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Cetoamides, cetoacides et cetoesters peptidiques

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EP0564561A1
EP0564561A1 EP92903265A EP92903265A EP0564561A1 EP 0564561 A1 EP0564561 A1 EP 0564561A1 EP 92903265 A EP92903265 A EP 92903265A EP 92903265 A EP92903265 A EP 92903265A EP 0564561 A1 EP0564561 A1 EP 0564561A1
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  • This invention relates to a novel class of peptide ketoesters, peptide ketoacids, and ketoamides useful for selectively inhibiting serine proteases, selectively inhibiting cysteine proteases, generally inhibiting all serine proteases, and generally inhibiting all cysteine proteases.
  • Serine proteases and cysteine proteases are involved in numerous disease states and inhibitors for these enzymes can be used therapeutically for the treatment of diseases involving serine proteases or cysteine proteases.
  • thafpeptide ⁇ -ketoesters, peptide ⁇ -ketoacids, and ⁇ -ketoamides can be constructed to inhibit selectively individual serine or cysteine proteases or groups of serine or cysteine proteases.
  • peptide ketoesters, ketoacids, and ketoamides which contain hydrophobic aromatic amino acid residues in the P 1 site are potent inhibitors of chymases and chymotrypsin-like enzymes.
  • Ketoesters, acids, and amides containing small hydrophobic amino acid residues at the P 1 position are good inhibitors of elastases.
  • Inhibitors of elastases and chymases are useful as anti-inflammatory agents.
  • peptide ketoesters, amides, and acids which contain canonic amino acid residues such as Arg and Lys in the P 1 site are potent inhibitors of trypsin and blood coagulation enzymes. These inhibitors are thus useful as anticoagulants.
  • Cysteine proteases such as papain, cathepsin B, and calpain I and II are also inhibited by ketoesters.
  • Ketoesters, acids, and amides with aromatic amino acid residues in the P 1 site would be good inhibitors for cathepsin B and papain. Thus, they would have utility as anticancer agents.
  • Ketoesters, ketoacids, and ketoamides with either aromatic amino acid residues or small hydrophobic alkyl amino acid residues at P 1 are good inhibitors of calpain I and II. These inhibitors are useful as neuroprotectants and can be used as therapeutics for the treatment of neurodegeneration.
  • Amino acid residues and blocking groups are designated using standard abbreviations [see J. Biol. Chem. 260, 14-42 (1985) for nomenclature rules; incorporated herein by reference].
  • An amino acid residue (AA) in a peptide or inhibitor structure refers to the part structure -NH-CHR 1 -CO-, where R 1 is the side chain of the amino acid residue AA.
  • a peptide ⁇ -ketoester residue would be designated -AA-CO-OR which represents the part structure -NH- CHR 1 -CO-CO-OR.
  • the ethyl ketoester derived from benzoyl alanine would be designated Bz-AIa-CO-OEt which represents C 6 H 5 CO-NH-CHMe-CO-CO-OEt.
  • peptide ketoacid residues and peptide ketoamide residues would be designated -AA-CO-OH and -AA-CO-NH-R respectively.
  • the ethyl keto amide derived from Z-Leu-Phe-OH would be designated Z-Leu-Phe-CO-NH-Et which represents C 6 H 5 CH 2 OCO-NH-CH(CH 2 CHMe 2 )- CO-NH-CH(CH 2 Ph)-CO-CO-NH-Et
  • Serine Proteases play critical roles in several physiological processes such as digestion, blood coagulation, complement activation, fibrinolysis, viral infection, fertilization, and reproduction. Serine proteases are not only a physiological necessity, but also a potential hazard if they are not controlled. Uncontrolled proteolysis by elastases may cause pancreatitis, emphysema, rheumatoid arthritis, bronchial inflammation and adult respiratory distress syndrome.
  • ttyptase trypsin-like cellular enzyme
  • HAV-1 human immunodeficiency virus type 1
  • Hattori et aL., FEBS Letters 248, pp.48-52 (1989) a new trypsin-like cellular enzyme
  • Plasmin is involved in tumor invasiveness, tissue remodeling, blistering, and clot dissociation.
  • proteases should be potent anticoagulants, anti-infiammtory agents, anti-tumor agents and anti-viral agents useful in the treatment of protease-reiated diseases [Powers and Harper, Proteinase Inhibitors, pp 55- 152, Barrett and Salvesen, eds., Elsevier, (1986); incorporated herein by reference].
  • protease-reiated diseases Powers and Harper, Proteinase Inhibitors, pp 55- 152, Barrett and Salvesen, eds., Elsevier, (1986); incorporated herein by reference.
  • In vitro proteolysis by chymotrypsin, trypsin or the elastase family is a serious problem in the production, purification, isolation, transport or storage of peptides and proteins.
  • Elastase inhibitors are anti-inflammatory agents which can be used to treat elastase- associated inflammation including rheumatoid arthritis and emphysema.
  • ⁇ l-protease inhibitor ⁇ l-PI
  • ⁇ l-PI ⁇ l-protease inhibitor
  • Other low molecular weight elastase inhibitors have utility for the treatment of emphysema and inflammation (see: 1-carpapenem-3-carboxylic esters as anti-inflammatoiy agents, U.S. Patent 4,493,839; N-carboxyl-thienamycin esters and analogs thereof as anti-inflammatory agents, U.S. Patent 4,495,197; incorporated herein by reference).
  • Anticoagulants and antithrombotic drugs are used in a variety of thrombotic disorders.
  • the 1990 Physician's Desk Reference lists several anticoagulant drugs (heparin, protamine sulfate and warfarin), a few antiplatelet drugs (aspirin) and several thrombolytic agents.
  • Heparin and warfarin are commonly used clinically for prevention and treatment of venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Heparin inhibits the blood coagulation activity by accelerating the binding of natural plasma protease inhibitor antithrombin HI with coagulation factors, and warfarin acts as a vitamin K antagonist and inhibits the synthesis of coaguation factors. None of the anticoagulant drugs, antithrombotic drugs, fibrinolytic agents and antiplatelet drugs are highly effective in all clinical situations and many induce side reactions [Von Kaulla, Burger's Medicinal Chemistry, Part II, pp 1081-1132, Wolff, ed., (1979);
  • Coagulation disorders such as disseminated intravascular coagulation, bleeding complications of medical and surgical procedures and bleeding complications of systemic illness are still difficult to manage [Ingram, Brozovic and Slater, Bleeding Disorders, pp 1-413, Blackwell Scientific Publications, (1982); incorporated herein by reference].
  • anticoagulant or antithrombotic agents of diverse mechanisms are urgently sought in order to provide better medical care.
  • Inhibitors for the trypsin-like enzymes involved in blood coagulation are useful anticoagulants in vivo [see for example: H-D-Phe-Pro-Arg-CH2C1, Hanson and Harker, Proc. Nad. Acad. Sci.
  • Cysteine Proteases Cysteine proteases such as calpain use a cysteine residue in their catalytic mechanism in contrast to serine proteases which utilize a serine residue. Cysteine proteases include papain, cathepsin B, calpains, and several viral enzymes. Neural tissues, including brain, are known to possess a large variety of proteases, including at least two calcium stimulated proteases termed calpains. Calpains are present in many tissues in addition to the brain. Calpain I is activated by micromolar concentrations of calcium while calpain II is activated by millimolar concentrations.
  • calpain II is the predominant form, but calpain I is found at synaptic endings and is thought to be the form involved in long term potentiation, synaptic plasticity, and cell death.
  • Other Ca 2+ activated cysteine proteases may exist, and the term “calpain” is used to refer to all Ca 2+ activated cysteine proteases, including calpain I and calpain II.
  • the terms "calpain I” and “calpain IT' are used herein to refer to the micromolar and millimolar activated calpains, respectively, as described above. While calpains degrade a wide variety of protein substrates, cytoskeletal proteins seem to be particularly susceptible to attack.
  • cytoskeletal proteins are major components of certain types of cells, this provides a simple method of detecting calpain activity in cells and tissues.
  • calpain activation can be measured indirectly by assaying the proteolysis of the cytoskeletal protein spectrin, which produces a large, distinctive and biologically persistent breakdown product when attacked by calpain [Siman. Baudry, and Lynch. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81, 3572-3576 (1984); incorporated herein by reference].
  • calpains and/or accumulation of breakdown products of cytoskeletal elements has been observed in neural tissues of mammals exposed to a wide variety of neurodegenerative diseases and conditions. For example, these phenomena have been observed following ischemia in gerbils and rats, following stroke in humans, following administration of the toxins kainate, trimethyltin or colchicine in rats, and in human Alzheimer's disease.
  • Several inhibitors of calpain have been described including peptide aldehydes such as Ac-Leu-Leu-Nle-H and leupeptin (Ac-Leu-Leu- Arg-H), as well as epoxysuccinates such as E- 64.
  • Cathepsin B is involved in muscular dystrophy, myocardial tissue damage, tumor metastasis, and bone resorption.
  • a number of viral processing enzymes, which are essential for viral infection are cysteine proteases. Inhibitors of cysteine proteases would have multiple therapeutic uses.
  • Ketoesters A few amino acid and peptide ketoesters and ketoacids have been previously reported. Cornforth and Comforth [J. Chem. Soc., 93-96 (1953); incorporated herein by reference] report the synthesis of the ketoacids PhCH 2 CO-Gly-CO-OH and Ac-Gly-CO-OH upon hydrolysis of heterocyclic molecules. Charles et al. [J. Chem. Soc. PerkinI, 1139-1146 (1980); incorporated herein by reference] use ketoesters for the synthesis of bicyclic heterocycles.
  • peptide and amino acid ⁇ -ketoester, ⁇ -ketoacid, and ⁇ -ketoamide derivatives are a novel group of inhibitors for serine proteases and cysteine proteases.
  • Inhibitors are compounds that reduce or eliminate the catalytic activity of the enzyme.
  • peptide and amino acid ⁇ -ketoester, ⁇ -ketoacid, and ⁇ -ketoamide derivatives which have an amino acid sequence similar to that of good substrates for a particular protease, are good inhibitors for that protease.
  • Trypsin and trypsin-like enzymes normally cleave peptide bonds in proteins and peptides where the amino acid residue on the carbonyl side of the split bond (P 1 residue) is Lys or Arg.
  • Peptide and amino acid ⁇ -ketoester, ⁇ -ketoacid, and ⁇ -ketoamide derivatives which have Lys or Arg at P 1 are thus good inhibitors for these enzymes.
  • Elastase and elastase-like enzymes cleave peptide bonds where the P 1 amino acid is Ala, Val, Ser, Leu and other similar amino acids. Inhibitors with these residues at P 1 are good elastase inhibitors.
  • Chymotrypsin and chymotrypsin-like enzymes hydrolyze peptide bonds where P 1 amino acid is Trp, Tyr, Phe, Met, Leu or other amino acid residues which contain aromatic or large alkyl side chains. Inhibitors with these residues at P 1 are good chymotrypsin and chymase inhibitors. All of the above enzymes have extensive secondary specificity and recognize amino acid residues removed from the P 1 residue.
  • the new protease inhibitors are useful for controlling tissue damage and various inflammatory conditions mediated by proteases such as blistering.
  • the inhibitors for blood coagulation enzymes are useful anticoagulants and could be used to treat thrombosis.
  • the peptide and amino acid ⁇ -ketoester, ⁇ -ketoacid, and ⁇ -ketoamide derivatives are also useful in vitro for inhibiting trypsin, elastase, chymotrypsin and other serine proteases of similar specificity, and for inhibiting serine proteases in general.
  • the inhibitors can be used to identify new proteolytic enzymes encountered in research. They can also be used in research and industrially to prevent undesired proteolysis that occurs during the production, isolation, purification, transport and storage of valuable peptides and proteins. Such proteolysis often destroys or alters the activity and/or function of the peptides and proteins.
  • Uses would include the addition of the inhibitors to antibodies, enzymes, plasma proteins, tissue extracts or other proteins and peptides which are widely sold for use in clinical analyses, biomedical research, and for many other reasons. For some uses a specific inhibitor would be desirable, while in other cases, an inhibitor with general specificity would be preferred.
  • the peptide and amino acid ⁇ -ketoester, ⁇ -ketoacid, and ⁇ -ketoamide derivatives are also novel and potent inhibitors of cysteine proteases including calpains, cathepsin B, and papain.
  • the calpain inhibitors are useful for treatment of various neurodegenerative diseases and conditions, including ischemia, stroke, and Alzheimer's disease.
  • Peptide ⁇ -ketoesters, peptide ⁇ -ketoacids, and peptide ⁇ -ketoamides are transition state analog inhibitors for serine proteases and cysteine proteases.
  • Peptide ketoesters containing hydrophobic amino acid residues in the P 1 site have been found to be excellent inhibitors of several serine proteases including human leukocyte elastase, porcine pancreatic elastase, human leukocyte cathepsin G, and bovine chymotrypsin.
  • Peptide ketoesters containing amino acid residue with canonic side chain in the P 1 site have been found to be excellent inhibitors of several se ⁇ ne proteases including bovine trypsin, bovine thrombin, human plasma kallikrein, porcine pancreatic kallikrein, human factor XIa and human plasmin.
  • Peptide ketoesters containing amino acid residues with hydrophobic side chain at the P 1 site have also been found to be excellent inhibitors of several cysteine proteases including papain, cathepsin B and calpain.
  • These structures may be used in vivo to treat diseases such as emphysema, adult respiratory distress syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis and pancreatitis which result from uncontrolled proteolysis by elastase, chymotrypsin, trypsin and related serine proteases.
  • These inhibitors may be used in vitro to prevent proteolysis which occurs in the process of production, isolation, purification, storage or transport of peptides and proteins.
  • These inhibitors may be useful as therapeutic agents for treatment of neurodegeneration. viral infections, muscular dystrophy, myocardial tissue damage, tumor metastasis, and bone resorption.
  • novel class of peptide ⁇ -ketoamides have the following structural formula:
  • M 1 represents H, NH 2 -CO-, NH 2 -CS-, NH 2 -SO 2 -, X-NH-CO-, X 2 N-CO-,
  • X is selected from the group consisting of C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K. phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K,
  • C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group, and C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group substituted with K on the phenoxy group;
  • J is selected from the group consisting of halogen, COOH, OH, CN, NO 2 , NH 2 , C 1- 10 alkoxy, C 1-10 alkylamine, C 2-12 dialkylamine, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-NH-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • K is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 perfluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkoxy, NO 2 , CN, OH, CO 2 H, amino, C 1-10 alkylamino, C 2-12 dialkylamino, C 1- C 10 acyl, and C 1-10 alkoxy-CO-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • AA is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration
  • tryptophan glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, glutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, lysine, arginine, histidine, phenylglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine, norvaline, alpha-aminobutyric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, citrulline, hydroxyproline, ornithine, homoarginine, sarcosine, indoline 2-carboxylic acid, 2-azetidinecarboxylic acid, pipecolinic acid (2-piperidine carboxylic acid), O-methylserine, O-ethylserine, S-methylcysteine, S-ethylcysteine, S-benzylcysteine, NH 2 -CH(CH 2 CHEt 2 )-COOH, alpha-aminoheptanoic acid, NH 2 -
  • R 2 is selected from the group consisting of C 1-8 branched and unbranched alkyl, C 1-8 branched and unbranched cyclized alkyl, and C 1-8 branched and unbranched fluoroalkyl;
  • R 3 and R 4 are selected independently from the group consisting of H.
  • novel class of peptide ⁇ -ketoamides also have the following structural formula: M 1 -AA 2 -AA 1 -CO-NR 3 R 4
  • M 1 represents H, NH 2 -CO-, NH 2 -CS-, NH 2 -SO 2 -, X-NH-CO-, X 2 N-CO-, X-NH-CS-, X 2 N-CS-, X-NH-SO 2 -, X 2 N-SO 2 -, X-CO-, X-CS-, X-SO 2 -, X-O-CO-, or X- O-CS-;
  • X is selected from the group consisting of C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted witii K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group, and C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group substituted with
  • J is selected from the group consisting of halogen, COOH, OH, CN, NO 2 , NH 2 , C 1- 10 alkoxy, C 1-10 alkylamine, C 2-12 dialkylamine, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-. C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-NH-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • K is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 perfluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkoxy, NO 2 , CN, OH, CO 2 H, amino, C 1-10 alkylamino, C 2-12 dialkylamino, C 1- C 10 acyl, and C 1-10 alkoxy-CO-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • AA 1 is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbon selected from the group consisting of alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, methionine, methionine sulfoxide, phenylalanine, tiyptophan, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, giutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, Iysine, arginine, histidine, phenyiglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine.
  • AA 2 is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbon selected from the group consisting of alanine, valine.
  • leucine. isoleucine, proline, methionine, methionine sulfoxide, phenylalanine, tiyptophan, glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, giutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, Iysine.
  • arginine histidine, phenyiglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine, norvaline.
  • alpha-aminobutyric acid alpha-aminobutyric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, citrulline, hydroxyproline, omithine, homoarginine, sarcosine, indoline 2-carboxylic acid, 2-azetidinecarboxylic acid, pipecolinic acid (2-piperidine carboxylic acid), O-methylserine, O-ethylserine, S-methylcysteine, S- ethylcysteine, S-benzylcysteine, NH 2 -CH(CH 2 CHEt 2 )-COOH, alpha-aminoheptanoic acid, NH 2 -CH(CH 2 -1-napthyl)-COOH, NH 2 -CH(CH 2 -2-napthyl)-COOH, NH 2 -CH(CH2-cyclohexyl)-COO H, NH 2 -CH(CH 2 -cycl
  • R 3 and R 4 are selected independently from the group consisting of H, C 1-20 alkyl, C 1 -
  • novel class of peptide ⁇ -ketoamides also have the following structural formula:
  • M 1 represents H, NH 2 -CO-, NH 2 -CS-, NH 2 -SO 2 -- X-NH-CO-, X 2 N-CO-,
  • X is selected from the group consisting of C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group, and C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group substituted with K on the
  • J is selected from the group consisting of halogen, COOH, OH, CN, NO 2 , NH 2 , C 1- 10 alkoxy, C 1-10 alkylamine, C 2- 12 dialkylamine, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-NH-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • K is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 perfluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkoxy, NO 2 , CN, OH, CO 2 H, amino. C 1-10 alkylamino, C 2-12 dialkylamino. C 1- C 10 acyl, and C 1-10 alkoxy-CO-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • AA is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbon selected from the group consisting of alanine. valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, methionine, methionine sulfoxide, phenylalanine.
  • tryptophan glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, giutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, Iysine, arginine, histidine, phenyiglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine, norvaline, alpha-aminobutyric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, citrulline, hydroxyproline, omithine, homoarginine, sarcosine, indoline 2-carboxylic acid, 2-azetidinecarboxylic acid, pipecolinic acid (2-piperidine carboxylic acid), O-methylserine, O-ethylserine, S-methylcysteine, S- ethylcysteine, S-benzylcysteine, NH 2 -CH(CH 2 CHEt 2 )-COOH, alpha-aminoheptanoic acid, NH
  • R 3 andR 4 are selected independently from the group consisting of H, C 1-20 alkyl, C 1- 20 cyclized alkyl, C 1-20 alkyl with a phenyl group attached to the C 1-20 alkyl, C 1-20 cyclized alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, C 1-20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group disubstituted with K, C 1-20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group trisubstimted with K, C 1-20 cyclized alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with a morpholine [-N(CH 2 CH 2 ) O] ring attached through nitrogen to the alkyl, C 1-10 alkyl with a piperidine ring attached through nitrogen to the alkyl, C 1-10 alkyl with a pyrrolidine ring attached through nitrogen to the alkyl, C 1-20 alkyl with an OH
  • novel class of peptide ⁇ -ketoamides also have the following structural formula:
  • M 1 represents H, NH 2 -CO-, NH 2 -CS-, NH 2 -SO 2 -, X-NH-CO-, X 2 N-CO-,
  • X is selected from the group consisting of C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group, and C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group substituted with K on the
  • J is selected from the group consisting of halogen, COOH, OH, CN, NO 2 , NH2, C 1- 10 alkoxy, C 1-10 alkylamine, C 2- 12 dialkylamine, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-NH-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • K is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1 -10 alkyl, C 1 -10 perfluoroalkyl, C 1 -10 alkoxy, NO 2 , CN, OH, CO 2 H, amino, C 1 -10 alkylamino, C 2- 12 dialkylamino, C 1- C 10 acyl, and C 1 -10 alkoxy-CO-, and C 1 -10 alkyl-S-;
  • AA is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbon selected from the group consisting of alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, methionine, methionine sulfoxide, phenylalanine, tiyptophan, glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, giutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, Iysine, arginine, histidine, phenyiglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine, norvaline, alpha-aminobutyric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, citrulline, hydroxyproline, omithine, homoarginine, sarcosine, indoline 2-carboxylic acid, 2-azetidinecarboxylic acid, pipecolinic acid (2-piper
  • R 3 and R 4 are selected independently from the group consisting of H, C 1 -20 alkyl, C 1- 20 cyclized alkyl, C 1 -20 alkyl with a phenyl group attached to the C 1 -20 alkyl, C 1 -20 cyclized alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1 -20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, C 1 -20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group disubstituted with K, C 1 -20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group trisubstimted with K, C 1 -20 cyclized alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, C 1 -10 alkyl with a morpholine [-N(CH 2 CH 2 )O] ring attached through nitrogen to the alkyl, C 1 -10 alkyl with a piperidine ring attached through nitrogen to the alkyl, C 1 -10 alkyl with a pyrrolidine ring attached through nitrogen to the alkyl
  • novel class of peptide ⁇ -ketoamides also have the following structural formula:
  • M 1 represents H, NH 2 -CO-, NH 2 -CS-, NH 2 -SO 2 -, X-NH-CO-, X 2 N-CO-, X-NH-CS-, X 2 N-CS-, X-NH-SO 2 -, X 2 N-SO 2 -, X-CO-, X-CS-, X-SO 2 -, X-O-CO-, or X-O-CS-:
  • X is selected from the group consisting of C 1 -10 alkyl, C 1 -10 fluoroalkyl, C 1 -10 alkyl substimted with J. C 1 -10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K. phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl.
  • naphthyl substituted with K naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 1 -10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1 -10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substimted with K, C 1 -10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group, and C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group substimted with K on the phenoxy group;
  • J is selected from the group consisting of halogen, COOH, OH, CN, NO 2 , NH 2 , C 1- 10 alkoxy, C 1-10 alkylamine, C 2-12 dialkylamine, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO- NH-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • K is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 perfluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkoxy, NO 2 , CN, OH, CO 2 H, amino, C 1-10 alkylamino, C 2-12 dialkylamino, C 1- C 10 acyl, and C 1-10 alkoxy-CO-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • a A is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbon selected from the group consisting of alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, methionine, methionine sulfoxide, phenylalanine, tryptophan, glycme, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, giutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, Iysine, arginine, histidine, phenyiglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine, norvaline, alpha-aminobutyric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, citrulline, hydroxyproline, omithine, homoarginine, sarcosine, indoline 2-carboxylic acid, 2-azetidinecarboxylic acid, pipecolinic acid (2-piperidine carb
  • R 3 and R 4 are selected independently from the group consisting of H, C 1-20 alkyl, C ⁇ 20 cyclized alkyl, C 1-20 alkyl with a phenyl group attached to the C 1-20 alkyl, C 1-20 cyclized alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substimted with K, C 1-20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group disubstimted with K, C 1-20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group trisubstituted with K, C 1-20 cyclized alkyl with an attached phenyl group substimted with K, C 1-20 alkyl with a morpholine [-N(CH 2 CH 2 )O] ring attached through nitrogen to the alkyl, C 1-10 alkyl with a piperidine ring attached through nitrogen to the alkyl, C 1-10 alkyl with a pyrrolidine ring attached through nitrogen to the alkyl, C 1-20 alkyl
  • novel class of peptide ⁇ -ketoacids have the following structural formula:
  • M 1 represents H, NH 2 -CO-, NH 2 -CS-, NH 2 -SO 2 -, X-NH-CO-, X 2 N-CO-,
  • X is selected from the group consisting of C 1- 10 alkyl, C 1 - 10 fluoroalkyl, C 1 - 10 alkyl substimted with J, C 1 - 10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substimted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substimted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 1 - 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group
  • J is selected from the group consisting of halogen, COOH, OH, CN, NO 2 , NH 2 , C 1- 10 alkoxy, C 1-10 alkylamine, C 2-12 dialkylamine, C 1 - 10 alkyl-O-CO-, C 1 - 10 alkyl-O-CO-NH-, and C 1 - 10 alkyl-S-;
  • K is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1 - 10 alkyl, C 1 - 10 perfluoroalkyl, C 1 - 10 alkoxy, NO 2 , CN, OH, CO 2 H, amino, C 1 - 10 alkylamino, C 2-12 dialkylamino, C 1 - C 10 acyl, and C 1 - 10 alkoxy-CO-, and C 1 - 10 alkyl-S-;
  • AA is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbon selected from the group consisting of alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, methionine, methionine sulfoxide, phenylalanine, tryptophan, glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, giutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, Iysine, arginine, histidine, phenyiglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine, norvaline, alpha-aminobutyric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, citrulline, hydroxyproline, omithine, homoarginine, sarcosine, indoline 2-carboxylic acid, 2-azetidinecarboxylic acid, pipecolinic acid (2-piperidine carboxy
  • R 2 represents C 1-8 branched and unbranched alkyl, C 1-8 branched and unbranched cyclized alkyl, or C 1-8 branched and unbranched fluoroalkyl;
  • novel class of peptide ⁇ -ketoacids also have the following structural formula:
  • Mi represents H, NH 2 -CO-, NH 2 -CS-, NH 2 -SO 2 -, X-NH-CO-, X 2 N-CO-, X-NH-CS-, X 2 N-CS-, X-NH-SO 2 -, X 2 N-SO 2 -, X-CO-, X-CS-, X-SO 2 -, X-O-CO-, or X-O-CS-:
  • X is selected from the group consisting of C 1 - 10 alkyl, C 1 - 10 fluoroalkyl, C 1 - 10 alkyl substimted with J, C 1 - 10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substimted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 1 - 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, and C 1 - 10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K, C 1 - 10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group, and
  • J is selected from the group consisting of halogen, COOH, OH, CN, NO 2 , NH 2 , C 1- 10 alkoxy, C 1 -10 alkylamine, C 2-12 dialkylamine, C 1 - 10 alkyl-O-CO-, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO- NH-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • K is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-10 aIkyl, C 1-10 perfluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkoxy, NO 2 , CN, OH, CO 2 H, amino, C 1 -10 alkylamino, C 2-12 malkylamino, C 1 - C 10 acyl, and C 1 -10 alkoxy-CO-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • AA 1 is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbon selected from the group consisting of alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, methionine, methionine sulfoxide, phenylalanine, tiyptophan, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, giutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, Iysine, arginine, histidine, phenyiglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine, norvaline, alpha-aminobutyric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, citrulline, hydroxyproline, omithine, homoarginine, sarcosine, indoline 2-carboxylic acid, 2-azetidinecarboxylic acid, pipecolinic acid (2-piperidine carboxylic
  • AA 2 is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbon selected from the group consisting of alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, methionine, methionine sulfoxide, phenylalanine, tryptophan, glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine.
  • tyrosine asparagine, giutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, Iysine, arginine, histidine, phenyiglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine, norvaline, alpha-aminobutyric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, citrulline, hydroxyproline, omithine, homoarginine, sarcosine, indoline 2-carboxylic acid, 2-azetidinecarboxylic acid, pipecolinic acid (2-piperidine carboxylic acid), O-methylserine, O-ethylserine, S-methylcysteine, S-ethylcysteine, S-benzylcysteine, NH 2 -CH(CH 2 CHEt 2 )-COOH, alpha-aminoheptanoic acid, NH 2 -CH(CH 2 CHEt 2 )-COOH, alpha-aminoh
  • novel class of peptide ⁇ -ketoacids also have the following structural formula:
  • Mi represents H, NH 2 -CO-, NH 2 -CS-, NH 2 -SO 2 -, X-NH-CO-, X 2 N-CO-,
  • X-NH-CS-, X 2 N-CS-, X-NH-SO 2 -, X 2 N-SO 2 -, X-CO-, X-CS-, X-SO 2 -, X-O-CO-, or X-O-CS-; 1 is selected from the group consisting of C 1- 10 alkyl, C 1- 10 fluoroalkyl, C 1- 10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1- 10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1- 10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups,
  • J is selected from the group consisting of halogen, COOH, OH, CN, NO2, NH2, C ⁇ 10 alkoxy, C 1-10 alkylamine, C 2-12 dialkylamine, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-NH-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • K is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-10 alkyl, C 1- 10 perfluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkoxy, NO 2 , CN, OH, CO 2 H, amino, C 1- 10 alkylamino, C 2- 12 dialkylamino, C 1 -C 10 acyl, and C 1-10 alkoxy-CO-, and C 1- 10 alkyl-S-;
  • AA is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbon selected from the group consisting of alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, methionine, methionine sulfoxide, phenylalanine, tryptophan, glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, giutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, Iysine, arginine, histidine, phenyiglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine, norvaline, alpha-aminobutyric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, citrulline, hydroxyproline, omithine, homoarginine, sarcosine, indoline 2-carboxylic acid, 2-azetidinecarboxylic acid, pipecolinic acid (2-piperidine carboxy
  • novel class of peptide ⁇ -ketoacids also have the following structural formula:
  • M 1 represents H, NH 2 -CO-, NH 2 -CS-, NH 2 -SO 2 -, X-NH-CO-, X 2 N-CO-,
  • X is selected from the group consisting of C 1-10 alkyl, C 1 -10 fluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1- 10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1- 10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, and C 1- 10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group, and C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group substituted with K
  • Y 1 is selected from the group consisting of C 2-10 alkyl, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl, C 1- 10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1- 10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, and C 1- 10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K;
  • J is selected from the group consisting of halogen, COOH, OH, CN, NO 2 , NH 2 , C 1- 10 alkoxy, C 1-10 alkylamine, C 2-12 dialkylamine, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-, C 1- 10 alkyl-O-CO- NH-, and C 1- 10 alkyl-S-;
  • K is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1- 10 alkyl, C 1- 10 perfluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkoxy, NO 2 , CN, OH, CO 2 H, amino, C 1-10 alkylamino, C 2-12 dialkylamino, C 1- C 10 acyl, and C 1-10 alkoxy-CO-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • AA is a side chain blocked or unbiocsed amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbo:; selected from the group consisting of alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, methionine, methionine sulfoxide, phenylalanine, tryptophan, glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, giutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, Iysine, arginine, histidine, phenyiglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine, norvaline, alpha-aminobutyric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, citrulline, hydroxyproline, omithine, homoarginine, sarcosine, indoline 2-carboxylic acid, 2-azetidinecarboxylic acid, pipecolinic acid (2-
  • novel class of peptide ⁇ -ketoacids also have the following structural formula:
  • M 1 represents H, NH 2 -CO-, NH 2 -CS-, NH 2 -SO 2 -, X-NH-CO-, X 2 N-CO-,
  • X is selected from the group consisting of C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, and C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group, and C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group substituted with K on
  • Y 2 is selected from the group consisting of C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, and C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K;
  • J is selected from the group consisting of halogen, COOH, OH, CN, NC 2 , NH 2 , C 1- 10 alkoxy, C 1-10 alkylamine, C 2- 12 dialkylamine, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-NH-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • K is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 perfluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkoxy, NO 2 , CN, OH, CO 2 H, amino, C 1-10 alkylamino, C 2- 12 dialkylamino, C 1 - C 10 acyl, and C 1-10 alkoxy-CO-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • AA is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbon selected from the group consisting of alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, methionine, methionine sulfoxide, phenylalanine, tryptophan, glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, giutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, Iysine, arginine, histidine, phenyiglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine, norvaline, alpha-aminobutyric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, citrulline, hydroxyproline, omithine, homoarginine, sarcosine, indoline 2-carboxylic acid, 2-azetidinecarboxylic acid, pipecolinic acid (2-piperidine carboxy
  • M 1 represents H, NH 2 -CO-, NH 2 -CS-, NH 2 -SO 2 -, X-NH-CO-, X 2 N-CO-,
  • X is selected from the group consisting of C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, and C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group, and C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group substituted with K on
  • J is selected from the group consisting of halogen, COOH, OH, CN, NO 2 , NH 2 , C 1 - 10 alkoxy, C 1-10 alkylamine, C 2-12 dialkylamine, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO- NH-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • K is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 perfluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkoxy, NO 2 , CN, OH, CO 2 H, amino, C 1-10 alkylamino, C 2-12 dialkylamino, C 1 -C 10 acyl, and C 1-10 alkoxy-CO-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • AA 1 is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbon selected from the group consisting of alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, methionine, methionine sulfoxide, phenylalanine, tryptophan, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, giutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, Iysine, arginine, histidine, phenyiglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine, norvaline, alphaaminobutyric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, citrulline, hydroxyproline, omithine, homoarginine, sarcosine, indoline 2-carboxylic acid, 2-azetidinecarboxylic acid, pipecolinic acid (2-piperidine carboxylic acid), O-
  • AA 2 is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbon selected from the group consisting of leucine, isoleucine, proline, methionine, methionine sulfoxide, phenylalanine, tryptophan, glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, giutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, lysine, arginine, histidine, phenyiglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine, norvaline, alpha-aminobutyric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, citrulline, hydroxyproline, omithine, homoarginine, sarcosine, indoline 2-carboxylic acid, 2-azetidinecarboxylic acid, pipecolinic acid (2-piperidine carboxylic acid), O-methyls
  • R 1 is selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-20 alkyl, C 1-20 alkyl with a phenyl group attached to the C 1-20 alkyl, and C 1-20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K.
  • novel class of peptide ⁇ -ketoesters also have the following structural formula:
  • Mi represents H, NH 2 -CO-, NH 2 -CS-, NH 2 -SO 2 -, X-NH-CO-, X 2 N-CO-,
  • X is selected from the group consisting of C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, l-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C ⁇ 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, and C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group, and C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group substituted with
  • J is selected from the group consisting of halogen, COOH, OH, CN, NO 2 , NH 2 , C 1- 10 alkoxy, C 1-10 alkylamine, C 2-12 dialkylamine, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO- N ⁇ -, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • K is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-10 alkyl.
  • AA is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbon selected from the group consisting of alanine, valine.
  • R 2 represents C 1-8 branched and unbranched alkyl, C 1-8 branched and unbranched cyclized alkyl, or C 1-8 branched and unbranched fluoroalkyl;
  • R is selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-20 alkyl, C 1-20 alkyl with a phenyl group attached to the C 1-20 alkyl, and C 1-20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K.
  • novel class of peptide ⁇ -ketoesters also have the following structural formula:
  • M 3 represents H, NH 2 -CO-, NH 2 -CS-, NH 2 -SO 2 -, X-NH-CO-, X 2 N-CO-,
  • X is selected from the group consisting of C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, and C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group, and C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group substituted with K on
  • T is selected from the group consisting of C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 2-10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, and C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K;
  • J is selected from the group consisting of halogen, COOH, OH, CN, NO 2 , NH 2 , C 1- 10 alkoxy, C 1-10 alkylamine, C 2-12 dialkylamine, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-NH-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • K is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 perfluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkoxy, NO 2 , CN, OH, CO 2 H, amino, C 1-10 alkylamino, C 2-12 dialkylamino, C 1- C 10 acyl, and C 1-10 alkoxy-CO-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • AA is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbon selected from the group consisting of alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, methionine, methionine sulfoxide, phenylalanine, tryptophan, glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, giutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, lysine, arginine, histidine, phenyiglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine, norvaline, alpha-aminobutyric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, citrulline, hydroxyproline, omithine, homoarginine, sarcosine, indoline 2-carboxylic acid, 2-azetidinecarboxylic acid, pipecolinic acid (2-piperidine carboxy
  • R is selected from the group consisting of H, C 2-20 alkyl, C 1-20 alkyl with a phenyl group attached to the C 1-20 alkyl, and C 1-20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K.
  • the novel class of peptide ⁇ -ketoesters also have the following structural formula: M 3 -AA-AA-NH-CHR 2 -CO-CO-O-R
  • M 3 represents H, NH 2 -CO-, NH 2 -CS-, NH 2 -SO 2 -, X-NH-CO-, X 2 N-CO-,
  • X is selected from the group consisting of C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, l-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstimted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, and C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group, and C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group substituted with K
  • T is selected from the group consisting of C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 2-10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, and C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K;
  • J is selected from the group consisting of halogen, COOH, OH, CN, NO 2 , NH 2 , C 1- 10 alkoxy, C 1-10 alkylamine, C 1-10 dialkylamine, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-NH-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • K is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 perfluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkoxy, NO 2 , CN, OH, CO 2 H, amino, C 1-10 alkylamino, C 2-12 dialkylamino, C 1 -C 10 acyl, and C 1-10 alkoxy-CO-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • AA is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbon selected from the group consisting of alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, methionine, methionine sulfoxide, phenylalanine, tryptophan, glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, giutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, lysine, arginine, histidine, phenyiglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine, norvaline, alpha-aminobutyric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, citrulline, hydroxyproline, omithine, homoarginine, sarcosine, indoline 2-carboxylic acid, 2-azetidinecarboxylic acid, pipecolinic acid (2-piperidine carboxy
  • R is selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-20 alkyl, C 1-20 alkyl with a phenyl group attached to the C 1-20 alkyl, and C 1-20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K.
  • novel class of peptide ⁇ -ketoesters also have the following structural formula:
  • M 3 represents H, NH 2 -CO-, NH 2 -CS-, NH 2 -SO 2 -, X-NH-CO-, X 2 N-CO-,
  • X is selected from the group consisting of C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstimted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, and C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group, and C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group substituted with K on the
  • T is selected from the group consisting of C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 2-10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, and C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K;
  • J is selected from the group consisting of halogen, COOH, OH, CN, NO 2 , NH 2 , C 1- 10 alkoxy, C 1-10 alkylamine, C 2-12 dialkylamine, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-NH-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • K is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 perfluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkoxy, NO 2 , CN, OH, CO 2 H, amino, C 1-10 alkylamino, C 2-12 dialkylamino, C 1 -C 10 acyl, and C 1-10 alkoxy-CO-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • AA is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbon selected from the group consisting of alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, methionine, methionine sulfoxide, phenylalanine, tryptophan, glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, giutamine.
  • aspartic acid glutamic acid, Iysine, arginine, histidine, phenyiglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine, norvaline, alpha-aminobutyric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, citrulline, hydroxyproline, omithine, homoarginine, sarcosine, indoline 2-carboxylic acid, 2-azetidinecarboxylic acid, pipecolinic acid (2-piperidine carboxylic acid), O-methylserine, O-ethylserine.
  • AA 4 is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbon selected from the group consisting of leucine, isoleucine, methionine, methionine sulfoxide, phenylalanine, tryptophan, glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, giutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, lysine, arginine, histidine, phenyiglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine, norvaline, alpha-aminobutyric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, citrulline, hydroxyproline, omithine, homoarginine, sarcosine, indoline 2 -carboxylic acid, 2-azetidinecarboxylic acid, pipecolinic acid (2-piperidine carboxylic acid), O-methylser
  • R is selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-20 alkyl, C 1-20 alkyl with a phenyl group attached to the C 1-20 alkyl, and C 1-20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K.
  • novel class of peptide ⁇ -ketoesters also have the following structural formula:
  • M 1 represents H, NH 2 -CO-, NH 2 -CS-, NH 2 -SO 2 -, X-NH-CO-, X 2 N-CO-,
  • X is selected from the group consisting of C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, and C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substituted with K, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group, and C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenoxy group substituted with K on
  • Y is selected frommm the r p consisting of C 6-10 alkyl, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkyl substituted with J, C 1-10 fluoroalkyl substituted with J, 1-admantyl, 9-fluorenyl, phenyl substituted with K, phenyl disubstituted with K, phenyl trisubstituted with K, naphthyl, naphthyl substituted with K, naphthyl disubstituted with K, naphthyl trisubstituted with K, C 1- 10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups, C 1-10 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, and C 1-10 alkyl with two attached phenyl groups substimted with K;
  • J is selected from the group consisting of halogen, COOH, OH, CN, NO 2 , NH 2 , C 1- 10 alkoxy, C 1-10 alkylamine, C 2-12 dialkylamine, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO-, C 1-10 alkyl-O-CO- NH-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • K is selected from the group consisting of halogen, C 1-10 alkyl, C 1-10 perfluoroalkyl, C 1-10 alkoxy, NO 2 , CN, OH, CO 2 H, amino, C 1-10 alkylamino, C 2-12 dialkylamino, C 1 - C 10 acyl, and C 1-10 alkoxy-CO-, and C 1-10 alkyl-S-;
  • AA is a side chain blocked or unblocked amino acid with the L configuration, D configuration, or no chirality at the ⁇ -carbon selected from the group consisting of alanine, valine, leucine, isoleucine, proline, methionine, methionine sulfoxide, phenylalanine, tryptophan, glycine, serine, threonine, cysteine, tyrosine, asparagine, giutamine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, Iysine, arginine, histidine, phenyiglycine, beta-alanine, norleucine, norvaline, alpha-aminobutyric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid, citrulline, hydroxyproline, omithine, homoarginine, sarcosine, indoline 2-carboxylic acid, 2-azetidinecarboxylic acid, pipecolinic acid (2-piperidine carboxy
  • R is selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-20 alkyl, C 1-20 alkyl with a phenyl group attached to the C 1-20 alkyl, and C 1-20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K.
  • HEPES, heparin, and A23187 were obtained from
  • Calbiochem Suc-Leu-Tyr-AMC and chromogenic substrates were obtained from Sigma.
  • Calpain I was purified from human erythrocytes according to the method of Kitahara (Kitahara et al., J. Biochem. 95, 1759-1766) omitting the Blue-Sepharose step.
  • Calpain II from rabbit muscle and cathepsin B were purchased from Sigma. Papain was purchased from Calbiochem.
  • the AMC (7-amino-4- methylcoumarin) release was followed fluorimetrically (excitation at 380 nm, and emmision at 460 nm).
  • Enzymatic hydrolysis rates were measured at various substrate and inhibitor concentrations, and K I values were determined by either Lineweaver-Burk plots or Dixon plots.
  • HLE porcine pancreatic elastase
  • PPE porcine pancreatic elastase
  • cathepsin G cathepsin G.
  • a 0.1 Hepes, 0.01 M CaCl 2 , pH 7.5 buffer was utilized for trypsin, plasmin, and coagulation enzymes.
  • a 50 mM Tris-HCl, 2 mM EDTA, 5 mM cysteine, pH 7.5 was used as a buffer for papain.
  • a 88 mM KH 2 PO 4 , 12 mM Na 2 HPO 4 , 1.33 mM EDTA, 2.7 mM cysteine, pH 6.0 solution was used as a buffer for cathepsin B.
  • a 20 mM Hepes, 10 mM CaCl 2 , 10 mM mercatoethanol, pH 7.2 buffer was utilized for calpain I and calpain II.
  • HLE and PPE were assayed with MeO-Suc-Ala-Ala-Pro-Val-NA and Suc-Ala-Ala-NA, respectively [Nakajima et al., J. Biol. Chem.254, 4027-4032 0979); incorporated herein by reference].
  • Human leukocyte cathepsin G and chymotrypsin A ⁇ were assayed with Suc-Val-Pro-Phe-NA [Tanaka et al., Biochemistry 24, 2040-2047 0985); incorporated herein by reference].
  • Platelet membrane permeability assay Calpain-mediated breakdown of spectrin was measured by quantitative densitometry of the calpain-specific 150/155 kDa spectrin fragment doublet [see Siman et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81, 3572-3576 (1984)]. Platelets were isolated by a modification of the method of Ferrell and Martin [J. Biol. Chem. 264, 20723- 20729 (1989)]. Blood (15-20 ml) was drawn from male Sprague-Dawley rats into 1/10th volume of 100 mM EDTA-citrate, and ⁇ ntrifuged 10 minutes at 2000 rpm in a clinical centrifuge at room temperature.
  • the plasma was resuspended in 15 ml of buffer 1 (136 mM NaCl, 2.7 mM KCl, 0.42 mM NaH 2 PO 4 , 12 mM NaHCO 3 , 2 mM MgCl 2 , 2 mg/ml BSA (Sigma), 5.6 mM glucose, 22 mM Na 3 citrate pH 6.5) and platelets were isolated at 2200 rpm at room temperature for 10 minutes.
  • buffer 1 136 mM NaCl, 2.7 mM KCl, 0.42 mM NaH 2 PO 4 , 12 mM NaHCO 3 , 2 mM MgCl 2 , 2 mg/ml BSA (Sigma), 5.6 mM glucose, 22 mM Na 3 citrate pH 6.5
  • Platelets were washed once in 15 ml buffer 1, then resuspended to 10 7 cells/ml in buffer 2 (136 mM NaCl, 2.7 mM KCl, 0.42 mM NaH 2 PO 4 , 12 mM NaHCO 3 , 2mM MgCl, 1 mg/ml BSA (Sigma), 5.6 mM glucose, 20 mM HEPES (Sigma) pH 7.4) and allowed to "rest" for a minimum of 10 minutes at room temperature before use.
  • buffer 2 136 mM NaCl, 2.7 mM KCl, 0.42 mM NaH 2 PO 4 , 12 mM NaHCO 3 , 2mM MgCl, 1 mg/ml BSA (Sigma), 5.6 mM glucose, 20 mM HEPES (Sigma) pH 7.4
  • Inhibitors were added from stock solutions made fresh in DMSO. 100 ⁇ l platelets, suspended to 10 7 cells/ml in buffer 2, were incubated with 1 ⁇ l of an inhibitor solution for 5 minutes at room temperature prior to the addition of 2 mM Ca 2+ and 1 uM A23187. After 10 minutes total exposure to inhibitor (5 minutes exposure to ionophore) at room temperature, platelets were reisolated at 14,000 rpm for 10 sec in a Beckman microfuge, dissolved in SDS- PAGE sample buffer, and heated to 90 °C for 3 minutes.
  • Quantitative densitometry was used to obtain values for the intact spectrin bands and the 150/155 kDa breakdown product doublet
  • Tables I and IV shows the inhibition constants (K I ) for human leukocycte elastase (HLE), porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE), chymotrypsin and cathepsin G.
  • Tripeptide and tetrapeptide ketoesters with Ala, Abu, or Nva in the Pi site arc potent inhibitors of HLE and PPE.
  • Amino acid and dipeptide ketoesters with Ala in the Pi site are less potent than the tripeptides.
  • Z-Ala-Ala-Abu-CO-OBzl is a potent inhibitor of elastases, and replacement of the Z group (PhCH2OCO-) by PhCH 2 CH 2 CO-, PhCH 2 CH 2 SO 2 -,
  • PhCH 2 NHCO-, and PhCH 2 NHCS- would result in good inhibitor structures.
  • Changing the R group of Z-Ala-Ala-Abu-CO-OR from ethyl to benzyl or p-trifluoromethylbenzyl results in equally potent inhibitors of HLE.
  • replacement of ethyl by benzyl group in Z-Ala-Ala-CO-OEt makes a better elastase inhibitor.
  • Amino acid and peptide ketoesters with Phe in the P 1 site are good inhibitors of chymotrypin and cathepsin G.
  • MeO-Suc-Val-Pro-Phe-CO-OR is a potent inhibitor of chymotrypsin and cathepsin G, and replacement of methoxysuccinyl group by Z, benzoyl, PhCH2CH2SO2-, PhCH 2 NHCO-, or PhCH 2 NHCS- would result in good inhibitors for chymotrypsin and cathepsin G.
  • Table II shows the inhibition constants (K I ) for trypsin, plasmin, and several blood coagulation enzymes. Amino acid and peptide ketoesters with Arg or Lys in the P 1 site are good inhibitors of trypsin, although they inhibit blood coagulation enzymes less potently.
  • Bz-Arg-CO-OEt is a better thrombin inhibitor than Bz-Lys-CO-OEt, and tripeptides such as D-Phe-Pro-Arg-CO-OEt and Boc-D-Phe-Pro-Arg-CO-OEt are expected to be potent thrombin inhibitors because the interactions between the enzyme and inhibitor increase.
  • H-Gly-Lys-CO-OEt inhibits thrombin better than Bz-Lys-CO-OEt, but this dipeptide ketoester is a less potent inhibitor for human plasma kallikrein. Therefore variation of the blocking group and amino acid sequence in the peptide ketoesters would result in the more specific inhibitors toward individual coagulation enzymes.
  • Tables III and IV shows the inhibition constants (K I ) for papain, cathepsin B, calpain I, and calpain II.
  • Dipeptide ketoesters with Abu, Phe, or Nle in the Pi site and Leu in the P 2 site are potent inhibitors of calpain I and calpain II.
  • Z-Leu- Abu-CO-OEt is a better inhibitor of calpain than Z-Ala-Ala-Abu-CO-OEt by 500-1250 fold. Replacement of the Z group
  • PhCH 2 OCO- by similar groups such as PhCH 2 CH 2 CO-, PhCH 2 CH 2 SO 2 -, PhCH 2 NHCO-, and PhCH 2 NHCS- would also result in good inhibitor structures. Extending the R group to include longer alkyl groups or alkyl groups substituted with phenyl groups would increase the membrane permeability of this inhibitor. Dipeptide and tripeptide ketoesters with small aliphatic amino acid residue or Phe in the P 1 site are also good inhibitors for papain and cathepsin B. Z-Phe-Phe-CO-OEt, Z-Ala-Ala-Nva-CO-OEt, and
  • MeO-Suc-Val-Pro-Phe-CO-OMe are potent inhibitors of cathepsin B, and replacement of the Z (PhCH 2 OCO-) or MeO-Suc- group by PhOH 2 OH 2 CO-, PhCH 2 CH 2 SO 2 -, PhCH 2 NHCO-, and PhCH 2 NHCS- would also result in good inhibitor structures.
  • Z-Ala-Ala-Abu-CO-OBzl inhibits papain ca. 30 fold less potently than Z-Ala-Ala-Abu-CO-OEt , thus changing the benzyl group to a smaller alkyl group such as methyl, or propyl would make better papain inhibitors.
  • Table IV shows the inhibition constants (K I ) for cathepsin B, calpain I, and calpain II with peptide ketoamides.
  • Dipeptide ⁇ -ketoamides with Abu and Phe in the P 1 site and Leu in the P 2 site are potent inhibitors of calpain I and calpain II
  • Z-Leu- Abu-CONH-Et is a better inhibitor of calpain I than Z-Leu-Phe-CONH-Et by 14 fold.
  • Replacement of the Z group (PhCH 2 OCO-) by similar groups such as PhCH 2 CH 2 CO-, PhCH 2 CH 2 SO 2 -, PhCH 2 NHCO- , and PhCH 2 NHCS- would also result in good inhibitor structures.
  • the best inhibitor of calpain II is Z-Leu-Abu-CONH-(CH 2 ) 2 -Ph- Changing the R 3 and R 4 groups significantly improves the inhibitory potency toward calpain II.
  • the best dipeptide inhibitors are those which have long alkyl side chains (e.g. Z-Leu-Abu-CONH-(CH 2 ) 7 CH 3 ), alkyl side chains with phenyl substituted on the alkyl group (e.g. Z-Leu-Abu-CONH-(CH 2 ) 2 -Ph), or alkyl groups with a morpholine ring substituted on the alkyl group [e.g.
  • Dipeptide ⁇ -ketoamides with a small aliphatic amino acid residue or a Phe in the P 1 site are also good inhibitors for cathepsin B.
  • the best inhibitor is Z- Leu-Abu-CONH-Et and replacement of the Z (PhCH 2 OCO-) by PhCH 2 CH 2 CO-, PhCH 2 CH 2 SO 2 -, PhOH 2 NHCO-, and PhCH 2 NHCS- would also result in good inhibitor structures.
  • Peptide ⁇ -ketoamides and peptide ketoamides were substantially more stable in both plasma and liver than the corresponding peptide ⁇ -ketoesters (Table IV).
  • the peptide ⁇ - ketoamides and ketoacids were also much more effective in the platelet assay. Extending the R 3 group to an alkyl group or an alkyl group substituted with a phenyl group increased the membrane permeability of the inhibitors as indicated by increased potency in the platelet assay.
  • His-57 is hydrogen bonded to the carbonyl group of the ester functional group, the peptide backbone on a section of PPE's backbone hydrogen bonds to the inhibitor to form a ⁇ -sheet, and the benzyl ester is directed toward the S' subsites.
  • the side chain of the P 1 amino acid residue is located in the S 1 pocket of the enzyme.
  • Interactions with ketoamides would be similar except for that there would be the possibility of forming an additional hydrogen bond with the NH group of the ketoamide functional group if R 3 or R 4 was H. If R 3 and/or R 4 are longer subsmments, then they would make favorable interactions with the S' subsites of the enzyme. In the case of ketoacids, there would be no R group to interact with the S' subsites and these inhibitors would be slightly less potent than the ketoesters and ketoamides.
  • cysteine proteases share several features in common with serine proteases including an active site histidine residue.
  • cysteine proteases In place of the Ser-195, cysteine proteases have an active site cysteine residue which would add to the ketonic carbonyl group of the peptide keto acids, keto esters, or ketoamides to form an adduct very similar to the structure depicted above except with a cysteine residue replacing the serine-195 residue. Additional interactions would occur between the extended substrate binding site of the cysteine protease and the inhibitor which would increase the binding affinity and specificity of the inhibitors.
  • the peptide and amino acid ⁇ -ketoester, ⁇ -ketoacid, and ⁇ -ketoamide derivatives bind to the enzymes using many of the interactions that are found in complexes of a particular individual enzyme with its substrates.
  • Additional interactions with the enzyme can be obtained by tailoring the R group of the inhibitor to imitate the amino acid residues which are preferred by an individual protease at the S 1 ' and S 2 ' subsites.
  • the Mi group can be tailored to interact with the S subsites of the enzyme.
  • Elastase is an enzyme which hydrolyzes most effectively tetra- and tripeptides having P 1 residues with small alkyl side chains such as Ala and Val.
  • NA 4-nitroanilide
  • Suc-Phe-Leu-Phe-NA is an excellent substrate for chymotrypsin, cathepsin G, and mast cell chymases.
  • the corresponding ⁇ -ketoester is an excellent inhibitor for these chymotrypsin-like enzymes.
  • cysteine protease calpain a good inhibitor sequence is Ac-Leu-Leu-Nle-H.
  • ketoesters related in structure such as Z-Leu- Abu-CO-OEt and Z-Leu-Nle-CO-OEt arc potent inhibitors for calpain.
  • ketoamides related in structure such as Z-Leu-Abu-CO-NR3R4 and Z-Leu-Phe-CO-NR 3 R 4 are potent inhibitors for calpain.
  • the following structures are predicted to be potent inhibitors for the listed enzymes.
  • the inhibitor sequences were obtained from peptide substrate and/or inhibitor sequences in the protease literature.
  • Boc-Ala-Ala-Asp-CO-Q-R for human lymphocyte granzyme B Suc-Pro-Leu-Phe-CO-Q-R and Boc-Ala-Ala-Phe-CO-Q-R
  • RMCP rat mast cell protease
  • R is selected from the group consisting of H, C 1-20 alkyl, C 1-20 alkyl with a phenyl group attached to the C 1-20 alkyl, and C 1-20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K.
  • Q-R is -NR3R4 and R3 & R4 are selected independently from the group consisting of H, C 1-20 alkyl, C 1-20 cyclized alkyl, C 1-20 alkyl with a phenyl group attached to the C 1-20 alkyl, C 1-20 cyclized alkyl with an attached phenyl group, C 1-20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, C 1-20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group disubstituted with K, C 1-20 alkyl with an attached phenyl group trisubstituted with K, C 1-20 cyclized alkyl with an attached phenyl group substituted with K, C ⁇ IQ alkyl with a morpholine [-N(CH 2 CH 2 )O] ring attached through nitrogen to the alkyl, C 1-10 alkyl with a piperidine ring attached through nitrogen to the alkyl, C 1-10 alkyl with a pyrrolidine ring attached through nitrogen to
  • novel compounds of this invention are effective in the prevention of unnecessary proteolysis caused by chymotrypsin-like, elastases, and trypsin-like enzymes in the process of purification, transport and storage of peptides and proteins as shown in Tables I, II, III, and IV by effective inhibition of chymotrypsin, elastase, trypsin, and other serine & cysteine proteases.
  • Effective inhibitors of the proteolytic function of human leukocyte elastase and human cathepsin G would have anti-inflammatory activity and can be used to treat and control emphysema, adult respiratory distress syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis.
  • Effective inhibitors of the proteolytic function of chymotrypsin and pancreatic elastase are effective for therapeutic use in treatment of pancreatitis.
  • ⁇ -ketoesters have anticoagulant activity as shown in Table II by effective inhibition of the proteolytic function of blood coagulation enzymes in Hepes buffer.
  • Other peptide ⁇ -ketoesters have anti-tumor activity as shown in Table H by the effective inhibition of the proteolytic function of human plasma plasmin.
  • Peptide ⁇ -ketoesters can be used to control protein turnover, muscular dystrophy, myocardial tissue damage, tumor metastasis, and bone resorption as shown in Tables III and IV by effective inhibition of lysosomal cathepsin B in buffer. Peptide ⁇ -ketoesters can also be used as neuroprotectants or for the treatment of ischemia, stroke or Alzheimer's disease as shown in Tables III and IV by effective inhibiton of calpain I and calpain II.
  • Pulmonary emphysema is a disease characterized by progressive loss of lung elasticity due to the destruction of lung elastin and alveoli.
  • the destructive changes of lung parentchyma associated with pulmonary emphysema are caused by uncontrolled proteolysis in lung tissues [Janoff, Chest 83, 54-58 (1983); incorporated herein by reference].
  • a number of proteases have been shown to induce emphysema in animals [Marco et al., Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 104, 595-598 (1971); Kaplan, J. Lab. Clin. Med. 82, 349-356 (1973); incorporated herein by reference], particularly human leukocyte elastase [Janoff, ibid 115, 461-478 (1977);
  • Leukocyte elastase and other mediators of inflammation also appear to play a role in diseases such as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome [Reiger et al., Eur. J. Pediatr. 140, 92-97 (1983); incorporated herein by reference] and adult respiratory distress syndrome [Stockley, Clinical Science 64, 119-126 (1983); Lee et al.,N. Eng. J. Med. 304, 192-196 (1981); Rinaldo, ibid 301, 900-909 (1982); incorporated herein by reference].
  • the peptide ⁇ -ketoesters, ⁇ -ketoamides, and ⁇ -ketoacids may be administered orally, topically or parenterally.
  • parenteral includes subcutaneous injection, intravenous, intramuscular, intrastemal injection or infusion techniques.
  • the dosage depends primarily on the specific formulation and on the object of the therapy or prophylaxis. The amount of the individual doses as well as the administration is best determined by individually assessing the particular case.
  • compositions containing the active ingredient may be in a form suitable for oral use, for example as tablets, troches, lozenges, aqueous or oily suspensions, dispersible powders or granules, emulsions, hard or soft capsules or syrups or elixirs.
  • Dosage levels of the order to 0.2 mg to 140 mg per kilogram of body weight per day are useful in the treatment of above-indicated conditions (10 mg to 7 gms per patient per day).
  • the amount of active ingredient that may be combined with carrier materials to produce a single dosage form will vary depending upon the host treated and the particular mode of administration.
  • the therapeutic amount of the peptide ⁇ -ketoesters, ⁇ -ketoamides, and ⁇ - ketoacids or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts will normally be in the dosage range from 0.2 to 140 mg/kg of body weight Administration is made by intravenous, intramuscular or subscutaneous injection. Accordingly, pharmaceutical compositions for parenteral
  • these pharmaceutical compositions will usually contain a buffer, e.g. a phosphate buffer which keeps the pH in the range from 3.5 to 7 and also sodium chloride, mannitol or sorbitol for adjusting the isotonic pressure.
  • a buffer e.g. a phosphate buffer which keeps the pH in the range from 3.5 to 7 and also sodium chloride, mannitol or sorbitol for adjusting the isotonic pressure.
  • a composition for topical application can be formulated as an aqueous solution, lotion, jelly or an oily solution or suspention.
  • a composition in the form of an aqueous solution is obtained by dissolving the compounds of this invention in aqueous buffer solution of pH 4 to 6.5 and if desired, adding a polymeric binder.
  • An oily formulation for topical application is obtained by suspending the compounds of this invention in an oil, optionally with the addition of a swelling agent such as aluminium stearate and/or a surfactant.
  • ketoester inhibitors are prepared by a two step Dakin-West procedure. This procedure can be utilized with either amino acid derivatives, dipeptide derivatives, tripeptide derivatives, or tetrapeptide derivatives as shown in the following scheme.
  • the precursor peptide can be prepared using standard peptide chemistry which is well described in publications such as The Peptides. Analysis, Synthesis, Biology, Vol. 1-9, published in 1979-1987 by Academic Press and Houben-Weyl Methoden der Organischen Chemie, Vol. 15, Parts 1 and 2, Synthese von Peptiden, published by Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart in 1974 (both references incorporated herein by reference).
  • the M 1 group can be introduced using a number of different reaction schemes. First it could be introduced directly on an amino acid as shown in the following scheme (top), or the M 1 group could be introduced by reaction with an amino acid ester, followed by removal of the ester group to give the same product (bottom).
  • Reaction with Me 2 NCCCl would introduce the Me 2 NCO- group.
  • Reaction with NH 2 SO 2 Cl would introduce the NH 2 SO 2 - group.
  • Reaction with Me 2 NSO 2 Cl would introduce the Me 2 NSO 2 - group.
  • Reaction with a substituted alkyl or aryl isocyanate would introduce the X-NH-CO- group where X is a substituted alkyl or aryl group.
  • Reaction with a substituted alkyl or aryl isothiocyanate would introduce the X-NH-CS- group where X is a substituted alkyl or aryl group.
  • Reaction with X-SO 2 -Cl would introduce the X-SO 2 - group.
  • reaction with MeO-CO-CH 2 CH 2 -CO-Cl would give the X-CO- group where X is a C 2 alkyl substituted with a C 1 alkyl-OCO- group.
  • Reaction with an a substituted alkyl or aryl suifonyl chloride would introduce an X-SO 2 - group.
  • reaction with dansyl chloride would give the X-SO 2 - derivative where X was a naphthyl group mono substituted with a dimethylamino group.
  • Reaction with a substituted alkyl or aryl chloroformate would introduce a X-O-CO- group.
  • Reaction with a substituted alkyl or aryl chlorothioformate would introduce a X-O-CS-.
  • There are many alternate reaction schemes which could be used to introduce all of the above M 1 groups to give either M 1 -AA-OH or M 1 -AA-OR'.
  • the M 1 -AA-OH derivatives could then be used directly in the Dakin-West reaction or could be converted into the dipeptides, tripeptides, and tetrapeptides Mi-AA-AA-OH, M 1 -AA-AA-AA-OH, or Mi -AA-AA-AA-OH which could be used in the Dakin-West reaction.
  • the substituted peptides M 1 -AA-AA-OH, M 1 -AA-AA-AA-OH, or M-AA-AA-AA-AA-OH could also be prepared directly from H-AA- AA-OH, H-AA-AA-AA-OH, or H-AA-AA-AA- AA-OH using the reactions described above for introduction of the M group.
  • the M group could be introduced by reaction with carboxyl blocked peptides to give M 1 -AA-AA-OR', M 1 -AA-AA-AA-OR', or M 1 -AA-AA-AA-AA-OR', followed by the removal of the blocking group R'.
  • the R 1 group in the ketoester structures is introduced during the Dakin-West reaction by reaction with an oxalyl chloride Cl-CO-CO-O-R.
  • reaction of M 1 -AA-AA-OH with ethyl oxalyl chloride Cl-CO-CO-O-Et gives the keto ester M 1 -AA-AA-CO-O-EL
  • reaction of M 1 -AA-AA-AA-OH with ⁇ -CO-CO-O-Bzl would give the ketoester M 1 -AA-AA-AA- AA-CO-O-Bzl.
  • R groups can be introduced into the ketoester strucmre by reaction with various alkyl or arylalkyl oxalyl chlorides (Cl-CO-CO-O-R).
  • the oxalyl chlorides are easily prepared by reaction of an alkyl or arylalkyl alcohol with oxalyl chloride Cl-CO-CO-Cl.
  • Bzl-O-CO-CO-Cl and n-Bu-O-CO-CO-Cl are prepared by reaction of respectively benzyl alcohol and butanol with oxalyl chloride in yields of 50% and 80% [Warren, C. B., and Malee, E. J., J. Chromatography 64, 219-222 (1972); incorporated herein by reference].
  • Ketoamides M 1 -AA-CO-NR 3 R 4 , M-AA-AA-CO-NR 3 R 4 , M-AA-AA-AA-CO-NR 3 R 4 , M-AA-AA-AA-CO-NR 3 R 4 were prepared indirectly from the ketoesters.
  • the ketone carbonyl group was first protected as shown in the following scheme and then the ketoamide was prepared by reaction with an amine H-NR 3 R 4 .
  • the illustrated procedure should also work with other protecting groups.
  • the corresponding ketoacid could be used as a precursor. Blocking the ketone carbonyl group of the ketoacid and then coupling with an amine H-NR 3 R 4 using standard peptide coupling reagents would yield an intermediate which could then be deblocked to form the ketoamide.
  • Amino acid methyl ester hydrochlorides were prepared according to M. Brenner et al.[Helv. Chem. Acta 33, 568 (1950); 36, 1109 (1953)] in a scale over 10 mmol or according to Rachele [J. Org. Chem. 28, 2898 (1963)] in a scale of 0.1-1.0 mmol.
  • N-Acylamino acids was synthesized via Schotten-Baumann reaction [M. Bergmann, L.
  • N-Acylamino Acid Methyl Esters (General Procedure). To a chilled (10 °C) slurry of the appropriate amino acid methyl ester hydrochloride (20 mmol) in 100 ml benzene was added slowly (temp. 10-15 °C) 40 mmol triethylamine or N-methylmorpholine and then the reaction mixture was stirred for 30 minutes at this temperature. Then 18 mmol of appropriate acid chloride (temp. 10-15 °C) was added slowly to the reaction mixture and the reaction mixture was stirred ovemight at room temperature.
  • the precipitated hydrochloride was filtered, washed on a funnel with 2 ⁇ 20 ml benzene, and the collected filtrate was washed successively with 2 ⁇ 50 ml 1 M HCl, 2 ⁇ 50 ml 5% NaHCO 3 , 1 ⁇ 100 ml H 2 O, 2 ⁇ 50 ml satd. NaCl and dried over MgSO 4 . After evaporation of the solvent in vacuo (rotavaporator), the residue was checked for purity (TLC) and used for the next step (hydrolysis).
  • N-Acyldipeptide methyl esters were synthesized via the HOBt-DCC method in a DMF solution [K ⁇ nig and Geiger. Chem. Ber. 103, 788 (1970)]. Yield (%) mp (°C) TLC (R f, eluent)
  • N-Acyldipeptides were obtained by hydrolysis of the appropriate methyl esters via a general hydrolysis procedure.
  • 1 equivalent of the methyl ester was hydrolyzed with 2.25 equivalent of 1 molar NaOH because of form a sulfonamide sodium salt
  • N-Acytripeptide methyl esters were synthesized via HOBt-DCC method in DMF solution [König and Geiger, Chem. Ber. 103, 788 (1970)].
  • N-Acyltripeptide were obtained through hydrolysis of the appropriate methyl esters via general hydrolysis procedure.
  • 1 equivalent of methyl ester was hydrolyzed with 2.25 equivalent of 1 molar NaOH to form the sulfonamide sodium salt
  • Bz-DL-Ala-COOH The hydrolysis procedure of Tsushima et al. [J. Org. Chem. 49, 1163- 1169 (1984)] was used. Bz-DL-Ala-CO 2 Et (540 mg, 2.2 mmol) was added to a solution of 650 mg of sodium bicarbonate in an aqueous 50% 2-propanol solution (7.5 mL of H 2 O and 2-propanol) and stirred at 40 °C under nitrogen. After adding ethyl acetate and a saline solution to the reaction mixture, the aqueous layer was separated and acidified with 2N HCl and extracted with ethyl acetate.
  • Z-Leu-DL-Nva-enol ester the precursor of Z-Leu-DL-Nva-COOEt was synthesized by the same procedure as described in Example 1 and purified by column chromatography, oil, one spot on tlc.
  • Z-Leu-DL-Phe-enol ester the precursor of Z-Leu-DL-Phe-COOEt was synthesized by the same procedure as described in Example 1 and purified by column chromatography, oil, one spot on tic.
  • Z-Leu-DL-Abu-enol ester the precursor of Z-Leu-DL-Abu-COOEt was synthesized by the same procedure as described in Example 1 and purified by column chromatography, oil, one spot on tic.
  • Anal. Calcd for C 24 H 28 O 6 N 4 C, 61.53; H, 6.02; N, 11.96. Found: C, 61.96: H, 6.48; N. 12.34.
  • H-Phe-DL-Lys-COOEt ⁇ 2HCl.
  • the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (150 ml) and after separation of the organic layer, the water layer was saturated with solid (NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 and re-extracted 2-times with 25 ml ethyl acetate.
  • the combined organic phases were washed 2-times with 75 ml water, 2-times with 50 ml of satd. NaCl, decolorized with carbon and dried over MgSO 4 .
  • the crude enol ester (8.36 g, 98%) was flash-chromatographed on silica gel and the product was eluted with a AcOEt.
  • Ph(CH 2 ) 6 CO-Abu-EE This compound was prepared from Ph(CH 2 ) 6 CO- Abu-OH in
  • reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4-5 hours, the ethanol was then evaporated in vacuo (rotavaporator) and the residue treated with 200 ml ethyl ether (or 200 ml ethyl acetate in the case of the tripeptide).
  • the ether (ethyl acetate) solution was washed with 2 ⁇ 75 ml H 2 O, 2 ⁇
  • the protected ⁇ -ketoester (0.98 g, 1.8 mmole) was dissolved in ethanol (5 ml), cooled to 0-5 °C in a ice bath, and ethylamine was bubbled through the solution until 2.43 g (54 mmole) had been added.
  • the reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature slowly, and stirred ovemight.
  • the product was a pale yellow solid.
  • MeO-Suc-Ala-Ala-Pro-DL-Abu-COOMe 0.42 0.93 a Inhibition constants were measured in 0.1 M Hepes, 0.5 M NaCl, pH 7.5 buffer. 9 % Me 2 SO and at
  • dEnzyme and inhibitor was preincubated before addition of the substrate.
  • MeO-Suc-Ala-Ala-Pro-Abu-COOMe 0.7 6.0 100 inhibition constants were measured in 0.05 M Tris-HCl, pH 7.5 buffer , containing 2 mM EDTA, 5 mM cysteine (freshly prepared), 1 % Me 2 SO, and at 25 °C. N ⁇ -Benzoyl-Arg-AMC was used as a substrate.
  • bInhibition constants were measured in 88 mM KH 2 PO4, 12 mM Na 2 HPO4, pH 6.0 buffer , containing 1.33 mM EDTA, 2.7 mM cysteine (freshly prepared), and at 25 °C.
  • Z-Arg-Arg-AFC was used as a substrate.
  • cInhibition constants were measured in 20 mM Hepes, pH 7.2 buffer , containing 10 mM CaCl 2 ,
  • dInhibition constants were measured in 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.5 buffer , containing 20 mM

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Cette invention concerne des cétoamides, des cétoacides et des cétoesters peptidiques, et leur utilisation pour inhiber les protéases de sérine et les protéases de cystéine.
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