Compounds of formula (1a) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, and hydrates thereof and related methods of modulatin
perforin activity on a
cell: wherein Ring A is selected from a 6-10 membered
aryl, 5-6 membered cycloalkyi, 5-6 membered heteroaryl or 5-6 membered heterocyclyl, wherein the heteroaryl and heterocyclyl rings comprise at least one
heteroatom selected from N, O or S; and wherein the
aryl, cycloalkyi, heteroaryl or heterocyclyl rings are optionally substituted with 1 to 3 substituents selected from halo, nitro, —C1-Cealkyl, —C1-Ceaminoalkyl, —C1-C6hydroxyalkyl, -haloC1-C6
alkyl, —C1-C6alkoxyl, -haloC1—C<aIkoxyl, heteroaryl,
aryl, hydroxyl, —C(0)Ci-C6
alkyl, —OC(0)Ci-C6
alkyl, —CH2OC(O)CrC6alkyl, —C(O)OC1, —C6alkyI, —NHC(O)C1, —C6alkyl, —NHS(O)2C1-C6alkyl, —S(O)2C1-C6alkyl, —S(O)2NH2, and —C(O)NJJ; Ring B is a 6-10 membered
arylene or a 5-6 membered heteroarylene comprising at least one
heteroatom selected from N, 0 or S; and wherein the aryl or heteroaryl is optionally, substituted with one or more substituents selected from —NJJ, —OJ, halo, C1-C6alkyl, -haloC1—C6alkyl, —C1-C6alkoxy, -haloC1-C6alkoxyl, and —C(0)NJJ; Ring C is selected from a 5-10 membered heteroarylene or a 5-10 membered heterocyclene, each comprising at least one
heteroatom selected from N, S and O; Ring D is an optionally substituted benzofused 9-11 membered heterocyclyl or optionally substituted ben2ofused 9-11 membered heteroaryl comprising at least one heteroatom selected from N or O; L is a
linker selected from branched and unbranched C1-C4 alkylene, —S(0)2-NH—, —C(0)-NH—, —NH—C(0)-NH—, —S(0)2-NH—C(0)-NH—, —S(0)2-NH—C(0)- and —CH═CH—; wherein Rings B and C, and Rings C and D, are connected to each other via a C—C bond at any of the available C atoms on each respective ring; and J in each occurrence is independently selected from H, optionally substituted C1-C6alkyl or optionally substituted haloC1-C6alkyl.