Orally bioavailable potent soluble epoxide hydrolase inhibitors

SH Hwang, HJ Tsai, JY Liu, C Morisseau… - Journal of medicinal …, 2007 - ACS Publications
SH Hwang, HJ Tsai, JY Liu, C Morisseau, BD Hammock
Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2007ACS Publications
A series of N, N '-disubstituted ureas having a conformationally restricted cis-or trans-1, 4-
cyclohexane α to the urea were prepared and tested as soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH)
inhibitors. This series of compounds showed low nanomolar to picomolar activities against
recombinant human sEH. Both isomers showed similar potencies, but the trans isomers
were more metabolically stable in human hepatic microsomes. Furthermore, these new
potent inhibitors show a greater metabolic stability in vivo than previously described sEH …
A series of N,N‘-disubstituted ureas having a conformationally restricted cis- or trans-1,4-cyclohexane α to the urea were prepared and tested as soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) inhibitors. This series of compounds showed low nanomolar to picomolar activities against recombinant human sEH. Both isomers showed similar potencies, but the trans isomers were more metabolically stable in human hepatic microsomes. Furthermore, these new potent inhibitors show a greater metabolic stability in vivo than previously described sEH inhibitors. We demonstrated that trans-4-[4-(3-adamantan-1-ylureido)cyclohexyloxy]benzoic acid 13g (t-AUCB, IC50 = 1.3 ± 0.05 nM) had excellent oral bioavailability (98%, n = 2) and blood area under the curve in dogs and was effective in vivo to treat hypotension in lipopolysaccharide challenged murine models.
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