申请人:——
公开号:US20040137582A1
公开(公告)日:2004-07-15
The invention is based upon the discovery that insoluble, polysaccharides, such as inulin and dextran, can be enzymatically modified in an organic solvent. Thus, the invention relates to methods for making a high molecular weight polyhydroxy polymer, such as a polysaccharide, inulin or dextran derivative, comprising reacting an acyl donor and the polymer, such as inulin or dextran, to form an acyl ester of the polymer, such as inulin dextran, in a reaction medium comprising an organic solvent in the presence of a hydrolytic enzyme; methods for making a polymer, such as a polysaccharide, an inulin or dextran polymer, comprising reacting a polymerizable acyl donor and polyhydroxyl polymer in a reaction medium comprising an organic solvent in the presence of a hydrolytic enzyme thereby making an polymeric monomer, such as an inulin monomer, and polymerizing, preferably dimerizing, the monomer, thereby making a novel polymer, such as an inulin polymer. The invention further relates to novel products as can be produced by the processes described herein, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and the use of the novel polymers described herein in methods for the manufacture of a pharmaceutical composition or medicament. Further, the invention relates to a method of delivering an active agent to a patient comprising administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition described herein.
本发明的基础是发现菊粉和葡聚糖等不溶性多糖可以在有机溶剂中进行酶改性。因此,本发明涉及制造高分子量多羟基聚合物(如多糖、菊粉或葡聚糖衍生物)的方法,包括在水解酶存在下,在包括有机溶剂的反应介质中,使酰基供体与聚合物(如菊粉或葡聚糖)反应,形成聚合物(如菊粉葡聚糖)的酰基酯;制造聚合物,如多糖、菊粉或葡聚糖聚合物的方法,包括在水解酶存在下,在包含有机溶剂的反应介质中,使可聚合酰基供体和多羟基聚合物反应,从而制得聚合物单体,如菊粉单体,并使单体聚合,最好是二聚,从而制得新型聚合物,如菊粉聚合物。本发明进一步涉及可通过本文所述工艺生产的新型产品、含有这些产品的药物组合物以及本文所述新型聚合物在药物组合物或药物制造方法中的使用。此外,本发明还涉及一种向患者施用活性剂的方法,包括向患者施用本文所述的药物组合物。