title: Inhibitors of cholesterol biosynthesis. 2. Hypocholesterolemic and antioxidant activities of benzopyran and tetrahydronaphthalene analogues of the tocotrienols.
abstract: Tocotrienols exhibit antioxidant and cholesterol-biosynthesis-inhibitory activities and may be of value as antiatherosclerotic agents. The mechanism of their hypolipidemic action involves posttranscriptional suppression of HMG-CoA reductase (HMGR) in a manner mimicking the action of putative non-sterol feedback inhibitors. The in vitro cholesterol-biosynthesis-inhibitory and HMGR-suppressive activities in HepG2 cells of an expanded series of benzopyran and tetrahydronaphthalene isosteres and the hypocholesterolemic activity of selected compounds assessed in orally dosed chickens are presented. Preliminary antioxidant data of these compounds have been obtained using cyclic voltammetry and Cu-induced LDL oxidation assays. The farnesyl side chain and the methyl/hydroxy substitution pattern of gamma-tocotrienol deliver a high level of HMGR suppression, unsurpassed by synthetic analogues of the present study. In orally dosed chickens, 8-bromotocotrienol (4o), 2-desmethyltocotrienol (4t), and the tetrahydronaphthalene derivative 35 exhibit a greater degree of LDL cholesterol lowering than the natural tocotrienols.
authors.affiliation: Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Wallingford, Connecticut 06492.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Pearce
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Deason
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Dischino
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gillespie
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Qureshi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Volk
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001578:Benzopyrans / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002645:Chickens; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents; D000975:Antioxidants; D001578:Benzopyrans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D013764:Tetrahydronaphthalenes; D014810:Vitamin E; D002784:Cholesterol