申请人:Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
公开号:EP0511790A1
公开(公告)日:1992-11-04
Compounds of formula 1
and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein each of R¹,R²,R³,R⁴ and R⁵ independently represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a hydroxy group, a lower alkyloxy group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or a nitro group, or two substituents adjacent to each other on the benzene ring are combined together to form an alkylenedioxy group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms;
at least one of R⁶ and R⁷ represents an alkyloxycarbonyl group or an alkylaminocarbonyl group in which the alkyl moiety has a nitrogen-containing substituent and where only one of R⁶ and R⁷ represents an alkyloxycarbonyl group or an alkylaminocarbonyl group in which the alkyl group has a nitrogen-containing substituent, the other is an alkyloxycarbonyl group;
each of R⁸ and R⁹ independently represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms;
n represents an integer of 2 to 9;
X represents a methylene group or oxygen atom, wherein the methylene is optionally substituted with a lower alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, or a lower alkyloxy group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms; and,
R¹⁰ represents an aryl group or an aralkyl group, wherein the aryl moiety in the aryl group and aralkyl group is optionally substituted with a substituent selected from a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a lower alkyloxy group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, a hydroxy group an aryl group, an aryloxy group, an aralkyl group, or an aralkyloxy group, or two substituents adjacent to each other on the benzene ring are combined together to form an alkylenedioxy group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms;
are effective at reducing the resistance of cancer cells which have acquired resistance to chemotherapeutic agents used in cancer treatment.
式 1 的化合物
及其药学上可接受的盐,其中 R¹、R²、R³、R⁴ 和 R⁵ 各自独立地代表氢原子、具有 1 至 3 个碳原子的低级烷基、羟基、具有 1 至 3 个碳原子的低级烷氧基或硝基,或苯环上相邻的两个取代基结合在一起形成具有 1 至 3 个碳原子的亚烷基二氧基;
R⁶ 和 R⁷ 中至少有一个代表烷氧基羰基或烷基氨基羰基,其中烷基具有含氮取代基;如果 R⁶ 和 R⁷ 中只有一个代表烷氧基羰基或烷基氨基羰基,其中烷基具有含氮取代基,则另一个代表烷氧基羰基;
R⁸ 和 R⁹ 各自独立地代表氢原子或具有 1 至 5 个碳原子的低级烷基;
n 代表 2 至 9 的整数;
X 代表亚甲基或氧原子,其中亚甲基任选被具有 1 至 5 个碳原子的低级烷基或具有 1 至 5 个碳原子的低级烷氧基取代;以及
R¹⁰ 代表芳基或芳烷基,其中芳基和芳烷基中的芳基任选被选自卤素原子、具有 1 至 5 个碳原子的低级烷基或具有 1 至 5 个碳原子的低级烷氧基的取代基取代、1至5个碳原子的低级烷氧基、羟基、芳基、芳氧基、烷基或芳氧基,或苯环上相邻的两个取代基结合在一起形成1至3个碳原子的亚烷基二氧基;
能有效降低已对用于癌症治疗的化疗药物产生抗药性的癌细胞的抗药性。