Compounds with chelation affinity and selectivity for first transition series elements: use in medical therapy and diagnosis
申请人:Chelator LLC
公开号:US06583182B1
公开(公告)日:2003-06-24
This invention involves synthesis and use of a class of compounds with chelation affinity and selectivity for first transition series elements. Administration of the free or conjugated compound, or physiological salts of the free or conjugated compound, results in decrease in the in vivo bioavailability of first transition series elements and/or removal from the body of first transition series elements and elements with similar chemical properties. These characteristics make such compounds useful in the management of diseases associated with a bodily excess of first transition series elements and elements with similar chemical properties. This invention demonstrates that such compounds inhibit mammalian, bacterial, and fungal cell replication and are therefore useful in the treatment of neoplasia, infection, inflammation, immune reponse, and in termination of pregnancy. Since these compounds are capable of descreasing the in vivo availability of tissue iron they are useful in management of free radical mediated tissue damage, and oxidation mediated tissue damage. When combined with radioisotopic or paramagnetic cations of first transition series elements, or elements with chemical properties similar to those of first transition series elements, prior to their administration, the resulting complexes are useful as diagnostic agents in nuclear medicine and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
本发明涉及一类具有螯合亲和力和选择性的化合物的合成和使用,用于第一过渡系列元素。给予自由或结合化合物或生理盐的自由或结合化合物会导致体内第一过渡系列元素和具有类似化学性质的元素的生物可用性降低和/或从体内清除。这些特性使得这种化合物在管理与体内第一过渡系列元素和具有类似化学性质的元素过量相关的疾病方面非常有用。本发明表明,这种化合物抑制哺乳动物、细菌和真菌细胞复制,因此在治疗肿瘤、感染、炎症、免疫反应和终止妊娠方面非常有用。由于这些化合物能够降低组织铁的体内可用性,因此它们在管理自由基介导的组织损伤和氧化介导的组织损伤方面非常有用。当与放射性同位素或第一过渡系列元素的参数磁性阳离子或具有类似于第一过渡系列元素的化学性质的元素结合后,这些复合物在核医学和磁共振成像(MRI)的诊断剂中非常有用。