Patent Application: US-201514749532-A

Abstract:
provided herein are methods of treating an inflammatory - based disease or disorder in a subject by administering a composition comprising capterin - 6 - cooh .

Description:
a new chemical moiety identified by mass spectrometry to be capterin - 6 - carboxylic acid has been found to exhibit similar and more potent therapeutic efficacy as compared to capterin , dcp and cafolate in a canine arthritic model . dosing issues remain to be elucidated . the structure of cafolate has the same hetero - aromatic ring as capterin ( fig2 ). it has been previously observed that under acidic conditions , uv - irradiation of folic acid ( pteroylglutamic acid ) undergoes successive oxidative cleavage to pterin - 6 - aldehyde , then to pterin - 6 - carboxylic acid , and finally to pterin as the end product [ 4 ]. fig3 a , 3 b and 3 c show mass spectra of 1 mg folic acid + 75 mg cacl2 • 2h2o in 100 ml h2o . mass spectrometry analysis performed by the author of 1 mg folic acid + 75 mg cacl 2 · 2h 2 o in 100 ml h 2 o showed that ca + 2 ions ( lewis acids ) predominantly drive the formation of pterin - 6 - carboxylic acid ( mw + 208 . 04 ) from cafolate ( fig2 ). while preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described herein , it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that such embodiments are provided by way of example only . numerous variations , changes , and substitutions will now occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the invention . it should be understood that various alternatives to the embodiments of the invention described herein may be employed in practicing the invention . it is intended that the following claims define the scope of the invention and that methods and structures within the scope of these claims and their equivalents be covered thereby . all publications , patents , and patent applications mentioned in this specification are herein incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each individual publication , patent , or patent application was specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference . 1 . moheno , p ., et al ., cytokine and ido metabolite changes effected by calcium pterin during inhibition of mda - mb - 231 xenograph tumors in nude mice . int j pharm , 2008 . 355 ( 1 - 2 ): p . 238 - 48 . 2 . moheno , p ., w . pfleiderer , and d . fuchs , plasma cytokine concentration changes induced by the antitumor agents dipterinyl calcium pentahydrate ( dcp ) and related calcium pterins . immunobiology , 2009 . 214 ( 2 ): p . 135 - 41 . 3 . moheno , p . b ., calcium pterin as an antitumor agent . int j pharm , 2004 . 271 ( 1 - 2 ): p . 293 - 300 . 4 . lowry , o . h ., o . a . bessey , and e . j . crawford , photolytic and enzymatic transformations of pteroylglutamic acid . j biol chem , 1949 . 180 ( 1 ): p . 389 - 98 . 5 . ziegler , i ., pterins and the regulation of lymphocyte activation on the mode of xanthopterin action . hoppe seylers z physiol chem , 1984 . 365 ( 6 ): p . 667 - 73 . 6 . ziegler , i ., production of pteridines during hematopoiesis and t - lymphocyte proliferation : potential participation in the control of cytokine signal transmission . med res rev , 1990 . 10 ( 1 ): p . 95 - 114 . 7 . ziegler , i ., u . hamm , and j . berndt , participation of pterins in the control of lymphocyte stimulation and lymphoblast proliferation . cancer res , 1983a . 43 ( 11 ): p . 5356 - 9 . 8 . ziegler , i ., u . hamm , and j . berndt , pterins as functioning constituents of the lymphokine system . in : curtius , h . ch ., pfleiderer , w ., wachter , h . 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