PMID- 25706100 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150526 LR - 20150326 IS - 1520-4804 (Electronic) IS - 0022-2623 (Linking) VI - 58 IP - 6 DP - 2015 Mar 26 TI - 2-Aryl-3-methyloctahydrophenanthrene-2,3,7-triols as potent dissociated glucocorticoid receptor agonists. PG - 2658-77 LID - 10.1021/jm501601b [doi] AB - A significant improvement in agonist activity of the previously described 2-aryloctahydrophenanthrene-2,3,7-triol series of dissociated glucocorticoid receptor agonists (DAGRs) was achieved by modifying the substitution at C3 from (S)-3-hydroxy to (R)-3-hydroxy-3-methyl. The IC50 of the prototype 13 in the efficacy assay measuring repression of IL-1 induced MMP-13 expression was 3.5 nM, exhibiting 87% of the maximal effect of dexamethasone (DEX). It displayed a dissociated profile by exhibiting 42% of the maximal effect of DEX in a mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) luciferase reporter transactivation assay. Compound 13 and analogues containing heterocyclic replacements for the C2 phenyl and modified B rings showed high repression of TNFalpha production in human whole blood, with IC50 values (43-167 nM) approaching the level of DEX (21 nM). On the basis of X-ray structures and force field calculations, the overall potency of this series was attributed to a favorable conformation of the C2alpha phenyl, induced by the neighboring C3alpha methyl. FAU - Chantigny, Yves A AU - Chantigny YA FAU - Murray, John C AU - Murray JC FAU - Kleinman, Edward F AU - Kleinman EF FAU - Robinson, Ralph P AU - Robinson RP FAU - Plotkin, Michael A AU - Plotkin MA FAU - Reese, Matthew R AU - Reese MR FAU - Buckbinder, Leonard AU - Buckbinder L FAU - McNiff, Patricia A AU - McNiff PA FAU - Millham, Michele L AU - Millham ML FAU - Schaefer, Jean F AU - Schaefer JF FAU - Abramov, Yuriy A AU - Abramov YA FAU - Bordner, Jon AU - Bordner J LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20150317 PL - United States TA - J Med Chem JT - Journal of medicinal chemistry JID - 9716531 RN - 0 (Anti-Inflammatory Agents) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1) RN - 0 (Phenanthrenes) RN - 0 (Receptors, Glucocorticoid) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 7S5I7G3JQL (Dexamethasone) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Matrix Metalloproteinase 13) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anti-Inflammatory Agents/pharmacology MH - Cell Line MH - Crystallography, X-Ray MH - Dexamethasone/pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-1/immunology MH - Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse/genetics MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 13/genetics MH - Mice MH - Models, Molecular MH - Phenanthrenes/*chemistry/*pharmacology MH - Receptors, Glucocorticoid/*agonists/metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/blood/immunology MH - Up-Regulation/drug effects EDAT- 2015/02/24 06:00 MHDA- 2015/05/27 06:00 CRDT- 2015/02/24 06:00 PHST- 2015/02/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/02/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/05/27 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1021/jm501601b [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Med Chem. 2015 Mar 26;58(6):2658-77. doi: 10.1021/jm501601b. Epub 2015 Mar 17.