The Difluoromethylene Group as a Replacement for the Labile Oxygen in Steroid Sulfates: a New Approach to Steroid Sulfatase Inhibitors.
2004
Abstract Several estrone sulfate and estradiol sulfate analogues, in which the sulfate group was replaced with an α,α-difluoromethylenesulfonate group or an α,α-difluoromethylenetetrazole group, were examined as inhibitors of steroid sulfatase (STS). These compounds were 4.5–10.5 times more potent than their non-fluorinated analogues. Moreover, the presence of the fluorines changed the mode of inhibition from mixed to competitive. The inhibitor bearing the α,α-difluoromethylenetetrazole group exhibited an affinity for STS approaching that of the natural STS substrate, estrone sulfate. Possible reasons for the enhanced affinity of the fluorinated compounds compared to their non-fluorinated counterparts are discussed.
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