Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) are described: in which the R1 group is as defined in the specification and includes the condensation of 7-t-butoxyiminomethylcamptothecin in position 20 with a cyclopeptide containing the RGD sequence. Said compounds are endowed both with high affinity for integrin receptors ?v?3 and ?v?5 and with selective cytotoxic activity on human tumour cell lines at micromolar concentrations.
Inventors:
Claudio Pisano, Giuseppe Giannini, Loredana Vesci, Domenico Alloatti, Sergio Penco, Alma Dal Pozzo, Ni Ming Hong, Sabrina Dallavalle, Lucio Merlini, Maria Ornella Tinti, Franco Zunino
Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) wherein the groups are as defined in the description are disclosed. The compounds of formula (I) are endowed with reversible inhibiting activity of carnitine palmitoyl-transferase and are useful in the preparation of medicaments useful in the pathologies related to a hyperactivity of carnitine palmitoyl-transferase, such as hyperglycemia, diabetes and pathologies related thereto, heart failure, ischemia.