Design and synthesis of carborane-containing androgen receptor (AR) antagonist bearing a pyridine ring.

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Ohta K, Goto T, Fijii S, Suzuki T, Ohta S, Endo Y

Design and synthesis of carborane-containing androgen receptor (AR) antagonist bearing a pyridine ring.

Bioorg Med Chem. 2008 Sep 1;16(17):8022-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.07.055. Epub 2008 Jul 24.

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Abstract

We previously developed carborane-containing potent AR antagonists, BA321 and BA341, on the basis of our hypothesis that the carborane cage would be an excellent hydrophobic pharmacophore in place of steroidal C and D rings. As an extension of that work, we designed and synthesized carborane-containing AR antagonist candidates with a pyridine ring. Compound 6b, which has a pyridine ring directly bound to the p-carborane cage at the 3-position, exhibited potent AR-antagonistic activity in transcriptional activation assay using NIH3T3 cells transfected with a hAR-expression plasmid. In addition, it showed more potent antiandrogenic activity than that of the well-known antiandrogen flutamide and comparable activity to that of (R)-bicalutamide in SC-3 cell proliferation assay.

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DrugTargetPropertyMeasurementpHTemperature (°C)
FlutamideAndrogen receptorIC 50 (nM)580N/AN/ADetails