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Virtually all the compounds that are currently used or are subject of advanced clinical trials for the treatment of HIV infections, belong to one of the following classes: (i) nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs): i.e., zidovudine, didanosine, zalcitabine, stavudine, lamivudine, abacavir, emtricitabine and nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NtRTIs) (i.e., tenofovir disoproxil fumarate); (ii) non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs): i.e., nevirapine, delavirdine, efavirenz, emivirine; and (iii) protease inhibitors (PIs): i.e., saquinavir, ritonavir, indinavir, nelfinavir, amprenavir, and lopinavir. In addition to the reverse transcriptase and protease reaction, various other events in the HIV replicative cycle can be considered as potential targets for chemotherapeutic intervention: (i) viral adsorption, through binding to the viral envelope glycoprotein gp120 (polysulfates, polysulfonates, polycarboxylates, polyoxometalates, polynucleotides, and negatively charged albumins); (ii) viral entry, through blockade of the viral coreceptors CXCR4 (i.e., bicyclam (AMD3100) derivatives) and CCR5 (i.e., TAK-779 derivatives); (iii) virus-cell fusion, through binding to the viral envelope glycoprotein gp41 (T-20, T-1249); (iv) viral assembly and disassembly, through NCp7 zinc finger-targeted agents [2,2'-dithiobisbenzamides (DIBAs), azadicarbonamide (ADA)]; (v) proviral DNA integration, through integrase inhibitors such as 4-aryl-2,4-dioxobutanoic acid derivatives; (vi) viral mRNA transcription, through inhibitors of the transcription (transactivation) process (flavopiridol, fluoroquinolones). Also, various new NRTIs, NNRTIs, and PIs have been developed that possess, respectively: (i) improved metabolic characteristics (i.e., phosphoramidate and cyclosaligenyl pronucleotides by-passing the first phosphorylation step of the NRTIs), (ii) increased activity ["second" or "third" generation NNRTIs ( i.e., TMC-125, DPC-083)] against those HIV strains that are resistant to the "first" generation NNRTIs, or (iii), as in the case of PIs, a different, modified peptidic (i.e., azapeptidic (atazanavir)) or non-peptidic scaffold (i.e., cyclic urea (mozenavir), 4-hydroxy-2-pyrone (tipranavir)). Non-peptidic PIs may be expected to inhibit HIV mutant strains that have become resistant to peptidomimetic PIs.
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- Erik De Clercq
- Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Pluymers W, Pais G, Van Maele B, Pannecouque C, Fikkert V, Burke, Jr. TR, De Clercq E, Witvrouw M, Neamati N, Debyser Z. Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 integration by diketo derivatives. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002; 46:3292-7. [PMID: 12234864 PMCID: PMC128766 DOI: 10.1128/aac.46.10.3292-3297.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A series of diketo derivatives was found to inhibit human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) integrase activity. Only L-708,906 inhibited the replication of HIV-1(III(B)) (50% effective concentration, 12 micro M), HIV-1 clinical strains, HIV-1 strains resistant to reverse transcriptase or fusion inhibitors, HIV-2 (ROD strain) and simian immunodeficiency virus (MAC(251)). The combinations of L-708,906 with zidovudine, nevirapine, or nelfinavir proved to be subsynergistic. In cell culture, addition of L-708,906 could be postponed for 7 h after infection, a moment coinciding with HIV integration. Inhibition of integration in cell culture was confirmed by quantitative Alu-PCR.
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- Wim Pluymers
- Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
- Corresponding author. Mailing address: Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Minderbroederstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. Phone: 32 16 33 21 83. Fax: 32 16 33 21 31. E-mail:
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Rao GS, Bhatnagar S, Ahuja V. Structure-based design of a novel peptide inhibitor of HIV-1 integrase: a computer modeling approach. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2002; 20:31-8. [PMID: 12144350 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2002.10506820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The insertion of viral DNA into the host chromosome is an essential step in the replication of HIV-1, and is carried out by an enzyme, HIV-1 integrase (IN). Since the latter has no human cellular counterpart, it is an attractive target for antiviral drug design. Several IN inhibitors having activities in the micromolar range have been reported to date. However, no clinically useful inhibitors have yet been developed. Recently reported diketo acids represent a novel and selective class of IN inhibitors. These are the only class which appear to selectively target integrase and two of the inhibitors, L-708,906 and L-731,988, are the most potent inhibitors of preintegration complexes described to date. The X-ray crystal structure of the IN catalytic domain complexed with a diketo acid derivative inhibitor, 5CITEP, has recently been determined. Although the structure is of great value as a platform for drug design, experimental data suggest that crystal packing effects influence the observed inhibitor position. This has been confirmed by computational docking studies using the latest version (3.0) of the AutoDock program, which has been shown to give results largely consistent with available experimental data. Using AutoDock 3.0 and SYBYL6.6 we have modeled the complexes of IN with the diketo acid inhibitors so as to identify the enzyme binding site. In the quest for novel, potent and selective small molecule inhibitors, we present here a new approach to peptide inhibitor design using a, b- unsaturated (dehydro) residues, which confer a unique conformation on a peptide sequence. Based on the above models, we selected a tetrapeptide sequence containing a dehydro-Phe residue, which was found to have an open conformation as ascertained from its X-ray crystal structure. Docking results on this peptide led us to propose a modification at the C-terminal end. The modified peptide was found to dock in a similar position as the diketo acid inhibitors and was predicted to have a comparable potency.
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- Gita Subba Rao
- Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi- 110029, India.
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Pannecouque C, Pluymers W, Van Maele B, Tetz V, Cherepanov P, De Clercq E, Witvrouw M, Debyser Z. New class of HIV integrase inhibitors that block viral replication in cell culture. Curr Biol 2002; 12:1169-77. [PMID: 12176326 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(02)00952-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND To improve the existing combination therapies of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and to cope with virus strains that are resistant to multiple drugs, we initiated a search for effective inhibitors of HIV integrase, the enzyme responsible for inserting the viral cDNA into the host cell chromosome. RESULTS We have now identified a series of 5H-pyrano[2,3-d:-6,5-d']dipyrimidines that block the replication of various strains of HIV-1 and HIV-2. The most potent congener, 5-(4-nitrophenyl)-2,8-dithiol-4,6-dihydroxy-5H-pyrano[2,3-d:-6,5-d']dipyrimidine (V-165), inhibited the replication of HIV-1(III(B)) in MT-4 cells at a 50% effective concentration (EC(50)) of 8.9 microM, which is 14-fold below its cytotoxic concentration. V-165 was equally active against virus strains that were resistant toward inhibitors of viral entry or reverse transcriptase. In combination regimens in cell culture, V-165 acted subsynergistically with zidovudine or nelfinavir and synergistically with nevirapine. V-165 inhibited both reverse transcriptase and integrase activities in enzymatic assays at micromolar concentrations, but only a close correlation was found between the anti-HIV activity observed in cell culture and the inhibitory activity in the integrase strand transfer assays. Time-of-addition experiments indicated that V-165 interfered with the viral replication cycle at a time point coinciding with integration. Quantitative Alu-PCR corroborated that the anti-HIV activity of V-165 is based upon the inhibition of proviral DNA integration. CONCLUSIONS Based on their mode of action, which is different from that of clinically approved anti-HIV drugs, PDPs are good candidates for further development into new drugs and to be included in future combination regimens.
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Virtually all the compounds that are currently used, or are subject of advanced clinical trials, for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections, belong to one of the following classes: (i) nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs): i.e. zidovudine (AZT), didanosine (ddI), zalcitabine (ddC), stavudine (d4T), lamivudine (3TC), abacavir (ABC), emtricitabine [(-)FTC], tenofovir disoproxil fumarate; (ii) non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs): i.e. nevirapine, delavirdine, efavirenz, emivirine; and (iii) protease inhibitors (PIs): i.e. saquinavir, ritonavir, indinavir, nelfinavir, amprenavir and lopinavir. In addition to the reverse transcriptase (RT) and protease reaction, various other events in the HIV replicative cycle can be considered as potential targets for chemotherapeutic intervention: (i) viral adsorption, through binding to the viral envelope glycoprotein gp120 (polysulfates, polysulfonates, polycarboxylates, polyoxometalates, polynucleotides, and negatively charged albumins); (ii) viral entry, through blockade of the viral coreceptors CXCR4 [bicyclam (AMD3100) derivatives] and CCR5 (TAK-779 derivatives); (iii) virus-cell fusion, through binding to the viral envelope glycoprotein gp41 (T-20, T-1249); (iv) viral assembly and disassembly, through NCp7 zinc finger-targeted agents [2,2'-dithiobisbenzamides (DIBAs), azadicarbonamide (ADA)]; (v) proviral DNA integration, through integrase inhibitors such as 4-aryl-2,4-dioxobutanoic acid derivatives; (vi) viral mRNA transcription, through inhibitors of the transcription (transactivation) process (flavopiridol, fluoroquinolones). Also, various new NRTIs, NNRTIs and PIs have been developed that possess, respectively: (i) improved metabolic characteristics (i.e. phosphoramidate and cyclosaligenyl pronucleotides by-passing the first phosphorylation step of the NRTIs), (ii) increased activity ["second" or "third" generation NNRTIs (i.e. TMC-125, DPC-083)] against those HIV strains that are resistant to the "first" generation NNRTIs, or (iii) as in the case of PIs, a different, nonpeptidic scaffold [i.e. cyclic urea (mozenavir), 4-hydroxy-2-pyrone (tipranavir)]. Nonpeptidic PIs may be expected to inhibit HIV mutant strains that have become resistant to peptidomimetic PIs. Given the multitude of molecular targets with which anti-HIV agents can interact, one should be cautious in extrapolating the mode of action of these agents from cell-free enzymatic assays to intact cells. Two examples in point are L-chicoric acid and the nonapeptoid CGP64222, which were initially described as an integrase inhibitor or Tat antagonist, respectively, but later shown to primarily act as virus adsorption/entry inhibitors, the latter through blockade of CXCR4.
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- Erik De Clercq
- Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, Leuven, Belgium.
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Pais GCG, Zhang X, Marchand C, Neamati N, Cowansage K, Svarovskaia ES, Pathak VK, Tang Y, Nicklaus M, Pommier Y, Burke TR. Structure activity of 3-aryl-1,3-diketo-containing compounds as HIV-1 integrase inhibitors. J Med Chem 2002; 45:3184-94. [PMID: 12109903 DOI: 10.1021/jm020037p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The 4-aryl-2-hydroxy-4-oxo-2-butenoic acids and their isosteric tetrazoles are among an emerging class of aryl beta-diketo (ADK)-based agents which exhibit potent inhibition of HIV-1 integrase (IN)-catalyzed strand transfer (ST) processes, while having much reduced potencies against 3'-processing (3'-P) reactions. In the current study, L-708,906 (10e) and 5CITEP (13b), which are two examples of ADK inhibitors that have been reported by Merck and Shionogi pharmaceutical companies, served as model ADK leads. Structural variations to both the "left" and "right" sides of these molecules were made in order to examine effects on HIV-1 integrase inhibitory potencies. It was found that a variety of groups could be introduced onto the left side aryl ring with maintenance of good ST inhibitory potency. However, introduction of carboxylic acid-containing substituents onto the left side aryl ring enhanced 3'-P inhibitory potency and reduced selectivity toward ST reactions. Although both L-708,906 and 5CITEP show potent inhibition of IN in biochemical assays, there is a disparity of antiviral activity in cellular assays using HIV-1-infected cells. Neither 5CITEP nor any other of the indolyl-containing inhibitors exhibit significant antiviral effects in cellular systems. Alternatively, consistent with literature reports, L-708,906 does provide antiviral protection at low micromolar concentrations. Interestingly, several analogues of L-708,906 with varied substituents on the left side aryl ring, while having good inhibitory potencies against IN in extracellular assays, are not antiviral in whole-cell systems.
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- Godwin C G Pais
- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, and HIV Drug Resistance Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute/NIH, 376 Boyles Street, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA
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Abd-Elazem IS, Chen HS, Bates RB, Huang RCC. Isolation of two highly potent and non-toxic inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) integrase from Salvia miltiorrhiza. Antiviral Res 2002; 55:91-106. [PMID: 12076754 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-3542(02)00011-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Water soluble extracts of the herbal plant, Salvia miltiorrhiza (Danshen) exhibited potent effect against HIV-1 integrase activity in vitro and viral replication in vivo. We have developed an extensive purification scheme to isolate effective, non-toxic inhibitors against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) using the 3'-processing activity of integrase as a purification guide and assay. Two water soluble compounds, M(5)22 and M(5)32, have been discovered by isolating them from S. miltiorrhiza roots in purities of >99.5% as shown by NMR spectral analysis with yields of 0.018 and 0.038%, respectively. Structural determination revealed that M(5)22 is lithospermic acid and M(5)32 is lithospermic acid B. These two structurally related compounds are potent anti-HIV inhibitors and showed no cytotoxicity to H9 cells at high concentrations (CC(100)>297 microM for M(5)22 and >223 microM for M(5)32). The IC50 for inhibition of 3'-processing by HIV-1 integrase was found to be 0.83 microM for M(5)22 and 0.48 microM for M(5)32. In addition, M(5)22 and M(5)32 inhibited HIV-1 integrase catalytic activities of 3'-joining to the target DNA with IC50 of 0.48 microM for M(5)22 and 0.37 microM for M(5)32. Furthermore, kinetic and mechanistic studies suggested that drug binding to HIV-1 integrase and inhibition of enzymatic activity occur at a fast rate. Both M(5)22 and M(5)32 do not prevent HIV entry in H9 cells. They also show no inhibition of reverse transcriptase activity in infected cells. The levels of intracellular strong stop and full-length viral DNA remained unchanged following drug treatment. However, both inhibitors strongly suppressed the acute HIV-1 infection of H9 cells with IC50 values of 2 and 6.9 microM for M(5)22 and M(5)32, respectively. Thus these two selective integrase inhibitors hold promise as a novel class of therapeutic drugs for AIDS based on their high potencies and absence of cytotoxicity.
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- Ibrahim S Abd-Elazem
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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David CA, Middleton T, Montgomery D, Lim HB, Kati W, Molla A, Xuei X, Warrior U, Kofron JL, Burns DJ. Microarray compound screening (microARCS) to identify inhibitors of HIV integrase. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR SCREENING 2002; 7:259-66. [PMID: 12097188 DOI: 10.1177/108705710200700309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A novel high-throughput strand transfer assay has been developed, using Microarray Compound Screening (microARCS) technology, to identify inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) integrase. This technology utilizes agarose matrices to introduce a majority of the reagents throughout the assay. Integration of biotinylated donor DNA with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labeled target DNA occurs on a SAM membrane in the presence of integrase. An anti-FITC antibody conjugated to alkaline phosphatase (AP) was used to do an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with the SAM. An agarose gel containing AttoPhos, a substrate of AP, was used for detection of the integrase reactions on the SAM. For detection, the AttoPhos gel was separated from the SAM after incubation and then the gel was imaged using an Eagle Eye II closed-circuit device camera system. Potential integrase inhibitors appear as dark spots on the gel image. A library of approximately 250,000 compounds was screened using this HIV integrase strand transfer assay in microARCS format. Compounds from different structural classes were identified in this assay as novel integrase inhibitors.
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- Caroline A David
- Department of Biological Screening, Abbott Laboratories, Global Pharmaceutical Products Division, Abbott Park, IL 60064, USA.
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The development and clinical use of chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of persistent HIV-1 infection over the past decade has profoundly and favorably affected the course of HIV-1 disease for many infected individuals. Unfortunately, the long-term use of these therapies is complicated by unwanted metabolic side effects, by issues of adherence, and by the selection of viral variants with reduced susceptibility. These complications have spurred the search for new anti-HIV-1 agents having improved pharmacological properties and expressing activity against viral variants resistant to the currently available agents. This brief review describes the current state of this search as well as potentially novel viral targets for chemotherapeutic intervention.
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- Jon H Condra
- Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, USA
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One of the three key enzymes encoded by the pol gene of HIV is a M(r) 32 000 protein called HIV integrase. This viral enzyme is involved in the integration of HIV DNA into host chromosomal DNA. There appears to be no functional equivalent of the enzyme in human cells. The biochemical mechanism of integration of HIV DNA into the host cell genome involves a carefully defined sequence of DNA tailoring (3'-processing) and coupling (joining or integration) reactions. In spite of some effort in this area targeted at the discovery of therapeutically useful inhibitors of this viral enzyme, there are no drugs for HIV/AIDS in clinical use where the mechanism of action is inhibition of HIV integrase. Thus, new knowledge on inhibitors of this enzyme is of critical importance in the anti-HIV drug discovery area. The focus of this review will be on several classes of compounds, including nucleotides, dinucleotides, oligonucleotides and miscellaneous small molecules such as heterocyclic systems, natural products, diketo acids and sulfones, that have been discovered as inhibitors of HIV integrase. Special emphasis in the review will be placed on discoveries from my laboratory on HIV integrase inhibitors that are non-natural, nuclease-resistant dinucleotides. Comments on future directions and the prospects for developing integrase inhibitors as therapeutic antiviral agents are discussed.
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- Vasu Nair
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA.
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de Soultrait VR, Caumont A, Parissi V, Morellet N, Ventura M, Lenoir C, Litvak S, Fournier M, Roques B. A novel short peptide is a specific inhibitor of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 integrase. J Mol Biol 2002; 318:45-58. [PMID: 12054767 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(02)00033-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The retroviral encoded protein integrase (IN) is required for the insertion of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) proviral DNA into the host genome. In spite of the crucial role played by IN in the retroviral life cycle, which makes this enzyme an attractive target for the development of new anti-AIDS agents, very few inhibitors have been described and none seems to have a potential use in anti-HIV therapy. To obtain potent and specific IN inhibitors, we used the two-hybrid system to isolate short peptides. Using HIV-1 IN as a bait and a yeast genomic library as the source of inhibitory peptides (prey), we isolated a 33-mer peptide (I33) that bound tightly to the enzyme. I33 inhibited both in vitro IN activities, i.e. 3' end processing and strand transfer. Further analysis led us to select a shorter peptide, EBR28, corresponding to the N-terminal region of I33. Truncated variants showed that EBR28 interacted with the catalytic domain of IN interfering with the binding of the DNA substrate. Alanine single substitution of each EBR28 residue (alanine scanning) allowed the identification of essential amino acids involved in the inhibition. The EBR28 NMR structure shows that this peptide adopts an alpha-helical conformation with amphipathic properties. Additionally, EBR28 showed a significant antiviral effect when assayed on HIV-1 infected human cells. Thus, this potentially important short lead peptide may not only be helpful to design new anti-HIV agents, but also could prove very useful in further studies of the structural and functional characteristics of HIV-1 IN.
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Marchand C, Zhang X, Pais GCG, Cowansage K, Neamati N, Burke TR, Pommier Y. Structural determinants for HIV-1 integrase inhibition by beta-diketo acids. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:12596-603. [PMID: 11805103 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110758200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Among all the HIV-1 integrase inhibitors, the beta-diketo acids (DKAs) represent a major lead in anti-HIV-1 integrase drug design. These derivatives inhibit the integration reaction in vitro with a strong specificity for the 3'-end joining step. They are also antiviral and inhibit integration in vivo. The aim of the present study has been to investigate the molecular interactions between DKAs and HIV-1 integrase. We have compared 5CITEP with one of the most potent DKAs reported by the Merck group (L-708,906) and found that 5CITEP inhibits 3'-processing at concentrations where L-708,906 is only active on strand transfer. We also report a novel bifunctional DKA derivative that inhibits 3'-processing even more effectively than 5CITEP. The interactions of these inhibitors with the viral DNA donor ends have been studied by performing experiments with oligonucleotides containing defined modifications. We propose that the bifunctional DKA derivative binds to both the acceptor and donor sites of HIV-1 integrase, whereas the monofunctional L-708,906 derivative binds selectively to the acceptor site.
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- Christophe Marchand
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4255, USA
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Debyser Z, Cherepanov P, Van Maele B, De Clercq E, Witvrouw M. In search of authentic inhibitors of HIV-1 integration. Antivir Chem Chemother 2002; 13:1-15. [PMID: 12180645 DOI: 10.1177/095632020201300101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Current strategies for the treatment of HIV infection are based on cocktails of drugs that target the viral reverse transcriptase or protease enzymes. At present, the clinical benefit of this combination therapy for HIV-infected patients is considerable, although it is not clear how long this effect will last taking into account the emergence of multiple drug-resistant viral strains. Addition of new anti-HIV drugs targeting additional steps of the viral replication cycle may increase the potency of inhibition and prevent resistance development. During HIV replication, integration of the viral genome into the cellular chromosome is an essential step catalysed by the viral integrase. Although HIV integrase is an attractive target for antiviral therapy, so far all research efforts have led to the identification of only one series of compounds that selectively inhibit the integration step during HIV replication, namely the diketo acids. In this review we try to address the question why it has proven so difficult to find potent and selective integrase inhibitors. We point to potential pitfalls in defining an inhibitor as an authentic integrase inhibitor, and propose new strategies and technologies for the discovery of authentic HIV integration inhibitors.
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- Zeger Debyser
- Rega Institute for Medical Research, KU Leuven, Flanders, Belgium.
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A decade ago, just five drugs were licensed for the treatment of viral infections. Since then, greater understanding of viral life cycles, prompted in particular by the need to combat human immunodeficiency virus, has resulted in the discovery and validation of several targets for therapeutic intervention. Consequently, the current antiviral repertoire now includes more than 30 drugs. But we still lack effective therapies for several viral infections, and established treatments are not always effective or well tolerated, highlighting the need for further refinement of antiviral drug design and development. Here, I describe the rationale behind current and future drug-based strategies for combating viral infections.
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- Erik De Clercq
- Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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HIV-1 replication inhibitors of the styrylquinoline class: incorporation of a masked diketo acid pharmacophore. Tetrahedron Lett 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(01)01767-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Jing N, Marchand C, Guan Y, Liu J, Pallansch L, Lackman-Smith C, De Clercq E, Pommier Y. Structure-activity of inhibition of HIV-1 integrase and virus replication by G-quartet oligonucleotides. DNA Cell Biol 2001; 20:499-508. [PMID: 11560782 DOI: 10.1089/104454901316976136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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As novel anti-HIV agents, the G-tetrad-forming oligonucleotides have been explored for their structure-activity relations with regard to inhibition of integrase (IN) (N. Jing, Expert Opin. Investig. Drugs (2000) 9, 1777-1785). We have now developed two families of G-quartet oligonucleotides: T40217-T40222, with potential formation of a tail-to-tail G-quartet dimer, and T40224-T40227, with phosphorothioate (PT) linkages in the guanine loops. The results obtained from biophysical measurements and the assays of the inhibition of HIV-1 IN and virus replication demonstrated that an increase in the length of the G-quartet structure from a monomer (15A) to a tail-to-tail dimer (47A) does not distinctly disrupt the inhibition of HIV-1 IN activity or the inhibition of HIV-1 replication in cell cultures. G-quartet oligonucleotides were observed to induce molecular aggregation of HIV-1 IN and interrupt the binding of viral DNA to HIV-1 IN. Also, PT substitutions did not confer any advantages compared with the regular phosphodiesters for the inhibition of HIV-1 replication by intramolecular G-quartets. The G-quartet motif is the primary requirement for the remarkable nuclease resistance and pronounced biological efficacy of these oligonucleotides.
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- N Jing
- Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Slanina J, Táborská E, Bochořáková H, Slaninová I, Humpa O, Robinson W, Schram KH. New and facile method of preparation of the anti-HIV-1 agent, 1,3-dicaffeoylquinic acid. Tetrahedron Lett 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(01)00448-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Brodin P, Pinskaya M, Parsch U, Bischerour J, Leh H, Romanova E, Engels JW, Gottikh M, Mouscadet JF. 6-oxocytidine containing oligonucleotides inhibit the HIV-1 integrase in vitro. NUCLEOSIDES, NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2001; 20:481-6. [PMID: 11563063 DOI: 10.1081/ncn-100002322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Integration of the proviral DNA into the genome of infected cells is a key step of HIV-1 replication. Integration is catalyzed by the viral enzyme integrase (IN). 6-oxocytidine-containing oligonucleotides were found to be efficient inhibitors of integrase in vitro. The inhibitory effect is sequence-specific and strictly requires the presence of the 6-oxocytidine base. It is due to the impairment of the integrase binding to its substrate and does not involve an auto-structure of the oligonucleotide.
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- P Brodin
- UMR 8532, Institut Gustave Roussy, 39 rue Camille Desmoulins, 94805 Villejuif, France
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Snásel J, Rejman D, Liboska R, Tocík Z, Ruml T, Rosenberg I, Pichová I. Inhibition of HIV-1 integrase by modified oligonucleotides derived from U5' LTR. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2001; 268:980-6. [PMID: 11179964 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.01956.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Retroviral integrase catalyzes integration of double-stranded viral DNA into the host chromosome by a process that has become an attractive target for drug design. In the 3' processing reaction, two nucleotides are specifically cleaved from both 3' ends of viral DNA yielding a 5' phosphorylated dimer (pGT). The resulting recessed 3' hydroxy groups of adenosine provide the attachment sites to the host DNA in the strand transfer reaction. Here, we studied the effect of modified double-stranded oligonucleotides mimicking both the unprocessed (21-mer oligonucleotides) and 3' processed (19-mer oligonucleotides) U5 termini of proviral DNA on activities of HIV-1 integrase in vitro. The inhibitions of 3' processing and strand transfer reactions were studied using 21-mer oligonucleotides containing isopolar, nonisosteric, both conformationally flexible and restricted phosphonate internucleotide linkages between the conservative AG of the sequence CAGT, and using a 21-mer oligonucleotide containing 2'-fluoroarabinofuranosyladenine. All modified 21-mer oligonucleotides competitively inhibited both reactions mediated by HIV-1 integrase with nanomolar IC50 values. Our studies with 19-mer oligonucleotides showed that modifications of the 3' hydroxyl significantly reduced the strand transfer reaction. The inhibition of integrase with 19-mer oligonucleotides terminated by (S)-9-(3-hydroxy-2-phosphonomethoxypropyl)adenine, 9-(2-phosphonomethoxyethyl)adenine, and adenosine showed that proper orientation of the 3' OH group and the presence of the furanose ring of adenosine significantly influence the strand transfer reaction.
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- J Snásel
- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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The pol gene of HIV-1 encodes for three essential enzymes, protease (PR), reverse transcriptase (RT) and integrase (IN). More than 16 drugs, targeting two of these enzymes, PR and RT have been approved by the FDA. At present, there are no clinically useful agents that inhibit the third enzyme, IN. Combination chemotherapy consisting of PR and RT inhibitors has shown remarkable success in the clinic and has benefited many patients. It is thought that a combination of drugs targeting all three enzymes should further incapacitate the virus. Discovery of highly selective PR inhibitors owe their success to the recent development in structure-guided drug design. During the past several years a plethora of structures of HIV-1 PR in complex with an inhibitor have been solved by x-ray crystallography. This incredible wealth of information provided opportunities for the discovery of second and third generation inhibitors. Due to the inherent nature of IN and insufficient structural information, structure-based inhibitor design selective for IN has not kept pace. However, because of recent developments in the field such information could soon become available. In this review, emphasis is placed on inhibitors with identified or proposed drug binding sites on IN.
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- N Neamati
- University of Southern California, School of Pharmacy, 1985 Zonal Avenue, PSC 304BA, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9121, USA.
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