C15-Substituted 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-3 analogs were synthesized for the first time to investigate the effects of the modified CD-ring on biological activity concerning the agonistic positioning of helix-3 and helix-12 of the vitamin D receptor (VDR). X-ray cocrystallographic analysis proved that 0.6 angstrom shifts of the CD-ring and shrinking of the side chain were necessary to maintain the position of the 25-hydroxy group for proper interaction with helix-12. The 15-hydroxy-16-ene derivative showed higher binding affinity for hVDR than the natural hormone.
Design and Synthesis of Seco-oxysterol Analogs as Potential Inhibitors of 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-Coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) Reductase Gene Transcription
摘要:
The synthesis and biological activity of a series of seco-oxysterol analogs designed to be inhibitors of transcription of the gene for 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-Coenzyme A reductase (HMGR) are described. The compound possessing the most significant activity, [1 alpha(E),4 beta]-3-[2-(4-hydroxy- 1-methylcyclohexyl)ethenyl]-alpha,alpha-dimethylbenzenepentanol (4, U-88156), inhibited (IC50 = 10 mu M) the expression of beta-galactosidase (beta-gal) in a transfected human HepG2 cell line wherein the beta-gal gene was driven by a 5 kB segment of the promoter for hamster HMGR. Furthermore, using wild-type HepG2 cells, it was shown that 10 mu M: 4 reduced HMGR mRNA levels by 73% while stimulating LDL-receptor activity by 47%. In the same system, the related oxysterol, 25-hydroxycholesterol (1), at 10 mu M lowered both HMGR mRNA levels and LDL-receptor activity by 58% and 64%, respectively. Overall HMGR activity in wild-type HepG2 cells was inhibited 30% by 4 at 10 mu M. These findings collectively demonstrate that a secooxysterol analog is capable of regulating HMGR gene expression and that this regulation can occur without a concomitant attenuation of the level of LDL-receptor activity.
C15-Substituted 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-3 analogs were synthesized for the first time to investigate the effects of the modified CD-ring on biological activity concerning the agonistic positioning of helix-3 and helix-12 of the vitamin D receptor (VDR). X-ray cocrystallographic analysis proved that 0.6 angstrom shifts of the CD-ring and shrinking of the side chain were necessary to maintain the position of the 25-hydroxy group for proper interaction with helix-12. The 15-hydroxy-16-ene derivative showed higher binding affinity for hVDR than the natural hormone.
Design and Synthesis of Seco-oxysterol Analogs as Potential Inhibitors of 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-Coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) Reductase Gene Transcription
作者:Scott D. Larsen、Charles H. Spilman、Yoshi Yagi、Dac M. Dinh、Karen L. Hart、Gerard F. Hess
DOI:10.1021/jm00041a013
日期:1994.7
The synthesis and biological activity of a series of seco-oxysterol analogs designed to be inhibitors of transcription of the gene for 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-Coenzyme A reductase (HMGR) are described. The compound possessing the most significant activity, [1 alpha(E),4 beta]-3-[2-(4-hydroxy- 1-methylcyclohexyl)ethenyl]-alpha,alpha-dimethylbenzenepentanol (4, U-88156), inhibited (IC50 = 10 mu M) the expression of beta-galactosidase (beta-gal) in a transfected human HepG2 cell line wherein the beta-gal gene was driven by a 5 kB segment of the promoter for hamster HMGR. Furthermore, using wild-type HepG2 cells, it was shown that 10 mu M: 4 reduced HMGR mRNA levels by 73% while stimulating LDL-receptor activity by 47%. In the same system, the related oxysterol, 25-hydroxycholesterol (1), at 10 mu M lowered both HMGR mRNA levels and LDL-receptor activity by 58% and 64%, respectively. Overall HMGR activity in wild-type HepG2 cells was inhibited 30% by 4 at 10 mu M. These findings collectively demonstrate that a secooxysterol analog is capable of regulating HMGR gene expression and that this regulation can occur without a concomitant attenuation of the level of LDL-receptor activity.