Blocking Estrogen Signaling After the Hormone: Pyrimidine-Core Inhibitors of Estrogen Receptor-Coactivator Binding
摘要:
As an alternative approach to blocking estrogen action, we have developed small molecules that directly disrupt the key estrogen receptor (ER)/coactivator interaction necessary for gene activation. The more direct, protein-protein nature of this disruption might be effective even in hormone-refractory breast cancer. We have synthesized a pyrimidine-core library of moderate size, members of which act as a-helix mimics to block the ER alpha/coactivator interaction. Structure-activity relationships have been explored with various C-, N-, O-, and S-substituents on the pyrimidine core. Time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer and cell-based reporter gene assays show that the most active members inhibit the ER alpha/steroid receptor coactivator interaction with Ki's in the low micromolar range. Through these studies, we have obtained a refined pharmacophore model for activity in this pyrimidine series. Furthermore, the favorable activities of several of these compounds support the feasibility that this coactivator binding inhibition mechanism for blocking estrogen action might provide a potential alternative approach to endocrine therapy.
Blocking Estrogen Signaling After the Hormone: Pyrimidine-Core Inhibitors of Estrogen Receptor-Coactivator Binding
作者:Alexander A. Parent、Jillian R. Gunther、John A. Katzenellenbogen
DOI:10.1021/jm800698b
日期:2008.10.23
As an alternative approach to blocking estrogen action, we have developed small molecules that directly disrupt the key estrogen receptor (ER)/coactivator interaction necessary for gene activation. The more direct, protein-protein nature of this disruption might be effective even in hormone-refractory breast cancer. We have synthesized a pyrimidine-core library of moderate size, members of which act as a-helix mimics to block the ER alpha/coactivator interaction. Structure-activity relationships have been explored with various C-, N-, O-, and S-substituents on the pyrimidine core. Time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer and cell-based reporter gene assays show that the most active members inhibit the ER alpha/steroid receptor coactivator interaction with Ki's in the low micromolar range. Through these studies, we have obtained a refined pharmacophore model for activity in this pyrimidine series. Furthermore, the favorable activities of several of these compounds support the feasibility that this coactivator binding inhibition mechanism for blocking estrogen action might provide a potential alternative approach to endocrine therapy.
Design, Synthesis, and in Vitro Biological Evaluation of Small Molecule Inhibitors of Estrogen Receptor α Coactivator Binding
作者:Alice L. Rodriguez、Anobel Tamrazi、Margaret L. Collins、John A. Katzenellenbogen
DOI:10.1021/jm030404c
日期:2004.1.1
interaction was not with the ligand binding pocket. The most effective CBIs were those from the pyrimidine family, the best binding with K(i) values of ca. 30 microM. The trithiane- and cyclohexane-based CBIs appear to be poor structural mimics, because of equatorial vs axial conformational constraints, and the triazene-based CBIs are also conformationallyconstrained by amine-substituent-to-ring resonance