Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of 4-phenylpyrrole derivatives as novel androgen receptor antagonists
作者:Satoshi Yamamoto、Nobuyuki Matsunaga、Takenori Hitaka、Masami Yamada、Takahito Hara、Junichi Miyazaki、Takashi Santou、Masami Kusaka、Masuo Yamaoka、Naoyuki Kanzaki、Shuichi Furuya、Akihiro Tasaka、Kazumasa Hamamura、Mitsuhiro Ito
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2011.10.067
日期:2012.1
A series of 4-phenylpyrrole derivatives D were designed, synthesized, and evaluated for their potential as novel orally available androgen receptor antagonists therapeutically effective against castration-resistant prostate cancers. 4-Phenylpyrrole compound 1 exhibited androgen receptor (AR) antagonistic activity against T877A and W741C mutant-type ARs as well as wild-type AR. An arylmethyl group incorporated into compound 1 contributed to enhancement of antagonistic activity. Compound 4n, 1-[6-chloro-5-(hydroxymethyl)pyridin-3-yl]methyl}-4-(4-cyanophenyl)-2,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile exhibited inhibitory effects on tumor cell growth against the bicalutamide-resistant LNCaP-cxD2 cell line as well as the androgen receptor-dependent JDCaP cell line in a mouse xenograft model. These results demonstrate that this series of pyrrole compounds are novel androgen receptor antagonists with efficacy against prostate cancer cells, including castration-resistant prostate cancers such as bicalutamide-resistant prostate cancer. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.