RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Fluorinated androgens and progestins: molecular probes for androgen and progesterone receptors with potential use in positron emission tomography.
JF Molecular Pharmacology
JO Mol Pharmacol
FD American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
SP 391
OP 403
VO 32
IS 3
A1 S J Brandes
A1 J A Katzenellenbogen
YR 1987
UL http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/32/3/391.abstract
AB In order to develop imaging agents for receptor-positive tumors of the breast and prostate, we have investigated the binding affinity of several fluorine-substituted steroids in the testosterone and nortestosterone series for the androgen receptor and the progesterone receptor. The 6 alpha- and 11 beta-fluoro-, and 16 alpha-fluoroalkyl-substituted steroids were prepared by an olefin bromofluorination reaction followed by dehydrobromination or reductive debromination. The 17 alpha-fluoromethyl derivatives were prepared by fluoride ion attack on the 17-spiroepoxide or 17-spiro sulfate and the 17 alpha-fluoropropynyl derivative, by reaction of a propargyl alcohol precursor with diethylaminosulfur trifluoride. Of the compounds synthesized, 17 alpha-(3-fluoro-I-propynyl)nortestosterone was found to possess the highest binding affinity and selectivity for the progesterone receptor, and 11 beta-fluoronordihydrotestosterone had the greatest affinity for the androgen receptor. Both receptor systems seem to tolerate reasonably well the substitution of fluorine for hydrogen.