<i>N</i>-Benzylbenzamides: A Novel Merged Scaffold for Orally Available Dual Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase/Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ Modulators
作者:René Blöcher、Christina Lamers、Sandra K. Wittmann、Daniel Merk、Markus Hartmann、Lilia Weizel、Olaf Diehl、Astrid Brüggerhoff、Marcel Boß、Astrid Kaiser、Tim Schader、Tamara Göbel、Manuel Grundmann、Carlo Angioni、Jan Heering、Gerd Geisslinger、Mario Wurglics、Evi Kostenis、Bernhard Brüne、Dieter Steinhilber、Manfred Schubert-Zsilavecz、Astrid S. Kahnt、Ewgenij Proschak
DOI:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01239
日期:2016.1.14
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a multifactorial disease cluster that consists of dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and obesity. MetS patients are strongly exposed to polypharmacy; however, the number of pharmacological compounds required for MetS treatment can be reduced by the application of multitarget compounds. This study describes the design of dual-target ligands that target soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor type gamma (PPAR gamma). Simultaneous modulation of sEH and PPAR gamma can improve diabetic conditions and hypertension at once. N-Benzylbenzamide derivatives were determined to fit a merged sEH/PPAR gamma pharmacophore, and structure-activity relationship studies were performed on both targets, resulting in a submicromolar (sEH IC50 = 0.3 mu M/PPAR gamma EC50 = 0.3 mu M) modulator 14c. In vitro and in vivo evaluations revealed good ADME properties qualifying 14c as a pharmacological tool compound for long-term animal models of MetS.