Synthesis study of potential cardiovascular dendrimer prodrugs containing aspirin and rosuvastatin

Author(s)

Andressa Polidoro

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Conjunto das Químicas (IQ e FCF) (CQ/DBDCQ)
• Defense date: 2013-11-13

Examining board members

Elizabeth Igne Ferreira; Claudete Justina Valduga; Carlota de Oliveira Rangel Yagui

• Advisor: Elizabeth Igne Ferreira

Abstract

Cardiovascular diseases can lead to several clinical manifestations such as myocardial infarction and stroke. Those diseases represent the main cause of death globally and this fact triggers a great interest from the pharmaceutical industries. The causes are usually related to high cholesterol levels and platelet aggregation, which are responsible for the vaso-occlusive events. Among the available drug therapy for control and prevention of cardiovascular diseases, the inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (HMG-CoA reductase), popularly known as statins, can be highlighted. Rosuvastatin deserves mention in this class of drugs due to its greater selectivity and potency in reducing the levels of LDL cholesterol. Aspirin, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory, also represents an important drug therapy for treatment and prevention of cardiovascular diseases, due to its widespread acceptance as a platelet aggregation inhibitor. Considering their mechanism of action, aspirin and statin can be used in association for prevention of cardiovascular diseases. This said and taken into account that dendrimers are important as carriers in prodrug design the purpose of this work was the synthesis of dendrimer prodrugs potentially active in cardiovascular diseases containing aspirin and rosuvastatin. Several synthetic methods have been used with the aim to synthesizing the dendrimer produgs composed of myo-inositol or ethyleneglycol as core, L-(-)-malic acid and ethyleneglycol as spacer groups and rosuvastatin and aspirin as bioactive compounds. Some of the proposed intermediates was synthesized and purified successfully. The main difficulties were purification of compounds and selectivy desprotection of protected malic acid. Additionally, computational studies were performed in order to predict the release of those drugs from dendrimer prodrugs (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 11/04864-4 - Synthesis of potential cardiovascular dendrimer prodrugs containing aspirin and rosuvastatin
• Grantee: Andressa Polidoro
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master