A thioaryl sulfonamide hydroxamic acid compound that, inter alia, inhibits matrix metalloprotease activity is disclosed, as are a treatment process that comprises administering a contemplated thioaryl sulfonamide hydroxamic acid compound in a MMP enzyme-inhibiting effective amount to a host having a condition associated with pathological matrix metalloprotease activity.
Novel Fluorinated Derivatives of the Broad-Spectrum MMP Inhibitors <i>N</i>-Hydroxy-2(<i>R</i>)-[[(4-methoxyphenyl)sulfonyl](benzyl)- and (3-picolyl)-amino]-3-methyl-butanamide as Potential Tools for the Molecular Imaging of Activated MMPs with PET
An approach to the in vivo imaging of locally upregulated and activated matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) found in many pathological processes is offered by positron emission tomography (PET). Hence, appropriate PET radioligands for MMP imaging are required. Here, we describe the syntheses of novel fluorinated MMP inhibitors (MMPIs) based on lead structures of the broad-spectrum inhibitors N-hydrox