Inventors:
Ralph Mazitschek - Arlington MA, US
Nicholas Paul Kwiatkowski - Auburn MA, US
James Elliot Bradner - Cambridge MA, US
Assignee:
President and Fellows of Harvard College - Cambridge MA
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc. - Boston MA
International Classification:
A61K 31/357
C07D 407/12
Abstract:
In recognition of the need to develop novel therapeutic agents and efficient methods for the synthesis thereof, the present invention provides novel inhibitors of histone deacetylases, tubulin deacetylases, and/or aggresome inhibitors, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and derivatives thereof. The inventive compounds fall into two classes—“isotubacin” class and “isoisotubacin” class—all of which include a 1,3-dioxane core. The present invention further provides methods for treating disorders regulated by histone deacetylase activity, tubulin deacetylase activity, and/or the aggresome (e. g. , proliferative diseases, cancer, inflammatory diseases, protozoal infections, protein degradation disorders, protein deposition disorders, etc. ) comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of an inventive compound to a subject in need thereof. The present invention also provides methods for preparing compounds of the invention.