Patent Application: US-201114235052-A

Abstract:
the invention relates to the field of pharmaceutics , pharmaceutical nano - technology and pharmacology and concerns a system for delivering biologically active agents into an organism , the system comprising a nano - diamond with a particle size of 2 - 10 nm , the surface of said particles being modified by chlorine with a chlorine content of up to 14 %, and to a method for producing said system .

Description:
fig1 clearly shows that the claimed delivery system possesses an ultradispersed structure created by particles with a diameter smaller than the resolution ability of the used instrument ( from 20 nm ). photomicrographs were obtained on a super high resolution auto emission scanning electron microscope zeiss ultra plus ( carl zeiss , germany ). the conditions of the film taking are cited on the photomicrograph . fig2 shows that the claimed system for the delivery of biologically active compounds has the particle size distribution of 2 - 10 nm . photomicrographs were obtained on a transmission electron microscope jeol 1011 ( jeol , japan ). fig3 shows xpe - spectra of the claimed system for the delivery of biologically active compounds . said spectra define the nature , energy condition , and number of surface atoms of nanodiamond particles . the surface of the claimed system for the delivery of biologically active compounds is examined on a las - 3000 instrument ( riber , france ) equipped with a hemispherical analyzer opx - 150 . the non - monochromatized x - ray radiation from an aluminum anode ( a1a = 1486 . 6 ev ) ( 12 kv voltage on the tube and 20 ma emission current ) is used for photoelectron excitation . calibration of the photoelectron peaks is conducted along the c 1s carbon line with 285 ev binding energy ( e b ). vacuum in the work chamber is 6 . 7 × 10 − 8 pa . high vacuum is achieved with an ion pump . the elemental composition on the surface of the claimed system for the delivery of biologically active compounds according to the xpe data is shown in table 1 . fig4 shows the distribution curve of particle sizes in an aqueous suspension of the claimed system for the delivery of biologically active compounds , wherein the aggregate sizes are 40 - 70 nm . distribution of particle sizes in the aqueous suspension of the claimed delivery system is determined by laser dynamic light scattering on a zetasizer instrument ( malvem instruments , usa ). fig5 a shows an ir - spectrum of the claimed system for the delivery of biologically active compounds , wherein the content of chlorine on the surface is 14 %. the spectrum shows a broad intense band with a maximum at 3 , 430 cm − 1 ; a broad band with a maximum at 1 , 262 cm − 1 ; five bands of medium intensity at 2 , 929 , 2 , 892 , 1 , 131 , 846 , and 680 cm − 1 ; and a weak signal at 743 cm − 1 . said spectrum confirms the presence of covalently bound chlorine atoms on the surface of the claimed delivery system , the characteristic valence frequencies of said chlorine atoms are in the 650 - 850 cm − 1 range [ 12 ]. fig5 b shows an ir - spectrum of the claimed system for the delivery of biologically active compounds with a minimal chlorine content on the surface ( 0 . 1 %). the spectrum shows a broad intense band with a maximum at 3 , 430 cm − 1 ; two broad bands with maximums at 1 , 136 and 621 cm − 1 ; two bands of medium intensity at 2 , 929 and 2 , 892 cm − 1 ; and a weak signal at 1 , 331 cm − 1 . such low chlorine concentration on the surface of the claimed system for the delivery of biologically active compounds does not show on the ir - spectrum in the 650 - 850 cm − 1 range . ir - spectra were registered on a ftirs ir200 thermonicolet instrument ( thermo scientific , usa ). resolution — 2 cm − 1 , number of scans — 64 . for testing , carefully weighed samples were mixed with the kbr powder and pressed into a tablet . because the obtained system is not hazardous to humans and does not contain animals fluorine and fluorine compounds , which are left after biologically active compounds are bound to the nanodiamond &# 39 ; s surface , the system can be effectively used for the delivery of biologically active compounds , including medicinal products , to humans . the invention also claims a method for preparing the system for delivery of biologically active compounds ; the scheme thereof is shown on fig6 . the claimed method for preparing the system for delivery of biologically active compounds into an organism comprises annealing of nanodiamond particles at 500 - 1 , 200 ° c . in a hydrogen gas stream and subsequent chlorination of the obtained annealed particles of the nanodiamond with molecular chlorine dissolved in ccl 4 under visible light at temperatures ranging from 50 to 70 ° c . annealing is conducted at a speed of the hydrogen gas of 2 - 3 l / hour . chlorination is conducted largely between 36 to 60 hours with a molecular chlorine concentration in ccl 4 of 3 to 5 wt %, followed by centrifugation , washing with ccl 4 , and drying . more precisely , the method comprises annealing of the nanodiamond in a hydrogen gas stream at 2 - 3 l / hour at 500 - 1 , 200 ° c . for 1 - 8 hours . the annealed particles of the nanodiamond are then chlorinated in a liquid phase with molecular chlorine . for that , chlorine obtained in the reaction between k 2 cr 2 0 7 ( or kmn0 4 ) and hydrochloric acid is dissolved in ccl 4 to 3 - 5 wt %. chlorination is conducted by photochemical exposure to visible light for 36 - 60 hours at 50 - 70 ° c . the suspension is then centrifuged at over 6 , 000 rpm , washed with ccl 4 , the process is repeated 3 - 5 times , and the residue is dried in a vacuum to constant weight . the resulting delivery system is used to prepare conjugates with biologically active compounds , including medicinal products , from various pharmacological groups comprising : alkylating agents , in particular those containing ethylene diamines , excipients , reagents and intermediate products , and also amino acids . for diamines , the obtained particles of the claimed delivery system are suspended in dimethyl sulfoxide ( ch 3 ) 2 so ; ethylenediamine is then added to the resulting suspension , followed by the addition of several drops of pyridine , and said suspension is kept at 120 ° c . for 24 hours . [ fig7 ]. the resulting conjugate of the nanodiamond and ethylenediamine is then centrifuged at over 6 , 000 rpm , washed with water and acetone multiple times , and dried in a vacuum to constant weight . said conjugate is used to deliver ethylenediamine to an organism . to prove that the set objective has been met , in preparation of said system for the delivery of biologically active compounds into an organism , after annealing , the nanodiamond is labeled with tritium by the thermal activation method [ 13 ]. the system for the delivery of biologically active compounds with a radioactive label on its surface is then prepared according to the present invention . a conjugate of said delivery system with ethylenediamine is then prepared following the aforementioned method . said conjugate with the radioactive label is then intraperitoneally administered to a rat . the rat is euthanized , its organs are extracted , homogenized , and the radioactivity of the obtained homogenate is measured on a liquid scintillation spectrometer . for amino acids , with glycine as an example , the conjugate thereof with the delivery system is prepared according to the following procedure ( fig8 ): the obtained particles of the delivery system are dissolved in a polar water - organic solvent or in water . glycine , as amino acetic acid nh 2 ch 2 cooh , and tertiary amine are then added to the obtained suspension . organic solvents that dissolve glycine , such as pyridine or lower aliphatic alcohols , are preferred . the obtained mixture is treated with ultrasound ( 50 w ) for 5 - 60 minutes , and then kept at 50 - 80 ° c . with constant stirring for 12 - 48 hours . the resulting product is centrifuged at 6 , 000 rpm , washed with ethanol , and the residue is dried in a vacuum overnight at 70 ° c . the obtained conjugate is used to deliver glycine to an organism . for that , the reaction between the obtained conjugate and cellular cultures is studied under the electron microscope by cellular biology methods . a 200 mg sample of nanodiamond is annealed in a hydrogen gas stream at 2 . 5 l / hr . and 800 ° c . for 5 hours . the annealed nanodiamond particles are subjected to liquid - phase chlorination with molecular chlorine ( 4 . 7 wt %) in 40 ml of ccl 4 under exposure to visible light for 48 hours at 60 ° c . the suspension is then centrifuged at 8 , 000 rpm and washed with dry ccl 4 . the process is repeated 4 times , and the resulting residue is dried in a vacuum to constant weight . the yield of the final product is 181 mg ( 90 . 5 %). the obtained product is a grey ultradispersed powder with particle sizes of 2 - 10 nm , containing up to 14 % chlorine on its surface , wherein the size of the aggregates thereof in an aqueous suspension is 50 nm , said product is characterized by ir - spectroscopy : a broad intense band with a maximum at 3 , 430 cm − 1 , a broad band with a maximum at 1 , 262 cm − 1 , five moderately intense bands at 2 , 929 , 2 , 892 , 1 , 331 , 846 , 680 cm − 1 , and a weak signal at 743 cm − 1 . the elemental composition of the surface is as follows : c — 78 . 1 , o — 6 . 0 , n — 1 . 9 , cl — 14 %, respectively . a 250 mg sample of nanodiamond is annealed in a hydrogen gas stream at 2 . 4 l / hr . and 800 ° c . for 5 hours . the annealed nanodiamond particles are subjected to liquid - phase chlorination with molecular chlorine ( 4 . 8 wt %) in 50 ml of ccl 4 under exposure to visible light for 36 hours at 60 ° c . the suspension is then centrifuged at 8 , 000 rpm and washed with dry ccl 4 . the process is repeated 3 times , and the resulting residue is dried in a vacuum to constant weight . the yield of the final product is 198 mg ( 79 . 1 %). the obtained product is a grey ultradispersed powder with particle sizes of 2 - 10 nm , containing 4 . 2 % chlorine on its surface , wherein the size of the aggregates thereof in an aqueous suspension is 67 nm , said product is characterized by ir - spectroscopy : a broad intense band with a maximum at 3 , 430 cm − 1 , a broad band with a maximum at 1 , 262 cm − 1 , five moderately intense bands at 2 , 929 , 2 , 892 , 1 , 331 , 846 , 680 cm − 1 , and a weak signal at 743 cm − 1 . the elemental composition of the surface is as follows : c — 87 . 9 , o — 5 . 9 , n — 2 . 0 , cl — 4 . 2 %, respectively . a 400 mg sample of nanodiamond is annealed in a hydrogen gas stream at 2 . 7 l / hour and 800 ° c . for 5 hours . the annealed nanodiamond particles are subjected to liquid - phase chlorination with molecular chlorine ( 3 . 5 wt %) in 80 ml of ccl 4 under exposure to visible light for 60 hours at 60 ° c . the suspension is then centrifuged at 7 , 000 rpm and washed with dry ccl 4 . the process is repeated 3 times , and the resulting residue is dried in a vacuum to constant weight . the yield of the final product is 339 . 6 mg ( 84 . 9 %). the obtained product is a grey ultradispersed powder with particle sizes of 2 - 10 nm , containing 7 . 8 % chlorine on its surface , wherein the size of the aggregates thereof in an aqueous suspension is 56 nm , said product is characterized by ir - spectroscopy : a broad intense band with a maximum at 3 , 430 cm − 1 , a broad band with a maximum at 1 , 262 cm − 1 , five moderately intense bands at 2 , 929 , 2 , 892 , 1 , 331 , 846 , 680 cm − 1 , and a weak signal at 743 cm − 1 . the elemental composition of the surface is as follows : c — 84 . 1 , o — 6 . 3 , n — 1 . 8 , cl — 7 . 8 %, respectively . a 200 mg sample of nanodiamond is annealed in a hydrogen gas stream at 2 . 0 l / hr . and 800 ° c . for 5 hours . the annealed nanodiamond particles are subjected to liquid - phase chlorination with molecular chlorine ( 5 . 0 wt %) in 40 ml of ccl 4 under exposure to visible light for 48 hrs . at 50 ° c . the suspension is then centrifuged at 6 , 000 rpm and washed with dry ccl 4 . the process is repeated 5 times , and the resulting residue is dried in a vacuum to constant weight . the yield of the final product is 149 . 2 mg ( 74 . 6 %). the obtained product is a grey ultradispersed powder with particle sizes of 2 - 10 nm , containing 3 . 0 % chlorine on its surface , wherein the size of the aggregates thereof in an aqueous suspension is 70 nm , said product is characterized by ir - spectroscopy : a broad intense band with a maximum at 3 , 430 cm − 1 , a broad band with a maximum at 1 , 262 cm − 1 , five moderately intense bands at 2 , 929 , 2 , 892 , 1 , 331 , 846 , 680 cm − 1 , and a weak signal at 743 cm − 1 . the elemental composition of the surface is as follows : c — 87 . 8 , o — 7 . 1 , n — 2 . 1 , cl — 3 . 0 %, respectively . a 200 mg sample of nanodiamond is annealed in a hydrogen gas stream at 2 . 9 l / hour and 800 ° c . for 5 hours . the annealed nanodiamond particles are subjected to liquid - phase chlorination with molecular chlorine ( 5 . 0 wt %) in 40 ml of ccl 4 under exposure to visible light for 48 hrs . at 70 ° c . the suspension is then centrifuged at 9 , 000 rpm and washed with dry ccl 4 . the process is repeated 3 times , and the resulting residue is dried in a vacuum to constant weight . the yield of the final product is 144 . 6 mg ( 72 . 3 %). the obtained product is a grey ultradispersed powder with particle sizes of 2 - 10 nm , containing 9 . 4 % chlorine on its surface , wherein the size of the aggregates thereof in an aqueous suspension is 61 nm , said product is characterized by ir - spectroscopy : a broad intense band with a maximum at 3 , 430 cm − 1 , a broad band with a maximum at 1 , 262 cm − 1 , five moderately intense bands at 2 , 929 , 2 , 892 , 1 , 331 , 846 , 680 cm − 1 , and a weak signal at 743 cm − 1 . the elemental composition of the surface is as follows : c — 83 . 3 , o — 5 . 5 , n — 1 . 8 , cl — 9 . 4 %, respectively . a 500 mg sample of nanodiamond is annealed in a hydrogen gas stream at 2 . 5 l / hour and 500 ° c . for 5 hours . the annealed nanodiamond particles are subjected to liquid - phase chlorination with molecular chlorine ( 5 . 0 wt %) in 100 ml of ccl 4 under exposure to visible light for 48 hours at 60 ° c . the suspension is then centrifuged at 6 , 000 rpm and washed with dry ccl 4 . the process is repeated 5 times , and the resulting residue is dried in a vacuum to constant weight . the yield of the final product is 433 . 5 mg ( 86 . 7 %). the obtained product is a grey ultradispersed powder with particle sizes of 2 - 10 nm , containing 5 . 2 % chlorine on its surface , wherein the size of the aggregates thereof in an aqueous suspension is 63 nm , said product is characterized by ir - spectroscopy : a broad intense band with a maximum at 3 , 430 cm − 1 , a broad band with a maximum at 1 , 262 cm − 1 , five moderately intense bands at 2 , 929 , 2 , 892 , 1 , 331 , 846 , 680 cm − 1 , and a weak signal at 743 cm − 1 . the elemental composition of the surface is as follows : c — 86 . 5 , o — 6 . 1 , n — 2 . 2 , cl — 5 . 2 %, respectively . a 500 mg sample of nanodiamond is annealed in a hydrogen gas stream at 2 . 5 l / hour and 1 , 200 ° c . for 5 hours . the annealed nanodiamond particles are subjected to liquid - phase chlorination with molecular chlorine ( 3 . 3 wt %) in 100 ml of ccl 4 under exposure to visible light for 48 hours at 60 ° c . the suspension is then centrifuged at 7 , 000 rpm and washed with dry ccl 4 . the process is repeated 4 times , and the resulting residue is dried in a vacuum to constant weight . the yield of the final product is 370 . 5 mg ( 74 . 1 %). the obtained product is a grey ultradispersed powder with particle sizes of 2 - 10 nm , containing 8 . 8 % chlorine on its surface , wherein the size of the aggregates thereof in an aqueous suspension is 58 nm , said product is characterized by ir - spectroscopy : a broad intense band with a maximum at 3 , 430 cm − 1 , a broad band with a maximum at 1 , 262 cm − 1 , five moderately intense bands at 2 , 929 , 2 , 892 , 1 , 331 , 846 , 680 cm − 1 , and a weak signal at 743 cm − 1 . the elemental composition of the surface is as follows : c — 83 . 9 , o — 5 . 5 , n — 1 . 8 , cl — 8 . 8 %, respectively . a 200 mg sample of nanodiamond is annealed in a hydrogen gas stream at 2 . 0 l / hour and 800 ° c . for 1 hour . the annealed nanodiamond particles are subjected to liquid - phase chlorination with molecular chlorine ( 4 . 6 wt %) in 40 ml of ccl 4 under exposure to visible light for 48 hours at 60 ° c . the suspension is then centrifuged at 9 , 000 rpm and washed with dry ccl 4 . the process is repeated 3 times , and the resulting residue is dried in a vacuum to constant weight . the yield of the final product is 180 mg ( 90 . 0 %). the obtained product is a grey ultradispersed powder with particle sizes of 2 - 10 nm , containing 3 . 5 % chlorine on its surface , wherein the size of the aggregates thereof in an aqueous suspension is 70 nm , said product is characterized by ir - spectroscopy : a broad intense band with a maximum at 3 , 430 cm − 1 , a broad band with a maximum at 1 , 262 cm − 1 , five moderately intense bands at 2 , 929 , 2 , 892 , 1 , 331 , 846 , 680 cm − 1 , and a weak signal at 743 cm − 1 . the elemental composition of the surface is as follows : c — 87 . 5 , o — 6 . 9 , n — 2 . 1 , cl — 3 . 5 %, respectively . a 300 mg sample of nanodiamond is annealed in a hydrogen gas stream at 2 . 0 l / hour and 800 ° c . for 8 hours . the annealed nanodiamond particles are subjected to liquid - phase chlorination with molecular chlorine ( 4 . 6 wt %) in 60 ml of ccl 4 under exposure to visible light for 48 hours at 60 ° c . the suspension is then centrifuged at 6 , 000 rpm and washed with dry ccl 4 . the process is repeated 5 times , and the resulting residue is dried in a vacuum to constant weight . the yield of the final product is 256 . 2 mg ( 85 . 4 %). the obtained product is a grey ultradispersed powder with particle sizes of 2 - 10 nm , containing 13 . 2 % chlorine on its surface , wherein the size of the aggregates thereof in an aqueous suspension is 55 nm , said product is characterized by ir - spectroscopy : a broad intense band with a maximum at 3 , 430 cm − 1 , a broad band with a maximum at 1 , 262 cm − 1 , five moderately intense bands at 2 , 929 , 2 , 892 , 1 , 331 , 846 , 680 cm − 1 , and a weak signal at 743 cm − 1 . the elemental composition of the surface is as follows : c — 79 . 8 , o — 5 . 2 , n — 1 . 8 , cl — 13 . 2 %, respectively . characteristics of the system for the delivery of biologically active compounds and parameters of the procedure by which it is prepared are listed in table 2 for each of the examples . a 500 mg sample of the claimed delivery system prepared according to the procedure described in example 1 is suspended in 50 ml of the solvent dimethyl sulfoxide ; 2 . 5 ml of ethylenediamine are added to the resulting suspension followed by the addition of 2 drops of pyridine , and the suspension is then kept at 120 ° c . for 24 hours . the resulting conjugate of the nanodiamond and ethylenediamine is then centrifuged at 6 , 000 rpm , washed with water and acetone 5 times , and dried in a vacuum to constant weight . the obtained conjugate is a grey ultradispersed powder with particle sizes of 2 - 10 nm , characterized by raman scattering with strong luminescence exceeding the intensity of the nanodiamond &# 39 ; s r - spectrum more than 50 times ( fig9 ). the elemental composition of the surface is as follows : c — 86 . 4 , c — 8 . 9 , n — 4 . 7 %, respectively . the obtained conjugate is used to deliver ethylenediamine into an organism . to achieve said objective when preparing the system for the delivery of biologically active compounds , the annealed nanodiamond is labeled with tritium by the thermal activation method [ 13 ]. after the annealed nanodiamond has been labeled with tritium , it is kept in water for 48 hours , centrifuged , and the supernatant is separated and combined with a new portion of the solvent . the resulting product is a preparation of the annealed nanodiamond with the specific radioactivity of 90 gbq / g . the system for the delivery of biologically active compounds with a radioactive label on its surface is then prepared according to the claimed method . a conjugate of the delivery system with ethylenediamine is subsequently prepared according to the method described above . the prepared radioactively labeled conjugate is then intraperitoneally administered to a rat ( white outbred male , 400 g weight ) as an aqueous suspension . four hours later , the animal is euthanized , its internal organs and tissues are extracted and weighed , homogenized in aqueous naoh and h 2 o 2 solutions , and the radioactivity of the obtained homogenate is measured on a rackbeta 1215 ( finland ) liquid scintillation spectrometer ( table 3 , fig1 ). it is evident from fig1 that the nanodiamond and ethylenediamine conjugate is distributed practically throughout all vital organs , while passing through the hematoencephalic barrier in different quantitative ratios . 200 mg of the claimed delivery system prepared according to the method described in example 1 are suspended in 40 ml of water - alcohol mixture ( water : methanol = 1 : 1 ), 300 mg of glycerin as free amino acid nh 2 ch 2 cooh and 1 ml triethylamine are then added to the resulting suspension . the resulting mixture is treated with ultrasound ( 50 w ) for 40 minutes and kept at 65 ° c . with constant stirring for 30 hours . the resulting product is centrifuged at 6 , 000 rpm , washed with ethanol , and dried in a vacuum at 70 ° c . overnight . the residual moisture content of the product is 2 . 2 %. the yield of the final product is 186 mg ( 93 %). the obtained product is an ultradispersed powder , dark grey with a bluish tint , with 2 - 10 nm primary particle sizes and a surface layer membrane measuring up to 1 nm ( fig1 ), said product is characterized by ir - spectroscopy : a broad intense band with a maximum at 3 , 400 cm − 1 , a strong signal at 1 , 621 cm − 1 , six moderately intense bands at 2 , 924 , 2 , 881 , 1 , 383 , 1 , 306 , 1 , 212 , and 1 , 154 cm − 1 , and a weak signal at 504 cm − 1 ( fig1 ). the elemental composition of the surface is as follows : c — 91 . 5 , o — 6 . 0 , n — 2 . 5 %, respectively . the obtained conjugate is used for the delivery of glycine into an organism . the presence of the nanodiamond and glycine conjugate in an organism is confirmed by electron microscopy in the reaction thereof with the lymphoblast molt - 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