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The invention provides active agents, such as paclitaxel, rapamycin, or 17-DMAG, encapsulated by safe poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(lactic acid) (“PEG-b-PLA”) micelles. The compositions provide effective solubilization of drug combinations, such as paclitaxel, rapamycin, and 17-DMAG, as well as others described herein. A significant advantage of PEG-b-PLA as a carrier is that it is less toxic than Cremophor EL or DMSO, which are used in currently known compositions. Additionally, PEG-b-PLA micelles are easier to handle than DMSO and they do not possess a foul odor, which is a problem with formulations currently in clinical trials. Accordingly, the invention provides stable and biocompatible drug formulations that improve bioavailability without causing toxicity. It was also found that larger doses of individual drugs in micelle formulations can be administered compared to non-micelle formulations.
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- Ansamycin formulations and methods of use thereof
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Provided herein, inter alia, are solid forms of geldanamycin analogs, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a geldanamycin analog and a crystallization inhibitor, methods of making and using such compositions. Additionally, provided are methods for the treatment of cancer, a neoplastic disease state and/or a hyperproliferative disorder, and methods of inhibiting Heat Shock Protein 90 (“Hsp90”).
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- Geldanamycin derivatives and neuroprotective effect on cultured P19-derived neurons
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Geldanamycin (1), an antifungal and anticancer ansamycin, was reported as a neurotrophic and neuroprotective substance against antineoplastic drugs, paclitaxel, vincristine, and cisplatin, on cultured dorsal root ganglion neurons from chick embryos. In this study, 1 in a large quantity, together with a known 17-O-demethylgeldanamycin (2), and a new 17-O-demethylgeldanamycin hydroquinone (3) were obtained from a mangrove Streptomyces sp. A series of O-alkyl and N-alkyl derivatives of 1 were prepared by modification of C-17 and/or C-19 on the quinone ring and were evaluated for in vitro activity against P19-derived neurons. Compound 1 and 19-O-methylgeldanamycin (7) at a very low dose (1 nM) enhanced survival and neurite outgrowth of P19-derived neurons and prevented neurotoxicity of paclitaxel and vinblastine. Compound 7, possessing the lowest cytotoxicity and neurotoxicity, is serving as the most promising candidate in neurodegenerative therapy against neurotoxic anticancer drugs.
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- Compositions Containing Ansamycin
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Provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing an oil phase and an aqueous phase, the oil phase including an ansamycin and less than 2% w/w oleic acid, wherein the ansamycin is geldanamycin, 17-aminogeldanamycin, 17-allyalamino-17-demethoxy-geldanamycin, compound 563, or compound 237 having the structures below, or a salt of any one of the aforementioned ansamycins
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- Oral pharmaceutical formulations and methods for producing and using same
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Oral pharmaceutical formulations and methods of producing and using the same are described and claimed. The formulations are dispersions of phospholipids and one or more pharmacologically active compounds, In preferred embodiments, the pharmaceutically active compounds are ansamycins, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, or prodrugs thereof.
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- Phospholipid-based pharmaceutical formulations and methods for producing and using same
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Pharmaceutical formulations and methods of producing and using the same are described and claimed. The formulations are dispersions of phospholipids and one or more pharmacologically active compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or prodrugs thereof. In specific embodiments, the pharmaceutically active compounds are ansamycins and the overall formulation is substantially devoid of medium and long chain triglycerides.
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- GELDANAMYCIN AND DERIVATIVES INHIBIT CANCER INVASION AND IDENTIFY NOVEL TARGETS
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Geldanamycin derivatives that block the uPA-plasmin network and inhibit growth and invasion by glioblastoma cells and other tumors at femtomolar concentrations are potentially highly active anti-cancer drugs. GA and various 17-amino-17-demethoxygelddanamycin derivatives are disclosed that block HGF/SF-mediated Met tyrosine kinase receptor-dependent uPA activation at fM levels. Other ansamycins (macbecins I and II), GA derivatives, and radicicol required concentrations several logs higher (≥nM) to achieve such inhibition. The inhibitory activity of tested compounds was discordant with the known ability of drugs of this class to bind to hsp90, indicating the existence of a novel target(s) for HGF/SF -mediated events in tumor development. Methods of using such compounds to inhibit cancer cell activities and to treat tumors are disclosed. Such treatment with low doses of these highly active compounds provide an option for treating various Met-expressing tumors, in particular invasive brain cancers, either alone or in combination with conventional surgery, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy.
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- ANALOGS OF BENZOQUINONE-CONTAINING ANSAMYCINS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER
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The present invention provides analogs of benzoquinone-containing ansamycins and uses thereof for treating and modulating disorders associated with hyperproliferation, such as cancer ( formula (I) and (IV). The present invention provides analogs of benzoquinone-containing ansamycins where the benzoquinone is reduced to a hydroquinone and trapped by reaction with a suitable acid, preferably ones that increase the solubility and air stability of the resulting (17)--ammonium hydroquinone ansamycin analog.
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