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17β-Methyl-17α-dihydroequilenin

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17β-Methyl-17α-dihydroequilenin
Clinical data
Other namesNCI-122; 17β-Methyl-6,8-didehydro-17α-estradiol; 17β-Methylestra-1,3,5(10),6,8-pentaene-3,17α-diol
Drug classEstrogen
Identifiers
  • (13S,14S,17R)-13,17-dimethyl-12,14,15,16-tetrahydro-11H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthrene-3,17-diol
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PubChem CID
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC19H22O2
Molar mass282.383 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • C[C@]12CCC3=C([C@@H]1CC[C@@]2(C)O)C=CC4=C3C=CC(=C4)O
  • InChI=1S/C19H22O2/c1-18-9-7-15-14-6-4-13(20)11-12(14)3-5-16(15)17(18)8-10-19(18,2)21/h3-6,11,17,20-21H,7-10H2,1-2H3/t17-,18-,19+/m0/s1
  • Key:FQMQOMRDADWGJJ-GBESFXJTSA-N

17β-Methyl-17α-dihydroequilenin (developmental code name NCI-122), also known as 17β-methyl-6,8-didehydro-17α-estradiol, is a synthetic steroidal estrogen which was never marketed.[1][2] It is the C17β methylated derivative of 17α-dihydroequilenin, an equine estrogen and constituent of conjugated estrogens (Premarin).[1][2] 17α-Dihydroequilenin itself is an analogue of 17α-estradiol, the C17 epimer of estradiol (or 17β-estradiol).[1][2] NCI-122 has respective relative binding affinities of about 8.1% and 16% for the ERα and ERβ when compared to estradiol.[2] It is far less potent as an estrogen in comparison to estradiol, with relative estrogenic potencies at the ERα and ERβ of 1.4% and 0.81%, respectively.[1] Nonetheless, NCI-122 acts as a full agonist of the ERα (ERβ was not assessed) and has estrogenic activity similar to that of estradiol at sufficiently high concentrations.[2] The mechanisms of the lower potency of NCI-122 and related estrogens (e.g., 17α-estradiol and equilenin) relative to estradiol have been studied.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Hsieh RW, Rajan SS, Sharma SK, Greene GL (January 2008). "Molecular characterization of a B-ring unsaturated estrogen: implications for conjugated equine estrogen components of premarin". Steroids. 73 (1): 59–68. doi:10.1016/j.steroids.2007.08.014. PMC 2225582. PMID 17949766.
  2. ^ a b c d e Flores VA, Taylor HS (September 2015). "The Effect of Menopausal Hormone Therapies on Breast Cancer: Avoiding the Risk". Endocrinol. Metab. Clin. North Am. 44 (3): 587–602. doi:10.1016/j.ecl.2015.05.007. PMC 4555991. PMID 26316245.



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