1. Structure-Based Design of Dual Partial Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor γ Agonists/Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Inhibitors.
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Lillich FF, Willems S, Ni X, Kilu W, Borkowsky C, Brodsky M, Kramer JS, Brunst S, Hernandez-Olmos V, Heering J, Schierle S, Kestner RI, Mayser FM, Helmstädter M, Göbel T, Weizel L, Namgaladze D, Kaiser A, Steinhilber D, Pfeilschifter W, Kahnt AS, Proschak A, Chaikuad A, Knapp S, Merk D, and Proschak E
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- Animals, Crystallography, X-Ray, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Mice, Microsomes, Liver drug effects, Microsomes, Liver metabolism, Polypharmacy, Rats, Structure-Activity Relationship, Drug Design, Enzyme Inhibitors chemistry, Enzyme Inhibitors pharmacology, Epoxide Hydrolases antagonists & inhibitors, PPAR gamma agonists
- Abstract
Polypharmaceutical regimens often impair treatment of patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS), a complex disease cluster, including obesity, hypertension, heart disease, and type II diabetes. Simultaneous targeting of soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) synergistically counteracted MetS in various in vivo models, and dual sEH inhibitors/PPARγ agonists hold great potential to reduce the problems associated with polypharmacy in the context of MetS. However, full activation of PPARγ leads to fluid retention associated with edema and weight gain, while partial PPARγ agonists do not have these drawbacks. In this study, we designed a dual partial PPARγ agonist/sEH inhibitor using a structure-guided approach. Exhaustive structure-activity relationship studies lead to the successful optimization of the designed lead. Crystal structures of one representative compound with both targets revealed potential points for optimization. The optimized compounds exhibited favorable metabolic stability, toxicity, selectivity, and desirable activity in adipocytes and macrophages.
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- 2021
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