227016-63-9Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Antifolates for the treatment of cardiovascular, inflammatory, neoplastic, autoimmune and related diseases in sublingual dosage units, film strips, or skin patches
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New metabolism blocked antifolates and their salts are provided along with new indications (coronary heart disease, cardiovascular diseases, stroke and termination of tubal or ectopic pregnancy) and methods (sublingual dosage forms, filmstrips or patches) for their use and delivery. Sublingual dosage forms or trans-dermal patches of metabolically blocked entities of this invention offer superior alternatives to traditional oral dosage forms to achieve greater and predictable therapeutic efficacy, lower toxicity and to overcome drug resistance by virtue of elimination of oxidative deactivation and production of toxic metabolites. Metabolism blocked antifolates bearing a fluorinated benzene ring, a thiophene ring, a pyrrole ring, a furan ring or a 8-deazapteridine ring that are provided in this invention are not previously described. The use of metabolism blocked antifolates to terminate medically complicated pregnancies that are taught herein are new inventions targeted to eliminate drug related toxicity to the host and to enhance therapeutic efficacy.
Metabolism blocked classical folate analog inhibitors of dihydrofolate reductase-1: Synthesis and biological evaluation of Mobiletrex
Nair, M. Gopal,Fayard, Melanie L.,Lariccia, Joanna M.,Amato, Alaina E.,McGuire, John J.,Galivan, John H.,Kisliuk, Roy L.
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A classical folate analog inhibitor of dihydrofolate reductase incapable of both polyglutamylation and aldehyde oxidase mediated 7-hydroxylation is described. The title compound 4'-methylene-5,8,10-trideazaaminopterin [Mobiletrex; M-Trex] exhibited excellent inhibition of human dihydrofolate reductase and the growth of a number of human tumor cells in culture. Unlike methotrexate, mobiletrex was not a substrate of either folylpolyglutamate synthetase or rabbit liver aldehyde oxidase. Mobiletrex caused total growth inhibition (TGI) of a number of human tumor cells at therapeutically relevant concentrations (~ 1x10 -6 M) which are potencies strikingly higher than those of methotrexate.
