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Title: Rational design of orally-active, pyrrolidine-based progesterone receptor partial agonists

Journal Article · · Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett.

Using the X-ray crystal structure of an amide-based progesterone receptor (PR) partial agonist bound to the PR ligand binding domain, a novel PR partial agonist class containing a pyrrolidine ring was designed. Members of this class of N-alkylpyrrolidines demonstrate potent and highly selective partial agonism of the progesterone receptor, and one of these analogs was shown to be efficacious upon oral dosing in the OVX rat model of estrogen opposition.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
1006164
Journal Information:
Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., Vol. 19, Issue (16) ; 08, 2009; ISSN 0960-894X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH