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Opioid receptor antagonist prodrugs

Provided herein are prodrugs of opioid receptor antagonists such as nalmefene and naltrexone, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds, and methods for using said compounds for the treatment of behavioral disorders.

2, 4-dinitrophenol derivative and application thereof

The present invention relates to a 2, 4-dinitrophenol derivative represented by a general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in which L and R are as described in the text, anda composition comprising an effective dose of a compound of general formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound with the general formula (I) or the pharmaceutical salt thereof is used for treating the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The invention also discloses application of the traditional Chinese medicine composition in medicines for treating non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, hepatic steatosis, type 2 diabetes mellitus, acquired dyslipidemia, dyslipidemia, local dyslipidemia, hypertriglyceridemia, obesity, metabolic syndrome, Rette's syndrome, aging-related metabolic syndrome or insulin resistance and the like.

Erufosine (ErPC3) Cationic Prodrugs as Dual Gene Delivery Reagents for Combined Antitumor Therapy

Sixteen cationic prodrugs of the antitumor alkylphospholipid (APL) erufosine were rationally synthesized to provide original gene delivery reagents with improved cytotoxicity profile. The DNA complexation properties of these cationic lipids were determined and associated transfection rates were measured. Furthermore, the self-assembly properties of the pro-erufosine compounds were investigated and their critical aggregation concentration was determined. Their hydrolytic stability under pH conditions mimicking the extracellular environment and the late endosome milieu was measured. Hemolytic activity and cytotoxicity of the compounds were investigated. The results obtained in various cell lines demonstrate that the prodrugs of erufosine display antineoplastic activity similar to that of the parent antitumor drug but are not associated with hemolytic toxicity, which is a dose-limiting side effect of APLs and a major obstacle to their use in anticancer therapeutic regimen. Furthermore, by using lipoplexes prepared from a prodrug of erufosine and a plasmid DNA encoding a pro-apoptotic protein (TRAIL), evidence was provided for selective cytotoxicity towards tumor cells while nontumor cells were resistant. This study demonstrates that the combination approach involving well tolerated erufosine cationic prodrugs and cancer gene therapy holds significant promise in tumor therapy.

CONJUGATE-BASED ANTIFUNGAL AND ANTIBACTERIAL PRODRUGS

The invention provides conjugate-based antifungal or antibacterial prodrugs formed by coupling at least one anti-fungal agent or antibacterial agent with at least one linker and/or carrier. The prodrugs are of formula: (i) (AFA)m-X-(L)n; (ii) [(AFA)m′-X]p-L; (iii) AFA-[X-(L)n′]q; or (iv) (AFA)m″-X, wherein: AFA is an antifungal agent or an antibacterial agent; L is a carrier; X is a linker; m ranges from 1 to 10; n ranges from 2 to 10; m′ is 1 to 10; p is 1 to 10; n′ is 1 to 10; and q is 1 to 10, provided that q′ and n are not both 1; and m″ is 1 to 10. The invention also provides nanoparticles comprising the conjugate-based prodrugs. Additionally, the invention also provides non-conjugated antifungal and antibacterial agents in the form of nanoparticles.

Prodrugs of pioglitazone for extended-release (XR) injectable formulations

N-Acyloxymethyl derivatives of pioglitazone (PIO) have been prepared and characterized as model candidates for extended-release injectable formulations. All PIO derivatives prepared are crystalline solids as determined by powder X-ray diffraction, and the solubility in aqueous media is below 1 μM at 37 °C. The melting points steadily increase from 55 °C, for the hexanoyloxymethyl derivative, to 85 °C, for the palmitoyloxymethyl derivative; inversely, the solubilities in ethyl oleate decrease as a function of increasing acyl chain length. The butyroyloxymethyl ester has a higher melting point and a lower solubility in ethyl oleate than expected from the trend. The 13C solid-state NMR spectra of the PIO homologues between the hexanoyloxymethyl derivative and stearoyloxymethyl derivative suggest a common structural motif with the acyl chains exchanging between two distinct conformations, and the rate of exchange is slower for longer chain derivatives. The butyroyloxymethyl derivative is efficiently converted to PIO in in vitro rat plasma with a half-life of o C, while the rate of enzymatic cleavage in rat plasma decreases as the ester chain length increases for the longer acyloxymethyl derivatives. The concentration of PIO in plasma increases rapidly, or "spikes," in the hours following intramuscular (IM) injection of either the HCl salt or the butyroyloxymethyl derivative. In contrast, the more lipophilic palmitoyloxymethyl derivative provides slow growth in the PIO concentration over the first day to reach levels that remain steady for 2 weeks. On the basis of its in vivo pharmacokinetic profile, as well as material and solubility properties, the PIO palmitoyloxymethyl derivative has potential as a once-monthly injectable medication to treat diabetes.

Efficient approach to acyloxymethyl esters of nalidixic acid and in vitro evaluation as intra-ocular prodrugs

Various alkylcarbonyloxymethyl esters of nalidixic acid ranging from 3 to 15 carbon units in the pro-moiety have been prepared and assessed as potential prodrugs. Their chromatographic retention factors k′, silicone oil solubilities and in vitro conversio

Soft drugs: I. Labile quaternary ammonium salts as soft antimicrobials

Strategies for the design of safer drugs are discussed. The various classes of 'soft drugs' are designed to avoid undesired metabolic disposition (primarily various oxidative routes, occurring via possible toxic intermediates) and to be metabolized by a predictable manner with controlled rates. As a first example for the 'soft analogue' type drugs, a new class of antimicrobial, surface-active quaternary salts of the type RCOOCHR1-N+←X- was developed. These 'soft' quaternary salts are isosteric analogues of known 'hard' quaternary surfactants and are characterized by predictable and controllable cleavage (metabolism) to nontoxic components, while showing good activity against a wide range of bacteria. Due to their soft nature (low toxicity), the new antimicrobials are much safer than the conventional, hard analogues.

Labile, non-heterocyclic quaternary ammonium salt/esters as transient derivatives

Labile quaternary ammonium salts of the following formula (I) and (II) are provided: STR1 wherein STR2 represents a tertiary aliphatic amine; wherein STR3 represents an unsaturated amine; wherein R represents a member selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a C1 -C8 open chain or cyclo alkyl group, a C1 -C8 alkoxyalkyl group, a C1 -C8 acyloxyalkyl group, a C1 -C8 haloalkyl group, a C1 -C8 carboxyalkyl group, a C2 -C8 alkenylphenyl group, an aryl group, and a substituted aryl group, whose substituents are selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, an O-lower alkyl (C1 -C4) group, an O-acyl group, a nitro group, a carboxyl group, and a carboethoxy group; wherein R1 which may be the same or different, represents any member defined by R above with the proviso that R1 cannot be a hydrogen atom; wherein X is --O-- or --S--; and wherein Y represents a member selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom or any other organic or inorganic monovalent equivalent anion; With the further proviso that STR4 respectively cannot represent trimethylamine and pyridine or quinoline when R represents a hydrogen atom and R1 represents a methyl group or a phenyl group. The compounds described above are characterized by their extreme solubility and resistance to oxidation, dealkylation, and protonation prior to chemical and/or enzymatic hydrolysis. Upon chemical and/or enzymatic hydrolysis, these compounds will "cleave," thus releasing their active constituent or constituents, according to the following general scheme(s): STR5 In other words, the title compounds hydrolyze (chemically or enzymatically) releasing a tertiary amine or unsaturated amine derivative, an aldehyde, a carboxylic acid and a hydrogen halide (HX) per the above reaction scheme.