Dimethyltrienolone
Clinical data
Other namesRU-2420; 7α,17α-Dimethyltrenbolone; 7α,17α-Dimethyl-δ9,11-19-nortestosterone; 7α,17α-Dimethylestra-4,9,11-trien-17β-ol-3-one
Routes of
administration		By mouth
Drug classAndrogen; Anabolic steroid; Progestogen
Identifiers
  • (7R,8S,13S,14S,17S)-17-hydroxy-7,13,17-trimethyl-1,2,6,7,8,14,15,16-octahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
UNII
ChEMBL
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC20H26O2
Molar mass298.426 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
  • C[C@@H]1CC2=CC(=O)CCC2=C3[C@@H]1[C@@H]4CC[C@]([C@]4(C=C3)C)(C)O
  • InChI=1S/C20H26O2/c1-12-10-13-11-14(21)4-5-15(13)16-6-8-19(2)17(18(12)16)7-9-20(19,3)22/h6,8,11-12,17-18,22H,4-5,7,9-10H2,1-3H3/t12-,17+,18-,19+,20+/m1/s1
  • Key:MEMDJKLEPFFNQS-ZGPIAVDESA-N

Dimethyltrienolone (developmental code name RU-2420) is a synthetic, orally active, and extremely potent anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS) and 17α-alkylated 19-nortestosterone (nandrolone) derivative which was never marketed for medical use.[1] It has among the highest known affinity of any AAS for the androgen (and progesterone) receptors,[2][3] and has been said to be perhaps the most potent AAS to have ever been developed.[1]

Pharmacology

Pharmacodynamics

Dimethyltrienolone is an extremely potent agonist of the androgen and progesterone receptors and hence AAS and progestogen.[1] In animal bioassays, it was shown to possess more than 100 times the anabolic and androgenic potency of the reference AAS methyltestosterone.[1] The drug is not a substrate for 5α-reductase and so is not potentiated or inactivated in so-called "androgenic" tissues like the prostate gland or skin.[1] It is also not a substrate for aromatase and so has no estrogenic activity.[1] Due to its lack of estrogenicity, dimethyltrienolone has no propensity for causing estrogenic side effects like gynecomastia.[1] Because of its C17α methyl group and very high resistance to hepatic metabolism, dimethyltrienolone is said to be exceedingly hepatotoxic.[1]

Relative affinities (%) of dimethyltrienolone and related steroids[4][5]
Compound Chemical name PRTooltip Progesterone receptor ARTooltip Androgen receptor ERTooltip Estrogen receptor GRTooltip Glucocorticoid receptor MRTooltip Mineralocorticoid receptor
Testosterone T 1.0 100 <0.1 0.17 0.9
Nandrolone 19-NT 20 154 <0.1 0.5 1.6
Trenbolone ∆9,11-19-NT 74 197 <0.1 2.9 1.33
Trestolone 7α-Me-19-NT 50–75 100–125 ? <1 ?
Normethandrone 17α-Me-19-NT 100 146 <0.1 1.5 0.6
Metribolone ∆9,11-17α-Me-19-NT 208 204 <0.1 26 18
Mibolerone 7α,17α-DiMe-19-NT 214 108 <0.1 1.4 2.1
Dimethyltrienolone ∆9,11-7α,17α-DiMe-19-NT 306 180 0.1 22 52
Values are percentages (%). Reference ligands (100%) were progesterone for the PRTooltip progesterone receptor, testosterone for the ARTooltip androgen receptor, estradiol for the ERTooltip estrogen receptor, DEXATooltip dexamethasone for the GRTooltip glucocorticoid receptor, and aldosterone for the MRTooltip mineralocorticoid receptor.

Chemistry

See also: List of androgens/anabolic steroids

Dimethyltrienolone, also known as 7α,17α-dimethyl-δ9,11-19-nortestosterone or as 7α,17α-dimethylestra-4,9,11-trien-17β-ol-3-one, as well as 7α,17α-dimethyltrenbolone, is a synthetic estrane steroid and a 17α-alkylated derivative of nandrolone (19-nortestosterone).[1] It is the 7α,17α-dimethyl derivative of trenbolone and the 7α-methyl derivative of metribolone,[6] as well as the δ9,11 analogue of metribolone and the δ9,11, 17α-methylated derivative of trestolone.[1]

History

Dimethyltrienolone was first described in 1967.[1][7] It was never marketed for medical use.[1]

See also

References

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  5. ^ Ojasoo T, Delettré J, Mornon JP, Turpin-VanDycke C, Raynaud JP (1987). "Towards the mapping of the progesterone and androgen receptors". Journal of Steroid Biochemistry. 27 (1–3): 255–269. doi:10.1016/0022-4731(87)90317-7. PMID 3695484.
  6. ^ Rabe T, Kesel L, Runnebaum B (6 December 2012). "Antiprogestins". In Ganten D, Pfaff D (eds.). Actions of Progesterone on the Brain. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 17–. ISBN 978-3-642-69728-9.
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