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A 1,1,2-triphenylbut-1-ene with a 4-OH group at one C-1 phenyl ring and a chlorocarbamate mustard moiety at the second C-1 ring (compound 3) was synthesized in order to obtain a “cytotoxic estrogen” with a specific antitumor effect on estrogen-receptor-containing tumors. This compound was tested in comparison to the carrier (compound 1) and a compound (2) having a carbamate mustard group on both C-1 phenyl rings. The estrogen receptor affinity of compound 3 was only about one-quarter lower than that of compound 1, but much higher than that of compound 2. Compounds 2 and 3 showed only partially irreversible binding to the receptor owing to their relatively low alkylating properties. The growth inhibition of the receptor-positive MCF-7 breast cancer cell line by compound 3, but not by compound 1 or 2, was more pronounced than the inhibition of the receptor-negative line MDA. In vivo the hormone-dependent, transplantable mammary tumor MXT M3.2 of the mouse was much better inhibited by compound 3 than its hormone-resistent line MXT OVEX. Compounds 1–3 had no antiestrogenic properties in the mouse, but estrogenic activity was in the order 1>3>2. From these results and because the antitumor activity of compound 3 was superior to that of compounds 1 and 2 in the hormone-dependent tumor models, a selective, receptor-mediated cytotoxic effect of compound 3 on estrogen-receptor-positive tumors in obvious.
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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. M. F. El Etreby on the occasion of his 50th birthday
Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, SFB 234 and the Matthias Lackas Stiftung
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Schneider, M.R., Schuderer, M.L. Chlorocarbamate-mustard-linked 1,1,2-triphenylbut-1-enes with a selective antitumor activity on mammary tumors containing estrogen receptors. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 114, 583–587 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00398181
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