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Example 37
To improve inhibition potency relative to FAAH, various portions of the t-TUCB molecule were modified to identify potential FAAH pharmacophores. The 4-trifluoromethoxy group on t-TUCB was modified to the unsubstituted ring (A-3), 4-fluorophenyl (A-2) or 4-chlorophenyl (A-26). Potency on both sEH and FAAH increased as the size and hydrophobicity of the para position substituent increased, with 4-trifluoromethoxy being the most potent on both enzymes. Substituting the aromatic ring for a cyclohexane (A-3) or adamantane (A-4) resulted in a complete loss in activity against FAAH. Results are summarized in Table 1 below.
Next, the center portion of the molecule was modified to further investigate the specificity of t-TUCB on FAAH. Switching the cyclohexane linker to a cis conformation (A-5) resulted in a 20-fold loss of potency while removing the ring and replacing it with a butane chain (A-6) resulted in a completely inactive compound. While this suggests the compound must fit a relatively specific conformation in the active site to be active, we found the aromatic linker had essentially the same potency on FAAH (A-7). Although many potent urea-based FAAH inhibitors have a piperidine as the carbamoylating nitrogen, the modification to piperidine here reduced potency 13-fold. Results are summarized in Table 2 below.
Since none of the modifications at this point improved potency towards FAAH, we focused on the benzoic acid portion of the molecule as shown in Table 3. To determine the importance of the terminal acid, the corresponding aldehyde (A-20) and alcohol (A-24) in addition to the amide (A-19) and nitrile (A-11) were tested. While the amide had slightly improved potency, the more reduced forms of the acid (A-20 and A-24) and amide (A-11) had substantially less activity on FAAH. Converting the benzoic acid to a phenol (A-21) increased potency while the anisole (A-22) was completely inactive. Since the amide and acid appeared to be active, the amide bioisostere oxadiazole (A-25) was tested and had 38-fold less potency than the initial compound.
Since the substrates for FAAH tend to be relatively hydrophobic lipids, we speculated that conversion of the acid and primary amide to the corresponding esters or substituted amides would result in improved potency. The methyl ester (A-12) had 4-fold improved potency relative to the acid. Improving the bulk of the ester with an isopropyl group (A-13) results in a 11-fold loss in potency relative to the methyl ester. However, the similar potency of the benzyl ester (A-14) to the methyl ester demonstrates the bulk but not the size affects potency. Reversing the orientation of the ester (A-23) reduces the potency 3.4-fold. Relative to the primary amide, the methyl (A-18), ethanol (A-15) and glycyl (A-16) amides were all slightly less potent; however, the benzyl amide (A-27) was substantially less potent (16-fold). Generating the methyl ester of the glycyl amide (A-17) increased the potency 4-fold compared to the corresponding acid.
Example 1
Cephem Conjugates
Cephem ether linked β-lactam antibiotic cannabinoid conjugate components are synthesized according to the following Scheme. The CAS numbers for the two key building blocks is shown. Reaction conditions follow standard conditions for amine acylation in the first step to attach the cephem side chain, for alkylation of a phenol group of a cannabinoid in the second step with optional use of a catalyst or enhancer such as NaI, followed by standard removal of the p-methoxybenzyl protecting group in the third step to furnish the product. A di-alkylated product may also be obtained.
Carbacephem Conjugates
Carbacephem ether linked β-lactam antibiotic cannabinoid conjugate components are synthesized according to the following Scheme. The general starting material [177472-75-2] was reported in racemic form as [54296-34-3] (Journal of the American Chemical Society (1974), 96(24), 7584) and is elaborated to the iodide intermediate after installing a side chain of choice using a previously reported process (WO 96/04247). Alkylation of CBD with the iodide followed by deprotection, both steps under standard conditions, provides the desired product.
Penem Conjugates
Penem ether linked β-lactam antibiotic cannabinoid conjugate components are synthesized according to the following Scheme. The starting material [145354-22-9], prepared as reported (Journal of Organic Chemistry, 58(1), 272-4; 1993), is reacted with CBD under standard alkylating conditions. The silyl ether TBS protecting group is then removed followed by deallylation under known conditions to give the desired product.
Carbapenem Conjugates
Carbapenem ether linked β-lactam antibiotic cannabinoid conjugate components are synthesized according to the following Scheme. The starting material [136324-03-3] is reacted with CBD under standard alkylating conditions. The silyl ether TES protecting group is then removed followed by removal of the p-methoxybenzyl ester protecting group under known conditions to give the desired product.
Example 6
Protocol: Place a 0.22 μm filter on center of the BHI agar plate with phenol red and measure the OD600 of overnight cultures of the different Rothia species or other candidate inhibitors. Dilute the bacterial cultures to OD600 0.5, spread them on filter and grow overnight in their respective growth conditions. This prevented bacteria from physically contacting the agar surface. After overnight growth, remove the filter bearing the bacterial cells and overlay the plate with 4 mL of BHI soft agar (0.5% agar) with phenol sred containing 200 uL of OD600 0.5 Sm Immersing the Sm cells in BHI soft agar and covering the surface of the plate with it allowed to separate Sm from the inhibitory bacteria both physically and temporally. When the soft agar solidifies, it was incubated overnight at 37° C. in aerobic +5% CO2 conditions. The next day pH values were taken at the center of the plate and the side of the plate. The experiments were performed in triplicate. The error bars represent the standard deviation and the statistical significance was determined using Studen't T-test.
Results: The Rothia successfully inhibited the acid production of both Sm UA140 and UA159 in this way (
Example 1
Graphene oxide (GO) was suspended in dimethylformamide (DMF) and thoroughly dispersed using a VWR Scientific Model 75T Aquasonic (sonic power ˜90 W, frequency ˜40 kHz) for 24 hours. The concentration of GO in the reaction mixture was held at 1 wt %. To the dispersed GO, a range of weight percentages 1-12 wt % Bisphenol F ethoxylate (2 EO/phenol) diacrylate (BisF) with average molar mass (Mn)˜484 (Sigma) and 4-11.5 wt % PEGDA of various Mn, 700 and 575, were added so that the total amount of polymer added equaled 12 wt %. To this mixture 0.02 g of the photo-initiator lithium phenyl(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl)phosphinate) (TPO-Li, Colorado Photopolymer Solutions) was dissolved.