Abstract: In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing a PGAM1 mediated condition such as cancer or tumor growth comprising administering an effective amount of PGAM1 inhibitor, for example, an anthracene-9,10-dione derivative to a subject in need thereof. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing cancer, such as lung cancer, head and neck cancer, and leukemia, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound disclosed herein or pharmaceutically acceptable salt to a subject in need thereof.
Abstract: Chemical agents, such as disulfonamide derivatives of fluorene, anthracene, xanthene, dibenzosuberone and acridine, and similar heterocyclic ring structures, including salts thereof, that act as anti-cancer and anti-tumor agents, especially where such agents modulate the activity of the Wnt/?-catenin signaling pathway, and serve to reduce ?-catenin levels present in cells, such as cancer cells, or where the agents modulate levels of gene expression in cellular systems, including cancer cells, are disclosed, along with methods for preparing such agents, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such agents as active ingredients and methods of using these as therapeutic agents.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 30, 2012
Publication date:
May 24, 2012
Inventors:
Wieslaw M. Cholody, Yi Zang, Norman E. Ohler, Sheela Chellappan, Janak Padia, Karina Zuck, Jeffrey W.H. Watthey, Zoe Ohler, Jeffrey Strovel
Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) for treatment of pathologies in which erosion of cartilaginous and bone matrix occurs, for example osteoarthrosis. An exampliary compound is 2,6-anthraquinonesulfonamido-N,N-caproic acid.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 29, 1998
Date of Patent:
January 5, 1999
Assignee:
Boonville Limited
Inventors:
Dino Benetti, Ruggero Aloisi, Giuseppe Guainai, Sergio Rosini