Purpose. Aromatase inhibitors are known to prevent the conversion of androgens to estrogens and play a significant role in the treatment of estrogen dependent diseases such as breast cancer. Some flavonoids have been reported as potent aromatase inhibitors: therefore. in an effort to develop novel anti breast cancer agents. B ring substituted flavanones with a 7-methoxy group on A ring were synthesized and tested to assess their ability to inhibit aromatase activity and to determine the optimal B ring substitution pattern.Methods. A series of flavanones was prepared by cyclisation of 2'-hydroxychalcones previously obtained by Claisen-Schmidt condensation and the aromatase inhibitory activity or these compounds was investigated using human placental microsomes and radiolabeled [1.2,6,7-H-3]-androstenedione as substrate.Results. Almost all flavanones exhibited inhibitory effect on the aromatase activity but their potency was dependent on their B ring subtitution pattern. Hydroxylation at position 3' and/or 4' enhanced the anti-aromatase activity thus, 3'.4'-dihydroxy-7-methoxyflavanone was found to he twice more potent than aminoglutethimide. the first aromatase inhibitor clinically used.Conclusions. These results indicated that these flavanones could be considered as potential anti breast cancer agents through the inhibition of aromatase activity and allowed us to select some of these Compounds as skeleton for the development of flavonoid structurally-related aromatase inhibitors.
A new series of synthetic flavones, thioflavones, and flavanones has been synthesized and evaluated as potential inhibitors of monoamine oxidase isoforms (MAO-A and -B). The most active series is the flavanone one with higher selective inhibitory activity against MAO-B. Some of these flavanones (mainly the most effective) have been separated and tested as single enantiomers. In order to investigate the MAOs recognition of the most active and selective compounds, a molecular modeling study has been performed using available Protein Data Bank (PDB) structures as receptor models for docking experiments. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Purpose. Aromatase inhibitors are known to prevent the conversion of androgens to estrogens and play a significant role in the treatment of estrogen dependent diseases such as breast cancer. Some flavonoids have been reported as potent aromatase inhibitors: therefore. in an effort to develop novel anti breast cancer agents. B ring substituted flavanones with a 7-methoxy group on A ring were synthesized and tested to assess their ability to inhibit aromatase activity and to determine the optimal B ring substitution pattern.Methods. A series of flavanones was prepared by cyclisation of 2'-hydroxychalcones previously obtained by Claisen-Schmidt condensation and the aromatase inhibitory activity or these compounds was investigated using human placental microsomes and radiolabeled [1.2,6,7-H-3]-androstenedione as substrate.Results. Almost all flavanones exhibited inhibitory effect on the aromatase activity but their potency was dependent on their B ring subtitution pattern. Hydroxylation at position 3' and/or 4' enhanced the anti-aromatase activity thus, 3'.4'-dihydroxy-7-methoxyflavanone was found to he twice more potent than aminoglutethimide. the first aromatase inhibitor clinically used.Conclusions. These results indicated that these flavanones could be considered as potential anti breast cancer agents through the inhibition of aromatase activity and allowed us to select some of these Compounds as skeleton for the development of flavonoid structurally-related aromatase inhibitors.
Impact of mono- and disubstitution on the colorimetric dynamic covalent switching chalcone/flavanone scaffold
作者:Brian M. Muller、Jesse Mai、Reid A. Yocum、Marc J. Adler
DOI:10.1039/c4ob00398e
日期:——
The impact of substitution on a novel colorimetric dynamic covalent switching scaffold was investigated using UV/Vis and NMR spectroscopy.