Patent Application: US-83544810-A

Abstract:
compounds and methods related to nir molecular imaging , in - vitro and in - vivo functional imaging , therapy / efficacy monitoring , and cancer and metastatic activity imaging . compounds and methods demonstrated pertain to the field of peripheral benzodiazepine receptor imaging , metabolic imaging , cellular respiration imaging , cellular proliferation imaging as targeted agents that incorporate signaling agents .

Description:
embodiments of the present invention include nir agents for the pbr based on nir dyes , including lanthanide chelates . additionally , complimentary imaging agents are disclosed using a novel nir sacharide and nir thymidine agent . aspects of the present invention include both being used separately , as well as where the agents are used together as a cocktail whereby both pbr expression and metabolic and or cellular proliferation status could be simultaneously monitored in - vivo . pbr ligands such as pk11195 have been suggested as therapeutic agents . mitochondria localized anti - death proteins of the bcl - 2 family play a central role in inhibiting apoptosis and therefore present therapeutic targets . pbr shares a close physical association with the permeability transition pore complex ( ptpc ) and binding of pk11195 has been shown to cause bcl - 2 resistant generation of oxidative stress . the agents reported here are unique in that they facilitate in - vivo monitoring of therapeutic delivery and efficacy . as stated above , aspects of the present invention include methods of imaging a molecular event . in a sample , the method steps comprising administering to the sample a probe having an affinity for a target . the probe has at least one of a ligand / signaling agent combination , or conjugable form of a ligand / signaling agent combination . one such ligand / signaling agent combination comprises pbr ligands , or conjugable forms thereof . examples of the pbr ligands of the present invention include conjugable forms , or conjugable analogs of the following compounds : for the purposes of the present invention , the term analog encompases isomers , homologs , or other compounds sufficiently resembling the base compound in terms of structure and do not destroy activity . “ conjugable forms ,” “ conjugable compounds ,” and similar terms describe a form of the compound that can readily form a covalent form a covalent bond with a signaling agent such as an ir dye . for exemplary purposes , conjugable forms of pk11195 , above , include at least the following compounds , and / or analogs or derivatives thereof : wherein r is h or alkyl , n is 0 - 10 , and “ halo ” is fluorine , chlorine , bromine , iodine . in other embodiments of the present invention , halo is chlorine . the term “ halo ” or “ halogen ,” as used herein , includes radio isotopes of halogen compounds , such as i 121 and f 19 . additionally , for exemplary purposes , conjugable forms of ro5 - 4864 include the following and / or analogs or derivatives thereof : wherein the variables are defined above . in other embodiments of the present invention , halo is chlorine . additionally , for exemplary purposes , conjugable forms of daa1106 include the following and / or analogs or derivatives thereof : in other embodiments of the present invention , halo is chlorine or fluorine . additionally , for exemplary purposes , conjugable forms of ssr180575 include the following and / or analogs or derivatives thereof : wherein the variables are defined above . in other embodiments of the present invention , halo is chlorine . non - limited examples of pbr ligands and signaling moieties include the following compounds : or an analog thereof , wherein r 1 is a signaling moiety ; “ halo ” is fluorine , chlorine , bromine , iodine ; and n is 0 - 10 . additionally , other aspects of the present invention include nir - sacharide agents suitable for metabolic imaging in similar fashion to 18 fdg . given the ubiquitous clinical use of 18 fdg , 2 - deoxyglucose derivatives have been extensively biologically characterized . see czernin , j . ; phelps , m . e . annu rev med 2002 , 53 , 89 - 112 . these derivatives are useful metabolic imaging agents given the overexpression of glucose transporters and increased hexokinase activity in tumors . see medina , r . a . ; owen , g . i . biol res 2002 , 35 , 9 - 26 . 2 - deoxyglucose imaging agents are incorporated into cells via the glucose transporter and are subsequently phosphorylated by hexokinase . in phosphorylating the probe , the neutral molecule becomes anionic and membrane impermeable . functionalization at the 2 - position prevents further metabolism , and thus the probe is trapped in the cells , with further uptake leading to significant accumulation . see zhang , m . ; zhang , z . h . ; blessington , d . ; li , h . ; busch , t . m . ; madrak , v . ; miles , j . ; chance , b . ; glickson , j . d . ; zheng , g . bioconjugate chem 2003 , 14 , 709 - 714 . additionally , other aspects of the present invention include a nir - thymidine probe for monitoring cellular proliferation , similar in fashion to [ 18 f ] 3 ′- deoxy - 3 ′ fluorothymidine ( flt ). flt has been used clinically and extensively compared to fdg . see halter et al . general thoracic surgery 2004 , 127 , 1093 - 1099 and francis et al . eur j nucl med mol imaging 2003 , 30 , 988 - 994 . in proliferating cells , flt metabolism takes place within the anabolic arm of the dna salvage pathway . tk1 controls entry into the salvage pathway and converts flt to the mono - phosphate species . the agent is further phosphorylated , but can not be incorporated into dna due to its lack of a hydroxyl group at 3 ′. with respect to the signaling agents used in connection with the present invention , embodiments include near infrared signaling agents . also includes are dyes , such as , for example , near - infrared fluorophores / fluorescent dyes . examples include cyanine dyes which have been used to label various biomolecules . see u . s . pat . no . 5 , 268 , 486 , which discloses fluorescent arylsulfonated cyanine dyes having large extinction coefficients and quantum yields for the purpose of detection and quantification of labeled components . additional examples include dyes available from li - cor , such as ir dye 800cw ™, available from li - cor . wherein r is — oh , — co 2 h , — nh 2 , or — ncs and each of x and y , independently , is an integer selected from 1 to about 10 . in preferred embodiments , each of x and y , independently , is an integer between about 2 and 6 . in a second embodiment , the dye is n -( 5 - carboxypentyl ) n ′-( 4 - sulfonatobutyl ) 3 , 3 , 3 ′, 3 ′- tetramethylbenz ( e ) indodicarbocyanine , which has the formula : these two dyes are embodiments because they have commercially available precursors for the linking groups : 6 - bromohexanol , 6 - bromohexanoic acid and 1 , 4 - butane sultone ( all available from aldrich chemical co ., milwaukee , wis .). the linking groups provide adequate distance between the dye and the biomolecule for efficient attachment without imparting excessive hydrophobicity . the resulting labeled biomolecules retain their solubility in water and are well - accepted by enzymes . these dyes , wherein r is — co 2 h or — oh can be synthesized , as set forth in detail in the us &# 39 ; 709 patent , by reacting the appropriate n -( carboxyalkyl )- or n -( hydroxyalkyl )- 1 , 1 , 2 - trimethyl - 1h - benz ( e ) indolinium halide , preferably bromide , with sulfonatobutyl - 1 , 1 , 2 - trimethyl - 1h - benz ( e ) indole at a relative molar ratio of about 0 . 9 : 1 to about 1 : 0 . 9 , preferably 1 : 1 in an organic solvent , such as pyridine , and heated to reflux , followed by the addition of 1 , 3 , 3 - trimethoxypropene in a relative molar ratio of about 1 : 1 to about 3 : 1 to the reaction product and continued reflux . the mixture subsequently is cooled and poured into an organic solvent such as ether . the resulting solid or semi - solid can be purified by chromatography on a silica gel column using a series of methanol / chloroform solvents . as an alternative , two - step , synthesis procedure , also detailed in u . s . &# 39 ; 709 , n - 4 - sulfonatobutyl - 1 , 1 , 2 - trimethyl - 1h - benz ( e ) indole and malonaldehyde bis ( phenyl ) mine )- monohydrochloride in a 1 : 1 molar ratio can be dissolved in acetic anhydride and the mixture heated . the acetic anhydride is removed under high vacuum and the residue washed with an organic solvent such as ether . the residual solid obtained is dried and subsequently mixed with the appropriate n -( carboxyalkyl )- or n -( hydroxyalkyl )- 1 , 1 , 2 - trimethyl - 1h - benz ( e ) indolinium halide in the presence of an organic solvent , such as pyridine . the reaction mixture is heated , then the solvent is removed under vacuum , leaving the crude desired dye compound . the procedure was adapted from the two step procedure set forth in ernst , l . a ., et al ., cytometry 10 : 3 - 10 ( 1989 ). the dyes also can be prepared with an amine or isothiocyanate terminating group . for example , n -( omega .- amino - alkyl )- 1 , 1 , 2 - trimethyl - 1h - benz ( e ) indolenium bromide hydrobromide ( synthesized as in n . narayanan and g . patonay , j . org . chem . 60 : 2391 - 5 ( 1995 )) can be reacted to form dyes of formula 1 wherein r is — nh 2 . salts of these amino dyes can be converted to the corresponding isothiocyanates by treatment at room temperature with thiophosgene in an organic solvent such as chloroform and aqueous sodium carbonate . these dyes have a maximum light absorption which occurs near 680 nm . they thus can be excited efficiently by commercially available laser diodes that are compact , reliable and inexpensive and emit light at this wavelength . suitable commercially available lasers include , for example , toshiba told9225 , told9140 and told9150 , phillips cql806d , blue sky research ps 015 - 00 and nec ndl 3230su . this near infrared / far red wavelength also is advantageous in that the background fluorescence in this region normally is low in biological systems and high sensitivity can be achieved . the hydroxyl , carboxyl and isothiocyanate groups of the dyes provide linking groups for attachment to a wide variety of biologically important molecules , including proteins , peptides , enzyme substrates , hormones , antibodies , antigens , haptens , avidin , streptavidin , carbohydrates , oligosaccharides , polysaccharides , nucleic acids , deoxy nucleic acids , fragments of dna or rna , cells and synthetic combinations of biological fragments such as peptide nucleic acids ( pnas ). in another embodiment of the present invention , the ligands of the present invention may be conjugated to a lissamine dye , such as lissamine rhodamine b sulfonyl chloride . for example , a conjugable form of daa1106 may be conjugated with lissamine rhodamine b sulfonyl chloride to form a compound of the present invention . lissamine dyes are typically inexpensive dyes with attractive spectral properties . for example , examples have a molar extinction coefficient of 88 , 000 cm − 1 m − 1 and good quantum efficient of about 95 %. it absorbs at about 568 nm and emits at about 583 nm ( in methanol ) with a decent stokes shift and thus bright fluorescence . coupling procedures for the pbr ligands and glucosamine proceed via standard methods and will be recognized by those skilled in the art . in general , the nucleophilic n terminus of the targeting moieties are reactive towards activated carbonyls , for example an nhs ( n - hydroxysuccinimide ester ), sulfonyl chlorides , or other electrophile bearing species . solvent of choice for coupling reactions can be dye specific , but include dimethyl sulfoxide ( dmso ), chloroform , and / or phosphate buffered saline ( pbs buffer ). the resulting conjugates , amides , sulfonamides , etc . resist hydrolysis under physiological conditions , and are thus useful for in - vivo and in - vitro application . the following compound is an example of one of the coupled compounds described above : and analogs thereof , wherein n and x are integers from 1 to 10 . as stated above , the compounds of the present invention can be employed as signaling agents in nir imaging . the resulting signal may be used to image a molecular event . non - limiting examples of specific molecular events associated with the present invention include at least one of peripheral benzodiazepine expression , cell proliferation , glucose uptake , epidermal growth factor receptor expression , coronary disease . thus , the resulting signal may be used to diagnose a disease state such as , for example , cancer , neurodegenerative disease , multiple sclerosis , epilepsy , coronary disease , etc . specifically , brain cancer and breast cancer are two cancers that may be diagnosed with the compounds and methods of the present invention . two additional examples are non - hodgkin &# 39 ; s lymphoma and colon cancer . another embodiment of the present invention is a method of measuring glucose uptake . this method comprises , comprises administering to a sample a conjugate , the conjugate comprising a conjugable glucosamine compound and a signaling agent ; and detecting a signal from said conjugate . as in the other methods , the sample is at least one of cells , tissue , cellular tissue , serum or cell extract . an example of a conjugable glucosamine includes the following compound and conjugable analog thereof : the administration step may be in vivo administration or in vitro administration . the in vivo administration step further comprises at least one time course imaging determination , and in other embodiments , the in vivo administration step further comprises at least one bio distribution determination . other embodiments of the present invention include conjugable compounds associated with this glucosamine method , specifically including the following : the following examples are presented purely for exemplary purposes , and as such the material in this section should be considered as embodiments of the present invention and not to be limiting thereof . this example demonstrates the conjugation of a nir dye of the present invention and a conjugable analog or conjugable form of pk11195 for deep tissue imaging . in this example , irdye800cw ( licor ) is coupled to conjugable pk11195 . dye800cw - pk11195 ( scheme 1 )— to a 10 ml round bottom flask , about 196 . 5 μl of a 1 mg / ml conjugable pk11195 solution ( dmso ) is mixed with about 300 μl of an about 1 mg / ml dye800cw ( dmso ). the reaction proceeds under nitrogen flow for about 1 hour at rt . reaction progress is monitored via hplc and esi ms . this example demonstrates an example of the formulation of a nir - glucosamine conjugate of the present invention . dye800cw - glucosamine ( scheme 2 )— to a 10 ml round bottom flask , about 9 . 3 mg sodium methoxide and about 37 mg d - glucosamine hydrochloride are reacted in about 2 ml dmso . the solution is stirred under nitrogen for about 3 hours at rt . next , about 34 , of the resulting solution are mixed with about 150 μl of an about 1 mg / ml dye800cw / dmso solution in a separate 10 ml flask . the mixture is stirred under nitrogen for another 1 . 5 hours at rt . reaction progress was monitored via hplc and esi ms and the reaction yielded 98 % pure conjugate . this example demonstrates the use of compounds of the present invention in esi ( electrospray ionization ) mass spectra . initially , about 20 μl of the reaction solution of example 1 is diluted to about 180 μl using 5 mm ammonium acetate aqueous solution containing about 0 . 05 % acetic acid . the sample is injected the sample immediately into a mariner esi mass spectrometer . some major instrument settings are : spray tip at about 3 . 4 kv , nozzle potential at about 200v , quadrupole temperature at about 150 ° c . and nozzle temperature at about 150 ° c . spectra is collected every 100 seconds . in spectrum for dye800w - glucosamine complex , the expected molecular peak is observed at 1164da . in the spectrum for dye800cw - pk11195 complex , the expected molecular peak is observed at 1365 . 9da . this example shows a synthetic pathway yielding a conjugable ro5 - 4864 of the present invention , and conjugation to an imaging agent , such as lanthanide chelate or nir - dye . a conjugable form of compounds similar to ro5 - 4864 has been previously reported ( see u . s . pat . no . 5 , 901 , 381 ) and a synthetic procedure in scheme 3 will be used to synthesize a conjugable form of ro5 - 4864 . a solution of koh in methanol will be treated with a solution of 4 - chlorophenyl - acetonitrile 1 and 4 - chloronitro - benzene 2 in benzene . the mixture will be stirred for 3 hours and then poured to ammonium chloride solution . compound 3 will then precipitate out . compound 4 will be produced by stirring compound 3 and dimethyl sulfate for 5 hours , followed by being treated with ethanol , water , iron fillings and hydrochloric acid . see vejdelek z , polivka z , protiva m . synthesis of 7 - chloro - 5 -( 4 - chlorophenyl )- 1 - methyl - 1 , 3 - dihydro - 1 , 4 - benzodiazepin - 2 - one . collection of czechoslovak chemical communications 1985 ; 50 : 1064 - 1069 . compound 4 and semicarbazide , after heated to 210 ° c ., will produce compound 5 . compound 7 will be used as a linker to combine compound 5 and lanthanide chelate / dye800cw . compound 7 can be synthesized by the reaction between compound 6 and thionyl chloride . lanthanide chelate ( with carboxylic acid group ) or dye800cw ( a n - hydroxysuccinimide ester ) can then react with compound 7 in basic solution to produce a compound in the form of compound 8 . the chlorine on the signaling part will react with n — h group in compound 5 to produce the final imaging agent ( compound 9 ). the product can be further chelated by adding lanthanide chloride solution ( lncl 3 , eucl 3 etc ) into product solution with ph 6 . 5 . the synthetic pathway for lanthanide chelate has been reported . see griffin j m m , skwierawska a m , manning h c , marx j n , bornhop d j . simple , high yielding synthesis of trifunctional fluorescent lanthanide chelates . tetrahedron letters 2001 ; 42 : 3823 - 3825 . this example shows a scheme for the synthesis of a conjugable form of daa1106 of the present invention , which cnathen be conjugated to an imaging agent . the synthetic pathway for conjugable dam106 is shown in scheme 4 . compound 2 will be obtained by reaction of compound 1 with phenol in dmf . compound 2 will then be reduced by pto2 under hydrogen flow in methanol . compound 3 can react with acetyl chloride in pyridine to produce compound 4 after the reaction refluxes for 2 hours . the hydroxyl group in compound 5 will be substituted by bromide to produce compound 6 . one hydroxyl group in compound 6 will be deprotected in dmf by sodium ethanethiolate to produce compound 7 . compound 4 and 7 will then react in dmf with the presence of sodium hydride . after compound 8 is obtained , the hydroxyl group will be brominated to form compound 9 . conjugable daa1106 ( compound 10 ) is prepared by treatment of compound 9 with hexane - 1 , 6 - diamine . the conjugation position on dam106 is determined according to another conjugation that has been done on daa1106 which did not affect the biological activity of daa1106 . see zhang m r , maeda j , furutsuka k , yoshida y , ogawa m , suhara t , et al . [ f - 18 ] fmdaa1106 and [ f - 18 ] fedaa1106 : two positron - emitter labeled ligands for peripheral benzodiazepine receptor ( pbr ). bioorganic & amp ; medicinal chemistry letters 2003 ; 13 : 201 - 204 . the product should be conjugable to lanthanide chelator in water / dmf / dioxane / tea mixture . the conjugate will be further chelated by adding lanthanide chloride solution ( lncl 3 , eucl 3 etc ) into ph 6 . 5 product solution . this example shows an example of the synthesis , characterization , and preliminary cell study for an embodiment of the present invention , a dye800cw - daa1106 conjugation , as well as the conjugation of the pbr ligand daa1106 to a nir dye , followed by cell uptake . in this example , dye800cw ( 5 mg , 4 . 3 pimp and conjugable daa1106 ( 5 mg , 10 μmol ) is mixed in dmso ( 1 ml ) in a 10 ml round bottom flask . the solution is stirred under argon flow for 10 hours . the reaction scheme is shown in scheme 5 , below . product is purified through neutral alumina column using 0 . 1 m triethyl ammonium acetate in 80 / 20 acetonitrile / water solution . upon preparing dye800cw - daa1106 , absorption and emission spectra ( table 1 ) are obtained at room temperature with a shimadzu 1700 uv - vis spectrophotometer and iss pci spectrofluorometer respectively . the same sample ( 2 μm ) is used for taking both uv and fluorescence spectrum . uv spectrum was scanned from 190 nm to 900 nm with sampling rate of 1 nm . cuvette path length was 1 cm . fluorescence sample was excited at 797 nm . spectrum was collected from 700 nm to 900 nm with scan rate 1 nm / second . slit width was set to 1 . 5 . photo multiplier tube ( pmt ) voltage was at 75 watts . dye800cw - daa1106 has maximum absorption at 779 nm and fluorescence at 801 nm in methanol . regarding cell uptake , c6 glioma cell lines are a widely used cell line in neurobiological research that has high pbr expression . c6 cells were incubated with 10 μm dye800cw - daa1106 in culture media for half hour and then rinsed and re - incubated with saline before imaging . fig1 shows white light and fluorescence pictures of dosed and un - dosed cells . instrument used is nikon epifluorescence microscope equipped with ludl qimaging camera , nikon s fluor 20x / 0 . 75 objective , mercury lamp and icg filter set . picture b shows cell take - up of dye800cw - daa1106 , while un - dosed cell ( picture d ) does not show any significant fluorescence . this example shows the synthesis , characterization and preliminary cell study of a lissamine - daa1106 conjugation . an example of a lissamine dye has a molar extinction coefficient of 88 , 000 cm − 1 m − 1 and good quantum efficient of about 95 %. it absorbs at 568 nm and emits at 583 nm ( in methanol ) with a decent stokes shift and thus bright fluorescence . lissamine rhodamine b sulfonyl chloride ( 4 mg , 6 . 9 μmol ), conjugable dam106 ( 5 mg , 10 pimp and tri - ethylamine ( 10 μl ) was mixed in dichloromethane ( 0 . 8 ml ) in a 10 ml round bottom flask . the solution was stirred under argon flow for 3 hours . the reaction scheme is shown in scheme 6 . product was purified through column chromatography ( silica gel ) using 19 / 1 dichloromethane / methanol solution . upon preparing lissamine - daa1106 , absorption and emission spectra ( table 2 ) was obtained with a shimadzu 1700 uv - vis spectrophotometer and iss pti spectrofluorometer at room temperature . the same sample ( 2 μm ) was used for taking both uv and fluorescence spectrum . uv spectrum was scanned from 190 nm to 900 nm with sampling rate of 1 nm . cuvette path length was 1 cm . fluorescence sample was excited at 561 nm . spectrum was collected from 700 nm to 900 nm with scan rate 1 nm / second . slit width was set to 1 . 5 . photo multiplier tube ( pmt ) voltage was at 75 watts . lissamine - daa1106 has maximum absorption at 561 nm and fluorescence at 579 nm in methanol . c6 cells were incubated with 10 μm lissamine - daa1106 in culture media for half hour and then rinsed and re - incubated with saline before imaging . fig2 shows white light and fluorescence pictures of dosed and un - dosed cells . instrument used was nikon epifluorescence microscope equipped with ludl qimaging camera , nikon s fluor 20x / 0 . 75 objective , mercury lamp and texas red filter set . picture b shows cell take - up of lissamine - daa1106 at perinuclear location . this observation was expected since pbr is a mitochondrial protein . un - dosed cells ( picture d ) exhibited no fluorescence . this example shows an example of a synthetic pathway yielding a conjugable form of a ssr180575 compound of the present invention . starting from m - chloroaniline , which was diazotised and coupled with ethyl α — methylacetoacetate , the azo - ester was converted into ethyl pyruvate m — chlorophenylhydrazone 1 ( the japp - klingeman reaction ). polyphosphoric acid facilitated the conversion to molecule 2 . next , n - methylation with dimethylcarbonate in presence k 2 co 3 yielded the ester 3 and was treated with hydrazine and converted into hydrazide 4 . the ring was closed in the presence of pocl 3 and compound 5 was obtained . n - phenylation with using phi and cui ( as catalyst ) provide compound 6 . mild hydrolysis with dilute koh in etoh yield acid 7 . to conjugated mono - n - boc protected n - methyl - 1 , 6 - hexanediamine to 7 used bop . removal of protecting group with tfa in ch 2 cl 2 is yields 8 . example 9 demonstrates specific , in vivo tumor labeling using a method of the present invention . a nir - pk 11195 deep tissue imaging agent was made as shown in example 1 . tumor bearing smad3 gene knockout mice and control animals were injected with 10 nmoles of the imaging agent and imaged about 14 hours following injection . specific labeling was observed in the abdominal region of tumor animals and clearance in the control animals . this selective uptake is shown in fig3 . a post - imaging autopsy confirmed localization of the imaging agent in the smad3 animal . this example shows nir - pk 11195 imaging in connection with neurodegenerative processes in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis ( eae ), the animal model of multiple sclerosis . additionally , this example shows the use of the present invention to monitor the progression of a disease state . a conjugated imaging agent nir - 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