Benzothiophene selective estrogen receptor modulators with modulated oxidative activity and receptor affinity

J Med Chem. 2007 May 31;50(11):2682-92. doi: 10.1021/jm070079j. Epub 2007 May 10.

Abstract

The regulation of estrogenic and antiestrogenic effects of selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) is thought to underlie their clinical use. Most SERMs are polyaromatic phenols susceptible to oxidative metabolism to quinoids, which are proposed to be genotoxic. Conversely, the redox reactivity of SERMs may contribute to antioxidant and chemopreventive mechanisms, providing a new approach to improve the therapeutic properties of SERMs. An improved synthetic strategy was developed to generate a family of benzothiophene SERMs. Using computational modeling methods and measurements of antioxidant activity and estrogen receptor (ER) ligand binding, this SERM family was shown to provide both a range of ERalpha/ERbeta selectivity from 1.2- to 67-fold and a range of redox activity. Antioxidant activity was successfully modulated by varying a substituent remote from the OH group; the source of the antioxidant capacity. An efficient synthetic procedure is reported yielding benzothiophene SERMs wherein redox activity and ER affinity are modulated.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Antioxidants / chemical synthesis*
  • Antioxidants / chemistry
  • Estrogen Receptor alpha / chemistry*
  • Estrogen Receptor alpha / metabolism
  • Estrogen Receptor beta / chemistry*
  • Estrogen Receptor beta / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Models, Molecular
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Piperidines / chemistry
  • Radioligand Assay
  • Recombinant Proteins / chemistry
  • Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators / chemical synthesis*
  • Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators / chemistry
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Thiophenes / chemical synthesis*
  • Thiophenes / chemistry

Substances

  • Antioxidants
  • Estrogen Receptor alpha
  • Estrogen Receptor beta
  • Piperidines
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators
  • Thiophenes
  • LY 353381