Esters, Retroesters, and a Retroamide of Palmitic Acid: Pool for the First Selective Inhibitors of <i>N</i>-Palmitoylethanolamine- Selective Acid Amidase
作者:Séverine Vandevoorde、Kazuhito Tsuboi、Natsuo Ueda、Kent-Olov Jonsson、Christopher J. Fowler、Didier M. Lambert
DOI:10.1021/jm0340795
日期:2003.10.1
Cyclohexyl hexadecanoate, hexadecyl propionate, and N-(3-hydroxypropionyl)pentadecanamide, respectively ester, retroester, and retroamide derivatives of N-palmitoylethanolamine, represent the first selective inhibitors of "N-palmitoylethanolamine hydrolase" described so far. These compounds are devoid of affinity for CB, and CB2 receptors and characterized by high percentages of inhibition of N-palmitoylethanolamine-selective acid amidase (84.0, 70.5, and 76.7% inhibition at 100 muM, respectively) with much lower inhibitory effect on either fatty acid amide hydrolase or the uptake of anandamide.