HDAC8 inhibitors for treating cancer

1. A method of treating cancer in a subject in need thereof, said method comprising administering an effective amount of an HDAC8 inhibitor to said subject, wherein said cancer is a non-mutated p53 cancer, and wherein said HDAC8 inhibitor is a compound of formula (I):

wherein

R 1 is substituted or unsubstituted 2 to 20 membered heteroalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted 3 to 7 membered heterocycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 7 aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted 3 to 7 membered heteroaryl; and

R 2 is substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 20 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted 2 to 20 membered heteroalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted 3 to 7 membered heterocycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 7 aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted 3 to 7 membered heteroaryl; and wherein said non-mutated p53 cancer is acute myeloid leukemia (AML), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), lymphoma, neuroblastoma, glioma, bladder cancer, lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, breast cancer, or triple-negative breast cancer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said non-mutated p53 cancer is AML.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein said non-mutated p53 cancer has increased HDAC8 activity or HDAC8 expression compared to a mutated p53 cancer.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said method further comprises prior to said treating, determining whether said cancer in said subject is a non-mutated p53 cancer, wherein said determining is via detection through the use of immunoprecipitation, Western blot, flow cytometry, or immunohistochemistry.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising determining whether said non-mutated p53 cancer has increased HDAC8 activity or HDAC8 expression, wherein said determining is via detection through the use of immunoprecipitation, Western blot, flow cytometry, or immunohistochemistry.

6. A method of inhibiting HDAC8 mediated deacetylation of p53, said method comprising contacting HDAC8 with an HDAC8 inhibitor in the presence of p53, thereby inhibiting HDAC8 deacetylation of p53, wherein said HDAC8 inhibitor is a compound of formula (I):

wherein

R 1 is substituted or unsubstituted 2 to 20 membered heteroalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted 3 to 7 membered heterocycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 7 aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted 3 to 7 membered heteroaryl; and

R 2 is substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 20 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted 2 to 20 membered heteroalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted 3 to 7 membered heterocycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 7 aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted 3 to 7 membered heteroaryl.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein said contacting is performed in vitro.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein said contacting is performed in vivo.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein said contacting is performed in an organism.

10. A method of activating p53 in vivo, said method comprising contacting a cell with an HDAC8 inhibitor in the presence of HDAC8, and wherein the cell is an AML cell, and wherein said HDAC8 inhibitor is a compound of formula (I):

wherein

R 1 is substituted or unsubstituted 2 to 20 membered heteroalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted 3 to 7 membered heterocycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 7 aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted 3 to 7 membered heteroaryl; and

R 2 is substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 20 alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted 2 to 20 membered heteroalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 7 cycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted 3 to 7 membered heterocycloalkyl, substituted or unsubstituted C 3 -C 7 aryl, or substituted or unsubstituted 3 to 7 membered heteroaryl.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein said contacting is performed in an organism.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the AML cell is an AML stem cell.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein R 1 is a substituted or unsubstituted C 1 -C 4 alkoxy and R 2 is a substituted or unsubstituted C 4 -C 6 aryl.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein R 1 is unsubstituted C 1 -C 2 alkoxy and R 2 is unsubstituted C 6 aryl.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compound has formula (II):

16. A method of treating a non-mutated p53 cancer in a subject in need thereof, said method comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of an HDAC8 inhibitor compound selected from the group consisting of:

wherein said non-mutated p53 cancer is acute myeloid leukemia (AML), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), lymphoma, neuroblastoma, glioma, bladder cancer, lung cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, breast cancer, or triple-negative breast cancer.