Publication number: 20100317732
Abstract: Disclosed are methods of enhancing the chemotherapeutic treatment of tumor cells, reducing resistance of a cancer cell to a chemotherapeutic agent, a method of inhibiting ABCG2, Pgp, or MRP1 in a mammal afflicted with cancer, and a method of increasing the bioavailability of an ABCG2 substrate drug in a mammal. The methods comprise administering effective amounts of certain compounds to the mammal, for example, a compound of the formula (I): Formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, X1, X2, X3, a, and b are as described herein. Uses of these compounds in the preparation of a medicament are also disclosed. Also disclosed are compounds of formula (II), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and uses thereof.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 29, 2008
Publication date:
December 16, 2010
Applicant:
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE
Inventors:
Curtis J. Henrich, Heidi R. Bokesch, Laura K. Cartner, Richard W. Fuller, Kirk R. Gustafson, Kentaro Takada, James B. McMahon, Susan E. Bates, Robert W. Robey, Suneet Shukla, Suresh V. Ambudkar, Michael C. Dean