申请人:ALLERGAN, INC.
公开号:EP0909560A2
公开(公告)日:1999-04-21
The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition suitable for inducing apoptotic death of tumor cells in a mammal suffering from a tumor, the pharmaceutical composition including a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and an active compound which has the biological property that the compound is an agonist of RXR retinoid receptors. The active compound preferably has the formula:
wherein
R1 is C1-6 alkyl, C1, Br, or I;
R2 is H, C1-6 alkyl, C1, Br, or I;
R3 is C1-6 alkyl, C1, Br, I, OR11, SR11, OCOR11, SCOR11, NH2, NHR11, N(R11)2, NHCOR11, or NR11-COR11;
the R5 groups independently are H, C1-6 alkyl, C1, Br, I, C1-6 alkoxy or C1-6 thioalkoxy;
the R6 groups independently are H or C1-6 alkyl;
A is (CH2)n is 0-5, lower branched chain alkyl having 3 to 6 carbons, cycloalkyl having 3 to 6 carbons, alkenyl having 2 to 6 carbons and 1 or 2 double bonds, alkynyl having 2 to 6 carbons and 1 or 2 triple bonds, and
B is hydrogen, COOH or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, COOR8, CONR9R10, -CH2OH, CH2OR11, CH2OCOR11, CHO, CH(OR12)2, CHOR130, -COR7, CR7(OR12)2, or CR7OR13O, where R7, is an alkyl, cycloalkyl or alkenyl group containing 1 to 5 carbons, R8 is an alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbons, or a cycloalkyl group of 5 to 10 carbons, or R8 is phenyl or C1-6 alkylphenyl, R9 and R10 independently are hydrogen, an alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbons, or a cycloalkyl group of 5 to 10 carbons, or phenyl or C1-6 alkylphenyl, R11 is alkyl or 1 to 10 carbons, phenyl or C1-6 alkylphenyl, R12 is C1-6 alkyl, and R13 is divalent alkyl radical of 2 - 5 carbons.
本发明提供了一种适用于诱导患有肿瘤的哺乳动物体内肿瘤细胞凋亡的药物组合物,该药物组合物包括一种药学上可接受的赋形剂和一种活性化合物,该活性化合物的生物学特性是该化合物是 RXR 视黄醇受体的激动剂。活性化合物最好具有如下式子
式中
R1 是 C1-6 烷基、C1、Br 或 I;
R2 是 H、C1-6 烷基、C1、Br 或 I;
R3 是 C1-6 烷基、C1、Br、I、OR11、SR11、OCOR11、SCOR11、NH2、NHR11、N(R11)2、NHCOR11 或 NR11-COR11;
R5 基团分别为 H、C1-6 烷基、C1、Br、I、C1-6 烷氧基或 C1-6 硫代烷氧基;
R6 基团各自为 H 或 C1-6 烷基;
A 是 (CH2)n 为 0-5 的碳原子、具有 3-6 个碳原子的低支链烷基、具有 3-6 个碳原子的环烷基、具有 2-6 个碳原子和 1-2 个双键的烯基、具有 2-6 个碳原子和 1-2 个三键的炔基,以及
B 是氢、COOH 或其药学上可接受的盐、COOR8、CONR9R10、-CH2OH、CH2OR11、CH2OCOR11、CHO、CH(OR12)2、CHOR130、-COR7、CR7(OR12)2 或 CR7OR13O,其中 R7 是含 1 至 5 个碳原子的烷基、环烷基或烯基,R8 是含 1 至 10 个碳原子的烷基或含 5 至 10 个碳原子的环烷基、或 R8 是苯基或 C1-6 烷基苯基,R9 和 R10 独立地是氢、含 1 至 10 个碳原子的烷基或含 5 至 10 个碳原子的环烷基或苯基或 C1-6 烷基苯基,R11 是烷基或含 1 至 10 个碳原子的苯基或 C1-6 烷基苯基,R12 是 C1-6 烷基,R13 是含 2 - 5 个碳原子的二价烷基。