Enhancement of the brain delivery of methotrexate with administration of mid-chain ester prodrugs: In vitro and in vivo studies was written by Fattahi, Nadia;Ramazani, Ali;Hamidi, Mehrdad;Parsa, Maliheh;Rostamizadeh, Kobra;Rashidzadeh, Hamid. And the article was included in International Journal of Pharmaceutics (Amsterdam, Netherlands) in 2021.Synthetic Route of C20H20N8Na2O5 This article mentions the following:
In the present study, with the aim of improving the permeability of methotrexate (MTX) to the brain, the lipophilic MTX prodrugs containing the ester functional moiety were synthesized. The chem. structure of synthesized prodrugs was characterized and confirmed by FT-IR, NMR and mass spectral studies. Based on the results of in vitro cytotoxic studies, all of the synthesized prodrugs led to decrease in the IC50 in 72 h on U87 cancer cell line and the best result was observed for dihexyl methotrexate (MTX-DH) in comparison with free MTX, which led to decrease the IC50 amount up to 6 folds. In addition, in vivo toxicity on Artemia salina (A. salina) showed that the lipophilic MTX prodrugs have been able to partially mask the toxic profile of free MTX, at the same concentrations These findings were also in compliance with hemolysis assay results, which confirm that the conjugates has not made the drug more toxic. Furthermore, in vivo study in rat model, was employed to determine the simultaneous drug concentration in brain and plasma. According to the obtained results, the brain-to-plasma concentration ratios (Kp values) of MTX-DH and dioctyl methotrexate (MTX-DO) groups were significantly higher compared with free MTX. Moreover, the uptake clearance of MTX by brain parenchyma increased significantly (3.85 and 9.08-time increased for MTX-DH and MTX-DO prodrugs, resp.). These findings indicate that the synthesized lipophilic MTX prodrugs are non-toxic and able to enhance brain penetration of MTX. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, Sodium (S)-2-(4-(((2,4-diaminopteridin-6-yl)methyl)(methyl)amino)benzamido)pentanedioate (cas: 7413-34-5Synthetic Route of C20H20N8Na2O5).
Sodium (S)-2-(4-(((2,4-diaminopteridin-6-yl)methyl)(methyl)amino)benzamido)pentanedioate (cas: 7413-34-5) belongs to amides. The solubilities of amides and esters are roughly comparable. Typically amides are less soluble than comparable amines and carboxylic acids since these compounds can both donate and accept hydrogen bonds. Tertiary amides, with the important exception of N,N-dimethylformamide, exhibit low solubility in water. Amides can be recrystallised from large quantities of water, ethanol, ethanol/ether, aqueous ethanol, chloroform/toluene, chloroform or acetic acid. The likely impurities are the parent acids or the alkyl esters from which they have been made. The former can be removed by thorough washing with aqueous ammonia followed by recrystallisation, whereas elimination of the latter is by trituration or recrystallisation from an organic solvent.Synthetic Route of C20H20N8Na2O5
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