A treatment process is disclosed that comprises administering an effective amount of an aromatic sulfone hydroxamic acid that exhibits excellent inhibitory activity of one or more matrix metalloprotease (MMP) enzymes, such as MMP-2, MMP-9, and MMP-13, while exhibiting substantially less inhibition at least of MMP-1 to a host having a condition associated with pathological matrix metalloprotease activity. The administered enzyme inhibitor corresponds in structure to formula (I), below, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R
1
and R
2
are both hydrido or R
1
and R
2
together with the atoms to which they are bonded form a 5- to 8-membered ring containing one, two, or three heteroatoms in the ring that are oxygen, sulfur, or nitrogen. R
3
in formula (I) is an optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl radical. Also disclosed are metalloprotease inhibitor compounds having those selective activities, processes for manufacture of such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions using an inhibitor.
本发明揭示了一种治疗过程,其中包括向患有与病理性基质
金属
蛋白酶活性相关的病症的宿主施用一种具有出色的抑制活性的芳香基磺酰羟
肟酸,该抑制活性针对一种或多种基质
金属
蛋白酶(MMP)酶,例如MMP-2、MMP-9和MMP-13,同时在至少MMP-1方面表现出明显较少的抑制作用。所施用的酶
抑制剂在结构上与下式(I)或其药学上可接受的盐相对应,其中R1和R2均为氢基或R1和R2与它们键合的原子形成一个含有一个、两个或三个杂原子(氧、
硫或氮)的5-8元环。式(I)中的R3是一个可选的取代芳基或可选的取代杂原芳基基团。此外,还揭示了具有这些选择性活性的
金属蛋白酶抑制剂化合物、制造这种化合物的过程以及使用
抑制剂的药物组合物。