Patent Application: US-52450608-A

Abstract:
the invention relates to the use of amidino compounds in the manufacture and formulation of medicaments for the treatment of respiratory diseases .

Description:
the current inventors have found 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate to be a potent long duration inhibitor of enac activity in airway epithelial cells . this and related compounds therefore have potential in the treatment of respiratory diseases characterised by mucostasis such as cystic fibrosis ( cf ); bronchiectasis ; chronic bronchitis ; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( copd ); rhino - sinusitis and otitis media . the preferred respiratory disease for treatment with such compounds is cystic fibrosis . the profile of activity of 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate shows similarities to the profiles reported for the kunitz - domain serine protease inhibitors bay 39 - 9437 and aprotinin ( bridges et al . 2001 ). the current inventors have achieved a maximum down regulation of enac activity with 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate in the range 50 % to 70 % of the inhibition achieved by application of high dose amiloride to human airway epithelial cell cultures . bay 39 - 9437 and aprotinin achieved efficacy in the same range ( bridges et al . 2001 ) compared with high dose amiloride . the half maximal inhibitory concentration for 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate is in the range 30 to 100 nm , which compares favourably to bay 39 - 9437 ( reported as approximately 25 nm ). unlike with amiloride , onset of down regulation of enac activity by serine protease inhibitors is not immediate . 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate achieves half maximal inhibition by 5 min and maximum down regulation by 30 min . again , this compares favourably with bay 39 - 9437 where an onset t 1 / 2 of 45 min was reported ( bridges et al 2001 ). an important aspect to the profile of 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate is its long duration of action . significant down regulation of enac is still observed 1 h 45 min after washout of the 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate , which represents 78 % of the maximal down regulation observed at 30 min after washout . cells treated with 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate and transferred to fresh culture for 3 h 00 min prior to assembly into ussing chambers for short circuit current recording show , in the first 15 minutes of recording , a slope of rising baseline short circuit current that is over 20 times that recorded for untreated controls ( fig7 d and 7 a ). the increased slope of the rising baselines in these cells suggests that activation of enac is triggered at the start of recording by the actions of assembling the cell cultures into the ussing chambers and initiating voltage clamping . this interpretation of the recordings suggests that the duration of down regulation of enac after washout of 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate is considerably underestimated for undisturbed cell cultures . the long duration of down regulation achieved by 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate again compares favourably with bay 39 - 9437 where a half - life of 15 min . was reported ( bridges et al . 2001 ). the pharmacological profile of 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate as a potent long duration down regulator of epithelial sodium channel activity in human airway epithelial cells is not predicted by previous studies . the term “ respiratory diseases ” includes but is not limited to conditions of the lung , airways ( bronchioles , bronchi ), and upper respiratory tract ( nose , para - nasal sinuses , eustachian tube and middle ear ) characterised by impaired mucociliary clearance , possibly resulting in mucostasis . such conditions include but are not limited to : cystic fibrosis ( cf ); bronchiectasis ; chronic bronchitis ; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( copd ); rhino - sinusitis ; otitis media . the term “ impermeant ” refers to solutes that are unable to pass through a cell membrane . the current invention will be further understood by way of the following examples . examples 1 to 6 use the same set of material and methods , which are described below . human bronchial epithelial ( hbe ) cells were purchased from cambrex bioscience ltd , uk ., and were stored frozen in liquid nitrogen until required for use . hbe cells were amplified by growing in secondary culture according to the suppliers &# 39 ; instructions . cells were seeded at densities of between 3 , 000 to 4 , 000 / cm 2 in plastic t - 25 culture flasks in bronchial epithelial cell growth medium ( begm ) prepared from bronchial epithelial basal medium ( bebm , cambrex , uk ) supplemented with bovine pituitary extract , hydrocortisone , human epidermal growth factor , epinephrine , transferrin , insulin , retinoic acid , triiodothyronine , gentamicin , and amphotericin b . cultures were maintained at 37 ° c . in 5 % co 2 in a humidified incubator . medium was changed every 1 to 3 days until cells were approximately 90 % confluent . cells were then passaged with trypsin edta according to the suppliers &# 39 ; instructions , and either used for further cell cultures , or cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen in begm containing 10 % foetal bovine serum and 10 % dmso . hbe cells were prepared for electrophysiology studies by growing as tertiary cultures on snapwell ( corning ) 0 . 4μ clear polyester membrane inserts 1 . 2 cm 2 coated with collagen iv ( sigma ). cells were seeded at approximately 10 5 / cm 2 in 0 . 5 ml 1 : 1 dmem ( cambrex , uk ) begm containing bovine pituitary extract ( 50 μg / ml ), hydrocortisone ( 0 . 5 μg / ml ), human epidermal growth factor ( 0 . 5 ng / ml ), epinephrine ( 0 . 5 μg / ml ), transferrin ( 10 μg / ml ), insulin ( 5 μg / ml ), retinoic acid ( 50 nm ), and gentamicin ( 50 μg / ml ) ( danahay medium ; danahay et al . 2002 ). snapwell inserts were mounted in 6 - well plates with 3 ml danahay medium in the wells , and grown at 37 ° c . in 5 % co 2 in a humidified incubator . medium was changed every 1 to 3 days . an apical air - liquid interface ( ali ) was established as the cells achieved confluence ( 3 to 6 days ) by removal of medium from the centre of the insert . confluent differentiated bronchial epithelial cells were used for electrophysiology studies at between 15 and 29 days after establishing ali . drug treatment protocols and measurement of short circuit current ( i sc ) differentiated hbe cells grown to confluence at an air - liquid interface for 15 to 29 days were used to study substances for ability to achieve long duration down regulation of the epithelial amiloride - sensitive sodium channel ( enac ). step 1 : treatment with substance . for each group of cells treated with a substance , 30 μl of 100 times final concentration of substance was added to the 3 ml basolateral culture medium , mixed and 150 μl of the resultant basolateral fluid was transferred to the apical surface for 5 min . for non - treatment control groups of basolateral fluid with no added substance was transferred to the apical surface . after 5 min . equilibration the excess apical fluid was then transferred back to the basolateral side of the culture well . step 2 : variable period of incubation with the substance . dependent on the individual experiment the cells were returned to the 37 ° c . incubator for periods of 0 min . to 120 min . step 3 : period of substance washout with fresh culture medium . for experiments to study the duration of a substance response the hbe cells on snapwell inserts were washed with fresh culture medium ( no added substance ) at 37 ° c . and placed in fresh 6 - well plates containing 3 ml fresh culture medium ( no added substance ) on the basolateral side . cells were returned to the 37 ° c . incubator for periods of 0 minutes to 120 minutes . step 3 was omitted in studies where the duration of the substance response was not investigated . step 4 : wash with krebs - ringer buffer and assembly in ussing chambers . the snapwell insert cultures of hbe cells were removed from the 6 - well plates and washed with excess krebs - ringer buffer ( 120 mm - nacl , 25 mm - nahco 3 , 3 . 3 mm - kh 2 po 4 , 0 . 8 mm - k 2 hpo 4 , 1 . 2 mm - cacl 2 , 1 . 2 mm - mgcl 2 , 10 mm - glucose ) ph7 . 4 at 37 ° c . the inserts were then mounted in ussing chambers ( snapwell diffusion chambers , costar uk ltd .). each side of the chamber was filled with 5 ml krebs - ringer buffer and gassed continuously with 95 % o 2 / 5 % co 2 at 37 ° c . step 5 : short circuit current ( i sc ) measurement . cells were voltage clamped to 0 mv using a wpi evc 4000 voltage clamp ( world precision instruments , uk ). silver / silver chloride electrodes ( costar ltd ., uk ) were used to monitor i sc , which was recorded continuously throughout each experiment using acqknowledge iii for mp100wsw data acquisition software ( biopac , linton instruments , uk ). transepithelial resistance ( r t ) was determined every minute by delivering a 5 mv pulse for 3 seconds and recording the change in i ss , over the 3 second period ( δi sc ). r t was was calculated using the ohm &# 39 ; s law relationship r t =[ v ( 5 mv )/ δi sc ]. at 30 min . after assembling the cultured hbe cells in ussing chambers , 5 μl of 10 − 2 m - amiloride ( final chamber concentration 10 μm ) was added to the apical surface . enac short circuit current activity was determined for each culture by measuring the difference between i sc immediately prior to addition of amiloride and at 3 min . following addition of the agent ( amiloride δi sc ). at 37 min . 5 μl of 10 − 2 m - forskolin ( final chamber concentration 10 μm ) was added to both the apical and basolateral surfaces . forskolin stimulated a camp - dependent chloride channel current by activation of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator ( cftr ) in the epithelial cells . the magnitude of the cftr i sc response to forskolin was determined for each culture by measuring the difference between i sc immediately prior to addition of forskolin and at plateau at approximately 6 min . following addition of the agent ( forskolin δi sc ) an unpaired t - test was used to analyse experiments where two data groups were compared ; statistical significant difference level p ≦ 0 . 05 . one - way analysis of variance ( anova ) was used to analyse studies where more than two data groups were compared . when statistical significance was achieved p ≦ 0 . 05 in anova , tukey &# 39 ; s multiple comparison test was used to compare between individual groups . fig1 illustrates the short circuit current response of hbe cells to 10 μm - amiloride added to the apical side of cells mounted in an ussing chamber . inhibition of enac activity occurred rapidly . typically short circuit current was reduced to a new plateau level within 2 min of application of amiloride to the apical surface . when amiloride was removed from contact with the cell preparation by washout with fresh krebs - ringer buffer of both the apical and basolateral sides of the ussing chamber , short circuit current increased rapidly to plateau within 2 to 5 min . ( fig1 ) close to the pre - amiloride current level . pre - treatment of hbe cells for 90 min with 1 μm 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate hbe cells cultured for 24 & amp ; 25 days , and 19 & amp ; 20 days at ali were pre - treated for 90 min with 1 μm 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate in culture medium . control cultures were treated according to the same protocol , but without 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate in the culture medium . after 90 min the substance treated cultures were washed free of 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate with krebs - ringer buffer , and then assembled in ussing chambers with 5 ml buffer each side of the chamber . again control cultures were treated according to the same protocol . at 30 min following assembly of the ussing chambers 10 μm - amiloride was added to the apical surface of cells . the resulting fall in short circuit current ( amiloride δi sc ) in response to application of amiloride ( approximately 10 min . after start of recording ) was greater in control cultures ( fig2 a & amp ; 2c ) compared to cultures pre - treated with 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate ( fig2 b & amp ; 2d ). fig3 illustrates two studies in which amiloride δi sc was significantly ( p & lt ; 0 . 001 ) reduced , by 60 % and 57 %, in 1 μm 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate , 90 min pre - treated cultures ( fig3 a ) compared to control cultures . the reduction in amiloride δi sc indicates reduced enac activity as the result of 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate treatment . it should also be noted that the reduced enac activity was seen 30 min after 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate had been washed away from the cultured cells . this demonstrates that 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate exerts a long duration down regulatory effect on the epithelial sodium channel in hbe cells . amiloride was not washed away from the cultures after plateau ( fig2 ), and at 37 min following assembly of the ussing chambers 10 μm - forskolin was added to both the apical and basolateral sides of the chambers . short circuit current was observed to increase ( forskolin δi sc ) in all cultures ( fig2 ). the increase in short circuit current in response to forskolin is consistent with activation of cftr anion conductance in hbe cells . fig3 illustrates that in contrast to the amiloride δi sc , 1 μm 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate , 90 min pre - treatment had no significant effect on forskolin δi sc compared to control ( fig3 b ). hbe cells cultured for 18 & amp ; 19 days , and 15 & amp ; 16 days at ali were pre - treated for 90 min with 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate over the dose range 30 nm to 3 μm in culture medium . amiloride δi sc for 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate treated cultures was reduced compared to control in a dose related manner ( fig4 a ). pre - treatment with 3 μm - 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate resulted in 54 % reduction in amiloride δi sc ( p & lt ; 0 . 001 ); 1 μm in 52 % reduction ( p & lt ; 0 . 01 ); 0 . 3 μm in 42 % reduction ( p & lt ; 0 . 05 ); 0 . 1 μm in 40 % reduction ( p & lt ; 0 . 05 ); and 30 nm in 13 % reduction ( ns ) ( fig4 a ). again the reduced amiloride δi sc response was seen 30 min after 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate had been washed away from the cultured cells . fig4 b illustrates that 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate pre - treatment ( 90 min ) across the dose range 30 nm to 3 μm was without effect on forskolin δi sc compared to control . hbe cells cultured for 22 days , 19 days at ali , were studied to assess down regulation of amiloride δi sc in response to exposure to 1 μm 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate in culture medium for pre - treatment times over the range 5 min to 60 min . again after pre - treatment the cultures were washed free of 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate with krebs - ringer buffer before mounting in ussing chambers . fig5 shows the time dependent relationship in the amiloride δi sc response . significantly reduced amiloride δi sc response was observed at all time points studied ; 31 % reduction vs control ( p & lt ; 0 . 001 ) at 5 min pre - treatment , 48 % ( p & lt ; 0 . 001 ) at 10 min , 55 % ( p & lt ; 0 . 001 ) at 20 min , 61 % ( p & lt ; 0 . 001 ) at 30 min , and 58 % ( p & lt ; 0 . 001 ) at 60 min . no significant difference between treatment and control was observed for the forskolin ai , response over the pre - treatment time range studied . the effects of time were further studied by evaluating the effect of a period of washout on amiloride δi sc responses . hbe cells cultured for 26 days , 23days at ali , were pre - treated with 1 μm 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate for 60 min . cells were then washed free of 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate with fresh culture medium and returned to the incubator for between 0 min and 4 h 30 min . cells were then washed as before with krebs - ringer buffer before mounting in ussing chambers . fig6 shows that culture medium washout periods of 0 min and 1 h 15 min resulted in significantly reduced amiloride δi sc compared to control ; 68 % reduction vs control ( p & lt ; 0 . 001 ) for 0 min culture medium washout , 53 % ( p & lt ; 0 . 001 ) for 1 h 15 min . it should again be noted that the 30 min . time interval between wash with krebs - ringer buffer and addition of amiloride means that the total time elapsed after removal of 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate was 30 min and 1 h 45 min respectively for these two groups . by contrast the amiloride δi sc for the 3 h 00 min culture medium washout period was elevated (+ 34 %, p & lt ; 0 . 001 ) compared to control ( fig6 ). however inspection of the short circuit current recordings ( fig7 ) illustrates a further complexity in interpretation of the duration of response data . in fig7 a it can be seen that the baseline i sc for the five control cultures is relatively stable over the initial recording period 0 to 12 min prior to addition of amiloride , average baseline slope + 0 . 04 μamp / min . this contrasts particularly with the short circuit current recordings for the equivalent period in fig7 d ; 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate pre - treated cultures followed by 3 h 00 min washout with culture medium . here there is a rising baseline i sc for the initial period in all five cultures , average baseline slope + 0 . 93 μamp / min ., but this is followed by a stable plateau after inhibition of enac by addition of amiloride . this pattern suggests that transfer of the cells from culture medium to krebs - ringer buffer and voltage clamping the cultures at 0 mv may have triggered activation of sodium channels at this point in the 3 h washout cells . fig6 further shows that for the 4 h 30 min culture medium washout group amiloride δi sc was not significantly different to control . however the rising baseline in the initial period of short circuit current recording ( fig7 e ), average baseline slope + 0 . 60 μamp / min ., again suggests triggering of activation of sodium channels . 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate is known to be metabolised in plasma to compounds p - guanidinobenzoic acid ( pgba ) and 6 - amidino - 2 - naphthol ( an ). hbe cells cultured for 22 days , 17 days at ali were pre - treated for 90 min with 1 μm or 100 μm - pgba , or 1 μm 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate . amiloride δi sc for the pgba treated groups was not significantly different from control ( fig8 a ). cultures pre - treated with 1 μm 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate for 90 min showed amiloride δi sc reduced by 57 % ( p & lt ; 0 . 0001 ) compared to control . hbe cells cultured for 34 & amp ; 35 days , 28 & amp ; 29 days at ali were pre - treated for 90 min with 1 μm or 100μm - an , or 1 μm - pgba plus 1 μm - an , or 1 μm 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate . amiloride δi sc for the an treated groups and for the combined pgba and an group was not significantly different from control ( fig8 b ). cultures pre - treated with 1 μm 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate for 90 min showed amiloride δi sc reduced by 45 % ( p & lt ; 0 . 0001 ) compared to control . various aspects of the present invention have been exemplified in the preceding part of the specification . these formulations and methods discussed are intended for exemplification purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the accompanying claims . preliminary experiments to monitor effects of perfusion of 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate on the nasal epithelium on the amiloride - sensitive ( sodium - dependent ) component of nasal pd in a volunteer normal human subject have been carried out . the following methods were used : the method of measurement of nasal pd was an adaptation of that described by standaert et al . ( 2004 ). ringer / hepes buffer solution was prepared containing 148 mm - nacl , 4 . 05 mm - kcl , 1 . 2 mm - cacl 2 , 1 . 2 mm - mgcl 2 , 2 . 4 mm - k 2 hpo 4 , 0 . 4 mm - kh 2 po 4 , 10 mm - hepes , and adjusted to ph 7 . 4 . low chloride ringer / hepes buffer solution was prepared by replacing nacl with 148 mm - na gluconate in the ringer solution components . agar electrodes were prepared with 3 . 7 % agarose dissolved in ringer / hepes buffer ph 7 . 4 . the reference electrode was placed and taped in contact with a small area on the forearm where the epidermis had been removed by gentle abrasion . a dual lumen nasal recording electrode was prepared using a lm length of soft plastic tubing 2 . 4 mm diameter , into which 1 mm diameter polythene tubing was inserted through the wall and along the lumen for 15 cm from one end . the 2 . 4 mm diameter tubing was filled with 3 . 7 % agarose dissolved in ringer / hepes buffer ph 7 . 4 . the 1 mm diameter tubing was used for perfusion of buffer solutions and drugs to the nasal epithelium . the ends of the agar electrodes were each placed in contact with a calomel half - cell in 3 m - kcl solution . voltages were measured by connecting the calomel electrodes to a high impedance voltmeter ( keithley 617 programmable electrometer ). output from the voltmeter was recorded by connection to a biopac mp100 data aquisition unit and pc running acqknowledge iii data acquisition software . nasal pd was recorded via the recording electrode placed in contact with the nasal epithelium approximately 4 cm inside the nostril . the nasal epithelium was perfused according to the following schedule and nasal pd was recorded continuously . 1 . ringer / hepes buffer was perfused at 0 . 5 ml / min for 5 min , and starting baseline pd was recorded . 2 . perfusion was then switched to low chloride ringer / hepes buffer ph 7 . 4 for 30 min during which time initial hyperpolarisation of the epithelium occurred . 3 . the nasal epithelium was then perfused with 10 − 5 m - amiloride in low chloride ringer / hepes buffer ph 7 . 4 for 10 min . measurement of the amiloride - sensitive ( sodium - dependent ) component of nasal pd was then made by measuring the difference between the average pd recorded over the 2 min before perfusion with amiloride and the average pd recorded in the period 4 to 6 min after perfusion with amiloride . 4 . amiloride was washed away from the nasal epithelium by perfusion with low chloride ringer / hepes buffer ph 7 . 4 for 30 min . 6 . the nasal epithelium was then perfused with 3 μm 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate in low chloride ringer / hepes buffer ph 7 . 4 for 60 min . 7 . steps 3 and 4 were then repeated a further twice , followed by either a period of administration of amiloride ( 3 experiments ), or a final repetition of both steps 3 and 4 ( 1 experiment ). the nasal pd protocol was performed on 4 separate days , a minimum of 2 days apart . in the initial period of perfusion with ringer / hepes buffer the mean nasal pd was − 6 . 1 mv ( range 0 to − 10 . 4 mv ). perfusion with low chloride ringer / hepes buffer caused gradual hyperpolarization of the nasal epithelium . at the end of the second period of perfusion with low chloride ringer / hepes buffer the mean nasal pd was − 13 . 1 mv ( range − 6 . 3 to − 20 . 3 mv ). over the 5 h time course of each experiment nasal pd drifted and oscillated . however , nasal pd was sufficiently stable over periods of 10 min to allow meaningful measurements of responses to perfusion of amiloride to be made . characteristically perfusion of the nasal epithelium with 10 − 5 m - amiloride caused partial depolarisation of the epithelium that was observable within 2 min of initiation of perfusion of the drug , and plateaued within 4 to 6 min . changes in nasal pd caused by perfusion of amiloride were calculated as the difference between the mean pd recorded in the 2 min period before perfusion with amiloride and the mean pd recorded in the plateau period 4 to 6 min after start of perfusion with amiloride . within each experiment the change in nasal pd at each period of application of amiloride was expressed as a percentage of the maximum change observed in the experiment . fig9 shows for 4 experiments the average percent of maximum pd change in response to 10 − 5 m - amiloride in the periods 1 ) 70 min before perfusion of 3 . 10 − 6 m - 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate ( 94 %); 2 ) 30 min before ( 80 %); 3 ) immediately following perfusion of 3 . 10 − 6 m - 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate for 60 min ( 49 %); 4 ) 40 min after ( 29 %); 5 ) 80 min after ( 55 %). perfusion of the nasal epithelium with low chloride ringer / hepes buffer imposes a chemical gradient for chloride secretion , and therefore also provides a drive for fluid secretion . periods of perfusion with 10 − 5 m - amiloride and with 3 . 10 − 6 m - 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate stimulated episodes of mucus host - defence responses characterised in any episode by recording one or more of the following features : post nasal sensation ; drip and / or catarrh ; taste mucus gel secretion exuding from nostril ; perfused nostril and / or contralateral nostril sneeze ( s ) itch in nostril ; unilateral or bilateral eye watering blockage of the nostril ; unilateral or bilateral mucus host - defence episodes were scored 1 to 3 on the basis of the number of features and the magnitude of the responses observed . fig1 reports the score of the episodes recorded , and indicates the time of their occurrence in the perfusion protocol . perfusion of the nasal epithelium with 3 . 10 − 6 m - 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate in low chloride ringer / hepes buffer ph 7 . 4 for 60 min reduced the amiloride - sensitive ( sodium - dependent ) component of nasal pd for up to 80 min following perfusion of 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate . periods of perfusion with either 10 − 5 m - amiloride or with 3 . 10 − 6 m - 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate in low chloride ringer / hepes buffer stimulated episodes of mucus host - defence responses where a component of the response was consistent with ciliary clearance of mucus gel in the sinuses and on the nasal epithelium . observation of a mucus host - defence response to 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate is novel . highest scores for episodes of mucus host - defence response were recorded during periods of perfusion of 3 . 10 − 6 m - 6 - amidino - 2 - napthyl 4 - guanidinobenzoate in low chloride ringer / hepes buffer . bridges r j , newton b b , pilewski j m , devor d c , poll c t . & amp ; 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