- Novel hybrid conjugates with dual estrogen receptor α degradation and histone deacetylase inhibitory activities for breast cancer therapy
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Hormone therapy targeting estrogen receptors is widely used clinically for the treatment of breast cancer, such as tamoxifen, but most of them are partial agonists, which can cause serious side effects after long-term use. The use of selective estrogen receptor down-regulators (SERDs) may be an effective alternative to breast cancer therapy by directly degrading ERα protein to shut down ERα signaling. However, the solely clinically used SERD fulvestrant, is low orally bioavailable and requires intravenous injection, which severely limits its clinical application. On the other hand, double- or multi-target conjugates, which are able to synergize antitumor activity by different pathways, thus may enhance therapeutic effect in comparison with single targeted therapy. In this study, we designed and synthesized a series of novel dual-functional conjugates targeting both ERα degradation and histone deacetylase inhibiton by combining a privileged SERD skeleton 7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane sulfonamide (OBHSA) with a histone deacetylase inhibitor side chain. We found that substituents on both the sulfonamide nitrogen and phenyl group of OBHSA unit had significant effect on biological activities. Among them, conjugate 16i with N-methyl and naphthyl groups exhibited potent antiproliferative activity against MCF-7 cells, and excellent ERα degradation activity and HDACs inhibitory ability. A further molecular docking study indicated the interaction patterns of these conjugates with ERα, which may provide guidance to design novel SERDs or PROTAC-like SERDs for breast cancer therapy.
- Zhao, Chenxi,Tang, Chu,Li, Changhao,Ning, Wentao,Hu, Zhiye,Xin, Lilan,Zhou, Hai-Bing,Huang, Jian
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- Bicyclic core estrogens as full antagonists: Synthesis, biological evaluation and structure-activity relationships of estrogen receptor ligands based on bridged oxabicyclic core arylsulfonamides
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Compounds that block estrogen action through the estrogen receptor (ER) or downregulate ER levels are useful for the treatment of breast cancer and endocrine disorders. In our search for structurally novel estrogens having three-dimensional core scaffolds, we found some compounds with a 7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptene core that bound well to the ERs. The best of these compounds, a phenyl sulfonate ester (termed OBHS for oxabicycloheptene sulfonate), was a partial antagonist on both ERα and ERβ. Although OBHS bears no structural resemblance to other estrogen antagonists, it appears to achieve its partial antagonist character by stabilizing a novel conformation of the ER that involves a significant distortion of helix-11. To enhance the antagonist properties of these oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane core ligands, we expanded the functional diversity of OBHS by replacing the sulfonate with secondary or tertiary sulfonamides (-SO2NR-), isoelectronic and potentially isostructural molecular replacements. An array of 16 OBHS sulfonamide analogues were prepared through a Diels-Alder reaction of a 3,4-diarylfuran using various N-aryl vinyl sulfonamide dienophiles. While the more polar secondary sulphonamides were weak ligands, certain of the tertiary sulfonamides had very good ER binding affinity. In HepG2 cell reporter gene assays, the sulphonamides had moderate potency, but they showed lower intrinsic transcriptional activity on ERα than the selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) hydroxytamoxifen or OBHS, and they were inverse agonists on ERβ. Thus, the behaviour of these OBH-sulfonamides more closely mirrors the activity of full antagonists like the drug fulvestrant (ICI 182780), and their greater antagonist biocharacter appears to arise from an accentuated distortion of helix-11.
- Zhu, Manghong,Zhang, Chen,Nwachukwu, Jerome C.,Srinivasan, Sathish,Cavett, Valerie,Zheng, Yangfan,Carlson, Kathryn E.,Dong, Chune,Katzenellenbogen, John A.,Nettles, Kendall W.,Zhou, Hai-Bing
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p. 8692 - 8700
(2013/01/15)
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- Fluorovinloxyacetamides, process for preparing same and herbicidal composition comprising same
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Herbicidal fluorovinyloxyacetamide compounds of formula (I) are useful for protecting crops from weeds: wherein: R1is a phenyl group optionally having one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of C1-6alkyl, halogen-
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- Facile synthesis of substituted n-monoalkylaromatic amines under PTC conditions
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Substituted aromatic amides were alkylated under PTC conditions. Compounds with ortho electron withdrawing substituents furnished exclusively monoalkyl amines. A plausible mechanism has been suggested.
- Kalkote,Choudhary,Natu,Lahoti,Ayyangar
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p. 1889 - 1900
(2007/10/02)
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- Photoinduced Cyclizations of Mono- and Dianions of N-Acyl-o-chloroanilines and N-Acyl-o-chlorobenzylamines as General Methods for the Synthesis of Oxindoles and 1,4-Dihydro-3(2H)-isoquinolinones
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Formation of the monoanions of a series of N-acyl-N-alkyl-o-chloroanilines by means of LDA in THF followed by irradiation with near-UV light affords 1,3-dialkyloxindoles in good yields.Similar photoinduced cyclizations of dianions derived from N-acyl-o-chloroanilines leads to 3-alkyloxindoles.Photocyclizations of mono- and dianion prepared from α,β-unsaturated o-haloanilides proceed to form 3-alkylideneoxindoles.Carbanions derived from N-acyl-o-chlorobenzylamines also undergo photoassisted ring closure to afford 1,4-dihydro-3(2H)-isoquinolinones.The influence of near-UV light and the effect of inhibitors implicate a radical-chain mechanism as the major reaction pathway in this convenient new method for oxindole and isoquinolinone synthesis.
- Goehring, R. Richard,Sachdeva, Yesh P.,Pisipati, Jyothi S.,Sleevi, Mark C.,Wolfe, James F.
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p. 435 - 443
(2007/10/02)
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