Abstract
The formal C-20 methylation of 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 (calcitriol) and bridging of two methyl groups produces spiro[cyclopropane-1, 20-calcitriol], colloquially referred to as C-20 cyclopropylcalcitriol, which is much more active in MLR for suppression of interferon-γ release than calcitriol, and hypercalcemia in mice is elicited at a ten-fold lower dose when compared to calcitriol. Introduction of the Δ16,17-double bond, modification of the side chain by 23- unsaturation and replacement of the methyl groups at C-26 and C-27 with trifluoromethyl moieties create a highly active series of vitamin D analogs. As previously observed in the calcitriol series, the presence of the C-16 double bond in the cyclopropyl analogs also arrests metabolic side-chain oxidation in the at the C-24 oxo level in UMR 106 cells. The enhanced biological activity is ascribed, at least in part, to the improved resistance toward metabolic degradation.
Keywords: hydrogenation, Transactivation, Prostate tumor, UMR 106 cells, 20-cyclopropyl analogs
Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
Title: C-20 Cyclopropyl Vitamin D3 Analogs
Volume: 6 Issue: 12
Author(s): Milan R. Uskokovic, Percy Manchand, Stanislaw Marczak, Hubert Maehr, Pawel Jankowski, Luciano Adorini and G. Satyanarayana Reddy
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Keywords: hydrogenation, Transactivation, Prostate tumor, UMR 106 cells, 20-cyclopropyl analogs
Abstract: The formal C-20 methylation of 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D3 (calcitriol) and bridging of two methyl groups produces spiro[cyclopropane-1, 20-calcitriol], colloquially referred to as C-20 cyclopropylcalcitriol, which is much more active in MLR for suppression of interferon-γ release than calcitriol, and hypercalcemia in mice is elicited at a ten-fold lower dose when compared to calcitriol. Introduction of the Δ16,17-double bond, modification of the side chain by 23- unsaturation and replacement of the methyl groups at C-26 and C-27 with trifluoromethyl moieties create a highly active series of vitamin D analogs. As previously observed in the calcitriol series, the presence of the C-16 double bond in the cyclopropyl analogs also arrests metabolic side-chain oxidation in the at the C-24 oxo level in UMR 106 cells. The enhanced biological activity is ascribed, at least in part, to the improved resistance toward metabolic degradation.
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Uskokovic R. Milan, Manchand Percy, Marczak Stanislaw, Maehr Hubert, Jankowski Pawel, Adorini Luciano and Reddy G. Satyanarayana, C-20 Cyclopropyl Vitamin D3 Analogs, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 2006; 6 (12) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156802606777864962
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156802606777864962 |
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