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Aromatase inhibition by 4 beta,5 beta-epoxides of 16 alpha-hydroxyandrostenedione and its 19-oxygenated analogs, potential precursors of estriol production in the feto-placental unit.

To gain insight into the nature of the substrate binding site and the catalytic function of aromatase, we studied the inhibition of androstenedione aromatization by 4beta,5beta-epoxy-16alpha-hydroxyandrostenedione (4) and its 19-hydroxy and 19-oxo derivatives, 5 and 6, as well as the biochemical aromatization of these steroids in human placental microsomes. The 19-methyl and 19-oxo compounds, 4 and 6, were weak competitive inhibitors of aromatase, with apparent K(i) values of 246 microM and 270 microM, respectively, whereas the 19-hydroxy compound 5 inhibited aromatase in a non-competitive manner with the K(i) of 135 microM. The 19-methyl compound 4 inactivated aromatase in a time-dependent manner with k(inact) of 0.213 min(-1) in the presence of NADPH in air, but the other two did not cause it. The conversion of the three epoxides into estrogen, as well as 19-oxygenation of 19-methyl steroid 4 with human placental microsomes in the presence of NADPH in air, were not detected by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The present results are consistent with the two binding sites theory in the active site of aromatase.

Androstenedione↗

Synthesis of 16 alpha-hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3,17,19-trione and 3 beta, 16 alpha-dihydroxyandrost-5-ene-17,19-dione; potential intermediates of estriol biosynthesis.

16 alpha-Hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3,17,19-trione (10) was synthesized from the 16 alpha-hydroxy-6 beta,19-epoxy-17-one 3 via protection of the 16 alpha-hydroxy function as its tert-butyldimethylsilyl ether or acetate. Reductive cleavage of the epoxy ring of the silyl ether 4 or the acetate 5 with zinc dust gave the 19-alcohol 6 or 7, which was treated with pyridinium dichromate or Jones reagent, respectively, and then hydrolyzed with diluted sulfuric acid, yielding the desired steroid 10. 3 beta,16 alpha-Dihydroxyandrost-5-ene-17,19-dione (14) was also synthesized from 5 alpha-bromo-3 beta,16 alpha-diacetoxy-6 beta, 19-epoxyandrostan-17-one (11) through the intermediates 12 and 13 with the 3 beta- and 16 alpha-hydroxy functions protected as their acetates in a reaction sequence similar to that above.

Androstenediols↗