Patent Application: US-201314059118-A

Abstract:
hybrid molecules comprising a retinoic acid receptor agonist moiety and a histone deacetylase inhibitor moiety are disclosed . hybrid molecule 3 naphthalene - 2 - hydroxamic acid ) was proven to posses hdac activity while maintaining rar agonist activity . hybrid molecule 3 and pharmaceutical compositions thereof can be used in the treatment of breast cancer , leukemia , non - small cell lung cancer , colon cancer , melanoma , ovarian cancer , renal cancer , prostate cancer and cancer of the cns .

Description:
in order to provide a clear and consistent understanding of the terms used in the present specification , a number of definitions are provided below . moreover , unless defined otherwise , all technical and scientific terms as used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood to one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure pertains . the use of the word “ a ” or “ an ” when used in conjunction with the term “ comprising ” in the claims and / or the specification may mean “ one ”, but it is also consistent with the meaning of “ one or more ”, “ at least one ”, and “ one or more than one ”. similarly , the word “ another ” may mean at least a second or more . as used in this specification and claim ( s ), the words “ comprising ” ( and any form of comprising , such as “ comprise ” and “ comprises ”), “ having ” ( and any form of having , such as “ have ” and “ has ”), “ including ” ( and any form of including , such as “ include ” and “ includes ”) or “ containing ” ( and any form of containing , such as “ contain ” and “ contains ”), are inclusive or open - ended and do not exclude additional , unrecited elements or process steps . the term “ about ” is used to indicate that a value includes an inherent variation of error for the device or the method being employed to determine the value . the present description refers to a number of chemical terms and abbreviations used by those skilled in the art . nevertheless , definitions of selected terms are provided for clarity and consistency . a novel class of chemical agents ( i . e . a novel hybrid molecule ) having mixed retinoic acid receptor agonism and histone deacetylase inhibitory properties are described herein . the incorporation of histone deacetylase inhibitory activity ( hdaci ) into an rar agonist results in a molecule with improved antiproliferative activity towards several breast cancer cell lines , including mcf - 7 , skbr - 3 and mda - mb - 231 . although all - trans - retinoic acid ( 1 ) is a highly potent agonist for the rar , its instability has led to a search for stable analogs ( retinoids ). 6 -( 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 - tetrahydro - 5 , 5 , 8 , 8 - tetramethyl - 2 - naphthalenyl )- 2 - naphthalenecarboxylic acid ( ttnn , 2 ) is an rarβ / γ selective agonist which has been shown to be active against ovarian , cervical and squamous cell carcinomas . [ 28 - 30 ] as with other known rar agonists , a major component of ttnn binding to rars is via a hydrogen bonding network with the carboxylic acid . the isosteric replacement of the carboxylic acid in rar agonists has been found to be very difficult , with standard carboxylic acids isosteres including sulfonic acids , sulfonamides , amidines and tetrazoles being unsuccessful when incorporated into retinoids and / or retinoic acid itself . [ 31 ] a few exotic isosteres such as thiazolidindiones , 1 , 2 , 4 - oxadiaxol - 5 - ones and tropalones have been reported , but all result in molecules which bind to rar less tightly and / or are less effective in inducing hl - 60 differentiation when compared to atra and their parent retinoids . [ 32 ] despite difficulties in the use of carboxylic acid isosteres , it was surmised that a hydroxamic acid derivative of ttnn ( e . g . 3 ) might be similar enough to enter into the required hydrogen bonding network in the receptor ligand binding pocket , allowing it to function as an rar agonist . the binding of 3 with rar using fitted , a modeling suite for virtual screening , was investigated . fitted reproduces binding modes of atra and other retinoids to rar with high fidelity . docking of 3 revealed that the hydroxamic acid can engage the same hydrogen bonding network as atra , ttnn and other retinoids , with the hydroxamate oh engaging a guanidine and serine in critical hydrogen bonds ( fig1 ). it was also surmised that the introduction of a hydroxamic acid into ttnn would potentially render the resulting molecule an hdaci while preserving its ability to act as an agonist for rars . hybrid 3 was prepared by treatment of the methyl ester of ttnn with excess hydroxylamine under alkaline conditions . the effects of hybrid 3 on rar were initially assessed using a bioluminescence resonance energy transfer ( bret ) assay . the bret assay monitors agonist - dependent recruitment of coactivators to rars in transfected hek293 cells , chosen because of their high degree of transfectability . energy transfer between luciferase ( fused to rarα ) and egfp ( fused to the lxxll coactivator motif ) occurs only when these moieties are juxtaposed by the rar - lxxll interaction , and can be detected by the emission of green fluorescence . assaying at 1 μm concentration , atra ( 1 ), ttnn ( 2 ) and hybrid 3 were all shown to be agonists of rarα while hx600 , an rxr selective ligand , afforded no increase in bret signal ( fig2 a ). further dose - response comparison showed that 3 was in fact slightly more potent than 2 in inducing rarα ( ic50 = 1 . 015 μm ) ( fig2 b ). the agonist activity of 3 through its effects on rar target genes was subsequently analyzed ( fig3 ). in both the mcf - 7 and mda - mb - 231 cell lines , rt - qpcr analysis showed clear induction of rarb2 and dhrs3 . in contrast , both 1 and 2 only induce rarb2 in the mda - mb - 231 cell line . in the mcf - 7 cell line no induction of either rarb1 or rarb2 was observed . furthermore , genes that are reportedly regulated by hdaci such as rarb 1 and cyclindl follow similar regulation by 3 in mda - mb - 231 . [ 33 ] the potential of 3 to act as an hdaci and cause deacetylation of a synthetic substrate or hyperacetylation of hdacs target proteins was subsequently assessed . using a standard fluorescence assay , 3 was found to have ic50 &# 39 ; s of 5 . 0 μm and 148 nm against purified human hdac3 and hdac6 , respectively . these potencies compare favorably to those observed with the vitamin d receptor agonist / hdaci hybrids against the same targets . intracellular hdaci activity was assessed by measuring levels of acetylated histone h4 and tumor suppressor protein p53 in mda - mb - 231 cells by western blotting . similar to the effects observed with the highly potent hdaci saha , treatment with 10 μm 3 induced clear hyperacetylation of both hdac targets , histone h4 and p53 over an 18 - 24 h time course ( fig4 ). interestingly , hyperacetylation of p53 has been shown to cause its activation and the transcription of p53 target genes such as the pro - apoptotic genes puma , noxa and bax . finally , the effects of 3 on the growth of several breast cancer cell lines [ mcf - 7 ( er - positive , her2 - negative , ra - sensitive ); skbr3 ( er - negative , her2 - amplified , ra - sensitive ); and the normally ra - insensitive mda - mb - 231 ( er - negative , her2 - negative , ra - insensitive )] was assessed . impressively , under conditions where ttnn was inactive and saha had a shallow activity , hybrid 3 was active against all three cell lines , including mda - mb231 ( fig5 ). ic50 &# 39 ; s of 300 nm , 150 nm and 90 nm against the mda - mb - 231 , mcf - 7 and skbr3 cell lines were measured respectively . hybrid 3 was also active against another er - negative , her2 - negative and ra - insensitive cell line ( bt - 20 ). importantly , 3 displayed only minimal effects on the growth of non - tumorogenic immortalized mammary 184b5 cells and normal human mammary epithelial cells ( hmec ) as compared to saha which causes strong inhibition of hmec growth , indicating a potentially useful therapeutic window . for comparison , in the mda - mb - 231 cell line , retinoids such as atra and ttnn had little to no effect , while treatment with saha induced a modest decrease in cell growth . importantly , combination treatment of saha and atra did not potentiate either compound &# 39 ; s activity and resulted in an inhibition very similar to that of saha , indicating an advantage of the hybrid molecule over combination therapy . hybrid 3 was shown to possess hdaci activity while maintaining rar agonist activity . this hybrid molecule inhibits the growth of breast cancer cell lines that are both sensitive ( mcf - 7 , skbr - 3 ) and resistant ( mda - mb - 231 , bt - 20 ) to retinoids and is more efficient in these cells than the combination of retinoids with saha . hybrid 3 was also shown to be less toxic than saha in normal and immortalized non - tumorogenic cell lines . in an embodiment , the present specification relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount of 3 or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof , in association with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers , excipients and / or diluents . the term “ pharmaceutically effective amount ” is understood as being an amount of 3 required upon administration to a mammal in order to induce rar agonism and hdac inhibition . therapeutic methods comprise the step of treating patients in a pharmaceutically acceptable manner with 3 or compositions comprising 3 as disclosed herein . such compositions may be in the form of tablets , capsules , caplets , powders , granules , lozenges , suppositories , reconstitutable powders , creams , ointments , lotions , or liquid preparations , such as oral or sterile parenteral solutions or suspensions , or inhalation powders or solutions . hybrid 3 may be administered alone or in combination with pharmaceutically acceptable carriers . the proportion of each carrier is determined by the solubility and chemical nature of the agent ( s ), the route of administration , and standard pharmaceutical practice . in order to ensure consistency of administration , in an embodiment of the present disclosure , the pharmaceutical composition is in the form of a unit dose . the unit dose presentation forms for oral administration may be tablets and capsules and may contain conventional excipients . non - limiting examples of conventional excipients include binding agents such as acacia , gelatin , sorbitol , or polyvinylpyrolidone ; fillers such as lactose , sugar , maize - starch , calcium phosphate , sorbitol or glycine ; tabletting lubricants such as magnesium stearate ; disintegrants such as starch , polyvinylpyrrolidone , sodium starch glycolate or microcrystalline cellulose ; or pharmaceutically acceptable wetting agents such as sodium lauryl sulphate . additional excipients include those used in lipid formulations , a non - limiting example of which is olive oil . hybrid 3 may be administered alone or in combination with other pharmaceutically active molecules , including but not limited to cytotoxic , antiproliferative , pro - apoptotic and anti - inflammatory agents . hybrid 3 may be injected parenterally ; this being intramuscularly , intravenously , or subcutaneously . for parenteral administration , 3 may be used in the form of sterile solutions containing solutes , for example sufficient saline or glucose to make the solution isotonic . hybrid 3 may be administered orally in the form of tablets , capsules , or granules , containing suitable excipients such as starch , lactose , white sugar and the like . hybrid 3 may be administered orally in the form of solutions which may contain coloring and / or flavoring agents . hybrid 3 may also be administered sublingually in the form of tracheas or lozenges in which the active ingredient ( s ) is / are mixed with sugar or corn syrups , flavoring agents and dyes , and then dehydrated sufficiently to make the mixture suitable for pressing into solid form . the solid oral compositions may be prepared by conventional methods of blending , filling , tabletting , or the like . repeated blending operations may be used to distribute the active agent ( s ) ( i . e . hybrid 3 ) throughout the compositions , employing large quantities of fillers . such operations are , of course , conventional in the art . the tablets may be coated according to methods well known in normal pharmaceutical practice , in particular with an enteric coating . oral liquid preparations may be in the form of emulsions , syrups , or elixirs , or may be presented as a dry product for reconstitution with water or any other suitable vehicle before use . such liquid preparations may or may not contain conventional additives . non limiting examples of conventional additives include suspending agents such as sorbitol , syrup , methyl cellulose , gelatin , hydroxyethylcellulose , carboxymethylcellulose , aluminum stearate gel , or hydrogenated edible fats ; emulsifying agents such as sorbitan monooleate or acaci ; non - aqueous vehicles ( which may include edible oils ), such as almond oil , fractionated coconut oil , oily esters selected from the group consisting of glycerine , propylene glycol , ethylene glycol , and ethyl alcohol ; preservatives such as for instance methyl para - hydroxybenzoate , ethyl para - hydroxybenzoate , n - propyl para - hydroxybenzoate , n - butyl para - hydroxybenzoate and sorbic acid ; and , if desired , conventional flavoring or coloring agents . for parenteral administration , fluid unit dosage forms may be prepared by utilizing hybrid 3 and a sterile vehicle , and , depending on the concentration employed , hybrid 3 may be either suspended or dissolved in the vehicle . once in solution , hybrid 3 may be injected and filter sterilized before filling a suitable vial or ampoule followed by subsequently sealing the carrier or storage package . adjuvants , such as a local anesthetic , a preservative or a buffering agent , may be dissolved in the vehicle prior to use . stability of the pharmaceutical composition may be enhanced by freezing the composition after filling the vial and removing the water under vacuum , ( e . g ., freeze drying ). parenteral suspensions may be prepared in substantially the same manner , except that hybrid 3 should be suspended in the vehicle rather than being dissolved and , further , sterilization is not achievable by filtration . hybrid 3 may be sterilized , however , by exposing it to ethylene oxide before suspending it in the sterile vehicle . a surfactant or wetting solution may be advantageously included in the composition to facilitate uniform distribution of hybrid 3 . topical administration can be used as the route of administration when local delivery of hybrid 3 is desired at , or immediately adjacent to the point of application of the composition or formulation comprising hybrid 3 . hybrid 3 may also be dispensed as a dry or liquid inhalation formulation using any suitable device . the pharmaceutical compositions of the present disclosure comprise a pharmaceutically effective amount of hybrid 3 as described herein and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers , excipients and / or diluents . in an embodiment of the present disclosure , the pharmaceutical compositions contain from about 0 . 1 % to about 99 % by weight of hybrid 3 . in a further embodiment of the present disclosure , the pharmaceutical compositions contain from about 10 % to about 60 % by weight of hybrid 3 , depending on which method of administration is employed . physicians will determine the most - suitable dosage of the present therapeutic agent ( i . e . hybrid 3 ). dosages may vary with the mode of administration of hybrid 3 . in addition , the dosage may vary with the particular patient under treatment . the dosage of hybrid 3 used in the treatment may vary , depending on the condition , the weight of the patient , the relative efficacy and the judgment of the treating physician . both rars and hdacs are ubiquitously expressed in cell lines and tissue . it was therefore surmised that hybrid 3 could display cytotoxic activities in a wide variety of cell lines . when tested in the nci - 60 panel of human tumor cell lines , hybrid 3 exhibited a broad spectrum cytotoxic activity across all tumor types . under conditions where all cell lines show robust growth in the absence of test compound , treatment with hybrid 3 resulted in growth inhibition in all cell lines with gc - 50 values ranging from 3 . 02 × 10 − 7 m to 4 . 3 × 10 − 6 m and total growth inhibition ( tgi ) concentrations ranging from 1 . 03 × 10 − 6 m to 1 . 95 × 10 − 5 m . ( table 1 ). in addition , a measure of the loss of total protein content from time zero ( tz ) shows that , with the exception of two leukemia cell lines ( ccrf - cem and rpmi - 8226 ), hybrid 3 exerts a cytotoxic effect in all cell lines with lc - 50 ranging from 4 . 31 × 10 − 6 m to 4 . 65 × 10 − 5 m . hek293 cells were grown to confluence , trypsinized and plated at a density of 500 k cells per well ( 12 - well plates ) in dmem supplemented with 10 % charcoal treated fbs ( fbs - t ). the following day , cells were transfected with pei using 0 . 1 μg of rar - rluc vector and 1 μg of lxxll - egfp vector . 48 hours post - transfection , cells were treated with retinoids for 2 hours before taking bret measurements as described previously . mda - mb - 231 cells were plated in dmem 5 % fbs - t at 600 k cells per well in 6 - well plates . the next day cells were treated with dmso , ttnn ( 10 μm ), hybrid 3 ( 10 μm ) or saha ( 150 nm ) and the cells were collected in 95 ° c . laemmli buffer at various time points . protein concentration of the extracts was analyzed by biorad dc protein assay . 20 μg of proteins per condition were loaded on an sds - pa gel and transferred to a nitrocellulose membrane for blotting . blotting was done using abcam primary antibodies ep356 ( anti - p53 ) t3526 ( anti - tubulin ) and ab1761 ( anti - ach4 ). cells were plated at 40 k cells per well ( 6 - well plate ) in dmem 5 % fbs - t for all cell lines except for hmec cells which were plated in supplemented mebm from clonetics . cells were treated every 48 hours and media was refreshed every 96 hours . after 10 days of treatment cells were harvested in 0 . 1n naoh and growth was quantified by analyzing protein content of lysates with a lowry assay . the human tumor cell lines of the cancer screening panel are grown in rpmi 1640 medium containing 5 % fetal bovine serum and 2 mm l - glutamine . for a typical screening experiment , cells are inoculated into 96 well microtiter plates in 100 μl at plating densities ranging from 5 , 000 to 40 , 000 cells / well depending on the doubling time of individual cell lines . after cell inoculation , the microtiter plates are incubated at 37 ° c ., 5 % co 2 , 95 % air and 100 % relative humidity for 24 h prior to addition of experimental drugs . after 24 h , two plates of each cell line are fixed in situ with tca , to represent a measurement of the cell population for each cell line at the time of drug addition ( tz ). experimental drugs are solubilized in dimethyl sulfoxide at 400 - fold the desired final maximum test concentration and stored frozen prior to use . at the time of drug addition , an aliquot of frozen concentrate is thawed and diluted to twice the desired final maximum test concentration with complete medium containing 50 μg / ml gentamicin . additional four , 10 - fold or ½ log serial dilutions are made to provide a total of five drug concentrations plus control . aliquots of 100 μl of these different drug dilutions are added to the appropriate microtiter wells already containing 100 μl of medium , resulting in the required final drug concentrations . following drug addition , the plates are incubated for an additional 48 h at 37 ° c ., 5 % co 2 , 95 % air , and 100 % relative humidity . for adherent cells , the assay is terminated by the addition of cold tca . cells are fixed in situ by the gentle addition of 50 μl of cold 50 % ( w / v ) tca ( final concentration , 10 % tca ) and incubated for 60 minutes at 4 ° c . the supernatant is discarded , and the plates are washed five times with tap water and air dried . sulforhodamine b ( srb ) solution ( 100 μl ) at 0 . 4 % ( w / v ) in 1 % acetic acid is added to each well , and the plates are incubated for 10 minutes at room temperature . after staining , unbound dye is removed by washing five times with 1 % acetic acid and the plates are air dried . bound stain is subsequently solubilized with 10 mm trizma base , and the absorbance is read on an automated plate reader at a wavelength of 515 nm . for suspension cells , the methodology is the same except that the assay is terminated by fixing settled cells at the bottom of the wells by gently adding 50 μl of 80 % tca ( final concentration , 16 % tca ). using the absorbance measurements [ time zero , ( tz ), control growth , ( c ), and test growth in the presence of drug at the five concentration levels ( ti )], the percentage growth is calculated at each of the drug concentration levels . percentage growth inhibition is calculated as : [( ti − tz )/( c − tz )]× 100 for concentrations for which ti & gt ;/= tz ; and [( ti − tz )/ tz ]× 100 for concentrations for which ti & lt ; tz . three dose response parameters are calculated for each experimental agent . growth inhibition of 50 % ( gi50 ) is calculated from [( ti − tz )/( c − tz )]× 100 = 50 , which is the drug concentration resulting in a 50 % reduction in the net protein increase ( as measured by srb staining ) in control cells during the drug incubation . the drug concentration resulting in total growth inhibition ( tgi ) is calculated from ti = tz . the lc50 ( concentration of drug resulting in a 50 % reduction in the measured protein at the end of the drug treatment as compared to that at the beginning ) indicating a net loss of cells following treatment is calculated from [( ti − tz )/ tz ]× 100 =− 50 . values are calculated for each of these three parameters if the level of activity is reached ; however , if the effect is not reached or is exceeded , the value for that parameter is expressed as greater or less than the maximum or minimum concentration tested ( table 1 ). it is to be understood that the disclosure is not limited in its application to the details of construction and parts as described hereinabove . the disclosure is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced in various ways . it is also understood that the phraseology or terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and not limitation . hence , although the present disclosure has been provided with illustrative embodiments , it can be modified without departing from the spirit , scope and nature as further defined in the appended claims . 1 . wilcken n r , sarcevic b , musgrove e a , et al : differential effects of retinoids and antiestrogens on cell cycle progression and cell cycle regulatory genes in human breast cancer cells . cell growth differ 7 : 65 - 74 , 1996 . 2 . simeone a m , tari a m : how retinoids regulate breast cancer cell proliferation and apoptosis . cell mol life sci 61 : 1475 - 84 , 2004 . 3 . mangiarotti r , danova m , alberici r , et al : all - trans retinoic acid ( atra )- induced apoptosis is preceded by gi arrest in human mcf - 7 breast cancer cells . br j cancer 77 : 186 - 91 , 1998 . 4 . toma s , isnardi l , raffo p , et al : effects of all - trans - retinoic acid and 13 - cis - retinoic acid on breast - cancer cell lines : growth inhibition and apoptosis induction . int . j . cancer 70 : 619 - 27 , 1997 . 5 . toma s , isnardi l , riccardi l , et al : induction of apoptosis in mcf - 7 breast carcinoma cell line by rar and rxr selective retinoids . anticancer res 18 : 935 - 42 , 1998 . 6 . toma s , isnardi l , raffo p , et al : raralpha antagonist ro 41 - 5253 inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis in breast - cancer cell lines . int . j . cancer 78 : 86 - 94 , 1998 . 7 . freemantle s j , spinella m j , dmitrovsky e : retinoids in cancer therapy and chemoprevention : promise meets resistance . oncogene 22 : 7305 - 15 , 2003 . 8 . veronesi u , de palo g , marubini e , et al : randomized trial of fenretinide to prevent second breast malignancy in women with early breast cancer . j natl cancer inst 91 : 1847 - 56 , 1999 . 9 . zanardi s , serrano d , argusti a , et al : clinical trials with retinoids for breast cancer chemoprevention . endocr relat . cancer 13 : 51 - 68 , 2006 . 10 . lacroix a , l &# 39 ; 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