title: Toward selective ERbeta agonists for central nervous system disorders: synthesis and characterization of aryl benzthiophenes.
abstract: In an effort to identify selective ligands for the estrogen receptor subtype ERbeta, a series of aryl benzthiophenes was synthesized. In a radioligand binding assay and reporter gene assays in HeLa and SH-SY5Y cells, compounds were characterized as ERbeta-selective agonists. By targeting ERbeta in the brain, these compounds could lead to drugs able to separate the beneficial effects of estrogens on mood, learning, and memory from side effects such as the stimulation of endometrial and breast cancer.
authors.forename: Ulrich
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schopfer
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schoeffter
authors.forename: Serge F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Bischoff
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nozulak
authors.forename: Dominik
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Feuerbach
authors.forename: Philipp
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Floersheim
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D001665:Binding Sites; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D047629:Estrogen Receptor beta; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008024:Ligands; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000819:agonists* / Q000737:chemistry; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D047629:Estrogen Receptor beta; D008024:Ligands; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D013876:Thiophenes; C088015:benzothiophene