作者:Reinhardt B. Baudy、John A. Butera、Magid A. Abou-Gharbia、Hong Chen、Boyd Harrison、Uday Jain、Ronald Magolda、Jean Y. Sze、Michael R. Brandt、Terri A. Cummons、Diane Kowal、Menelas N. Pangalos、Bojana Zupan、Matthew Hoffmann、Michael May、Cheryl Mugford、Jeffrey Kennedy、Wayne E. Childers
DOI:10.1021/jm8011799
日期:2009.2.12
Previous studies with perzinfotel (1), a potent, selective, competitive NMDA receptor antagonist, showed it to be efficacious in inflammatory and neuropathic pain models. To increase the low oral bioavailability of 1 (3-5%), prodrug derivatives (3a-h) were synthesized and evaluated. The oxymethylene-spaced diphenyl analogue 3a demonstrated good stability at acidic and neutral pH, as well as in simulated gastric fluid. In rat plasma, 3a was rapidly converted to 1 via 2a. Pharmacokinetic Studies indicated that the amount of systemic exposure of 1 produced by a 10 mg/kg oral dose of 3a was 2.5-fold greater than that produced by. a 30 mg/kg oral dose of L Consistent with these results, 3a was significantly more potent and had a longer duration of activity than I following oral administration in a rodent model of inflammatory pain. Taken together, these results demonstrate that an oxymethylene-spaced prodrug approach increased the bioavailability of 1.