- LASOFOXIFENE MODULATION OF MEMBRANE-INITIATED ESTROGEN SIGNALS AND METHODS FOR TUMOR TREATMENT
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The present invention found that lasofoxifene is an antagonist of ER-α36. It not only inhibits the growth of ER-α36 positive lung, colon and gastric cancers, and also it can inhibit the growth of acquired or de novo tamoxifen-resistant MCF-7 cells. Our finding also provides methods and compositions for treating cancer comprising lasofoxifene alone or in combination with at least one other agent selected from the group consisting of gefitinib and/or trastuzumab or functional equivalent thereof, and an inhibitor in hormonal or epidermal growth factor signal transduction pathways.
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- METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF LASOFOXIFENE
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A method of preparing (?)-cis-(5R,6S)-6-phenyl-5-[4-(2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethoxy)phenyl]-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-ol D-tartrate-lasofoxifene of formula 1, comprising the following steps a) Preparation of cis-1-{2-[4-(2-phenyl-6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalen-1-yl)-phenoxy]ethyl}pyrrolidine of formula (3) by alkylation of cis-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-phenyl-6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene with 1-(2-chloroethyl)pyrrolidine base or its salt, b) Deprotection of the hydroxyl group in the substance of formula (3) by the effect of hydrobromic acid generating cis-6-phenyl-5-[4-(2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethoxy)phenyl]-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-ol hydrobromide of formula (2a), c) Conversion of the substance of formula (2a) into cis-6-phenyl-5-[4-(2-pyrrolidin-1-ylethoxy)phenyl]-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalen-2-ol of formula (2b), d) Preparation of lasofoxifene of formula (1) by conversion into the corresponding diasteroisomer by reaction with D-tartaric acid and crystallization.
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