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Glucose promoiety enables glucose transporter mediated brain uptake of ketoprofen and indomethacin prodrugs in rats
Gynther, Mikko,Ropponen, Jarmo,Laine, Krista,Lepp?nen, Jukka,Haapakoski, Paula,Peura, Lauri,J?rvinen, Tomi,Rautio, Jarkko
supporting information; experimental part, p. 3348 - 3353 (2010/03/05)
The brain uptake of solutes is efficiently governed by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). The BBB expresses a number of carrier-mediated transport mechanisms, and new knowledge of these BBB transporters can be used in the rational targeted delivery of drug molecules for active transport. One attractive approach is to conjugate an endogenous transporter substrate to the active drug molecule to utilize the prodrug approach. In the present study, ketoprofen and indomethacin were conjugated with glucose and the brain uptake mechanism of the prodrugs was determined with the in situ rat brain perfusion technique. Two of the prodrugs were able to significantly inhibit the uptake of glucose transporter (GluT1)-mediated uptake of glucose, thereby demonstrating affinity to the transporter. Furthermore, the prodrugs were able to cross the BBB in a temperature-dependent manner, suggesting that the brain uptake of the prodrugs is carrier-mediated.
Chemical structure and anti-inflammatory activity in the group of substituted indole-3-acetic acids
Boltze,Brendler,Jacobi,Opitz,Raddatz,Seidel,Vollbrecht
, p. 1314 - 1325 (2007/10/02)
The chemical structure of the indometacin molecule was systematically modified with the aim of producing a substance with increased anti-inflammatory activity and improved tolerance. In addition to the variations of the methylene group of the indole-3-acetic acid and substituents on the indole nucleus of indometacin, particular attention was paid to the modification of the carboxyl group of the acetic acid side chain. Among the indometacin esters, one derivative, the [1-(4-chlorobenzoyl)-5-methoxy-2-methylindole-3-acetoxy] acetic acid (54), showed an activity approximately twice that of indometacin in the kaolin edema test in the rat paw. Chemical modification of the new compound 54 did not further improve the activity. These studies suggest that specific substitutions on the indole nucleus, in combination with the acetic acid side chain as in 1, and especially the acetoxy acetic acid side chain in 54 are responsible for the high anti-inflammatory activity of this class of substances. Several methods for the synthesis of acemetacin are described.
