Metapristone

Metapristone

Metapristone

Chemical compound

Metapristone (developmental code name RU-42633; also known as desmethylmifepristone) is the major metabolite of mifepristone (RU-486, RU-38486) and a selective progesterone receptor modulator (SPRM) which itself was never marketed.[1][2][3][4] It is formed from mifepristone in the liver by the enzyme CYP3A4 via monodemethylation, and circulates at concentrations higher than those of mifepristone.[1][5] The metabolite retains partial but considerable affinity for the progesterone receptor (PR) and the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) (RBATooltip relative binding affinity = 21% and 61% of that of mifepristone for the human forms of these receptors, respectively).[6][1] On the basis of actions that are apparently independent of its hormonal activity, metapristone is being researched as a potential cancer metastatic chemopreventive agent.[2][3][4]

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    Wang J, Chen J, Wan L, Shao J, Lu Y, Zhu Y, Ou M, Yu S, Chen H, Jia L (March 2014). "Synthesis, spectral characterization, and in vitro cellular activities of metapristone, a potential cancer metastatic chemopreventive agent derived from mifepristone (RU486)". AAPS J. 16 (2): 289–98. doi:10.1208/s12248-013-9559-2. PMC 3933578. PMID 24442753.
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    Wang J, Chen J, Zhu Y, Zheng N, Liu J, Xiao Y, Lu Y, Dong H, Xie J, Yu S, Shao J, Jia L (March 2016). "In vitro and in vivo efficacy and safety evaluation of metapristone and mifepristone as cancer metastatic chemopreventive agents". Biomed. Pharmacother. 78: 291–300. doi:10.1016/j.biopha.2016.01.017. PMID 26898454.
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    Chen W, Xiao Y, Chen J, Liu J, Shao J, Li T, Zhu Y, Ma J, Gao Y, Wang J, Xu J, Lu Y, Jia L (December 2017). "Sex-related pharmacokinetic differences and mechanisms of metapristone (RU486 metabolite)". Sci Rep. 7 (1): 17190. Bibcode:2017NatSR...717190C. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-17225-0. PMC 5719405. PMID 29215040.
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