IP Library Granted Patent US 12,351,560
Granted Patent B2
US 12,351,560 · App. 18/190,843 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Next generation FKBP52 targeting drugs for the treatment of prostate and breast cancer

Inventors: Marc Cox (El Paso, TX); Artem Cherkasov (Vancouver, CA); Fuqiang Ban (Vancouver, CA)
Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
C07D249/08A61K45/06A61K31/4196
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Patent No.
US 12,351,560
App. No.
18/190,843
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Procedures for inhibiting hormone receptor activation include administering to a subject in need of hormone receptor inhibition a compound having a chemical structure of a molecule that, when docked in the PPIase pocket, could disrupt proline-rich loop conformation and interactions. Procedures for treating prostate cancer or breast cancer include administering to a subject having prostate cancer or breast cancer a compound having a chemical structure of a molecule that, when docked in the PPIase pocket, could disrupt proline-rich loop conformation and interactions.

Claims (10)

1. A method of inhibiting hormone receptor activation, comprising administering to a subject in need of hormone receptor inhibition a compound having a chemical structure of Formula II

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the hormone receptor is an androgen receptor.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subject has hyperplasia.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subject has neoplasia.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the subject has prostate cancer or breast cancer.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising administering chemotherapy or radiation treatments.

7. A method of treating prostate cancer or breast cancer comprising administering to a subject having prostate cancer or breast cancer a compound having a chemical structure of Formula II

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising administering chemotherapy or radiation treatments.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the compound when docked in a PPIase pocket disrupts proline-rich loop conformation and interactions.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the PPIase pocket includes an FKBP52 PPIase pocket.

Assignments (3)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Sep 11, 2024
From: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO
To: UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Reel/Frame 068926/0808 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2023
From: CHERKASOV, ARTEM; BAN, FUQIANG
To: THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
Reel/Frame 065481/0117 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2023
From: COX, MARC
To: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
Reel/Frame 065060/0333 →
Continuity (3)
Division 17153340 · Jan 20, 2021
Provisional Application 62963873 · Jan 21, 2020
Related Publication 20230234930A1 · Jul 27, 2023
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