Correction to "C-3 Steroidal Hemiesters as Inhibitors of 17ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 10".

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.3c10148.].

C-3 Steroidal Hemiesters as Inhibitors of 17ß-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 10.

17ß-HSD10 is a mitochondrial enzyme that catalyzes the steroidal oxidation of a hydroxy group to a keto group and, thus, is involved in maintaining steroid homeostasis. The druggability of 17ß-HSD10 is related to potential treatment for neurodegenerative diseases, for example, Alzheimer's disease or cancer. Herein, steroidal derivatives with an acidic hemiester substituent at position C-3 on the skeleton were designed, synthesized, and evaluated by using pure recombinant 17ß-HSD10 converting 17ß-estradiol to estrone. Compounds 22 (IC50 = 6.95 ± 0.35 µM) and 23 (IC50 = 5.59 ± 0.25 µM) were identified as the most potent inhibitors from the series. Compound 23 inhibited 17ß-HSD10 activity regardless of the substrate. It was found not cytotoxic toward the HEK-293 cell line and able to inhibit 17ß-HSD10 activity also in the cellular environment. Together, these findings support steroidal compounds as promising candidates for further development as 17ß-HSD10 inhibitors.

Nanomolar Benzothiazole-Based Inhibitors of 17ß-HSD10 with Cellular Bioactivity.

Multifunctional mitochondrial enzyme 17ß-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 10 (17ß-HSD10) is a potential drug target for the treatment of various pathologies. The most discussed is the pathology associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD), where 17ß-HSD10 overexpression and its interaction with amyloid-ß peptide contribute to mitochondrial dysfunction and neuronal stress. In this work, a series of new benzothiazole-derived 17ß-HSD10 inhibitors were designed based on the structure-activity relationship analysis of formerly published inhibitors. A set of enzyme-based and cell-based methods were used to evaluate the inhibitory potency of new compounds, their interaction with the enzyme, and their cytotoxicity. Most compounds exhibited significantly a higher inhibitory potential compared to published benzothiazolyl ureas and good target engagement in a cellular environment accompanied by low cytotoxicity. The best hits displayed mixed-type inhibition with half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC50) values in the nanomolar range for the purified enzyme (3-7, 15) and/or low micromolar IC50 values in the cell-based assay (6, 13-16).