- Disubstituted beta-lactones as inhibitors of N-acylethanolamine acid amidase (NAAA)
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The present invention provides compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for inhibiting N-acylethanolamine acid amidase (NAAA). Inhibition of NAAA is contemplated as a method to sustain the levels of palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) and oleylethanolamide (OEA), two substrates of NAAA, in conditions characterized by reduced concentrations of PEA and OEA. The invention also provides methods for treating inflammatory diseases and pain, and other disorders in which decreased levels of PEA and OEA are associated with the disorder.
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- CARBAMATE DERIVATIVES OF LACTAM BASED N-ACYLETHANOLAMINE ACID AMIDASE (NAAA) INHIBITORS
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Described herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions which inhibit N-acylethanolamine acid amidase (NAAA). Described herein are methods for synthesizing the compounds set forth herein and methods for formulating these compounds as pharmaceutical compositions which include these compounds. Also described herein are methods of inhibiting NAAA in order to sustain the levels of palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) and other N-acylethanolamines (NAE) that are substrates for NAAA, in conditions characterized by reduced concentrations of NAE. Also, described here are methods of treating and ameliorating pain, inflammation, inflammatory diseases, and other disorders in which modulation of fatty acid ethanolamides is clinically or therapeutically relevant or in which decreased levels of NAE are associated with the disorder.
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- Synthesis and structure-activity relationship (SAR) of 2-methyl-4-oxo-3- oxetanylcarbamic acid esters, a class of potent N-acylethanolamine acid amidase (NAAA) inhibitors
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N-Acylethanolamine acid amidase (NAAA) is a lysosomal cysteine hydrolase involved in the degradation of saturated and monounsaturated fatty acid ethanolamides (FAEs), a family of endogenous lipid agonists of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α, which include oleoylethanolamide (OEA) and palmitoylethanolamide (PEA). The β-lactone derivatives (S)-N-(2-oxo-3-oxetanyl)-3-phenylpropionamide (2) and (S)-N-(2-oxo-3-oxetanyl)- biphenyl-4-carboxamide (3) inhibit NAAA, prevent FAE hydrolysis in activated inflammatory cells, and reduce tissue reactions to pro-inflammatory stimuli. Recently, our group disclosed ARN077 (4), a potent NAAA inhibitor that is active in vivo by topical administration in rodent models of hyperalgesia and allodynia. In the present study, we investigated the structure-activity relationship (SAR) of threonine-derived β-lactone analogues of compound 4. The main results of this work were an enhancement of the inhibitory potency of β-lactone carbamate derivatives for NAAA and the identification of (4-phenylphenyl)-methyl-N-[(2S,3R)-2-methyl-4-oxo-oxetan-3-yl]carbamate (14q) as the first single-digit nanomolar inhibitor of intracellular NAAA activity (IC50 = 7 nM on both rat NAAA and human NAAA).
- Ponzano, Stefano,Bertozzi, Fabio,Mengatto, Luisa,Dionisi, Mauro,Armirotti, Andrea,Romeo, Elisa,Berteotti, Anna,Fiorelli, Claudio,Tarozzo, Glauco,Reggiani, Angelo,Duranti, Andrea,Tarzia, Giorgio,Mor, Marco,Cavalli, Andrea,Piomelli, Daniele,Bandiera, Tiziano
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- DISUBSTITUTED BETA-LACTONES AS INHIBITORS OF N-ACYLETHANOLAMINE ACID AMIDASE (NAAA)
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The present invention provides compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for inhibiting N-acylethanolamine acid amidase (NAAA). Inhibition of NAAA is contemplated as a method to sustain the levels of palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) and oleylethanolamide (OEA), two substrates of NAAA, in conditions characterized by reduced concentrations of PEA and OEA. The invention also provides methods for treating inflammatory diseases and pain, and other disorders in which decreased levels of PEA and OEA are associated with the disorder.
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- A new type of stereoselectivity in Baeyer-Villiger reactions: Access to E- and Z-olefins
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A new concept for accessing configurationally defined trisubstituted olefins has been developed. Starting from a common ketone precursor of the type 4-ethylidenecyclohexanone, Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases are employed as catalysts in diastereoselective Baeyer-Villiger reactions leading to the corresponding E- or Z-configurated lactones. Wild-type cyclohexanone monooxygenase (CHMO) as catalyst delivers the E-isomers and a directed evolution mutant the opposite Z-isomers. Subsequent transition metal-catalyzed chemical transformations of a key product containing a vinyl bromide moiety provide a variety of different trisubstituted E- or Z-olefins. A model based on QM/MM sheds light on the origin of this unusual type of diastereoselectivity. In contrast to this biocatalytic approach, traditional Baeyer-Villiger reagents such as m-CPBA fail to show any selectivity, 1:1 mixtures of E- and Z-olefins being formed. Copyright
- Zhang, Zhi-Gang,Roiban, Gheorghe-Doru,Acevedo, Juan Pablo,Polyak, Iakov,Reetz, Manfred T.
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- CYCLOHEXANE SUBSTITUTED AMINO CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVES AS USEFUL CCR2 ANTAGONISTS
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Disclosed are the CCR2 antagonists of Formula I: I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, B, R, and R6 are as defined herein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, methods of treatment using the compoun
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(2012/10/07)
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- SULFONAMIDES AS INHIBITORS OF BCL-2 FAMILY PROTEINS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER
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The present invention includes novel compound and methods of treating a disease or disorder by antagonizing Bcl-2 family proteins, particularly compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as well as methods of treating a disease,
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