Design, synthesis and evaluation of alpha lipoic acid derivatives to treat multiple sclerosis-associated central neuropathic pain
Bioorg Med Chem. 2022 Sep 1;69:116889.
Multiple sclerosis-associated central neuropathic pain (MS-CNP) is difficult to alleviate with clinically used pain-killers and so there is a large unmet medical need for novel treatments for alleviating MS-CNP. Although (R)-alpha lipoic acid (ALA) evoked significant pain relief efficacy in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis-associated central neuropathic pain (MS-CNP), this dietary supplement has poor oral bioavailability due to low gastric stability. Eight ester prodrugs of the R enantiomer of ALA [(R)-ALA] were designed encompassing a range of biocompatible hydrophobic and hydrophilic features and synthesized in an effort to identify a prodrug candidate that was stable at gastric and upper gastrointestinal tract (GIT) pH, and that could be released (hydrolyzed by esterases) in the blood to (R)-ALA immediately after absorption into the portal vein (i.e., highly desirable features for pain relief development). These biocompatible hydrophobic and hydrophilic (R)-ALA pro-dugs underwent comprehensive preliminary screening to reveal PD-ALA4 HCl salt (10) as a promising candidate and PD-ALA 7 (8) could be a viable substitute, utilizing enzyme-free gastric and intestinal stability assessments, LogP evaluations, in vitro plasma stability and caco-2 cell monolayer permeability.
Lipoic Acid treats MS neuropathic pain
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