Synthesis, binding affinities and uterotrophic activity of some 2-substituted estradiol and ring-A-fused pyrone derivatives
作者:AMME Omar、IC Ahmed、OM AboulWafa、AM Hassan、KA Ismail、MMM El-Din、NA Mansour
DOI:10.1016/0223-5234(94)90122-8
日期:1994.1
A series of estradiol analogs has been synthesized and examined as potential estrogens. Nuclear modifications included a variety of substituents at the 2 position of estradiol, which was previously thought to be inhibitory for activity, and inclusion of the 3-phenolic hydroxyl group in a gamma-pyrone and 3'-formylchromone rings fused to ring A of estradiol. The estrogen relative binding affinities and in vivo assays for uterotrophic activity in rats showed that all the tested compounds were capable of displacing [H-3]E(2) from the estrogen receptor sites by different degrees. The highest inhibition of [H-3]E(2) binding (78%) to the estrogen receptor was displayed by 2-acetylestradiol which was also a potent uterotrophic agent. Omission of the free 3-hydroxyl functionality by inclusion in a gamma-pyrone ring produced a chromone derivative that was capable of inhibiting [3H]E(2), binding by 60% and displayed a uterotrophic response of 97%. Further nuclear modification by introduction of thiosemicarbazone moieties decreased the uterotrophic activity, the highest activity being elicited by the p-bromophenyl thiosemicarbazone derivative. The diketone 2-benzoylacetylestradiol 17 beta-acetate, 2-(3'-benzylideneacetyl)estradiol and 2-[3'-(3-anisylidene)acetyl]estradiol exhibited high inhibition of binding affinity while eliciting approximate to 50% the uterotrophic activity of estradiol.