem and progenitor cells in the hematopoietic system as well as the epithelium in the gastrointestinal system.
• Hematopoietic growth factors, electrolytes and fluids, blood transfusions and antibiotics are all advancements in therapies to treat ARS that have resulted in significant improvements in survival.
• survivors of Chernobyl patients surviving the ARS to the Hematopoietic and Gl systems often succumb to late injury in the lung and heart.
• the present invention features methods for the treatment of patients with radiation exposure.
• the present invention employs sepiapterin (SP) to mitigate toxicity to the heart, gastrointestinal tract, and/or lungs of the patient.
• SP sepiapterin
• the invention provides a method of treating a subject exposed to radiation by administering an effective amount of sepiapterin, tetrahydrobiopterin, or dihydrobiopterin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or co-crystal thereof to the subject.
• the administering reduces or inhibits tissue and/or organ damage in the subject; reduces or inhibits cardiac, gastrointestinal, and/or lung toxicity in the subject; decreases gastrointestinal, cardiac, and/or lung endothelial cell death in the subject; and/or reduces radiation- induced inflammation in gastrointestinal, cardiac, and/or lung epithelial cells in the subject.
• the effective amount is, for example, from about 0.1 to about 200 mg/kg/day, e.g., about 5 mg/kg/d ay to about 35 mg/kg/day.
• the subject has acute radiation syndrome, e.g., with the administering occurring within 24 hours after exposure to radiation.
• the subject has chronic radiation syndrome.
• the subject has cutaneous radiation syndrome.
• the subject is exposed to at least 0.3 Gy in less than one day.
• the subject is exposed to at least 0.7 Gy over a period of more than one day.
• the administering occurs at least once daily for at least six days, e.g., at least one week, at least 10 days (e.g., at least 14 days), at least about one month, at least about three months, at least about six months, at least about nine months, or at least about one year.
• the administering increases expression of miR-15b-3p, miR-106a-5p, miR- 133b, miR-136-5p, miR-451a, miR-1 , miR-335-3p , let-7d-3p, and/or let-7c-5p, e.g., serum exosomal (e.g., when BH4 is administered), and/or decreases the expression of IL-1 b, IL-6, IL-17A, Spp2, and/or TGF-p1 in lung epithelial cells (e.g., when SP is administered).
• miR-15b-3p e.g., miR-106a-5p, miR- 133b, miR-136-5p, miR-451a, miR-1 , miR-335-3p , let-7d-3p, and/or let-7c-5p, e.g., serum exosomal (e.g., when BH4 is administered)
• the administering increases expression of let-7a-5p, miR-1 , miR-106b-3p, miR-106b-5p, miR-126-3p, miR-181 a-5p, miR-335-3p, and/or miR-335-5p and/or decreases expression of let-7g-5p, let-7i-5p, and/or miR-16-5p, e.g., serum exosomal (e.g., when SP is administered).
• the invention features a method of reducing or inhibiting tissue and/or organ damage in a subject that has been exposed to radiation by administering to the subject an effective amount of sepiapterin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
• the invention features a method of reducing or inhibiting cardiac and/or lung toxicity in a subject that has been exposed to radiation by administering to the subject an effective amount of sepiapterin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
• the invention features a method of decreasing cardiac and/or lung endothelial cell death in a subject that has been exposed to radiation by administering to the subject an effective amount of sepiapterin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
• the invention features a method of reducing radiation-induced inflammation in cardiac and/or lung epithelial cells in a subject by administering to the subject an effective amount of sepiapterin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
• the effective amount of sepiapterin or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is less than 1 mg/kg.
• the sepiapterin or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is administered about 24 hours after exposure to radiation.
• the method includes administering sepiapterin or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in multiple doses.
• the method includes administering sepiapterin or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof daily for at least six days.
• the effective amount of sepiapterin or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof results in an increase in expression of miR-15b-3p, miR- 106a-5p, miR-133b, miR-136-5p, miR-451a, miR-1 , miR-335-3p, let-7d-3p, and/or let-7c-5p.
• the term “a” may be understood to mean “at least one”; (ii) the term “or” may be understood to mean “and/or”; (iii) the terms “comprising” and “including” may be understood to encompass itemized components or steps whether presented by themselves or together with one or more additional components or steps; and (iv) the terms “about” and “approximately” may be understood to permit standard variation as would be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art; and (v) where ranges are provided, endpoints are included.
• the term “about,” as used herein means ⁇ 10 % of the specified value.
• references to “about” or “approximately” a value or parameter herein includes (and describes) variations that are directed to that value or parameter per se. For example, description referring to “about X” includes description of “X”.
• administration refers to the administration of a composition to a subject.
• Administration to an animal subject may be by any appropriate route.
• administration may be bronchial (including by bronchial instillation), buccal, enteral, interdermal, intra-arterial, intradermal, intragastric, intramedullary, intramuscular, intranasal, intraperitoneal, intrathecal, intravenous, intraventricular, mucosal, nasal, oral, rectal, subcutaneous, sublingual, topical, tracheal (including by intratracheal instillation), transdermal, vaginal, or vitreal.
• an “effective amount” of a compound may vary according to factors such as the disease state, age, sex, and weight of the individual, and the ability of the compound to elicit the desired response.
• a therapeutically effective amount encompasses an amount in which any toxic or detrimental effects of the compound are outweighed by the therapeutically beneficial effects.
• a therapeutically effective amount also encompasses an amount sufficient to confer benefit, e.g., clinical benefit.
• level is meant a level of a compound, as compared to a reference.
• the reference can be any useful reference, as defined herein.
• a “decreased level” or an “increased level” of a compound is meant a decrease or increase in compound level, as compared to a reference (e.g., a decrease or an increase by at least about 5%, at least about 10%, at least about 15%, at least about 20%, at least about 25%, at least about 30%, at least about 35%, at least about 40%, at least about
• a level of a compound may be expressed in mass/vol (e.
• composition represents a composition containing a compound described herein formulated with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
• a pharmaceutical composition may be one manufactured or sold with the approval of a governmental regulatory agency as part of a therapeutic regimen for the treatment of disease in a mammal.
• compositions can be formulated, for example, for oral administration in unit dosage form (e.g., a tablet, capsule, caplet, gel cap, powder for suspension, suspension, solution, or syrup); for topical administration (e.g., as a cream, gel, lotion, or ointment); for intravenous administration (e.g., as a sterile solution free of particulate emboli and in a solvent system suitable for intravenous use); or in any other pharmaceutically acceptable formulation.
• unit dosage form e.g., a tablet, capsule, caplet, gel cap, powder for suspension, suspension, solution, or syrup
• topical administration e.g., as a cream, gel, lotion, or ointment
• intravenous administration e.g., as a sterile solution free of particulate emboli and in a solvent system suitable for intravenous use
• any other pharmaceutically acceptable formulation e.g., for oral administration in unit dosage form (e.g., a tablet, capsule, caplet, gel cap
• the term “pharmaceutically acceptable salt” means any pharmaceutically acceptable salt of sepiapterin, tetrahydrobiopterin, or dihydrobiopterin.
• Pharmaceutically acceptable salts include ion pairs of sepiapterin, tetrahydrobiopterin, or dihydrobiopterin in the solid state and/or in solution.
• a pharmaceutically acceptable co-crystal includes freebase sepiapterin, tetrahydrobiopterin, or dihydrobiopterin and an acid in a solid state. Mixture of the salt form and cocrystal form may be present in the same composition.
• pharmaceutically acceptable salts of sepiapterin, tetrahydrobiopterin, or dihydrobiopterin include those that are within the scope of sound medical judgment, suitable for use in contact with the tissues of humans and animals without undue toxicity, irritation, allergic response and are commensurate with a reasonable benefit/risk ratio.
• Pharmaceutically acceptable salts are well known in the art.
• pharmaceutically acceptable salts are described in: in Remington (Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, (22nd ed.) ed. L.V. Allen, Jr., 2013, Pharmaceutical Press, Philadelphia, PA).
• the salts can be prepared in situ during the final isolation and purification of the compounds described herein or separately by reacting a free base group with a suitable organic acid.
• Representative acid addition salts include acetate, adipate, alginate, ascorbate, aspartate, benzenesulfonate, benzoate, bisulfate, borate, butyrate, camphorate, camphorsulfonate, citrate, cyclopentanepropionate, digluconate, dodecylsulfate, ethanesulfonate, fumarate, glucoheptonate, glycerophosphate, hemisulfate, heptonate, hexanoate, hydrobromide, hydrochloride, hydroiodide, 2-hydroxy-ethanesulfonate, lactobionate, lactate, laurate, lauryl sulfate, malate, maleate, malonate, methanesulfonate, 2- naphthalenesulfonate, nicotinate, nitrate, oleate, oxalate, palmitate, pamoate,
• a “reference” is meant any useful reference used to compare compound levels or other symptoms, e.g., tissue and/or organ damage, toxicity cell, death, or inflammation.
• the reference can be any sample, standard, standard curve, or level that is used for comparison purposes.
• the reference can be a normal reference sample or a reference standard or level.
• a “reference sample” can be, for example, a control, e.g., a predetermined negative control value such as a “normal control” or a prior sample taken from the same subject; a sample from a normal healthy subject, such as a normal cell or normal tissue; a sample (e.g., a cell or tissue) from a subject not having a disease; a sample from a subject that is diagnosed with a disease, but not yet treated with a compound of the invention; a sample from a subject that has been treated by a compound of the invention; or a sample of a purified compound (e.g., any described herein) at a known normal concentration.
• reference standard or level is meant a value or number derived from a reference sample.
• a “normal control value” is a pre-determined value indicative of non-disease state, e.g., a value expected in a healthy control subject. Typically, a normal control value is expressed as a range (“between X and Y”), a high threshold (“no higher than X”), or a low threshold (“no lower than X”). A subject having a measured value within the normal control value for a particular biomarker is typically referred to as “within normal limits” for that biomarker.
• a normal reference standard or level can be a value or number derived from a normal subject not having a disease or disorder (e.g., ARS).
• the reference sample, standard, or level is matched to the subject sample by at least one of the following criteria: age, weight, sex, disease stage, and overall health.
• a standard curve of levels of a purified compound, e.g., any described herein, within the normal reference range can also be used as a reference.
• the term “subject” or “patient” refers to any organism to which a composition in accordance with the invention may be administered, e.g., for experimental, diagnostic, prophylactic, and/or therapeutic purposes. Typical subjects include any animal (e.g., mammals such as mice, rats, rabbits, non-human primates, and humans). A subject may seek or be in need of treatment, require treatment, be receiving treatment, be receiving treatment in the future, or be a human or animal who is under care by a trained professional for a particular disease or condition.
• animal e.g., mammals such as mice, rats, rabbits, non-human primates, and humans.
• a subject may seek or be in need of treatment, require treatment, be receiving treatment, be receiving treatment in the future, or be a human or animal who is under care by a trained professional for a particular disease or condition.
• the terms “treat,” “treated,” or “treating” mean both therapeutic treatment and prophylactic or preventative measures wherein the object is to prevent or slow down (lessen) an undesired physiological condition, disorder, or disease, or obtain beneficial or desired clinical results.
• Beneficial or desired clinical results include, but are not limited to, alleviation of symptoms; diminishment of the extent of a condition, disorder, or disease; stabilized (i.e., not worsening) state of condition, disorder, or disease; delay in onset or slowing of condition, disorder, or disease progression; amelioration of the condition, disorder, or disease state or remission (whether partial or total), whether detectable or undetectable; an amelioration of at least one measurable physical parameter, not necessarily discernible by the patient; or enhancement or improvement of condition, disorder, or disease.
• Treatment includes eliciting a clinically significant response without excessive levels of side effects. Treatment also includes prolonging survival as compared to expected survival if not receiving treatment.
• compositions can either comprise the listed components or steps, or can “consist essentially of the listed components or steps.
• composition when a composition is described as “consisting essentially of the listed components, the composition contains the components listed, and may contain other components which do not substantially affect the condition being treated, but do not contain any other components which substantially affect the condition being treated other than those components expressly listed; or, if the composition does contain extra components other than those listed which substantially affect the condition being treated, the composition does not contain a sufficient concentration or amount of the extra components to substantially affect the condition being treated.
• a method is described as “consisting essentially of the listed steps, the method contains the steps listed, and may contain other steps that do not substantially affect the condition being treated, but the method does not contain any other steps which substantially affect the condition being treated other than those steps expressly listed.
• the composition when a composition is described as ‘consisting essentially of a component, the composition may additionally contain any amount of pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, vehicles, or diluents and other such components which do not substantially affect the condition being treated.
• Fig. 1 illustrates the experimental protocol used in the present invention. Experimental groups were treated with radiation followed by tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4), sepiapterin (SP), or vehicle, and assessed at 10, 30, 60, 90, and 180 days after radiation treatment.
• BH4 tetrahydrobiopterin
• SP sepiapterin
• Fig. 2 illustrates the isoproterenol response in radiation-treated groups for vehicle-, BH4-, and SP-treated groups. Assessments of the contractile reserve were measured at 10, 30, 60, 90, and 180 days.
• Fig. 3 illustrates the myocardial performance index of radiation-treated groups for vehicle-, BH4-, and SP-treated groups. Assessments of the myocardial performance index were measured at 10, 30, 60, 90, and 180 days.
• Fig. 4 illustrates the survival rate of experimental groups treated with radiation followed by vehicle or SP.
• Fig. 5 illustrates the breathing rate of the radiation-treated experimental groups relative to the control groups.
• Figs. 6A-6C illustrate the relative expression of serum exosomal miRNAs after radiation treatment, normalized to the non-treated control group. Data are provided on experimental groups treated with radiation, BH4, or both (6A) and radiation, sepiapterin, or both (6B (inhibited expression) and 6C (induced expression)).
• Fig. 7 illustrates the isoproterenol response in radiation-treated groups for vehicle- or SP-treated groups.
• Assessment of the contractile reserve were measured at 0, 30, 60, 90, and 180 days. Radiation induces a reduction in contractile reserve in the irradiated vehicle-group compare to the vehicle baseline (*p ⁇ 0.05 vs baseline) at 10, 30, 60, 90 and 180 days after irradiation. Administration of SP for 6 days blunted the drop in the contractile reserve at all the time points (#p ⁇ 0.05 vs. vehicle same time point). Data represented as mean ⁇ SEM.
• Fig. 8 illustrates the systolic and diastolic functions of vehicle- or SP-treated groups 10, 30,
• mice 60, 90, and 180 days after radiation treatment.
• the data are plotted as the Tei index and isovolumic relaxation time (IRT).
• IRT isovolumic relaxation time
• Irradiated mice treated with vehicle showed a significant progressive increase (*P ⁇ 0.05 vs. baseline) in the Tei and IRT starting at 10 days and up to 180 days.
• Fig. 9 illustrates lung function for radiation-treated experimental groups treated with vehicle or SP.
• the breathing rate was recorded for 5 min every 2 weeks.
• Fig. 10 illustrates the changes in mRNA expression of cytokines in heart and lung tissue.
• the data plotted represent the radiation-treated experimental groups treated with vehicle or SP.
• Lung and heart tissues were collected from animals at the different times postirradiation.
• Total RNA was extracted from all tissue samples, and qPCR was performed for cytokines' mRNAs.
• Data are presented as the mean ⁇ SD for 5-6 animals in each group. The P-value was calculated with the Student t-test and shown as: **- p ⁇ 0.05; ***- p ⁇ 0.001 .
• Figs. 11A-11C illustrate the immunohistochemical (IHC) (11A-11 B) and hydroxyproline (11C) analyses of control groups alongside radiation-treated experimental groups treated with vehicle or SP measured at 16 weeks.
• Fig. 12 illustrates the Spearman’s correlation between fibrosis and cytokine mRNA relative expression in the lung of vehicle- or SP- treated mice 16 weeks after radiation.
• IL Interleukin
• Ccl2 C-C motif chemokine ligand 2
• Runx2 Runt- related transcription factor 2
• Ccl2 C-C motif chemokine ligand 2
• Runx2 Runt-related transcription factor 2
• Ctgf Connective tissue growth factor
• Spp2 Secreted Phosphoprotein 2
• TGF-beta 1 Tissue Growth Factor-beta 1
• BMP2 Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2
• Trim72 Tripartite Motif Containing 72
• IR radiation
• M male
• F female
• r Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient.
• Figs. 13A-13D illustrate ELISA measured proteins that are potential biomarkers: CRP (13A), fibrinogen (13B), IL-6 (13C), and neutrophil elastase (13D). Measurements of radiation-treated experimental groups treated with vehicle or SP were taken at 4 days, 8 days, 16 weeks, and 180 days and were compared to the control group.
• Figs. 14A-14B illustrate the effect of vehicle (14A) and SP (14B) on systolic function after radiation evaluated by sex.
• Figs. 15A-15B illustrate the effect of vehicle (15A) and SP (15B) on diastolic function after radiation evaluated by sex.
• Figs. 16A-16B illustrate the effect of vehicle (16A) and SP (16B) on the contractile reserve evaluated by sex. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
• the present invention features methods of use of sepiapterin, tetrahydrobiopterin, dihydrobiopterin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or co-crystal thereof to treat subjects exposed to radiation.
• radiation-induced late lung, gastrointestinal, and heart toxicities are a consequence of endothelial dysfunction defined as uncoupled NOS activity and decreased NO bioavailability establishing a state of chronic inflammation driving a persistent pro-fibrotic process associated with abnormal wound repair and late normal tissue injury.
• sepiapterin and metabolites thereof such as tetrahydrobiopterin and dihydrobiopterin, can be used as a radiation countermeasure to mitigate radiation-induced cardiac and pulmonary injury and improve survival.
• the methods of the invention feature use of sepiapterin, tetrahydrobiopterin, or dihydrobiopterin, or a salt and/or co-crystal thereof.
• Sepiapterin can convert into dihydrobiopterin and tetrahydrobiopterin in vivo, and dihydrobiopterin and tetrahydrobiopterin interconvert in vivo.
• Sepiapterin has the structure:
• Tetrahydrobiopterin has the structure:
• the active compound may be employed in any suitable form, e.g., free base, salt, or cocrystal.
• Representative acid addition salts include acetate, adipate, alginate, ascorbate, aspartate, benzenesulfonate, benzoate, bisulfate, borate, butyrate, camphorate, camphorsulfonate, citrate, cyclopentanepropionate, digluconate, dodecylsulfate, ethanesulfonate, fumarate, gentisate, glucoheptonate, glycerophosphate, glycolate, hemisulfate, heptonate, hexanoate, hydrobromide, hydrochloride, hydroiodide, 2-hydroxy-ethanesulfonate, lactobionate, lactate, laurate, lauryl sulfate, malate, maleate, malonate, methanesulfonate, 2-naphthalen
• Exemplary salts, co-crystals, and crystalline forms of sepiapterin are described in WO 2018/102314, WO 2018/102315, WO 2019/046849, and WO 2019/232120, e.g., any of crystalline Forms A, B, C, D, E, F, or G described in WO 2018/102314 or WO 2018/102315.
• Other salts or crystal forms of sepiapterin, dihydrobiopterin, and/or tetrahydrobiopterin are known in the art.
• the invention provides methods of treating a subject after radiation exposure, e.g., in the treatment of acute radiation syndrome (ARS), cutaneous radiation syndrome, or chronic radiation syndrome.
• ARS acute radiation syndrome
• cutaneous radiation syndrome or chronic radiation syndrome.
• the invention provides methods of treating exposure of a patient to at least about 0.05 Gy in a period of less than 24 hours.
• the patient may have been exposed to at least about 0.3, at least about 0.7, at least about 1 , at least about 3, at least about 5, at least about 6, at least about 8, at least about 10, at least about 15, at least about 20, at least about 30, or at least about 50 Gy, such as between about 0.3 and about 6, between about 0.7 and about 6, between about 1 and about 2, between about 2 and about 6, between about 6 and about 20, between about 6 and about 10, between about 6 and about 8, between about 10 and about 20, between about 8 and about 12, or between about 20 and about 50 Gy, and the period of exposure may be less than about 18 hours, e.g., less than about 12, less than about 6, less than about 3, less than about 1 , less than about 0.5, or less than about 0.1 h or less than about 5, less than about 3, less than about 2, or less than about 1 min.
• the invention provides methods of treating exposure of a patient to at least about 0.7 Gy over a period of greater than 24 hours.
• the patient may have been exposed to at least about 0.7, at least about 1 , at least about 2, at least about 3, at least about 4, at least about 5, at least about 6, at least about 7, or at least about 8 Gy, and the period of exposure may be at least about one week, at least about one month, at least about three months, at least about 6 months, at least about 9 months, at least about 1 year, at least about 2 years, at least about 3 years, or more, e.g., from about 1 week to 3 years, about 1 week to 1 year, about 1 week to 1 month, about 1 month to 2 years, about 1 month to 1 year, about 6 months to 2 years, about 9 months to 2 years, or about 9 months to 15 months.
• the radiation exposure may be whole body or localized, e.g., to the skin. In certain embodiments, the radiation does not result from radiotherapy.
• Treatment according to the invention may result in reducing or inhibiting tissue and/or organ damage in a subject that has been exposed to radiation; reducing or inhibiting tissue or organ toxicity, e.g., lung, heart, or gastrointestinal, such as lung or heart, in a subject that has been exposed to radiation; decreasing endothelial cell death, e.g., lung, heart, or gastrointestinal, such as lung or heart, in a subject that has been exposed to radiation; reducing radiation-induced inflammation in epithelial cells, e.g., lung, heart, or gastrointestinal, such as lung or heart, in a subject; increasing expression of miR-15b-3p, miR-106a-5p, miR-133b, miR-136-5p, miR-451a, miR-1 , miR-335-3p, let-7d-3p, and/or let-7c-5p; reducing expression of I L- 1 b , IL-6, IL-17A, Spp2, and/or TGF-p1 , e.g.,
• Reduction in symptoms or cytokines may be by at least about 5%, at least about 10%, at least about 20%, at least about 30%, at least about 40%, at least about 50%, at least about 60%, at least about 70%, at least about 80%, at least about 90%, or at least about 95%, e.g., relative to a reference.
• Increase in oligonucleotide expression may be by at least about 5%, at least about 10%, at least about 20%, at least about 30%, at least about 40%, at least about 50%, at least about 60%, at least about 70%, at least about 80%, at least about 90%, at least about 95%, at least about 100%, at least about 200%, at least about 300%, or at least about 500%, e.g., relative to a reference.
• the active compound can be administered in any suitable dose.
• the actual dosage amount of a composition of the present invention administered to a patient can be determined by physical and physiological factors such as body weight, severity of condition, previous or concurrent therapeutic interventions, idiopathy of the patient and on the route of administration. Depending upon the dosage and the route of administration, the number of administrations of a preferred dosage and/or an effective amount may vary according to the response of the subject. The practitioner responsible for administration will, in any event, determine the concentration of active ingredient(s) in a composition and appropriate dose(s) for the individual subject.
• a therapeutically effective amount may be from about 0.1 mg/kg/day to about 200 mg/kg/day, e.g., about 0.1 to about 150 mg/kg/day, about 0.1 to about 125 mg/kg/day, about 0.1 to about 100 mg/kg/day, about 0.1 to about 80 mg/kg/day, about 0.1 to about 60 mg/kg/day, about 0.1 to about 40 mg/kg/day, about 0.1 to about 25 mg/kg/day, about 0.1 to about 20 mg/kg/day, about 0.1 to about 15 mg/kg/day, about 0.1 to about 10 mg/kg/day, about 0.1 to about 5 mg/kg/day, about 0.1 to about 2.5 mg/kg/day, about 0.1 to about 1 mg/kg/day, about 0.1 to about 0.5 mg/kg/day, about 0.5 to about 200 mg/kg/day, about 1 to about 200 mg/kg/day, about 2.5 to about 200 mg/kg/day, about 5 to about 200 mg/kg/day, about 10 to about 200 mg/kg
• Administration may occur any suitable number of times, e.g., once daily, twice daily or three times daily during treatment. Administration may continue for as long as necessary, e.g., from one day to about one year or at least 6 days, at least about one week, at least about two weeks, at least about one month, at least about three months, at least about six months, or at least about nine months.
• the active compound can be first administered at any suitable time, e.g., within about 1 h, within about 2 h, within about 6 h, within about 12 h, or within about 18 h, within about 24 h, within about 2 days, or within about 1 week of radiation exposure.
• the active compound may be formulated into a pharmaceutical composition as is known in the art.
• Such compositions may include various components as are known in the art, e.g., see Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, (22nd ed.) ed. L.V. Allen, Jr., 2013, Pharmaceutical Press, Philadelphia, PA.
• the composition may include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, e.g., any of those conventionally used and is limited only by chemico-physical considerations, such as solubility and lack of reactivity with the compound, and by the route of administration.
• a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier e.g., any of those conventionally used and is limited only by chemico-physical considerations, such as solubility and lack of reactivity with the compound, and by the route of administration.
• the pharmaceutically acceptable carriers described herein, for example, vehicles, adjuvants, excipients, or diluents, are well known to those who are skilled in the art and are readily available to the public. It is preferred that the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier be one which is chemically inert to the active compounds and one which has no detrimental side effects or toxicity under the conditions of use.
• compositions employed in the methods may or may not include an antioxidant.
• the antioxidant may minimize the oxidative degradation of the active compound.
• antioxidants include, but are not limited to, 4-chloro-2,6-di-tert-butylphenol, tocopherol, alpha-tocopherol, alkylated diphenylamines, ascorbic acid, ascorbyl myristate, ascorbyl palmitate, ascorbyl stearate, beta-carotene, butylated hydroxyanisole, butylated hydroxytoluene, citric acid, cysteine, D-alpha-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol 1000 succinate, deferoxamine methanesulfonate, dodecyl gallate, ethylparaben, folic acid, fumaric acid, gallic acid, glutathione, lecithin, malic acid, methylparaben, monothioglycerol, N-acetyl cysteine, nordihydr
• the methods of the invention may employ a pharmaceutical composition comprising ascorbic acid, tocopherol, retinol, ascorbyl palmitate, N-acetyl cysteine, glutathione, butylatedhydroxytoluene, and/or butylatedhydroxyanisole as antioxidant.
• the method includes a pharmaceutical composition that includes less than about 10% antioxidant by weight, e.g., less than about 9%, less than about 8%, less than about 7%, less than about 6%, less than about 5%, less than about 4%, less than about 3%, less than about 2%, or less than about 1%.
• the method uses a pharmaceutical composition that includes about 2-9% antioxidant by total weight, e.g., about 2-4%, about 3-5%, about 4-6%, about 5-7%, about 6-8%, or about 7-9%.
• the method uses a pharmaceutical composition that includes about 5-100% of the USP maximum daily dose of the antioxidant, e.g., in some embodiments, the method uses a pharmaceutical composition that includes about 5%, about 10%, about 15%, about 20%, about 30%, about 40%, about 50%, about 60%, about 70%, about 80%, about 90%, or about 100% of the USP maximum daily dose of the antioxidant.
• the ratio of sepiapterin, tetrahydrobiopterin, or dihydrobiopterin, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or co-crystal thereof, to antioxidant is at least about 1 :1 , e.g., at least about 2:1 , at least about 3:1 , at least about 4:1 , at least about 5:1 , at least about 6:1 , at least about 7:1 , at least about 8:1 , at least about 9:1 , or at least about 10:1 wt/wt.
• the composition includes an antioxidant (e.g., ascorbic acid), wherein the ratio of the pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or co-crystal of sepiapterin, tetrahydrobiopterin, or dihydrobiopterin to antioxidant is greater than about 4:1 (e.g., greater than about 5:1 , greater than about 6:1 , greater than about 7:1 , greater than about 8:1 , greater than about 9:1 , greater than about 10:1 , greater than about 15:1 , or greater than about 20:1) by weight (e.g., the weight of the salt to antioxidant).
• an antioxidant e.g., ascorbic acid
• the ratio of the pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or co-crystal of sepiapterin, tetrahydrobiopterin, or dihydrobiopterin to antioxidant is greater than about 4:1 (e.g., greater than about 5:1 , greater than about 6:1 , greater than about 7:1 , greater than about 8:1 , greater than about 9:1
• the method uses a pharmaceutical composition that includes at least one dispersant.
• the dispersant may cause particles in the formulation to separate, e.g., release their medicinal substances on contact with moisture.
• examples of dispersant include, but are not limited to, crosslinked polyvinylpyrrolidone, carboxymethylcellulose (e.g., croscarmellose salt, e.g., croscarmellose sodium), starch (e.g., sodium starch glycolate), or alginic acid.
• the dispersant in the pharmaceutical composition is a carboxymethylcellulose such as a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of croscarmellose.
• the method uses a pharmaceutical composition that may include about 0.1-1 .5% dispersant by total weight, e.g., about 0.1%, about 0.5%, about 1%, or about 1.5%. In some embodiments, the method uses a pharmaceutical composition that includes less than about 1 .5% dispersant, e.g., less than about 1%, less than about 0.5%, or less than about 0.1%.
• Anti-caking agents are often added to pharmaceutical compositions to prevent the formation of lumps, e.g., in solutions. Accordingly, in some embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions used in the methods of the invention include at least one anti-caking agent. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions used in the methods of the invention include at least two anti-caking agents.
• anti-caking agents include colloidal silicon dioxide, microcrystalline cellulose, tricalcium phosphate, microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium ferrocyanide, potassium ferrocyanide, calcium ferrocyanide, calcium phosphate, sodium silicate, colloidal silicon dioxide, calcium silicate, magnesium trisilicate, talcum powder, sodium aluminosilicate, potassium aluminum silicate, calcium aluminosilicate, bentonite, aluminum silicate, stearic acid, and polydimethylsiloxane.
• the at least one anti-caking agent is colloidal silicon dioxide or microcrystalline cellulose.
• the pharmaceutical composition used in the methods of the invention may include about 65-75% anti-caking agent by total weight, e.g., about 65%, about 67%, about 70%, about 73%, or about 75%.
• the pharmaceutical composition used in the methods of the invention includes both colloidal silicon dioxide and microcrystalline cellulose.
• the pharmaceutical composition used in the methods of the invention includes about 60-65% microcrystalline cellulose by total weight and about 5-7% colloidal silicon dioxide by total weight. Dosing vehicle
• a pharmaceutical composition used in the methods of the invention is combined with a dosing vehicle prior to administration.
• the composition may be administered in a dosing vehicle with a viscosity of approximately 50-1750 centipoise (cP), e.g., to aid suspension and dosing of the pharmaceutical composition.
• cP centipoise
• One type of suspending agent that can be used is a combination of glycerin and sucrose in water (e.g., MEDISCA® oral mix with 2.5% glycerin and 27% sucrose in water).
• An appropriate quantity of composition can be added to the dosing vehicle mixture and agitated to suspend the composition just prior to administration.
• suspending agents may also be used as a dosing vehicle.
• Exemplary suspending agents include water, agar, alginic acid, sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, carrageenan, dextrin, gelatin, guar gum, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, hypromellose, methyl cellulose, polyethylene glycol, povidone, tragacanth, xanthan gum, or other suspending agents known in the art.
• formulations for use with the present invention There is a wide variety of suitable formulations for use with the present invention.
• the following formulations for oral, aerosol, parenteral, subcutaneous, intravenous, intra-arterial, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, intrathecal, rectal, and vaginal administration are merely exemplary and are in no way limiting.
• a pharmaceutical composition may be a liquid formulation, such as in the form of a solution, suspension, or emulsion.
• Formulations suitable for oral administration can consist of (a) capsules, sachets, tablets, lozenges, and troches, each containing a predetermined amount of the active ingredient, as solids or granules; (b) powders; (c) liquid solutions, such as an effective amount of the compound dissolved in diluents, such as water, saline, or orange juice; (d) suspensions in an appropriate liquid; and (e) suitable emulsions.
• solid oral dosage forms such as capsule forms, tablet forms, and powder forms.
• Capsule forms can be of the ordinary hard- or soft-shelled gelatin type containing, for example, surfactants, lubricants, and inert fillers, such as lactose, sucrose, calcium phosphate, and cornstarch.
• Tablet forms can include one or more of lactose, sucrose, mannitol, corn starch, potato starch, alginic acid, microcrystalline cellulose, acacia, gelatin, guar gum, colloidal silicon dioxide, croscarmellose sodium, talc, magnesium stearate, calcium stearate, zinc stearate, stearic acid, and other excipients, colorants, diluents, buffering agents, disintegrating agents, moistening agents, preservatives, flavoring agents, and pharmacologically compatible carriers.
• Lozenge forms can comprise the active ingredient in a flavor, usually sucrose and acacia or tragacanth, as well as pastilles comprising the active ingredient in an inert base, such as gelatin and glycerin, or sucrose and acacia, emulsions, gels, and the like containing, in addition to the active ingredient, such carriers as are known in the art.
• a flavor usually sucrose and acacia or tragacanth
• pastilles comprising the active ingredient in an inert base, such as gelatin and glycerin, or sucrose and acacia, emulsions, gels, and the like containing, in addition to the active ingredient, such carriers as are known in the art.
• Formulations suitable for oral and/or parenteral administration include aqueous and non- aqueous, isotonic sterile injection solutions, which can contain anti-oxidants, buffers, bacteriostats, and/or solutes that render the formulation isotonic with the blood of the intended recipient, and aqueous and non-aqueous sterile suspensions that can include suspending agents, solubilizers, thickening agents, stabilizers, and/or preservatives.
• the compound can be administered in a physiologically acceptable diluent in a pharmaceutical carrier, such as a sterile liquid or mixture of liquids, including water, saline, aqueous dextrose and related sugar solutions, an alcohol, such as ethanol, benzyl alcohol, or hexadecyl alcohol, glycols, such as propylene glycol or polyethylene glycol and other polyethylene alcohols, glycerol ketals, such as 2,2-dimethyl-1 ,3-dioxolane-4-methanol, ethers, such as polyethylene glycol) 400, an oil, a fatty acid, a fatty acid ester or glyceride, or an acetylated fatty acid glyceride with or without the addition of a pharmaceutically acceptable surfactant, such as a soap or a detergent, suspending agent, such as pectin, carbomers, methylcellulose, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose, or carboxymethylcellulose, or emulsifying agents
• Oils which can be used in parenteral formulations include petroleum, animal, vegetable, or synthetic oils. Specific examples of oils include peanut, soybean, sesame, cottonseed, corn, olive, petrolatum, and mineral. Suitable fatty acids for use in parenteral formulations include oleic acid, stearic acid, and isostearic acid. Ethyl oleate and isopropyl myristate are examples of suitable fatty acid esters.
• Suitable soaps for use in parenteral formulations include fatty alkali metal, ammonium, and triethanolamine salts
• suitable detergents include (a) cationic detergents such as, for example, dimethyl dialkyl ammonium halides, and alkyl pyridinium halides, (b) anionic detergents such as, for example, alkyl, aryl, and olefin sulfonates, alkyl, olefin, ether, and monoglyceride sulfates, and sulfosuccinates, (c) nonionic detergents such as, for example, fatty amine oxides, fatty acid alkanolamides, and polyoxyethylene-polypropylene copolymers, (d) amphoteric detergents such as, for example, alkyl-beta-aminopropionates, and 2-alkyl-imidazopeak quaternary ammonium salts, and (3) mixtures thereof.
• the parenteral formulations will typically contain from about 20 to about 30% by weight of active compound in solution. Suitable preservatives and buffers can be used in such formulations. In order to minimize or eliminate irritation at the site of injection, such compositions may contain one or more nonionic surfactants having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) of from about 12 to about 17. The quantity of surfactant in such formulations ranges from about 5 to about 15% by weight. Suitable surfactants include polyethylene sorbitan fatty acid esters, such as sorbitan monooleate and the high molecular weight adducts of ethylene oxide with a hydrophobic base, formed by the condensation of propylene oxide with propylene glycol.
• HLB hydrophilic-lipophilic balance
• parenteral formulations can be presented in unit-dose or multi-dose sealed containers, such as ampoules and vials, and can be stored in a freeze-dried (lyophilized) condition requiring only the addition of the sterile liquid carrier, for example, water, for injections, immediately prior to use.
• sterile liquid carrier for example, water
• Extemporaneous injection solutions and suspensions can be prepared from sterile powders, granules, and tablets of the kind previously described.
• a pharmaceutical composition may be an injectable formulation.
• the requirements for effective pharmaceutical carriers for injectable compositions are well known to those of ordinary skill in the art. See Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, (22nd ed.) ed. L.V. Allen, Jr.,
• Topical formulations including those that are useful for transdermal drug release, are well- known to those of skill in the art and are suitable in the context of the invention for application to skin.
• Topically applied compositions are generally in the form of liquids, creams, pastes, lotions and gels.
• Topical administration includes application to the oral mucosa, which includes the oral cavity, oral epithelium, palate, gingival, and the nasal mucosa.
• the composition used in the methods of the present invention contains sepiapterin, tetrahydrobiopterin, or dihydrobiopterin, and a suitable vehicle or carrier. It may also contain other components, such as an anti-irritant.
• the carrier can be a liquid, solid or semi-solid.
• the composition is an aqueous solution.
• the composition can be a dispersion, emulsion, gel, lotion or cream vehicle for the various components.
• the primary vehicle is water or a biocompatible solvent that is substantially neutral or that has been rendered substantially neutral.
• the liquid vehicle can include other materials, such as buffers, alcohols, glycerin, and mineral oils with various emulsifiers or dispersing agents as known in the art to obtain the desired pH, consistency and viscosity. It is possible that the compositions can be produced as solids, such as powders or granules.
• the solids can be applied directly or dissolved in water or a biocompatible solvent prior to use to form a solution that is substantially neutral or that has been rendered substantially neutral and that can then be applied to the target site.
• the vehicle for topical application to the skin can include water, buffered solutions, various alcohols, glycols such as glycerin, lipid materials such as fatty acids, mineral oils, phosphoglycerides, collagen, gelatin and silicone-based materials.
• a pharmaceutical composition may be an aerosol formulation to be administered via inhalation.
• aerosol formulations can be placed into pressurized acceptable propellants, such as dichlorodifluoromethane, propane, nitrogen, and the like. They also may be formulated as pharmaceuticals for non-pressured preparations, such as in a nebulizer or an atomizer.
• a pharmaceutical composition may be a suppository.
• Formulations suitable for vaginal administration may be presented as pessaries, tampons, creams, gels, pastes, foams, or spray formulas containing, in addition to the active ingredient, such carriers as are known in the art to be appropriate.
• Solid dosage form for oral administration
• Formulations for oral use include particles containing the active compound in a mixture with non-toxic pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, and such formulations are known to the skilled artisan (e.g., U.S. Patent Nos.: 5,817,307, 5,824,300, 5,830,456, 5,846,526, 5,882,640, 5,910,304, 6,036,949, 6,036,949, 6,372,218, hereby incorporated by reference).
• Excipients may be, for example, inert diluents or fillers (e.g., sucrose, sorbitol, sugar, mannitol, microcrystalline cellulose, starches including potato starch, calcium carbonate, sodium chloride, lactose, calcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, or sodium phosphate); granulating and disintegrating agents (e.g., cellulose derivatives including microcrystalline cellulose, starches including potato starch, croscarmellose sodium, alginates, or alginic acid); binding agents (e.g., sucrose, glucose, sorbitol, acacia, alginic acid, sodium alginate, gelatin, starch, pregelatinized starch, microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium aluminum silicate, carboxymethylcellulose sodium, methylcellulose, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, ethylcellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, or polyethylene glycol); and lubricating agents, glidants, antiadhe
• excipients can be colorants, flavoring agents, plasticizers, humectants, and buffering agents.
• excipients e.g., flavoring agents
• excipients are packaged with the composition.
• excipients e.g., flavorings
• are packaged separately from the composition e.g., are combined with the composition prior to administration.
• the solid compositions used in the methods of the invention may include a coating adapted to protect the composition from unwanted chemical changes, (e.g., chemical degradation prior to the release of the active substances).
• the coating may be applied on the solid dosage form in a similar manner as that described in Remington: The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, (22nd ed.) ed. L.V. Allen, Jr., 2013, Pharmaceutical Press, Philadelphia, PA.
• Powders and granulates may be prepared using the ingredients mentioned above in a conventional manner using, e.g., a mixer, a fluid bed apparatus, melt congeal apparatus, rotor granulator, extrusion/spheronizer, or spray drying equipment.
• mice Both male and female C57L/J wild-type 6-8-week-old mice were purchased from Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, ME). The mice were housed with a 12:12 h light-dark schedule and access to water and food ad libitum. The experiments were conducted under the guidelines of laboratory animals for biomedical research published by the National Institutes of Health (rev. 2011). The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of Virginia Commonwealth University.
• mice were distributed to each group. While under ketamine/xylazine anesthesia (100mg/kg and 10mg/kg, respectively) mice received 5 Gy total body irradiation (TBI), immediately followed by a top-up dose of 6.5 Gy to the thorax, for a total thoracic dose of 11 .5 Gy, using a Varian 21 EX LINAC (Palo Alto, CA). Twenty-four hours post-irradiation, mice were treated once daily for 6 days by oral gavage with 1 mg/kg sepiapterin or 5 mg/kg BH4 dissolved in water (Fig. 1).
• TBI total body irradiation
• mice underwent transthoracic echocardiography at baseline (before irradiation (IR)), at 8, 30, 60,90 and 180 days, under light anesthesia (30 mg/kg pentobarbital sodium). Echocardiography was performed with the Vevo770 imaging system (VisualSonics, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) and a 30- MHz probe. The heart was visualized in B-mode from parasternal short-axis and apical views.
• LV end-diastolic diameter EDD
• ESD left ventricular
• AWDT LV anterior wall diastolic thickness
• PWDT LV posterior wall diastolic thickness
• EF LV anterior wall systolic thickness
• PWST LV posterior wall systolic thickness
• the transmitral LV outflow tract Doppler spectra (E, A, ET) was recorded from an apical four-chamber view, and the myocardial performance index (MPI) was calculated as the ratio of isovolumetric contraction time (ICT) and isovolumetric relaxation time (IRT) divided by the ejection time (ET).
• the investigators performing and reading the echocardiograms were blinded to the treatment allocation.
• Cardiac contractility was expressed as percentage change in LVEF measured at rest (LVEFr) and 3 min after isoproterenol injection (LVEFi) and calculated as [(LVEFi-LVEFr)/LVEFrj * 100. Measurements of the contractile reserve were taken at baseline, 8, 30, 60, 90 and 180 days after IR. Echocardiogram assessment was performed by an operator blinded to treatment allocation.
• Cardiac performance was assessed at baseline in all mice before receiving IR and before starting SP treatment. The mice were then randomly assigned to the treatment groups (vehicle or SP) after receiving IR. The impact of our TBI model was evaluated with a thoracic top-up dose on the systolic and diastolic function as well as the contractile reserve in response to isoproterenol. Radiation induced a blunted response to isoproterenol (Figs. 2 and 7) as well an increase in myocardial performance index (Figs. 3 and 8) and isovolumetric relaxation time. Daily oral SP administration for 6 days after IR was able to restore the response to beta-adrenergic stimulation by isoproterenol.
• the breathing rate was measured every other week starting in week 6 using the Mouse Ox system (STARR Life Sciences Corp., Allison Park, PA).
• the animal was placed under ketamine/xylazine anesthesia and shaved in the area of analysis. 10 min post injection the animal was placed in a supine position with the sensor clipped to the upper thigh. The breathing rate was recorded for 3 min. The breathing rate was calculated using an algorithm in the Mouse Ox software.
• mice Using the MouseOx system the breathing rate was measured in mice as a measure of respiratory function in the irradiated, the irradiated with SP (Fig. 9), and the irradiated with BH4 (Fig. 5) mice.
• the mice receiving 1 mg/kg/day SP or 5 mg/kg BH4 for 6 days had a significant delay in the development of lung injury, 14 weeks with SP and 10 weeks with vehicle, and a significantly reduced impairment of lung function at all points measured compared to vehicle treated mice.
• Fig. 4 shows the Kaplan Meyer survival plot for C57L/J mice following a total 11.5 Gy dose to the thorax (5 Gy TBI followed with 6.5 Gy dose to the thoracic) with and without 1 mg/kg/day SP for 6 days.
• Mice exposed to radiation without treatment resulted in a significant reduction in survival with a median survival of 137 days and 40% survival at the end of the study.
• mice treated with 1 mg/kg/day SP for 6 days had significantly delayed and overall improved survival with 71% of the mice alive at 180 days, the end of the study.
• Exosomes were isolated from the plasma of mice at the time points shown in Figs. 6A-6C using an Exosome isolation kit from 101 Bio. Exosome concentrations were quantified by EXOCET Exosome Quantitation Kit (System Biosciences). Equal exosome number from 5 animals were combined for each time point, and total exosomal RNA was extracted by using miRNeasy Micro Kit (QIAGEN).
• the first group included let-7a-5p, miR-1 , miR-106b-3p, miR-106b-5p, miR-126-3p, miR-181 a-5p, miR-335-3p, and miR-335-5p. Expression of miRNAs in this group was significantly lower in vehicle-treated animals comparing with SP-treated animals. In the second group expression of miRNAs was significantly higher in vehicle-treated animals comparing with SP-treated animals. The second group included let-7g-5p, let-7i-5p, and miR-16-5p.
• miRNAs that demonstrated significant changes in expression due to radiation and were modulated by sepiapterin are involved in inflammatory processes (e.g. Iet-7a-5p, miR-106b-3p, miR-181 a-5p, let-7i-5p), angiogenesis and vascular integrity (miR-106b-3p, miR-126-3p), cardiac inflammation and fibrosis (miR-335-5p, let-7i-5p, miR-126-3p, miR-16-5p).
• miR-16-5p inhibits TGF-beta/VEGF signaling.
• RT2 SYBR® Green qPCR Mastermix probes from QIAGEN on the QuantStudio 5 RT-PCR machine (Applied Biosystems).
• the following RT2 qPCR Primer Assays (QIAGEN) were used: Mouse Actin-b (NM_007393), Mouse Bmp2 (NM_007553), Mouse Ccl2 (NM_011333), Mouse Ctgf (NM_010217), Mouse IL-1 b (NM_008361), Mouse IL-6 (NM_031168), Mouse IL-10 (NM_010548), Mouse IL-17a (NM_010552), Mouse Runx2 (NM_001145920), Mouse Spp1 (NM_001204201), Mouse TGF-p1 (NM_011577), Mouse Trim72 (NM_001079932).
• cytokines Bmp2, Ccl2, Ctgf, IL-1 b, IL-6, IL-10, IL-17A, IL-33, Runx2, Spp2, TGF-p1 , and Trim72
• mRNAs expression in tissue samples were tested in three different time-points after IR (8 days, 30 days, 16 weeks) and compared mRNAs expression in non-treated non-irradiated control animals (Fig. 10). All evaluated cytokines showed no significant difference in expression between Vehicle-treated and SP-treated groups of animals in heart tissue.
• cytokines IL-1 b, IL-6, IL-17A, Spp2, and TGF-p1 demonstrated significant difference in expression between Vehicle-treated and SP-treated groups of animals in the different time-points after IR.
• Vehicle-treated group of animals demonstrated significantly higher relative expression of IL-1 b in lung tissue comparing with SP-treated group on 8 days and 30 days time-points (2.9 ⁇ 0.649 vs 1.54 ⁇ 0.825 and 3.39 ⁇ 0.532 vs 1.66 ⁇ 0.51 respectively).
• IL-6 Relative expression of IL-6 was significantly higher in Vehicle-treated group comparing with SP-treated group in all time- points after IR (8 days: 16.88 ⁇ 4.91 vs 1.36 ⁇ 0.509; 30 days: 9.09 ⁇ 0.533 vs 4.96 ⁇ 0.905; 16 weeks: 28.85 ⁇ 5.987 vs 17.05 ⁇ 4.12).
• cytokine IL-17A also demonstrated significantly higher expression in Vehicle-treated group comparing with SP-treated group in all time-points after IR (8 days: 9.19 ⁇ 2.783 vs 2.71 ⁇ 1 .874; 30 days: 5.65 ⁇ 2.263 vs 1 49 ⁇ 0.379; 16 weeks: 4.5 ⁇ 0.824 vs 2.12 ⁇ 1 .173).
• Cytokines Spp2 and TGF-p1 demonstrated significantly higher lung tissue expression in Vehicle-treated group comparing with SP-treated group on 16 weeks after IR (4.25 ⁇ 0.537 vs 2.38 ⁇ 0.211 and 3.26 ⁇ 0.339 vs 1.53 ⁇ 0.367). Cytokine Ccl2 demonstrated significant increase in relative expression in lung tissue on 30 days time-point for all animals with no significant difference between Vehicle-treated and SP-treated animal groups.
• Figs. 11A-11C Sixteen weeks after IR, the hearts and the right lungs were collected for histological analysis (Figs. 11A-11C). Hearts were collected in formalin, embedded in paraffin, and sliced in 5-mm sections. Right lungs were perfused with OCT and sliced in 6-mm sections. Masson’s trichrome staining was performed to detect collagen fibers following the supplier’s instructions (Richard-Allan Scientific Masson’s trichrome kit, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA). The area of myocardial and lung fibrosis was calculated as percentage of collagen area on total tissue area using computer morphometric analysis (Image ProPlus 6.0 software, Media Cybernetics, Rockville, MD, USA). Inflammation, angiogenesis and smooth muscle cells differentiation were measured staining the hearts and right lungs with the following antibodies: Ly-6G/Ly- 6C (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA,
• ELISA plates from Abeam were used for analysis: fibrinogen (ab213478), neutrophil elastase (ab252356), C-reactive protein (ab157712) and IL-6 (ab100713). Plasma samples were processed and ELISA kits were run according to manufacturer recommendations. All cytokines were reported with an absolute unit. Key molecular players of the coagulation cascade like tissue factor, thrombin, and fibrinogen are epidemiologically and mechanistically linked with an inflammatory component.
• Neutrophil elastase a serine protease present in the azurophil granules of neutrophils, is released in an inflammatory state and disintegrates extracellular matrices due to its low substrate specificity, resulting in tissue injury.
• Neutrophil elastase is one of the most destructive enzymes in the body. Once unregulated, this enzyme disturbs the function of the lung permeability barrier and induces the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines with stimulation of acute lung injury.
• An inflammatory cytokine IL-6 can be up-regulated as early as 6 hrs after radiation in lung tissue and blood.
• C Reactive Protein C Reactive Protein
• the two-tailed Student’s T-test was used to examine statistical significance in groups with a single independent variable. P ⁇ 0.05 was considered significant. Spearman’s rank correlation was used to assess the relationship between specific mRNA expression and degree of lung fibrosis (Fig. 12). Log-rank analysis was used to compare survival among the groups.

Landscapes

• Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
• Pharmacology & Pharmacy (AREA)
• Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
• Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
• Public Health (AREA)
• General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
• Medicinal Chemistry (AREA)
• Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
• Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
• Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis (AREA)
• Organic Chemistry (AREA)
• Nuclear Medicine, Radiotherapy & Molecular Imaging (AREA)
• General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
• Epidemiology (AREA)
• Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
• Bioinformatics & Cheminformatics (AREA)
• Toxicology (AREA)
• Pharmaceuticals Containing Other Organic And Inorganic Compounds (AREA)
• Steroid Compounds (AREA)

Priority Applications (21)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Publications (1)

Family

ID=72148243

Family Applications (1)

Country Status (21)

Cited By (5)

Families Citing this family (1)

Citations (8)

Family Cites Families (6)

• 2020
  • 2020-08-04 IL IL290321A patent/IL290321B1/en unknown
  • 2020-08-05 CA CA3146477A patent/CA3146477A1/en active Pending
  • 2020-08-05 EP EP24187395.9A patent/EP4454712A3/en active Pending
  • 2020-08-05 CN CN202411691224.1A patent/CN119837879A/zh active Pending
  • 2020-08-05 FI FIEP20758407.9T patent/FI4009978T3/fi active
  • 2020-08-05 PL PL20758407.9T patent/PL4009978T3/pl unknown
  • 2020-08-05 CN CN202080069308.5A patent/CN114555090B/zh active Active
  • 2020-08-05 EP EP20758407.9A patent/EP4009978B1/en active Active
  • 2020-08-05 HR HRP20241653TT patent/HRP20241653T1/hr unknown
  • 2020-08-05 AU AU2020324435A patent/AU2020324435B2/en active Active
  • 2020-08-05 HU HUE20758407A patent/HUE069012T2/hu unknown
  • 2020-08-05 WO PCT/US2020/045026 patent/WO2021026247A1/en not_active Ceased
  • 2020-08-05 ES ES20758407T patent/ES2994060T3/es active Active
  • 2020-08-05 PT PT207584079T patent/PT4009978T/pt unknown
  • 2020-08-05 SI SI202030521T patent/SI4009978T1/sl unknown
  • 2020-08-05 RS RS20241189A patent/RS66096B1/sr unknown
  • 2020-08-05 LT LTEPPCT/US2020/045026T patent/LT4009978T/lt unknown
  • 2020-08-05 SM SM20250089T patent/SMT202500089T1/it unknown
  • 2020-08-05 US US17/631,995 patent/US20220273661A1/en active Pending
  • 2020-08-05 MX MX2022001535A patent/MX2022001535A/es unknown
  • 2020-08-05 BR BR112022002029A patent/BR112022002029A2/pt unknown
  • 2020-08-05 JP JP2022507561A patent/JP7642611B2/ja active Active
  • 2020-08-05 DK DK20758407.9T patent/DK4009978T3/da active
• 2025
  • 2025-02-26 JP JP2025029508A patent/JP2025098011A/ja active Pending

Patent Citations (13)

Non-Patent Citations (4)

Also Published As

Similar Documents

Legal Events