Publication number: 20040048907
Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to amines. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the amines as inhibitors of a mammalian anandamide transporter. The compounds of the present invention will also find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to asthma, neuropathic pain, persistent pain, inflammatory pain, hyperactivity, hypertension, brain ischemia, Parkinson's disease, spasticity, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, hemorrhagic shock, septic shock, cardiac shock, migrane, Horton's headache, multiple sclerosis, anorexia, AIDS wasting syndrome, organ rejection, autoimmune diseases, allergy, arthritis, Crohn's disease, malignant gliomas, neurodegenerative diseases, Huntington's chorea, glaucoma, nausea, anxiety, psychosis, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, premature ejaculation, and stroke.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 15, 2003
Publication date:
March 11, 2004
Inventors:
Brian M. Aquila, Seth C. Hopkins, Curtis A. Lockshin, Fengjiang Wang
Patent number: 6693123
Abstract: Compounds having the formula
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein R1 is (a) hydrogen, (b) loweralkyl, (c) alkenyl, (d) alkoxy, (e) thioalkoxy, (f) halo, (g) haloalkyl, (h) aryl-L2—, and (i) heterocyclic-L2—; R2 is selected from
(e) —C(O)NH—CH(R14)-tetrazolyl, (f) —C(O)NH-heterocyclic, and (g) —C(O)NH—CH(R14)—C(O)NR17R18; R3 is heterocyclic, aryl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl; R4 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, haloalkyl, halogen, aryl, arylakyl, heterocyclic, or (heterocyclic)alkyl; L1 is absent or is selected from (a) —L4—N(R5)—L5—, (b) —L4—O—L5—, (c) —L4—S(O)n—L5— (d) —L4—L6—C(W)—N(R5)—L5—, (e) —L4—L6—S(O)m—N(R5)—L5—, (f) —L4—N(R5)—C(W)—L7—L5—, (g) —L4—N(R5)—S(O)p—L7—L5—, (h) optionally subs
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 30, 2001
Date of Patent:
February 17, 2004
Assignee:
University of Pittsburgh
Inventors:
Said M. Sebti, Andrew D. Hamilton, David J. Augeri, Kenneth J. Barr, Greg B. Donner, Stephen A. Fakhoury, Stephen J. O'Connor, Saul H. Rosenberg, Wang Shen, Bruce G. Szczepankiewicz, Indrani W. Gunawardana
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