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Target-directed enediynes: designed estramycins
G B Jones1, G Hynd, J M Wright
1Department of Chemistry, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. grjones@lynx.neu.edu
The Journal of Organic Chemistry
|May 26, 2001
Abstract:
The goal of selective targeting of enediyne cytotoxins has been investigated using estrogenic delivery vehicles. A series of estrogen-enediyne conjugates were assembled, and affinity for human estrogen receptor [hERalpha] was determined. The most promising candidate induced receptor degradation following Bergman cycloaromatization and caused inhibition of estrogen-induced transcription in T47-D human breast cancer cells.