Structure-based optimisation of non-steroidal cytochrome P450 17A1 inhibitors.

Five new non-steroidal inhibitors for cytochrome P450 17A1 (CYP17A1) were identified by structure-based optimisation from a recently identified selective CYP17A1 inhibitor. The compounds are nanomolar inhibitors of steroidogenesis measured in recombinant CYP17A1 and in H295R cells.