Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pharmaceutical composition comprising a useful compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to various infectious diseases which inhibits a prolyl hydroxylase in order to stabilize hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)-1α and HIF-2α.SOLUTION: A compound having the formula: where Z is phenyl substituted with from 1 to 5 halogens chosen from F and Cl; Ris C-Clinear alkyl or C-Cbranched alkyl; and which is effective against diseases caused by pathogens selected from bacteria, viruses, yeast, fungi, or parasites.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pharmaceutical agent for controlling activity of low oxygen induction transcription factor 1-α (HIF-1α) and diseases, conditions and syndromes related thereto, especially peripheral vascular disease (PVD), coronary artery disease (CAD), cardiac failure, ischemia and anemia, and for increasing cellular immunity/immunological response in a subject to be treated having reduced cellular immunity/immunological responses.SOLUTION: There is provided a pharmaceutical agent containing N-substituted benzyl-4-aminomethylene-3-hydroxypyridine-2-(1H)-on and N-substituted sulfonylaryl-4-aminomethylene-3-hydroxypyridine-2-(1H)-on which are a HIF-1α prolylhydroxylase inhibitor having the following formula.