Lissencephaly therapeutic agent
AssigneeOsaka City University
InventorShinji Hirotsune
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Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a medicament and method for treating lissencephaly patients. The present invention provides a lissencephaly therapeutic or preventive agent comprising a compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein R1 is lower alkyl substituted with lower alkoxy, lower alkyl substituted with a heterocyclic group, a heterocyclic group, or a group represented by the formula (IIa): wherein R4 is lower alkyl, R3 is lower alkylene, and m is an integer of 1 to 6; R2 is lower alkyl optionally substituted with phenyl; and R3 is lower alkyl optionally substituted with halogen, lower alkoxy, or phenyl; condensed polycyclic hydrocarbon; or hydrogen.
Claims11
A method for treating lissencephaly comprising administering to a lissencephaly patient or a pregnant woman who is carrying a lissencephaly fetus, a compound represented by the general formula (I):
- wherein R1 is a linear or branched C1-6 alkyl substituted with C1-6 alkoxy;
- a linear or branched C1-6 alkyl substituted with a heterocyclic group;
- a heterocyclic group, or a group represented by the formula (IIa):
- wherein R4 is a linear or branched C1-6 alkyl;
- R5 is C1-4 alkylene, and m is an integer of 1 to 6;
- R2 is a linear or branched C1-6 alkyl optionally substituted with phenyl;
- and
- R3 is a linear or branched C1-6 alkyl optionally substituted with halogen, a C1-6 alkoxy, or phenyl;
- a C3-6 cycloalkyl optionally substituted with halogen, C1-6 alkoxy, or phenyl;
- a condensed polycyclic hydrocarbon;
- or hydrogen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.