Patent Abstract:
effects of deprenyl or propargylamine compounds and novel compositions comprising at least one mao inhibitor and at least one antiinflammatory agent such as nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs , steroids , acetaminophen , 5 - lipoxygenase inhibitors , leukotriene receptor antagonists , leukotriene a4 hydrolase inhibitors , antihistaminics , histamine 2 receptor antagonists , phosphodiesterase - 4 antagonists , cytokine antagonists , cd44 antagonists , antineoplastic agents , 3 - hydroxy - 3 - methylglutaryl coenzyme a inhibitors , estrogens , androgens , antiplatelet agents , antidepressants , helicobacter pylori inhibitors , proton pump inhibitors , thiazolidinediones , dual - action compounds , combinations of these drugs with other agents , derivatives and metabolites of synthetic and natural antiinflammatory agents . the compounds and compositions protect against gastrointestinal , renal and other toxicities induced by antiinflammatory agents , and enhance the beneficial effects of these drugs . effects of mao inhibitors such as 1 - deprenyl co - administered with antiinflammatory drugs or chemically attached to antniinflammatory drugs are disclosed . therapeutic methods of using mao inhibitors and antiinflammatory drugs for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory disorders , pain , fever , cancer , gastrointestinal lesions , and a variety of cardiac , cerebral and peripheral disorders are disclosed .

Detailed Description:
it has been discovered , surprisingly , that mao - a or mao - b inhibitors such as 1 - deprenyl display new modes of action which are totally unrelated to their mechanism of action as selective inhibitors of mao - a and or mao - b or other previously reported actions of these compounds . for example , it has been found that mao - a or mao - b inhibitors such as 1 - deprenyl reduce the gastrointestinal toxicity of nsaids like aspirin and indomethacin . the mao inhibitor can be administered along with the nsaid or can be attached to the nsaid molecule as described . it was also found that the mao inhibitors reversed the gastrointestinal damage induced by nsaids . the mao inhibitors also will prevent and / or reverse gastrointestinal ulcers produced by stress or helicobacter pylori infection . the mao inhibitor will similarly reduce the renal , platelet and other toxicities of nsaids and other anti - inflammatory drugs . it has also been found that mao inhibitors did not reduce the analgesic activity of nsaids . it has been observed that the use of mao inhibitors along with nsaids did not reduce the anti - inflammatory activity of nsaids . so addition of mao inhibitor did not adversely affect the therapeutic efficacy of nsaids . the protective effect of mao - a and mao - b inhibitors against toxic effects induced by nsaids and their ability to provide tissue protection may be mediated by a number of actions exerted by mao inhibitors . these actions may include the following : antioxidant property , free radical scavenging , inhibition of oxidative stress , antiapoptotic activity , anti - inflammatory action , enhanced expression and activity of antioxidant enzymes , endothelial protection , neuroprotection , vasodilation , enhanced blood flow , stimulation of constitutive neuronal and endothelial nitric oxide synthase leading to increased production of nitric oxide , inhibition of platelet activation , and antiatherogenic activity . thus a combination of nsaids and mao inhibitors can be used for a variety of disorders including neuronal and peripheral tissues for which nsaids have been shown to be effective . various nsaids and mao inhibitors previously listed can be used for such purposes . the discovery of the previously unknown effects of 1 - deprenyl and other mao - a or mao - b inhibitors leads directly to a method of protecting the gastrointestinal tract and other tissues from the toxic side effects of nsaids . the present inventor has demonstrated that nsaids cause gastrointestinal damage . nsaid - mediated gi damage is considered to be a major factor leading to the high morbidity and mortality rates associated with nsaid use . administration of mao inhibitors or mao inhibitors attached to nsaids can prevent and reverse the toxic effects of nsaids and provide tissue protection , thus permitting the safe and prolonged use of nsaids for the treatment of a number of disorders . the ability of 1 - deprenyl and other mao - a or mao - b inhibitors to prevent and reverse gi damage caused by nsaids has been confirmed by studies with rat stomachs . the ability of mao inhibitors not to interfere with and reduce the analgesic and antiintlammatory activities of nsaids also has been confirmed with animal experiments . it is postulated that the cytoprotective effect of mao inhibitors in preventing and / or reversing the nsaid toxicity may be mediated by a combination of several cytoprotective actions of these compounds listed previously . for the purposes of the invention the term “ therapeutically effective amount ” refers to the amount of the mao inhibitor which is capable of producing the intended action . while individual requirements vary , determination of ideal ranges for effective quantities of each mao inhibitor is within the skill of the art . the dosage required to provide an effective amount of the composition can be determined by one with ordinary skill in the art and this composition will vary , depending on the medical condition , physical status , sex , weight , nature and extent of the disease of the recipient , and frequency of treatment . the dosage of any nsaid which will be effective in the treatment of a particular disorder or condition will depend on the nature of the disorder or condition , and can be determined by standard clinical procedures , as listed in the physician &# 39 ; s desk reference , medical economics company inc ; ordell . n . j . : 2001 and other standard reference materials . the precise dose to be used in the formulation will depend on the route of administration , condition of the recipient , nature of the disease , and should be determined according to the judgement of the practitioner and each patient &# 39 ; s individual needs . the amount of mao inhibitor in a pharmaceutical composition may be in the amounts of 0 . 1 to 10 times the molar equivalent of the nsaid . the usual daily doses of nsaids are 3 - 40 mg / kg body weight and the doses of mao inhibitors in the pharmaceutical composition may be in the amounts of 0 . 1 - 500 mg / kg body weight daily and more usually about 0 . 1 - 50 mg / kg . effective doses may be extrapolated from dose - response curves derived from in vitro or animal model test systems and are in the same ranges or less than as described for the commercially available compounds in the physician &# 39 ; s desk reference . metabolites and derivatives of the compounds of the compositions are also contemplated for such application . the invention also provides a pharmaceutical pack or kit comprising one or more containers filled with one or more of the ingredients of the pharmaceutical compositions of the invention . the compounds of the preparation can be prepared and administered in a wide variety of oral and parenteral dosage forms . thus the compounds of the present invention can be administered by injection , that is intravenously , intramuscularly , intracutaneously , subcutaneously , intraduodenally , or intraperetoneally . also the compounds of the present invention can be administered by inhalation , for example intranasally . additionally , the compounds of the present invention can be administered transdermally . it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the following dosage forms may comprise the active components , nsaids and mao inhibitors or corresponding pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the components . for preparing pharmaceutical compositions from the compounds of the invention , pharmaceutically acceptable carriers can be either solid or liquid . solid form preparations include powders , tablets , pills , capsules , cachets , suppositories , and dispersible granules . a solid carrier can be one or more substance , which may also act as diluents , flavoring agents , binders , preservatives , tablet disintegrating agents , or an encapsulating material . the pharmaceutical preparation is preferably in unit dosage form . in such form the preparation is subdivided into unit dosage forms such as capsule , tablet , cachet , lozenge , powders , vials or ampules . the compositions of this invention can further include conventional excipients , i . e . ; pharmaceutically acceptable organic or inorganic carrier substances suitable for parenteral application which do not adversely react with the active compounds of the preparation . various delivery systems can be used to administer the therapeutic composition , e . g . ; encapsulation in liposomes , microparticles , microcapsules , slow release formulations and aerosols . the following examples illustrate various actions of mao inhibitors either alone or in combination with nsaids , but do not limit the scope of the invention in any way . further aspects and variations of the invention , based on the disclosure above and the following examples ; will be apparent to the person of ordinary skill in the art . the detailed procedure for attaching the mao inhibitor of the propargylamine type to nsaids can be carried out as follows . one mol each of the propargylamine and the nsaids are dissolved in 100 ml dichloromethane and mixed along with 1 mol of dicyclohexyl carbodiimide ( dcc ). the reaction is allowed to continue for 6 hours at room temperature under stirring . at the end of the reaction , the precipitate is dried using rotary evaporation . the reaction product ( amide ) is separated from any unreacted starting materials by thin layer chromatography using chloroform : ethylacetate mixture ( 1 : 1 ). the product is scrapped off the silica column and suspended in dichloromethane and centrifuged . the supernatant is dried in a rotary evaporator . the residue is dissolved in ethanol prior to use and diluted with the appropriate solvent to produce the desired concentration . this method is suitable for nsaids containing a free carboxyl group (— cooh ) such as aspirin , gentisic acid , indomethacin , ibuprofen , ketoprofen , flurbioprofen , diclofenac , meclofenamic acid , fenoprofen , oxaprocin , etodolac . for those nsaids not containing a — cooh group , it can be introduced by arts known in the literature . the analgesic activity of test compounds was measured by the phenylbenzoquinone - induced writhing test in mice as described by siegmund et al . ( 1957 ). male c57 mice weighing 25 - 30 g were deprived of food overnight . solvent or the test compounds were administered by oral gavage 1 hour prior to intraperitoneal ( i . p .) injection of 2 mg / kg of phenylbenzoquinone . the mao inhibitor was administered immediately before the nsaid . five minutes after the i . p . injection of phenylbenzoquinone , the number of writhes during a 5 - minute period was counted for each test animal . all the nsaids tested showed significant analgesic activity ( table 1 ). mao inhibitors did not diminish the analgesic activity of nsaids . the in vivo activation of leukocytes ( monocytes and neutrophyls ) and platelets was studied as described by thomas ( 2003 ). activation and adhesion of leukocytes induced by tnf alpha was inhibited by pretreatment with 5 mg / kg of deprenyl . similarly activation and aggregation of platelets was also inhibited by deprenyl . this clearly demonstrates anti - inflammatory and antithrombotic actions of deprenyl . the antinflammatory activities of test compounds were determined by the rat paw edema test according to the method of winter et al ; ( 1962 ). male sprague - dawley rats weighing 150 - 250 g were deprived of food overnight . the solvent or test compounds were administered by oral gavage one hour prior to the subplantar injection of 25 microliters of 0 . 5 % suspension of carrageenin in the right paw . the initial volume of the paw was measured immediately after carrageenin injection . the paw volume was measured again 4 hours after the injection by changes in water displacement . the mao inhibitor 1 - deprenyl by itself had no effect on paw edema . nsaids significantly reduced the paw edema ( table 2 ). addition of the mao inhibitor 1 - deprenyl ( 100 mg / kg ) did not reduce the anti - inflammatory activity produced by 250 mg / kg of aspirin . thus the mao inhibitor did not have an adverse effect on the anti - inflammatory activity of nsaids . the rat gastric lesion test as described previously ( kitagawa et al ; 1990 and al - ghamdi et al ; 1991 ) was used to examine the ability of test compounds to produce gastric lesion . male sprague - dawley rats weighing 250 - 300 g were deprived of food for 24 hours , with free access to water and then dosed by oral gavage with solvent or drugs given at a volume of 0 . 5 ml / 100 g body weight . for the unmodified nsaids being given in combination with a mao inhibitor , the mao inhibitor was administered by oral gavage immediately prior to the administration of nsaid by oral gavage . food was withheld for 8 hours after the initial dosing . for acute studies , rats were euthenized by carbon dioxide , 8 hours after dosing and the stomachs were dissected . for modified nsaids with attached mao inhibitors , the compounds were administered by oral gavage , food was withheld for 8 hours , animals were euthanized and the stomachs were examined for the presence of lesions . for investigating the reversal of nsaid induced gastric lesion , following 8 hours after nsaid dosing the animals were provided food and water ad libitum . they were treated daily with oral gavage of mao inhibitor for 7 days . these animals were then euthanized and the stomachs examined for the presence of lesions . after euthenazing , the stomachs were dissected along the greater curvature , rinsed with saline to remove the debris , the cleaned tissue was pinned open in a dish , covered with saline and examined for hemorrhagic lesions . gastric lesions per mm were calculated by adding the lesions in the observed area . the tissue was also photographed under microscope to evaluate the extent of gastric lesions . the nsaids produced significant gastrointestinal lesion ( table 3 ). pretreatment with 1 - deprenyl provided protection against the nsaid induced gastric lesion . the nsaid attached to the mao inhibitor also attenuated the gastric toxicity of nsaids . the gastric lesions were also reversed by daily administration of 1 - deprenyl for 7 days . the ability of mao inhibitors to protect the gastrointestinal tissue from cytotoxic damage is clearly demonstrated . c - reactive protein ( crp ) is a marker of inflammation , particularly cardiovascular disease . crp levels are also elevated in obesity , diabetes , and may be a side effect of hormone replacement therapy . reduction of crp levels by drugs provide protection against these conditions . blood samples were drawn from adult human subjects before and after oral administration of 1 - deprenyl . the crp levels were measured by immunoassay as described by ridker ( 2001 ). oral administration of 10 mg of 1 - deprenyl for one week produced a 30 % reduction in blood level of crp . the results of these examples clearly indicate that , under the conditions tested , the monoamine oxidase inhibitor compounds and compositions protect against gastrointestinal , renal and other toxicities induced by nonsteroidal anti - inflammatory drugs and provide tissue protection through a variety of biological actions . therapeutic methods of using the mao inhibitors and nonsteroidal anti - inflammatory drugs for the treatment of inflammatory disorders , pain , fever , gastrointestinal lesions and a variety of cardiac , cerebral and peripheral disorders are disclosed . similar protective effects against toxicity of other anti - inflammatory drugs are also contemplated . the ratio of mao inhibitors and nsaids used for these applications can be varied depending on the nature and severity of the disorder , and the affected tissue or organ . having now fully described the invention , it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the same can be performed within a wide range of equivalent parameters , concentrations and conditions without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention and without undue experimentation . while the invention has been described in detail with respect to particular preferred embodiments , it should be understood that such description is presented by way of illustration and not limitation . many changes and modifications within the scope of the present invention may be made without departing from the spirit thereof , and the invention includes all such modifications . all references cited herein , including journal articles or abstracts , published or corresponding u . s . or foreign applications , issue u . s . or foreign patents , or any other references are entirely incorporated by references herein , including all data , tables , figures , and text presented in the cited references . additionally , the entire contents of the references cited within the references cited herein are also entirely incorporated by references . reference to known methods steps , conventional methods steps , known methods or conventional methods is not in any way an admission that any aspect , description or embodiment of the present invention is disclosed , taught or suggested in the relevant art . the foregoing description of the specific embodiments will so fully reveal the general nature of the invention that others can , by applying knowledge within the skill of the art ( including the contents of the references cited herein ), readily modify and / or adapt for various applications such specific embodiments , without undue experimentation , without departing from the general concept of the present invention . therefore , such adaptations and modifications are intended to be within the meaning and range of equivalents of the disclosed embodiments , based on the teaching and guidance presented herein . it is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology herein is for the purpose of description and not limitation , such that the terminology or phraseology of the present specification is to be interpreted by the skilled artisan in light of the teachings and guidance presented herein , in combination with knowledge of one of ordinary skill in the art . dycek le . et al . drug metabolism and disposition . 29 : 1156 - 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