ABSTRACT
Novel des-D-ring interphenylene analogs of vitamin D3 were designed on the basis of their conformational analysis and affinity to vitamin D receptor (VDR) estimated using ligand-protein docking simulation. According to this design, a series of the des-D-ring interphenylene analogs were synthesized via Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reactions of des-D, C-ring and A-ring intermediates. A fluorescence polarization VDR competitor assay, a time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer VDR coactivator binding assay, and a human VDR (NR1I1) reporter assay revealed that the des-D-ring interphenylene analogs exhibited a certain VDR binding affinity and ability to promote gene transcription. In particular, analogs having a side chain with an appropriate length at meta position showed high gene transcription promoting activities comparable to those of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 and its 19-nor derivative.
Keywords: Des-D-ring; Reporter gene assay; Suzuki-Miyaura coupling; Vitamin D receptor; Vtamin D analog;
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Published: 5 December 2022; European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
Author information: Kouta Ibe (1), Haruki Nakada (1), Mayu Ohgami (1), Takeshi Yamada (2), Sentaro Okamoto (3)
(1) Department of Materials and Life Chemistry, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, 221-8686, Japan.
(2) Department of Materials and Life Chemistry, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, 221-8686, Japan.
(3) Department of Materials and Life Chemistry, Kanagawa University, 3-27-1 Rokkakubashi, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama, 221-8686, Japan.