PMID: 23684894

Authors:

Morisseau C, Pakhomova S, Hwang SH, Newcomer ME, Hammock BD

Title:

Inhibition of soluble epoxide hydrolase by fulvestrant and sulfoxides.

Journal:

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2013 Jul 1;23(13):3818-21. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.04.083., Epub 2013 May 6.

Abstract:

The soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) is a key enzyme in the metabolism of epoxy-fatty acids, signaling molecules involved in numerous biologies. Toward finding novel inhibitors of sEH, a library of known drugs was tested for inhibition of sEH. We found that fulvestrant, an anticancer agent, is a potent (KI=26nM) competitive inhibitor of sEH. From this observation, we found that alkyl-sulfoxides represent a new kind of pharmacophore for the inhibition of sEH.