Article révisé par les pairs
Résumé : Molecules with potent estrogenic activity are ~270 Å3 hydrophobic structures that encompass two hydroxyls among which is at least one phenol. However, compounds with only one phenol or devoid of such a ring have been shown to enhance ERα-mediated transcription at concentrations much larger than those measured with E2. In this context, we show here that benzopyrans sharing one hydroxyl/methoxyl and containing an additional benzylidenyl or a spirocyclohexyl motif are able to induce ERE-dependent transcription in breast carcinoma cells. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.