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ID: ALA1151699

Journal: Bioorg Med Chem

Title: Synthesis and biological evaluation of guanylhydrazone coactivator binding inhibitors for the estrogen receptor.

Authors: LaFrate AL, Gunther JR, Carlson KE, Katzenellenbogen JA.

Abstract: 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 IC(50) 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.

CiteXplore: 18976929

DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.10.007