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  • Title: 2-[3-(1,1-Dimethylethyl)-5-methoxyphenyloxazolo[4,5-b]pyridine, a new topical antiinflammatory and analgesic compound lacking systemic activity and gastric side effects.
    Author: Bonney RJ, Olson BJ, Bach T, Beveridge G, Goldenberg MM, Gitterman CO, Humes JL, Lu AY, Hucker H, Dougherty H.
    Journal: Arzneimittelforschung; 1985; 35(4):715-20. PubMed ID: 3874629.
    Abstract:
    The substituted oxazolopyridine 2-[3-(1,1-dimethylethyl)-5-methoxyphenyl]oxazolo[4,5-b]pyridine (OZP) inhibits phorbol myristate acetate-induced increases in vascular permeability and neutrophil accumulation in rat ears with ED50 of 253 and 200 micrograms, respectively. This compound is as potent as indomethacin to inhibit UV-induced erythema in guinea pig skin and is an effective analgesic when applied topically to the rat footpad in the yeast hyperalgesia model. OZP is a cyclooxygenase inhibitor with an IC50 of 0.06 mumol/l and inhibits prostaglandin E2, but not leukotriene C4 synthesis, by mouse peritoneal macrophages. This compound is inactive in the carrageenan paw edema assay at 90 mg/kg when administered orally or intraperitoneally, but is effective when injected into the paw. OZP is not a contact allergen and does not cause gastric irritation in rats at doses up to 180 mg/kg orally. OZP is rapidly metabolized by rat liver microsomes in a concentration and time dependent manner. Furthermore, when administered orally, OZP is cleared rapidly in rats with plasma levels being detected only at 5 and 30 min following a 2 mg/kg dose. There was no drug in the gastrointestinal tract of rats 3 h after an oral dose. Thus, this compound appears to be a new, potent and safe topical antiinflammatory and an analgesic agent lacking systemic effects.
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