| abstract |
The present invention relates to 7-azaindirubins (1), 7'-azaindirubins (2), and 7,7'-diaza-indirubins (3), wherein E, R 1 and R 2 have the meanings detailed in the description, their production and use as a medicament for treating cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, bipolar disorders, inflammatory and infectious diseases, including viral diseases. Depending on structure, these indirubins act as inhibitors of various kinases involved in tumor cell growth, and, most notably, as inhibitors of human tumor cell proliferation. As compared to indirubins bearing identical substituents but no hetero atoms in position 7 and 7', the activity of the compounds according to the present invention is increased and the propensity to get metabolized by CYP450s is reduced, resulting in improved metabolic stability |