The present invention provides compounds and compositions, e.g., a series of compounds wherein a 1,5-biarylpyrazole group is conjugated to a
urea group by a non-cleavable covalent chain, that are useful as dual COX-2 / sEH inhibitors. The compounds disclosed herein have activity associated with the arachidonate
cascade. The activity of these compounds was demonstrated using a
lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced model of pain in the rat. The compounds of the present invention demonstrated superior anti-allodynic activity as compared to the same
dose of
celecoxib, i.e., a COX-2 inhibitor, also as compared to the same
dose of t-AUCB, i.e., a sEH inhibitor, and also as compared to the co-administered same
dose of both
celecoxib and t-AUCB. The dual inhibitors of the present invention demonstrate enhanced
in vivo anti-allodynic activity in a nociceptive behavioral
assay. In addition, the compounds of the present invention also demonstrated to have potent anti-angiogenic effects toward endothelial cells (HUVEC) and inhibit
angiogenesis in vitro,
ex vivo and
in vivo. The dual inhibitors of the present invention also demonstrate anti-angiogenic effect to slow
breast tumor growth
in vivo.