Patents by Inventor Masaaki Sawa

Masaaki Sawa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20170065609
    Abstract: Provided is a pharmaceutical composition comprising a Cdc7 inhibitor and an M phase promoter. In particular, the Cdc7 inhibitor contained in the pharmaceutical composition is a furanone derivative represented by formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. (In the formula, A is —COOR1 or a hydrogen atom; R1 is a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, or an optionally substituted heterocycle; R2 and R3 are the same or different and are each a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group, an optionally substituted phenyl group, an optionally substituted heterocycle, an optionally substituted heterocyclic condensed ring, or an optionally substituted amino group. Alternatively, R2 and R3 may, together with the nitrogen atoms bonding the same, form an optionally substituted heterocycle or optionally substituted heterocyclic condensed ring. R4 is a hydrogen atom or halogen atom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Yoko FUNAKOSHI, Chika TANAKA, Tokiko ASAMI, Masaaki SAWA
  • Publication number: 20160264555
    Abstract: The present invention provides a quinazoline derivative represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1 and R2 represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or a lower alkyl group optionally having a substituent; Z represents a cycloalkyl group having a substituent or a cycloalkenyl group having a substituent; and Q represents a bicyclic heteroaryl group optionally having a substituent, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Since the compound has an inhibitory effect on the Wnt/?-catenin signaling pathway and exhibits an antitumor effect, it is useful as a medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicants: NATIONAL CANCER CENTER, CARNA BIOSCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Hideki MORIYAMA, Masaaki SAWA, Yuko UNO, Shigeki KASHIMOTO, Tesshi YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20160221991
    Abstract: To provide a novel triazine derivative represented by the following formula (I): A triazine derivative represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, either of Z1 and Z2 represents carbon atom and the other is nitrogen atom, or both of the Z1 and Z2 represent nitrogen atoms, Q is selected from a structure (a) and (b) described below: wherein R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, Y represents a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom, and the bond drawn with a dotted line parallel to a solid line on structure (a) represents either double bond or single bond, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Takahiro MIYAKE, Wataru KAWAHATA, Tokiko ASAMI, Masaaki SAWA
  • Publication number: 20160207906
    Abstract: To provide a novel 2,6-diaminopyrimidine derivative by the following formula (I): A 2,6-diaminopyrimidine derivative is represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, Ar represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, Z1 and Z2 represent carbon atoms, or either 1 or 2 of the Z1 and Z2 represent nitrogen atoms, Q is selected from a structure (a) or (b) described below: R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, Y represents a nitrogen atom or a carbon atom, and the bond drawn with a dotted line parallel to a solid line on structure (a) represents either double bond or single bond.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Wataru KAWAHATA, Tokiko ASAMI, Masaaki SAWA, Takayuki IRIE
  • Publication number: 20160168122
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a novel triazine derivative of the formula (I): wherein R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, A represents a nitrogen atom or C—R3, R3 represents a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, a substituted or unsubstituted acyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted sulfonyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted carbamoyl group, and R4 represents a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Wataru KAWAHATA, Tokiko ASAMI, Masaaki SAWA, Yuko ASAMITSU, Takayuki IRIE, Takahiro MIYAKE, Takao KIYOI
  • Patent number: 9102637
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bicyclic thiazole compounds that inhibit Traf2- and Nck-interacting kinase (TNIK), and as such are useful as TNIK inhibitors administered to cancer patients, especially to solid cancer patients such as colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, prostate cancer or breast cancer. The bicyclic thiazole compounds are showed by a next formula (I). (wherein R1, R2, R3 and Q are as defined in the specification), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignees: CARNA BIOSCIENCES, INC., NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Masaaki Sawa, Hideki Moriyama, Tesshi Yamada, Miki Shitashige, Yusuke Kawase, Yuko Uno
  • Publication number: 20150133656
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bicyclic thiazole compounds that inhibit Traf2- and Nck-interacting kinase (TNIK), and as such are useful as TNIK inhibitors administered to cancer patients, especially to solid cancer patients such as colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, prostate cancer or breast cancer. The bicyclic thiazole compounds are showed by a next formula (I). (wherein R1, R2, R3 and Q are as defined in the specification), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicants: CARNA BIOSCIENCES INC., NATIONAL CANCER CENTER
    Inventors: Masaaki Sawa, Hideki Moriyama, Tesshi Yamada, Miki Shitashige, Yusuke Kawase, Yuko Uno
  • Publication number: 20150011751
    Abstract: To provide a novel triazine derivative represented by the following formula (I): A triazine derivative represented by the following formula (I): wherein R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic fused ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group, R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, R3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic fused ring, R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkoxy group, a substituted or unsubstituted amino group, or a halogen atom, and R5 represents a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, or R1 and R5 may be combined to form a saturated or unsaturate
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Wataru Kawahata, Tokiko Asami, Masaaki Sawa, Yuko Asamitsu, Takayuki Irie, Takahiro Miyake, Takao Kiyoi
  • Patent number: 8742113
    Abstract: To provide a novel furanone derivative, and a medicine including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignees: SBI Biotech Co., Ltd., Carna Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Irie, Ayako Sawa, Masaaki Sawa, Tokiko Asami, Yoko Funakoshi, Chika Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140018533
    Abstract: To provide a novel furanone derivative, and a medicine including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicants: CARNA BIOSCIENCES, INC., SBI BIOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Irie, Ayako Sawa, Masaaki Sawa, Tokiko Asami, Yoko Funakoshi, Chika Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130317218
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bicyclic thiazole compounds that inhibit Traf2- and Nck-interacting kinase (TNIK), and as such are useful as TNIK inhibitors administered to cancer patients, especially to solid cancer patients such as colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, prostate cancer or breast cancer. The bicyclic thiazole compounds are showed by a next formula (I). (wherein R1, R2, R3 and Q are as defined in the specification), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Inventors: Masaaki Sawa, Hideki Moriyama, Tesshi Yamada, Miki Shitashige, Yusuke Kawase, Yuko Uno
  • Patent number: 8329413
    Abstract: Methods are provided for labeling cellular glycans bearing azide groups via fluorescent labeling comprising Cu(I)-catalyzed [3+2] cycloaddition of a probe comprising alkynyl group. Generation of fluorescent probes from a nonfluorescent precursor, 4-ethynyl-N-ethyl-1,8-naphthalimide, by Cu(I)-catalyzed [3+2] cycloaddition of the alkyne group of the probe to an azido-modified sugar are provided. Incorporation of azido-containing fucose analog into glycoconjugates via the fucose salvage pathway are disclosed. Fluorescent visualization of fucosylated cells by flow cytometry of cells treated with 6-azidofucose labeled with click-activated fluorogenic probe or biotinylated alkyne is disclosed. Visualization of intracellular location of fucosylated glycoconjugates by fluorescence microscopy are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Chi-Huey Wong, Tsui-Ling Hsu, Sarah R Hanson, Masaaki Sawa
  • Publication number: 20120149887
    Abstract: Methods for metabolic oligosaccharide engineering that incorporates derivatized alkyne-bearing sugar analogs as “tags” into cellular glycoconjugates are disclosed. Alkynyl derivatized Fuc and alkynyl derivatized ManNAc sugars are incorporated into cellular glycoconjugates. Chemical probes comprising an azide group and a visual or fluorogenic probe and used to label alkyne-derivatized sugar-tagged glycoconjugates are disclosed. Chemical probes bind covalently to the alkynyl group by Cu(I)-catalyzed [3+2] azide-alkyne cycloaddition and are visualized at the cell surface, intracellularly, or in a cellular extract. The labeled glycoconjugate is capable of detection by flow cytometry, SDS-PAGE, Western blot, ELISA, confocal microscopy, and mass spectrometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: ACADEMIA SINICA
    Inventors: Masaaki Sawa, Chi-Huey Wong, Tsui-Ling Hsu, Sarah Hanson
  • Patent number: 8119812
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide thiazolidinone derivatives. More specifically, an object of the present invention is to provide novel compounds having a CDC7 inhibitory action. The present invention provides thiazolidinone derivatives represented by the formula (I) The compounds of the present invention inhibit the CDC7 protein kinase activity, and suppress cell proliferation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignees: SBI Biotech Co., Ltd., Crystalgenomics, Inc.
    Inventors: Takayuki Irie, Masaaki Sawa, Sayuri Ito, Chika Tanaka, Seong Gu Ro, Choul Hong Park
  • Publication number: 20110257376
    Abstract: Methods are provided for labeling cellular glycans bearing azide groups via fluorescent labeling comprising Cu(I)-catalyzed [3+2] cycloaddition of a probe comprising alkynyl group. Generation of fluorescent probes from a nonfluorescent precursor, 4-ethynyl-N-ethyl-1,8-naphthalimide, by Cu(I)-catalyzed [3+2] cycloaddition of the alkyne group of the probe to an azido-modified sugar are provided. Incorporation of azido-containing fucose analog into glycoconjugates via the fucose salvage pathway are disclosed. Fluorescent visualization of fucosylated cells by flow cytometry of cells treated with 6-azidofucose labeled with click-activated fluorogenic probe or biotinylated alkyne is disclosed. Visualization of intracellular location of fucosylated glycoconjugates by fluorescence microscopy are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: ACADEMIA SINICA
    Inventors: Chi-Huey Wong, Tsui-Ling Hsu, Sarah R. Hanson, Masaaki Sawa
  • Publication number: 20110190299
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide thiazolidinone derivatives. More specifically, an object of the present invention is to provide novel compounds having a CDC7 inhibitory action. The present invention provides thiazolidinone derivatives represented by the formula (I) The compounds of the present invention inhibit the CDC7 protein kinase activity, and suppress cell proliferation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicants: SBI BIOTECH CO., LTD., CRYSTALGENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Takayuki Irie, Masaaki Sawa, Sayuri Ito, Chika Tanaka, Seong Gu Ro, Choul Hong Park
  • Patent number: 7960139
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for metabolic oligosaccharide engineering that incorporates derivatized alkyne-bearing sugar analogs as “tags” into cellular glycoconjugates. The disclosed method incorporates alkynyl derivatized Fuc and alkynyl derivatized ManNAc sugars into a cellular glycoconjugate. A chemical probe comprising an azide group and a visual probe or a fluorogenic probe is used to label the alkyne-derivatized sugar-tagged glycoconjugate. In one aspect, the chemical probe binds covalently to the alkynyl group by Cu(I)-catalyzed [3+2] azide-alkyne cycloaddition and is visualized at the cell surface, intracellularly, or in a cellular extract. The labeled glycoconjugate is capable of detection by flow cytometry, SDS-PAGE, Western blot, ELISA or confocal microscopy, and mass spectrometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Masaaki Sawa, Chi-Huey Wong, Tsui-Ling Hsu, Sarah Hanson
  • Patent number: 7910319
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of labeling of cellular glycans bearing azide groups via a fluorescent labeling technique based on Cu(I)-catalyzed [3+2]cycloaddition (click activation) of a probe comprising an alkynyl group. The method entails generating a fluorescent probe from a nonfluorescent precursor, 4-ethynyl-N-ethyl-1,8-naphthalimide, by Cu(I)-catalyzed [3+2]cycloaddition of the alkyne group of the probe with an azido-modified sugar. The disclosure further provides a method of incorporating an azido-containing fucose analog into glycoconjugates via the fucose salvage pathway. The disclosure provides a method of fluorescent visualization of fucosylated cells by flow cytometry when cells treated with 6-azidofucose are labeled with the click-activated fluorogenic probe or biotinylated alkyne. A method of visualizing the intracellular localization of fucosylated glycoconjugates by fluorescence microscopy is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Academia Sinica
    Inventors: Chi-Huey Wong, Tsui-Ling Hsu, Sarah R Hanson, Masaaki Sawa
  • Publication number: 20100311965
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide compounds which are useful as protein kinase inhibitors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicants: CARNA BIOSCIENCES INC., CRYSTAL GENOMICS, INC.
    Inventors: Masaaki Sawa, Koichi Yokota, Hideki Moriyama, Myoungyoup Shin, Seonggu Ro, Joong Myung Cho
  • Publication number: 20100216795
    Abstract: The present invention relates to Traf2- and Nck-interacting kinase (TNIK) inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for the treatment of cancer patients with TNIK inhibitors. And the present invention relates to a novel aminothiazole derivatives. The TNIK inhibitors are showed by a next formula (I). Wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 represent independently a hydrogen atom or a substituent group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventors: Tesshi Yamada, Miki Shitashige, Koichi Yokota, Masaaki Sawa, Hideki Moriyama