申请人:Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research
公开号:US05369108A1
公开(公告)日:1994-11-29
The present invention provides the compound having the structure: ##STR1## wherein each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently the same as or different from each other; when R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are the same, each is a substituted or unsubstituted arylamino, cycloalkylamino, pyridineamino, piperidino, 9-purine-6-amine, or thiozoleamino group; when R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are different, R.sub.1 =R.sub.3 --N--R.sub.4, wherein each of R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are independently the same as or different from each other and are a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted, branched or unbranched alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, alkyloxy, aryloxy, arylalkyloxy, or pyridine group, or R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 bond together to form a piperidine group and R.sub.2 is a hydroxylamino, hydroxyl, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino or alkyloxy group; and n is an integer from about 4 to about 8. The present invention also provides a method of selectively inducing terminal differentiation of neoplastic cells and thereby inhibiting proliferation of such cells. Moreover, the present invention provides a method of treating a patient having a tumor characterized by proliferation of neoplastic cells. Lastly, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a therapeutically acceptable amount of the compound above.
本发明提供了具有以下结构的化合物:##STR1##
其中R.sub.1和R.sub.2各自独立地相同或不同; 当R.sub.1和R.sub.2相同时,每个都是取代或未取代的芳基氨基,环烷基氨基,吡啶氨基,哌啶,9-嘌呤-6-胺或噻唑基氨基基团; 当R.sub.1和R.sub.2不同时,R.sub.1 = R.sub.3 -N- R.sub.4,其中R.sub.3和R.sub.4各自独立地相同或不同,是氢原子,羟基,取代或未取代的支链或直链烷基,烯基,环烷基,芳基,烷氧基,芳氧基,芳基烷氧基或吡啶基,或R.sub.3和R.sub.4结合形成哌啶基团,而R.sub.2是羟胺基,羟基,氨基,烷基氨基,二烷基氨基或烷氧基基团; 而n是从约4到约8的整数。 本发明还提供了一种选择性诱导肿瘤细胞末端分化以抑制这些细胞增殖的方法。此外,本发明还提供了一种治疗具有由肿瘤细胞增殖所特征的肿瘤患者的方法。最后,本发明提供了一种制剂,包括药学上可接受的载体和上述化合物的治疗上可接受的量。