申请人:De Kock Herman Augustinus
公开号:US20080214648A1
公开(公告)日:2008-09-04
The present invention provides new prodrugs which are conjugates of a therapeutic compound and a peptide wherein the conjugate is cleavable by dipeptidyl-peptidases, more preferably by CD26, also known as DPPIV (dipeptidyl aminodipeptidase IV). The present prodrugs have the formula
the stereoisomeric forms and salts thereof, wherein n is 1 to 5; Y is proline, alanine, hydroxyproline, dihydroxyproline, thiazolidinecarboxylic acid (thioproline), dehydroproline, pipecolic acid (L-homoproline), azetidinecarboxylic acid, aziridinecarboxylic acid, glycine, serine, valine, leucine, isoleucine and threonine; X is selected from any amino acid in the D- or L-configuration; X and Y in each repeat of [Y-X] are chosen independently from one another and independently from other repeats; Z is a direct bond or a bivalent straight or branched saturated hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R
1
is an aryl, heteroaryl, aryloxy, heteroaryloxy, aryloxyC
1-4
alkyl, heterocycloalkyloxy, heterocycloalkylC
1-4
alkyloxy, heteroaryloxyC
1-4
alkyl, heteroarylC
1-4
alkyloxy; R
2
is arylC
1-4
alkyl; R
3
is C
1-10
alkyl, C
2-6
alkenyl or C
3-7
cycloalkylC
1-4
alkyl; R
4
is hydrogen or C
1-4
alkyl. The present invention furthermore provides the use of said prodrugs as medicines as well as a method of producing said prodrugs.