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EP4577202A1 - Utilisation d'un agent thérapeutique ayant une activité inhibitrice de l'antiport sodium-hydrogène 1 pour le traitement et la prévention de maladies associées à la fatigue chronique, à l'épuisement et/ou à l'intolérance à l'effort - Google Patents

Utilisation d'un agent thérapeutique ayant une activité inhibitrice de l'antiport sodium-hydrogène 1 pour le traitement et la prévention de maladies associées à la fatigue chronique, à l'épuisement et/ou à l'intolérance à l'effort

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EP4577202A1
EP4577202A1 EP23758663.1A EP23758663A EP4577202A1 EP 4577202 A1 EP4577202 A1 EP 4577202A1 EP 23758663 A EP23758663 A EP 23758663A EP 4577202 A1 EP4577202 A1 EP 4577202A1
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  • the instant invention relates to the use of a substance with sodium-hydrogen antiporter 1 inhibitory activity (NHE1 inhibitor) as active ingredient in a therapeutic agent with sodium- hydrogen antiporter 1 inhibitory activity for the treatment and prevention of different diseases, syndromes, disease states, or conditions associated with chronic fatigue, exhaustion and/or exertional intolerance using NHE1 inhibitors.
  • NHE1 inhibitor sodium-hydrogen antiporter 1 inhibitory activity
  • ADDF Diseases associated with chronic fatigue
  • ME/CFS Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • post-vaccination syndrome post-vac-syndrome
  • ME/CFS Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • ME/CFS Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • post-vac-syndrome post-vaccination syndrome
  • ME/CFS Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • post-vac-syndrome post-vaccination syndrome after vaccinations against viruses and pathogenic agents
  • postinfectious fatigue after viral, bacterial, or fungal infections
  • cancer-related fatigue wherein chronic fatigue and exhaustion are symptoms of or are associated with cancer
  • Sodium-proton antiporter 1 also named sodium/proton exchanger 1 or Na + /H + exchanger type 1 (abbreviated as NHE1) or SLC9A1 (SoLute Carrier family 9A1), is encoded by the SLC9A1 gene humans (NFliegel et al. doi: 10.1007/BF00936442).
  • the sodium-proton antiporter (SLC9A1) is a ubiquitous membrane-bound transporter involved in volume- and pH-regulation of vertebrate cells. It is activated by a variety of signals including growth factors, mitogens, neurotransmitters, tumor promoters and others (Cardone et al. doi: 10.3390/ijms20153694).
  • NHE1 maintains intracellular pH (pHi) and volume by removing one intracellular proton (H + ) ion in exchange for a single extracellular sodium (Na + ) ion (Fliegel. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2004.02.006).
  • NCX Na + /Ca 2+ exchanger
  • the high sodium concentration drives the Na + /Ca 2+ exchanger (NCX) as the sodium gradient provides the driving force for the NCX to export calcium (Ca2 + ).
  • NCX exports one calcium ion in exchange for the uptake of three sodium ions controlling cellular calcium.
  • the NCX changes its transport direction (the so-called reverse mode NCX) to import calcium and to export sodium leading to a rise in intracellular calcium and calcium loading.
  • NHE1 is strongly responsible for cellular sodium loading that entails deleterious calcium loading.
  • NHEl-inhibitors typically protect from organ damage in ischemia-reperfusion situations which are due to sodium overload that then causes calcium overload by the reverse mode NCX.
  • the involvement of NHE1 in cardiac pathology has been investigated for decades and it is supported by a plethora of experimental studies demonstrating effective NHE1 inhibition not only in protecting the myocardium against ischemic and reperfusion injury but also attenuating myocardial remodeling and heart failure (Evans et al. doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.04.010).
  • NHE- 1 inhibitors including Cariporide and Rimeporide
  • NHE1 inhibition is cardioprotective in experimental models with reduction in cardiac pathology including fibrosis, left ventricular function and improved survival.
  • NHE1 inhibition leads to normalization of intracellular sodium and calcium, thus improving cellular function; prevention of progressive congestive heart failure; regulation of inflammatory processes; prevention of fibrosis.
  • Known NHE1 inhibitors are for example Cariporide, Rimeporide, Eniporide which all belong to the class of benzoyl-guanidine derivatives (based on a phenyl ring), or amiloride, EIPA (5-(N-ethyl-N-isopropyl)amiloride), DMA (5- (N,N- dimethyl)amiloride), MIBA (5-(N-methyl-N-isobutyl)amiloride) and HMA 5 -N, N- (hexamethylene)amiloride which belong to the class of pyrazinoyl-guanidine derivatives (based on a pyrazine ring).
  • NHE1 is also expressed in skeletal muscle as an important proton-extruder. As in many organs and particularly the heart, NHEl-inhibiton has been shown to inhibit ischemia-reperfusion injury in skeletal muscle in animal experiments. This shows its relevance in calcium-overload induced cell damage that is triggered by high intracellular sodium in skeletal muscle. NHE1 strongly participates in cellular sodium loading particularly during exercise to remove the rise in intracellular protons by a 1:1 exchange with sodium ions. Thus, NHE1 enhances intramuscular sodium influx and sodium load. Intracellular sodium is removed and exported from the cell by the Na + /K + ATPase. If the latter does not work properly intracellular sodium rises with negative consequences for intracellular calcium. The latter can cause detrimental changes in skeletal muscle.
  • the pathophysiology of diseases associated with chronic fatigue (DACF) had been totally enigmatic so that no rationally based pharmacological or therapeutic strategies could be derived or developed. Therefore, no specific effective treatment exists due to a lack of understanding of these diseases and their pathophysiology.
  • the instant invention has been established by a unifying and comprehensive disease hypothesis elaborated by the instant inventor who found that DACF can be treated by preventing the rise in sodium ions in skeletal muscle.
  • the pathological sodium rise in skeletal muscle has two causes: an increase in sodium influx by NHE1 and a decreased sodium export by the Na + /K + ATPase.
  • the increased influx is due to the need to export H + ions that are excessively produced in skeletal muscle due to a poor metabolic situation causing anaerobic metabolism. Lactate blood levels are increased in patients with chronic fatigue. Cellular energetic and mitochondrial dysfunction are present in chronic fatigue, particularly in skeletal muscles. Since sodium-proton-exchanger NHE1 imports 1 sodium ion for the export of 1 H + intracellular sodium tends to rise when the need for cellular proton export is increased due to a poor metabolic situation (in an anaerobic metabolism). Since the activity of the Na + /K + ATPase, which removes sodium from the cell cannot cope with the increased sodium influx by the NHE1, sodium rises in the myocytes of the skeletal muscle.
  • the latter entails unfavorable changes in intracellular and mitochondrial calcium (Ca 2+ ) in skeletal muscle by changing the activity of the sodium-driven sodium-calcium-exchanger (NCX).
  • NCX sodium-driven sodium-calcium-exchanger
  • These pathological ion changes in skeletal muscle play a strong pathophysiological role in the development and perpetuation of chronic fatigue, exhaustion and/or exertional intolerance.
  • NHE1 sodium overload in myocytes of skeletal muscle thus preventing detrimental changes in calcium that worsen the energetic function of skeletal muscle to cause muscular fatigue and many symptoms of ME/CFS and chronic fatigue.
  • non-refreshing sleep is a typical symptom, too, and non-refreshing sleep may worsen the patient's situation, the sleep disturbance is not the initial cause for the profound fatigue and exhaustion, but a consequence of ME/CFS that may further worsen the condition.
  • the present invention provides for a new pathway for treating and preventing DACF by the use of a substance sodium-hydrogen antiporter 1 inhibitory activity (NHE1 inhibitor).
  • NHE1 inhibitor substance sodium-hydrogen antiporter 1 inhibitory activity
  • the term "NHE1 inhibitor” includes chemical compounds, proteins or polypeptides, nucleic acids, ribozymes, DNAzymes, protein degraders, gene therapies, or other such agents, which directly or indirectly inhibit or block the transport activity of the NHE1 protein in a selective or non-selective way.
  • the agent may bind or interact directly with NHE1 protein.
  • An agent that binds to NHE1 may act to inhibit or block the NHE1 activity by any suitable means, such as by blocking the ion binding sites.
  • the NHE1 inhibitory agent may inhibit NHE1 activity indirectly, such as by decreasing expression of the NHE1 protein.
  • the NHE1 inhibitory agent may inhibit NHE1 activity by altering the cellular distribution of NHE1, for example, by interfering with the association between NHE1 and an intracellular anchoring protein.
  • diseases associated with chronic fatigue includes different diseases, syndromes, disease states, or conditions associated with chronic fatigue, exhaustion and/or exertional intolerance. It includes Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), systemic exertional intolerance, exertional intolerance, post-vaccination syndrome (post-vac-syndrome) after vaccinations against viruses and pathogenic agents, postinfectious fatigue and exhaustion after viral, bacterial, or fungal infections.
  • ME/CFS Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • post-vac-syndrome post-vaccination syndrome
  • this term includes diseases in which chronic fatigue and exhaustion are symptoms of or associated with cancer (cancer-related fatigue), fibromyalgia, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Marfan syndrome, Gulf War illness and the autoimmune diseases Rheumatoid Arthritis, ANCA vasculitis (anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA)-associated vasculitis) and Sjogren's syndrome, and other autoimmune diseases with fatigue and exhaustion as debilitating symptoms.
  • diseases associated with chronic fatigue excludes post-Covid-19 complaints, long Covid and post-Covid-19 syndrome.
  • the NHE1 inhibitory agent is a compound that is sufficiently potent to inhibit the transport activity of NHE1 at an ICso ⁇ 50 pM, preferably less than or about 1 pM. Even more preferred, the NHE1 inhibitory agent is sufficiently potent to inhibit the activity of NHE1 at an ICso of from about 0.1 to about 600 nM, in particular, the NHE1 inhibitory agent is potent to inhibit the enzymatic activity of NHE1 at an ICso of from about 0.2 to about 100 nM, preferably at an ICso of from about 1 to about 100 nM.
  • the NHE1 inhibitors prevent sodium overload and subsequently calcium overload in skeletal muscle to prevent unfavorable ionic changes that cause mitochondrial and energetic dysfunction in skeletal muscle.
  • the harmful rise in sodium (Na + ) and ensuing changes in calcium (Ca 2+ ) are prevented by NHEl-inhibition.
  • NHEl-inhibition improves the energetic situation in skeletal muscle by preventing the key ionic, metabolic and energetic disturbance in skeletal muscle caused by a rise in sodium (Na + ) and by preventing subsequent unfavorable changes in cellular and mitochondrial calcium.
  • treat and similar word such as “treatment” or “treating” etc., is an approach for obtaining beneficial or desired results, including and preferably clinical results.
  • Treatment can involve optionally either the reducing or amelioration of a disease or condition, e.g., DACF, or the delaying of the progression of the disease or condition, e.g., DACF.
  • prevent is an approach for preventing the onset or recurrence of a disease or condition, (e.g., DACF) or preventing the occurrence, e.g., after a viral infection like with the Epstein-Barr virus, or recurrence of the symptoms of a disease or condition, or optionally an approach for delaying the onset or recurrence of a disease or condition or delaying the occurrence or recurrence of the symptoms of a disease or condition.
  • DACF a disease or condition
  • preventing is an approach for preventing the onset or recurrence of a disease or condition, or preventing the occurrence, e.g., after a viral infection like with the Epstein-Barr virus, or recurrence of the symptoms of a disease or condition, or optionally an approach for delaying the onset or recurrence of a disease or condition or delaying the occurrence or recurrence of the symptoms of a disease or condition.
  • an "effective amount” or a "therapeutically effective amount” of a substance is that amount sufficient to affect a desired biological or psychological effect, such as beneficial results, including clinical results.
  • an effective amount of a NHE1 inhibitor is that amount sufficient to treat and prevent DACF.
  • a subject is provided with an effective amount of a NHE1 inhibitor.
  • compositions of the present invention may be administered to a subject as a pharmaceutical composition or formulation.
  • pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention may be in any form which allows for the composition to be administered to a subject.
  • the composition may be in the form of a solid, liquid or gas (aerosol).
  • Typical routes of administration include, without limitation, oral, topical, parenteral, sublingual, rectal, vaginal, and intranasal.
  • parenteral as used herein includes subcutaneous injections, intravenous, intramuscular, epidural, intrasternal injection or infusion techniques.
  • Pharmaceutical compositions used according to the present invention comprise a NHE1 inhibitor and a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent, excipient, or carrier.
  • “Pharmaceutically acceptable carriers” for therapeutic use are well known in the pharmaceutical art.
  • sterile saline and phosphate buffered saline at physiological pH may be used.
  • Preservatives, stabilizers, dyes and even flavoring agents may be provided in the pharmaceutical composition.
  • sodium benzoate, sorbic acid and esters of p-hydroxybenzoic acid may be added as preservatives.
  • antioxidants and suspending agents may be used.
  • compositions of the invention are generally formulated so as to allow the active ingredients contained therein to be bioavailable upon administration of the composition to a subject.
  • Compositions that will be administered to a subject may take the form of one or more dosage units, where for example, a tablet, capsule or cachet may be a single dosage unit, and a container comprising a combination of agents according to the present invention in aerosol form may hold a plurality of dosage units.
  • the composition comprising a NHE1 inhibitor and eventually another therapeutic agent is administered in one or more doses of a tablet formulation, typically for oral administration.
  • the tablet formulation may be, e.g., an immediate release formulation, a controlled-release formulation, or an extended-release formulation.
  • a tablet formulation comprises an effective amount of a composition comprising a NHE1 inhibitor and eventually another therapeutic agent.
  • a tablet comprises about 1, 5, 10, 20, 30, 50 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500, or 600 mg of a NHE1 inhibitor, and eventually about 1, 5, 10, 20, 30, 50 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500, or 600 mg of another therapeutic agent if used in combination.
  • a unit administration form of a compound in accordance with the invention in the form of a tablet can comprise the following components: Rimeporide 300 mg, mannitol 223.75 mg, croscarmellose sodium 6 mg, maize starch 15 mg, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose 2.25 mg, and magnesium stearate 3 mg.
  • a capsule formulation can comprise, by way of example, 300 mg of Rimeporide and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, wherein said excipients can comprise one or more selected from the group consisting of disintegrators, fillers, and lubricants and can comprise an effective amount of binder.
  • the NHE1 inhibitor is provided to a subject in an amount in the range of 0.1-1000 mg/day, 1-1000 mg/day, 10-100 mg/day, or 25-50 mg/day.
  • representative NHE1 inhibitory agents that inhibit the activity of NHE1 include: Molecules that bind to NHE1 and inhibit the transporter activity of NHE1 (such as small molecule inhibitors or blocking peptides or proteins/protein fragments/fusion proteins that bind to NHE1 and reduce enzymatic activity), molecules that decrease the expression of NHE1 at the transcriptional and/or translational level (such as NHE1 antisense nucleic acid molecules, NHE1 specific RNAi molecules and NHE1 ribozymes, DNAzymes), and NHEl-directed gene therapies, thereby inhibiting ion transport by NHE1.
  • Molecules that bind to NHE1 and inhibit the transporter activity of NHE1 such as small molecule inhibitors or blocking peptides or proteins/protein fragments/fusion proteins that bind to NHE1 and reduce enzymatic activity
  • molecules that decrease the expression of NHE1 at the transcriptional and/or translational level such as NHE1 antisense nucleic acid molecules, NHE1 specific
  • the NHE1 inhibitory agents can be used alone as a primary therapy or in combination with other therapeutics as an adjuvant therapy to enhance the therapeutic benefits, as discussed here.
  • the inhibition of NHE1 is characterized by at least one of the following changes that occur as a result of administration of a NHE1 inhibitory agent in accordance with the methods of the invention: the inhibition of NHEl-transport activity, a reduction in the gene or protein expression level of NHE1, measured, for example, by gene expression analysis (e.g., RT-PCR analysis) or protein analysis (e.g., Western blot).
  • a NHE1 inhibitory agent is a molecule or composition that inhibits the expression of NHE1, such as an antisense or small inhibitory nucleotide (e.g., siRNA) that specifically hybridizes with the cellular mRNA and/or genomic DNA corresponding to the gene(s) of the target NHE1 so as to inhibit its transcription and/or translation, or a ribozyme that specifically cleaves the mRNA of a target NHE1.
  • an antisense or small inhibitory nucleotide e.g., siRNA
  • siRNA small inhibitory nucleotide
  • a ribozyme that specifically cleaves the mRNA of a target NHE1.
  • a NHE1 inhibitory agent useful in the methods of the invention is a compound that is sufficiently potent to inhibit the transport activity of NHE1 at an ICso ⁇ 50 pM, preferably less than or about 1 pM.
  • the NHE1 inhibitory agent is sufficiently potent to inhibit the activity of NHE1 at an ICso of from about 0.1 to about 600 nM.
  • the NHE1 inhibitory agent is potent to inhibit the activity of NHE1 at an ICso of from about 0.2 to about 100 nM, preferably at an ICso of from about 1 to about 100 nM. Representative methods for determining the ICso for a NHE1 inhibitory agent are well known in the art.
  • the NHE1 inhibitory agent can be any type of agent including, but not limited to, a chemical compound, a protein or polypeptide, a peptidomimetic, a nucleic acid molecule, a ribozyme, a DNAzyme, a protein degrader, or a gene therapy.
  • NHE1 inhibitory agents are small molecule inhibitors including natural and synthetic substances that have a low molecular weight, such as, for example, peptides, peptidomimetics and nonpeptide inhibitors such as chemical compounds.
  • the NHE1 inhibitors useful in the methods of the invention include agents that are administered by a conventional route (e.g., oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous, transdermal, transbuccal, intravenous, etc.) into the bloodstream and are ultimately transported through the vascular system to inhibit NHE1 in skeletal muscles and the vasculature.
  • a conventional route e.g., oral, intramuscular, subcutaneous, transdermal, transbuccal, intravenous, etc.
  • NHEl-binding proteins antibodies, nanobodies or functionally related proteins or protein fragments or fusion proteins like single-chain variable fragments or DARPins (Designed Ankyrin Repeat Proteins) or lipoca I i ns/a ntica lins or other such molecules, that enter cells or are modified/conjugated with other moieties so that they can enter cells, also inhibit NHE1.
  • DARPins Designed Ankyrin Repeat Proteins
  • lipoca I i ns/a ntica lins or other such molecules that enter cells or are modified/conjugated with other moieties so that they can enter cells, also inhibit NHE1.
  • a candidate NHE1 inhibitory peptide may be tested for the ability to function as a NHE1 inhibitory agent in one of several assays, including, for example, a NHE1 cellular assay.
  • examples of antisense inhibition have been demonstrated with the nuclear protein cyclin, the multiple drug resistance gene (MDG1), ICAM-1, E-selectin, STK-1, striatal GABA a receptor and human EGF (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,801,154 to Baracchini; U.S. Pat. No. 5,789,573 to Baker; U.S. Pat. No. 5,718,709 to Considine; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,610,288 to Rubenstein).
  • MDG1 multiple drug resistance gene
  • a system has been described that allows one of ordinary skill to determine which oligonucleotides are useful in the invention, which involves probing for suitable sites in the target mRNA using Rnase H cleavage as an indicator for accessibility of sequences within the transcripts.
  • a mixture of antisense oligonucleotides that are complementary to certain regions of the NHE1 transcript is added to cell extracts expressing NHE1 and hybridized in order to create an RNAseH vulnerable site.
  • This method can be combined with computer- assisted sequence selection that can predict optimal sequence selection for antisense compositions based upon their relative ability to form dimers, hairpins, or other secondary structures that would reduce or prohibit specific binding to the target mRNA in a host cell.
  • secondary structure analysis and target site selection considerations may be performed using the OLIGO primer analysis software (Rychlik, I., 1997) and the BLASTN 2.0.5 algorithm software (Altschul, S. F., et al., Nucl. Acids Res. 25:3389-3402, 1997).
  • the antisense compounds directed towards the target sequence preferably comprise from about 8 to about 50 nucleotides in length. Antisense oligonucleotides comprising from about 9 to about 35 or so nucleotides are particularly preferred.
  • oligonucleotide refers to an oligomer or polymer of ribonucleic acid (RNA) or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or mimetics thereof. This term also covers those oligonucleobases composed of naturally occurring nucleotides, sugars and covalent internucleoside (backbone) linkages as well as oligonucleotides having non-naturally occurring modifications. These modifications allow one to introduce certain desirable properties that are not offered through naturally occurring oligonucleotides, such as reduced toxic properties, increased stability against nuclease degradation and enhanced cellular uptake.
  • RNA interference Double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) can provoke gene silencing in mammals in vivo.
  • dsRNAs Double-stranded RNAs
  • the natural function of RNAi and co- linsuppression appears to be protection of the genome against invasion by mobile genetic elements such as retrotransposons and viruses that produce aberrant RNA or dsRNA in the host cell when they become active (see, e.g., Jensen, J., et al., Nat. Genet. 21:209-12, 1999).
  • the double-stranded RNA molecule may be prepared by synthesizing two RNA strands capable of forming a double-stranded RNA molecule, each having a length from about 19 to 25 (e.g., 19-23 nucleotides).
  • a dsRNA molecule useful in the methods of the invention may comprise the RNA corresponding to a portion of at least one of human NHE1 and its complement.
  • at least one strand of RNA has a 3' overhang from 1-5 nucleotides.
  • the synthesized RNA strands are combined under conditions that form a double-stranded molecule.
  • the RNA sequence may comprise at least an 8 nucleotide portion of human NHE1 with a total length of 25 nucleotides or less.
  • the design of siRNA sequences for a given target is within the ordinary skill of one in the art. Commercial services are available that design siRNA sequence and guarantee at least 70% knockdown of expression (Qiagen, Valencia, Calif.).
  • Exemplary NHE1 shRNAs and siRNAs are commercially available from Sigma-Aldrich Company (product # SHDNA_- NM_002603; SASI_Hs01_00183420 to SASI_Hs01_00010490).
  • the dsRNA may be administered as a pharmaceutical composition and carried out by known methods, wherein a nucleic acid is introduced into a desired target cell.
  • Commonly used gene transfer methods include calcium phosphate, DEAE-dextran, electroporation, microinjection and viral methods. Such methods are taught in Ausubel et al., Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1993. Ribozymes and DNAzymes
  • a NHE1 inhibitory agent is a ribozyme or a DNAzyme that specifically cleaves the mRNA of a target NHE1 or a NHE1 itself.
  • Ribozymes that target NHE1 may be utilized as NHE1 inhibitory agents to decrease the amount and/or biological activity of NHE1.
  • Ribozymes are catalytic RNA molecules that can cleave nucleic acid molecules having a sequence that is completely or partially homologous to the sequence of the ribozyme. It is possible to design ribozyme transgenes that encode RNA ribozymes that specifically pair with a target RNA and cleave the metester backbone at a specific location, thereby functionally inactivating the target RNA.
  • Ribozymes useful in the practice of the invention typically comprise a hybridizing region of at least about nine nucleotides, which is complementary in nucleotide sequence to at least part of the target NHE1 mRNA, and a catalytic region that is adapted to cleave the target NHE1 mRNA (see generally, European Patent No. 0321 201; WO 88/04300; Haseloff, J., et al., Nature 334:585-591, 1988; Fedor, M. J., et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 87:1668-1672, 1990; Cech, T. R., et al., Ann. Rev. Biochem. 55:599-629, 1986).
  • Ribozymes can either be targeted directly to cells in the form of RNA oligonucleotides incorporating ribozyme sequences, or introduced into the cell as an expression vector encoding the desired ribozymal RNA. Ribozymes may be used and applied in much the same way as described for antisense polynucleotides.
  • Anti-sense RNA and DNA, RNAi molecules, ribozymes, and DNAzymes useful in the methods of the invention may be prepared by any method known in the art for the synthesis of DNA and RNA molecules. These include techniques for chemically synthesizing oligodeoxyribonucleotides and oligoribonucleotides well known in the art, such as for example solid phase phosphoramidite chemical synthesis.
  • RNA molecules may be generated by in vitro and in vivo transcription of DNA sequences encoding the antisense RNA molecule. Such DNA sequences may be incorporated into a wide variety of vectors that incorporate suitable RNA polymerase promoters such as the T7 or SP6 polymerase promoters.
  • antisense cDNA constructs that synthesize antisense RNA constitutively or inducibly, depending on the promoter used, can be introduced stably into cell lines.
  • DNA molecules may be introduced as a means of increasing stability and half-life.
  • Useful modifications include, but are not limited to, the addition of flanking sequences of ribonucleotides or deoxyribonucleotides to the 5' and/or 3' ends of the molecule or the use of phosphorothioate or 2' O-methyl rather than phosphodiesterase linkages within the oligodeoxyribonucleotide backbone.
  • Protein Degraders include, but are not limited to, the addition of flanking sequences of ribonucleotides or deoxyribonucleotides to the 5' and/or 3' ends of the molecule or the use of phosphorothioate or 2' O-methyl rather than phosphodiesterase linkages within the oligodeoxyribonucleotide backbone.
  • Protein degradation technologies also decrease or inhibit NHE1 activity.
  • Many technologies are in use like proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs), which are bispecific molecules containing a (here NHE1) target protein binder and an ubiquitin ligase binder connected by a linker or other degradation technologies comprising PROTACs, SNIPERs, HaloPROTACs, HyTs, LYTACs, AUTACs, ATTECs, RIBOTECs, monomeric degraders, double-mechanism degraders, SARDs, TF-PROTACs, dual-PROTACs, SERDs, bispecific aptamer chimeras, AbTACs, GlueTACs, AUTOTACs, CMA-based degraders, MADTACs, ATACs, molecular glues, biodegraders, mRNAs for the biodegrader protein, mRNAs for the biodegrader protein in a lipid nanoparticle formulation, all directed at NHE1 (
  • Modification, complementation, replacement, or deletion of the NHE1 genes in selected tissues also result in inhibiting the respective NHE1 activity.
  • the invention provides a method of treating diseases associated with chronic fatigue (DACF) by administering it to a patient in need thereof an amount of a NHE1 inhibitory agent effective to inhibit the transport activity of NHE1, wherein such inhibition of NHE1 activity is the principal therapeutic mode of action of the NHE1 inhibitor in the treatment of DACF.
  • ADMF chronic fatigue
  • NHE1 inhibitory chemical compounds useful in the method of the present invention all possible stereoisomers and geometric isomers are included.
  • the compounds include not only racemic compounds, but also the optically active isomers.
  • a NHE1 inhibitory agent When a NHE1 inhibitory agent is desired as a single enantiomer, it can be obtained either by resolution of the final product or by stereospecific synthesis from either isomerically pure starting material or use of a chiral auxiliary reagent, for example, see Ma, Z., et al., Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 8(6) :883- 888, 1997. Resolution of the final product, an intermediate, or a starting material can be achieved by any suitable method known in the art. Additionally, in situations where tautomers of the compounds are possible, the present invention is intended to include all tautomeric forms of the compounds.
  • the NHE1 inhibitory agents that contain acidic moieties can form pharmaceutically acceptable salts with suitable cations.
  • suitable pharmaceutically acceptable cations include alkali metal (e.g., sodium or potassium) and alkaline earth metal (e.g., calcium or magnesium) cations.
  • the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the NHE1 inhibitory agents, which contain a basic center, are acid addition salts formed with pharmaceutically acceptable acids.
  • Examples include the hydrochloride, hydro bromide, sulfate or bisulfate, phosphate or hydrogen phosphate, acetate, benzoate, succinate, fumarate, maleate, lactate, citrate, tartarate, gluconate, methanefulgonate, bezenesulphonate, and p-toluenesulphonate salts.
  • any reference to compounds useful in the method of the invention appearing herein is intended to include NHE1 inhibitory agents, as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof.
  • the compounds of the present invention can be therapeutically administered as the neat chemical, but it is preferable to administer the NHE1 inhibitory agents as a pharmaceutical composition or formulation. Accordingly, the present invention further provides for pharmaceutical compositions or formulations comprising a NHE1 inhibitory agent, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers and, optionally, other therapeutic and/or prophylactic ingredients. Suitable carriers are compatible with the other ingredients of the formulation and not deleterious to the recipient thereof.
  • Compounds of the present invention may also be carried in a delivery system to provide for sustained release or enhanced uptake or activity of the compound, such as a liposomal or hydrogel system for injection, a microparticle, nanopartical, or micelle system for oral or parenteral delivery, or a staged capsule system for oral delivery.
  • a delivery system to provide for sustained release or enhanced uptake or activity of the compound, such as a liposomal or hydrogel system for injection, a microparticle, nanopartical, or micelle system for oral or parenteral delivery, or a staged capsule system for oral delivery.
  • Example 1 Ex Vivo Model on More Residual Muscle Force (less fatigue) via Inhibition of Sodium Overload and Detrimental Cellular Calcium Changes and Calcium Overload in Skeletal Muscles
  • Muscle preparation and incubation Female Sprague Dawley rats of 5 weeks of age are used. After isoflurane anesthesia and cervical dislocation the intact soleus muscles of the animals is dissected. The soleus muscles is mounted at resting length in a vertical position between two field stimulation electrodes (thick copper wires) in organ bathes containing 15 mL incubation medium. The lower end of the muscle is fixed to a clip fixed to the bottom of the organ bath, the upper end of the muscle is fixed to an isometric force transducer (Force transducer K300 Hugo Sachs) by a clip allowing measurement of isometric contractions, and a tension of 100 mN is applied.
  • isometric force transducer Force transducer K300 Hugo Sachs
  • the experimental set-up for force measurements allows for the simultaneous recordings from 6 muscles in separate incubation chambers in parallel. Force is recorded and stored with a Notocord HEM data acquisition system.
  • the standard incubation medium is a Krebs-Ringer (KR) bicarbonate buffer (pH 7.4) containing (in mM): 120.1 NaCI, 25.1 NaHCOs, 4.7 KCI, 1.2 KH2PO4, 1.2 MgSC , 1.3 CaCh and 5 glucose. Incubation takes place at 30°C.
  • the buffer is continuously gassed with a mixture of 95% O2 and 5% CO2. Muscles are equilibrated with a mixture of 95% O2 and 5% CO2 in the standard medium for 30 minutes (min) before stimulation.

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La présente invention concerne l'utilisation d'une substance ayant une activité inhibitrice de l'antiport sodium-hydrogène 1 (inhibiteur de NHE1) en tant que principe actif dans un agent thérapeutique ayant une activité inhibitrice de l'antiport sodium-hydrogène 1 pour le traitement et la prévention de différentes maladies, syndromes, états pathologiques ou états associés à la fatigue chronique, l'épuisement et/ou l'intolérance à l'effort à l'aide d'inhibiteurs de NHE1.
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