5-(3-Cyclopentyl-2-thioxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-benzimidazol-5-yl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrrole-2-carbonitrile: A novel, highly potent, selective, and orally active non-steroidal progesterone receptor agonist
作者:Puwen Zhang、Eugene Terefenko、Jeffrey Kern、Andrew Fensome、Eugene Trybulski、Ray Unwalla、Jay Wrobel、Susan Lockhead、Yuan Zhu、Jeffrey Cohen、Margaret LaCava、Richard C. Winneker、Zhiming Zhang
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2007.07.011
日期:2007.10
We have recently discovered 5-(3-cyclopentyl-2-thioxo-2,3-dihydro- I H-benzimidazol-5-yl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrrole-2-carbonitrile (14) as a potent, selective, and orally active non-steroidal progesterone receptor (PR) agonist. Compound 14 and its analog 13 possessed sub-nanomolar in vitro potency (EC50 0.1-0.5 nM) in the T47D alkaline phosphatase assay, similar to that of the steroidal PR agonist medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA). In contrast to MPA, 14 was highly selective (> 500-fold) for the PR over both glucocorticoid and androgen receptors. In the rat uterine decidualization and complement component C3 models, 14 had oral ED50 values of 0.02 and 0.003 mg/kg, respectively, and was from 6- to 20-fold more potent than MPA. In the monkey ovulation inhibition model, compound 14 was also highly efficacious and potent with an oral ED100 of 0.03 mg/kg. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.