Patent number: 10954228
Abstract: The disclosure provides a compound of the formula (II) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The variables, e.g. n, R, R3, R10, X, Y, and Z are defined herein. These compounds act as lactate dehydrogenase inhibitors and are useful for treating cancer and fibrosis. The compounds may be particularly useful for treating forms of cancer in which a metabolic switch from oxidative phosphorylation to glycolysis has occurred. The disclosure also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of this formula and method for treating patients having cancer, fibrosis, or other conditions in which a metabolic switch from oxidative phosphorylation to glycolysis has occurred.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 29, 2017
Date of Patent:
March 23, 2021
Assignees:
THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE UAB RESEARCH FOUNDATION, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, UNITED STATES DEPT. OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Inventors:
David J. Maloney, Alex Gregory Waterson, Ganesha Rai Bantukallu, Kyle Ryan Brimacombe, Plamen Christov, Chi V. Dang, Victor M. Darley-Usmar, Matthew Hall, Xin Hu, Ajit Jadhav, Somnath Jana, Kwangho Kim, William J. Moore, Bryan T. Mott, Leonard M. Neckers, Anton Simeonov, Gary Allen Sulikowski, Daniel Jason Urban, Shyh Ming Yang