Histrelin

Histrelin acetate, sold under the brand names Vantas and Supprelin LA among others, is a nonapeptide analogue of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) with added potency.[1] When present in the bloodstream, it acts on particular cells of the pituitary gland called gonadotropes. Histrelin stimulates these cells to release luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone. Thus it is considered a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist or GnRH agonist.

Histrelin
Clinical data
Trade namesVantas, Supprelin LA, others
AHFS/Drugs.comMonograph
MedlinePlusa601146
Routes of
administration		Subcutaneous implant
Drug classGnRH analogue; GnRH agonist; Antigonadotropin
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Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability92%
Protein binding70%
MetabolismHepatic
Elimination half-life4.0 hours
Identifiers
IUPAC name
  • 5-oxo-L-prolyl-L-histidyl-L-tryptophyl-L-seryl-L-tyrosyl-1-benzyl-D-histidyl-L-leucyl-N5-(diaminomethylene)-L-ornithyl-N-ethyl-L-prolinamide
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ChEMBL
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ECHA InfoCard100.163.860
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC66H86N18O12
Molar mass1323.528 g·mol−1
3D model (JSmol)
SMILES
  • CCNC(=O)[C@@H]1CCCN1C(=O)[C@H](CCCNC(=N)N)NC(=O)[C@H](CC(C)C)NC(=O)[C@@H](Cc1cn(Cc2ccccc2)cn1)NC(=O)[C@H](Cc1ccc(O)cc1)NC(=O)[C@H](CO)NC(=O)[C@H](Cc1c[nH]c2ccccc12)NC(=O)[C@H](Cc1c[nH]cn1)NC(=O)[C@@H]1CCC(=O)N1
InChI
  • InChI=1S/C66H86N18O12/c1-4-70-64(95)55-17-11-25-84(55)65(96)48(16-10-24-71-66(67)68)76-58(89)49(26-38(2)3)77-62(93)53(30-43-34-83(37-74-43)33-40-12-6-5-7-13-40)81-59(90)50(27-39-18-20-44(86)21-19-39)78-63(94)54(35-85)82-60(91)51(28-41-31-72-46-15-9-8-14-45(41)46)79-61(92)52(29-42-32-69-36-73-42)80-57(88)47-22-23-56(87)75-47/h5-9,12-15,18-21,31-32,34,36-38,47-55,72,85-86H,4,10-11,16-17,22-30,33,35H2,1-3H3,(H,69,73)(H,70,95)(H,75,87)(H,76,89)(H,77,93)(H,78,94)(H,79,92)(H,80,88)(H,81,90)(H,82,91)(H4,67,68,71)/t47-,48-,49-,50-,51-,52-,53+,54-,55-/m0/s1 Y
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Medical uses

Histrelin is used to treat hormone-sensitive cancers of the prostate in men and uterine fibroids in women. In addition, histrelin has been proven to be highly effective in treating central precocious puberty in children.[2][3]

It is available as a daily intramuscular injection.

Histrelin is also available in a 12-month subcutaneous implant (Vantas) for the palliative treatment of advanced prostate cancer, since 2005 in the US, and since Jan 2010 in the UK.

A 12-month subcutaneous implant (Supprelin LA) for central precocious puberty (CPP) was approved on May 3, 2007 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Histrelin can be part of the primary care protocol in transgender children/youth, which is an off-label use in the USA[4] and the UK,[5] and is used in suppressing cis-sex puberty, until the patient is ready to begin cross-sex hormonal therapy. It is also sometimes prescribed to transgender adults who benefit from having their sex hormone production halted.

Side effects

Side effects are mainly due to low testosterone levels and include headache, hot flashes, reduced libido, and erectile dysfunction.[6]

Pharmacology

In a process known as downregulation, daily stimulation of pituitary gonadotropes causes them to become desensitized to the effects of histrelin. As a consequence, levels of luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) fall after a short period of time. From that point forward, as long as histrelin is administered, the levels of LH and FSH in the blood remain low.[7][8]

This prolonged lowering of LH and FSH levels is the rationale for therapy using GnRH agonists. Since LH and FSH stimulate the gonads to produce estrogens and androgens in females and males respectively, histrelin can effectively be used to decrease the sex steroids in the blood of patients.

See also
  • Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor § Agonists

References
  1. Histrelin acetate (Vantas) - New Drug Bulletins
  2. Histrelin consumer information
  3. Eugster EA, Clarke W, Kletter GB, Lee PA, Neely EK, Reiter EO, et al. (May 2007). "Efficacy and safety of histrelin subdermal implant in children with central precocious puberty: a multicenter trial". The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 92 (5): 1697–704. doi:10.1210/jc.2006-2479. PMID 17327379.
  4. "Primary Care Protocol for Transgender Patient Care: Hormone Administration". transhealth.ucsf.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-01-17. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  5. Cohen, Deborah; Barnes, Hannah (20 September 2019). "Gender dysphoria in children: puberty blockers study draws further criticism". BMJ. 366: l5647. doi:10.1136/bmj.l5647. PMID 31540909. S2CID 202711942. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  6. Drugs.com: Histrelin Monograph
  7. Mutschler E, Schäfer-Korting M (2001). Arzneimittelwirkungen (in German) (8th ed.). Stuttgart: Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft. pp. 372–3. ISBN 3-8047-1763-2.
  8. Wuttke W, Jarry H, Feleder C, Moguilevsky J, Leonhardt S, Seong JY, Kim K (1996). "The neurochemistry of the GnRH pulse generator". Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis. 56 (3): 707–13. PMID 8917899.
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