[EN] ALPHA-KETO CARBONYL CALPAIN INHIBITORS<br/>[FR] INHIBITEURS DE CALPAINE DE TYPE ALPHA-CETO CARBONYLE
                        
                            
                                申请人:MYOCONTRACT LTD
                            
                            
                                公开号:WO2004078908A2
                            
                            
                                公开(公告)日:2004-09-16
                            
                            The present invention relates to novel α-keto carbonyl calpain inhibitors for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and neuromuscular diseases including Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Becker Muscular Dystrophy and other muscular dystrophies. Disuse atrophy and general muscle wasting can also be treated. Diseases of the eye, in particular cataract, can be treated as well. Generally all conditions where elevated levels of calpains are involved can be treated. The compounds of the invention may also inhibit other thiol proteases such as cathepsin B, cathepsin H, cathepsin L, papain or the like. Multicatalytic Protease (MCP) also known as proteasome may also be inhibited and the compounds can therefore be . used to treat cell proliferative diseases such as cancer, psoriasis, and restenosis. The compounds of the present invention are also inhibitors of cell damage by oxidative stress through free radicals and can be used to treat mitochondrial disorders and neurodegenerative diseases, where elevated levels of oxidative stress are involved.