Discovery of Natural Steroid 5 Alpha-Reductase Inhibitors.
Discovery of Natural Steroid 5 Alpha-Reductase Inhibitors.
复制标题
DOI:
10.1089/adt.2018.870
复制
发表时间:
2019-02-01
影响因子:
1.8
通讯作者:
Ingkaninan, Kornkanok
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Srivilai, Jukkarin;Minale, Genet;Ingkaninan, Kornkanok
Human steroid 5 alpha-reductases (S5alphaRs) and NADPH irreversibly reduce testosterone to the more potent dihydrotestosterone (DHT). S5alphaR inhibitors are useful treatments for DHT-dependent diseases, including benign prostatic hyperplasia, androgenic alopecia and hair growth, and acne. There are three S5alphaR isozymes, and there is a need for safer and more isozyme selective inhibitors than finasteride and dutasteride currently licensed. In this study, we review the methods used to screen for S5alphaR inhibitory activity and describe studies that characterize the ability of herbal preparations and their constituents to inhibit S5alphaRs. We identified enormous variations between studies in IC50s for finasteride and dutasteride used as standards. Accordingly, we make several recommendations: Stable isozyme specific transfection systems need creating a standardized enzyme/microsome preparation and all three isozymes, as well as androgen receptor binding, should be tested; agreed reaction conditions, especially the substrate concentrations, and separation/quantitation method optimized for high throughput screening; systematic screening of herbal compounds and most extensive use of leads to develop more potent and isozyme specific inhibitors.