Triparanol

Triparanol (INN, BAN; brand name and development code MER/29, as well as many other brand names) was the first synthetic cholesterol-lowering drug.[1][2] It was patented in 1959 and introduced in the United States in 1960.[3][4] It was withdrawn in 1962 due to severe adverse effects such as nausea and vomiting, vision loss due to irreversible cataracts, alopecia, skin disorders (e.g., dryness, itching, peeling, and "fish-scale" texture), and accelerated atherosclerosis and is now considered to be obsolete.[3][2]

Triparanol
Clinical data
Other namesMetasqualene
ATC code
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ECHA InfoCard100.001.014
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC27H32ClNO2
Molar mass438.01 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)

The drug acts by inhibiting 24-dehydrocholesterol reductase, which catalyzes the final step of cholesterol biosynthesis, the conversion of desmosterol into cholesterol.[5] This results in tissue accumulation of desmosterol, which in turn is responsible for the side effects of triparanol.[2] Unlike statins, triparanol does not inhibit HMG-CoA reductase, the rate-limiting enzyme in cholesterol biosynthesis,[2] and in contrast to triparanol, statins can significantly lower cholesterol levels without resulting in accumulation of intermediates like desmosterol.[2] The developmental code name of triparanol, MER/29, became so well known that it became the registered trade name of the drug.[6]

Estrogen is known to lower cholesterol levels, but produces side effects like gynecomastia and decreased libido in men.[3] It was hoped that a drug could be developed that lacked overt estrogenic effects but still lowered cholesterol levels.[3] Triparanol is a triphenylethanol and was derived from chlorotrianisene (TACE), a nonsteroidal triphenylethylene estrogen,[3][7] and the nonsteroidal triphenylethanol antiestrogen ethamoxytriphetol (MER-25) is a derivative of triparanol.[8] The selective estrogen receptor modulator clomifene is also structurally related to triparanol.[7][9] The developers of triparanol jokingly referred to it as a "non-estrogenic estrogen".[3]

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References
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  6. Miller LC (July 1961). "Doctors, drugs, and names". JAMA. 177 (1): 27–33. doi:10.1001/jama.1961.73040270014004b. PMID 13770852. Recently, another laboratory code number, MER29, became so well known that it was adopted as the registered trademark for the anticholesterolemic drug concerned (triparanol).
  7. Grant WM, Schuman JS (1 January 1993). TOXICOLOGY OF THE EYE: Effects on the Eyes and Visual System from Chemicals, Drugs, Metals and Minerals, Plants, Toxins and Venoms; also Systemic Side Effects from Eye Medications (4th Ed.). Charles C Thomas Publisher. pp. 384–. ISBN 978-0-398-08215-4.
  8. Manni A (15 January 1999). Endocrinology of Breast Cancer. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 286–. ISBN 978-1-59259-699-7.
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