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ArticleBMC pharmacology & toxicology2022

Assessment of NSAIDs as potential inhibitors of the fatty acid amide hydrolase I (FAAH-1) using three different primary fatty acid amide substrates in vitro.

Julius T Dongdem, Gideon K Helegbe, Kwame Opare-Asamoah, Cletus A Wezena, Augustine Ocloo

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Article in BMC pharmacology & toxicology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Julius T DongdemDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University for Development Studies, Tamale-Campus, Tamale, Ghana. julius.dongdem@uds.edu.gh.ORCID 0000-0001-8477-4721
Gideon K HelegbeDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, University for Development Studies, Tamale-Campus, Tamale, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-1468-301X
Kwame Opare-AsamoahDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University for Development Studies, Tamale-Campus, Tamale, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0002-0616-3965
Cletus A WezenaDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Bioscience, University for Development Studies, Nyankpala Campus, Tamale, Ghana.
Augustine OclooDepartment of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.ORCID 0000-0003-1249-5349
University for Development Studies · GHUniversity of Ghana · GHUniversity of Nottingham · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPain relief remains a major subject of inadequately met need of patients. Therapeutic agents designed to treat pain and inflammation so far have low to moderate efficiencies with significant untoward side effects. FAAH-1 has been proposed as a promising target for the discovery of drugs to treat pain and inflammation without significant adverse effects. FAAH-1 is the primary enzyme accountable for the degradation of AEA and related fatty acid amides. Studies have revealed that the simultaneous inhibition of COX and FAAH-1 activities produce greater pharmacological efficiency with significantly lowered toxicity and ulcerogenic activity. Recently, the metabolism of endocannabinoids by COX-2 was suggested to be differentially regulated by NSAIDs.

methodsWe analysed the affinity of oleamide, arachidonamide and stearoylamide at the FAAH-1 in vitro and investigated the potency of selected NSAIDs on the hydrolysis of endocannabinoid-like molecules (oleamide, arachidonamide and stearoylamide) by FAAH-1 from rat liver. NSAIDs were initially screened at 500 μM after which those that exhibited greater potency were further analysed over a range of inhibitor concentrations.

resultsThe substrate affinity of FAAH-1 obtained, increased in a rank order of oleamide < arachidonamide < stearoylamide with resultant V

conclusionOur data therefore suggest potential for study of these compounds as combined FAAH-1-COX inhibitors.

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Arachidonic AcidsPolyunsaturated AlkamidesAmidohydrolasesAnimalsAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalEnzyme InhibitorsFatty Acid Amide HydrolasesFatty AcidsHumansRatsAmidohydrolasesAnti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-SteroidalArachidonic AcidsEnzyme InhibitorsFatty Acid Amide HydrolasesFatty AcidsPolyunsaturated AlkamidesAffinityArachidonamideFAAH-1HydrolysisInhibitionModeNSAIDsOleamideStearoylamide

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PMID34983657
PMCPMC8725537
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