Oxazoline derivatives of [17(20)E]-21-norpregnene – inhibitors of CYP17A1 activity and proliferation of prostate carcinoma cells


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Nine new oxazolinyl derivatives of [17(20)E]-21-norpregnene, differing in the structure of steroid moiety, were investigated for their potency to inhibit the CYP17A1 catalytic activity, as well as growth and proliferation of LNCaP and PC-3 prostate carcinoma cell lines. The activity of one of the investigated compounds, 2´-{[(E)3β-hydroxyandrost-5-en-17-ylidene]methyl}-4´,5´-dihydro-1´,3´-oxazole (1), was found to be comparable with that of Abiraterone, a known inhibitor of CYP17A1 used for treatment of prostate cancer. A model of the interaction of oxazoline 1 with the active site of CYP17A1 was constructed by the molecular dynamics method. A correlation was found between the structure and the biological activity in the series of [17(20)E]-21-norpregnene oxazolinyl derivatives.

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V. A. Kostin

V. N. Orekhovich Research Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

Email: vazolottsev@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Build. 8, 10 Pogodinskaya ul., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119121

A. S. Latysheva

V. N. Orekhovich Research Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

Email: vazolottsev@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Build. 8, 10 Pogodinskaya ul., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119121

V. A. Zolottsev

V. N. Orekhovich Research Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

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Russian Federation, Build. 8, 10 Pogodinskaya ul., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119121

Ya. V. Tkachev

V. A. Engel’gardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Russian Federation, 32 ul. Vavilova, Moscow, Russian Federation, 119991

V. P. Timofeev

V. A. Engel’gardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: vazolottsev@mail.ru
Russian Federation, 32 ul. Vavilova, Moscow, Russian Federation, 119991

A. V. Kuzikov

V. N. Orekhovich Research Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

Email: vazolottsev@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Build. 8, 10 Pogodinskaya ul., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119121

V. V. Shumyantseva

V. N. Orekhovich Research Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

Email: vazolottsev@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Build. 8, 10 Pogodinskaya ul., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119121

G. E. Morozevich

V. N. Orekhovich Research Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

Email: vazolottsev@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Build. 8, 10 Pogodinskaya ul., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119121

A. Yu. Misharin

V. N. Orekhovich Research Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences

Email: vazolottsev@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Build. 8, 10 Pogodinskaya ul., Moscow, Russian Federation, 119121


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