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  2. Discovery of the First in Vivo Active Inhibitors of the Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Phosphatase Domain

Discovery of the First in Vivo Active Inhibitors of the Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Phosphatase Domain

  • J Med Chem. 2019 Sep 26;62(18):8443-8460. doi: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00445.
Jan S Kramer 1 Stefano Woltersdorf 1 Thomas Duflot 2 3 Kerstin Hiesinger 1 Felix F Lillich 1 Felix Knöll 1 Sandra K Wittmann 1 Franca-M Klingler 1 Steffen Brunst 1 Apirat Chaikuad 1 4 Christophe Morisseau 5 Bruce D Hammock 5 Carola Buccellati 6 Angelo Sala 6 G Enrico Rovati 6 Matthieu Leuillier 3 Sylvain Fraineau 3 Julie Rondeaux 3 Victor Hernandez-Olmos 1 7 Jan Heering 1 7 Daniel Merk 1 Denys Pogoryelov 8 Dieter Steinhilber 1 Stefan Knapp 1 2 Jeremy Bellien 3 9 Ewgenij Proschak 1
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry , Goethe-University Frankfurt , Max-von-Laue-Strasse 9 , 60438 Frankfurt am Main , Germany.
  • 2 Laboratory of Pharmacokinetics, Toxicology and Pharmacogenetics , Rouen University Hospital , 76000 Rouen , France.
  • 3 Normandie Université, UNIROUEN, INSERM U1096 , 1 rue de Germont , 76000 Rouen , France.
  • 4 Structural Genomics Consortium, Buchmann Institute for Life Sciences , Goethe-University Frankfurt , Max-von-Laue-Strasse 15 , 60438 Frankfurt am Main , Germany.
  • 5 Department of Entomology and Nematology and UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center , University of California Davis , Davis , California 95616 , United States.
  • 6 Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences , University of Milan , Via Balzaretti 9 , 20133 Milan , Italy.
  • 7 Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Branch for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology TMP , Theodor-Stern-Kai 7 , 60596 Frankfurt am Main , Germany.
  • 8 Institute of Biochemistry , Goethe-University Frankfurt , Max-von-Laue-Strasse 9 , 60438 Frankfurt am Main , Germany.
  • 9 Department of Clinical Pharmacology , Rouen University Hospital , 76000 Rouen , France.
Abstract

The emerging pharmacological target soluble Epoxide Hydrolase (sEH) is a bifunctional Enzyme exhibiting two different catalytic activities that are located in two distinct domains. Although the physiological role of the C-terminal hydrolase domain is well-investigated, little is known about its Phosphatase activity, located in the N-terminal Phosphatase domain of sEH (sEH-P). Herein we report the discovery and optimization of the first inhibitor of human and rat sEH-P that is applicable in vivo. X-ray structure analysis of the sEH Phosphatase domain complexed with an inhibitor provides insights in the molecular basis of small-molecule sEH-P inhibition and helps to rationalize the structure-activity relationships. 4-(4-(3,4-Dichlorophenyl)-5-phenyloxazol-2-yl)butanoic acid (22b, SWE101) has an excellent pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profile in rats and enables the investigation of the physiological and pathophysiological role of sEH-P in vivo.

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