Inventors:
Adam N. Goldfarb - Charlottesville VA, US
Loretta L. Delehanty - Charlottesville VA, US
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PATENT FOUNDATION - Charlottesville VA
International Classification:
A61K 38/19, A61K 38/17, C07C 235/74, C07C 69/675, A61P 7/06, A61P 35/00, A61K 31/19, C12Q 1/25, H01J 49/26, A61P 7/00, G01R 33/44, A61K 31/225, A61K 31/22
US Classification:
514 77, 514547, 560155, 560176, 514546, 514557, 435 4, 250282, 324307
Abstract:
The present invention discloses the signaling pathway involved in erythroid repression by iron deficiency. Further disclosed is a non-toxic small-molecule compound which potently reverses the erythroid repression caused by iron deficiency. The present invention further encompasses novel compounds for inhibition of red cell production, useful, for example, in the treatment of polycythemia vera, a malignancy causing uncontrolled red cell production. These inhibitory compounds also promote megakaryocytic lineage commitment and may therefore be useful for augmentation of platelet production. The present invention further discloses isocitrate reversal of iron deprivation.