Synthesis and biological evaluation of guanylhydrazone coactivator binding inhibitors for the estrogen receptor
作者:Andrew L. LaFrate、Jillian R. Gunther、Kathryn E. Carlson、John A. Katzenellenbogen
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2008.10.007
日期:2008.12
Most patients with hormone-responsive breast cancer eventually develop resistance to traditional antiestrogens such as tamoxifen, and this has become a major obstacle in their treatment. We prepared and characterized the activity of a series of 16 guanylhydrazone small molecules that are designed to block estrogen receptor (ER) activity through a non-traditional mechanism, by directly interfering with coactivator binding to agonist-liganded ER. The inhibitory activity of these compounds was determined in cell-based transcription assays using ER-responsive reporter gene and mammalian two-hybrid assays. Several of the compounds gave IC50 values in the low micromolar range. Two secondary assays were used to confirm that these compounds were acting through the proposed non-traditional mode of estrogen inhibitory action and not as conventional antagonists at the ligand binding site. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.