Prodrugs made up of biologically-active short-chain fatty acids or derivatives thereof conjugated to neutral or cationic amino acids capable of intracellular transport by ATB
0
,
+
are provided. The short-chain fatty acid or derivative thereof can be attached to the amino acid through a hydroxyl group of the amino acid to form a fatty acid ester of the amino acid, or it can be attached through the amino group of the amino acid to form a fatty-acid amide of the amino acid. Serine butyrate (O-butyryl serine) is a preferred prodrug. These prodrugs are useful for treatment of colon cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, lung cancer, cervical cancer, and cancers resulting from metastases from primary colon cancer sites. Methods of delivering biologically-active short-chain fatty acids or derivatives thereof to cells in need of these molecules and methods of treating diseases using the prodrugs of this invention are also provided.
本发明提供了由
生物活性短链
脂肪酸或其衍
生物与能够通过ATB0,+进行细胞内转运的中性或阳离子
氨基酸结合而成的前药。短链
脂肪酸或其衍
生物可以通过
氨基酸的羟基与
氨基酸结合形成
氨基酸脂肪酸酯,也可以通过
氨基酸的
氨基与
氨基酸结合形成
脂肪酸酰胺。
丝氨酸丁酸酯(O-丁酰
丝氨酸)是一种优选的前药。这些前药可用于治疗结肠癌、炎症性肠病、溃疡性结肠炎、克罗恩病、肺癌、宫颈癌以及由原发性结肠癌部位转移引起的癌症。本发明还提供了将
生物活性短链
脂肪酸或其衍
生物输送到需要这些分子的细胞的方法以及使用本发明的前药治疗疾病的方法。