Design and Evaluation of Fragment-Like Estrogen Receptor Tetrahydroisoquinoline Ligands from a Scaffold-Detection Approach.
van Otterlo, W.A., Rose, R., Fuchs, S., Zimmermann, T.J., Dominguez Seoane, M., Waldmann, H., Ottmann, C., Brunsveld, L.(2011) J Med Chem 54: 2005-2011
- PubMed: 21381753 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jm1011116
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3OMO, 3OMP, 3OMQ - PubMed Abstract: 
A library of small tetrahydroisoquinoline ligands, previously identified via structure- and chemistry-based hierarchical organization of library scaffolds in tree-like arrangements, has been generated as novel estrogen receptor agonistic fragments via traditional medicinal chemistry exploration. The approach described has allowed for the rapid evaluation of a structure-activity relationship of the ligands concerning estrogen receptor affinity and estrogen receptor β subtype selectivity. The structural biological insights obtained from the fragments aid the understanding of larger analogues and constitute attractive starting points for further optimization.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Den Dolech 2, 5612AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands.