This invention is directed to aromatic sulfone hydroxamates (also known as aromatic sulfone hydroxamic acids) and salts thereof that, inter alia, tend to inhibit matrix metalloproteinase (also known as matrix metalloprotease or MMP) activity and/or aggrecanase activity. This invention also is directed to a treatment method that comprises administering such a compound or salt in an MMP-inhibiting and/or aggrecanase-inhibiting effective amount to an animal, particularly a mammal having (or disposed to having) a pathological condition associated with MMP activity and/or aggrecanase activity.
本发明涉及芳香基磺酮羟
肟酸(也称为芳香基磺酮羟
肟酸)及其盐,该化合物在抑制基质
金属
蛋白酶(也称为基质
金属
蛋白酶或MMP)活性和/或聚集素酶(aggrecanase)活性方面具有倾向性。本发明还涉及一种治疗方法,其包括向动物,特别是患有(或有病理条件与MMP活性和/或聚集素酶活性相关的)哺乳动物中,以MMP
抑制剂和/或聚集素酶
抑制剂有效量的该化合物或盐进行治疗。