O -phenyl carbamate and phenyl urea thiiranes as selective matrix metalloproteinase-2 inhibitors that cross the blood-brain barrier

Major Gooyit, Wei Song, Kiran V. Mahasenan, Katerina Lichtenwalter, Mark A. Suckow, Valerie A. Schroeder, William R. Wolter, Shahriar Mobashery, Mayland Chang

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Abstract

Brain metastasis occurs in 20-40% of cancer patients. Treatment is mostly palliative, and the inability of most drugs to penetrate the brain presents one of the greatest challenges in the development of therapeutics for brain metastasis. Matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) plays important roles in invasion and vascularization of the central nervous system and represents a potential target for treatment of brain metastasis. Carbonate, O-phenyl carbamate, urea, and N-phenyl carbamate derivatives of SB-3CT, a selective and potent gelatinase inhibitor, were synthesized and evaluated. The O-phenyl carbamate and urea variants were selective and potent inhibitors of MMP-2. Carbamate 5b was metabolized to the potent gelatinase inhibitor 2, which was present at therapeutic concentrations in the brain. In contrast, phenyl urea 6b crossed the blood-brain barrier, however, higher doses would result in therapeutic brain concentrations. Carbamate 5b and urea 6b show potential for intervention of MMP-2-dependent diseases such as brain metastasis.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)8139-8150
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume56
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 24 2013

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Childhood Cancer Registry – National Cancer InstituteR01CA122417
National Institute of General Medical SciencesT32GM075762

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Molecular Medicine
    • Drug Discovery

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