Abstract:
A method for MR imaging that comprises conducting the MR imaging after injecting compositions that are chemical combination of porphyrins, chlorins, bacteriochlorins, and related tetra-pyrrolic compounds with radioactive elements such as Technetium99, Gadolinium, Indium111 and radioactive iodine. When the element can form cations, the compound is usually a chelate with the porphyrin or chlorin structure. When the element forms anions, the compound is usually a direct chemical combination of the radioactive element into the porphyrin or chlorin structure. The method uses the compounds of the invention for diagnostic imaging of hyperproliferative tissue such as tumors and new blood vessel growth as is associated with the wet form of age related macular degeneration and methods of making the compounds. Compounds for MRI contrast imaging of the invention are usually Tc99, In111 or Gd(III) complexes of compounds of the formula:
Abstract:
A process for the preparation of pyropheophorbide a and its derivatives, including 3-devinyl-3-(1′-hexyloxy)ethyl-pyropheophorbide-a, otherwise known as HPPH, is provided. The process involves treating chlorin e6, in the form of its trimethyl ester, with a base, followed by heating to give pyropheophorbide a, which is converted to HPPH by treatment with acid, followed by hexyl alcohol under basic conditions.
Abstract:
Purpurin-carbohydrate conjugates and their method of preparation and use for treatment of cancer cells. The conjugates have the general formula: wherein R6 and R7 taken together are ═NR11 or are independently —OR11, where at least one R11 is preferably a mono or polysaccharide moiety and R1-R8 are various groups formed from carbon and hydrogen and optionally oxygen and nitrogen where R3 and R4 may together from a covalent bond.
Abstract:
Novel compounds that either preferentially absorb into hyperproliferative tissue and absorb light efficiently at a wavelength of between about 700 and about 850 nm or act as intermediates for such absorbing compounds. More particularly, the compounds of the invention have the formula: where R1, R5, R9, and R10 are independently lower alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms provided that at least three of R1, R5, R9, and R10 are methyl; R2 is —OH, —OR11, —NHR11, aryl, or -aminoacid; R3 and R4 are independently —COR11 or taken together are R6 and R7 are independently lower alkyl of 1 to 3 carbon atoms; R8 is O-alkyl of 1 to about 12 carbon atoms, S-alkyl of 1 to about 12 carbon atoms, —O-aryl, or —O-heterocyclic ring of 5 or 6 carbon atoms; R11 is alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and R12 is lower alkyl of 1 to about 12 carbon atoms, aryl, or aminoalkyl of 1 to 8 carbon atoms; provided that at least one of R8, R11, and R12 is hydrophobic and together contain at least 10 carbon atoms. The invention also includes method of making and using the compounds.
Abstract translation:优先吸收过度增生组织并在约700至约850nm波长处有效吸收光的新型化合物或作为这种吸收化合物的中间体。 更具体地,本发明的化合物具有下式:其中R 1,R 5,R 9和R 10独立地为1至3个碳原子的低级烷基,条件是R R 1,R 5,R 9和R 10是甲基; R 2是-OH,-OR 11,-NHR 11,芳基或 - 氨基酸; R 3和R 4独立地为-COR 11或一起为R 6和R 7独立地为1至3个碳原子的低级烷基; R 8是1至约12个碳原子的O-烷基,1至约12个碳原子的S-烷基,具有5或6个碳原子的-O-芳基或-O-杂环; R 11是1至6个碳原子的烷基; 且R 12为1至约12个碳原子的低级烷基,1至8个碳原子的芳基或氨基烷基; 条件是R 8,R 11和R 12中的至少一个是疏水性的并且一起含有至少10个碳原子。 本发明还包括制备和使用该化合物的方法。
Abstract:
A method for the preparation of an imide derivative of purpurin by reacting hexylamine with a chlorin or bacteriochlorin having a macrocycle with a six-membered anhydride ring fused thereto, said macrocycle containing a and b rings which may be saturated or unsaturated at R.sub.4 to R.sub.11 positions of the rings and which R.sub.4 and R.sub.11, positions may contain at least one group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxy, formyl, substituted and unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, aryl and aryloxy wherein carbon containing groups may be substituted with a substituent selected from, hydroxy, phosphoro, carboxy, halo, sulfo, amino and ether, to obtain a purpurin derivative; and reacting the purpurin derivative with a carbodiimide to obtain the imide derivative of purpurin. The invention further includes novel imides made by the method.
Abstract:
Conjugate are formed by covalently linking a target-specific compound to pyropheophorbide compound which conjugated are injected into a host and accumulate in tumor tissue to a higher degree than surrounding normal tissues. When the pyropheophorbide compound component of the conjugate is exposed to a particular wavelength of light the compound becomes cytotoxic destroying the tumor or diseased tissue without causing irreversible normal tissue damage. The pyropheophorbide compounds have been shown to have a variety of characteristics when used in photodynamic therapy. These characteristics are further improved when the compounds are bound to a target specific component such as a ligand capable of binding to a specific cellular receptor (e.g. growth hormones and growth factors) or an antibody capable of binding to a particular antigen.
Abstract:
Pyropheophorbide compounds are injected into a host and accumulate in tumor tissue to a higher degree than surrounding normal tissues. When the pyropheophorbide compounds are exposed to a particular wavelength of light the compounds become cytotoxic and destroy the tumor or diseased tissue without causing irreversible normal tissue damage. The pyropheophorbide compounds have shown improved results as compared to drugs currently used in photodynamic therapy. Further, they absorb light further in the red, optimizing tissue penetration and are retained in the skin for short time periods relative to other drugs used in photodynamic therapy.
Abstract:
Pure dimer and trimer compounds of hematoporphyrin are prepared and shown to be effective agents in photodynamic therapy. The compounds of the invention are of the formula ##STR1## wherein each X is independently 1-hydroxyethyl or vinyl and wherein R is H or lower alkyl. The compounds of the invention can be conjugated to targeting substances such as immunoglobulins or to labels.
Abstract:
New classes of photosensitizing compounds useful in photodynamic therapy are disclosed. These compounds are simplified dimers and polymers of monohydroxy deuteroporphyrins, hydrophobic ethers of these monomers, and red light-absorbing derivatives of methyl pheophorbide-a.
Abstract:
This invention describes a first report on the synthesis of certain 124I-labelled photosensitizers related to chlorines and bacteriochlorins with long wavelength absorption in the range of 660-800 nm. In preliminary studies, these compounds show a great potential for tumor detection by positron emission tomography (PET) and treatment by photodynamic therapy (PDT). The development of tumor imaging or improved photodynamic therapy agent(s) itself represent an important step, but a dual function agent (PET imaging and PDT) provides the potential for diagnostic body scan followed by targeted therapy.