EP1926487A2 - Thiazolidinone amides, thiazolidine carboxylic acid amides, and serine amides, including polyamine conjugates thereof, as selective anti-cancer agents - Google Patents

Thiazolidinone amides, thiazolidine carboxylic acid amides, and serine amides, including polyamine conjugates thereof, as selective anti-cancer agents

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EP1926487A2
EP1926487A2 EP06851619A EP06851619A EP1926487A2 EP 1926487 A2 EP1926487 A2 EP 1926487A2 EP 06851619 A EP06851619 A EP 06851619A EP 06851619 A EP06851619 A EP 06851619A EP 1926487 A2 EP1926487 A2 EP 1926487A2
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Veeresa Gududuru
James T. Dalton
Eunju Hurh
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  • the present invention relates to novel thiazolidinone amides, novel thiazolidine carboxylic acid amides, methods of making these compounds, and uses thereof, particularly for treating various cancers including but not limited to prostate, breast, ovarian, and skin cancers.
  • Prostate cancer accounts for 33% of all newly diagnosed malignancies among men in the United States (American Cancer Society: Cancer Facts and
  • GPCRs G-protein coupled receptors
  • LPLs lysophospholipids
  • LPL binds to GPCRs encoded by the Edg gene family, collectively referred to as LPL receptors, to exert diverse biological effects.
  • LPA stimulates phospholipase D activity and PC-3 prostate cell proliferation (Qi et al.,
  • Advanced prostate cancers express LPL receptors and depend on phosphatidylinositol 3 -kinase (“PI3K”) signaling for growth and progression to androgen independence (Kue and Daaka, "Essential Role for G Proteins in Prostate Cancer Cell Growth and Signaling,” J. Urol. 164:2162-2167 (2000)).
  • PI3K phosphatidylinositol 3 -kinase
  • stage 0 in situ melanoma
  • stage IV melanoma metastized to major organs
  • FDA Fluorescence-Activated Drug Delivery
  • IFN- ⁇ 2b interferon alpha-2b
  • a first aspect of the present invention relates to compounds according to formula (I) and formula (II)
  • X 1 and X 2 are each optional, and each can be oxygen;
  • X 3 and X 4 are each optional, and each can be oxygen or sulfur;
  • / is an integer from 1 to 12;
  • R 1 is selected from the group of saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons, saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated O- heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycles, aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to C30
  • hydrocarbons or or-(CH 2 ) m — Y ' where m is an integer from 0 to 10 and Y 1 is a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycle, or saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle;
  • R 2 is hydrogen, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched- chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbon, R 10 — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — or R 10 — hydrocarbon — where the hydrocarbon group is an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched- chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbon, a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, a saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycle, a saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, a saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycle, a saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle,
  • n is an integer from 0 to 10 and Y 2 is a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, saturated or unsaturated N- heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated S- heterocycle, or saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle;
  • R 3 is hydrogen or an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched- chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon
  • R 4 is optional, or can be hydrogen, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon, acyl, acetyl, or mesyl;
  • R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 11 , R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , and R 15 are independently selected from the group of hydrogen, hydroxyl, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon, alkoxy, aryloxy, nitro, cyano, chloro, fluoro, bromo, iodo, haloalkyl, dihaloalkyl, trihaloalkyl, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, acylamino, arylamino, amido, alkylamido, dialkylamido, arylamido, aryl, C5 to C7 cycloalkyl, arylalky
  • R 10 is H(Z)N-, H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— ,
  • a second aspect of the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition including a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a compound according to the first aspect of the present invention.
  • a third aspect of the present invention relates to a method of destroying a cancer cell that includes the steps of: providing a compound according to the first aspect of the present invention and contacting a cancer cell with the compound under conditions effective to destroy the contacted cancer cell.
  • a fourth aspect of the present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing a cancerous condition that includes the steps of: providing a compound according to the first aspect of the present invention and administering an amount of the compound to a patient in a manner effective to treat or prevent a cancerous condition.
  • a fifth aspect of the present invention relates to a method of making a compound according to formula (I) that includes the steps of: reacting an intermediate according to formula (III),
  • a sixth aspect of the present invention relates to a method of making a compound according to formula (II) that includes the steps of: reacting an intermediate according to formula (IV),
  • a seventh aspect of the present invention relates to intermediate compounds according to formula (III) and formula (IV).
  • An eighth aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the carboxylic acid intermediates of formula (III) or (IV) in the formation of a polymeric conjugate that includes at least one reactive amine group.
  • the polymeric conjugate constitutes a polyamine in accordance with the definitions of R 2 and R 10 above.
  • a ninth aspect of the present invention relates to polymeric conjugates of serine amide alcohols, phosphates, thiophosphates, or phosphonates according to formula (V) where R 16 is a hydroxyl, phosphate, thiophosphate, or phosphonate; and R 17 is a polymeric conjugated as described herein.
  • the present invention affords a significant improvement over previously identified cancer therapeutics that are known to be useful for the inhibition of prostate cancer cell growth.
  • Figure 1 illustrates one approach (scheme 1) for the synthesis of thiazolidine carboxylic acid amides.
  • the thiazolidine carboxylic acid intermediate (2a-v) is formed upon reacting L-cysteine with various aldehydes under reported conditions (Seki et al., "A Novel Synthesis of (+)-Biotin from L-Cysteine," J. Org. Chem. 67:5527-5536 (2002), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety).
  • the intermediate carboxylic acid is reacted with an amine to form the corresponding amide (3-27).
  • Figure 2 illustrates one approach (scheme 2) for the synthesis of N- acyl and N-sulfonyl derivatives of the thiazolidine carboxylic acid amides.
  • the N- acyl and N-sulfonyl derivatives (compounds 28 and 29) were synthesized from compound 5 by standard procedures.
  • Figure 3 illustrates one approach (scheme 3) for the synthesis of thiazole carboxylic acid amides.
  • the thiazolidine carboxylic acid methyl ester was converted to the thiazole carboxylic acid methyl ester following a reported procedure (Badr et al., "Synthesis of Oxazolidines, Thiazolidines, and 5,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-lH, 3//-pyrrolo[l,2-c] Oxazole (or Thiazole)- 1,3 -diones from ⁇ - ⁇ ydroxy- or ⁇ -Mercapto- ⁇ -amino Acid Esters," Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn.
  • Figures 4A-B illustrate agarose gel electrophoresis of total DNA extracted from 2 x 10 6 LNCaP cells following treatment with thiazolidine compounds 4 (Figure 4A) and 5 ( Figure 4B) for 24 to 108 hours.
  • the results show the effects of treatment on DNA fragmentation, indicating progression of cell death, hi Figure 4A, the dose and exposure time are indicated for compound 4 as follows: lane 1, 100 bp DNA marker; lane 2, 5 ⁇ M for 36 h; lane 3, 3 ⁇ M for 24 h; lane 4, 3 ⁇ M for 24 h; lane 5, 3 ⁇ M for 48 h; lane 6, 3 ⁇ M for 72 h; lane 7, 3 ⁇ M for 108 h; and lane 8, 50 ⁇ M for 36 h.
  • the dose and exposure time are indicated for compound 5 as follows: lane 1, 100 bp DNA marker; lane 2, 5 ⁇ M for 24 h; lane 3, 5 ⁇ M for 48 h; lane 4, 5 ⁇ M for 72 h; lane 5, 5 ⁇ M for 96 h; lane 6, 3 ⁇ M for 96 h; lane 7, 8 ⁇ M for 48 h; and lane 8, 8 ⁇ M for 72 h.
  • Figures 5A-B demonstrate AKT inhibitory effects of thiazolidine compounds, as measured by inhibition of AKT phosphorylation.
  • Figure 5 A shows the immunoblot results using anti-phospho AKT (S473) or anti-AKT antibodies. The immunoblots were visualized by enhanced chemiluminescence, and changes of relative levels of phospho-AKT compared to total AKT by analog treatment were quantified by densitometric analysis.
  • Figure 5B graphically illustrates the immunological detection of AKT using anti-AKT and anti-phospo-AKT, shown in Figure 5A.
  • Figure 6 illustrates one approach (scheme 4) for the synthesis of 4- thiazolidinone carboxylic acids, and their conversion to corresponding amides by reaction with primary or secondary amines (FfNR 2 R 3 ). As shown in this reaction scheme, different starting materials (where / differs) can be used to prepare various compounds of the invention.
  • Figure 7 illustrates a second approach (scheme 5) for the synthesis of
  • Figure 8 illustrates three approaches for modifying the core structure of the thiazolidinone compounds of the present invention (scheme 6) to afford ring- bound sulfone or sulfoxide groups (steps a and b, respectively), as well as the complete reduction of carbonyl groups (step c).
  • Figure 9 illustrates a process for the synthesis of polyamine conjugates of thiazolidinone amides (scheme 7).
  • Figure 1 OA illustrates a process for the synthesis of polyamine reactants and carboxylic acid intermediates (scheme 8).
  • Figure 1OB illustrates a process for the synthesis of polyamine derivatives of serine alcohols, serine amides, and 2-arylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid amides.
  • Figures 1 IA-B illustrate that Compound 4 (R enantiomer) causes necrotic cell death.
  • SKMEL-188 melanoma cells were incubated with Compound 4(R) at 60 ⁇ M for 48 hours.
  • Figure 1 IB is a pair of graphs that show the DNA content, as measured by flow cytometry, of cells that were exposed to control (left) and Compound 4(R) (right).
  • X 1 and X 2 are each optional, and each can be oxygen;
  • X 3 and X 4 are each optional, and each can be oxygen or sulfur;
  • / is an integer from 1 to 12;
  • R 1 is selected from the group of saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons, saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated O- heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycles, aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to C30
  • hydrocarbons or or -(CH 2 ) m — Y 1 where m is an integer from 0 to 10 and Y 1 is a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycle, or saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle;
  • R is hydrogen, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched- chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbon, R 10 — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — or R 10 — hydrocarbon- — where the hydrocarbon group is an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched- chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbon, a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons, a saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycle, a saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, a saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycle, a saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle, or or - ⁇
  • R 4 is optional, or can be hydrogen, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon, acyl, acetyl, or mesyl;
  • R 5 , R 6 , R 7 , R 8 , R 9 , R 11 , R 12 , R 13 , R 14 , and R 15 are independently selected from the group of hydrogen, hydroxyl, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon, alkoxy, aryloxy, nitro, cyano, chloro, fluoro, bromo, iodo, haloalkyl, dihaloalkyl, trihaloalkyl, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, acylamino, arylamino, amido, alkylamido, dialkylamido, arylamido, aryl, C5 to C7 cycloalkyl, arylalkyl; R 10 is H(Z)N-, H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— ,
  • aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain hydrocarbon refers to both alkylene groups that contain a single carbon and up to a defined upper limit, as well as alkenyl groups and alkynyl groups that contain two carbons up to the upper limit, whether the carbons are present in a single chain or a branched chain.
  • a hydrocarbon can include up to about 30 carbons, or up to about 20 hydrocarbons, or up to about 10 hydrocarbons.
  • alkyl can be any straight- or branched-chain alkyl group containing up to about 30 carbons unless otherwise specified.
  • the alkyl group can be a sole constituent or it can be a component of a larger constituent, such as in an alkoxy, arylalkyl, alkylamino, etc.
  • saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons can be any such cyclic hydrocarbon, including but not limited to phenyl, biphenyl, triphenyl, naphthyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cyclodienyl, etc.
  • saturated or unsaturated N- heterocycles can be any such N-containing heterocycle, including but not limited to aza- and diaza-cycloalkyls such as aziridinyl, azetidinyl, diazatidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, piperazinyl, and azocanyl, pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, imidazolyl, pyridinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, pyridazinyl, triazinyl, tetrazinyl, pyrrolizinyl, indolyl
  • Preferred R groups include aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbons, phenyl, phenylalkyls, substituted phenyls and substituted phenylalkyls with R 11 -R 15 groups as defined above.
  • Preferred aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain hydrocarbons are C8 to C24 hydrocarbons, including ClO to C20 alkyls, more preferably C14 to Cl 8 alkyls.
  • Preferred R 3 groups include hydrogen and Cl to ClO alkyls.
  • Preferred R 4 groups include hydrogen, acyl, acetyl, and mesyl.
  • Preferred R groups are polyamines.
  • the integer / is preferably from 1 to 10, more preferably 1 to 8, 1 to 6, or 1 to 4.
  • the integer m is preferably from 0 to 8, 0 to 6, 0 to 4, or 0 to 2.
  • the integer n is preferably from 0 to 8, 0 to 6, 0 to 4, or 0 to 2.
  • Exemplary compounds according to formula (I) include, without limitation: 2-(4-oxo-2-phenylthiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide (compound 65), N-decyl-2- (4-oxo-2-phenylthiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide (compound 66), N-tetradecyl-2-(4-oxo-2- phenylthiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide (compound 67), N-octadecyl-2-(4-oxo-2- phenylthiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide (compound 68), N-octadecyl-2-(4-oxo-2- biphenylthiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide (compound 69), 2-(2-(l- (dimethylamino)naphthalen-4-yl)-4-oxothiazolidin-3-yl)-N-octadecylace
  • Exemplary compounds according to formula (II) include, without limitation: (4R)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 15); (4R)-2-(4-ethoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; N- octadecyl-2-phenylthiazole-4-carboxamide (compound 34); (4R)-2-(3,5- difluorophenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 23); (4R)-2-(4- cyanophenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 22); (4R)-N- octadecyl-N-mesyl-2-phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 29); (4R)-N- oc
  • Preferred compounds according to formula (II) include compounds 4
  • the intermediate acids can be prepared initially via condensing mercaptoacetic acid, glycine methyl ester, and aromatic aldehydes in a one-pot reaction, followed by basic hydrolysis of the ester (Holmes et al., "Strategies for Combinatorial Organic Synthesis: Solution and Polymer-Supported Synthesis of 4-Thiazolidinones and 4-Metathiazanones Derived from Amino Acids," J Org. Chem. 60:7328-7333 (1995), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety).
  • thiazolidinone amides of formula (I) can also be prepared by a simple and direct method (Schuemacher et al., "Condensation Between Isocyanates and Carboxylic Acids in the Presence of 4-Dimethylaminopyridine
  • compound (IV) where compound (IV) can be either the R- or S-stereoisomer and R 1 and X 3 are defined as above, with appropriate amines in the presence of EDC/HOBt under standard conditions.
  • the intermediate acids can be prepared via reaction of L- cysteine with desired aldehydes under reported conditions (Seki et al., "A Novel Synthesis of (+)-Biotin from L-Cysteine," J. Org. Chem. 67:5527-5536 (2002), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety).
  • the compounds of the present invention can also be modified to contain a polymeric conjugate (i.e., as defined by the substituents R 2 and Ri 0 ).
  • Suitable polymeric conjugates include, without limitation, poly(alkyl)amines, poly(alkoxy)amine, polyamines, etc. It is also well known that polyamine containing compounds exhibit a number of biological activities and have been utilized as chemotherapeutic agents. Exemplary conjugates include those containing the naturally occurring polyamines like putrescine, spermidine, and spermine, as well as synthetic polyamines.
  • a further aspect of the present invention relates to polymeric conjugates of a third class of compounds, polymeric conjugates of the serine amide alcohols and serine amide phosphates. These compounds are characterized by the structure according to formula (V)
  • R 16 is a hydroxyl group, phosphate group (H 2 O 2 PO-O- or HO 2 PO "
  • R 17 is defined above as R 2 contain an R 10 substituent (i.e., R 10 —
  • R 18 is defined as hydrogen, a straight or branched-chain Cl to C30 alkyl, a straight or branched-chain C2 to C30 alkenyl, an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring with or without mono-, di-, or tri-substitutions of the ring, an acyl including a Cl to C30 alkyl or an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring, an arylalkyl including straight or branched-chain Cl to C30 alkyl, an aryloxyalkyl including straight or branched-chain
  • R , 19 and R >20 are independently hydrogen, a straight or branched-chain Cl to C30 alkyl, a straight or branched-chain C2 to C30 alkenyl, an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring with or without mono-, di-, or tri-substitutions of the ring, an acyl including a Cl to C30 alkyl or aromatic or heteroaromatic ring, an aryl alkyl including straight or branched-chain Cl to C30 alkyl, or an aryloxyalkyl including straight or branched- chain Cl to C30 alkyl.
  • a compound of the present invention can be conjugated to a polyamine by reacting the intermediate acid or a nitrophenyl derivative thereof with a polyamine NH 2 -R 2 where R z is any of the R 2 /R 10 groups defined above. Exemplary synthesis schemes are illustrated in Figures 9-11.
  • the compounds can also be in the form of a salt, preferably a pharmaceutically acceptable salt.
  • salts refers to those salts that retain the biological effectiveness and properties of the free bases or free acids, which are not biologically or otherwise undesirable.
  • the salts are formed with inorganic acids such as hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid and the like, and organic acids such as acetic acid, propionic acid, glycolic acid, pyruvic acid, oxylic acid, maleic acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, fumaric acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, benzoic acid, cinnamic acid, mandelic acid, methanesulfonic acid, ethanesulfonic acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid, salicylic acid, N- acetyl cysteine and the like.
  • the compounds of the present invention can be present in the form of a racemic mixture, containing substantially equivalent amounts of stereoisomers.
  • the compounds of the present invention can be prepared or otherwise isolated, using known procedures, to obtain a stereoisomer substantially free of its corresponding stereoisomer (i.e., substantially pure).
  • substantially pure it is intended that a stereoisomer is at least about 95% pure, more preferably at least about 98% pure, most preferably at least about 99% pure.
  • Another aspect of the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions that contain one or more of the above-identified compounds of the present invention.
  • the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention will include a compound of the present invention or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, as well as a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
  • pharmaceutically acceptable carrier refers to any suitable adjuvants, carriers, excipients, or stabilizers, and can be in solid or liquid form such as, tablets, capsules, powders, solutions, suspensions, or emulsions.
  • the composition will contain from about 0.01 to 99 percent, preferably from about 20 to 75 percent of active compound(s), together with the adjuvants, carriers and/or excipients.
  • active compound(s) preferably from about 20 to 75 percent
  • application to mucous membranes can be achieved with an aerosol spray containing small particles of a compound of this invention in a spray or dry powder form.
  • the solid unit dosage forms can be of the conventional type.
  • the solid form can be a capsule and the like, such as an ordinary gelatin type containing the compounds of the present invention and a carrier, for example, lubricants and inert fillers such as, lactose, sucrose, or cornstarch.
  • these compounds are tableted with conventional tablet bases such as lactose, sucrose, or cornstarch in combination with binders like acacia, cornstarch, or gelatin, disintegrating agents, such as cornstarch, potato starch, or alginic acid, and a lubricant, like stearic acid or magnesium stearate.
  • the tablets, capsules, and the like can also contain a binder such as gum tragacanth, acacia, corn starch, or gelatin; excipients such as dicalcium phosphate; a disintegrating agent such as corn starch, potato starch, alginic acid; a lubricant such as magnesium stearate; and a sweetening agent such as sucrose, lactose, or saccharin.
  • a binder such as gum tragacanth, acacia, corn starch, or gelatin
  • excipients such as dicalcium phosphate
  • a disintegrating agent such as corn starch, potato starch, alginic acid
  • a lubricant such as magnesium stearate
  • a sweetening agent such as sucrose, lactose, or saccharin.
  • a liquid carrier such as a fatty oil.
  • Various other materials may be present as coatings or to modify the physical form of the dosage unit. For instance, tablets can be coated with
  • a syrup can contain, in addition to active ingredient, sucrose as a sweetening agent, methyl and propylparabens as preservatives, a dye, and flavoring such as cherry or orange flavor.
  • these active compounds can be incorporated with excipients and used in the form of tablets, capsules, elixirs, suspensions, syrups, and the like.
  • Such compositions and preparations should contain at least 0.1% of active compound.
  • the percentage of the compound in these compositions can, of course, be varied and can conveniently be between about 2% to about 60% of the weight of the unit.
  • the amount of active compound in such therapeutically useful compositions is such that a suitable dosage will be obtained.
  • compositions according to the present invention are prepared so that an oral dosage unit contains between about 1 mg and 800 mg of active compound.
  • the active compounds of the present invention may be orally administered, for example, with an inert diluent, or with an assimilable edible carrier, or they can be enclosed in hard or soft shell capsules, or they can be compressed into tablets, or they can be incorporated directly with the food of the diet.
  • the pharmaceutical forms suitable for injectable use include sterile aqueous solutions or dispersions and sterile powders for the extemporaneous preparation of sterile injectable solutions or dispersions, hi all cases, the form should be sterile and should be fluid to the extent that easy syringability exists.
  • the carrier can be a solvent or dispersion medium containing, for example, water, ethanol, polyol (e.g., glycerol, propylene glycol, and liquid polyethylene glycol), suitable mixtures thereof, and vegetable oils.
  • polyol e.g., glycerol, propylene glycol, and liquid polyethylene glycol
  • the compounds or pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention may also be administered in injectable dosages by solution or suspension of these materials in a physiologically acceptable diluent with a pharmaceutical adjuvant, carrier or excipient.
  • a pharmaceutical adjuvant, carrier or excipient include, but are not limited to, sterile liquids, such as water and oils, with or without the addition of a surfactant and other pharmaceutically and physiologically acceptable components.
  • Illustrative oils are those of petroleum, animal, vegetable, or synthetic origin, for example, peanut oil, soybean oil, or mineral oil.
  • water, saline, aqueous dextrose and related sugar solution, and glycols, such as propylene glycol or polyethylene glycol, are preferred liquid carriers, particularly for injectable solutions.
  • active compounds may also be administered parenterally.
  • Solutions or suspensions of these active compounds can be prepared in water suitably mixed with a surfactant such as hydroxypropyl cellulose.
  • Dispersions can also be prepared in glycerol, liquid polyethylene glycols, and mixtures thereof in oils.
  • Illustrative oils are those of petroleum, animal, vegetable, or synthetic origin, for example, peanut oil, soybean oil, or mineral oil.
  • water, saline, aqueous dextrose and related sugar solution, and glycols such as, propylene glycol or polyethylene glycol, are preferred liquid carriers, particularly for injectable solutions. Under ordinary conditions of storage and use, these preparations contain a preservative to prevent the growth of microorganisms.
  • the compounds of the present invention in solution or suspension may be packaged in a pressurized aerosol container together with suitable propellants, for example, hydrocarbon propellants like propane, butane, or isobutane with conventional adjuvants.
  • suitable propellants for example, hydrocarbon propellants like propane, butane, or isobutane with conventional adjuvants.
  • the materials of the present invention also may be administered in a non-pressurized form such as in a nebulizer or atomizer.
  • the compounds of the present invention are particularly useful in the treatment or prevention of various forms of cancer, particularly prostate cancer, breast cancer, ovarian, and skin cancer (e.g., melanoma). It is believed that other forms of cancer will likewise be treatable or preventable upon administration of the compounds or compositions of the present invention to a patient.
  • Preferred compounds of the present invention are selectively disruptive to cancer cells, causing ablation of cancer cells but not normal cells. Significantly, harm to normal cells is minimized because the cancer cells are susceptible
  • a further aspect of the present invention relates to a method of destroying a cancerous cell that includes: providing a compound of the present invention and then contacting a cancerous cell with the compound under conditions effective to destroy the contacted cancerous cell.
  • the cells to be destroyed can be located either in vivo or ex vivo (i.e., in culture).
  • a still further aspect of the present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing a cancerous condition that includes: providing a compound of the present invention and then administering an effective amount of the compound to a patient in a manner effective to treat or prevent a cancerous condition.
  • the patient to be treated is characterized by the presence of a precancerous condition, and the administering of the compound is effective to prevent development of the precancerous condition into the cancerous condition. This can occur by destroying the precancerous cell prior to or concurrent with its further development into a cancerous state.
  • the patient to be treated is characterized by the presence of a cancerous condition, and the administering of the compound is effective either to cause regression of the cancerous condition or to inhibit growth of the cancerous condition. This preferably occurs by destroying cancer cells, regardless of their location in the patient body. That is, whether the cancer cells are located at a primary tumor site or whether the cancer cells have metastasized and created secondary tumors within the patient body.
  • patient refers to any mammalian patient, including without limitation, humans and other primates, dogs, cats, horses, cows, sheep, pigs, rats, mice, and other rodents.
  • administering can be accomplished in any manner effective for delivering the compounds or the pharmaceutical compositions to the cancer cells or precancerous cells.
  • Exemplary modes of administration include, without limitation, administering the compounds or compositions orally, topically, transdermally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, intraocularly, intraarterially, intralesionally, or by application to mucous membranes, such as, that of the nose, throat, and bronchial tubes.
  • compositions within the scope of this invention include all compositions wherein the compound of the present invention is contained in an amount effective to achieve its intended purpose. While individual needs may vary, determination of optimal ranges of effective amounts of each component is within the skill of the art. Typical dosages comprise about 0.01 to about 100 mg/kg-body wt. The preferred dosages comprise about 0.1 to about 100 mg/kg-body wt.
  • the most preferred dosages comprise about 1 to about 100 mg/kg-body wt.
  • Treatment regimen for the administration of the compounds of the present invention can also be determined readily by those with ordinary skill in art. That is, the frequency of administration and size of the dose can be established by routine optimization, preferably while minimizing any side effects.
  • N-Acyl and N-sulfonyl derivatives were synthesized from compound 5 by standard procedures (scheme 2). Briefly, (2RS, 4R)- 2-phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide (compound 5) was reacted with either acetic anhydride or methyl sulfonyl chloride, in pyridine, to afford the desired derivatives.
  • DU-145, PC-3, and LNCaP human prostate cancer cells, and RH7777 rat hepatoma cells were obtained from American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, VA). Dr. Mitchell Steiner at University of Tennessee Health Science Center, kindly provided PPC-I and TSU-PrI cells. Prostate cancer cells and RH7777 cells were maintained in RPMI 1640 medium and DMEM (Mediatech, Inc., Herndon, VA), respectively, supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (Gibco, Grand Island, NY) in 5% CO 2 / 95% air humidified atmosphere at 37 °C.
  • DMEM Mediatech, Inc., Herndon, VA
  • LPA 1 forward 5'-GCTCCACACACGGATGAGCAACC-S' (SEQ ID NO: 1), and LPA 1 reverse 5'-GTGGTCATTGCTGTGAACTCCAGC-S' (SEQ ID NO: 2);
  • LPA 2 forward 5'-CTGCTCAGCCGCTCCTATTTG-S' (SEQ ID NO: 3), and LPA 2 reverse 5'-AGGAGCACCCACAAGTCATCAG-S' (SEQ ID NO: 4);
  • LPA 3 forward 5'-CCATAGCAACCTGACCAAAAAGAG-S' (SEQ ID NO: 5), and LPA 3 reverse 5'-TCCTTGTAGGAGTAGATGATGGGG-S' (SEQ ID NO: 6);
  • PCR conditions were as follows: After 2 min denaturation step at 94 °C, samples were subjected to 34 to 40 cycles at 94 °C for 30 sec, 60 °C (LPA 1 ) or 58 °C (LPA 2 and
  • LPA 3 LPA 3 for 30 sec, and 72 °C for 1 min, followed by an additional elongation step at 72 0 C for 7 min.
  • Primers were selected to span at least one intron of the genomic sequence to detect genomic DNA contamination.
  • the PCR products were separated on 1.5% agarose gels, stained with ethidium bromide, and the band intensity was quantified using Quantity One Software (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA). Expression levels of each receptor subtype in different cell lines were expressed as ratios compared to ⁇ -actin mRNA level.
  • LPL receptor expression in these cell lines was determined to validate their use as in vitro models (see Table 2 below). 1 ⁇ g of total RNA was subjected to RT-PCR, the PCR products were separated on agarose gels, and relative expression level of each receptor subtype compared to ⁇ -actin was quantified by Quantity One Software (Bio-Rad). LPA 1 was the predominant LPL receptor expressed in these cell lines. However, LNCaP cells did not express this receptor subtype. LPA 3 receptor was uniquely expressed in prostate cancer cell lines. RH7777 cells do not express any of the known LPL receptors.
  • IC 50 concentration that inhibited cell growth by 50% of untreated control
  • IC 50 concentration that inhibited cell growth by 50% of untreated control
  • 5-fluorouracil was used as a positive control to compare potencies of the new compounds.
  • a sandwich ELISA (Roche, Mannheim, Germany) utilizing monoclonal antibodies specific for DNA and histones was used to quantify degree of apoptosis induced by the analogs after 72 h exposure. This assay measures DNA-histone complexes (mono- and oligonucleosomes) released into cytoplasm from the nucleus during apoptosis.
  • RH7777 cells were employed because of nonspecific cytotoxicity of compound 4 in receptor-negative cells as well as receptor-positive prostate cancer cells.
  • ATCAAs 2-aryl-thiazolidine derivatives
  • SRB sulforhodamine B
  • a control cell line (RH7777) that does not express LPL receptors (Svetlov et al., "EDG Receptors and Hepatic Pathophysiology of LPA and SlP: EDG-ology of Liver Injury,” Biochimica et Biophysica ACT 1582:251 -256 (2002), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety) was also utilized to understand whether the antiproliferative activity of these derivatives is mediated through inhibition of LPL receptors.
  • N-Acyl and N-sulfonyl derivatives were less cytotoxic than parent compound 5.
  • Replacement of the phenyl ring with an alkyl or cyclohexyl group reduced the potency (compounds 7 and 8) relative to the thiazolidine (compound 5) derivative.
  • Introduction of a methylene spacer separating the phenyl ring and the thiazolidine ring furnished a compound 9, which was less active than the parent compound 5.
  • the furanyl derivative (compound 12) showed equivalent cytotoxicity as compound 5, but was 3-fold less selective against RH7777 cells.
  • the cytotoxicity data of compounds 13-27 provides a summary of a broad survey of phenyl ring substituted analogs. Examination of the IC 50 values of these analogs demonstrates a greater tolerance for diverse substituents in the phenyl ring. In general, the most potent analogues possessed electron-donating substituents, as exemplified by comparison of compound 13, and compounds 16-18, relative to compound 5. One of the most active compounds (compound 18) with an IC 50 of 0.55 ⁇ M was 38-fold more selective in PPC-I cells compared to RH7777 cells.
  • the enrichment factor calculated (as ratio of OD405 in treated and un-treated cells) provides a quantitative assessment of the degree of apoptosis induced. Initially, only two compounds (4 & 5) were used for this study. Apoptotic activity of analog (compound 4) was selective in prostate cancer cells despite nonselective cytotoxicity in RH7777 negative control cells (see Table 5 below). Analog compound 5 induced apoptosis in PC-3 and LNCaP cells, but to a lesser extent in PC-3 cells perhaps due to lower potency in this cell line. This data suggests that thiazolidine analogs may act as potent inducers of apoptosis and selectively kill a variety of prostate cancer cell lines.
  • DNA fragmentation by agarose gel electrophoresis LNCaP cells were treated with a thiazolidine derivative (compound 4 or 5) for 24 to 108 hours, and then total DNA was extracted from 2 x 10 6 cells by simple centrifugation method, treated with RNase and Proteinase K. After precipication in ethanol, DNA was reconstituted in Tris- EDTA buffer, separated on agarose gels, and visualized by ethidium bromide staining (Herrmann et al., "A Rapid and Simple Method for the Isolation of Apoptotic DNA Fragments," Nucl. Acids Res. 22:5506-5507 (1994), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety).
  • FIG. 5B graphically illustrates fhe immunological detection of AKT using anti-AKT and anti-phospo-AKT, shown in Figure 5A.
  • Control cell line b Prostate cancer cell lines.
  • Control cell line b Prostate cancer cell lines.
  • the reaction mixture was diluted with CH 2 Cl 2 , washed sequentially with cold 5% HCl, saturated NaHCO 3 , water, brine, and dried (anhydrous) Na 2 SO 4 , and solvent was removed in vacuo.
  • the nitrophenyl ester product (compound 100) was purified by flash chromatography (silica gel) using EtOAc/Hexanes to afford 1.76 g (78%).
  • Compound 101 demonstrated more potent activity against prostate cancer cells compared to ovarian and MCF-7 breast cancer cells, with IC 50 ( ⁇ M) values as follows: RH7777 (>100), DU145 (12.4), PC-3 (11.1), LNCaP (26.2), PPC-I (11.7), TSU-PrI (5.0), MCF-7 (>100), CaOv-3 (39.3), OVCAR-3 (39.7), and SKOv-3 (>100).
  • IC 50 ( ⁇ M) values as follows: RH7777 (>100), DU145 (12.4), PC-3 (11.1), LNCaP (26.2), PPC-I (11.7), TSU-PrI (5.0), MCF-7 (>100), CaOv-3 (39.3), OVCAR-3 (39.7), and SKOv-3 (>100).
  • IC 50 ( ⁇ M) values as follows: RH7777 (>100), DU145 (12.4), PC-3 (11.1), LNCaP (26.2), PPC-I (11.7), TSU
  • Carboxylic acids 64a and 21 were synthesized as described in the preceding examples ⁇ see also Gududuru et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 14:5289- 5293 (2004); Gududuru et al., J. Med. Chem. 48:2584-2588 (2005), each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety).
  • Commercially available (L)-N-BoC- serine was converted to TBDMS ether (207) as shown in Scheme 8 ( Figure 10A).
  • the antiproliferative effects of synthesized compounds were assessed against five human prostate cancer cell lines DU- 145, PC-3, LNCaP, PPC-I, and TSU-PrI using sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay ⁇ see Example 5 above).
  • the IC 50 value was defined as the concentration of analogue required inhibiting cell growth by 50% of untreated control.
  • RH7777 and CV-I cells were used as negative controls and MCF-7 cell line (breast cancer) was included to examine the selectivity.
  • 5- Fluorouracil was used as reference drug.
  • the structures of polyamine conjugates and their IC 50 values are listed in Table 9 below.
  • SKMEL-188 cells were cultured in Ham's FlO medium (Gibco).
  • the IC 50 values of seventeen compounds with 50% or more growth inhibition at 10 ⁇ M were subsequently measured on both cancer cell lines as well as on the control cells (fibroblast cells). DTIC and Taxol were assayed in the same way for comparison and served as internal quality controls in the different batches of assay. For comparison, the activities of 5R and 5S were measured. While these compounds showed very good activity in prostate cancer, they failed to demonstrate high activity against the two melanoma cell lines. The results for all three cell types are summarized in Table 10 below.
  • amides were less active than the corresponding alcohols. Heteroatoms on the sidechain substantially increase the potency, but unsaturation on the side chain decreased potency. Second, alkyl amine was about equipotent to the unsubstituted amine, suggesting that cyclization of the amine and alcohol may be possible. However, none of the open chain compounds displayed acceptable selectivity against cancer cells. Third, the presence of the aromatic ring in the heterocyclic compounds improves selectivity and cytotoxicity for the arylthiazolidine- carboxylic acid amides. Fourth, the potency of the compound depends strongly on the chirality at the C-4 position, the substitution on the aromatic ring, and the chain length.
  • the most potent compound identified in this assay is compound 4R, with an IC 50 value of about 0.5 ⁇ M and selectivity over 10- fold against both neoplastic cell lines.
  • LDH release was measured by colorimetric assay and DNA content was analyzed by flow cytometry.
  • LDH is a stable cytosolic enzyme that is released upon cell lysis.
  • Treatment of cells with compound 4R resulted in dramatic does-dependent increase of LDH released to cellular environment (Figure HA).
  • Analysis of the DNA content of control cells shows peaks corresponding to the cells in G 1/0 phase (62%), S phase (32%), and G2/M phase (6%). This is a typical distribution of cells in culture (Ormerod, Flow Cytometry, 3d edition, Oxford University Press

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Abstract

Substituted thiazolidinone carboxylic acid amides and substituted thiazolidine carboxylic acid amides according to formulae (I) and (II) are disclosed where the various substituent groups are as defined in the specification. Methods of making these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, and their use, particularly for treating or preventing cancer, are also disclosed.

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THIAZOLIDINONE AMIDES, THIAZOLIDINE CARBOXYLIC ACID AMIDES,
AND SERINE AMIDES, INCLUDING POLYAMINE CONJUGATES THEREOF,
AS SELECTIVE ANTI-CANCER AGENTS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of provisional U.S. Patent
Application Serial No. 60/700,653, filed July 19, 2005, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
[0002] This invention was made, at least in part, with funding received from the U.S. Department of Defense under grant DAMD 17-01-1-0830. The U.S. government may retain certain rights in this invention.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The present invention relates to novel thiazolidinone amides, novel thiazolidine carboxylic acid amides, methods of making these compounds, and uses thereof, particularly for treating various cancers including but not limited to prostate, breast, ovarian, and skin cancers.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0004] Prostate cancer accounts for 33% of all newly diagnosed malignancies among men in the United States (American Cancer Society: Cancer Facts and
Figures (2003)). According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 230,110 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2004, and 29,900 men will die of it (American Cancer Society: Cancer Facts and Figures (2004)). The incidence of prostate cancer varies worldwide, with the highest rates found in the United States, Canada, and Scandinavia, and the lowest rates found in China and other parts of Asia (Quinn and Babb, "Patterns and Trends in Prostate Cancer Incidence, Survival, Prevalence and Mortality. Part: International Comparisons," BJU Int. 90:162-173 (2002); Gronberg, "Prostate Cancer Epidemiology," Lancet 361 :859-864 (2003)). These differences are caused by genetic susceptibility, exposure to unknown external risk factors, differences in health care and cancer registration, or a combination of these factors.
[0005] Cancer of the prostate is multifocal and it is commonly observed that the cancerous gland contains multiple independent lesions, suggesting the heterogeneity of the disease (Foster et al., "Cellular and Molecular Pathology of Prostate Cancer Precursors," Scand. J. Urol. Nephrol. 205:19-43 (2000)). Determinants responsible for the pathologic growth of the prostate remain poorly understood, although steroidal androgens and peptide growth factors have been implicated (Agus et al., "Prostate Cancer Cell Cycle Regulators: Response to Androgen Withdrawal and Development of Androgen Independence," J. Natl.
Cancer. Inst. 91 :1869-1876 (1999); Djakiew, "Dysregulated Expression of Growth Factors and Their Receptors in the Development of Prostate Cancer," Prostate 42:150-160 (2000)). As long as the cancer is confined to the prostate, it can be successfully controlled by surgery or radiation, but in metastatic disease, few options are available beyond androgen ablation (Frydenberg et al., "Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Management," Lancet 349:1681-1687 (1997)), the mainstay of treatment in the case of lymph node involvement or disseminated loci. Once rumor cells have become hormone refractory, the standard cytotoxic agents are marginally effective in slowing disease progression, although they do provide some degree of palliative relief. Current chemotherapeutic regimens, typically two or more agents, afford response rates in the range of only 20-30% (Beedassy et al., "Chemotherapy in Advanced Prostate Cancer," Sent. Oncol. 26:428-438 (1999); Raghavan et al., "Evolving Strategies of Cytotoxic Chemotherapy for Advanced Prostate Cancer," Eur. J. Cancer 33:566-574 (1997)). [0006] One promising drug development strategy for prostate cancer involves identifying and testing agents that interfere with growth factors and other molecules involved in the cancer cell's signaling pathways. G-protein coupled receptors ("GPCRs") are a family of membrane-bound proteins that are involved in the proliferation and survival of prostate cancer cells initiated by binding of lysophospholipids ("LPLs") (Raj et al., "Guanosine Phosphate Binding Protein
Coupled Receptors in Prostate Cancer: A Review," J. Urol. 167:1458-1463 (2002); Kue et al., "Essential Role for G Proteins in Prostate Cancer Cell Growth and Signaling," J. Urol. 164:2162-2167 (2000); Guo et al., "Mitogenic Signaling in Androgen Sensitive and Insensitive Prostate Cancer Cell Lines," J. Urol. 163:1027- 1032 (2000); Barki-Harrington et al., "Bradykinin Induced Mitogenesis of Androgen Independent Prostate Cancer Cells," J. Urol. 165:2121-2125 (2001)). The importance of G protein-dependent pathways in the regulation of growth and metastasis in vivo is corroborated by the observation that the growth of androgen-independent prostate cancer cells in mice is attenuated by treatment with pertussis toxin, an inhibitor of Gi/o proteins (Bex et al., "Influence of Pertussis Toxin on Local Progression and Metastasis After Orthotopic Implantation of the Human Prostate Cancer Cell Line PC3 in Nude Mice," Prostate Cancer Prostatic Dis. 2:36-40 (1999)). Lysophosphatidic acid ("LPA") and sphingosine 1 -phosphate ("SlP") are lipid mediators generated via the regulated breakdown of membrane phospholipids that are known to stimulate GPCR-signaling.
[0007] LPL binds to GPCRs encoded by the Edg gene family, collectively referred to as LPL receptors, to exert diverse biological effects. LPA stimulates phospholipase D activity and PC-3 prostate cell proliferation (Qi et al.,
"Lysophosphatidic Acid Stimulates Phospholipase D Activity and Cell Proliferation in PC-3 Human Prostate Cancer Cells," J. Cell. Physiol. 174:261-272 (1998)). Further, prior studies have shown that LPA is mitogenic in prostate cancer cells and that PC-3 and DU- 145 express LPA1, LPA2, and LPA3 receptors (Daaka, "Mitogenic Action of LPA in Prostate," Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1582:265-269 (2002)).
Advanced prostate cancers express LPL receptors and depend on phosphatidylinositol 3 -kinase ("PI3K") signaling for growth and progression to androgen independence (Kue and Daaka, "Essential Role for G Proteins in Prostate Cancer Cell Growth and Signaling," J. Urol. 164:2162-2167 (2000)). Thus, these pathways are widely viewed as one of the most promising new approaches to cancer therapy (Vivanco et al., "The Phosphatidylinositol 3 -Kinase AKT Pathway in Human Cancer," Nat. Rev. Cancer 2:489-501 (2002)) and provide an especially novel approach to the treatment of advanced, androgen-refractory prostate cancer. Despite the promise of this approach, there are no clinically available therapies that selectively exploit or inhibit LPA or PI3K signaling.
[0008] Melanoma is the most aggressive form of skin cancer and is the fastest growing cancer currently in the United States (Ries et al., "The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1993-1997, with a Special Section on Colorectal - A -
Cancer," Cancer 88:2398-2424 (2000); Jemal et al., "Recent Trends in Cutaneous Melanoma Incidence Among Whites in the United States," Cancer Inst. 93:678-683 (2001); Jemal et al., "Cancer Statistics, 2004," CA Cancer J. Clin. 54:8-29 (2004)). It is the most common cancer in young adults aged 20-30. Approximately two to three out of 100,000 people per year die from melanoma in the northern hemisphere
(Marks, "Epidemiology in Melanoma," Clin. Exp. Dermatol. 25:459-463 (2000); Lens et al., "Global Perspectives of Contemporary Epidemiological Trends of Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma," Br. J. Dermatol. 150:179-185 (2004)). While in situ melanoma (stage 0) can usually be cured surgically, melanoma metastized to major organs (stage IV) is virtually incurable. Patients with advanced melanoma have median survival time of 7.5 months and the estimated five year survival rate is only 5- 9% (Barth et al., "Prognostic Factors in 1,521 Melanoma Patients with Distant Metastases," J. Am. Coll. Surg. 181 :193-201 (1995); Buzaid et al., "The Changing Prognosis of Melanoma," Curr. Oncol. Rep.2:322-328 (2000); Anderson et al., "Systemic Treatments for Advanced Cutaneous Melanoma," Oncology (Williston Park) 9:1149-1 158, discussion 1163-1144, 1167-1148 (1995)). [0009] Currently, dacarbazine ("DTIC") is the only U.S. Food and Drug
Administration ("FDA") approved drug to treat advanced melanoma, and it provides complete remission in only two percent of patients (Anderson et al., "Systemic Treatments for Advanced Cutaneous Melanoma," Oncology (Williston Park) 9:1149- 1158, discussion 1163-1144, 1167-1148 (1995); Serrone et al., Dacarbazine-based Chemotherapy for Metastatic Melanoma: Thirty-year Experience Overview," J. Exp. CHn. Cancer Res. 19:21-34 (2000)). The FDA also approved the use of high-dose interferon alpha-2b ("IFN-α2b") as adjuvant treatment of patients at high risk of recurrence of melanoma, but a total of four recent Phase III randomized trials failed to detect a survival advantage with the addition of IFN-α2b to DTIC (Lawson, "Choices in Adjuvant Therapy of Melanoma," Cancer Control 12:236-241 (2005); Bajetta et al., "Multiicenter Randomized Trial of Dacarbazine Alone or in Combination with Two Different Doses and Schedules of Interferon alpha-2a in the Treatment of Advanced Melanoma," J. Clin. Oncol. 12:806-811 (1994); Thomson et al., "Interferon alpha-2a Does Not Improve Response or Survival when Combined with Dacarbazine in Metastatic Malignant Melanoma: Results of a Multi-institutional Australian Randomized Trial," Melanoma Res. 3:133-138 (1993); Young et al., "Prospective Randomized Comparison of Dacarbazine (DTIC) Versus DTIC Plus Interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) in Metastatic Melanoma," Clin. Oncol. (R. Coll. Radiol) 13:458-465 (2001)). Several extensive clinical trials have been conducted in recent years with a variety of cancer drugs or combination of cancer drugs, but thay all failed to demonstrate clear effect against advanced melanoma (Lawson, "Choices in Adjuvant Therapy of Melanoma," Cancer Control 12:236-241 (2005); Mandara et al., "Chemotherapy for Metastatic Melanoma," Exp. Rev. Anticancer Ther. 6:121-130 (2006); Kaufmann et al., "Temozolomide in Combination with Interferon-alpha Versus Temozolomide Alone in Patients with Advanced Metastatic Melanoma: A Randomized, Phase III, Multicenter Study from the Dermatologic Cooperative
Oncology Group," J. Clin. Oncol. 23(25):9001-9007 (2005)). Therefore, DTIC still remains the gold standard for advanced melanoma despite its very limited efficacy (Eggermont et al., "Re-evaluating the role of Dacarbazine in Metastatic Melanoma: What Have We Learned in 30 Years?" Eur. J. Cancer 40:1825-1836 (2004); Atallah et al., "Treatment of Metastatic Malignant Melanoma," Curr. Treat Options Oncol. 6:185-193 (2005)). With the rapidly rising incidents reported for melanoma in the United States, clearly there is an urgent need to develop more effective therapeutic agents to combat advanced melanoma. [0010] The present invention is directed to overcoming these and other deficiencies in the prior art.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0011] A first aspect of the present invention relates to compounds according to formula (I) and formula (II)
wherein
X1 and X2 are each optional, and each can be oxygen; X3 and X4 are each optional, and each can be oxygen or sulfur;
/ is an integer from 1 to 12;
R1 is selected from the group of saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons, saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated O- heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycles, aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to C30
hydrocarbons, or or-(CH2)m — Y ' where m is an integer from 0 to 10 and Y1 is a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycle, or saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle;
R2 is hydrogen, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched- chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbon, R10 — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — or R10 — hydrocarbon — where the hydrocarbon group is an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched- chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbon, a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, a saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycle, a saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, a saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycle, a saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle,
or -{CH2)n — Y2 where n is an integer from 0 to 10 and Y2 is a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, saturated or unsaturated N- heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated S- heterocycle, or saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle;
R3 is hydrogen or an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched- chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon;
R4 is optional, or can be hydrogen, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon, acyl, acetyl, or mesyl; R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R11, R12, R13, R14, and R15 are independently selected from the group of hydrogen, hydroxyl, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon, alkoxy, aryloxy, nitro, cyano, chloro, fluoro, bromo, iodo, haloalkyl, dihaloalkyl, trihaloalkyl, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, acylamino, arylamino, amido, alkylamido, dialkylamido, arylamido, aryl, C5 to C7 cycloalkyl, arylalkyl;
R10 is H(Z)N-, H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— ,
H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — ,
H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — O^ — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — ,
H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenyl — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — ,
H(Z)N- phenylalkyl— N(Z)- hydrocarbon— ,
H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — , phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — , phenylalkyl — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — ,
H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , or phenylalkyl — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , wherein each hydrocarbon is independently an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO group, and wherein each alkyl is a Cl to ClO alkyl; and Z is independently hydrogen or t-butoxycarbonyl.
[0012] A second aspect of the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition including a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a compound according to the first aspect of the present invention.
[0013] A third aspect of the present invention relates to a method of destroying a cancer cell that includes the steps of: providing a compound according to the first aspect of the present invention and contacting a cancer cell with the compound under conditions effective to destroy the contacted cancer cell.
[0014] A fourth aspect of the present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing a cancerous condition that includes the steps of: providing a compound according to the first aspect of the present invention and administering an amount of the compound to a patient in a manner effective to treat or prevent a cancerous condition. [0015] A fifth aspect of the present invention relates to a method of making a compound according to formula (I) that includes the steps of: reacting an intermediate according to formula (III),
(III) where /, R1, X3, and X4 are defined as above, with either (i) a suitable primary or secondary amine according to the formula (HNR2R3) where R2 and R3 are defined as above, or (ii) ammonia in the presence of an R2-H containing compound, under conditions effective to form the compound according to formula (I). [0016] A sixth aspect of the present invention relates to a method of making a compound according to formula (II) that includes the steps of: reacting an intermediate according to formula (IV),
(IV) where R1 and X3 are defined as above, with a primary or secondary amine according to the formula (HNR2R3) where R2 and R3 are defined as above, under conditions effective to form the compound according to formula (II).
[0017] A seventh aspect of the present invention relates to intermediate compounds according to formula (III) and formula (IV). [0018] An eighth aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the carboxylic acid intermediates of formula (III) or (IV) in the formation of a polymeric conjugate that includes at least one reactive amine group. Preferably, the polymeric conjugate constitutes a polyamine in accordance with the definitions of R2 and R10 above. [0019] A ninth aspect of the present invention relates to polymeric conjugates of serine amide alcohols, phosphates, thiophosphates, or phosphonates according to formula (V) where R16 is a hydroxyl, phosphate, thiophosphate, or phosphonate; and R17 is a polymeric conjugated as described herein. [0020] The present invention affords a significant improvement over previously identified cancer therapeutics that are known to be useful for the inhibition of prostate cancer cell growth. In a previous report, it was shown that cytotoxic compounds were obtained by replacing the glycerol backbone in LPA with serine amide in five prostate cancer cell lines (Gududuru et al., "Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Cytotoxic Phospholipids for Prostate Cancer," Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 14:4919-4923 (2004), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety). The most potent compounds reported in Gududuru et al. (cited above) were non-selective and potently killed both prostate cancer and control cell lines. The present invention affords compounds that possess similar or even improved potency, but more importantly, improved selectivity, particularly with respect to prostate cancer cell lines. Compounds of the present invention are shown to be effective against prostate cancer cells, ovarian cancer cells, and skin cancer (melanoma) cells.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0021] Figure 1 illustrates one approach (scheme 1) for the synthesis of thiazolidine carboxylic acid amides. The thiazolidine carboxylic acid intermediate (2a-v) is formed upon reacting L-cysteine with various aldehydes under reported conditions (Seki et al., "A Novel Synthesis of (+)-Biotin from L-Cysteine," J. Org. Chem. 67:5527-5536 (2002), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety). The intermediate carboxylic acid is reacted with an amine to form the corresponding amide (3-27).
[0022] Figure 2 illustrates one approach (scheme 2) for the synthesis of N- acyl and N-sulfonyl derivatives of the thiazolidine carboxylic acid amides. The N- acyl and N-sulfonyl derivatives (compounds 28 and 29) were synthesized from compound 5 by standard procedures.
[0023] Figure 3 illustrates one approach (scheme 3) for the synthesis of thiazole carboxylic acid amides. The thiazolidine carboxylic acid methyl ester was converted to the thiazole carboxylic acid methyl ester following a reported procedure (Badr et al., "Synthesis of Oxazolidines, Thiazolidines, and 5,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-lH, 3//-pyrrolo[l,2-c] Oxazole (or Thiazole)- 1,3 -diones from β-Ηydroxy- or β-Mercapto- α-amino Acid Esters," Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 54:1844-1847 (1981), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety), and then converted to the alkylamide. [0024] Figures 4A-B illustrate agarose gel electrophoresis of total DNA extracted from 2 x 106 LNCaP cells following treatment with thiazolidine compounds 4 (Figure 4A) and 5 (Figure 4B) for 24 to 108 hours. The results show the effects of treatment on DNA fragmentation, indicating progression of cell death, hi Figure 4A, the dose and exposure time are indicated for compound 4 as follows: lane 1, 100 bp DNA marker; lane 2, 5 μM for 36 h; lane 3, 3 μM for 24 h; lane 4, 3 μM for 24 h; lane 5, 3 μM for 48 h; lane 6, 3 μM for 72 h; lane 7, 3 μM for 108 h; and lane 8, 50 μM for 36 h. In Figure 4B, the dose and exposure time are indicated for compound 5 as follows: lane 1, 100 bp DNA marker; lane 2, 5 μM for 24 h; lane 3, 5 μM for 48 h; lane 4, 5 μM for 72 h; lane 5, 5 μM for 96 h; lane 6, 3 μM for 96 h; lane 7, 8 μM for 48 h; and lane 8, 8 μM for 72 h.
[0025] Figures 5A-B demonstrate AKT inhibitory effects of thiazolidine compounds, as measured by inhibition of AKT phosphorylation. Figure 5 A shows the immunoblot results using anti-phospho AKT (S473) or anti-AKT antibodies. The immunoblots were visualized by enhanced chemiluminescence, and changes of relative levels of phospho-AKT compared to total AKT by analog treatment were quantified by densitometric analysis. Figure 5B graphically illustrates the immunological detection of AKT using anti-AKT and anti-phospo-AKT, shown in Figure 5A. [0026] Figure 6 illustrates one approach (scheme 4) for the synthesis of 4- thiazolidinone carboxylic acids, and their conversion to corresponding amides by reaction with primary or secondary amines (FfNR2R3). As shown in this reaction scheme, different starting materials (where / differs) can be used to prepare various compounds of the invention.
[0027] Figure 7 illustrates a second approach (scheme 5) for the synthesis of
4-thiazolidinone carboxylic acids, and their conversion to corresponding amides by reaction with R2-CNO.
[0028] Figure 8 illustrates three approaches for modifying the core structure of the thiazolidinone compounds of the present invention (scheme 6) to afford ring- bound sulfone or sulfoxide groups (steps a and b, respectively), as well as the complete reduction of carbonyl groups (step c). [0029] Figure 9 illustrates a process for the synthesis of polyamine conjugates of thiazolidinone amides (scheme 7).
[0030] Figure 1 OA illustrates a process for the synthesis of polyamine reactants and carboxylic acid intermediates (scheme 8). Figure 1OB illustrates a process for the synthesis of polyamine derivatives of serine alcohols, serine amides, and 2-arylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid amides.
[0031] Figures 1 IA-B illustrate that Compound 4 (R enantiomer) causes necrotic cell death. SKMEL-188 melanoma cells were incubated with Compound 4(R) at 60 μM for 48 hours. Figure 1 IA is a graph showing the cytotoxicity as measured by LDH release from the cells following treatment. Data is presented as mean + SEM (n=8), *ρ<0.05, **p<0.005. Figure 1 IB is a pair of graphs that show the DNA content, as measured by flow cytometry, of cells that were exposed to control (left) and Compound 4(R) (right).
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0032] One aspect of the invention relates to compounds according to formulae (I) and (II) below wherein
X1 and X2 are each optional, and each can be oxygen; X3 and X4 are each optional, and each can be oxygen or sulfur;
/ is an integer from 1 to 12;
R1 is selected from the group of saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons, saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated O- heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycles, aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to C30
hydrocarbons, or or -(CH2)m — Y1 where m is an integer from 0 to 10 and Y1 is a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycle, or saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle; R is hydrogen, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched- chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbon, R10 — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — or R10 — hydrocarbon- — where the hydrocarbon group is an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched- chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbon, a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons, a saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycle, a saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, a saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycle, a saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle, or or -{CH2)n — Y2 where n is an integer from 0 to 10 and Y is a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, saturated or unsaturated N- heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated S- heterocycle, or saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle; R3 is hydrogen or an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched- chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon;
R4 is optional, or can be hydrogen, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon, acyl, acetyl, or mesyl;
R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R11, R12, R13, R14, and R15 are independently selected from the group of hydrogen, hydroxyl, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon, alkoxy, aryloxy, nitro, cyano, chloro, fluoro, bromo, iodo, haloalkyl, dihaloalkyl, trihaloalkyl, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, acylamino, arylamino, amido, alkylamido, dialkylamido, arylamido, aryl, C5 to C7 cycloalkyl, arylalkyl; R10 is H(Z)N-, H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— ,
H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— N(Z)- hydrocarbon— , H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— N(Z)- hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenyl — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — , H(Z)N- phenylalkyl— N(Z)- hydrocarbon— , H(Z)N- phenylalkyl— N(Z)- hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — , phenylalkyl — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , or phenylalkyl — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , wherein each hydrocarbon is independently an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO group, and wherein each alkyl is a Cl to ClO alkyl; and
Z is independently hydrogen or t-butoxycarbonyl. [0033] As used herein, "aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain hydrocarbon" refers to both alkylene groups that contain a single carbon and up to a defined upper limit, as well as alkenyl groups and alkynyl groups that contain two carbons up to the upper limit, whether the carbons are present in a single chain or a branched chain. Unless specifically identified, a hydrocarbon can include up to about 30 carbons, or up to about 20 hydrocarbons, or up to about 10 hydrocarbons.
[0034] As used herein, the term "alkyl" can be any straight- or branched-chain alkyl group containing up to about 30 carbons unless otherwise specified. The alkyl group can be a sole constituent or it can be a component of a larger constituent, such as in an alkoxy, arylalkyl, alkylamino, etc. [0035] As used herein, "saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons" can be any such cyclic hydrocarbon, including but not limited to phenyl, biphenyl, triphenyl, naphthyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cyclodienyl, etc.; "saturated or unsaturated N- heterocycles" can be any such N-containing heterocycle, including but not limited to aza- and diaza-cycloalkyls such as aziridinyl, azetidinyl, diazatidinyl, pyrrolidinyl, piperidinyl, piperazinyl, and azocanyl, pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, imidazolyl, pyridinyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl, pyridazinyl, triazinyl, tetrazinyl, pyrrolizinyl, indolyl, quinolinyl, isoquinolinyl, benzimidazolyl, indazolyl, quinolizinyl, cinnolinyl, quinalolinyl, phthalazinyl, naphthyridinyl, quinoxalinyl, etc.; "saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycles" can be any such O-containing heterocycle including but not limited to oxiranyl, oxetanyl, tetrahydrofuranyl, tetrahydropyranyl, dioxanyl, furanyl, pyrylium, benzofuranyl, etc.; "saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycles" can be any such S-containing heterocycle, including but not limited to thiranyl, thietanyl, tetrahydrothiophenyl, dithiolanyl, tetrahydrothiopyranyl, thiophenyl, thiepinyl, thianaphthenyl, etc.; "saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycles" can be any heterocycle containing two or more S-, N-, or O-heteroatoms, including but not limited to oxathiolanyl, morpholinyl, thioxanyl, thiazolyl, isothiazolyl, thiadiazolyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, oxadiaziolyl, etc. [0036] Preferred R1 groups include benzyl, furanyl, indolyl, pyridinyl, phenyl, or substituted phenyl (with R5-R9 as defined above).
[0037] Preferred R groups include aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbons, phenyl, phenylalkyls, substituted phenyls and substituted phenylalkyls with R11 -R15 groups as defined above. Preferred aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain hydrocarbons are C8 to C24 hydrocarbons, including ClO to C20 alkyls, more preferably C14 to Cl 8 alkyls. [0038] Preferred R3 groups include hydrogen and Cl to ClO alkyls.
[0039] ' Preferred R4 groups include hydrogen, acyl, acetyl, and mesyl. [0040] Preferred R groups are polyamines.
[0041] The integer / is preferably from 1 to 10, more preferably 1 to 8, 1 to 6, or 1 to 4. The integer m is preferably from 0 to 8, 0 to 6, 0 to 4, or 0 to 2. The integer n is preferably from 0 to 8, 0 to 6, 0 to 4, or 0 to 2. [0042] Exemplary compounds according to formula (I) include, without limitation: 2-(4-oxo-2-phenylthiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide (compound 65), N-decyl-2- (4-oxo-2-phenylthiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide (compound 66), N-tetradecyl-2-(4-oxo-2- phenylthiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide (compound 67), N-octadecyl-2-(4-oxo-2- phenylthiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide (compound 68), N-octadecyl-2-(4-oxo-2- biphenylthiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide (compound 69), 2-(2-(l- (dimethylamino)naphthalen-4-yl)-4-oxothiazolidin-3-yl)-N-octadecylacetamide (compound 70), 2-(2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-oxothiazolidin-3-yl)-N- octadecylacetamide (compound 71), 2-(2-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-4-oxothiazolidin-3- yl)-N-octadecylacetamide (compound 72), N-octadecyl-2-(4-oxo-2-phenyl-l- sulfoxide-thiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide (compound 80), N-octadecyl-2-(4-oxo-2-phenyl- l-sulfonyl-thiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide (compound 81), N-(3,5-difluorophenyl)-2-(4- oxo-2-phenylthiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide (compound 73), N-(3,5-difluorophenyl)-2-(4- oxo-2-phenylthiazolidin-3-yl)ethanethioamide, N-(3,5-bis(trifiuoromethyl)phenyl)-2- (4-oxo-2-phenylthiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide (compound 74), N-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-2- (4-oxo-2-phenylthiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide (compound 75), N-(2,4- dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-oxo-2-phenylthiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide (compound 76), N- (naphthalen-l-yl)-2-(4-oxo-2-phenylthiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide (compound 77), 3-(2- (octadecylamino)ethyl)-2-phenylthiazolidin-4-one (compound 79), N-(2-(2- ρhenylthiazolidin-3-yl)ethyl)octadecan-l -amine, and salts thereof. [0043] Preferred compounds according to formula (I) include compounds 68,
71, 80, and 81.
[0044] Exemplary compounds according to formula (II) include, without limitation: (4R)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 15); (4R)-2-(4-ethoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; N- octadecyl-2-phenylthiazole-4-carboxamide (compound 34); (4R)-2-(3,5- difluorophenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 23); (4R)-2-(4- cyanophenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 22); (4R)-N- octadecyl-N-mesyl-2-phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 29); (4R)-N- octadecyl-N-acetyl-2-phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 28); (4R)-N- heptyl-2-phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 3); (4R)-N-octadecyl-2- phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 5, R-isomer); (4S)-N-octadecyl-2- phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 5, S-isomer); (4R)-N-tetradecyl-2- phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide hydrochloride (compound 4, R-isomer); (4S)-N- tetradecyl-2-phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide hydrochloride (compound 4, S- isomer); (4R)-N-octadecyl-2-biphenylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 27); (4R)-2-dodecyl-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 7); (4R)-N- octadecyl-2-(pyridin-3-yl)thiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 11); 2-(furan-3-yl)- N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 12); (4R)-N-nonadecyl-2- phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 6); (4R)-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-N- octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; 2-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine- 4-carboxamide (compound 14); (4R)-2-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)-N- octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; 2-(3 ,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-N- octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 16); 2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-N- octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 17); (4R)-2-(4-acetamidophenyl)-N- octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 18, R-isomer); (4S)-2-(4- acetamidophenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 18, S-isomer); (4R)-2-(4-fluorophenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 19); (4R)-2-(2,6-dichlorophenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 24); (4R)-2-(4-bromophenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 20); (4R)-N-octadecyl-2-p-tolylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 26); (4R)-2- cyclohexyl-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 8, R-isomer); (4S)-2- cyclohexyl-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 8, S-isomer) 2-(4- nitrophenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 21); (4R)-2-(4- (dimethylamino)phenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 13); (4R)-2-(lH-indol-3-yl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 10); (4R)- 2-benzyl-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 9); (4R)-2-(3-bromo-4- fluorophenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (compound 25); (4R)-2-(3,4,5- trimethoxyphenyl)-N,N-dioctylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-2-(4- methoxyphenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)- N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-2-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)-N- tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)-N- tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-N- tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-N- tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-N- tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-N- tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (4R)-2-(4-acetamidophenyl)-N- tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(4-acetamidophenyl)-N- tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; and salts thereof.
[0045] Preferred compounds according to formula (II) include compounds 4
(R-isomer), 5 (R- and S-isomers), 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25, and 26. [0046] The compounds of the present invention and their intermediates can be synthesized using commercially available or readily synthesized reactants.
[0047] By way of example, the compounds according to formula (I) can be synthesized according to scheme 4 illustrated in Figure 6. According to one approach, an intermediate acid according to formula (III)
(III)
(where /, R1, X3, and X4 are as defined above) is reacted with appropriate amines in the presence of EDC/HOBt under standard conditions. The intermediate acids can be prepared initially via condensing mercaptoacetic acid, glycine methyl ester, and aromatic aldehydes in a one-pot reaction, followed by basic hydrolysis of the ester (Holmes et al., "Strategies for Combinatorial Organic Synthesis: Solution and Polymer-Supported Synthesis of 4-Thiazolidinones and 4-Metathiazanones Derived from Amino Acids," J Org. Chem. 60:7328-7333 (1995), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety). By substituting glycine methyl ester with analogs containing longer carbon backbones, it becomes possible to prepare compounds according to formula (III) and, ultimately, formula (I), with / being greater than 1 (i.e., containing an alkylene group that is longer than methylene). According to a second approach, the thiazolidinone amides of formula (I) can also be prepared by a simple and direct method (Schuemacher et al., "Condensation Between Isocyanates and Carboxylic Acids in the Presence of 4-Dimethylaminopyridine
(DMAP), a Mild and Efficient Synthesis of Amides," Synthesis 22:243-246 (2001), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety), which involves reaction of the intermediate acid with desired isocyanates in the presence of a catalytic amount of DMAP (Figure 7) (scheme 5). [0048] Further modification of the thiazolidinone compounds can be achieved by, e.g., exhaustive reduction of using BH3 -THF under reflux conditions to eliminate carbonyl or sulfoxide groups X3 and X4 (Figure 8) (scheme 6c), as well as oxidation of a compound using H2O2 and KMnO4 to afford sulfoxides or sulfones, respectively, as shown in scheme 6a and 6b. [0049] Also by way of example, compounds according to formula (II) can be prepared by reacting an intermediate acid according to formula (IV),
(IV) where compound (IV) can be either the R- or S-stereoisomer and R1 and X3 are defined as above, with appropriate amines in the presence of EDC/HOBt under standard conditions. The intermediate acids can be prepared via reaction of L- cysteine with desired aldehydes under reported conditions (Seki et al., "A Novel Synthesis of (+)-Biotin from L-Cysteine," J. Org. Chem. 67:5527-5536 (2002), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety). [0050] The compounds of the present invention can also be modified to contain a polymeric conjugate (i.e., as defined by the substituents R2 and Ri0). Suitable polymeric conjugates include, without limitation, poly(alkyl)amines, poly(alkoxy)amine, polyamines, etc. It is also well known that polyamine containing compounds exhibit a number of biological activities and have been utilized as chemotherapeutic agents. Exemplary conjugates include those containing the naturally occurring polyamines like putrescine, spermidine, and spermine, as well as synthetic polyamines.
[0051] A further aspect of the present invention relates to polymeric conjugates of a third class of compounds, polymeric conjugates of the serine amide alcohols and serine amide phosphates. These compounds are characterized by the structure according to formula (V)
where R16 is a hydroxyl group, phosphate group (H2O2PO-O- or HO2PO"
— O — ), thiophosphate group (H2O2PS — O — or HO2PS' — O — ), or phosphonate group (H2O2PO-CH2- or HO2PO-CH2-);
R17 is defined above as R2 contain an R10 substituent (i.e., R10 —
N(Z) — hydrocarbon — or R10 — hydrocarbon — , where R10, Z, and hydrocarbon are defined above; and
R18 is defined as hydrogen, a straight or branched-chain Cl to C30 alkyl, a straight or branched-chain C2 to C30 alkenyl, an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring with or without mono-, di-, or tri-substitutions of the ring, an acyl including a Cl to C30 alkyl or an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring, an arylalkyl including straight or branched-chain Cl to C30 alkyl, an aryloxyalkyl including straight or branched-chain
Cl to C30 alkyl,
R , 19 and R >20 are independently hydrogen, a straight or branched-chain Cl to C30 alkyl, a straight or branched-chain C2 to C30 alkenyl, an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring with or without mono-, di-, or tri-substitutions of the ring, an acyl including a Cl to C30 alkyl or aromatic or heteroaromatic ring, an aryl alkyl including straight or branched-chain Cl to C30 alkyl, or an aryloxyalkyl including straight or branched- chain Cl to C30 alkyl.
[0052] The synthesis of the serine amide alcohols, phosphates, phosphonates, and thiophosphates has been previously described in U.S. Patent No. 6,875,757 to Miller et al.; U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 10/963,085 to Miller et al.; and Gududuru et al., "Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Cytotoxic
Phospholipids for Prostate Cancer," Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 14(19):4919-4923 (2004), each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. The polymeric conjugates of these compounds can be prepared as described below and as demonstrated in the examples, infra. [0053] According to one approach, a compound of the present invention can be conjugated to a polyamine by reacting the intermediate acid or a nitrophenyl derivative thereof with a polyamine NH2-R2 where Rzis any of the R2/R10 groups defined above. Exemplary synthesis schemes are illustrated in Figures 9-11. [0054] The compounds can also be in the form of a salt, preferably a pharmaceutically acceptable salt. The term "pharmaceutically acceptable salt" refers to those salts that retain the biological effectiveness and properties of the free bases or free acids, which are not biologically or otherwise undesirable. The salts are formed with inorganic acids such as hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, phosphoric acid and the like, and organic acids such as acetic acid, propionic acid, glycolic acid, pyruvic acid, oxylic acid, maleic acid, malonic acid, succinic acid, fumaric acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, benzoic acid, cinnamic acid, mandelic acid, methanesulfonic acid, ethanesulfonic acid, p-toluenesulfonic acid, salicylic acid, N- acetyl cysteine and the like. Other salts are known to those of skill in the art and can readily be adapted for use in accordance with the present invention. [0055] The compounds of the present invention can be present in the form of a racemic mixture, containing substantially equivalent amounts of stereoisomers. In another embodiment, the compounds of the present invention can be prepared or otherwise isolated, using known procedures, to obtain a stereoisomer substantially free of its corresponding stereoisomer (i.e., substantially pure). By substantially pure, it is intended that a stereoisomer is at least about 95% pure, more preferably at least about 98% pure, most preferably at least about 99% pure. [0056] Another aspect of the present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions that contain one or more of the above-identified compounds of the present invention. Typically, the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention will include a compound of the present invention or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, as well as a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The term "pharmaceutically acceptable carrier" refers to any suitable adjuvants, carriers, excipients, or stabilizers, and can be in solid or liquid form such as, tablets, capsules, powders, solutions, suspensions, or emulsions.
[0057] Typically, the composition will contain from about 0.01 to 99 percent, preferably from about 20 to 75 percent of active compound(s), together with the adjuvants, carriers and/or excipients. For example, application to mucous membranes can be achieved with an aerosol spray containing small particles of a compound of this invention in a spray or dry powder form.
[0058] The solid unit dosage forms can be of the conventional type. The solid form can be a capsule and the like, such as an ordinary gelatin type containing the compounds of the present invention and a carrier, for example, lubricants and inert fillers such as, lactose, sucrose, or cornstarch. In another embodiment, these compounds are tableted with conventional tablet bases such as lactose, sucrose, or cornstarch in combination with binders like acacia, cornstarch, or gelatin, disintegrating agents, such as cornstarch, potato starch, or alginic acid, and a lubricant, like stearic acid or magnesium stearate.
[0059] The tablets, capsules, and the like can also contain a binder such as gum tragacanth, acacia, corn starch, or gelatin; excipients such as dicalcium phosphate; a disintegrating agent such as corn starch, potato starch, alginic acid; a lubricant such as magnesium stearate; and a sweetening agent such as sucrose, lactose, or saccharin. When the dosage unit form is a capsule, it can contain, in addition to materials of the above type, a liquid carrier such as a fatty oil. [0060] Various other materials may be present as coatings or to modify the physical form of the dosage unit. For instance, tablets can be coated with shellac, sugar, or both. A syrup can contain, in addition to active ingredient, sucrose as a sweetening agent, methyl and propylparabens as preservatives, a dye, and flavoring such as cherry or orange flavor. [0061] For oral therapeutic administration, these active compounds can be incorporated with excipients and used in the form of tablets, capsules, elixirs, suspensions, syrups, and the like. Such compositions and preparations should contain at least 0.1% of active compound. The percentage of the compound in these compositions can, of course, be varied and can conveniently be between about 2% to about 60% of the weight of the unit. The amount of active compound in such therapeutically useful compositions is such that a suitable dosage will be obtained. Preferred compositions according to the present invention are prepared so that an oral dosage unit contains between about 1 mg and 800 mg of active compound. [0062] The active compounds of the present invention may be orally administered, for example, with an inert diluent, or with an assimilable edible carrier, or they can be enclosed in hard or soft shell capsules, or they can be compressed into tablets, or they can be incorporated directly with the food of the diet. [0063] The pharmaceutical forms suitable for injectable use include sterile aqueous solutions or dispersions and sterile powders for the extemporaneous preparation of sterile injectable solutions or dispersions, hi all cases, the form should be sterile and should be fluid to the extent that easy syringability exists. It should be stable under the conditions of manufacture and storage and should be preserved against the contaminating action of microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi. The carrier can be a solvent or dispersion medium containing, for example, water, ethanol, polyol (e.g., glycerol, propylene glycol, and liquid polyethylene glycol), suitable mixtures thereof, and vegetable oils.
[0064] The compounds or pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention may also be administered in injectable dosages by solution or suspension of these materials in a physiologically acceptable diluent with a pharmaceutical adjuvant, carrier or excipient. Such adjuvants, carriers and/or excipients include, but are not limited to, sterile liquids, such as water and oils, with or without the addition of a surfactant and other pharmaceutically and physiologically acceptable components. Illustrative oils are those of petroleum, animal, vegetable, or synthetic origin, for example, peanut oil, soybean oil, or mineral oil. In general, water, saline, aqueous dextrose and related sugar solution, and glycols, such as propylene glycol or polyethylene glycol, are preferred liquid carriers, particularly for injectable solutions.
[0065] These active compounds may also be administered parenterally.
Solutions or suspensions of these active compounds can be prepared in water suitably mixed with a surfactant such as hydroxypropyl cellulose. Dispersions can also be prepared in glycerol, liquid polyethylene glycols, and mixtures thereof in oils. Illustrative oils are those of petroleum, animal, vegetable, or synthetic origin, for example, peanut oil, soybean oil, or mineral oil. In general, water, saline, aqueous dextrose and related sugar solution, and glycols such as, propylene glycol or polyethylene glycol, are preferred liquid carriers, particularly for injectable solutions. Under ordinary conditions of storage and use, these preparations contain a preservative to prevent the growth of microorganisms.
[0066] For use as aerosols, the compounds of the present invention in solution or suspension may be packaged in a pressurized aerosol container together with suitable propellants, for example, hydrocarbon propellants like propane, butane, or isobutane with conventional adjuvants. The materials of the present invention also may be administered in a non-pressurized form such as in a nebulizer or atomizer. [0067] The compounds of the present invention are particularly useful in the treatment or prevention of various forms of cancer, particularly prostate cancer, breast cancer, ovarian, and skin cancer (e.g., melanoma). It is believed that other forms of cancer will likewise be treatable or preventable upon administration of the compounds or compositions of the present invention to a patient. Preferred compounds of the present invention are selectively disruptive to cancer cells, causing ablation of cancer cells but not normal cells. Significantly, harm to normal cells is minimized because the cancer cells are susceptible to disruption at much lower concentrations of the compounds of the present invention.
[0068] Thus, a further aspect of the present invention relates to a method of destroying a cancerous cell that includes: providing a compound of the present invention and then contacting a cancerous cell with the compound under conditions effective to destroy the contacted cancerous cell. According to various embodiments of destroying the cancerous cells, the cells to be destroyed can be located either in vivo or ex vivo (i.e., in culture). [0069] A still further aspect of the present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing a cancerous condition that includes: providing a compound of the present invention and then administering an effective amount of the compound to a patient in a manner effective to treat or prevent a cancerous condition. [0070] According to one embodiment, the patient to be treated is characterized by the presence of a precancerous condition, and the administering of the compound is effective to prevent development of the precancerous condition into the cancerous condition. This can occur by destroying the precancerous cell prior to or concurrent with its further development into a cancerous state. [0071] According to another embodiment, the patient to be treated is characterized by the presence of a cancerous condition, and the administering of the compound is effective either to cause regression of the cancerous condition or to inhibit growth of the cancerous condition. This preferably occurs by destroying cancer cells, regardless of their location in the patient body. That is, whether the cancer cells are located at a primary tumor site or whether the cancer cells have metastasized and created secondary tumors within the patient body.
[0072] As used herein, patient refers to any mammalian patient, including without limitation, humans and other primates, dogs, cats, horses, cows, sheep, pigs, rats, mice, and other rodents. [0073] When administering the compounds of the present invention, they can be administered systemically or, alternatively, they can be administered directly to a specific site where cancer cells or precancerous cells are present. Thus, administering can be accomplished in any manner effective for delivering the compounds or the pharmaceutical compositions to the cancer cells or precancerous cells. Exemplary modes of administration include, without limitation, administering the compounds or compositions orally, topically, transdermally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, intraocularly, intraarterially, intralesionally, or by application to mucous membranes, such as, that of the nose, throat, and bronchial tubes.
[0074] When the compounds or pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention are administered to treat or prevent a cancerous condition, the pharmaceutical composition can also contain, or can be administered in conjunction with, other therapeutic agents or treatment regimen presently known or hereafter developed for the treatment of various types of cancer. Examples of other therapeutic agents or treatment regimen include, without limitation, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, surgical intervention, and combinations thereof. [0075] Compositions within the scope of this invention include all compositions wherein the compound of the present invention is contained in an amount effective to achieve its intended purpose. While individual needs may vary, determination of optimal ranges of effective amounts of each component is within the skill of the art. Typical dosages comprise about 0.01 to about 100 mg/kg-body wt. The preferred dosages comprise about 0.1 to about 100 mg/kg-body wt. The most preferred dosages comprise about 1 to about 100 mg/kg-body wt. Treatment regimen for the administration of the compounds of the present invention can also be determined readily by those with ordinary skill in art. That is, the frequency of administration and size of the dose can be established by routine optimization, preferably while minimizing any side effects.
EXAMPLES
[0076] The Examples set forth below are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit, in any way, the scope of the present invention.
Example 1 - Synthesis of Thiazolidine Carboxylic Acid Amides
[0077] All reagents and solvents used were reagent grade or were purified by standard methods before use. Moisture-sensitive reactions were carried under an argon atmosphere. Progress of the reactions was followed by thin-layer chromatography (TLC) analysis. Flash column chromatography was carried out using silica gel (200-425 mesh) supplied by Fisher. Melting points were measured in open capillary tubes on a Thomas-Hoover melting point apparatus and are uncorrected. All compounds were characterized by NMR and MS (ESI). 1H NMR spectra were recorded on a Bruker 300 instrument. Chemical shifts are reported as δ values relative to Me4Si as internal standard. Mass spectra were obtained in the electrospray (ES) mode using Esquire- LC (Bruker) spectrometer. Elemental analyses were performed by Atlantic Microlab Inc. (Norcross, GA). [0078] All the compounds described in this study were prepared following straightforward chemistry. Reaction of L-cysteine with various aldehydes under reported conditions (Seki et al., "A Novel Synthesis of (+)-Biotin from L-Cysteine," J. Org. Chem. 67:5527-5536 (2002), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety) afforded corresponding acids (Figure 1 , 2a-v), which were isolated as diastereomeric mixtures. These mixtures were used directly for the formation of corresponding amides by reacting with appropriate alkyl amines using EDC/HOBt as shown in Scheme 1. All compounds thus prepared were characterized as diastereomeric mixtures (Table 1). [0079] A mixture of appropriate carboxylic acid (Figure 1 , 2a-2v, 0.3-0.5 g), EDC (1.25 equiv) and HOBt (1 equiv) in CH2Cl2 (25-50 mL) was stirred for 10 min. To this solution, appropriate alkyl amine (1 equiv) was added and stirring continued at room temperature for 6-8 h. Reaction mixture was diluted with CH2Cl2 (100-150 mL) and sequentially washed with water, satd. NaHCO3, brine and dried over Na2SO4. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure to yield a crude solid, which was purified by column chromatography. The purified compounds (3-6, 12, 15-18 & 27) were converted to corresponding hydrochlorides using 2M HClZEt2O. [0080] (2RS, 4R)-2-Phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid heptylamide
Hydrochloride (compound 3-HCl): 1H NMR (DMSO-<4) δ 8.72 (s, IH), 7.65 (m, 2H), 7.43 (m, 3H), 5.89 (s, 0.6H), 5.84 (s, 0.4H), 4.66 (t, J= 6.3 Hz, 0.6H), 4.46 (t, J = 6.9 Hz, 0.4H), 3.55-3.71 (m, IH), 3.24-3.34 (m, IH), 3.13 (d, J = 5.7 Hz, 2H), 1.44 (m, 2H), 1.25 (s, 8H), 0.83 (t, J= 6.9 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for Ci7H27N2OS 307.47 (M+l), obsd 307.10. [0081] (2RS, 47?)-2-Phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid tetradecylamide
Hydrochloride (compound 4-HCl): 1H NMR (DMSO-J6) δ 8.69 (m, IH), 7.64-7.71 (m, 2H), 7.45 (m, 3H), 5.89 (s, 0.6H), 5.84 (s, 0.4H), 4.67 (t, J= 6.6 Hz, 0.6H), 4.47 (t, J= 7.2 Hz, 0.4H), 3.55-3.71 (m, IH), 3.25-3.35 (m, IH), 3.10-3.16 (m, 2H), 1.44 (m, 2H), 1.23 (s, 22H), 0.85 (t, J= 6.3 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C24H40N2OS 404.65 (M+), obsd 427.30 (M+Na).
[0082] (2RS, 4Λ)-2-Phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide
Hydrochloride (compound 5-HCl): 1H NMR (DMSO-J6) δ 8.59 (d, J= 5.1 Hz, IH), 7.63 (d, J= 3.9 Hz, 2H), 7.42-7.47 (m, 3H), 5.86 (s, 0.6H), 5.81(s, 0.4H), 4.60 (t, J = 6.3 Hz, 0.6H), 4.39 (t, J= 6.9 Hz, 0.4H), 3.52-3.66 (m, IH), 3.24-3.30 (m, IH), 3.10- 3.16 (m, 2H), 1.42 (m, 2H), 1.23 (s, 30H), 0.85 (t, J= 6.3 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C28H49N2OS 461.76 (M+l), obsd 461.50.
[0083] (2RS, 4i?)-2-Phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid nonadecylamide
Hydrochloride (compound 6 HC1): 1H NMR (DMSO-Jn) δ 8.51 (s, IH), 7.62 (m, 2H), 7.41-7.46 (m, 3H), 5.83 (s, 0.6H), 5.78 (s, 0.4H), 4.53 (m, 0.6H), 4.32 (m, 0.4H), 3.48-3.61 (m, IH), 3.24-3.29 (m, IH), 3.11-3.15 (m, 2H), 1.43 (m, 2H), 1.23 (s, 32H), 0.85 (t, J= 6.3 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C29H50N2OS 474.79 (M+), obsd 497.40 (M+Na). [0084] (2RS, 4/?)-2-Dodecylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide (compound 7): 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.18 (m, IH), 4.20-4.27 (m, IH), 3.79 (m, 0.3H), 3.54-3.59 (m, 0.7H), 3.08-3.34 (m, 4H), 1.65-1.78 (m, 2H), 1.43-1.51 (m, 4H), 1.27 (brs, 48H), 0.89 (t, J= 6 Hz, 6H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C34H69N2OS 553.98 (M+l), obsd 553.60. [0085] (2RS, 47?)-2-Cyclohexylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide (compound 8): 1E NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.17 (m, IH), 4.10-4.20 (m, IH), 3.76 (m, 0.3H),
3.54 (dd, J= 11.1, 3.6 Hz, 0.7H), 2.97-3.34 (m, 4H), 2.02 (m, IH), 1.68-1.78 (m, 4H), 1.48-1.54 (m, 2H), 1.27 (brs, 36H), 0.87 (t, J= 6.9 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C28H55N2OS 467.81 (M+l), obsd 467.60.
[0086] (2RS, 4JR)-2-Benzylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide (compound 9): 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.28-7.33 (m, 5H), 7.03 (s, 0.7H), 6.48 (s, 0.3H),
4.55 (brs, 0.5H), 4.18 (brs, 0.5H), 3.82 (brs, 0.3H), 3.54 (dd, J= 11.1, 3.6 Hz, 0.7H), 2.99-3.31 (m, 6H), 1.46-1.51 (m, 2H), 1.27 (brs, 30H), 0.89 (t, J= 6.3 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C29H50N2OS 475.79 (M+l), obsd 475.50. [0087] (2RS, 4/?)-2-(lH-Indol-3yl)-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide (compound 10): 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.86 (m, 0.6Η), 7.77 (m, 0.4H), 7.41-7.48 (m, 4H), 7.29-7.34 (m, IH), 6.0 (s, 0.3H), 5.69 (s, 0.7H), 4.37-4.41 (m, 0.5H), 3.76 (dd, J= 11.1, 4.2 Hz, 0.5H), 3.23-3.52 (m, 3H), 2.79-3.04 (m, IH), 1.43 (m, 2H), 1.27 (s, 30H), 0.89 (t, J= 6.6 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C30H50N3OS 500.80 (M+l), obsd 500.60. [0088] (2RS, 4i?)-2-Pyridin-3-yl-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide (compound 11): 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 8.74 (d, J= 2.1 Hz, IH), 8.60 (d, J= 4.8 Hz, IH), 7.84 (d, J= 7.8 Hz, IH), 7.31-7.36 (m, IH), 7.08 (m, IH), 5.44 (s, 0.5H), 5.40 (s, 0.5H), 4.28-4.35 (m, IH), 3.72 (dd, J= 11.1, 4.2 Hz, IH), 3.27-3.45 (m, 3H), 2.57 (m, IH), 1.53-1.57 (m, 2H), 1.26 (s, 30H), 0.89 (t, J = 6.6 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C27H49N3OS 462.75 (M+l), obsd 462.40. [0089] (2RS, 4i?)-2-Furan-3-yl-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid Hydrochloride
(compound 12-HCl): 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 8.59 (d, J= 15.6 Hz, IH), 7.89 (d, J= 8.1 Hz, IH), 7.72 (s, IH), 5.86 (s, 0.7H), 5.78 (s, 0.3H), 4.37-4.56 (m, IH), 3.50-3.63 (m, IH), 3.11-3.23 (m, 3H), 1.43 (m, 2H), 1.23 (s, 30H), 0.85 (t, J= 6.6 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C26H48N2O2S 451.72 (M+l), obsd 451.60. [0090] (2RS, 4i?)-2-(4-Dimethylamino-phenyl)-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide (compound 13): 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.34-7.41 (m, 2H), 6.70-6.74 (m, 2H), 5.57 (s, 0.3H), 5.28 (s, 0.7H), 4.34 (m, 0.7H), 3.90 (m, 0.3H), 3.69 (dd, J= 11.1, 4.2 Hz, IH), 3.41-3.47 (m, IH), 3.20-3.33 (m, 2H), 2.97 (d, J= 3.6 Hz, 6H), 1.48-1.55 (m, 2H), 1.27 (s, 30H), 0.89 (t, J= 6.3 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C30H54N3OS 504.83 (M+l), obsd 504.60.
[0091] (2RS, 4Λ)-2-(3-Hydroxy-phenyl)-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide (compound 14): 1H NMR (OMSO-d6) δ 8.59 (s, IH), 7.22 (t, J = 6.6 Hz, IH), 7.02 (d, J= 6.3 Hz, 2H), 6.82 (d, J= 7.5 Hz, IH), 5.77 (s, 0.7H), 5.71 (s, 0.3H), 4.545 (m, 0.7H), 4.37 (m, 0.3H), 3.49-3.59 (m, IH), 3.13-3.27 (m, 3H), 1.43 (brs, 2H), 1.23 (s, 30H), 0.85 (t, J= 6.3 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C28H49N2O2S 477.76 (M+l), obsd 477.60. [0092] (2RS, 4Λ)-2-(4-Methoxy-phenyl)-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide Hydrochloride (compound 15ΗC1): 1H NMR (DMSO-J6) δ 8.61 (m, IH), 7.57 (d, J= 8.4 Hz, 2H), 6.98 (d, J= 9 Hz, 2H), 5.83 (s, 0.7H), 5.78 (s, 0.3H), 4.61 (t, J= 6.3 Hz, 0.7H), 4.40 (m, 0.3H), 3.77 (s, 3H), 3.51-3.70 (m, IH), 3.22-3.31 (m, IH), 3.11 (m, 2H), 1.43 (m, 2H), 1.23 (s, 30H), 0.84 (t, J= 6.6 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C29H51N2O2S 491.79 (M+l), obsd 491.60.
[0093] (2RS, 4Λ)-2-(3,4-Dimethoxy-phenyl)-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide Hydrochloride (compound 16ΗC1): 1H NMR (DMSO-J6) δ 8.58 (m, IH), 7.33 (d, J= 4.2 Hz, IH), 7.14 (t, J= 7.5 Hz, IH), 6.97 (d, J= 8.4 Hz, IH), 5.81 (s, 0.8H), 5.77 (s, 0.2H), 4.62 (m, 0.7H), 4.40 (m, 0.3H), 3.78 (d, J= 7.8 Hz, 6H), 3.52-3.68 (m, IH), 3.23-3.29 (m, IH), 3.12-3.13 (m, 2H), 1.43 (m, 2H), 1.23 (s, 30H), 0.85 (t, J= 6.6 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C30H53N2O3S 521.81 (M+l), obsd 521.60. [0094] (2RS, 4i?)-2-(3,4,5-Trimethoxy-phenyl)-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide Hydrochloride (compound 17 HC1): 1H NMR (DMSO-J6) δ 8.59 (m, IH), 7.01 (d, J= 5.7 Hz, 2H), 5.80 (s, 0.8H), 5.76 (s, 0.2H), 4.63 (m, 0.7H), 4.37 (m, 0.3H), 3.80 (d, J= 5.7 Hz, 6H), 3.66 (s, 3H), 3.23-3.28 (m, IH), 3.12-3.13 (m, 2H), 1.43 (m, 2H), 1.23 (s, 30H), 0.85 (t, J= 6 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C31H55N2O4S 551.84 (M+l), obsd 551.60. [0095] (2RS, 4/?)-2-(4-Acetylamino-phenyl)-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide Hydrochloride (compound 18 HC1): ' H NMR (DMSO- J6) δ 10.18 (s, IH), 8.61 (m, IH), 7.54-7.64 (m, 4H), 5.82 (s, 0.7H), 5.77 (s, 0.3H), 4.60 (m, 0.8H), 4.42 (m, 0.2H), 3.56-3.64 (m, IH), 3.12-3.26 (m, 3H), 2.05 (s, 3H), 1.43 (m, 2H), 1.23 (s, 30H), 0.84 (t, J= 6 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C30H52N3O2S 518.81 (M+l), obsd 518.70.
[0096] (2RS, 4Λ)-2-(4-Fluoro-phenyl)-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide (compound 19): 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.46-7.54 (m, 2H), 7.13-7.20 (m, IH), 7.01-7.08 (m, 2H), 5.60 (s, 0.3H), 5.34 (s, 0.7H), 4.76 (m, 0.3H), 4.34 (m, 0.7H), 3.69 (dd, J= 11.1, 6.9 Hz, IH), 3.21-3.52 (m, 3H), 1.49 (m, 2H), 1.26 (s, 30H), 0.89 (t, J = 6.3 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C28H48FN2OS 479.75 (M+l), obsd 479.60. [0097] (2RS, 4i?)-2-(4-Bromo-ρhenyl)-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide (compound 20): 1U NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.48-7.62 (m, 2H), 7.36-7.42 (m, 2H), 7.14 (m, 0.7H), 6.40 (m, 0.3), 5.57 (d, J= 10.2 Hz, 0.3H), 5.33 (d, J= 11.1 Hz, 0.7H), 4.32 (m, 0.7H), 3.94 (m, 0.3H), 3.70 (dd, J= 11.1, 4.2 Hz, IH), 3.20-3.44 (m, 3H), 1.49 (m, 2H), 1.27 (s, 30H), 0.89 (t, J = 6.3 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C28H47BrN2OS 539.66 (M+l), obsd 539.70.
[0098] (2RS, 4Z?)-2-(4-Nitro-phenyl)-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide (compound 21): 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 8.24 (d, J= 8.7 Hz, 2H), 7.67 (d, J= 8.7 Hz, 2H), 6.92 (m, IH), 5.54 (s, 0.5H), 5.5O(s, 0.5H), 4.24-4.31 (m, IH), 3.67 (dd, J= 10.8, 4.8 Hz, IH), 3.27-3.44 (m, 3H), 1.55 (m, 2H), 1.26 (s, 30H), 0.89 (t, J= 6.3 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C28H47N3O3S 506.76 (M+l), obsd 506.60. [0099] (2RS, 4#)-2-(4-Cyano-phenyl)-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide (compound 22): 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.60-7.70 (m, 4H), 6.94 (m, 0.6H), 6.37 (m, 0.4), 5.64 (s, 0.4H), 5.46 (s, 0.6H), 4.27 (m, 0.6H), 3.96 (m, 0.4H), 3.65-3.70 (m, IH), 3.20-3.45 (m, 3H), 1.54 (m, 2H), 1.26 (s, 30H), 0.89 (t, J= 6.3 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C29H47N3OS 485.77 (M+), obsd 508.50 (M+Na). [0100] (2RS, 47?)-2-(3,5-Difluoro-phenyl)-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide (compound 23): 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.04-7.08 (m, 2H), 6.97 (m, IH), 6.79 (m, IH), 5.40 (s, 0.5H), 5.36 (s, 0.5H), 4.23-4.30 (m, IH), 3.66 (dd, J= 11.1, 4.5 Hz, IH), 3.26-3.42 (m, 3H), 1.33 (m, 2H), 1.26 (s, 30H), 0.89 (t, J= 6.3 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C28H47F2N2O2S 497.74 (M+l), obsd 497.50. [0101] (2RS, 4#)-2-(2,6-Dichloro-ρhenyl)-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide (compound 24): 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.34-7.38 (m, 2H), 7.15-7.28 (m, 2H), 6.29 (s, 0.5H), 6.25 (s, 0.5H), 4.25 (t, J= 5.7 Hz, IH), 3.94 (dd, J= 10.5, 1.8 Hz, IH), 3.26-3.52 (m, 3H), 1.52 (m, 2H), 1.26 (s, 30H), 0.89 (t, J= 6 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C28H46Cl2N2O2S 529.65 (M+), obsd 529.70. [0102] (2RS, 47?)-2-(3-Bromo-4-fluoro-phenyl)-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide (compound 25): 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.71 (m, IH), 7.42 (m, IH), 7.06-7.16 (m, 2H), 5.56 (d, J= 9.3 Hz, 0.2H), 5.34 (d, J= 10.2 Hz, 0.8H), 4.29 (d, J= 4.5 Hz, 0.8H), 3.94 (m, 0.2H), 3.69 (dd, J= 11.1, 4.2 Hz, IH), 3.21-3.41 (m, 3H), 1.52 (m, 2H), 1.26 (s, 30H), 0.89 (t, J= 6.3 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C28H47BrFN2OS 558.65 (M+l), obsd 558.70. [0103] (2RS, 4Λ)-2-/?-Tolyl-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide
(compound 26): 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.34-7.43 (m, 2H), 7.14-7.21 (m, 3H), 5.59 (s, 0.2H), 5.32 (s, 0.8H), 4.76 (m, 0.2H), 4.35 (m, 0.8H), 3.70 (dd, J= 11.1, 3.9 Hz, IH), 3.21-3.43 (m, 3H), 2.36 (d, J = 2.7 Hz, 3H), 1.51 (m, 2H), 1.27 (s, 30H), 0.89 (t, J= 6.3 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C29H51N2OS 475.79 (M+l), obsd 475.60. [0104] (2RS, 4Λ)-2-Biphenyl-4-yl-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide Hydrochloride (compound 27 HC1): 1H NMR (DMSO-</6) δ 8.59 (m, IH), 7.66-7.73 (m, 5H), 7.37-7.51 (m, 4H), 5.92 (s, 0.7H), 5.87 (s, 0.3H), 4.62 (m, 0.7H), 4.41 (m, 0.3H), 3.53-3.64 (m, IH), 3.26-3.32 (m, IH), 3.13-3.17 (m, 2H), 1.44 (m, 2H), 1.22 (s, 30H), 0.84 (t, J= 6.3 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C34H53N2OS 537.86 (M+l), obsd 537.70.
Example 2 - Synthesis of N-Acyl and N-sulfonyl Derivatives Thiazolidine Carboxylic Acid Amides
[0105] N-Acyl and N-sulfonyl derivatives (compounds 28 and 29) were synthesized from compound 5 by standard procedures (scheme 2). Briefly, (2RS, 4R)- 2-phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide (compound 5) was reacted with either acetic anhydride or methyl sulfonyl chloride, in pyridine, to afford the desired derivatives.
[0106] (2RS, 4i?)-3-Acetyl-2-ρhenylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide (compound 28): 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.31-7.41 (m, 5H), 6.01 (s, IH), 5.12 (s, IH), 3.73 (m, IH), 3.40 (m, IH), 3.31 (m, IH), 3.11-3.17 (m, IH), 2.00 (s, 3H), 1.27-1.33 (m, 32H), 0.89 (t, J= 6.3 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C30H50N2O2S 502.80 (M+), obsd 502.60.
[0107] (2RS, 4i?)-3-Methanesulfonyl-2-phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid octadecylamide (compound 29): 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.65-7.68 (m, 2H), 7.32-7.36 (m, 3H), 6.20 (s, IH), 4.63 (dd, J= 9, 6 Hz, IH), 3.67 (dd, J= 12, 6 Hz, IH), 3.47 (dd, J= 12.3, 8.1 Hz, IH), 3.04-3.13 (m, 2H), 3.02 (s, 3H), 1.27 (m, 32H), 0.89 (t, J= 6.3 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C29H50N2O3S2 538.85 (M+), obsd 538.70. [0108] Based on the foregoing synthesis, it is expected that other acyl anhydrides (e.g., containing larger alkyl groups) and other sulfonyl chlorides (e.g., containing larger alkyl groups) can also be prepared according to this same synthesis procedure (Badr et al., "Synthesis of Oxazolidines, Thiazolidines, and 5,6,7,8- Tetrahydro-IH, 3i/-pyrrolo[l,2-c] oxazole (or thiazole)-l,3-diones from β-Hydroxy- or β-Mercapto-α-amino Acid Esters," Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 54:1844-1847 (1981), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety).
Example 3 - Synthesis of Thiazole Carboxylic Acid Amides
[0109] The synthesis of thiazole derivative (compound 34) was accomplished starting from cysteine as shown in scheme 3.
[0110] To a solution of DL-cysteine (3g, 24.76 mmol) in MeOH (50 mL) at 0°C, SOCl2 (2.76 mL, 37.14 mmol) was slowly added and warmed to room temperature then refluxed for 3 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo to yield a residue. This residue was taken in to aqueous EtOH (1:1, 30 mL), NaHCO3 (2.28 g, 27.23 mmol) was added, after 10 min benzaldehyde (2.5 mL, 24.76 mmol) was added and stirring continued for 3 h. CHCl3 (200 mL) was added to the reaction mixture and washed with water, brine, dried (Na2SO4) and solvent was removed in vacuo. The crude product was purified by column chromatography to afford 2- phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester (compound 31): yield 4.7 g, 85%; 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.51-7.62 (m, 2H), 7.32-7.42 (m, 3H), 5.84 (s, 0.4H), 5.58 (s, 0.6H), 4.24 (t, J = 6.3 Hz, 0.4H), 4.01 (t, J= 7.5 Hz, 0.6H), 3.83 (s, 3H), 3.39-3.55 (m, IH), 3.10-3.26 (m, IH); MS (ESI) m/z 224 (M+l).
[0111] Beginning with compound 31, 2-phenylthiazole-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester (compound 32) was synthesized following a reported procedure (Kue et al., "Essential Role for G Proteins in Prostate Cancer Cell Growth and Signaling," J. Urol. 164:2162-2167 (2000), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety). Yield 0.33 g, 68%; 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 8.20 (s, IH), 8.0-8.04 (m, 2H), 7.45-7.50 (m, 3H), 4.0 (s, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z 220 (M+l).
[0112] To a solution of compound 32 (0.5 g, 2.28 mmol) in MeOH (10 mL) at
0°C, IN NaOH (5 mL) was added and stirred for 2 h. To the reaction mixture EtOAc (30 mL) was added and acidified with IN HCl. Extracted with EtOAc (3X50 mL), combined extracts were washed with water, brine, dried (Na2SO4) and solvent was removed under vacuo to give crude acid (compound 33), which was converted to 2- phenylthiazole-4-carboxylic acid octadecyl amide (compound 34) following the general procedure described in Example 1 above. Yield 0.30 g, 68%; 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 8.10 (s, IH), 7.96-7.93 (m, 2H), 7.46-7.50 (m, 3H), 3.49 (dd, J= 13.5, 6.9 Hz, 2H), 1.69 (m, 2H), 1.27 (m, 30H), 0.89 (t, J= 6.3 Hz, 3H); MS (ESI) m/z calcd for C28H45N2OS 457.73 (M+l), obsd 457.60.
Table 1 : Structures and Physical Data of Synthesized Compounds
compound R1 R^ R4 mp yield formula (0C) (%)
3 HCl phenyl C7H is H ND 80 CnH27ClN2OS
4 HCl phenyl C14H29 H 95 83 C24H4IClN2OS
5 HCl phenyl Ci8H37 H 93 70 C28H49ClN2OS
6 HCl phenyl C19H39 H 85 78 C29H51ClN2OS
7 n-dόdecyl Ci8H37 H 86 69 C34H68N2OS
8 cyclohexyl C18H37 H 60 75 C28H54N2OS
9 benzyl, C18H37 H 80 81 C29H50N2OS
10 3-indolyl C18H37 H 125 65 C30H49N3OS
11 3-pyridinyl C18H37 H 94 63 C27H47N3OS
12 HC1 3-fiiranyl C18H37 H 99 60 C26H47ClN2O2S
13 4-dimethylaminophenyl C18H37 H 75 75 C30H53N3OS
14 3-hydroxyphenyl C18H37 H 50 69 C28H48N2O2S
15-HCl 4-methoxyphenyl C18H37 H 95 70 C29H51ClN2O2S
16 HC1 3 ,4-dimethoxyphenyl C18H37 H 103 83 C30H53ClN2O3S
17 HC1 3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl C18H37 H 115 70 C31H55ClN2O4S
18 HC1 4-acetamidophenyl C18H37 H 170 63 C30H52ClN3O2S
19 4-fluorophenyl C18H37 H 65 73 C28H47FN2OS
20 4-bromophenyl C18H37 H 81 77 C28H47BrN2OS
21 4-nitrophenyl C18H37 H 115 60 C28H47N3O3S
22 4-cyanophenyl C isH37 H 90 70 C29H47N3OS
23 3,5-difluorophenyl Cl8H37 H 113 70 C28H46F2N2OS
24 2,6-dichlorophenyl C]8H37 H 49 80 C28H46Cl2N2OS
25 3-bromo-4-fluorophenyl Ci8H37 H 100 78 C28H46BrFN2OS
26 4-methylphenyl CisH37 H 120 73 C29H50N2OS
27 HC1 biphenyl C IeH37 H 130 70 C34H53ClN2OS
28 phenyl C IeH37 COCH3 90 95 C30H50N2O2S
29 phenyl Ci8H37 SO2Me 55 90 C29H50N2O3S2 Example 4 - Analysis of Selected Prostate Cancer Cell Lines by RT-PCR for LPA Receptor Expression
[0113] DU-145, PC-3, and LNCaP human prostate cancer cells, and RH7777 rat hepatoma cells were obtained from American Type Culture Collection (Manassas, VA). Dr. Mitchell Steiner at University of Tennessee Health Science Center, kindly provided PPC-I and TSU-PrI cells. Prostate cancer cells and RH7777 cells were maintained in RPMI 1640 medium and DMEM (Mediatech, Inc., Herndon, VA), respectively, supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (Gibco, Grand Island, NY) in 5% CO2 / 95% air humidified atmosphere at 37 °C.
[0114] Total RNA was extracted using TRIzol® reagent (Invitrogen Corp.,
Carlsbad, CA) 'according to the manufacturer's instruction. 0.5 μg (LPA1) or 1 μg (LPA2 and LPA3) of total RNA was used to perform RT-PCR using Superscript™ One-Step RT-PCR with Platinum® Taq (Invitrogen Corp., Carlsbad, CA) with 0.2 μM of primers. The following primer pairs were used:
LPA1 forward 5'-GCTCCACACACGGATGAGCAACC-S' (SEQ ID NO: 1), and LPA1 reverse 5'-GTGGTCATTGCTGTGAACTCCAGC-S' (SEQ ID NO: 2);
LPA2 forward 5'-CTGCTCAGCCGCTCCTATTTG-S' (SEQ ID NO: 3), and LPA2 reverse 5'-AGGAGCACCCACAAGTCATCAG-S' (SEQ ID NO: 4);
LPA3 forward 5'-CCATAGCAACCTGACCAAAAAGAG-S' (SEQ ID NO: 5), and LPA3 reverse 5'-TCCTTGTAGGAGTAGATGATGGGG-S' (SEQ ID NO: 6);
β-actin forward 5'-GCTCGTCGTCGACAACGGCTC-S' (SEQ ID NO: 7), and β-actin reverse 5'-CAAACATGATCTGGGTCATCTTCTC-S' (SEQ ID NO: 8).
PCR conditions were as follows: After 2 min denaturation step at 94 °C, samples were subjected to 34 to 40 cycles at 94 °C for 30 sec, 60 °C (LPA1) or 58 °C (LPA2 and
LPA3) for 30 sec, and 72 °C for 1 min, followed by an additional elongation step at 72 0C for 7 min. Primers were selected to span at least one intron of the genomic sequence to detect genomic DNA contamination. The PCR products were separated on 1.5% agarose gels, stained with ethidium bromide, and the band intensity was quantified using Quantity One Software (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Hercules, CA). Expression levels of each receptor subtype in different cell lines were expressed as ratios compared to β-actin mRNA level.
[0115] LPL receptor expression in these cell lines was determined to validate their use as in vitro models (see Table 2 below). 1 μg of total RNA was subjected to RT-PCR, the PCR products were separated on agarose gels, and relative expression level of each receptor subtype compared to β-actin was quantified by Quantity One Software (Bio-Rad). LPA1 was the predominant LPL receptor expressed in these cell lines. However, LNCaP cells did not express this receptor subtype. LPA3 receptor was uniquely expressed in prostate cancer cell lines. RH7777 cells do not express any of the known LPL receptors.
Table 2: LPL Receptor mRNA Expression
LPL Old Expression level relative to β-actin Receptor name RH7777 DU 145 PC-3 LNCaP PPC-I TSU-PrJ
LPA1 EDG-2 UDa 2.16 2.53 UD 2.29 2.13 LPA2 EDG-4 UD 0.33 0.43 0.32 0.41 0.19 LPA3 EDG-7 UD 0.07 0.27 0.28 0.15 UD
Sum LPA1-3 0 2.56 3.23 0.60 2.85 2.32
aUD=under detection limit
Example 5 - Cytotoxicity Assay in Prostate Cancer Cells
[0116] For in vitro cytotoxicity screening, 1000 to 5000 cells were plated into each well of 96-well plates depending on growth rate, and exposed to different concentrations of a test compound for 96 h in three to five replicates. All the compounds were dissolved in dimethyl sulfoxide at 5 to 20 mM, and diluted to desired concentrations in complete culture medium. Cell numbers at the end of the drug treatment were measured by the SRB assay (Gududuru et al., "Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel Cytotoxic Phospholipids for Prostate Cancer," Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 14:4919-4923 (2004); Rubinstein et al., "Comparison of in vitro Anticancer-Drug-Screening Data Generated with a Tetrazolium Assay Versus a Protein Assay Against a Diverse Panel of Human Tumor Cell Lines," J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 82:1113-1118 (1990), each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety). Briefly, the cells were fixed with 10% of trichloroacetic acid, stained with 0.4% SRB, and the absorbances at 540 nm was measured using a plate reader (DYNEX Technologies, Chantilly, VA). Percentages of cell survival versus drug concentrations were plotted and the IC50 (concentration that inhibited cell growth by 50% of untreated control) values were obtained by nonlinear regression analysis using WinNonlin (Pharsight Corporation, Mountain View, CA). 5-fluorouracil was used as a positive control to compare potencies of the new compounds. A sandwich ELISA (Roche, Mannheim, Germany) utilizing monoclonal antibodies specific for DNA and histones was used to quantify degree of apoptosis induced by the analogs after 72 h exposure. This assay measures DNA-histone complexes (mono- and oligonucleosomes) released into cytoplasm from the nucleus during apoptosis. RH7777 cells were employed because of nonspecific cytotoxicity of compound 4 in receptor-negative cells as well as receptor-positive prostate cancer cells. [0118] The ability of 2-aryl-thiazolidine derivatives (ATCAAs) to inhibit the growth of five human prostate cancer cell lines (DU- 145, PC-3, LNCaP, PPC-I, and TSU-PrI) was assessed using the sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay (described above). A control cell line (RH7777) that does not express LPL receptors (Svetlov et al., "EDG Receptors and Hepatic Pathophysiology of LPA and SlP: EDG-ology of Liver Injury," Biochimica et Biophysica ACT 1582:251 -256 (2002), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety) was also utilized to understand whether the antiproliferative activity of these derivatives is mediated through inhibition of LPL receptors.
[0119] The diastereomeric mixtures of the target compounds 3-29 were used as such to evaluate their in vitro inhibitory activity against prostate cancer cell lines, and the results are summarized in Tables 3 and 4 below. 5-Fluorouracil was used as the reference drug. To deduce sound structure-activity relationships, IC50S should on principle be determined on pure isomers. One drawback of testing mixtures of stereoisomers, unavoidable in this case, was that the effect of each stereoisomer on the biological activity could not be assessed. On the other hand, the IC50 values calculated can be used as a screening method to select promising selective cytotoxic agents and to identify the diastereomeric mixture with the best availability to inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells. Many of these thiazolidine analogs were very effective in killing prostate cancer cell lines with IC50 values in the low/sub micromolar range (Table 3). Examination of the cytotoxic effects of compounds 3-5 shows that as the chain length increases from C7 to Ci8, the potency also increases. However, a further increase in the alkyl chain length by one carbon unit (i.e., Cj8 to C19) caused a significant loss in cytotoxicity. Interestingly, Cj4 derivative (compound 4) demonstrated higher potency than compound 5, but was 8-fold less selective against RH7777 cell line. Thus, an alkyl chain with a Ci8 unit is optimal for maintaining the potency and selectivity observed in this series of compounds. N-Acyl and N-sulfonyl derivatives (compounds 28 and 29) were less cytotoxic than parent compound 5. Replacement of the phenyl ring with an alkyl or cyclohexyl group reduced the potency (compounds 7 and 8) relative to the thiazolidine (compound 5) derivative. Introduction of a methylene spacer separating the phenyl ring and the thiazolidine ring furnished a compound 9, which was less active than the parent compound 5.
Table 3: Antiproliferative effects of compounds 3-17 on prostate cancer cell lines
IC50 (μM)
Compd RH77773 DU-145b PC-3b LNCaPb PPC- lb TSU-PrI b
3 HCl 52.2 44.9 38.5 12.4 34.7 28.0
4 HCl 3.4 2.4 3.0 1.4 1.3 2.0
5 HCl 25.6 5.4 7.8 2.1 2.0 5.0
6 HCl NA > 20 NA 13.6 16.8 > 20
7 -20 8.9 15.0 11.9 13.0 10.7
8 > 20 > 20 > 20 12.8 9.3 > 20
9 > 20 15.3 16.4 4.4 4.0 11.2
10 > 20 8.9 11.5 2.1 1.3 4.4
11 10.5 7.5 9.2 3.6 2.9 7.8
12 HC1 10.4 6.6 8.1 1.7 1.1 4.2
13 > 20 5.3 6.0 1.6 1.1 3.0
14 31.0 5.7 6.7 1.7 1.2 4.0
15 HC1 >20 8.7 -20 2.1 1.5 ND
16 HC1 10.3 4.5 5.2 0.85 0.58 2.4
17 HC1 1 1.4 3.9 4.0 0.82 0.48 2.4
5-FU ND 11.9 12.0 4.9 6.4 3.6
1 Control cell line. Prostate cancer cell lines. ND = not detectable. NA = no activity. Table 4: Antiproliferative effects of compounds 18-29 and 34 on prostate cancer cell lines
IC50 (μM)
Compd
RH7777a DU-145b PC-3b LNCaPb PPC- lb TSU-Prlb
18 HCI 21.1 3.1 5.6 1.3 0.55 0.94
19 17.4 5.7 6.8 1.9 2.1 5.4
20 > 20 13.8 17.3 5.1 3.7 18.3
21 - 20 15.3 - 20 8.4 15.3 15.9
22 >20 >20 >20 5.9 5.0 >20
23 >20 >20 >20 11.2 10.6 >20
24 > 20 > 20 > 20 13.1 17.1 - 20
25 - 20 11.3 13.5 3.0 4.7 14.0
26 > 20 10.5 12.8 1.9 1.9 8.0
27 HCI >20 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20
28 >20 -20 -20 16.1 12.6 >20
29 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20
34 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20 >20
5-FU ND 11.9 12.0 4.9 6.4 3.6
"Control cell line. ""Prostate cancer cell lines.
[0120] To understand the effect of unsaturation on potency and selectivity, and to overcome the problems associated with stereoisomers, the central thiazolidine core in compound 5 was replaced with a thiazole ring. However, thiazole derivative (compound 34) did not show any activity below 20 μM in both prostate and RH7777 cells, which indicates that thiazolidine ring with two chiral centers plays an important role in providing potency and selectivity. Replacements of the phenyl ring with a heterocycle, such as an indole, pyridine or furan ring was investigated by synthesizing analogs (compounds 10-12). The furanyl derivative (compound 12) showed equivalent cytotoxicity as compound 5, but was 3-fold less selective against RH7777 cells. [0121] The cytotoxicity data of compounds 13-27 provides a summary of a broad survey of phenyl ring substituted analogs. Examination of the IC50 values of these analogs demonstrates a greater tolerance for diverse substituents in the phenyl ring. In general, the most potent analogues possessed electron-donating substituents, as exemplified by comparison of compound 13, and compounds 16-18, relative to compound 5. One of the most active compounds (compound 18) with an IC50 of 0.55 μM was 38-fold more selective in PPC-I cells compared to RH7777 cells. On the other hand, thiazolidine analogs (compounds 19-25), with electron-withdrawing substituents demonstrated less cytotoxicity. Comparison of the potencies of compound 26 and compound 27, suggest that substitution of the phenyl ring with a bulky group reduces the activity.
[0122] From the LPL receptor mRNA expression studies (Table 2), it was evident that these cell lines serve as an excellent model system to explore the effects of LPL receptor. Given the structural similarity of SAPs to ceramide (and the known ability of ceramide to induce apoptosis), it was then determined whether the antiproliferative effects of thiazolidine analogs were mediated via apoptotic events. The ability of the analogs to induce apoptosis in LNCaP, PC-3, and RH7777 cells was examined using a quantitative sandwich ELISA that measures DNA-histone complex released during apoptosis. The enrichment factor calculated (as ratio of OD405 in treated and un-treated cells) provides a quantitative assessment of the degree of apoptosis induced. Initially, only two compounds (4 & 5) were used for this study. Apoptotic activity of analog (compound 4) was selective in prostate cancer cells despite nonselective cytotoxicity in RH7777 negative control cells (see Table 5 below). Analog compound 5 induced apoptosis in PC-3 and LNCaP cells, but to a lesser extent in PC-3 cells perhaps due to lower potency in this cell line. This data suggests that thiazolidine analogs may act as potent inducers of apoptosis and selectively kill a variety of prostate cancer cell lines.
Table 5: Thiazolidine Amides-Induced Apoptosis
Compound for 72 h PC-3 LNCaP RH7777
2 μM 1.8 14.1 2.6
4 5 μM 18.7 75.4 3.2
10 μM 54.0 80.7 2.5
2 μM 1.4 4.5
5(R) 5 μM 2.3 45.2
ND
10 μM 3.4 37.1
20 μM 12.7 26.1
2 μM 1.1 3.1
5(S) 5 μM 1.2 5.4
ND
10 μM 1.4 25.8
20 μM 2.7 46.8
[0123] These results are consistent with the assay testing LNCaP cells for
DNA fragmentation by agarose gel electrophoresis. LNCaP cells were treated with a thiazolidine derivative (compound 4 or 5) for 24 to 108 hours, and then total DNA was extracted from 2 x 106 cells by simple centrifugation method, treated with RNase and Proteinase K. After precipication in ethanol, DNA was reconstituted in Tris- EDTA buffer, separated on agarose gels, and visualized by ethidium bromide staining (Herrmann et al., "A Rapid and Simple Method for the Isolation of Apoptotic DNA Fragments," Nucl. Acids Res. 22:5506-5507 (1994), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety). The results, shown in Figures 4A-B (for compounds 4 and 5R), demonstrate that both of these compounds induce cell apoptosis in the LNCaP prostate cancer cell line. Compound 5S also significantly induced apoptosis in LNCaP and PC-3 cells, but to a lesser extent in PC-3 cells perhaps due to their higher IC5O values.
[0124] As another assessment of cytotoxicity, AKT inhibition was measured.
30 μg of total cellular protein from untreated control cells and compound-treated cells were separated by SDS-PAGE, transferred to nitrocellulose membrane, and total AKT and phospho-AKT were probed with anti-AKT and anti-phospho AKT antibody specific for AKT phosphorylated at Ser 473, respectively (Cell Signaling Technology, Beverly, MA). The immunoblots were visualized by enhanced chemiluminescence, and changes of relative levels of phospho-AKT compared to total AKT by analog treatment were quantified by densitometric analysis. Figure 5B graphically illustrates fhe immunological detection of AKT using anti-AKT and anti-phospo-AKT, shown in Figure 5A.
[0125] From the foregoing, it should be appreciated that the introduction of ring activating groups on the phenyl ring resulted in increasing potencies for prostate cancer cell lines. The above results demonstrate several new anticancer agents
(represented by compounds 16, 17, and 18) with low/sub micromolar cytoxicity and high selectivity. From this study, compound 18 emerged as one of the most potent and selective cytotoxic agents with an IC50 of 0.55 μM and 38-fold selectivity in PPC- 1 cells. Further, the ability of these analogs to induce apoptosis in LNCaP, PC-3 and RH7777 cells provides an important clue to understand their mechanism of action.
Example 6 - Synthesis of Thiazolidinone Amides
[0126] The synthesis of thiazolidinone derivatives (compounds 65 -72) utilized straightforward chemistry as shown in scheme 4 (Figure 6), where / is 1. Various 4-thiazolidinones were synthesized following a reported procedure of condensing mercaptoacetic acid, glycine methyl ester, and aromatic aldehydes in a one-pot reaction, followed by basic hydrolysis of the ester (Holmes et al., "Strategies for Combinatorial Organic Synthesis: Solution and Polymer-supported Synthesis of 4- thiazolidinones and 4-metathiazanones Derived from Amino Acids," J. Org. Chem. 60:7328-7333 (1995), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety). Thiazolidinone amides were obtained by the treatment with appropriate amines in the presence of EDC/HOBt under standard conditions. Compound 65 that has no side chain was synthesized from the corresponding acid as shown in Figure 6 (scheme 4). Thiazolidinone amides (compounds 73 -77) were synthesized by a simple and direct method (Schuemacher et al., "Condensation Between Isocyanates and Carboxylic Acids in the Presence of 4-dimethylaminopyridine (DMAP), a Mild and Efficient Synthesis of Amides," Synthesis 22:243-246 (2001), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety), which involves reaction of the acid compound 64a with different isocyanates in the presence of a catalytic amount of DMAP (Figure
7)(scheme 5). Exhaustive reduction of compound 68 using BH3 -THF under reflux conditions gave compound 79 (Figure 8) (scheme 6). Oxidation of 68 using H2O2 and with KMnO4 afforded sulfoxide (compound 80) and sulfone (compound 81), respectively, as shown in scheme 6. All compounds were characterized by 1H and 13C NMR, mass spectroscopy and, in certain cases, elemental analysis. [0127] Compounds were obtained as mixtures of diastereomers and were used as such for the biological studies. Characteristic data for exemplary compounds 68, 71, 72, and 81 are provided below.
[0128] N-octadecyl-2-(4-oxo-2-phenylthiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide (compound
68): ' H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 0.89 (t, J= 6.0 Hz, 3H), 1.26 (br s, 30H), 1.46 (m, 2H), 3.16-3.29 (m, 3H), 3.82 (d, J= 1.5 Hz, 2H), 4.20 (s, 0.5H), 4.25 (s, 0.5H), 5.83-5.85 (m, 2H), 7.27-7.41 (m, 5H); 13 C NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 13.55, 22.13, 26.30, 28.69, 28.80, 28.88, 28.99, 29.03, 29.10, 29.14, 31.37, 32.13, 39.08, 45.88, 63.67, 127.05, 128.58, 128.96, 137.61, 166.30, 171.61; MS (ESI) m Iz 511 [M+Na]. Anal. Calcd for C29 H48 N2 O2 S: C, 71.26; H, 9.90; N, 5.73. Found: C, 71.18; H, 10.03; N, 5.79. [0129] 2-(2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-oxothiazolidin-3-yl)-N-octadecylacetamide (compound 71): l H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 0.89 (t, J= 6.0 Hz, 3H), 1.26 (br s, 30H), 1.33 (s, 2H), 3.16-3.19 (m, IH), 3.2-3.29 (m, 2H), 3.80 (d, J= 0.9 Hz, 2H), 3.83 (s, 3H), 4.16 (s, 0.5H), 4.21 (s, 0.47H), 5.82 (s, IH), 6.9 (dd, J= 1.8 Hz, 2H), 7.29 (dd, J= 1.5 Hz, 2H); 13 C NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 13.53, 22.12, 26.31, 28.70, 28.74, 28.79, 28.89, 28.99, 29.03, 29.09, 29.13, 31.36, 32.23, 39.06, 45.74, 54.79, 63.44, 128.64, 129.11, 159.97, 166.41, 171.47; MS (ESI) m Iz 541 [M+Na]. Anal. Calcd for C30 H50 N2 O3 S: C, 69.45; H, 9.71; N, 5.40. Found: C, 69.30; H, 9.86; N, 5.43.
[0130] 2-(2-(2,6-dichloroρhenyl)-4-oxothiazolidin-3-yl)-N- octadecylacetamide (compound 72): ' H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 3.54 (d, J= 15.3 Hz, IH), 3.87 (s, 2H), 4.25 (d, J = 15.3 Hz, IH), 5.88 (s, IH), 7.10 (t,
J= 1.8 Hz, IH), 7.36-7.43 (m, 7H), 8.29 (s, IH); 13 C NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 32.35, 46.73, 64.40, 117.37, 123.85, 127.29, 128.74, 129.32, 134.59, 136.87, 138.61, 165.14, 172.60; MS (ESI) m Iz 403 [M+Na]. Anal. Calcd for C17 HM Cl2 N2 O2 S: C, 53.55; H, 3.70; N, 7.35. Found: C, 53.39; H, 3.47; N, 7.36. [0131] N-octadecyl-2-(4-oxo-2-phenyl-l -sulfonyl-thiazolidin-3-yl)acetamide
(compound 81): λ H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 0.89 (t, J= 6.0 Hz, 3H), 1.26 (br s, 32H), 3.19-3.34 (m, 3H), 3.88-4.03 (dd, J= 16.5 Hz, 2H), 4.66 (s, 0.5H), 4.72 (s, 0.5H), 5.67 (br s, IH), 5.95 (s, IH), 7.38 (m, 2H), 7.50-7.53 (m, 3H); 13 C NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 13.54, 22.12, 26.26, 28.66, 28.79, 28.96, 29.02, 29.09, 29.14, 31.36, 39.30, 44.35, 49.85, 81.32, 125.77, 128.43, 128.91, 130.55, 163.23, 165.30; MS (ESI) m Iz 519 [M-H]. Anal. Calcd for C29 H48 N2 O4 S: C, 66.88; H, 9.29; N, 5.38. Found: C, 66.68; H, 9.27; N, 5.41
Example 7 - Cytotoxicity Assay
[0132] The antiproliferative activity of all the synthesized compounds was evaluated against five human prostate cancer cell lines and in RH7777 cells (negative control) using the sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay (see description in Example 5 above). 5-Fluorouracil (5-FU) was used as reference drug. As shown in Table 6, 4- thiazolidinone carboxylic acids (compounds 64a and 64b) were unable to inhibit the growth of any of the five prostate cancer cells below 50 μM. However, the corresponding amides (compounds 66 -68) showed higher activities. It was observed that an increase in the alkyl chain length [compounds 66 (ClO), 67 (C 14), and 68
(C 18)] enhances the antiproliferative activity of these analogs in prostate cancer cells. Interestingly, the simple amide 65 without any long alkyl chain is not cytotoxic below 100 μM, which indicates that the absence of an alkyl side chain causes a considerable decrease in antiproliferative effect. On the other hand, replacement of the alkyl chain with various aryl side chains (compounds 73 -78) reduced the biological activity. Among this series, compound 73 is moderately cytotoxic, where as analogs (compounds 76 -78) displayed poor cytotoxicity in several prostate cancer cell lines. However, it is noteworthy to mention that thiazolidinone amides (compounds 74 and 75), with electron- withdrawing substituents on the aryl ring showed cytotoxicity in the range of 13-29 μM against all five prostate cancer cell lines.
Table 6: Antiproliferative effects of compounds 64a -64b and 65 -78
IC50 (μM)
Cmpd R1 Y RH7777a DU-145b PC-3" LNCaPb PPC-I" TSUb
64a phenyl OH ND >50 >50 >50 >50 >50
64b biphenyl OH >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100
65 phenyl NH2 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100
66 phenyl NH-C10H21 20.0 22.4 20.3 14.1 15.8 19.7
67 phenyl NH-C14H29 16.4 19.6 13.5 14.1 10.1 13.4
68 phenyl NH-C18H37 39.6 12.6 11.1 9.3 7.1 8.5
69 biphenyl NH-C18H37 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50
70 dimethylamino NH-C18H37 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 naphthalen-4- yi
71 4-methoxy NH-C18H37 31.1 14.8 12.6 11.8 10.7 17.5 phenyl
72 2,6-dichloro NH-C18H37 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 >50 phenyl
73 Phenyl NH-3,5- 70.9 69.0 74.1 24.1 46.2 53.2 difluoro phenyl
74 Phenyl NH-3,5-di(tri 25.4 16.2 18.1 14.5 13.1 16.1 fluoromethyl) phenyl
75 Phenyl NH-3,5-di 34.9 24.0 28.6 13.2 20.5 17.2 chlorophenyl
76 Phenyl NH-2,4- >100 >100 >100 82.5 >100 60.8 dimethoxy phenyl
77 Phenyl NH-naphthyl >100 >100 >100 31.4 >100 69.9
78 Phenyl 2,4dimethoxy >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 phenylethyl
5-FU ND 11.9 12.0 4.9 6.4 3.6
Control cell line; b Prostate cancer cell lines.
Table 7: Antiproliferative effects of compounds 79 -81
IC50 (μM)
Cmpd RH77773 DU-145" PC-3 b LNCaP" PPC-I" TSUb
79 >20 15.8 >20 >20 12.0 6.1
80 1 1.5 11.2 6.5 7.9 5.4 6.4
81 22.1 15.5 8.5 10.9 5.5 9.3
5-FU ND 11.9 12.0 4.9 6.4 3.6
Control cell line; b Prostate cancer cell lines.
[0133] Thiazolidinone derivatives (compounds 69 and 70) with bulky biphenyl or naphthalene groups demonstrated low cytotoxicity compared to compound 68 (Table 6). Compounds 71 and 72 were synthesized to understand the effects of aromatic ring substitution in compound 68. It was observed that electron- donating substituents maintained good activity while the ortho electron-withdrawing substituents substantially decrease the antiproliferative activity of these derivatives (Table 6). Compound 79, which has no amide groups, showed significantly good potency in all five prostate cancer cell lines. Notably, compounds 80 and 81 bearing sulfoxide or sulfone moiety displayed higher cytotoxic potency comparable to that of the reference drug 5-FU against both PC-3 and PPC-I cell lines (Table 7). [0134] In summary, a series of novel and cytotoxic 4-thiazolidinone amides were prepared and identified. Among this series, detailed structure activity relationship studies of type I compounds (Figure 6) were performed to evaluate their antiproliferative activity against five prostate cancer cell lines and RH7777 cells (negative controls). The cytotoxicity study shows that the antiproliferative activity is sensitive to 2-aryl ring substitutions, the length of the alkyl side chain, and the removal or replacements of the lipophilic alkyl side chain. Sulfur oxidation is well tolerated as compounds 80 and 81 showed significant cytotoxicity compared to 5-FU. This study resulted in the discovery of potent cytotoxic 4-thiazolidinones (compounds 68, 80, and 81), which inhibit the growth of all five human prostate cancer cell lines (DU-145, PC-3, LNCaP, PPC-I, and TSU) with 2-5-fold lower selectivity compared to RH7777 cell line. These 4-thiazolidinone derivatives are a significant improvement on the SAP moiety in that they are less cytotoxic but demonstrated improved selectivity in non-tumor cells. Example 8 - Cytotoxicity Assay in Breast and Ovarian Cancer Cells
[0135] The most potent compounds from each structural formula were selected and tested for their growth inhibitory activity in a human breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) and three human ovarian cancer cell lines (CHO-I, CaOv-3, SKOv-3, and OVCAR-3). In vitro cytotoxicity assay was performed by the same sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay (described above). The compounds shown in Table 8 below where tested for activity against the breast cancer and ovarian cancer cell lines.
Table 8: Antiproliferative effects of compounds on breast and ovarian cancer cell lines
IC50 (μM)
Compd MCF-7a CHO- lb Caθv-3b OVCAR-3b SKOv-3b
3 HCl 50.3 NT 19.2 34.0 47.8
4 HCl 4.2 NT 13.9 1.6 2.1
5 HCl (R) 4.2 NT 2.5 4.5 8.5
5 HCl (S) 7.4 NT 18.0 5.2 18.0
6 HCl >20 NT NT NT NT
7 10.4 NT NT NT NT
8 -20 NT NT NT NT
9 18.7 NT NT NT NT
10 10.6 NT NT NT NT
11 9.3 NT NT NT NT
12 NT NT 7.7 2.3 5.4
13 13.5 NT NT NT NT
14 HC1 NT NT 18.3 8.1 11.0
15 HC1 16.3 NT NT NT NT
16 HC1 NT NT 5.5 1.2 3.6
17 HC1 NT NT 4.4 1.4 2.7
18 HC1 NT NT 4.9 2.0 2.6
19 8.8 NT 5.5 2.3 4.2
20 16.6 NT NT NT NT
21 15.3 NT NT NT NT
24 17.7 NT NT NT NT
25 15.3 NT NT NT NT
26 10.3 NT NT NT NT
27 HC1 >20 NT NT NT NT
28 16.3 NT NT NT . NT
29 >20 NT NT NT NT
34 >20 NT NT NT NT
66 13.5 21.0 NT NT NT
67 8.9 11.4 NT NT NT
68 15.4 23.5 NT NT NT
69 >20 >20 NT NT NT
70 >20 >20 NT NT NT
71 13.0 15.2 NT NT NT
72 -30 >30 NT NT NT
80 14.3 11.6 NT NT NT
81 8.9 9.8 NT NT NT a Breast cancer cell line; Ovarian cancer cell line; NT = not tested.
[0136] Stereoselectivity of compound 5 was observed (compare the (R) and
(S) isomers) in CaO V-3 and SKOv-3 cells. Substitutions on the 2-phenyl ring generally increased cytotoxicity of the compounds. Example 9 - Synthesis and Testing of Spermine-conjugated Thiazolidine Amide
[0137] As illustrated in Figure 9, a mixture of 4-thiazolidinone acid (where R1 is phenyl and / is 1) (1.5 g, 6.32 m mol), l-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3- ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride (1.51 g, 7.9 m mol) and 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (0.85 g, 6.32 m mol) in CH2Cl2 was cooled in an ice bath and stirred for 10 min. To this solution 4-nitrophenol (0.78 g, 5.61 m mol) was added and stirred for 2h. The reaction mixture was diluted with CH2Cl2, washed sequentially with cold 5% HCl, saturated NaHCO3, water, brine, and dried (anhydrous) Na2SO4, and solvent was removed in vacuo. The nitrophenyl ester product (compound 100) was purified by flash chromatography (silica gel) using EtOAc/Hexanes to afford 1.76 g (78%). 1HNMR (CDCl3) δ 3.70 (d, J= 18 Hz, IH), 3.85 (d, J=I.2 Hz, 2H), 4.64 (d, J=17.7 Hz, IH), 5.88 (s, IH), 7.24 (d, J=2.1 Hz, IH), 7.26 (d, J=2.4 Hz, IH), 7.40-7.46 (m, 5H), 8.26 (d, J=I.8 Hz, IH), 8.28 (d, J=2.1 Hz, IH). [0138] To a solution of the nitrophenyl ester (compound 100) (0.5 g, 1.39 m mol) in CH3OH (35 mL) at room temperature, a solution of spermine (0.33 g, 1.63 m mol, in CH3OH) was added slowly and stirred for Ih. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo, and to the concentrated reaction mixture 1:1 (CHCl3: CH3OH) was added and filtered through celite. Solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue was purified by flash column chromatography (silica gel) using CHCl3/CH3OH/i- PrNH2 to give 0.2 g (50%) of spermine conjugate (compound 101), which was converted to the corresponding hydrochloride salt using 2M HCl/Et2O. 1HNMR (DMSO-J6) 8 1.71-1.76 (m, 6H), 1.95-2.0 (m, 2H), 2.89-3.0 (m, 10H), 3.0-3.15 (m, 4H), 3.74 (d, J=15.6 Hz, IH), 3.87 (d, J=15.3 Hz, IH), 4.10(d, J=16.5 Hz, IH), 7.35- 7.44 (m, 5H), 8.0-8.18 (m, 4H), 8.89 (brs, 2H), 9.15 (brs, 2H). ESIMS m/z 422 A (M+l).
[0139] Compound 101 demonstrated more potent activity against prostate cancer cells compared to ovarian and MCF-7 breast cancer cells, with IC50 (μM) values as follows: RH7777 (>100), DU145 (12.4), PC-3 (11.1), LNCaP (26.2), PPC-I (11.7), TSU-PrI (5.0), MCF-7 (>100), CaOv-3 (39.3), OVCAR-3 (39.7), and SKOv-3 (>100). Example 10 - Synthesis of Polyamine Conjugates
[0140] The design, synthesis, and antiproliferative activities for prostate cancer of serine amide phosphates has been described previously (Gududuru et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 14:4919-4923 (2004), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety). The design, synthesis, and antiproliferative activities for prostate of 4-thiazolidinones and 2-arylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid amides in described in the preceding Examples. From these studies, several new anticancer agents with low/sub micromolar cytotoxicity in human prostate cancer cell lines were identified. Although several selective compounds were identified, the most potent compounds were at best partially selective and potently killed both prostate cancer and control cell lines. In an effort to further optimize these sets of compounds for selective potency and to improve their pharmacokinetic properties, the effects of heteroatoms in the lipophilic alkyl side chain are examined with respect to potency and selectivity.
[0141] Carboxylic acids 64a and 21 were synthesized as described in the preceding examples {see also Gududuru et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 14:5289- 5293 (2004); Gududuru et al., J. Med. Chem. 48:2584-2588 (2005), each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety). Commercially available (L)-N-BoC- serine was converted to TBDMS ether (207) as shown in Scheme 8 (Figure 10A).
Treatment of excess of 1,4-diaminobutane with di-t-butyl-dicarbonate in chloroform under dilute conditions gave mono protected putrescine (210). Reaction of acrylonitrile with 1 ,4-diaminobutane in methanol gave the adduct which was converted to Boc-protected spermidine (212) in two steps as shown in Scheme 8. Reaction of carboxylic acids 64a, 207, and 21 with protected polyamines (210 and 212) in the presence of EDC/HOBt followed by treatment with HCl gave the target compounds (Scheme 9, Figure 10B). A different protocol was adopted for the synthesis of spermine conjugates. Firstly, carboxylic acids (64a, 207, and 21) were converted to corresponding active esters with 4-nitrophenol (Scheme 9, Figure 10B). Reaction of these esters with spermine in methanol at ambient temperature gave the corresponding spermine conjugates, which were treated with HCl/Et2O to form the target compounds (216, 220, and 224, Scheme 9). All new compounds were characterized by spectroscopic methods and, in certain cases, elemental analysis. Example 11 - Antiproliferative Activity of Polyamine Conjugates
[0142] The antiproliferative effects of synthesized compounds were assessed against five human prostate cancer cell lines DU- 145, PC-3, LNCaP, PPC-I, and TSU-PrI using sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay {see Example 5 above). The IC50 value was defined as the concentration of analogue required inhibiting cell growth by 50% of untreated control. RH7777 and CV-I cells were used as negative controls and MCF-7 cell line (breast cancer) was included to examine the selectivity. 5- Fluorouracil was used as reference drug. The structures of polyamine conjugates and their IC50 values are listed in Table 9 below.
Table 9: Structures and antiproliferative effects of polyamine conjugates
ative
IC50 (μM)
Compound R, (Set) RH77773 CV-la PC-3b DU-145b PPC-lb LNCaPb TSU-Prl b MCF-7C
213d C14H29 ND ND 10.2 8.2 6.3 8.1 7.5 ND
(A)
67 C14H29 16.4 ND 13.5 19.6 10.1 14.1 13.4 12.8
(B)
>100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100
>100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100
68.4 34.0 7.0 5.3 5.7 12.2 3.2 >100
Table 9 cont.
IC50 (μM)
Compound R2 RH (Set) niT CV- la PC-3b DU-145b PPC- lb LNCaPb TSU-PrI b MCF-7C
17
C18H37 11.4 ND 4.0 3.9 0.48 0.82 2.4 ND (C)
>100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100
>100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100 >100
71.9 30.5 5.9 5.1 5.0 10.9 3.0 >100
5-Fluorouracil ND ND 12.0 11.9 6.4 4.9 3.6 ND aControl cell lines. Trostate cancer cell lines. cBreast cancer cell line. Previously reported compounds. ND = Not determined. Lr,
LO
[0143] Shorter chain lengths containing polyamine conjugates of putrescine and spermidine (214, 215, 218, 219, 222, and 223) with serine, 4-thiazolidinone, and thiazolidine carboxylic acid as head groups did not show any cytotoxicity in all cell lines, including control cell lines, below 100 μM. It was observed that an increase in the carbon tether length as in case of spermine conjugates (216, 220, and 224) enhances the anti-proliferative activity of these analogues in prostate cancer cells. These results are consistent with the activities observed in the preceding examples for compounds containing shorter lipophilic alkyl side chains, which showed chain length dependent cytotoxicity. Interestingly, compounds 216 and 220 with nitrogen heteroatoms in the side chain were more active than their corresponding carbon analogues. On the other hand compound 224 (with polyamine conjugation) showed enhanced selectivity, relative to compound 17, against RH7777 cells. The TSU-PrI was the most sensitive of the cell lines assayed with IC50 values 2-3 μM. It is noteworthy to mention that MCF-7 cells were resistant to all polyamine conjugates with IC50 values above 100 μM. Even though, spermine polyamine conjugates showed enhanced potency (for prostate cancer cell lines) and selectivity (RH7777 and CV-I cells) but demonstrated no cytotoxicity against MCF-7 cells irrespective of the nature of head group. [0144] In summary, the above results demonstrate the design, synthesis, and evaluation of a new series of polyamine conjugates for the growth inhibitory effects against human prostate cancer cell lines. These new compounds were obtained by modification of the lipophilic alkyl side chain of previously reported compounds containing serine or the 4-thiazolidinones and thiazolidine carboxylic acids described in the preceding examples. As expected, these analogues also showed chain length dependent cytotoxicity and spermine polyamine conjugates were the most active compounds identified. Polyamine conjugation generally improves the selectivity of these analogues in prostate cancer cell lines over non-tumor cells. Interestingly, when the lipohilic alkyl side chain was replaced by a polyamine side chain, these compounds demonstrated selective anti-prostate cancer activity over breast cancer. It can be expected that introduction of polyamine side chain would favor water solubility and also improve pharmacological and antineoplastic behavior of this class of new drugs for prostate cancer. Example 12 - Cytotoxicity Assay in Melanoma Cells
[0145] SKMEL-188 cells were cultured in Ham's FlO medium (Gibco
Invitrogen, Inc., Grand Island, NY) plus 5% fetal bovine serum (Cellgro Mediatech, Inc., Herndon, VA) and 1% antibiotic/antimycotic mixture (Sigma- Aldrich, Inc., St. Louis, MO). WM- 164 cells (gift of Dr. Meenhard Herlyn, Wistar Inst., Philadelphia, PA) and human dermal fibroblasts (Cascade Biologies, Inc., Portland, OR) were cultured in DMEM medium (Cellgro Mediatech, Inc.) supplemented with 5% fetal bovine serum, 1% antibiotic.antimycotic mixture and bovine insulin (5 mg/μl, Sigma- Aldrich, Inc.). Human dermal fibroblasts were used as a control to examine the effects of compounds on stromal environment. Thus, the effect of the various compounds on melanoma cells versus fibroblasts would document their potential selectivity. [0146] Sulforhodamine B Assay: Cells were seeded into 96-well plates at 5000 cells/well. After 12 hours, media were changed and serial dilutions of compounds were added. Cells were incubated with each compound for 48 hours. Fresh media containing the test compound were changed ever 24 hours. Thereafter, total cell protein corresponding to cell numbers (both viable and non-viable cells) were measured using the sulforhodamine B (SRB) assay according to manufacturer's protocol (Sigma- Aldrich, Inc.) (Rubinstein et al., "Comparison of in vitro Anticancer Drug-screening Data Generated with a Tetrazolium Assay Versus a Protein Assay
Against a Diverse Panel of Human Tumor Cell Lines," J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 82:1113- 1118 (1990); Dothager et al., "Synthesis and Identification of Small Molecules that Potently Induce Apoptosis in Melanoma Cells Through Gl Cell Cycle Arrest," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 127:8686-8696 (2005), each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety). Briefly, cells were fixed with trichloracetic acid, washed and incubated with sulforhodamine B for 30 minutes. After another wash, dye incorporated into the cells was solubilized and measured using a plate reader at 565 run. [0147] Lactate Dehydrogenase Release Assay: SKMEL- 188 cells were seeded at a density of 5000 cells per well in a 96-well flat-bottom microtiter plate. Media were changed after 12 hours and the testing compound was added at serial dilutions. Media were changed with fresh compound every 24 hours. After incubation for 48 hours, supernatants were collected and transferred to a new plate. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in supernatants was measured using Cytotox 96 Non- Radioactive Cytotoxicity Assay (Promega, Madison, Wl). Briefly, substrate mix solutions (containing tetrazolium salt) was added to each well and incubated at room temperature for 30 minutes. At the end of incubation stop solution was added to each well and plate was read at 490 nm. Cytotoxicity of compounds was calculated using the following formula: percent cytotoxicity = experimental LDH release / maximum LDH release
Experimental LDH release was calculated by subtraction of absorbance corresponding to media only from absorbance corresponding to control/compound treated cells. Maximum LDH release was calculated by subtraction of absorbance corresponding to media with added lysis solution from absorbance corresponding to cells lysed with lysis solution. [0148] DNA Content Analysis: SKMEM-188 cells were seeded in 10 cm Petri dishes at a density of 106 cell per dish. At 12 hours, the medium was changed to 5% FBS with different concentrations of the testing compound. Cells were incubated for 48 hours, and media with compounds were changed every 24 hours. Cells were trypsinized, washed with PBS, and fixed in ice-cold 70% ethanol. After fixing, the ethanol was removed by centrifugation, and cells were incubated in phosphate-citrate buffer (0.2M Na2HPO4, 4mM citric acid, pH = 7.8) for 1 hour. Finally, cells were centrifuged and 1 ml propidium iodide solution (50 μg/ml) and RNAse (0.1 mg/ml) in PBS was added (Ormerod, Flow Cytometry, 3d edition, Oxford University Press (2000), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety). Samples were shaken for 30 minutes, and analyzed with FACS Caliber cytometer (Becton Dickinson, San Diego, CA). Data was analyzed and graphs were prepared using Modfit 2.0 (Verity Sofware House, Topsham, ME). [0149] Statistical Analysis: Data is presentedas mean + SEM (n = 6-8). IC50 (i.e., concentration that inhibited cell growth by 505 of untreated control) values were obtained by nonlinear regression analysis (GraphPad Prism, San Diego, CA). Statistical analyses were performed with Student's t-test (*p<0.05; **p<0.005). [0150] Initially, cells were exposed to 10 μM concentration of each compound to identify the ten most active compounds for both SKMEL- 188 and WM-164 cell lines. The IC50 values of seventeen compounds with 50% or more growth inhibition at 10 μM were subsequently measured on both cancer cell lines as well as on the control cells (fibroblast cells). DTIC and Taxol were assayed in the same way for comparison and served as internal quality controls in the different batches of assay. For comparison, the activities of 5R and 5S were measured. While these compounds showed very good activity in prostate cancer, they failed to demonstrate high activity against the two melanoma cell lines. The results for all three cell types are summarized in Table 10 below.
Table 10: Antiproliferative effects of compounds on melanoma cancer cell lines
IC50 (μM)
Compound SKMEL-188a WM-164a Fibroblast
4 HCl (R) 0.57 μM 0.46 μM 6.1 μM
5 HCl (R) 39.6 μM >50 μM >50 μM
5 HCl (S) 24.0 μM 18.1 μM 27.5 μM
8 HCl (R) ND >50 μM ND
15 HC1 (R) 9.7 μM 13.1 μM 28.0 μM
16 HC1 (R) 2.4 μM 3.1 μM >10 μM
17 HC1 (R) 1.8 μM 1.5 μM 5.2 μM
18 HC1 (R) 2.7 μM 5.5 μM >10 μM
Taxol 3.8 nM 6.I nM >10 μM
DITC >100 μM >100 μM ND
[0151] Overall, three basic skeletons were found very active in inhibiting both melanoma cell lines: serine amides, serine amino alcohols, and arylthiazolidine- carboxylic acid amides. Those serine amides and serine amino alcohols that were tested, while active, displayed little selectivity. The arylthiazolidine-carboxylic acid amides displayed the highest potency and selectivity with IC50 values up to submicromole range for cancer cells (see Table 10 above).
[0152] Several important structure-activity relationships were revealed in this initial screening. First, amides were less active than the corresponding alcohols. Heteroatoms on the sidechain substantially increase the potency, but unsaturation on the side chain decreased potency. Second, alkyl amine was about equipotent to the unsubstituted amine, suggesting that cyclization of the amine and alcohol may be possible. However, none of the open chain compounds displayed acceptable selectivity against cancer cells. Third, the presence of the aromatic ring in the heterocyclic compounds improves selectivity and cytotoxicity for the arylthiazolidine- carboxylic acid amides. Fourth, the potency of the compound depends strongly on the chirality at the C-4 position, the substitution on the aromatic ring, and the chain length. With similar C- 18 chains, the S-isomer at the C-4 position (compound 5S) showed higher potency than the R-isomer. More electron donating substitutions on the aromatic ring progressively increased the potency of the arylthiazolidine- carboxylic acid amides (compare compounds 5R, 15R, 16R, and 17R). N- substitution with a C- 14 chain is much more potent and selective against melanoma cancer cells than the corresponding C-18 chain compound (compare compounds 4R and 5R). This is different in prostate cancer cells, where the C-18 side chain promotes better selectivity. In any event, the most potent compound identified in this assay is compound 4R, with an IC50 value of about 0.5 μM and selectivity over 10- fold against both neoplastic cell lines. [0153] It is interesting the compare the activities of Taxol and DTIC with the arylthiazolidine-carboxylic acid amides. While Taxol is outstanding to inhibit cancer cell growth, it is not effective in killing the cells. (It is cytostatic.) In contrast, the arylthiazolidine-carboxylic acid amides, serine alcohols, and serine amides generally killed the cells completely at higher concentrations. The mechanisms of action between Taxol and these compounds is clearly different. Not surprisingly, the data from this in vitro assay indicated that DTIC is inactive (ICs0 > 100 μM) against both melanoma cell lines. This may be due to a lack of bio-activation in vitro. In any event, these results are consistent with the currently proposed mechanism of action for DTIC, as well as recent findings (Daidone et al., "Synthesis and in vitro Antileukemic Activity of new 4-Triazenopyrazole Derivatives," Farmaco 59:413-417 (2004), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety).
[0154] To examine more closely the cell death induced by the tested compounds, LDH release was measured by colorimetric assay and DNA content was analyzed by flow cytometry. LDH is a stable cytosolic enzyme that is released upon cell lysis. Treatment of cells with compound 4R resulted in dramatic does-dependent increase of LDH released to cellular environment (Figure HA). Analysis of the DNA content of control cells (Figure 11B) shows peaks corresponding to the cells in G 1/0 phase (62%), S phase (32%), and G2/M phase (6%). This is a typical distribution of cells in culture (Ormerod, Flow Cytometry, 3d edition, Oxford University Press
(2000), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety). Treatment of cells with compound 4R at 6 μM and 60 μM lead to disappearance of peaks corresponding to viable, proliferating cells and appearance of a single peak corresponding to debris/degraded DNA. This appearance is typical for cells undergoing necrosis as opposed to cells undergoing apoptosis (Ormerod, Flow Cytometry, 3d edition, Oxford University Press (2000); Darzynkiewicz et al., "Cytometric Methods to Detect Apoptosis," Method Cell Biol. 75:307-341 (2004), each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety). Apoptotic cell death is usually characterized by apparent subGl peak between cellular debris and G 1/0 peak (Darzynkiewicz et al., "Cytometric Methods to Detect Apoptosis," Method Cell Biol. 75:307-341 (2004), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety). To further comfirm that compound 4R does not induce significant apoptosis, its effect on the activation of effector caρsase-3 was analyzed but no increase in activity was seen. [0155] The above data demonstrate that the arylthiazolidine-carboxylic acid amides represent a class of potent and selective cytotoxic agents for melanoma and other related skin cancers. Furthermore, the antineoplastic activity of these analogs is attributed to their ability to induce necrosis in melanoma cells.
[0156] Although preferred embodiments have been depicted and described in detail herein, it will be apparent to those skilled in the relevant art that various modifications, additions, substitutions, and the like can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and these are therefore considered to be within the scope of the invention as defined in the claims which follow.

Claims

What Is Claimed:
1. A method of destroying a melanoma cell comprising: providing a compound according to formula (I) or (II)
wherein
X and X are each optional, and each can be oxygen;
X and X are each optional, and each can be oxygen or sulfur;
/ is an integer from 1 to 12;
R1 is selected from the group of saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons, saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated O- heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycles, aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to C30
hydrocarbons, or or -(CH2)m — Y1 where m is an integer from 0 to 10 and Y1 is a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycle, or saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle;
R2 is hydrogen, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbon, R10 — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — or R10 — hydrocarbon — where the hydrocarbon group is an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbon, a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons, a saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycle, a saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, a saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycle, a saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle, or or -(CH2)n — Y2 where n is an integer from 0 to 10 and Y is a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, saturated or unsaturated N- heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated S- heterocycle, or saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle;
R3 is hydrogen or an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched- chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon;
R4 is optional, or can be hydrogen, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon, acyl, acetyl, or mesyl;
R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R11, R12, R13, R14, and R15 are independently selected from the group of hydrogen, hydroxyl, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon, alkoxy, aryloxy, nitro, cyano, chloro, fluoro, bromo, iodo, haloalkyl, dihaloalkyl, trihaloalkyl, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, acylamino, arylamino, amido, alkylamido, dialkylamido, arylamido, aryl, C5 to C7 cycloalkyl, arylalkyl;
R10 is H(Z)N-, H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— ,
H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— N(Z)- hydrocarbon— , H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— N(Z)- hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenyl — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — , H(Z)N- phenylalkyl— N(Z)- hydrocarbon— , H(Z)N- phenylalkyl— N(Z)- hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — , phenylalkyl — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , or phenylalkyl — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , wherein each hydrocarbon is independently an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO group, and wherein each alkyl is a Cl to ClO alkyl; and
Z is independently hydrogen or t-butoxy carbonyl; and contacting the melanoma cell with the compound under conditions effective to kill the melanoma cell.
2. The method according to claim 1 wherein R1 is benzyl, furanyl, indolyl, pyridinyl, phenyl, or a substituted phenyl.
3. The method according to claim 1 wherein R2 is an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbon, phenyl, a phenylalkyl, substituted phenyls and substituted phenylalkyl
4. The method according to claim 3 wherein R2 is an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain C8 to C24 hydrocarbon.
5. The method according to claim 3 wherein R2 is an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl 4 to Cl 8 alkyl.
6. The method according to claim 1 wherein R2 is a poly(alkyl)amine, poly(alkoxy)amine, or polyamine.
7. The method according to claim 6 wherein R2 is spermine.
8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the compound is (4S)-N-octadecyl-2-phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-N-tetradecyl-2-phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide hydrochloride; (4S)-N-tetradecyl-2-phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide hydrochloride; (4R)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-2-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(3,4-diniethoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (4R)-2-(4-acetamidophenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(4-acetamidophenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-2-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (4R)-2-(4-acetamidophenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(4-acetamidophenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; and salts thereof.
9. A method of treating melanoma comprising: providing a compound according to formula (I) or (II)
wherein
X1 and X2 are each optional, and each can be oxygen;
X3 and X4 are each optional, and each can be oxygen or sulfur;
/ is an integer from 1 to 12;
R1 is selected from the group of saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons, saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated O- heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycles, aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbons, or or -(CH2)m — Y1 where m is an integer from 0 to 10 and Y1 is a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycle, or saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle;
R2 is hydrogen, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain
Cl to C30 hydrocarbon, R , 10 — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — or R 10 — hydrocarbon — where the hydrocarbon group is an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbon, a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons, a saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycle, a saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, a saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycle, a saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle,
or or -(CH2)H — Y where n is an integer from 0 to 10 and Y2 is a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, saturated or unsaturated N- heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated S- heterocycle, or saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle;
R3 is hydrogen or an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched- chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon;
R4 is optional, or can be hydrogen, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon, acyl, acetyl, or mesyl;
R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R11, R12, R13, R14, and R15 are independently selected from the group of hydrogen, hydroxyl, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon, alkoxy, aryloxy, nirro, cyano, chloro, fluoro, bromo, iodo, haloalkyl, dihaloalkyl, trihaloalkyl, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, acylamino, arylamino, amido, alkylamido, dialkylamido, arylamido, aryl, C5 to C7 cycloalkyl, arylalkyl; R10 is H(Z)N-, H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— ,
H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— N(Z)- hydrocarbon— , H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— N(Z)- hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenyl — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — , H(Z)N- phenylalkyl— N(Z)- hydrocarbon— , H(Z)N- phenylalkyl— N(Z)- hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — , phenylalkyl — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , or phenylalkyl — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , wherein each hydrocarbon is independently an aliphatic or non- aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO group, and wherein each alkyl is a Cl to ClO alkyl; and
Z is independently hydrogen or t-butoxycarbonyl; and administering the compound to a patient having melanoma, wherein said administering is effective to kill melanoma cells and thereby treat the melanoma.
10. The method according to claim 9 wherein R1 is benzyl, furanyl, indolyl, pyridinyl, phenyl, or a substituted phenyl.
11. The method according to claim 9 wherein R2 is an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbon, phenyl, a phenylalkyl, substituted phenyls and substituted phenylalkyl
12. The method according to claim 11 wherein R2 is an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain C8 to C24 hydrocarbon.
13. The method according to claim 11 wherein R2 is an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain C14 to C18 alkyl.
14. The method according to claim 9 wherein R is a poly(alkyl)amine, poly(alkoxy) amine, or polyamine.
15. The method according to claim 14 wherein R2 is spermine.
16. The method according to claim 9 wherein the compound is (4S)-N-octadecyl-2-phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-N-tetradecyl-2-phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide hydrochloride; (4S)-N-tetradecyl-2-phenylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide hydrochloride; (4R)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-2-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (4R)-2-(4-acetamidophenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(4-acetamidophenyl)-N-octadecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-2-(2,4,6-trimethoxyρhenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4R)-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide (4R)-2-(4-acetamidophenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; (4S)-2-(4-acetamidophenyl)-N-tetradecylthiazolidine-4-carboxamide; and salts thereof.
17. The method according to claim 9, wherein said administering is carried out systemically.
18. The method according to claim 9, wherein said administering is carried out directly to a site where melanoma cells are present.
19. The method according to claim 9, wherein said administering is carried out orally, topically, transdermally, parenterally, subcutaneously, intravenously, intramuscularly, intraperitoneally, by intranasal instillation, by intracavitary or intravesical instillation, intraocularly, intraarterially, intralesionally, or by application to mucous membranes.
20. The method according to claim 9 wherein the melanoma is malignant melanoma.
21. The method according to claim 9 wherein the melanoma is non- malignant melanoma.
22. The method according to claim 9, wherein the compound is administered at a dosage rate of about 0.01 to about 100 mg/kg-body weight.
23. The method according to claim 9, wherein said administering is repeated periodically.
24. The method according to claim 9, wherein said administering is carried out in combination with another cancer therapy.
25. A method of making a polymeric conjugate comprising: reacting a carboxylic acid according to formula (III) or (IV)
(III) (IV)
with a polymeric compound comprising an unprotected amine group under conditions effective to form a conjugate of formula (I) or (II) wherein
X and X are each optional, and each can be oxygen;
X3 and X4 are each optional, and each can be oxygen or sulfur;
Hs an integer from 1 to 12;
R1 is selected from the group of saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons, saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated O- heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycles, aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to C30
hydrocarbons, or or -(CH2)m — Y1 where m is an integer from 0 to 10 and Y1 is a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycle, or saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle;
R2 is R10 — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — or R10 — hydrocarbon — where the hydrocarbon group is an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbon,
R3 is hydrogen or an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched- chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon;
R4 is optional, or can be hydrogen, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon, acyl, acetyl, or mesyl;
R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R11, R12, R13, R14, and R15 are independently selected from the group of hydrogen, hydroxyl, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon, alkoxy, aryloxy, nitro, cyano, chloro, fluoro, bromo, iodo, haloalkyl, dihaloalkyl, trihaloalkyl, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, acylamino, arylamino, amido, alkylamido, dialkylamido, arylamido, aryl, C5 to C7 cycloalkyl, arylalkyl;
R10 is H(Z)N-, H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— ,
H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— N(Z)- hydrocarbon— , H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— N(Z)- hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenyl — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — , H(Z)N- phenylalkyl— N(Z)- hydrocarbon— , H(Z)N- phenylalkyl— N(Z)- hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — , phenylalkyl — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , or phenylalkyl — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , wherein each hydrocarbon is independently an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO group, and wherein each alkyl is a Cl to ClO alkyl; and
Z is independently hydrogen or t-butoxycarbonyl.
26. A method of making a polymeric conjugate comprising: reacting an intermediate comprising a 4-nitrophenol ester according to formula (VI) or (VII)
(VI) (VII)
with a polymeric compound comprising an unprotected amine group under conditions effective to form a conjugate of formula (I) or (II) wherein
X and X are each optional, and each can be oxygen;
X3 and X4 are each optional, and each can be oxygen or sulfur;
/ is an integer from 1 to 12;
R1 is selected from the group of saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbons, saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated O- heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycles, saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycles, aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to C30
hydrocarbons, or or -(CH2)m — Y1 where m is an integer from 0 to 10 and Y1 is a saturated or unsaturated cyclic hydrocarbon, saturated or unsaturated N-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated O-heterocycle, saturated or unsaturated S-heterocycle, or saturated or unsaturated mixed heterocycle;
R2 is R10 — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — or R10 — hydrocarbon — where the hydrocarbon group is an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbon,
R3 is hydrogen or an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched- chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon;
R4 is optional, or can be hydrogen, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon, acyl, acetyl, or mesyl;
R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R11, R12, R13, R14, and R15 are independently selected from the group of hydrogen, hydroxyl, an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO hydrocarbon, alkoxy, aryloxy, nitro, cyano, chloro, fluoro, bromo, iodo, haloalkyl, dihaloalkyl, trihaloalkyl, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, acylamino, arylamino, amido, alkylamido, dialkylamido, arylamido, aryl, C5 to C7 cycloalkyl, arylalkyl;
R10 is H(Z)N-, H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— ,
H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— N(Z)- hydrocarbon— , H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— N(Z)- hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenyl — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — , H(Z)N- phenylalkyl— N(Z)- hydrocarbon— , H(Z)N- phenylalkyl— N(Z)- hydrocarbon — N(Z)^-hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — , phenylalkyl — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , or phenylalkyl — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , wherein each hydrocarbon is independently an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO group, and wherein each alkyl is a Cl to ClO alkyl; and
Z is independently hydrogen or t-butoxycarbonyl.
27. The method according to claim 26 further comprising: reacting 4-nitrophenol with a carboxylic acid according to formula (III) or (IV)
(III) (IV)
under conditions effective to form the intermediate.
28. A compound according to formula (VII)
wherein
R16 is a hydroxyl, phosphate, thiophosphate, or phosphonate;
R17 is R10 — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — or R10 — hydrocarbon — where the hydrocarbon group is an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to C30 hydrocarbon,
R10 is H(Z)N-, H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— ,
H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— N(Z)- hydrocarbon— , H(Z)N- hydrocarbon— N(Z)- hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — O — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — hydrocarbon — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , hydrocarbon — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenyl — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — , H(Z)N- phenylalkyl— N(Z)- hydrocarbon— , H(Z)N- phenylalkyl— N(Z)- hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , phenylalkyl — O — hydrocarbon — , phenylalkyl — N(Z) — hydrocarbon — , H(Z)N — phenylalkyl — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , or phenylalkyl — carbonyl — hydrocarbon — , wherein each hydrocarbon is independently an aliphatic or non-aliphatic straight- or branched-chain Cl to ClO group, and wherein each alkyl is a Cl to ClO alkyl;
Z is independently hydrogen or t-butoxycarbonyl;
R18 is hydrogen, a straight or branched-chain Cl to C30 alkyl, a straight or branched-chain C2 to C30 alkenyl, an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring with or without mono-, di-, or tri-substitutions of the ring, an acyl including a Cl to C30 alkyl or an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring, an arylalkyl including straight or branched-chain Cl to C30 alkyl, an aryloxyalkyl including straight or branched-chain Cl to C30 alkyl,
R19 and R20 are independently hydrogen, a straight or branched-chain Cl to C30 alkyl, a straight or branched-chain C2 to C30 alkenyl, an aromatic or heteroaromatic ring with or without mono-, di-, or tri-substitutions of the ring, an acyl including a Cl to C30 alkyl or aromatic or heteroaromatic ring, an arylalkyl including straight or branched-chain Cl to C30 alkyl, or an aryloxyalkyl including straight or branched-chain Cl to C30 alkyl.
29. The compound according to claim 28, wherein R10 is a poly(alkyl)amine, poly(alkoxy)amine, or polyamine.
30. The compound according to claim 28, wherein R is hydrogen, t- butoxycarbonyl, methylcarbonyl, methyl, phenyl, or phenylcarbonyl.
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