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Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2007

Filed:

Nov. 24, 2003
Applicant:

Sean M. Kerwin, Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventor:

Sean M. Kerwin, Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/423 (2006.01); A61K 31/195 (2006.01); C07C 233/66 (2006.01); C07D 263/56 (2006.01); C07D 263/57 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention includes a number of structural analogues of UK-1. A comparision of the anticancer activity of the UK-1 analogues with their ability to inhibit the growth of methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistantdemonstrates that a structurally simplified analogue of UK-1 retains the natural product's selective activity against cancer cells. Structurally conservative changes to UK-1 that diminish Mg-binding ability may result in a dramatic decrease in cancer cell cytotoxicity. The results may establish a minimum structural pharmacophore as well as a functional role for Mg-binding in the selective cytotoxicity of UK-1.


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