Patent Application: US-201514839425-A

Abstract:
methods of inhibiting replication of human cytomegalovirus are disclosed . in various configurations , these methods comprise administering a therapeutically effective amount of a bromodomain inhibitor to a subject in need thereof . bromodomain inhibitors including methyltriazolodiazepine - related compounds , 3 , 5 - dimethylisoxazole - related compounds , 3 - methyldihydroquinazolinone - related compounds , n - acetyl - 2 - methyltetrahydroquinoline - related compounds , quinazolone - related compounds , diazobenzene - related compounds , and triazolopyridazine - related compounds can be used to inhibit viral replication .

Description:
the methods and compositions described herein utilize laboratory techniques well known to skilled artisans , and can be found in laboratory manuals such as sambrook , j ., et al ., molecular cloning : a laboratory manual , 3rd ed . cold spring harbor laboratory press , cold spring harbor , n . y ., 2001 ; spector , d . l . et al . cells : a laboratory manual , cold spring harbor laboratory press , cold spring harbor , n . y ., 1998 ; nagy , a ., manipulating the mouse embryo : a laboratory manual ( third edition ), cold spring harbor , n . y ., 2003 and harlow , e ., using antibodies : a laboratory manual , cold spring harbor laboratory press , cold spring harbor , n . y ., 1999 . methods of administration of pharmaceuticals and dosage regimes , can be determined according to standard principles of pharmacology well known skilled artisans , using methods provided by standard reference texts such as remington : the science and practice of pharmacy ( alfonso r . gennaro ed . 19th ed , 1995 ); hardman , j . g ., et al ., goodman & amp ; gilman &# 39 ; s the pharmacological basis of therapeutics , ninth edition , mcgraw - hill , 1996 ; and rowe , r . c ., et al ., handbook of pharmaceutical excipients , fourth edition , pharmaceutical press , 2003 . as used in the present description and the appended claims , the singular forms “ a ”, “ an ” and “ the ” are intended to include the plural forms as well , unless the context indicates otherwise . the present teachings including descriptions provided in the examples that are not intended to limit the scope of any claim or aspect . unless specifically presented in the past tense , an example can be a prophetic or an actual example . the following non - limiting examples are provided to further illustrate the present teachings . those of skill in the art , in light of the present disclosure , will appreciate that many changes can be made in the specific embodiments that are disclosed and still obtain a like or similar result without departing from the spirit and scope of the present teachings . this example demonstrates that hcmv cells lose “ cytomegaly ” morphology and die upon (+)- jq - 1 treatment . in these experiments , human foreskin fibroblasts ( hff ) were infected with hcmv , strain ad169 , at a multiplicity of infection ( moi ) of 3 in the presence or absence of jq1 ( 500 nm ). culture media was changed every 24 hours to maintain the concentration of jq1 . infected cells were examined by phase - contrast or fluorescence microscopy at 72 or 96 hours post infection ( hpi ). “ cytomegalic ” cells appear larger in size with a characteristic intranuclear , homogenous , eosinophilic inclusion which can occupy the entire nucleus of the cell . after 72 hours post - infection in the absence of jq1 , hff cells displayed a “ cytomegalic ” morphology ( fig1 a ). while 72 hours after post - infection in the presence of jq1 , hff cells lost the “ cytomegalic ” morphology and an accumulation of dead cells was present ( fig1 a ). after 96 hours post - infection in the absence of jq1 , hff cells displayed a “ cytomegalic ” morphology ( fig1 b ). while 96 hours after post - infection in the presence of jq1 , hff cells lost the “ cytomegalic ” morphology and a greater accumulation of floating dead cells were present as compared to 72 hours post - infection ( fig1 b ). these data demonstrate that hcmv infected cells lose “ cytomegaly ” morphology and die upon jq1 treatment . without being limited by theory , losing cytomegaly suggests that the lipogenesis of hcmv is disrupted . this example demonstrates that representative bet bromodomain inhibitor jq1 inhibits production of hcmv viral progeny . in this experiment , the inventors used tcid 50 assays to determine the amounts of infectious viral particle in culture supernatants release from hcmv - infected cells , hffs were infected with hcmv , strain ad169 , at an moi of 3 in the presence of different concentrations of jq1 . culture media was changed every 24 hours to maintain the concentration of jq1 . at 5 ( fig2 a ) and 6 ( fig2 b ) days post infection ( dpi ), infected culture media was collected and titers of viral progeny in media was determined by tcid 50 assay as described by perng et al ., 2011 . the detection limit is indicated by the dashed line . ( fig2 ) at 5 days post infection , 125 nm dose of jq1 reduced the viral titer by approximately 1000 fold ( fig2 a ), increasing the concentration of jq1 to 250 nm dose further reduced the viral titer and at 500 nm dose of jq1 the viral titer was undetectable . at 6 days , post infection , 125 nm dose of jq1 reduced the viral titer by greater than 1000 fold ( fig2 b ). the viral titer was undetectable at 250 nm and 500 nm doses of jq1 after 6 days post infection ( fig2 b ). this data demonstrates that jq1 inhibits hcmv replication . upon the treatment of bet bromodomain inhibitor (+)- jq - 1 , the viral progeny in the supernatant reduced dramatically . without being limited by theory , this provides evidence that bet bromodomain inhibitors not only block the cell - mediated hcmv infection but also the release of viral particles . this example demonstrates that the ic 50 of representative bet bromodomain inhibitor jq1 against hcmv replication is lower than the dose used in anti - cancer experiments . hffs were infected with hcmv , strain ad 169 , at an moi of 3 in the presence of jq1 at the range of 0 - 2000 nm . culture media was changed every 24 hours to maintain the concentration of jq1 . at 5 days post infection , viral titers were determined by tcid 50 . ic 50 ( 50 % viral replication inhibitory concentration ) was calculated from the dose response curve using graphpad prism 5 software . the calculated ic 50 of jq1 using four parameters was 21 . 6 nm ( fig3 a ). the calculated ic 50 of jq1 using three parameters was 17 . 8 nm ( fig3 b ). these calculated ic 50 values are much lower than published values used in the treatment of cancer . the inventors used tcid 50 assays to quantify the ic 50 of (+)- jq - 1 in hcmv infection at a moi of 3 ( fig3 ). the ic 50 is lower than the ic 50 determined by fluorescence reduction assays ( table 3 ). without being limited by theory , this suggests that the release of productive viral particles might be more susceptible to bet bromodomain inhibitors than that of cell - to - cell mediated viral spread . without being limited by theory , these experimental results provide a mode of action and advantages for the control of systemic viremia of hcmv - infected patients . the method is as described by perng et al . 2011 . hffs were infected with hcmv , strain ad169 , at an moi of 3 in the presence of different concentrations of jq1 . culture media was changed every 24 hours to maintain the concentration of jq1 . cells were harvested at 24 , 48 and 72 hours post infection , hcmv proteins , immediate - early protein ( ie1 ), early protein ( ul69 ), and late proteins ( pp71 , pp150 and pp28 ) were determined by immunoblot analysis . ( fig4 ) without being limited by theory , the viral protein expression profiles ( fig4 ) provide evidence that inhibition of hcmv infection by bet bromodomain inhibitors is not majorly mediated by regulating viral gene expression . this inhibition is different than findings in studies of other herpesviruses such as ebv , a gamma - herpesvirus ( palermo et al ., 2011 ). ( cmv is a betaherpesvirus ). this example illustrates transmission electron micrographs of human cytomegalovirus ( hcmv )- infected fibroblasts in the presence or absence of representative bet bromodomain inhibitor (+)- jq - 1 . ( fig5 ). in these experiments , hffs were infected with ad169 strain at an moi of 3 with or without jq1 ( 500 nm ). culture media were changed every 24 hrs to maintain the concentration of jq1 . at 72 hpi , cells were harvested , fixed , and analyzed by transmission electronic microscopy . the electron micrographs in fig5 provide evidence that bet bromodomain inhibitor ((+)- jq - 1 ) blocks the production of infectious viral particles . the assembly compartments were not shown upon treatment . no capsid egressed from nucleus . few capsids were seen in the nucleus but most of them are nuclear b capsids which do not contain viral dna . therefore , without being limited by theory , the major defect is likely at the step of forming dna - containing ( mature ) capsids in the nuclei or capsid egress from the nucleus to the cytoplasm . in the nucleus : a capsids lack scaffold as well as viral dna and may result from abortive viral dna encapsidation . b capsids contain scaffold but lack viral dna . without being limited by theory , they are likely to result from abortive capsid formation or dna encapsidation . c capsids contain viral dna and lack scaffold and they may represent nucleocapsids in the process of maturation . in the cytoplasm : dense bodies are noninfectious capsidless particles that carry pp65 tegument protein as the main constituent . noninfectious enveloped particles ( niep ) can be produced when b capsids mature . infectious virus particles ( virions ) can be produced when c capsids mature , containing encapsidated viral dna . this example illustrates that bromodomain inhibitors inhibit hcmv infection and spread . hff cells were infected with hcmv laboratory strain , ad169 - gfp , at a moi of 0 . 5 . after virus adsorption , the virus inoculum was replaced with fresh medium containing respective bet bromodomain inhibitors followed by serial 2 - fold dilutions . culture media was changed every 24 hours to maintain the concentration of bet bromodomain inhibitors . infected cells were examined by phase - contrast or fluorescence microscopy ( leica , germany ) at 10 days post infection ( dpi ). fig6 shows that treatments of bet bromodomain inhibitors block the spread of hcmv viral infection . the gfp - fluorescence images provide evidence that the bet bromodomain treatments reduced hcmv viral infection ( indicated by the viral - expressed gfp ). the bright field images provide evidence that the concentrations of bet bromodomain inhibitors in these experiments do not influence the viability of normal cells , even after 10 - day treatment . this is inconsistent with previous literature reports regarding the studies of respective bet bromodomain inhibitors . the concentrations used in this experiment is similar or lower than those used for respective studies ; i - bet151 ( dawson , m . a ., et al . 2011 ), i - bet 762 ( dawson , m . a ., et . al . 2011 and nicodeme , e ., et al . 2010 ), rvx - 208 ( bailey , d ., et al . 2010 ), pfi - 1 ( picaud , s ., et al . 2013 ). this example illustrates representative in vitro dose - responsive curves of bet bromodomain inhibitors for hcmv laboratory and clinical strains . the dose - responsive curves of hcmv and clinical strains ( fig7 ) were determined by a gfp - based fluorescence reduction assay as described by lischka , p ., et al . 2010 . for standard assays , hff cells were cultured in black 96 - well plates ( corning , usa ) and infected with either recombinant laboratory - adapted strain ad169 - gfp ( moi 0 . 3 ) or recombinant clinical strain tr - gfp ( moi 0 . 3 ). after virus adsorption , the virus inoculum was replaced with 200 μl medium containing the respective bromodomain inhibitors followed by serial 2 - fold dilutions . drug concentrations were tested at least in duplicate and the drug concentrations were maintained by replaced the medium every 24 hours . plates were incubated at 37 c for 7 - 8 days . the medium was replaced by 200 μl pbs , and gfp units ( gfpu ) were determined by a fluorescence detector ( biotek synergy h1 , usa ). drug effects were calculated as a percentage of reduction in gfpu in the presence of each drug concentration comported to the gfpu determined in the absence of drug . the dose - response curves were calculated using the graphpad prism 6 ( graphpad software , usa ), in this experiment , a stereoisomer of (+)- jq - 1 , (−)- jq - 1 was used as a control . the inventors tested both laboratory strain ( ad169 - gfp ) and clinical strain ( tr - gfp ). in both the laboratory strain and the clinical strain , the bet bromodomain inhibitor blocked hcmv infection as shown in fig7 . this example illustrates representative in vitro dose - responsive curves of bet bromodomain inhibitors and current fda - approved cmv antivirals . the dose - responsive curves of hcmv and current fda - approved cmv antivirals ( fig8 ) were determined by a gfp - based fluorescence reduction assay as described by lischka , p ., et al . 2010 . for standard assays , human foreskin fibroblast ( hff ) cells were cultured in black 96 - well plates ( corning , usa ) and infected with recombinant laboratory - adapted strain ad169 - gfp ( moi 0 . 3 ). after virus adsorption , the virus inoculum was replaced with 200 μl medium containing the respective bromodomain inhibitors or fda - approved cmv antivirals followed by serial 2 - fold dilutions . drug concentrations were tested at least in duplicate and the drug concentrations were maintained by replaced the medium every 24 hours . plates were incubated at 37 c for 7 - 8 days . the medium was replaced by 200 μl pbs , and gfp units ( gfpu ) were determined by a fluorescence detector ( biotek synergy h1 , usa ), drug effects were calculated as a percentage of reduction in gfpu in the presence of each drug concentration comported to the gfpu determined in the absence of drug , the dose - response curves were calculated using the graphpad prism 6 ( graphpad software , usa ). in this experiment , we used stereoisomers of i - bet 762 , i - bet 768 , as a control . the inventors compared the dose - responsive curves of bet bromodomain inhibitors with current fda approved / evaluating cmv antivirals . fig8 illustrates a comparison of bet bromodomain inhibitors and cmv antivirals regarding concentration and dose - responses . this example illustrates sensitivities of hcmv laboratory and clinical strains to bet bromodomain inhibitors and current fda - approved cmv antivirals in fibroblast cells . in these experiments , the inventors determined the ic 50 and ic 90 values of respective bet bromodomain inhibitors against hcmv infection using fluorescence reduction assay ( fig9 ; table 3 ) s . the ic 50 and ic 90 values ( drug concentrations producing 50 % and 90 % reduction in gfpu ) were determined by a gfp - based fluorescence reduction assay as described by lischka . p ., et al . 2010 . for standard assays , hff cells were cultured in black 96 - well plates ( corning , usa ) and infected wish recombinant laboratory - adapted strain ad169 - gfp ( moi 0 . 3 ) or tr - gfp ( moi 0 . 3 ). after virus adsorption , the virus inoculum was replaced with 200 μl medium containing the respective bromodomain inhibitors or fda - approved cmv antivirals followed by serial 2 - fold dilutions . drug concentrations were tested at least in duplicate and the drug concentrations were maintained by replaced the medium every 24 hours . plates were incubated at 37 c for 7 - 8 days . the medium was replaced by 200 μl pbs , and gfp units ( gfpu ) were determined by a fluorescence detector ( biotek synergy h1 , usa ). ic 50 and ic 90 values were calculated using nonlinear regression curve fit with a variable slope ( four parameters ). graphpad prism 6 was used for the analysis . the measured values are lower than those of these compounds in bailey et al . 2010 ; dawson et al . 2011 ; filippakopoulos , p ., et al . 2010 ; king et al . 2013 ; nicodeme et al . 2010 ; picaud et al . 2013 ; and zuber et al . 2011 . this example illustrates moi dependency of hcmv infection by treatment of representative bet bromodomain inhibitor (+)- jq1 . ic 50 and ic 90 values ( drug concentrations producing 50 % and 90 % reduction in gfpu ) were determined by the fluorescence reduction assays ( table 4 ) as described by lischka et al . 2010 . for standard assays , human foreskin fibroblast ( hff ) cells were cultured in black 96 - well plates ( corning , usa ) and infected with recombinant laboratory - adapted strains of ad169 - gfp with various mois to compare moi dependency of (+)- jq - 1 treatment . ( mois of 1 , 0 . 3 , 0 . 1 , and 0 . 03 ) after virus adsorption , the virus inoculum was replaced with 200 μl medium containing the respective bromodomain inhibitors followed by serial 2 - fold dilutions . drug concentrations were tested at least in duplicate and the drug concentrations were maintained by replaced the medium every 24 hours . plates were incubated at 37 c for 7 - 8 days . the medium was replaced by 200 μl pbs , and gfp units ( gfpu ) were determined by a fluorescence detector ( biotek synergy h1 , usa ). ic 50 and ic 90 values were calculated using nonlinear regression curve fit with a variable slope ( four parameters ). graphpad prism 6 was used for the analysis . this experiment shows through the ic 50 results , that blocking of hcmv infection by the bet bromodomain inhibitor (+)- jq - 1 is less moi dependent compared to known cmv antivirals . since bet bromodomain inhibitors are less moi dependent , bet bromodomain inhibitors may be used to treat severe hcmv viremia which currently requires high amounts of cmv antivirals to suppress infection with severe drug toxicity issues . this example illustrates sensitivities of hcmv laboratory and clinical strains to bet bromodomain inhibitors determined by the release of viral particles ( tcid 50 assay of culture supernatant ). in these experiments , the inventors used tcid 50 assays to quantify the ic 50 of (+)- jq - 1 in both hcmv laboratory - adapted and clinical strains ( fig9 ; table 5 ). hffs were infected with laboratory strain . ad169 - gfp or laboratory strains fixgfp & amp ; toledo at an moi of 3 in the presence of (+)- jq - 1 at the range of 0 - 2 , 000 nm . culture media were changed every 24 hrs to maintain the concentration of jq1 . at 5 dpi , viral titers were determined by tcid 50 . ic 50 ( 50 % viral replication inhibitory concentration ) was calculated from the dose response curve with the aid of graphpad prism 5 software . without being limited by theory , the low ic 50 values suggest that the release of productive viral particles is susceptible to bet bromodomain inhibitors independent of viral strains . the method is as described by lischka et al ., 2010 . hff cells were infected with hcmv laboratory strain ad169 - gfp and treated with fixed virus inhibitory concentration (˜ 6 . 5 × ic50 ) of current fda approved / evaluating cmv antivirals ( ganciclovir , letermovir , cidofovir ) or bromodomain inhibitors ((+)- jq - 1 , ibet 762 , otx - 015 ) at the indicated time points post - infection ( hpi ). after 7 days , cell supernatants were replaced by pbs and gfp units were determined . gfp units in compound - treated cells were compared to those in untreated cells , and the percentage of activity is plotted in fig1 . results are averages for three experiments . error bars indicate standard deviations . the addition of drug assay shows that representatives bromodomain inhibitors ((+)- jq - 1 / otx - 015 / i - bet 762 ) block hcmv infections regardless of times post infection . ( fig1 ) the dosages required to control viral infections are low ( 6 . 5 × ic 50 controlled viral infection efficiently ). in contrast , current cmv antivirals ( ganciclovir , cidofovir ) require at least 10 × ic 50 to control viral infection . leterfovir can control viral infection when added before 48 hours post - infection , however , leterfovir cannot control the viral infection after 48 hours post - infection . bet bromodomain inhibitors provide more flexibility for controlling viral infection . this example illustrates transmission electron micrographs of hcmv clinical strain - infected fibroblasts in the presence or absence of representative bet bromodomain inhibitor (+)- jq - 1 . hffs were infected with hcmv clinical strain tr - gfp at an moi of 3 with or without (+)- jq - 1 ( 250 nm ). culture media were changed every 24 hrs to maintain the concentration of jq1 . at 72 hpi , cells were harvested , fixed , and analyzed by transmission electronic microscopy . the em analysis ( fig1 ) provides evidence that bet bromodomain inhibitor ((+)- jq - 1 ) blocks the production of infectious viral particles of hcmv , even the clinical strain . low dosages of ((+)- jq - 1 were used ( 250 nm , ˜ 5 - 6 . 5 ic 50 depending on moi ). the phenotype displayed no capsid egressed from nucleus , few capsids seen in the nucleus but most of them are nuclear b capsids that do not contain viral dna . under this concentration , most of viral progeny production and cell - to - cell viral spread is inhibited ( table 3 ). however , based on the viral protein expression profile , the classes of viral proteins are expressed normally ( fig4 ). without being limited by theory , the mode of action of bet bromodomain inhibitors against hcmv infection is mediated by something other than regulating viral gene expression . this example illustrates that bet bromodomain inhibitor ((+)- jq - 1 ) inhibits the transcription of genes involved in glutamine uptake and metabolism induced by hcmv infection . hff cells were mock - infected or hcmv infected with laboratory strain ad169 - gfp at a moi of 3 . ( fig1 a ) hff cells were infected with ad169 - gfp at a moi of 3 in the presence or absence of 250 um (+)- jq - 1 . ( fig1 b ) cells from both ( a ) and ( b ) were harvested at 48 hpi and the total rna was extracted using a column - based rna purification kit ( qiagen ). rna integrity was evaluated with a nano - drop spectrometer ( nanodrop , wilmington , del .). messenger rna purification , fragmentation , construction of sequencing library and sequencing were performed . the differential expression profiles of two c - myc inducible genes , fatty acid synthase ( fasn ) and solute carrier family 38 member 5 ( slc38a5 ), were determined using an edger procedure . fasn and slc38a5 are two genes involved in lipogenesis and glucose / glutamine nutrient pathways . both of them are induced by c - myc and shown to be up - regulated upon hcmv infection ( wise et al ., 2008 ). the inventor &# 39 ; s rna - seq analysis shows that both genes are up - regulated by hcmv infection ( fig1 a ). however , the up - regulation is reversed by bet bromodomain inhibitor ((+)- jq - 1 ) ( fig1 b ). the lipogenesis and glutamine related metabolism pathways are blocked . without being limited by theory , this is an explanation for why hcmv loses “ cytomegaly ” upon treatment ( fig1 ). the shortage of energy supply blocks the maturation of hcmv viral particle , even the viral protein expression is less affected ( which is not less altered by lipogenesis / glutamineglu - related pathways ). bet bromodomain inhibitors are known to block downstream signaling of c - myc ( delmore et al ., 2011 ). blocking of lipogenesis or glutamine metabolism by targeting bet proteins / c - myc against viral infection is not previously known . using bet bromodomain inhibitors to block c - myc and downstream lipogenesis / glucose - glutamine nutrient pathways for hcmv inhibition is not previously known . kshv , a dna virus also belongs to herpesvirus family , induces lipogenesis during latent viral infection ( delgado et al . 2012 ). however , during lytic infection , kshv needs to suppress the lipogenesis master gene c - myc to facilitate actue / lytic infection ( lee et al . 2014 ). brd4 was reported as required to promote the transcription of certain ebv gene expression for its immortalization in b cells . treatment of jq - 1 blocked the activity of certain gene promoters ( palermo et al ., 2011 ). however , these genes are unique in ebv for its long - term latency / oncogenesis in b cells and not conserved among herpesviruses . without being limited by theory , our examples showed that bet proteins play little roles in regulating hcmv gene expression ( fig4 ). without being limited by theory , bet bromodomain inhibitors block hcmv infection by de - regulating the cmv - driven lipogenesis and metabolism pathways . this example illustrates a method of inhibiting replication of human cytomegalovirus ( hcmv ) in a subject . a patient is infected with hcmv . a health practitioner administers a therapeutically effective amount of the bromodomain inhibitor (+)- jq1 by intraperitoneal injection . the patient &# 39 ; s hcmv titers decrease . this example illustrates a method of inhibiting replication of human cytomegalovirus ( hcmv ) in a subject . a patient is infected with hcmv . a health practitioner administers an amount calculated to provide 19 μm of the bromodomain inhibitor rvx - 208 by intraperitoneal injection . the patient &# 39 ; s hcmv titers decrease . this example illustrates a method of treating a human cytomegalovirus ( hcmv ) infection in a subject . a patient is infected with hcmv . a health practitioner administers a therapeutically effective amount of the bromodomain inhibitor otx - 15 by oral administration . the patient &# 39 ; s hcmv titers decrease . this example illustrates a method of treating a human cytomegalovirus ( hcmv ) infection in a subject . a patient is infected with hcmv . a health practitioner administers an amount calculated to provide 0 . 5 μm of the bromodomain inhibitor gsk1210151 by intraperitoneal injection . the patient &# 39 ; s hcmv titers decrease . this example illustrates the use of a bromodomain inhibitor for the treatment of human cytomegalovirus ( hcmv ) infection . a patient is infected with hcmv . a health practitioner administers an amount calculated to provide 1 μm of the bromodomain inhibitor gsk525762a by intraperitoneal injection . the patient &# 39 ; 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