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SUBMITTER: Adeniji AO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3298089 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Adeniji Adegoke O AO Twenter Barry M BM Byrns Michael C MC Jin Yi Y Chen Mo M Winkler Jeffrey D JD Penning Trevor M TM
Journal of medicinal chemistry 20120215 5
Aldo-keto reductase 1C3 (AKR1C3; type 5 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase) is overexpressed in castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) and is implicated in the intratumoral biosynthesis of testosterone and 5α-dihydrotestosterone. Selective AKR1C3 inhibitors are required because compounds should not inhibit the highly related AKR1C1 and AKR1C2 isoforms which are involved in the inactivation of 5α-dihydrotestosterone. NSAIDs, N-phenylanthranilates in particular, are potent but nonselective AKR1 ...[more]