cortisol   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 2868

Synonyms: Acticort® | Efmody® | Plenadren®
Approved drug PDB Ligand Immunopharmacology Ligand
cortisol is an approved drug (FDA (1953, prior history unavailable), EMA (2011))
Compound class: Metabolite or derivative
Comment: Cortisol is an endogenous adrenal glucocorticoid with immunosuppressant action. Approved as hydrocortisone. Hydrocortisone is a glucocorticoid receptor agonist.
Marketed formulations may contain hydrocortisone acetate (PubChem CID 5744).
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2D Structure
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2D Structure

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Physico-chemical Properties
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Physico-chemical Properties

Calculated molecular properties are available for small molecules and natural products (not peptides). Properties were generated using the CDK toolkit. All properties were selected to enable the prediction of the Lipinski Rule-of-Five profile or ‘druglikeness’ for each ligand. For more info on each category see the help pages.

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Hydrogen bond acceptors 5
Hydrogen bond donors 3
Rotatable bonds 2
Topological polar surface area 94.83
Molecular weight 362.21
XLogP 0.55
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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SMILES / InChI / InChIKey

SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry Specification) A specification for unambiguously describing the structure of chemical molecules using short ASCII strings. Canonical SMILES specify a unique representation of the 2D structure without chiral or isotopic specifications. Isomeric SMILES include chiral specification and isotopes.

Standard InChI (IUPAC International Chemical Identifier) and InChIKey InChI is a non-proprietary, standard, textual identifier for chemical substances designed to facilitate linking of information and database searching. An InChIKey is a simplified version of a full InChI, designed for easier web searching.

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Canonical SMILES OCC(=O)C1(O)CCC2C1(C)CC(O)C1C2CCC2=CC(=O)CCC12C
Isomeric SMILES OCC(=O)[C@@]1(O)CC[C@@H]2[C@]1(C)C[C@H](O)[C@H]1[C@H]2CCC2=CC(=O)CC[C@]12C
InChI InChI=1S/C21H30O5/c1-19-7-5-13(23)9-12(19)3-4-14-15-6-8-21(26,17(25)11-22)20(15,2)10-16(24)18(14)19/h9,14-16,18,22,24,26H,3-8,10-11H2,1-2H3/t14-,15-,16-,18+,19-,20-,21-/m0/s1
InChI Key JYGXADMDTFJGBT-VWUMJDOOSA-N
Natural/Endogenous Targets
Target
Glucocorticoid receptor
Mineralocorticoid receptor
Selectivity at nuclear hormone receptors
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Target Sp. Type Action Value Parameter Concentration range (M) Reference
Mineralocorticoid receptor Ligand is endogenous in the given species Hs Agonist Agonist 9.8 – 9.9 pIC50 - 1,3
⤷ pIC50 9.8 – 9.9 [1,3]
Glucocorticoid receptor Primary target of this compound Ligand is endogenous in the given species Hs Agonist Agonist 7.3 – 8.0 pIC50 - 1-3
⤷ pIC50 7.3 – 8.0 [1-3]
Additional information and targets (data relate to human unless otherwise stated)
Description Data Reference
Rank order of potency at Mineralocorticoid receptor corticosterone, cortisol, aldosterone, progesterone 3
Rank order of potency at Glucocorticoid receptor cortisol, corticosterone >> aldosterone, deoxycortisone 3
Targets where the ligand is described in the comment field
Target Comment
CYP11B1 Converts deoxycortisone and 11-deoxycortisol to cortisone and cortisol, respectively. Loss-of-function mutations are associated with familial adrenal hyperplasia and hypertension.
CYP17A1 Converts pregnenolone and progesterone to 17α-hydroxypregnenolone and 17α-hydroxyprogesterone, respectively. Converts 17α-hydroxypregnenolone and 17α-hydroxyprogesterone to dehydroepiandrosterone and androstenedione, respectively. Converts corticosterone to cortisol.
Ligand mentioned in the following text fields
3C. 3-Ketosteroid receptors overview
Steroid hormone receptors overview