Methods and compositions related to IRM compounds and Toll-like receptor 8
View Patent ↗Methods of eliciting a TLR8-mediated cellular response are disclosed. Such methods include administration of either a TLR8 agonist or a TLR8 antagonist to an IRM-responsive cell so that the IRM compound affects at least one TLR8-mediate cellular signaling pathway. In some cases, the method may provide prophylactic or therapeutic treatment for a condition treatable by modulating a TLR8-mediated cellular pathway.
1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a Toll-like receptor 8 (TLR8) agonist that comprises a 2-aminopyridine fused to a five membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in an amount effective to modulate at least one TLR8-mediated cellular signaling pathway in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
2. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 wherein the TLR8 agonist is a substituted imidazoquinoline amine.
3. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 wherein the TLR8 agonist is a tetrahydroimidazoquinoline amine.
4. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 wherein the TLR8 agonist is an imidazopyridine amine.
5. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 wherein the TLR8 agonist is a 1,2-bridged imidazoquinoline amine.
6. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 wherein the TLR8 agonist is a 6,7-fused cycloalkylimidazopyridine amine.
7. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 wherein the TLR8 agonist is an imidazonaphthyridine amine.
8. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 wherein the TLR8 agonist is a tetrahydroimidazonaphthyridine amine.
9. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 wherein the TLR8 agonist is an oxazoloquinoline amine.
10. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 wherein the TLR8 agonist is a thiazoloquinoline amine.
11. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 wherein the TLR8 agonist is an oxazolopyridine amine.
12. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 wherein the TLR8 agonist is a thiazolopyridine amine.
13. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 wherein the TLR8 agonist is an oxazolonaphthyridine amine.
14. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 wherein the TLR8 agonist is a thiazolonaphthyridine amine.
15. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 wherein the TLR8 agonist is a 6-, 7-, 8-, or 9-aryl or heteroaryl substituted imidazoquinoline amine.
16. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 1 wherein the TLR8 agonist is a 1H-imidazo dimer fused to a pyridine amine, quinoline amine, tetrahydroquinoline amine, naphthyridine amine, or tetrahydronaphthyridine amine.
17. The pharmaceutical composition of claim 10 , wherein the thiazoloquinoline amine is 2-propylthiazolo[4,5-c]quinolin-4-amine.