5-Benzylidene 1,2-dihydrochromeno[3,4-f]quinolines, a novel class of nonsteroidal human progesterone receptor agonists.

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Tegley CM, Zhi L, Marschke KB, Gottardis MM, Yang Q, Jones TK

5-Benzylidene 1,2-dihydrochromeno[3,4-f]quinolines, a novel class of nonsteroidal human progesterone receptor agonists.

J Med Chem. 1998 Oct 22;41(22):4354-9.

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Abstract

A novel series of nonsteroidal progestins, 5-benzylidene-1, 2-dihydrochromeno[3,4-f]quinolines (2), was discovered, and a preliminary structure-activity relationship study around the 5-benzylidene ring generated several potent human progesterone receptor agonists (compounds 8, 16). These new progestins showed biological activities (EC50 = 5.7 and 7.6 nM) similar to progesterone (EC50 = 2.9 nM) in the cotransfection assay with high efficacy (132% and 166%) and binding affinity (Ki = 0.66 and 0.83 nM) similar to medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) (Ki = 0.34 nM). A representative analogue, 8, demonstrated similar oral potency to MPA in the uterine wet weight/mammary gland morphology assay in ovariectomized rats.

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Binding Properties
DrugTargetPropertyMeasurementpHTemperature (°C)
Medroxyprogesterone acetateProgesterone receptorKi (nM)0.34N/AN/ADetails
Medroxyprogesterone acetateProgesterone receptorEC 50 (nM)0.15N/AN/ADetails
ProgesteroneAndrogen receptorIC 50 (nM)37N/AN/ADetails
ProgesteroneAndrogen receptorKi (nM)8.5N/AN/ADetails
ProgesteroneGlucocorticoid receptorIC 50 (nM)>1000N/AN/ADetails
ProgesteroneGlucocorticoid receptorKi (nM)30.5N/AN/ADetails
ProgesteroneMineralocorticoid receptorIC 50 (nM)14N/AN/ADetails
ProgesteroneProgesterone receptorKi (nM)3.5N/AN/ADetails
ProgesteroneProgesterone receptorEC 50 (nM)2.9N/AN/ADetails