Use of creatine or creatine analogs for the tratment of diseases of the nervous system
申请人:Avicena Group, Inc.
公开号:EP1719510A1
公开(公告)日:2006-11-08
The present invention relates to the use of creatine compounds including creatine, creatine phosphate or analogs of creatine, such as cyclocreatine, for treating diseases of the nervous system. Creatine compounds can be used as therapeutically effective agents against a variety of diseases of the nervous system such as diabetic and toxic neuropathies, peripheral nervous system diseases, Alzheimer disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, Huntington's disease, motor neuron disease, traumatic nerve injury, multiple sclerosis, dysmyelination and demyelination disorders, and mitochondrial diseases. The Creatine compounds which can be used in the present method include: (1) creatine, creatine phosphate and analogs of these compounds which can act as substrates or substrate analogs for creatine kinase; (2) bisubstrate inhibitors of creatine kinase comprising covalently linked structural analogs of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and creatine; (3) creatine analogs which can act as reversible or irreversible inhibitors of creatine kinase, and (4) N-phosphorocreatine analogs bearing non-transferable moieties which mimic the N-phosphoryl group.
本发明涉及肌酸化合物(包括肌酸、磷酸肌酸或肌酸类似物,如环肌酸)用于治疗神经系统疾病的用途。肌酸化合物可用作治疗各种神经系统疾病的有效药物,如糖尿病和中毒性神经病、周围神经系统疾病、阿尔茨海默病、帕金森病、中风、亨廷顿氏病、运动神经元疾病、创伤性神经损伤、多发性硬化症、髓鞘脱落和脱髓鞘疾病以及线粒体疾病。可用于本方法的肌酸化合物包括(1) 可作为肌酸激酶底物或底物类似物的肌酸、磷酸肌酸和这些化合物的类似物;(2) 肌酸激酶的双底物抑制剂,包括共价连接的三磷酸腺苷(ATP)和肌酸的结构类似物;(3) 可作为肌酸激酶可逆或不可逆抑制剂的肌酸类似物;以及 (4) 含有模拟 N-磷酸基的不可转移分子的 N-磷酸肌酸类似物。