IP Library Granted Patent US 9,320,751
Granted Patent B2
US 9,320,751 · App. 14/620,542 · Granted Apr 26, 2016

Modified saponins for the treatment of fungal infections

Inventors: Eleftherios Mylonakis (Boston, MA); Edward Holson (Newton Highlands, MA); Frederick M. Ausubel (Newton, MA)
Assignees: The General Hospital Corporation; The Broad Institute, Inc.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A61K31/704A61K31/7048
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Patent No.
US 9,320,751
App. No.
14/620,542
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods of treating a fungal infection in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a modified saponin.

Claims (18)

1. A method of treating a fungal infection in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula II:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein:

R 1 is H or OC(O)R A ;

R 2 is H or OH;

R 3 is H, C(O)OR A , CH 2 OR A , CH 2 OC(O)R A ;

R 4 and R 5 are each independently H or OC(O)R B ;

R A is H or C 1-6 alkyl;

R B is C 2-6 alkenyl; and

Gly is

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compound is:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compound is:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compound is:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the compound is:

or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fungal infection is infection with a Candida species fungus.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2015
From: HOLSON, EDWARD
To: THE BROAD INSTITUTE, INC.; MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 035594/0382 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2015
From: MYLONAKIS, ELEFTHERIOS; AUSUBEL, FREDERICK M.
To: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035594/0412 →
Continuity (3)
Division 13521267
Provisional Application 61294304 · Jan 12, 2010
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