Estrogenic activity of bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)methanes with cyclic hydrophobic structure
作者:Tomohiro Kojima、Takumi Ogawa、Souichiro Kitao、Manabu Sato、Akifumi Oda、Kiminori Ohta、Yasuyuki Endo
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2015.09.046
日期:2015.11
Monoalkylated bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)methanes (e.g., 1) are reported to show weak binding affinity for estrogen receptor (ER). We hypothesized that introduction of appropriately located hydrophobic substituents in these compounds would increase the binding affinity. Indeed, we found that bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)methane bearing a 3,3-dimethylcyclohexyl group (7) shows potent ER alpha binding affinity, comparable to that of estradiol. Bulkier substituents could be introduced at the 3,3-position without decreasing the affinity. However, the position of the substituents was critical: the 4,4-dimethylcyclohexyl derivative (2) showed very weak binding affinity. The compounds with high ER-binding affinity showed predominantly agonistic activity, together with weak antagonistic activity at high concentration, in cell proliferation assay with human breast cancer cell line MCF-7. Further structure-function studies of these compounds and their derivatives might lead to the development of more selective and potent estrogen receptor modulators. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.