AU2001260227A1 - Use of substituted acryloyl distamycin derivatives in the treatment of tumors associated with high levels of glutathione - Google Patents
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USE OF SUBSTITUTED ACRYLOYL DISTAMYCIN DERIVATIVES IN THE TREATMENT OF TUMORS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGH LEVELS OF GLUTATHIONE.
The present invention relates to the use of substituted acryloyl distamycin derivatives, in particular to the use of α-bromo- and α-chloroacryloyl distamycin derivatives, in the treatment of tumors associated with high levels of glutathione and/or glutathione-S- transferases family.
More specifically, the present invention concerns the treatment of a human being diagnosed with a tumor over expressing glutathione/glutathione-S-transferases family, hereinafter solely referred to as GSH/GSTs, with the above acryloyl distamycin derivatives
GSH plays a crucial protective role against cellular injury produced by a number of toxic insults. Preclinical and clinical studies have established a correlation between GSH/GSTs over expression and cancer or cancer response-rate to chemotherapy
Alterations of the GSH-based detoxification system (consisting of GSH and GSH related enzymes, GSTs) have been also associated with varying responsiveness to several antineoplastic agents.
Both GSH and GSTs are ubiquitously present in several human tissues such as, for instance, blood cells, plasma, serum, circulating blasts and pathologic (tumor) tissues See, for a general reference to GSH and GSTs. Cancer Res. 54 4313-4320 (1 94), Brit. J. Cancer 72(2): 324-326 (1995); DDT 3: 113-121 (1998). GSTs, and most prominently GST-π, are present at high levels in a preponderance of tumor types. Increased activity of GSH/GSTs in comparison to normal tissues has been found in several tumor tissues comprising, for instance, gastrointestinal tumors (including esophageal, gastric, colon, hepatocellular and pancreatic), uterine and ovarian cancers, head and neck cancer, lung and NSCL carcinomas as well as metastatic liver tumors originating from the colon, stomach and bladder [Cancer Res 49 5225-5229 (1989), Clinical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 27(4.5):337-386 ( 1992)]
To establish the role of GSH/GSTs towards inactivity and/or resistance of tumor cells to cytotoxic drugs, two major experimental approaches have been followed The first of them involved studies in which elevated levels or expression and activity of GSH/GSTs were correlated with increased levels of drug resistance This approach also included modulation of GSH/GSTs activity by means of GSH inhibitors such as BSO (buthionine sulphoximine), in order to circumvent or reverse drug resistance The second approach, used in transfection studies, provided direct functional evidence that GSH/GSTs caused drug resistance
Evidence exists that GSH/GSTs play a major role in resistance to alkylating agents (e g melphalan, chlorambucil, cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide mustards. BCNU) and platinum complexes such as cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin [Bioche . Pharmacol 35 3405- 3409 (1 86)] Recently, the role of GSH in drug resistance has been linked to the regulation of the activity of the multi-drug resistance-associated proteins (MRP) which confer resistance to different cytotoxics including anthracyclines (e g doxorubicin, idarubicin, epirubicin and derivatives thereof), epidophyllotoxins (e g etoposide and teniposide), vinca alkaloids (e g vinblastine and vincristine) and taxanes (e g paclitaxel and docetaxel) [Eur. J. Cancer 32 945-957 (1996), Seminars m Oncol 24(5) 580-591, (1997)]
It has now been found that, unlike other well known cytotoxic distamycin derivatives, those bearing an α-bromo- or α-chloroacryloyl moiety, as set forth below according to the object of the present invention, are surprisingly effective in the treatment of tumors over expressing GSH/GSTs system, hence known to be poorly responsive to conventional antitumor therapies and/or to cause resistance once therapeutic cytotoxic agents are administered
Distamycin A and analogs thereof, hereinafter referred to as distamycin and distamycin-like derivatives, are known in the art as cytotoxic agents useful in antitumor therapy Distamycin A is an antibiotic substance with antiviral and antiprotozoal activity, having a polypyrrole framework [Nature 203 1064 (1964), J. Med. Chem. 32 774-778 (1989)] The international patent applications WO 90/1 1277, WO 98/04524, WO 98/21202, WO 99/50265, WO 99/50266 as well as the co-pending still unpublished International patent
application No PCT/EPOO/11714 (filed on 23 11 2000 and claiming priority from British patent application 9928703 9), all in the name of the applicant itself and herewith incorporated by reference, disclose acryloyl distamycin deπvatives wherein the amidmo moiety of distamycin is optionally replaced by nitrogen-containing ending groups such as, for instance, cyanamidino, N-methylamidino, guanidino, carbamoyl, amidoxime, cyano and the like, and/or wherein the polypyrrole framework of distamycin, or part of it, is replaced by varying carbocychc or heterocychc moieties
Therefore, a first object of the present invention is the use of a -halogenoacryloyl distamycin derivative of formula (I)
wherein
Ri is a bromine or chloπne atom, R is a distamycin or distamycin-like framework, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of tumors over expressing GSH/GSTs system
According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the above compounds of formula (I) are useful for treating tumors over expressing GSH/GSTs system and comprising gastrointestinal tumors, including esophageal, gastπc, colon, hepatocellular and pancreatic tumor, uteπne and ovaπan cancers, head and neck cancer lung and NSCL carcinomas as well as metastatic liver tumors originating from the gastrointestinal uterine, ovarian and lung cancers A further embodiment of the invention is the use of the compounds of formula (I) in the treatment of tumors which over express GSH/GSTs system as a result of a previous chemotherapy treatment, for example a first-line chemotherap\ treatment with alkylating agents, platinum derivatives or anthracyclines
More specifically, the previous chemotherapy treatment may comprise alkylating agents, for instance melphalan, chlorambucil, cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide mustards and BCNU, platinum complexes, for instance cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin; anthracyclines, for instance doxorubicin, idarubicin, epirubicin and derivatives thereof, epidophyllotoxins, for instance etoposide and teniposide; vinca alkaloids, for instance vinblastine and vincristine, taxanes, for instance paclitaxel and docetaxel.
The present invention includes within its scope the use of all the possible isomers covered by the compounds of formula (I), both considered separately or in admixture, as well as the metabolites and the pharmaceutically acceptable bio-precursors (otherwise known as pro-drugs) of the compounds of formula (I)
Within the compounds of formula (I), unless otherwise specified, with the term distamycin or distamycin-like framework R2 we intend any moiety structurally closely related to distamycin itself, for instance by replacing the ending amidino moiety of distamycin and/or its polypyrrole framework, or part of it
A preferred embodiment of the invention provides the use of the compounds of formula (I), as above indicated, wherein R) has the above reported meanings and R2 is a group of formula (II) below
wherein m is an integer from 0 to 2, n is an integer from 2 to 5, r is O or 1,
X and Y are, the same or different and independently for each heterocyclic ring, a nitrogen atom or a CH group,
G is phenylene, a 5 or 6 membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic ring with from 1 to 3 heteroatoms selected among N, O or S, or it is a group of formula (III) below
wherein Q is a nitrogen atom or a CH group and W is an oxygen or sulfur atom or is a group NR3 wherein R, is hydrogen or C C4 alkyl, B is selected from the group consisting of
— CN - R5R6 . " - CONR5R6 — NHCONR5R6
wherein R^ is cyano, amino, hydroxy or Cι-C4 alkoxy, R5, Re and R , the same or different, are hydrogen or Cι-C alkyl.
In the present description, unless otherwise specified, with the term C)-C alkyl or alkoxy group we intend a straight or branched group selected from methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy, n-butoxy, isobutoxy, sec-butoxy or tert-butoxy
A more preferred embodiment of the invention provides the use of the above compounds of formula (I) wherein Rt is bromine or chlorine; R2 is the above group of formula (II) wherein r is 0, m is 0 or 1 , n is 4 and B has the above reported meanings
Still more preferred is the use of the compounds of formula (I) wherein Ri is bromine or chlorine, R2 is the above group of formula (II) wherein r is 0, m is 0 or 1, n is 4. X and Y are both CH groups and B is selected from
— CN — CONR5R6 — NHCONR5R6
where in P is cyano or hydroxy and R<s, Rό and R7, the same or different, are hydrogen or Cj-C alkyl
Pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds of formula (I) are those with pharmaceutically acceptable inorganic or organic acids such as, for instance, hydrochloric, hydrobromic, sulfuric, nitric, acetic, propionic, succinic, malonic, citric, tartaric, methanesulfonic, p-toluenesulfonic acid and the like
Examples of preferred compounds of formula (I) in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of tumors over expressing GSH/GSTs system, optionally in the form of pharmaceutically acceptable salts, preferably with hydrochloric acid, are
1 N-(5-{ [(5-{ [(5-{ [(2-{ [amino(imino)methyl]amino }ethyl)amino]carbonyl}-l-methyl- lH-pyrrol-3-yl)amino]carbonyl}-l-methyl-lH-pyrrol-3-yl)amino]carbonyl}-l- methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3-yl)-4-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]- 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrole-2- carboxamide hydrochloride,
2 N-(5-{ [(5-{ [(5-{ [(2-{ [amino(imino)methyl]amino}propyl)amino]carbonyl }-l- methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)amino]carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)amino] carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3-yl)-4-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]- 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrole-2- carboxamide hydrochloride,
3 N-(5-{ [(5-{[(5-{[(3-amino-3-iminopropyl)amino]carbonyl}-l -methyl-lH-pyrrol-3- yl)amino]carbonyl}-l -methyl- lH-pyrrol-3-yl)amino]carbonyl }- l -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol- 3-yl)-4-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]-l -methyl- lH-pyrrole-2-carboxamide hydrochloride, N-(5-{ [(5-{ [(5-{[(3-amino-3-iminopropyl)amino]carbonyl }-l -methyl-lH-pyrrol-3- yl)amino]carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)amino] carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-
3-yl)-4-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]-l-methyl-lH-imidazole-2-carboxamide hydrochloride;
5 N-(5-{[(5-{[(5-{[(3-amino-3-iminopropyl)amino]carbonyl}-l -methyl- lH-pyrrol-3- yl)amino] carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)amino]carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol- 3-yl)-3-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]-l -methyl- lH-pyrazole-5-carboxamide hydrochloride;
6 N-(5-{ [(5-{ [(5-{ [(3-amino-3-oxopropyl)amino]carbonyl}-l-methyl-lH-pyrrol-3- yl)amino] carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)amino]carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol- 3 -yl)-3-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]-l -methyl- lH-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, 7 N-(5-{ [(5-{ [(5-{ [(2-{ [amino(imino)methyl]amino }ethyl)amino] carbonyl }- 1 -methyl- lH-pyrrol-3-yl)amino]carbonyl }-l -methyl- l H-pyrrol-3-yl)amino]carbonyl }- l- ethyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)-4-[(2-chloroacryloyl)amino]- 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrole-2- carboxamide hydrochloride,
8 N-(5-{[(5-{[(3-{[amino(imino)methyl]amino}propyl)amino]carbonyl }-l -methyl- lH-pyrrol-3-yl)amino]carbonyl }-l -methyl- lH-pyrrol-3-yl)-4-[(2- bromoacryloyl)amino]- 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrole-2-carboxamide hydrochloride,
9 N-(5-{ [(5-{ [(3-amino-3-iminopropyl)amino]carbonyl}-l -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3- yl)amino]carbonyl}-l-methyl-lH-pyrrol-3-yl)-4-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]-l- methyl-lH-pyrrole-2-carboxamide hydrochloride, and 10 N-{ 5-[({ 5-[({ 5-[( { -[(aminocarbonyl)amino]propyl }amino)carbonyl]- 1 -methyl- 1 H- pyrrol-3 -yl } amino)carbonyl]- 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl } amino)carbonyl]- 1 -methyl- lH-pyrrol-3-yl }-4-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]-l -methyl- lH-pyrrole-2-carboxamide
The above compounds of formula (I), either specifically identified as such or by means of the general formula, are known or easily prepared according to known methods as reported, for instance, in the aforementioned international patent applications WO 90/1 1277, WO 98/04524, WO 98/21202, WO 99/50265 and WO 99/50266 as well as in the co-pending International patent application No PCT/EPOO/1 1714
Pharmacology
The compounds of formula (I), according to the present invention, are highly effective in the
treatment of tumors associated with high levels of GSH/GSTs and find application in the treatment of several tumors which are scarcely responsive or even not susceptible to conventional chemotherapeutic agents
The role of GSH on the cytotoxic activity of the compounds of formula (I) has been investigated by testing the compounds on a chemoresistant tumor cell subline presenting levels of GSH/GSTs higher than those of the parental cell line The used model is a melphalan (L-PAM) resistant murine leukemia (L1210/L-PAM) which presents a three fold increased amount of GSH (25 8 nmole/106 cells) with respect to the normal L1210 (7 7 nmole/106 cells) cell line (Table I)
The tested compounds of formula (I) are
N-(5-{ [(5-{ [(5-{ [(2-{ [amino(imino)methyl]amino}ethyl)amino]carbonyl }- l-methyl- lH- pyrrol-3-yl)amino]carbonyl}-l -methyl- lH-pyrrol-3-yl)amino]carbonyl }-l -methyl- 1H- pyrrol-3-yl)-4-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]-l -methyl- lH-pyrrole-2-carboxamide hydrochloride - internal code PNU 166196; and
N-(5-{ [(5-{ [(5-{ [(3-amino-3-iminopropyl)amino]carbonyl }- 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3- yl)amino]carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)amino]carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 - yl)-4-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]- 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrole-2-carboxamide hydrochloride - internal code PNU 151807. The distamycin derivative 3-[l-methyl-4-[ l-methyl-4-[l-methyl-4-[ l-methyl-4-[N,N-bis(2- chloroethyl) amino] benzenecarboxamido] pyrrole-2-carboxamido]pyrrole-2-carboxamido] pyrrole-2-carboxamido] propionamidine, better known as tallimustine, and L-PAM were tested as controls in the same experimental conditions
Data, reported in Table I, clearly indicate that the cytotoxicity of the compounds of formula (I) was increased on L1210/L-PAM cells by three fold in respect to LI 210 cells (PNU 166196 = IC50 0 49 and 1 62 ng/ml, respectively; PNU 151807 = IC50 0 26 and 0 86 ng/ml, respectively) The cytotoxicity of tallimustine was comparable on the two cell lines, conversely the cytotoxicity of L-PAM was lower on L1210/L-PAM cells than on L1210 cells
Table I
a) Cells incubated with the compound for 48h Growth Inhibition detemuned by counting surviving cells
Further evidence of the relevance of GSH levels for the cytotoxicity of the compounds of formula (I) has been obtained by determining the influence of prior treatment with BSO (L-
S.R buthionine sulphoximine) on the susceptibility of A2780 human ovarian cells to their cytotoxic and apoptotic effect
BSO is a potent and specific inhibitor of γ-glutamylcysteine synthethase, the rate-limiting step in GSH biosynthesis Depletion of intracellular GSH by BSO significantly enhances the cytotoxicity of many antitumor drugs, principally alkylating agents such as melphalan and chlorambucil and platinum compounds such as cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin
[Chemico-Bwlogical Interactions 111 239-254 (1998)]
As shown in Table II, the cytotoxicity (percentage of growth inhibition) and the apoptotic effect (percentage of cells with apoptotic moφhology) of PNU 166196, as a representative compound of formula (I), were significantly decreased in A2780 cells pretreated with BSO in respect to the BSO-untreated ones
Table H
(a) Cells incubated with the compound for 48h Growth inhibition was determined by counting surviving cells and apoptosis was evaluated by morphological examination
(b) Cells exposed to BSO for 24 h before and during PNU 166196 treatment
PNU 166196 showed a decreased cytotoxicity in A2780 cells pretreated with BSO in respect to the untreated cells (38 and 77 5 % growth inhibition at 3000 ng/ml, respectively) The decreased potency of PNU 166196 in tumor cells pretreated with BSO was also confirmed by testing the percentage of cells with apoptotic moφhology +/- BSO (1 1 5 and 74.5 % at 3000 ng/ml, respectively)
The above results support the evidence that the in vitro activity of α-bromo- and α-chloro- acryloyl distamycin derivatives of formula (I) is greatly affected by the presence of high levels of GSH and, consequently, these compounds are particularly useful in the treatment of tumors over expressing GSH/GSTs
The compounds of the invention can be administered by the usual routes, for example, parenterally, e g. by intravenous injection or infusion, intramuscularly, subcutaneously, topically or orally
The dosage depends on the age, weight and conditions of the patient and on the administration route For example, a suitable dosage for administration to adult humans may range from about 0 05 to about 100 mg pro dose from 1 to 4 times a day
The pharmaceutical compositions may contain an effective amount of a compound of
formula (I), as the active substance, in association with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients and are usually prepared following conventional methods For instance, solutions for intravenous injection or infusion may contain sterile water as a carrier or, preferably, they may be in the form of sterile aqueous isotonic saline solutions Suspensions or solutions for intramuscular injections may contain, together with the active compound, a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, e g sterile water, olive oil, ethyl oleate, glycols, e.g. propylene glycol and, if desired, a suitable amount of lidocaine hydrochloride In the form for topical application, e g creams, lotions or pastes for use in dermatological treatment, the active ingredient may be mixed with conventional oleaginous or emulsifying excipients
The solid oral forms, e g tablets and capsules, may contain, together with the active compound, diluents, e g lactose, dextrose, saccharose, cellulose, corn starch and potato starch, lubricants, e g silica, talc, stearic acid, magnesium or calcium stearate, and/or polyethylene glycols, binding agents, e g starches, arabic gums, gelatin, methylcellulose, carboxymethyl-cellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, disaggregating agents, e g a starch, alginic acid, alginates, sodium starch glycolate, effervescing mixtures, dyestuffs, sweeteners, wetting agents, for instance, lecithin, polysorbates, laurylsulphates, and, in general, non-toxic and pharmacologically inactive substances used in pharmaceutical formulations Said pharmaceutical preparations may be manufactured in a known manner, for example by means of mixing, granulating, tabletting, sugar-coating, or film-coating processes
Furthermore, according to the present invention, there is provided a method of treating tumors over expressing GSH/GSTs system in a patient in need of it which comprises administering to the said patient a composition of the invention
The following examples are herewith intended to better illustrate the present invention without posing any limitation to it
Example 1 Cytotoxic activity of the compounds of formula (I) against tumors associated with high levels of GSH
The compounds N-(5-{ [(5-{ [(5-{ [(2-{ [amino(imino)methyl]amino}ethyl)amino]
carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)amino] carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)amino] carbonyl }-l -methyl- lH-pyrrol-3-yl)-4-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]-l-methyl-lH-pyrrole- 2-carboxamide hydrochloride (PNU 166196) and N-(5-{ [(5-{ [(5-{ [(3-amino-3- iminopropyl)amino] carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)amino] carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H- pyrrol-3 -yl)amino] carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)-4-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]- 1 - methyl- lH-pyrrole-2-carboxamide hydrochloride (PNU 151807) , respectively prepared as described in WO 98/04254 and WO 90/11277, were dissolved in sterile water and immediately used for the experiments. The cytotoxic activity was determined on L1210 murine lymphocytic leukemia cell line and on the L-PAM resistant cell subline L1210/L-PAM Cells were grown in vitro as stabilized suspension cultures.L1210 cells were maintained in RPM1 1640 medium containing β- mercaptoethanol (lOμM). L1210/L-PAM cells were maintained in RPMI 1640 medium containing β-mercaptoethanol (50μM). All culture media (Biowhittaker, UK) were supplemented with 10% Fetal Calf Serum (Biological Industries, Israel) and 2 mM L- glutamine (Biowhittaker, UK).
The cytotoxic activity was determined against exponentially growing cells L1210 and L1210/L-PAM cells were seeded in 24 well-plates at concentration of 50,000 cells/ml and immediately treated for 48 h with the drug The inhibition of cell growth was evaluated by counting surviving cells with a Coulter Counter The antiproliferative activity of drugs was calculated from dose-response curves and expressed as IC5o (concentration inhibiting 50% cell growth in treated cultures relative to untreated controls). All the experiments were carried out twice Results are reported per the enclosed table I and comments thereof
Example 2
Cytotoxicity and apoptotic effect of PNU 166196 on A2780 cells pretreated with BSO
The compound PNU 166196 (see example 1 above) was dissolved in sterile water and immediately used for the experiments BSO was dissolved in sterile water and filtered with a 0 2 μ filter The cytotoxic activity was determined on A2780 human ovarian carcinoma cell line Cells were grown in vitro as monolayer cultures in RPMI 1640 medium (Biowhittaker, UK)
supplemented with 10%) Fetal Calf Serum (Biological Industries, Israel) and 2 mM L- glutamine (Biowhittaker, UK).
The cytotoxic activity was determined against exponentially growing cells A2780 cells were seeded in 6 well-plates at concentration of 100,000 cells/ml for 2 ml and incubated for 24 h with the GSH inhibitor BSO and finally exposed to different concentrations of PNU 166196 (untreated cells were incubated with the medium only).
After 24 h treatment with the drug, cell growth inhibition was evaluated on the monolayer cells whereas the floating cells were used for moφhology evaluation Apoptosis was evaluated by fluorescence microscopy At the end of the treatment, floating cells were collected, washed in PBS. fixed in 70% ice-cold ethanol and stored at -20°C until analysis (5 days max ) Cells were then centrifuged and the pellets were stained with 50 μg/ml propidium iodide, 0 001% Nonidet P40 and 60 U/ml Rnase and stored in the dark for 30 minutes at 37°C Cells were centrifuged and the pellets were resuspended in 50 μM PBS At least 600 cells randomly chosen from 2 smears independently prepared were examined for their nuclear moφhology changes (chromatin condensation and DNA fragmentation) using a fluorescence microscope [seεlnt. J. Cancer 65 491-497 (1996)] All the experiments were carried out twice. Results are reported per the enclosed table II and comments thereof.
Claims (11)
1. Use of an α-halogenoacryloyl distamycin derivative of formula (I)
wherein
Ri is a bromine or chlorine atom, and R2 is a distamycin or distamycin-like framework, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of tumors over expressing GSH/GSTs system
2. Use according to claim 1 wherein the tumor over expressing GSH/GSTs system is selected from gastrointestinal tumors, including esophageal, gastric, colon, hepatocellular and pancreatic tumor, uterine and ovarian cancers, head and neck cancer, lung and NSCL carcinomas and metastatic liver tumors originating from the gastrointestinal, uterine, ovarian and lung cancers
3. Use according to claim 1 wherein the over expression of GSH/GSTs system is the result of a previous first-line chemotherapy treatment with a cytotoxic agent
4. Use according to claim 3 wherein the cytotoxic agent is selected from alkylating agents, including melphalan, chlorambucil, cyclophosphamide, ifosfamide mustards and BCNU, platinum complexes, including cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin, anthracyclines, including doxorubicin, idarubicin, epirubicin and derivatives thereof, epidophyllotoxins, including etoposide and teniposide, vinca alkaloids, including vinblastine and vincristine, and taxanes, including paclitaxel and docetaxel
5. Use according to claim 1 wherein, in the α-halogenoacryloyl distamycin derivative of formula (I), R2 is a group of formula (II)
wherein m is an integer from 0 to 2, n is an integer from 2 to 5, r is O or 1,
X and Y are, the same or different and independently for each heterocyclic ring, a nitrogen atom or a CH group,
G is phenylene, a 5 or 6 membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic ring with from 1 to
3 heteroatoms selected among N, O or S, or it is a group of formula (III) below
wherein Q is a nitrogen atom or a CH group and W is an oxygen or sulfur atom or is a group NR wherein R^ is hydrogen or C C alkyl, B is selected from the group consisting of
— CN -NR5R6 - - CONR5R6 — NHCONR5R6
wherein R^ is cyano, amino, hydroxy or Cj-C4 alkoxy, R5, Re and R7, the same or different, are hydrogen or Cι-C alkyl
6. Use according to claim 5 wherein, in the α-halogenoacryloyl distamycin derivative of formula (I), R1 is bromine or chlorine, and R2 is a group of formula (II) wherein r is 0, m is 0 or 1, n is 4 and B is as defined in claim 5
7. Use according to claim 6 wherein, in the α-halogenoacryloyl distamycin derivative of formula (I), Ri is bromine or chlorine, R2 is a group of formula (II) as defined in claim 5 and wherein r is 0, m is 0 or 1, n is 4, X and Y are both CH groups and B is selected from
— CN — CONR5R6 - - NHCONR5R6
wherein R^ is cyano or hydroxy and R5, R<; and R7, the same or different, are hydrogen or Cι-C4 alkyl
8. Use according to claim 1 wherein the α-halogenoacryloyl distamycin derivative of formula (I), optionally in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, is selected from 1 N-(5-{ [(5-{ [(5-{ [(2-{ [amino(imino)methyl] amino }ethyl)amino]carbonyl }- 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)amino] carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)amino]carbonyl } - 1 - methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3-yl)-4-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amιno]- 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrole-2- carboxamide,
2 N-(5-{ [(5-{ [(5-{ [(2-{ [amino(imino)methyl]amino }propyl)amιno]carbonyl }- 1 - methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)amino] carbonyl }-l -methyl- lH-pyrrol-3-yl)amino]carbonyl }-
1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3-yl)-4-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]- 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrole-2- carboxamide,
3 N-(5- { [(5- { [(5- { [(3 -amino-3 -iminopropyl)amino]carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 - yl)amino] carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)amino]carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol- 3-yl)-4-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]-l -methyl- lH-pyrrole-2-carboxamide, 4 N-(5- { [(5 - { [(5- { [(3 -amino-3 -iminopropyl)amino] carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 - yl)amino]carbonyl}-l-methyl-lH-pyrrol-3-yl)amino]carbonyl}-l -methyl- lH-pyrrol- 3-yl)-4-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]-l-methyl-lH-imidazole-2-carboxamide,
5 N-(5 - {[(5-{[(5-{ [(3 -amino-3 -iminopropyl)amino] carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 - yl)amino] carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)amino] carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-
3-yl)-3-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]-l -methyl- lH-pyrazole-5-carboxamide,
6 N-(5- { [(5- { [(5- { [(3 -amino-3 -oxopropyl)amino]carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 - yl)amino]carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)amino] carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol- 3-yl)-3-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]-l -methyl- lH-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, 7 N-(5-{ [(5-{ [(5-{ [(2-{ [amino(imino)methyl] amino }ethyl)amino]carbonyl }-l -methyl- lH-pyrrol-3-yl)amino]carbonyl}-l-methyl-lH-pyrrol-3-yl)amino]carbonyl }-l- methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)-4-[(2-chloroacryloyl)amino]- 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrole-2- carboxamide,
8 N-(5- { [(5- { [(3 - { [amino(imino)methyl]amino } propyl)amino]carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)amino] carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)-4- [(2- bromoacryloyl)amino]- 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrole-2-carboxamide,
9 N-(5-{ [(5-{ [(3-amino-3-iminopropyl)amino]carbonyl }- 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3- yl)amino]carbonyl }- 1 -methyl- lH-pyrrol-3-yl)-4-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]- 1 - methyl- 1 H-pyrrole-2-carboxamide; and 10 N-{ 5-[({ 5-[({ 5-[({3-[(aminocarbonyl)amino]propyl}amino)carbonyl]- l -methyl- 1H- pyrrol-3-yl } amino)carbonyl]- 1 -methyl- lH-pyrrol-3-yl } amino)carbonyl]- 1 -methyl- lH-pyrrol-3-yl}-4-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]-l -methyl- lH-pyrrole-2-carboxamide
9. Use according to claim 8 wherein the α-halogenoacryloyl distamycin derivative of formula (I) is N-(5-{ [(5-{ [(5-{ [(2-
{ [amino(imino)methyl]amino}ethyl)amino]carbonyl}-l -methyl- lH-pyrrol-3- yl)amino]carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 -yl)amino]carbonyl } - 1 -methyl- 1 H-pyrrol-3 - yl)-4-[(2-bromoacryloyl)amino]-l -methyl- lH-pyrrole-2-carboxamide hydrochloride
10. A method for the treatment of tumors over expressing GSH/GSTs system which comprises the administration of a compound according to claim 1 to a patient in need thereof.
11. A method according to claim 10 wherein the tumor over expressing GSH/GSTs system comprises gastrointestinal tumors, including esophageal, gastric, colon, hepatocellular and pancreatic tumor, uterine and ovarian cancers, head and neck cancer, lung and NSCL carcinomas and metastatic liver tumors originating from the gastrointestinal, uterine, ovarian and lung cancers.
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