From s.hogg@ic.ac.uk Sat Jun 14 07:48:53 1997 Received: from romeo.ic.ac.uk for s.hogg@ic.ac.uk by www.ccl.net (8.8.3/950822.1) id HAA02546; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 07:32:38 -0400 (EDT) Received: from judy.ic.ac.uk [155.198.5.5] by romeo.ic.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.62 #1) id 0wcr4O-0006Ud-01; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 12:32:36 +0100 Received: from mtcmsa.mt.ic.ac.uk (root@mtcmsag1.mt.ic.ac.uk [155.198.96.22]) by judy.ic.ac.uk (8.7.5/8.7.5) with SMTP id MAA13202 for ; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 12:32:23 +0100 (BST) Received: from mtcsh.mt.ic.ac.uk by mtcmsa.mt.ic.ac.uk (5.x/4.1) id AA01077; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 12:32:21 +0100 X-Received: from helen.mt.ic.ac.uk (dialup-1-7.net.ic.ac.uk) by mtcsh.mt.ic.ac.uk; Sat, 14 Jun 1997 12:32:19 +0100 Message-Id: <3.0.1.32.19970614122329.0069c290@155.198.100.1> X-Sender: seth@155.198.100.1 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.1 (32) Date: Sat, 14 Jun 1997 12:23:29 +0100 To: CHEMISTRY@www.ccl.net From: Simon Hogg Subject: SUMMARY: Contraceptives and Endocirne Disruptors Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable A few days ago, I asked the question; >I'd just like to ask if there are any groups out there who are interested >(or are doing,) modelling of contraceptive interactions of hormones (things >like RU486, oestrogen, progesterone, oestradiols, etc.) This is just out= of >curiosity. Thanks to all those who replied, here is a summary of responses; =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D I would be interested in finding out more of what you mean by modeling- we have been developing novel methods for biological pathway and systems analysis, and have already been modeling the hypothalmus-pituitary-gonad= axis Michael N. Liebman, Ph.D. mnliebman@vysis.com =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Our group at UCT (Prof JR Bull) has been involved in mainly the=20 synthesis of estradiol analogues and in collaboration with Schering=20 AG (Berlin), we have been able to do some modelling of these=20 compounds. However, as none of this work has been published yet, I=20 can't give you any references. Probably the major academic group invloved in this area is that of=20 Katzenellenbogen in the US (Urbana, Illinois), and he has published=20 quite prolifically in the area. Recently he published a review=20 article in Steroids, which provides a really good overview of studies=20 of the estrogen receptor and related stuff. Steroids, 1997, 62, 268- 303. Otherwise, a group that does mainly structural work is=20 that of WL Duax at Buffalo (US), Jaouen (France) does a lot of work=20 on Organometallic compounds binding to the ER, and there are a number=20 of groups in industry who do publish occasionally - Schering AG=20 (Berlin), Roussel-Uclaf and some smaller ones that I can't recall. Pieter de Koning PDK@psipsy.uct.ac.za =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Actually, we are just starting to look at environmental estrogens in our molecular transform and QSAR work.=20 Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. smolnar@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D I can mention that there are groups working with=20 receptor models/structures -check out these URL's:=20 1) http://util.ucsf.edu/flett/flett.html=20 with this paper:=20 Preliminary crystallographic studies of the ligand-binding domain=20 of the thyroid hormone receptor complexed=20 with triiodothyronine. J. Mol. Biol., submitted.=20 check also this:=20 2) http://www.msi.umn.edu:80/Projects/mg90601/anwhome.html=20 Eldbj=F8rg S. Heimstad, Dr. scient. Eldbjorg.Sofie.Heimstad@nilu.no =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D -- Simon Hogg, Imperial College, London, UK Tel. +44 171 589 5111 ext. 56721 Fax. +44 171 584 3194 Email: s.hogg@ic.ac.uk Glass-List: glass-list@ic.ac.uk