US Patent:
20100284913, Nov 11, 2010
Inventors:
Justin Du Bois - Palo Alto CA, US
John Mulcahy - Stanford CA, US
Brian Andresen - Menlo Park CA, US
David C. Yeomans - Sunnyvale CA, US
Sandip Biswal - Stanford CA, US
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junio - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
A61K 51/04
C07D 487/14
C07K 16/00
C07K 14/00
C07H 21/04
A61K 31/519
A61K 47/48
A61K 38/02
A61P 1/00
A61P 13/00
A61P 25/00
A61P 25/08
A61P 29/00
A61K 49/16
A61K 49/14
A61K 49/12
A61K 49/10
A61K 38/43
A61P 17/00
A61K 31/58
C12N 9/96
US Classification:
424 165, 544251, 5303917, 530350, 536 231, 514267, 4241781, 514 183, 514 11, 514 177, 424 934, 424 935, 424 93, 424 943, 514176, 435188, 977774
Abstract:
Saxitoxin analogue compounds, compositions, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of synthesis of saxitoxin analogues, methods of imaging, methods of treatment, including methods of treating pain, are provided. Saxitoxin (STX), gonyautoxin (GTX), and zetekitoxin, and variant STX compounds bind to sodium channels and are effective to reduce or block flow of sodium ions through such channels. Such channel block affects nerve and muscle action, and may be effective to reduce or block pain sensations, relax muscles, reduce muscle spasm, and reduce wrinkles. STX analogue binding to sodium channels may also be useful to locate, image, or mark sodium channels, and so be useful in studying sodium channels and sodium channel disorders, and in the diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from sodium channel disorders. In embodiments, the variant STX compounds include conjugates having increased serum half-life as compared to STX when administered to a subject.In embodiments, the present disclosure provides a method for alleviating pain in a subject in need of treatment, the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a saxitoxin analogue compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, isomer, tautomer or prodrug thereof, whereby pain in said subject is alleviated.