L-lysine pro-prodrug containing trans-ferulic acid for 5-amino salicylic acid colon delivery: synthesis, characterization and in vitro antioxidant activity evaluation

Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 2010 Jan;58(1):103-5. doi: 10.1248/cpb.58.103.

Abstract

In the present work, we report the synthesis of a new 5-amino salicylic acid (5-ASA) pro-prodrug, useful in Crohn disease treatment, and the evaluation of its antioxidant activity. Using as pharmacological carrier L-lysine amino acid and taking advantage of its intrinsic chemical reactivity, due to the presence of two amino groups, placed on the chiral center and in epsilon-position, we inserted trans-ferulic acid in epsilon-position, through amidation reaction, esterified with methanol the carboxylic group and, finally, submitted the free amino group to diazotation with 5-ASA, principal drug for inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) care. All intermediates of synthesis and the final product (derivative A) were characterized with usual spectroscopic techniques, as FT-IR, GC/MS and (1)H-MNR. Finally, the derivative A antioxidant activity in inhibiting the lipid peroxidation, in rat-liver microsomal membranes, induced in vitro by two different sources of free radicals, 2,2'-azobis (2-amidinopropane) (AAPH) and tert-butyl hydroperoxide (tert-BOOH), was evaluated. Our pro-prodrug could be successfully applied in pharmaceutical field both as prodrug of 5-ASA than as carrier of trans-ferulic acid.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antioxidants / chemical synthesis
  • Antioxidants / chemistry*
  • Antioxidants / pharmacology*
  • Colon / metabolism
  • Coumaric Acids / chemistry
  • Lipid Peroxidation / drug effects
  • Lysine / chemistry
  • Mesalamine / chemical synthesis
  • Mesalamine / chemistry*
  • Mesalamine / pharmacology*
  • Microsomes, Liver / drug effects
  • Prodrugs / chemical synthesis
  • Prodrugs / chemistry*
  • Prodrugs / pharmacology*
  • Rats

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Coumaric Acids
  • Prodrugs
  • Mesalamine
  • ferulic acid
  • Lysine