申请人:Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
公开号:US20220267379A1
公开(公告)日:2022-08-25
The present invention relates to a cyclic inhibitor of a kallikrein protease comprising or consisting of (I) the peptide (X
1
(X
2
)(X
3
)R(X
4
)(X
5
)(X
6
)(X
7
)(X
8
)(X
9
)(X
10
)(X
11
) (Formula (X)), wherein (X
1
) is present or absent and, is preferably present, and if present, is an amino acid, and is most preferably D-alanine or G; (X
2
) is an amino acid with a side chain; (X
3
) is an amino acid with a polar uncharged side chain, is preferably with a polar uncharged side chain comprising a hydroxyl group, is more preferably T or S and is most preferably T; (X
4
) is an amino acid, preferably citrulline, Q or E; (X
5
) is an amino acid, preferably an amino acid with a hydrophobic side chain; (X
6
) is present or absent, is preferably absent, and, if present, is an amino acid with a negatively charged side chain, preferably D; (X
7
) is present or absent, is preferably present, and, if present, is an amino acid, more preferably an amino acid with a side chain comprising a pyrrole of indole, even more preferably P, hydroxyl-proline, (R)-3-piperidine carboxylic acid or W, and most preferably P; (X
8
) is present or absent and, if present, is an amino acid, and is preferably absent; (X
9
) is present or absent and, if present, is an amino acid, and is preferably absent; (X
10
) is an amino acid with a side chain; and (X
11
) is present or absent and, if present, is an amino acid, and is preferably absent; wherein the side chains of (X
2
) and (X
10
) are connected via a connecting molecule, said connecting molecule having at least two functional groups, each functional group forming a covalent bond with one of the side chains of (X
2
) and (X
10
); and wherein the kallikrein protease is Kallikrein-related peptidase (KLK5); or (II) the peptide (Y
1
)(Y
2
)(Y
3
) (Y
4
)(Y
5
)(Y
6
)(Y
7
)(Y
8
)(Y
9
) (Formula (Y)), wherein (Y
1
) is present or absent, is preferably present, and, if present, is an amino acid, preferably P, L-beta-hydroxyl-proline, D-proline, (R)-3-piperidine carboxylic acid, Q or R, and is most preferably P; (Y
2
) is an amino acid with a side chain; (Y
3
) is I, L or L-Neopentylglycine, and is preferably L; (Y
4
) is Y or F, and is preferably Y; (Y
5
) is an amino acid, preferably an amino acid with a hydrophobic side chain, or Q or R, is more preferably L, norleucine, Q, I, R or M, and is most preferably norleucine or L; (Y
6
) is an amino acid, preferably an amino acid with a hydrophobic side chain and is most preferably A; (Y
7
) is absent or present, preferably present and, if present, is an amino acid preferably Q, homoarginine, 4-guanidino-phenlalanine or R; (Y
8
) is an amino acid with a side chain; and (Y
9
) is present or absent and, if present, is an amino acid, preferably S, and is most preferably absent; wherein the side chains of (Y
2
) and (Y
8
) are connected via a connecting molecule, said connecting molecule having at least two functional groups, each functional group forming a covalent bond with one of the side chains of (Y
2
) and (Y
8
); and wherein the kallikrein protease is Kallikrein-related peptidase 7 (KLK7).