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Design and synthesis of uracil urea derivatives as potent and selective fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibitors
Qiu, Yan,Ren, Jie,Ke, Hongwei,Zhang, Yang,Gao, Qi,Yang, Longhe,Lu, Canzhong,Li, Yuhang
, p. 22699 - 22705 (2017/07/10)
Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) is one of the key enzymes involved in the biological degradation of endocannabinoids, especially anandamide. Pharmacological blockage of FAAH restores the levels of endocannabinoids, providing therapeutic benefits in the management of inflammation, depression and multiple sclerosis. In this study, a series of uracil urea derivatives as FAAH inhibitors were designed and synthesized. Structural modifications at the C5 position and side chain of N-hexyl-2,4-dioxo-3,4-dihydropyrimidine-1(2H)-carboxamide (1a) led to FAAH inhibitors with improved potency and selectivity. Structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies indicated that C5 electron-withdrawing substituents were preferred for optimal potency but not for selectivity, whereas replacement of the alkyl chain with phenylalkyl moieties or biphenyl groups significantly improved both inhibitory potency and selectivity towards FAAH. Two highly potent picomolar FAAH inhibitors (4c, IC50 = 0.3 ± 0.05 nM; 4d, IC50 = 0.8 ± 0.1 nM) were developed. Compound 4c inhibited FAAH in a rapid, selective, noncompetitive, and irreversible pattern. This study provides several highly potent and selective FAAH inhibitors and an optimized chemical scaffold for the development of FAAH inhibitors. We anticipate that these FAAH inhibitors will enable new possibilities in understanding FAAH functions and development of therapeutics for pain and inflammatory diseases.
Discovery of potent inhibitors of human and mouse fatty acid amide hydrolases
Butini, Stefania,Brindisi, Margherita,Gemma, Sandra,Minetti, Patrizia,Cabri, Walter,Gallo, Grazia,Vincenti, Silvia,Talamonti, Emanuela,Borsini, Franco,Caprioli, Antonio,Stasi, Maria Antonietta,Di Serio, Stefano,Ros, Sindu,Borrelli, Giuseppe,Maramai, Samuele,Fezza, Filomena,Campiani, Giuseppe,MacCarrone, Mauro
, p. 6898 - 6915 (2012/09/22)
Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH, EC 3.5.1.99) is the main enzyme catabolizing endocannabinoid fatty acid amides. FAAH inactivation promotes beneficial effects upon pain and anxiety without the side effects accompanying agonists of type-1 cannabinoid receptors. Aiming at discovering new selective FAAH inhibitors, we developed a series of compounds (5a-u) characterized by a functionalized heteroaromatic scaffold. Particularly, 5c and 5d were identified as extremely potent, noncompetitive, and reversible FAAH inhibitors endowed with a remarkable selectivity profile and lacking interaction with the hERG channels. In vivo antinociceptive activity was demonstrated for 5c, 5d, and 5n at a dose much lower than that able to induce either striatal and limbic stereotypies or anxiolytic activity, thus outlining their potential to turn into optimum preclinical candidates. Aiming at improving pharmacokinetic properties and metabolic stability of 5d, we developed a subset of nanomolar dialyzable FAAH inhibitors (5v-z), functionalized by specific polyethereal lateral chains and fluorinated aromatic rings.
Orally Active β-Lactam Inhibitors of Leukocyte Elastase-1. Activity of 3,3-Diethyl-2-azetidinones
Shah, Shrenik K.,Dorn, Conrad P.,Finke, Paul E.,Hale, Jeffrey J.,Hagmann, William K.,et al.
, p. 3745 - 3754 (2007/10/02)
A thorough analysis of the mechanism of inhibition of human leukocyte elastase (HLE) by a monocyclic β-lactam and the mechanism of β-lactam hydrolysis led to the preparation of potent and highly stable inhibitors of HLE.This work led to the identification of 4--3,3-diethyl-1-carbonyl>-2-azetidinone (2) as the first orally active inhibitor of human leukocyte elastase (HLE).Analogs of 2 with different substituents on the urea N were synthesized and evaluated for their activity in vitro against HLE as well as in vivo in a hamster lung hemorrhage model.Compounds with a methyl or a methoxy group in the para position of the benzene ring were very potent in both assays.The results are discussed on the basis of the proposed model for the binding of this class of inhibitors to HLE and a possible mechanism of inhibition is presented.
