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Nasr T, Aboshanab AM, Mpekoulis G, Drakopoulos A, Vassilaki N, Zoidis G, Abouzid KAM, Zaghary W. Novel 6-Aminoquinazolinone Derivatives as Potential Cross GT1-4 HCV NS5B Inhibitors. Viruses 2022; 14:v14122767. [PMID: 36560772 PMCID: PMC9782603 DOI: 10.3390/v14122767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2022] [Revised: 12/04/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are a worldwide medical problem responsible for diverse types of liver diseases. The NS5B polymerase enzyme has become a very interesting target for the development of anti-HCV drugs owing to its fundamental role in viral replication. Here we report the synthesis of a novel series of 1-substituted phenyl-4(1H)-quinazolinone and 2-methyl-1-substituted phenyl-4(1H)-quinazolinone derivatives and evaluate their activity against HCV in HCV subgenomic replicon assays. The biological data revealed that compound 11a showed the highest activity against HCV GT1b at a micromolar concentration (EC50 = 0.984 µM) followed by compound 11b (EC50 = 1.38 µM). Both compounds 11a and 11b had high selectivity indices (SI = CC50/EC50), 160.71 and 71.75, respectively, which make them very interesting candidates for further development of more potent and selective anti-HCV agents.
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- Tamer Nasr
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Ain-Helwan, Cairo 11795, Egypt
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, MTI University, Cairo 12055, Egypt
- Correspondence: (T.N.); (G.Z.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Ain-Helwan, Cairo 11795, Egypt
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, 11521 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Molecular Virology Laboratory, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, 11521 Athens, Greece
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- Department of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Health Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, 15771 Athens, Greece
- Correspondence: (T.N.); (G.Z.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Abbassia, Cairo 11566, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Helwan University, Ain-Helwan, Cairo 11795, Egypt
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Wu WJ, Xia CL, Ou SJ, Yang Y, Ma YF, Hou YL, Yang QP, Zhang J, Li JW, Qi Y, Xu CP. Novel Elongator Protein 2 Inhibitors Mitigating Tumor Necrosis Factor- α Induced Osteogenic Differentiation Inhibition. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 2021:3664564. [PMID: 34853789 PMCID: PMC8629650 DOI: 10.1155/2021/3664564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Tumor necrosis factor-α is a common cytokine that increases in inflammatory processes, slows the differentiation of bone formation, and induces osteodystrophy in the long-term inflammatory microenvironment. Our previous study confirmed that the Elongation protein 2 (ELP2) plays a significant role in osteogenesis and osteogenic differentiation, which is considered a drug discovery target in diseases related to bone formation and differentiation. In this study, we applied an in silico virtual screening method to select molecules that bind to the ELP2 protein from a chemical drug molecule library and obtained 95 candidates. Then, we included 11 candidates by observing the docking patterns and the noncovalent bonds. The binding affinity of the ELP2 protein with the candidate compounds was examined by SPR analysis, and 5 out of 11 compounds performed good binding affinity to the mouse ELP2 protein. After in vitro cell differentiation assay, candidates 2# and 5# were shown to reduce differentiation inhibition after tumor necrosis factor-α stimulation, allowing further optimization and development for potential clinical treatment of inflammation-mediated orthopedic diseases.
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- Wen-Jiao Wu
- Department of Medical Research Center, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The First People's Hospital of Kashgar Prefecture, Kashgar, Xinjiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, The First People's Hospital of Kashgar Prefecture, Kashgar, Xinjiang, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Shenzhen Shekou People's Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Li L, Liu T, Zhang X, Hou X, Dong H, Li X, Ren W, Wang Y. Catalyst-free and atom-economical 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of C,N-cyclic azomethine imines: Facile synthesis of isoquinoline-fused spirocycles. GREEN SYNTHESIS AND CATALYSIS 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gresc.2021.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Skwarecki AS, Nowak MG, Milewska MJ. Amino Acid and Peptide-Based Antiviral Agents. ChemMedChem 2021; 16:3106-3135. [PMID: 34254457 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.202100397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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A significant number of antiviral agents used in clinical practice are amino acids, short peptides, or peptidomimetics. Among them, several HIV protease inhibitors (e. g. lopinavir, atazanavir), HCV protease inhibitors (e. g. grazoprevir, glecaprevir), and HCV NS5A protein inhibitors have contributed to a significant decrease in mortality from AIDS and hepatitis. However, there is an ongoing need for the discovery of new antiviral agents and the development of existing drugs; amino acids, both proteinogenic and non-proteinogenic in nature, serve as convenient building blocks for this purpose. The synthesis of non-proteinogenic amino acid components of antiviral agents could be challenging due to the need for enantiomerically or diastereomerically pure products. Herein, we present a concise review of antiviral agents whose structures are based on amino acids of both natural and unnatural origin. Special attention is paid to the synthetic aspects of non-proteinogenic amino acid components of those agents.
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- Andrzej S Skwarecki
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biochemistry and BioTechMed Center, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Gabriela Narutowicza Street, 80-233, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and BioTechMed Center, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Gabriela Narutowicza Street, 80-233, Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Organic Chemistry and BioTechMed Center, Gdańsk University of Technology, 11/12 Gabriela Narutowicza Street, 80-233, Gdańsk, Poland
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Elkarhat Z, Charoute H, Elkhattabi L, Barakat A, Rouba H. Potential inhibitors of SARS-cov-2 RNA dependent RNA polymerase protein: molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations and MM-PBSA analyses. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2020; 40:361-374. [PMID: 32873176 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1813628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The SARS-cov-2 RNA dependent RNA polymerase (nsp12) is a crucial viral enzyme that catalyzes the replication of RNA from RNA templates. The fixation of some ligands in the active site may alter the viral life cycle. The aim of the present study is to identify the conservation level of nsp12 motifs (A-G), using consurf server, and discover their interactions with rifabutin, rifampicin, rifapentin, sorangicin A, streptolydigin, myxopyronin B, VXR and VRX using AutoDockTools-1.5.6, Gromacs 2018.2 and g-mmpbsa. Thus, the most of amino acids residues located in nsp12 protein Motifs (A-G) were predicted as highly conserved. The binding energies of streptolydigin, VXR, rifabutin, rifapentine, VRX, sorangicin A, myxopyronin B and rifampicin with nsp12 protein are -8.11, -8.23, -7.14, -6.94, -6.55, -5.46, -5.33 and -5.26 kcal/mol, respectively. In the other hand, the binding energies of ligand in the same order with nsp7-nsp8-nsp12 complex are -7.23, -7.08, -7.21, -7, -6.59, -8.73, -5.52, -5.87 kcal/mol, respectively. All ligands interact with at least two nsp12 motifs. The molecular dynamics simulation of nsp12-streptolydigin and nsp12-VXR complexes shows that these two complexes are stable and the number of hydrogen bonds as a function of time, after 30 ns of simulation, varies between 0 and 6 for nsp12-streptolydigin complex and between 0 and 4 for nsp12-VXR complex. The average of free binding energies obtained using g_mmpbsa, after 30 ns of simulation, is -191.982 Kj/mol for nsp12-streptolydigin complex and -153.583 Kj/mol for nsp12-VXR complex. Our results suggest that these ligands may be used as inhibitors of SARS-cov-2 nsp12 protein.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Zouhair Elkarhat
- Laboratory of Genomics and Human Genetics, Département de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Genomics and Human Genetics, Département de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Genomics and Human Genetics, Département de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Genomics and Human Genetics, Département de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco
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- Laboratory of Genomics and Human Genetics, Département de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Pasteur du Maroc, Casablanca, Morocco
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Elfiky AA, Ismail A. Molecular dynamics and docking reveal the potency of novel GTP derivatives against RNA dependent RNA polymerase of genotype 4a HCV. Life Sci 2019; 238:116958. [PMID: 31628915 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2019.116958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2019] [Revised: 10/08/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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AIM To work on Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), one of the major causes of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, polymerase of genotype 4a that have no solved structures deposited in the protein data bank (PDB) yet. Understanding the dynamics and testing some novel inhibitors are also covered. MATERIALS AND METHODS Molecular Dynamics Simulation (MDS) is performed for a period of 1 μs on comparatively modeled then validated NS5b of subtype 4a. Following MDS analysis, molecular docking is performed to test the inhibitory performance of eight novels suggested guanosine derivatives using 181 different conformations of the protein model gathered during the MDS run after the equilibration period. KEY FINDINGS The results yield that the eight modified, at position 2', GTP derivatives (fluorine, Hydroxyl, and sulphonyl oxydanyl) have binding energies comparable to the parent molecule, GTP. Besides, the eight suggested compounds have lower binding energies (and hence better in binding) compared to sofosbuvir (a drug approved by FDA in 2013 against HCV) and ribavirin (a wide range acting antiviral drug used before against HCV). SIGNIFICANCE Combined molecular dynamics and molecular docking are able to test the hypothesis of HCV polymerase dynamics doesn't affect the nucleotides (or nucleotide inhibitors) binding to its active site. Despite the reported highly dynamic subtype 4a of HCV; all the nucleotide inhibitors under the study are able to, tightly, bind to NS5b of genotype 4a. This behavior is reported before for the Zika virus polymerase, as well.
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- Abdo A Elfiky
- Biophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
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- Biophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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Popova EA, Trifonov RE, Ostrovskii VA. Tetrazoles for biomedicine. RUSSIAN CHEMICAL REVIEWS 2019. [DOI: 10.1070/rcr4864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Elfiky AA. Novel Guanosine Derivatives as Anti-HCV NS5b Polymerase: A QSAR and Molecular Docking Study. Med Chem 2019; 15:130-137. [PMID: 30324891 DOI: 10.2174/1573406414666181015152511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2017] [Revised: 06/01/2018] [Accepted: 09/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND IDX-184 is a guanosine derivative having a potent inhibitory performance against HCV NS5b polymerase. OBJECTIVE To test three different groups of 2'C - modified analogues of guanosine nucleotide against HCV polymerase. METHOD Using combined Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships (QSAR) and molecular docking, the suggested compounds are studied. RESULTS Examining the docked structures of the compounds with experimentally solved NS5b structure (PDB ID: 2XI3) revealed that most of the compounds have the same mode of interaction as that of guanosine nucleotide and hence, NS5b inhibition is possible. CONCLUSION It is revealed that sixteen modifications have a better binding affinity to NS5b compared to guanosine. In addition, seven more compounds are better in NS5b binding compared to the approved drug, sofosbuvir, and the compound under clinical trials, IDX-184. Hence, these compounds could be potent HCV NS5b inhibitors. Summary Points: Novel guanosine modifications were introduced in silico and optimized using QM. QSAR and docking calculations are performed to test the binding affinity of the compounds to HCV NS5b active site. Comparison between the binding affinities and the mode of interactions of the compounds and both GTP and IDX-184 is performed. Structural mining to quantify the mode of binding of the compounds to NS5b active site pocket.
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- Abdo A Elfiky
- Biophysics Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
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One-Pot Enantioselective Synthesis of d
-Phenylglycines from Racemic Mandelic Acids, Styrenes, or Biobased l
-Phenylalanine via
Cascade Biocatalysis. Adv Synth Catal 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201700956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Kaminskyy D, Kryshchyshyn A, Lesyk R. 5-Ene-4-thiazolidinones - An efficient tool in medicinal chemistry. Eur J Med Chem 2017; 140:542-594. [PMID: 28987611 PMCID: PMC7111298 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2017] [Revised: 07/14/2017] [Accepted: 09/17/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The presented review is an attempt to summarize a huge volume of data on 5-ene-4-thiazolidinones being a widely studied class of small molecules used in modern organic and medicinal chemistry. The manuscript covers approaches to the synthesis of 5-ene-4-thiazolidinone derivatives: modification of the C5 position of the basic core; synthesis of the target compounds in the one-pot or multistage reactions or transformation of other related heterocycles. The most prominent pharmacological profiles of 5-ene derivatives of different 4-thiazolidinone subtypes belonging to hit-, lead-compounds, drug-candidates and drugs as well as the most studied targets have been discussed. Currently target compounds (especially 5-en-rhodanines) are assigned as frequent hitters or pan-assay interference compounds (PAINS) within high-throughput screening campaigns. Nevertheless, the crucial impact of the presence/nature of C5 substituent (namely 5-ene) on the pharmacological effects of 5-ene-4-thiazolidinones was confirmed by the numerous listed findings from the original articles. The main directions for active 5-ene-4-thiazolidinones optimization have been shown: i) complication of the fragment in the C5 position; ii) introduction of the substituents in the N3 position (especially fragments with carboxylic group or its derivatives); iii) annealing in complex heterocyclic systems; iv) combination with other pharmacologically attractive fragments within hybrid pharmacophore approach. Moreover, the utilization of 5-ene-4-thiazolidinones in the synthesis of complex compounds with potent pharmacological application is described. The chemical transformations cover mainly the reactions which involve the exocyclic double bond in C5 position of the main core and correspond to the abovementioned direction of the 5-ene-4-thiazolidinone modification.
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- Danylo Kaminskyy
- Department of Pharmaceutical, Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Pekarska 69, Lviv-10, 79010, Ukraine
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- Department of Pharmaceutical, Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Pekarska 69, Lviv-10, 79010, Ukraine
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- Department of Pharmaceutical, Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Pekarska 69, Lviv-10, 79010, Ukraine.
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Li W, Si H, Li Y, Ge C, Song F, Ma X, Duan Y, Zhai H. 3D-QSAR and molecular docking studies on designing inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase. J Mol Struct 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2016.03.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Wei Y, Li J, Qing J, Huang M, Wu M, Gao F, Li D, Hong Z, Kong L, Huang W, Lin J. Discovery of Novel Hepatitis C Virus NS5B Polymerase Inhibitors by Combining Random Forest, Multiple e-Pharmacophore Modeling and Docking. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0148181. [PMID: 26845440 PMCID: PMC4742222 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The NS5B polymerase is one of the most attractive targets for developing new drugs to block Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. We describe the discovery of novel potent HCV NS5B polymerase inhibitors by employing a virtual screening (VS) approach, which is based on random forest (RB-VS), e-pharmacophore (PB-VS), and docking (DB-VS) methods. In the RB-VS stage, after feature selection, a model with 16 descriptors was used. In the PB-VS stage, six energy-based pharmacophore (e-pharmacophore) models from different crystal structures of the NS5B polymerase with ligands binding at the palm I, thumb I and thumb II regions were used. In the DB-VS stage, the Glide SP and XP docking protocols with default parameters were employed. In the virtual screening approach, the RB-VS, PB-VS and DB-VS methods were applied in increasing order of complexity to screen the InterBioScreen database. From the final hits, we selected 5 compounds for further anti-HCV activity and cellular cytotoxicity assay. All 5 compounds were found to inhibit NS5B polymerase with IC50 values of 2.01-23.84 μM and displayed anti-HCV activities with EC50 values ranging from 1.61 to 21.88 μM, and all compounds displayed no cellular cytotoxicity (CC50 > 100 μM) except compound N2, which displayed weak cytotoxicity with a CC50 value of 51.3 μM. The hit compound N2 had the best antiviral activity against HCV, with a selective index of 32.1. The 5 hit compounds with new scaffolds could potentially serve as NS5B polymerase inhibitors through further optimization and development.
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- Yu Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
- High-Throughput Molecular Drug Discovery Center, Tianjin Joint Academy of Biomedicine and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- College of Bioscience and Engineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
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- College of Bioscience and Engineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, 330045, China
- * E-mail: (JPL); (WH); (LK)
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- PracticaChem-China, Tianjin, 300192, PR China
- * E-mail: (JPL); (WH); (LK)
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China
- High-Throughput Molecular Drug Discovery Center, Tianjin Joint Academy of Biomedicine and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
- * E-mail: (JPL); (WH); (LK)
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Popova EA, Trifonov RE. Synthesis and biological properties of amino acids and peptides containing a tetrazolyl moiety. RUSSIAN CHEMICAL REVIEWS 2015. [DOI: 10.1070/rcr4527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Dawood KM, Eldebss TMA, El-Zahabi HSA, Yousef MH. Synthesis and antiviral activity of some new bis-1,3-thiazole derivatives. Eur J Med Chem 2015; 102:266-76. [PMID: 26291036 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2015] [Revised: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 08/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Treatment of 3-phenyl-1,3-thiazolidin-4-one derivative 1 with phenylisothiocyanate in DMF, in the presence of potassium hydroxide, at room temperature gave the non-isolable potassium salt 2. The in-situ reaction of 2 with differently substituted N-aryl hydrazonoyl chlorides 3, 7a-d and 14a-d afforded the corresponding 2-(pyrazolyl)thiazolylimino-5-(thiadiazolylidene)thiazolidin-4-one derivatives 6, 10a-d and 17a-d, respectively. Reaction of 2 with further α-haloketones yielded the 4-(pyrazolyl)thiazolylimino-bis-thiazolidine derivatives 22, 25 and 26. Single crystal X-ray analysis was used in structure elucidation of the products. The in-vitro antiviral screening against four viruses (Poliovirus, Influenza A (H1N1) virus, Hepatitis B virus and Hepatitis C virus) for the obtained compounds was examined. Structure activity relationship (SAR) was also studied. The goal of the work was achieved in discovering a very active compound 10a as anti HCV agent (EC50 0.56 μM).
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- Kamal M Dawood
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Cairo, Giza 12613, Egypt.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Cairo, Giza 12613, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Cairo, Giza 12613, Egypt
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Harikishore A, Li E, Lee JJ, Cho NJ, Yoon HS. Combination of pharmacophore hypothesis and molecular docking to identify novel inhibitors of HCV NS5B polymerase. Mol Divers 2015; 19:529-39. [PMID: 25862642 DOI: 10.1007/s11030-015-9591-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection or HCV-related liver diseases are now shown to cause more than 350,000 deaths every year. Adaptability of HCV genome to vary its composition and the existence of multiple strains makes it more difficult to combat the emergence of drug-resistant HCV infections. Among the HCV polyprotein which has both the structural and non-structural regions, the non-structural protein NS5B RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP) mainly mediates the catalytic role of RNA replication in conjunction with its viral protein machinery as well as host chaperone proteins. Lack of such RNA-dependent RNA polymerase enzyme in host had made it an attractive and hotly pursued target for drug discovery efforts. Recent drug discovery efforts targeting HCV RdRP have seen success with FDA approval for sofosbuvir as a direct-acting antiviral against HCV infection. However, variations in drug-binding sites induce drug resistance, and therefore targeting allosteric sites could delay the emergence of drug resistance. In this study, we focussed on allosteric thumb site II of the non-structural protein NS5B RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and developed a five-feature pharmacophore hypothesis/model which estimated the experimental activity with a strong correlation of 0.971 & 0.944 for training and test sets, respectively. Further, the Güner-Henry score of 0.6 suggests that the model was able to discern the active and inactive compounds and enrich the true positives during a database search. In this study, database search and molecular docking results supported by experimental HCV viral replication inhibition assays suggested ligands with best fitness to the pharmacophore model dock to the key residues involved in thumbs site II, which inhibited the HCV 1b viral replication in sub-micro-molar range.
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- Amaravadhi Harikishore
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore, 637551, Singapore,
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Al-Ansary GH, Ismail MA, Abou El Ella DA, Eid S, Abouzid KA. Molecular design and synthesis of HCV inhibitors based on thiazolone scaffold. Eur J Med Chem 2013; 68:19-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2013.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2013] [Revised: 07/08/2013] [Accepted: 07/15/2013] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Dal H. 3-[(5-Chloro-2-hy-droxy-benzyl-idene)amino]-2-sulfanyl-idene-1,3-thia-zolidin-4-one. Acta Crystallogr Sect E Struct Rep Online 2013; 69:o1128. [PMID: 24046681 PMCID: PMC3770396 DOI: 10.1107/s1600536813016577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2013] [Accepted: 06/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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In the title compound, C10H7ClN2O2S2, the mean plane of the thioxo-thia-zolidine ring [maximum deviation = 0.032 (2) Å] is inclined to the benzene ring by 12.25 (4)°. There is a strong intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bond present. In the crystal, mol-ecules are linked via pairs of C-H⋯Cl hydrogen bonds, forming inversion dimers.
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- Hakan Dal
- Department of Chemistry, Anadolu University, 26470 Eskişehir, Turkey
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Küçükgüzel I, Satılmış G, Gurukumar KR, Basu A, Tatar E, Nichols DB, Talele TT, Kaushik-Basu N. 2-Heteroarylimino-5-arylidene-4-thiazolidinones as a new class of non-nucleoside inhibitors of HCV NS5B polymerase. Eur J Med Chem 2013; 69:931-41. [PMID: 24161679 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2013.08.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2013] [Revised: 08/27/2013] [Accepted: 08/31/2013] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B polymerase is an important and attractive target for the development of anti-HCV drugs. Here we report on the design, synthesis and evaluation of twenty-four novel allosteric inhibitors bearing the 4-thiazolidinone scaffold as inhibitors of HCV NS5B polymerase. Eleven compounds tested were found to inhibit HCV NS5B with IC₅₀ values ranging between 19.8 and 64.9 μM. Compound 24 was the most active of this series with an IC₅₀ of 5.6 μM. A number of these derivatives further exhibited strong inhibition against HCV 1b and 2a genotypes in cell based antiviral assays. Molecular docking analysis predicted that the thiazolidinone derivatives bind to the NS5B thumb pocket-II (TP-II). Our results suggest that further optimization of the thiazolidinone scaffold may be possible to yield new derivatives with improved enzyme- and cell-based activity.
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- Ilkay Küçükgüzel
- Marmara University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Haydarpaşa, 34668 İstanbul, Turkey.
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Beaulieu PL, Coulombe R, Duan J, Fazal G, Godbout C, Hucke O, Jakalian A, Joly MA, Lepage O, Llinàs-Brunet M, Naud J, Poirier M, Rioux N, Thavonekham B, Kukolj G, Stammers TA. Structure-based design of novel HCV NS5B thumb pocket 2 allosteric inhibitors with submicromolar gt1 replicon potency: discovery of a quinazolinone chemotype. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2013; 23:4132-40. [PMID: 23768906 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2013.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2013] [Revised: 05/02/2013] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We describe the structure-based design of a novel lead chemotype that binds to thumb pocket 2 of HCV NS5B polymerase and inhibits cell-based gt1 subgenomic reporter replicons at sub-micromolar concentrations (EC50<200nM). This new class of potent thumb pocket 2 inhibitors features a 1H-quinazolin-4-one scaffold derived from hybridization of a previously reported, low affinity thiazolone chemotype with our recently described anthranilic acid series. Guided by X-ray structural information, a key NS5B-ligand interaction involving the carboxylate group of anthranilic acid based inhibitors was replaced by a neutral two-point hydrogen bonding interaction between the quinazolinone scaffold and the protein backbone. The in vitro ADME and in vivo rat PK profile of representative analogs are also presented and provide areas for future optimization of this new class of HCV polymerase inhibitors.
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- Pierre L Beaulieu
- Medicinal Chemistry, Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd, Research and Development, 2100 Cunard Street, Laval, Quebec H7S 2G5, Canada.
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Martin KS, Soldi C, Candee KN, Wettersten HI, Weiss RH, Shaw JT. From bead to flask: Synthesis of a complex β-amido-amide for probe-development studies. Beilstein J Org Chem 2013; 9:260-4. [PMID: 23400429 PMCID: PMC3566855 DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.9.31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Accepted: 01/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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A concise synthesis of benzimidazole-substituted β-amido-amide LLW62 is presented. The original synthesis of compounds related to LLW62 was developed on Rink resin as part of a “one-bead, one-compound” combinatorial approach for on-bead screening purposes. The current synthesis is carried out in solution and is amenable to scale-up for follow-up studies on LLW62 and investigations of related structures. The key step involves the use of a β-amino acid-forming three-component reaction (3CR), the scope of which defines its role in the synthetic strategy.
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- Kevin S Martin
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA ; Comparative Pathology Graduate Group, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Haudecoeur R, Peuchmaur M, Ahmed-Belkacem A, Pawlotsky JM, Boumendjel A. Structure-Activity Relationships in the Development of Allosteric Hepatitis C Virus RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase Inhibitors: Ten Years of Research. Med Res Rev 2012; 33:934-84. [DOI: 10.1002/med.21271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Romain Haudecoeur
- Département de Pharmacochimie Moléculaire; Université de Grenoble/CNRS; UMR 5063, BP 53; 38041; Grenoble Cedex 9; France
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- Département de Pharmacochimie Moléculaire; Université de Grenoble/CNRS; UMR 5063, BP 53; 38041; Grenoble Cedex 9; France
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- Département de Pharmacochimie Moléculaire; Université de Grenoble/CNRS; UMR 5063, BP 53; 38041; Grenoble Cedex 9; France
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Allen FH, Groom CR, Liebeschuetz JW, Bardwell DA, Olsson TS, Wood PA. The Hydrogen Bond Environments of 1H-Tetrazole and Tetrazolate Rings: The Structural Basis for Tetrazole–Carboxylic Acid Bioisosterism. J Chem Inf Model 2012; 52:857-66. [DOI: 10.1021/ci200521k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Frank H. Allen
- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre,
12 Union Road,
Cambridge CB2 1EZ, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre,
12 Union Road,
Cambridge CB2 1EZ, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre,
12 Union Road,
Cambridge CB2 1EZ, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre,
12 Union Road,
Cambridge CB2 1EZ, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre,
12 Union Road,
Cambridge CB2 1EZ, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre,
12 Union Road,
Cambridge CB2 1EZ, United Kingdom
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Sofia MJ, Chang W, Furman PA, Mosley RT, Ross BS. Nucleoside, nucleotide, and non-nucleoside inhibitors of hepatitis C virus NS5B RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase. J Med Chem 2012; 55:2481-531. [PMID: 22185586 DOI: 10.1021/jm201384j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Michael J Sofia
- Pharmasset, Inc., 303A College Road East, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, United States.
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Rapp C, Kalyanaraman C, Schiffmiller A, Schoenbrun EL, Jacobson MP. A molecular mechanics approach to modeling protein-ligand interactions: relative binding affinities in congeneric series. J Chem Inf Model 2011; 51:2082-9. [PMID: 21780805 DOI: 10.1021/ci200033n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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We introduce the "Prime-ligand" method for ranking ligands in congeneric series. The method employs a single scoring function, the OPLS-AA/GBSA molecular mechanics/implicit solvent model, for all stages of sampling and scoring. We evaluate the method using 12 test sets of congeneric series for which experimental binding data is available in the literature, as well as the structure of one member of the series bound to the protein. Ligands are "docked" by superimposing a common stem fragment among the compounds in the series using a crystal complex from the Protein Data Bank and sampling the conformational space of the variable region. Our results show good correlation between our predicted rankings and the experimental data for cases in which binding affinities differ by at least 1 order of magnitude. For 11 out of 12 cases, >90% of such ligand pairs could be correctly ranked, while for the remaining case, Factor Xa, 76% of such pairs were correctly ranked. A small number of compounds could not be docked using the current protocol because of the large size of functional groups that could not be accommodated by a rigid receptor. CPU requirements for the method, involving CPU minutes per ligand, are modest compared with more rigorous methods that use similar force fields, such as free energy perturbation. We also benchmark the scoring function using series of ligands bound to the same protein within the CSAR data set. We demonstrate that energy minimization of ligands in the crystal structures is critical to obtain any correlation with experimentally determined binding affinities.
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- Chaya Rapp
- Department of Chemistry, Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, New York, New York, United States
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Allosteric inhibition of the hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase: in silico strategies for drug discovery and development. Future Med Chem 2011; 3:1027-55. [DOI: 10.4155/fmc.11.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Chronic infection by hepatitis C virus (HCV) often leads to severe liver disease including cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and liver failure. Despite it being more than 20 years since the identification of HCV, the current standard of care for treating the infection is based on aspecific therapy often associated with severe side effects and low-sustained virological response. Research is ongoing to develop new and better medications, including a broad range of allosteric NS5B polymerase inhibitors. This article reviews traditional computational methodologies and more recently developed in silico strategies aimed at identifying and optimizing non-nucleoside inhibitors targeting allosteric sites of HCV NS5B polymerase. The drug-discovery approaches reviewed could provide take-home lessons for general computer-aided research projects.
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Lin YT, Huang KJ, Tseng CK, Chen KJ, Wang HM, Lee JC. Efficient in silico assay of inhibitors of hepatitis C Virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase by structure-based virtual screening and in vitro evaluation. Assay Drug Dev Technol 2011; 9:290-8. [PMID: 21281131 DOI: 10.1089/adt.2010.0341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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To identify a new protective or therapeutic intervention for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, we performed efficient structure-based virtual screening to identify novel inhibitory agents for HCV. To this end, we selected NS5B, an RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), as the target for the treatment of HCV infection. To decipher the dockable nature of various RdRp X-ray crystals, we docked the crystal ligand (inhibitor) to the crystal receptor (enzyme). The accuracy of regeneration of the crystal pose indicates the amenability of the RdRp binding pocket for structure-based virtual screening. We also utilized a consensus scoring scheme to reduce false positives, thereby ensuring efficient virtual screening. In this study, each molecule that ranked in the top 1% among all screening molecules gained 1 consensus point in a scoring function. Thus, after virtual screening of 57,177 chemicals from the Maybridge Screening collection, 14 molecules gained 8 points across 11 scoring functions. One of them, an isoxazole, showed significant dose-dependent inhibition of HCV RdRp activity and replication. In this study, we have developed a structure-based virtual screening method using HCV RdRp for efficient identification of novel inhibitors.
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- Ying-Ting Lin
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan.
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Utczás M, Székely E, Tasnádi G, Monek É, Vida L, Forró E, Fülöp F, Simándi B. Kinetic resolution of 4-phenyl-2-azetidinone in supercritical carbon dioxide. J Supercrit Fluids 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2010.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Structure-based library design in efficient discovery of novel inhibitors. Methods Mol Biol 2011; 685:175-90. [PMID: 20981524 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-931-4_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Structure-based library design employs both structure-based drug design (SBDD) and combinatorial library design. Combinatorial library design concepts have evolved over the past decade, and this chapter covers several novel aspects of structure-based library design together with successful case studies in the anti-viral drug design HCV target area. Discussions include reagent selections, diversity library designs, virtual screening, scoring/ranking, and post-docking pose filtering, in addition to the considerations of chemistry synthesis. Validation criteria for a successful design include an X-ray co-crystal complex structure, in vitro biological data, and the number of compounds to be made, and these are addressed in this chapter as well.
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Musmuca I, Caroli A, Mai A, Kaushik-Basu N, Arora P, Ragno R. Combining 3-D quantitative structure-activity relationship with ligand based and structure based alignment procedures for in silico screening of new hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase inhibitors. J Chem Inf Model 2010; 50:662-76. [PMID: 20225870 DOI: 10.1021/ci9004749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The viral NS5B RNA-dependent RNA-polymerase (RdRp) is one of the best-studied and promising targets for the development of novel therapeutics against hepatitis C virus (HCV). Allosteric inhibition of this enzyme has emerged as a viable strategy toward blocking replication of viral RNA in cell based systems. Herein, we describe how the combination of a complete computational procedure together with biological studies led to the identification of novel molecular scaffolds, hitherto untested toward NS5B polymerase. Structure based 3-D quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models were generated employing NS5B non-nucleoside inhibitors (NNIs), whose bound conformations were readily available from the protein database (PDB). These were grouped into two training sets of structurally diverse NS5B NNIs, based on their binding to the enzyme thumb (15 NNIs) or palm (10 NNIs) domains. Ligand based (LB) and structure based (SB) alignments were rigorously investigated to assess the reliability on the correct molecular alignment for unknown binding mode modeled compounds. Both Surflex and Autodock programs were able to reproduce with minimal errors the experimental binding conformations of 24 experimental NS5B allosteric inhibitors. Eighty-one (thumb) and 223 (palm) modeled compounds taken from literature were LB and SB aligned and used as external validation sets for the development of 3-D QSAR models. Low error of prediction proved the 3-D QSARs to be useful scoring functions for the in silico screening procedure. Finally, the virtual screening of the NCI Diversity Set led to the selection for enzymatic assays of 20 top-scoring molecules for each final model. Among the 40 selected molecules, preliminary data yielded four derivatives exhibiting IC(50) values ranging between 45 and 75 microM. Binding mode analysis of hit compounds within the NS5B polymerase thumb domain showed that one of them, NSC 123526, exhibited a docked conformation which was in good agreement with the thumb training set most active compound (6).
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- Ira Musmuca
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Sapienza Universita di Roma, P le A Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Insuasty B, Gutiérrez A, Quiroga J, Abonia R, Nogueras M, Cobo J, Svetaz L, Raimondi M, Zacchino S. Fungicide activity of 5-(4-chlorobenzylidene)-(Z)-2-dimethylamino-1,3-thiazol-4-one against Cryptococcus neoformans. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2010; 343:48-53. [PMID: 19927310 DOI: 10.1002/ardp.200900187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The present work describes the synthesis and antifungal evaluation of new 5-arylidene-(Z)-2-dimethylamino-1,3-thiazol-4-ones 4a-f, obtained by the reaction of aromatic aldehydes 1 and rhodanine 2 followed by treatment with DMF. All compounds were tested against a panel of yeasts, hialohyphomycetes, and dermatophytes using the microbroth dilution method. Compounds 4a and 4c showed antifungal activity, with compound 4a being the most active one. Compound 4a demonstrated to be fungicidal rather than fungistatic and selective activity against Cryptococcus neoformans and dermatophytes. MIC(100), MIC(80), and MIC(50) of 4a were determined against a panel of clinical isolates of C. neoformans showing ranges of MICs between 2 and 16 microg/mL.
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- Braulio Insuasty
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó, Quibdó, Colombia.
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Tasnádi G, Forró E, Fülöp F. Burkholderia cepacia lipase is an excellent enzyme for the enantioselective hydrolysis of β-heteroaryl-β-amino esters. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2009.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Al-Sehemi AG, EL-Gogary TM. Geometry and thermodynamic stabilities of rhodanine tautomers and rotamers: Quantum chemical study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theochem.2009.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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An efficient new enzymatic method for the preparation of β-aryl-β-amino acid enantiomers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2008.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA) and comparative molecular similarity indices analysis (CoMSIA) of thiazolone derivatives as hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase allosteric inhibitors. J Comput Aided Mol Des 2008; 22:711-25. [DOI: 10.1007/s10822-008-9230-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2008] [Accepted: 07/13/2008] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A practical access to novel 2-amino-5-arylidene-1,3-thiazol-4(5H)-ones via sulfur/nitrogen displacement under solvent-free microwave irradiation. Tetrahedron Lett 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.06.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Louise-May S, Yang W, Nie X, Liu D, Deshpande MS, Phadke AS, Huang M, Agarwal A. Discovery of novel dialkyl substituted thiophene inhibitors of HCV by in silico screening of the NS5B RdRp. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2007; 17:3905-9. [PMID: 17512198 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.04.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2007] [Revised: 04/26/2007] [Accepted: 04/30/2007] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A novel 5,4-dialkyl substituted thiophene was discovered by in silico screening of the 3D polymerase crystal structure (1GX6) that demonstrated single digit micromolar HCV inhibition activity in the replicon assay and dose-dependent inhibition in the replicase complex assay. Subsequently, SAR was explored with a small set of dialkyl and tetrahydro-benzo thiophenes. Since these thiophenes inhibit synthesis of both, single- and double-stranded RNAs, their mechanism of action is distinct from other known HCV inhibitors.
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Yan S, Appleby T, Larson G, Wu JZ, Hamatake RK, Hong Z, Yao N. Thiazolone-acylsulfonamides as novel HCV NS5B polymerase allosteric inhibitors: Convergence of structure-based drug design and X-ray crystallographic study. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2007; 17:1991-5. [PMID: 17276060 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2007.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2006] [Revised: 01/04/2007] [Accepted: 01/08/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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A novel series of thiazolone-acylsulfonamides were designed as HCV NS5B polymerase allosteric inhibitors. The structure based drug designs (SBDD) were guided by docking results that revealed the potential to explore an additional pocket in the allosteric site. In particular, the designed molecules contain moieties of previously described thiazolone and a newly designed acylsulfonamide linker that is in turn connected with a substituted aromatic ring. The selected compounds were synthesized and demonstrated low muM activity. The X-ray complex structure was determined at a 2.2A resolution and converged with the SBDD principle.
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- Shunqi Yan
- Valeant Pharmaceutical Research & Development, 3300 Hyland Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92626, USA.
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Chapter 18 Recent Progress on Novel HCV Inhibitors. ANNUAL REPORTS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s0065-7743(07)42018-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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