Patent Abstract:
inhibiting gastric proton pump in a mammal is accomplished by the use of a compound of formula wherein the variables have the meaning given in the present description . a preferred compound of formula is this treatment ameliorates , diminishes , actively treats , reverses or prevents any injury , damage or lesions of gastric mucosa , e . g . gastric mucosal lesions and ulceration .

Detailed Description:
in order to further demonstrate the methods and compositions of the present invention , there is presented in the paragraphs which follow specific descriptive examples of typical procedures which may be employed in carrying out said methods . however , said examples are intended to be illustrative only and should not be taken as in any way a limitation of the present invention , for which purpose the present claims are appended hereto . effects of ml 3000 on gastric microsomal k + - stimulated , sch28080 - sensitive h , k - atpase activity . strategy . microsomal gastric h , k - atpase was prepared from pig gastric mucosal homogenates by differential centrifugation . briefly , pig stomachs obtained at a slaughter - house within 1 hour post mortem were washed with ice - cold 0 , 25 m sucrose and the fundus was dissected from the cardiac and antral regions . all subsequent prodedures were at 4 ° c . the mucosa was flooded with saturated nacl , and the surface mucus and superficial cells wiped off with paper towels . the mucosa was scraped from the underlying connective tissue , suspended ( 10 % w / v ) in isolation buffer ( 0 , 25 m sucrose , 20 mm hepes , ph 7 , 4 , 1 mm edta , 1 mm phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride ), and disrupted by two 10 second bursts at maximum power in a tissumizer ( tekmar , cincinnati , ohio ). the homogenate was centrifuged at 20 , 000 g for 30 minutes , and the supernatant was centrifuged at 10 5 g for 1 hour . the resulting microsomal pellet was resuspended in isolation buffer , and applied to a discontinuous gradient of 7 % w / v ficoll and 34 % sucrose ( both in isolation buffer ). after 3 hours at 32 , 500 rpm ( sorvall ah 629 rotor ), the microsomal band ( g1 ) recovered from the 7 % ficoll interface was resuspended to 10 mg / ml in 15 mm pipes - tris , ph 6 , 8 , diluted 1 : 1 with cold 60 % sucrose , lyophilized in 0 , 5 ml aliquots , and stored at − 70 ° c . gl microsomes were about 0 , 1 microns in diameter , were enriched in h . k .- atpase activity , and more than 80 % of their protein content banded at 94 kda by sds - page . atp hydrolytic activity of microsomes was quantitated in terms of inorganic phosphate release from substrate atp and measured in graded concentrations ( ranging from 10 − 9 m to 10 − 4 m ) of ml 3000 , and a wide range of other compounds . reaction mixtures for assay of k + - stimulated atpase activity in pig gastric microsomal membranes contained 5 μg membrane protein , 100 mm tris - acetate , ph 7 . 0 , 1 mm mgcl 2 , 1 mm nana , 0 , 1 mm egta , 5 μm atp ( γ - 32 p - atp , 10 ci / mmol , nen , boston , mass . ), 0 - 10 mm kcl , and 0 - 100 μm sch 28080 . after 20 minutes incubation at 37 ° c ., reactions were stopped by addition of 10 % w / v activated charcoal ( sigma ), 5 , 5 % w / v trichloroacetic acid , vortexed vigorously , and centrifuged at 14 , 000 g for 10 minutes at 4 ° c . inorganic phosphate ( γ - 32 pi ) content of the supernatant was measured by scintillation counting . specific h , k - atpase activity was calculated as the difference in microsomal atpase activities in the presence and absence of the specific gastric h , k - atpase inhibitor sch28080 , and was expressed as mmoles pi / mg protein / hr ; graphical depiction of the data shows percent inhibition of h , k - atpase activity as a function of compound concentrations . graphs with standard error bars present inter - assay data variance in three independent assays in each of which atpase activities in three separate but identical reaction conditions were measured . graphs without standard error bars represent the mean atpase activities in three separate but identical reaction conditions in one of at least three independent assays ; typical data are shown in these cases . results . gastric h , k - atpase activity was dose - dependently inhibited by ml 3000 , with a half - maximal inhibitory concentration ( ic 50 ) of 15 μm ( fig1 ). the inhibitory activity of ml 3000 was compared to that of a classical proton pump inhibitor ( ppi ), the substituted benzimidazole omeprazole . fig2 shows the effect of omeprazole on h , k - atpase activity under assay conditions identical to those in fig1 ; the estimated ic 50 for omeprazole was 1 μm . these data show that ml 3000 and omeprazole display comparable ic 50 with respect to gastric h , k - atpase activity , at least in the setting of this particular in vitro assay under the specified conditions . published ic 50 for omeprazole with respect to gastric proton pump activity range from 470 nm to 36 μm depending on the conditions of the assay ( 3 , 4 , 5 ). for other ppis , picoprazole ic 50 is 2 μm ( 6 ), rabeprazole ic 50 is 72 nm ( 3 ), and lansoprazole ic 50 is 2 . 1 μm ( 7 ). the wide range of published ppi ic 50 values for microsomal h , k - atpase reflects the mechanistic necessity for compound acidification to allow formation of a thiol - reactive sulfoxide intermediate which then irreversibly derivatizes h , k - atpase a subunit cysteine residues leading to enzyme inhibition . omeprazole at neutral or higher ph exerts no inhibitory effects on gastric h , k - atpase . microsomal vesicle preparations vary widely in their ion - tightness , which affects the extent to which internal ph can be lowered by h , k - atpase turnover , and therefore the extent to which omeprazole diffusing into the vesicle can be acidified and activated . alternatively , prior in vitro acidification of omeprazole ensures induction of its inhibitory properties , and is essential in assays carried out using ion - permeable microsomal h , k - atpase preparations . for this reason , the omeprazole inhibitory data shown in fig2 were derived using omeprazole acidified to ph 6 . 1 and incubated with the enzyme for 30 min at the same ph ( 8 ). to determine whether ml 3000 displayed comparable acid - activation properties , a half - maximal inhibitory concentration of ml 3000 was titrated to different phs and the effects on h , k - atpase activity were measured . as shown in fig3 , acidification of ml 3000 had no significant effect on its h , k - atpase inhibitory profile . these data indicate that although ml 3000 and omeprazole have comparable ic 50 for h , k - atpase , ml 3000 unlike omeprazole does not require acidification for induction of inhibitory activity . given that ppis are irreversible inhibitors of h , k - atpase activity , covalently binding to the catalytic α - subunit , it was determined whether ml 3000 inhibition of h , k - atpase was reversible or irreversible . gastric h , k - atpase - enriched microsomes were treated with a maximally - inhibitory concentration of ml 3000 and then diluted with a large excess of buffer to reduce the ml 3000 concentration from 100 μm to 3 . 3 μm . the results , shown in fig4 , indicated that dilution of ml 3000 restored h , k - atpase activity , and are consistent with ml 3000 inhibiting h , k - atpase activity in a reversible manner , ie ., ml 3000 does not covalently derivatize either sub - unit of the gastric h , k - atpase in vitro . arachidonic acid and prostaglandin e2 ( pge 2 ) also dose - dependently inhibited h , k - atpase activity , with ic 50 of 30 μm and 45 μm respectively ( fig5 and 6 ). the pge2 data contradict a previous study in which no inhibitory effect of pge 2 on pig gastric h , k - atpase ( 9 ) was found . differences in the specific atpase assay used in that study may account for this discrepancy . since ml3000 and arachidonic acid are anionic amphiphiles , their inhibitory effects could result from specific interactions with h , k - atpase sub - unit binding sites , or from less - specific hydrophobic interactions with h , k - atpase - associated microsomal membrane lipids , or a combination of both factors . since ml 3000 also shows 5 - lipoxygenase inhibition , the effects of two lipoxygenase inhibitors on microsomal h , k - atpase activity were studied . fig7 shows that 2 -( 1 - thienyl ) ethyl 3 , 4 - dihydroxybenzylidenecyanoacetate ( tedbc ), a powerful inhibitor of 5 -, 12 -, and 15 - lipoxygenses , inhibited microsomal h , k - atpase activity with an ic 50 of 3 . 3 μm . in contrast , the 5 - lipoxygenase - specific inhibitor 6 -(( 3fluor - 5 -( methoxy - 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 - tetrahydro - 2h - pyran - 4 - yl ) phenoxy ) methyl ) chinolin ( zd - 2138 ) had a minimal effect on h , k - atpase activity (˜ 20 % inhibition at 10 − 5 m ) ( fig8 ). these data are consistent with gastric microsomal 12 - and 15 - lipoxygenases playing a role in h , k - atpase activation , or with direct interaction of tedbc with h , k - atpase subunits altering enzyme conformation and hence activity . in order to compare the h , k - atpase inhibitory effect of ml 3000 with other nsaids , the effects of acetyl salicylic acid , naproxen , indomethacin and a selective cox - 2 inhibitor , ns 398 , on proton pump activity were measured . all four nsaids were without inhibitory effects on microsomal h , k - atpase activity at concentrations up to 10 − 4 m ( 10 − 3 m in the case of acetyl salicylic acid ) ( fig9 , 11 and 12 ). indomethacin was previously reported to inhibit gastric h , k - atpase at somewhat higher concentration ( ki = 0 . 67 × 10 − 3 m ) ( 10 ). this data clearly differentiate ml 3000 from other nsaids in terms of inhibitory effect on gastric h , k - atpase activity . in order to establish whether the ml 3000 inhibition of gastric h , k - atpase reflected the compound &# 39 ; s effects on putative functional leukotriene metabolic pathways present in pig gastric microsomes , the effects of leukotriene b4 and d4 on h , k - atpase activity were studied . solubility issues precluded studying ltb4 or ltd4 concentrations greater than 1 μm . as shown in fig1 and 14 , neither leukotriene showed any inhibitory activity against h , k - atpase at physiological concentrations ( 10 − 9 - 10 − 8 m ); only at non - physiological concentrations greater than 10 − 7 m was there any significant attentuation of h , k - atpase activity . effects of ml 3000 and other compounds on gastric parietal cell histamine - stimulated acid accumulation . strategy . gastric parietal cells were isolated from new zealand white rabbits by pronase / collagenase digestion of fundic mucosa followed by enrichment of cells on discontinuous nycodenz gradients in a manner known per se . aminopyrine accumulation into parietal cells was assessed in 96 well filter plates with durapore membranes . briefly , cells were preincubated with [ 14 c ]- aminopyrine and then 100 , 000 cells / 200 μl per well were incubated without or with test compounds for 15 minutes prior to incubation for a further 30 min in the absence or presence of 100 μm histamine . all determinations were performed in quadruplicate . basal aminopyrine accumulation was determined as aminopyrine accumulation into untreated cells subtracted from accumulation in the presence of kscn ( a reflection of non - specific isotope trapping ). graphical depiction of the data shows percent inhibition of histamine - stimulated acid accumulation by the cells as a function of compound concentrations . results . ml 3000 dose - dependently inhibited histamine - stimulated acid accumulation by rabbit gastric parietal cells , with a half - maximal inhibitory concentration ( ic 50 ) of 40 μm ( fig1 ). ml 3000 also dose - dependently inhibited forskolin - stimulated acid accumulation by rabbit gastric parietal cells , with a half - maximal inhibitory concentration ( ic 50 ) of ˜ 45 μm ( fig1 ). these data indicate that ml 3000 affects parietal cell acid - secretory mechanisms downstream of camp mobilization induced by histamine h 2 receptor activation . the data are consistent with ml 3000 inhibition of parietal cell acid secretion resulting from direct interaction of ml 3000 with the gastric h , k - atpase . however , the discepancy between ml 3000 ic 50 in microsomal vesicles ( 15 μm ) and in isolated parietal cells ( 40 - 45 μm ) suggests that ml 3000 access to the intracellular h , k - atpase compartment in parietal cells may be slowed by permeability constraints at the plasma membrane . also , as was found with microsomal h , k - atpase , other nsaids such as acetyl salicylic acid , naproxen , and ns 398 ( up to concentrations of 10 − 4 m ) had no effect on acid accumulation by isolated rabbit parietal cells . effects of ml 3000 on il - 1β - induced and heliobacter pylori - induced il - 8 secretion in human gastric adenocarcinoma ( ags ) cells . strategy . ags cells were incubated with test compounds , challanged with il - 1β , and sebsequent secretion of il - 8 into the culture medium was measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay ; graphical depiction of the data shows precent inhibition od unstimulated or stimulated il - 8 secrretion as a function of a compound concentrations . results . without stimulation by il - 1β , and in the absence of ml3000 or zd2138 , ags cells ( 5 × 104 in μl culture medium ) secreted il - 8 over a period of 6 hr to a concentration of ˜ 225 μg / ml ( fig1 and 19 ). when stimulated by il - 1β ( 20 ng / ml ), ags cell il - 8 secretion over a period of 6 hr was increased ˜ 27 - fold , to a concentration of ˜ 6000 pg / ml ( fig1 and 20 ). ml3000 inhibited both baseline ( fig1 ) and il - 1β - stimulated il - 8 secretion ( fig1 ), with ic 50 of 0 . 75 μm and 30 μm repectively . the 5 - lipoxygenase - specific inhibitor ( zd - 2138 ), which was withour effect on microsomal h + , k + - atpase activity , showed a dose - dependent inhibition of baseline il - 8 secretion by ags cells ( fig1 ), with an ic50 of ˜ 0 . 4 μm . in contrast , zd - 2138 was without effect on il - 1β - stimulated il - 8 secretion by ags cells ( fig2 ). h + , k + - atpase inhibition by ml3000 , which was demonstrated above , does not underlie il - 8 secretory inhibtion in this model since ags cells do not express h + , k + - atpase . to the extent that il - 8 is a potent inflammatory mediator in the gastric mucosa , the finding that ml3000 profoundly inhibits baseline and il - 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