- Discovery and Optimization of Glucose Uptake Inhibitors
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Aerobic glycolysis, originally identified by Warburg as a hallmark of cancer, has recently been implicated in immune cell activation and growth. Glucose, the starting material for glycolysis, is transported through the cellular membrane by a family of glucose transporters (GLUTs). Therefore, targeting glucose transporters to regulate aerobic glycolysis is an attractive approach to identify potential therapeutic agents for cancers and autoimmune diseases. Herein, we describe the discovery and optimization of a class of potent, orally bioavailable inhibitors of glucose transporters, targeting both GLUT1 and GLUT3.
- Liu, Kevin G.,Kim, Ji-In,Olszewski, Kellen,Barsotti, Anthony M.,Morris, Koi,Lamarque, Christophe,Yu, Xuemei,Gaffney, Jack,Feng, Xiao-Jiang,Patel, Jeegar P.,Poyurovsky, Masha V.
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supporting information
p. 5201 - 5211
(2020/07/10)
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- TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES WITH GLUCOSE UPTAKE INHIBITORS
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Provided are methods of treating infectious diseases in mammals comprising administering a compound that inhibits glucose uptake. Particular infectious diseases that may be treated include malaria, leishmaniasis, African trypanosomiasis, tuberculosis, HIV, HCMV or herpes virus. In a first aspect, the invention features a method of treating infectious diseases in a mammal, comprising administering to a mammalian subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound or prodrug thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester of said compound or prodrug, wherein the compound is an inhibitor of glucose uptake.
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Paragraph 0198; 0199
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- GLUCOSE UPTAKE INHIBITORS
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Provided hererin are compounds that modulate glucose uptake activityand are useful for treating cancer, autoimmune diseases, inflammation, infectious diseases, and metabolic diseases. In certain embodiments, the compounds modulate glucose uptake activity by modulating cellular components, including, but not limited to those related to glycolysis and known transporters/co-transporters of glucose such as GLUT1 and other GLUT family members/alternative hexose transporters. In certain embodiments, the compounds have the structure of formula I: Formula (I) wherein the variables have the values disclosed herein.
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Paragraph 0378-0379
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