Description
R-Bicalutimideisaninhibitoroftheandrogenreceptorthatexhibitsanticancerchemotherapeuticactivity.Withotheranti-androgens,R-bicalutimidedecreaseslevelsofBcl-2,Bcl-XL,caspase-3,andPARP,inducesapoptosis,andinhibitscellgrowthofprostatecancercells.Insimilaranimalmodels,thiscompounddecreasesplasmaPSAlevelsandsuppressestumorgrowth.Bicalutamidebindstheandrogenreceptorintwosites,distortingcoactivatorbindingandinhibitingtranscription.Opticalrotation:[a]20D=-83.~–85.0(C=1,MeOH)