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  2. N-Benzylbenzamides: A Novel Merged Scaffold for Orally Available Dual Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase/Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ Modulators

N-Benzylbenzamides: A Novel Merged Scaffold for Orally Available Dual Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase/Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ Modulators

  • J Med Chem. 2016 Jan 14;59(1):61-81. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01239.
René Blöcher 1 Christina Lamers 1 Sandra K Wittmann 1 Daniel Merk 1 Markus Hartmann 1 Lilia Weizel 1 Olaf Diehl 1 Astrid Brüggerhoff 1 Marcel Boß 2 Astrid Kaiser 1 Tim Schader 1 Tamara Göbel 1 Manuel Grundmann 3 Carlo Angioni 4 Jan Heering 5 Gerd Geisslinger 4 Mario Wurglics 1 Evi Kostenis 3 Bernhard Brüne 2 Dieter Steinhilber 1 Manfred Schubert-Zsilavecz 1 Astrid S Kahnt 1 Ewgenij Proschak 1
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Goethe-University Frankfurt , Max-von-Laue-Strasse 9, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
  • 2 Institute of Biochemistry I, Goethe-University Frankfurt , Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
  • 3 Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn , Nussallee 6, D-53115 Bonn, Germany.
  • 4 Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Goethe-University Frankfurt , Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
  • 5 Project Group Translational Medicine and Pharmacology TMP, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Theodor-Stern-Kai 7, D-60590 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Abstract

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 γ (PPARγ). Simultaneous modulation of sEH and PPARγ can improve diabetic conditions and hypertension at once. N-Benzylbenzamide derivatives were determined to fit a merged sEH/PPARγ pharmacophore, and structure-activity relationship studies were performed on both targets, resulting in a submicromolar (sEH IC50 = 0.3 μM/PPARγ EC50 = 0.3 μM) 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.

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