aFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo University, Sagamiko, Kanagawa 229-0195, Japan;bTeijin Institute for Bio-medical Research, Teijin Pharma Ltd., Tokyo 191-8512, Japan
Abstract:
We synthesized and isolated 2α-substituted analogs of 14-epi-previtamin D3 after thermal isomerization at 80 °C for the first time. The VDR binding affinity and transactivation activity of osteocalcin promoter in HOS cells were evaluated, and the 2α-methyl-substituted analog was found to have greater genomic activity than 14-epi-previtamin D3.