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Saivish MV, Menezes GDL, da Silva RA, de Assis LR, Teixeira IDS, Fulco UL, Avilla CMS, Eberle RJ, Santos IDA, Korostov K, Webber ML, da Silva GCD, Nogueira ML, Jardim ACG, Regasin LO, Coronado MA, Pacca CC. Acridones as promising drug candidates against Oropouche virus. CURRENT RESEARCH IN MICROBIAL SCIENCES 2023; 6:100217. [PMID: 38234431 PMCID: PMC10792649 DOI: 10.1016/j.crmicr.2023.100217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
Abstract
Oropouche virus (OROV) is an emerging vector-borne arbovirus found in South America that causes Oropouche fever, a febrile infection similar to dengue fever. It has a high epidemic potential, causing illness in over 500,000 cases diagnosed since the virus was first discovered in 1955. Currently, the prevention of human viral infection depends on vaccination, but availability for many viruses is limited, and they are classified as neglected viruses. At present, there are no vaccines or antiviral treatments available. An alternative approach to limiting the spread of the virus is to selectively disrupt viral replication mechanisms. Here, we demonstrate the inhibitory effect of acridones, which efficiently inhibited viral replication by 99.9 % in vitro. To evaluate possible mechanisms of action, we conducted tests with dsRNA, an intermediate in virus replication, as well as MD simulations, docking, and binding free energy analysis. The results showed a strong interaction between FAC21 and the OROV endonuclease, which possibly limits the interaction of viral RNA with other proteins. Therefore, our results suggest a dual mechanism of antiviral action, possibly caused by ds-RNA intercalation. In summary, our findings demonstrate that a new generation of antiviral drugs could be developed based on the selective optimization of molecules.
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- Marielena Vogel Saivish
- Laboratório de Pesquisas em Virologia, Departamento de Doenças Dermatológicas, Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15090-000, Brazil
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- Unidade Especial de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Jataí, Jataí, GO 75801-615, Brazil
- Bioinformatics Multidisciplinary Environment, Programa de Pós-graduação em Bioinformática, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59078-400, RN, Brazil
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- Institute of Biosciences, Humanities and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15054-000, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pesquisas em Virologia, Departamento de Doenças Dermatológicas, Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15090-000, Brazil
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- Bioinformatics Multidisciplinary Environment, Programa de Pós-graduação em Bioinformática, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59078-400, RN, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pesquisas em Virologia, Departamento de Doenças Dermatológicas, Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15090-000, Brazil
- Institute of Biosciences, Humanities and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15054-000, Brazil
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing (IBI-7: Structural Biochemistry), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52428, Germany
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institute of Physical Biology, Universitätsstraße, Düsseldorf 40225, Germany
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia-MG 38405-302, Brazil
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing (IBI-7: Structural Biochemistry), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52428, Germany
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- Laboratório de Pesquisas em Virologia, Departamento de Doenças Dermatológicas, Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15090-000, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pesquisas em Virologia, Departamento de Doenças Dermatológicas, Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15090-000, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pesquisas em Virologia, Departamento de Doenças Dermatológicas, Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15090-000, Brazil
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- Institute of Biosciences, Humanities and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15054-000, Brazil
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia-MG 38405-302, Brazil
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- Institute of Biosciences, Humanities and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15054-000, Brazil
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- Institute of Biological Information Processing (IBI-7: Structural Biochemistry), Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich 52428, Germany
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- Laboratório de Pesquisas em Virologia, Departamento de Doenças Dermatológicas, Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15090-000, Brazil
- Institute of Biosciences, Humanities and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University, São José do Rio Preto, SP 15054-000, Brazil
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Das A, Debnath S, Hota P, Das T, Maiti DK. K 2CO 3-Catalyzed Dual C-C-Coupled Cyclization to 3-Amino-4-benzoylbiphenyls and In Situ I 2-Catalyzed C-N Bond Forming Annulation: A Metal-Free Synthesis of Arylacridones. J Org Chem 2023; 88:12986-12996. [PMID: 37659070 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c01010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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Unprecedented metal-free cyclization catalysis reactions are developed in a highly regioselective fashion to synthesize 3-amino-4-benzoyl biphenyls and arylacridones with high atom economy. Catalytic K2CO3 is utilized as the only reagent for the unusual rapid dual C-C-coupled cyclization between β-keto enamines and cinnamaldehydes to furnish the functionalized biphenyls. Its C(sp2)-H functionalized C-N bond-forming cyclization was performed in situ using molecular I2 as a catalyst to furnish valuable arylacridones. Plausible mechanisms for the new cyclization reactions are predicted by conducting various control experiments and ESI-MS analyses.
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- Aranya Das
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 92, A. P. C. Road, Kolkata 700009, India
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- Central Ayurveda Research Institute, CCRAS, Ministry of Ayush, Govt. of India, 4-CN Block, Bidhannagar, Sector-V, Kolkata 700091, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 92, A. P. C. Road, Kolkata 700009, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 92, A. P. C. Road, Kolkata 700009, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 92, A. P. C. Road, Kolkata 700009, India
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Meng Z, Zhao R, Li X, Ma C, Xie C. Synthesis of acridones through the ring expansion of isatins with arynes oxidated by O2 in air. Tetrahedron 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2022.133209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Rao S, Mahmoudi T. DEAD-ly Affairs: The Roles of DEAD-Box Proteins on HIV-1 Viral RNA Metabolism. Front Cell Dev Biol 2022; 10:917599. [PMID: 35769258 PMCID: PMC9234453 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2022.917599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Accepted: 05/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In order to ensure viral gene expression, Human Immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) recruits numerous host proteins that promote optimal RNA metabolism of the HIV-1 viral RNAs (vRNAs), such as the proteins of the DEAD-box family. The DEAD-box family of RNA helicases regulates multiple steps of RNA metabolism and processing, including transcription, splicing, nucleocytoplasmic export, trafficking, translation and turnover, mediated by their ATP-dependent RNA unwinding ability. In this review, we provide an overview of the functions and role of all DEAD-box family protein members thus far described to influence various aspects of HIV-1 vRNA metabolism. We describe the molecular mechanisms by which HIV-1 hijacks these host proteins to promote its gene expression and we discuss the implications of these interactions during viral infection, their possible roles in the maintenance of viral latency and in inducing cell death. We also speculate on the emerging potential of pharmacological inhibitors of DEAD-box proteins as novel therapeutics to control the HIV-1 pandemic.
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- Shringar Rao
- Department of Biochemistry, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- *Correspondence: Shringar Rao, ; Tokameh Mahmoudi,
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- Department of Biochemistry, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Pathology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- *Correspondence: Shringar Rao, ; Tokameh Mahmoudi,
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Abdelkrim YZ, Banroques J, Kyle Tanner N. Known Inhibitors of RNA Helicases and Their Therapeutic Potential. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2209:35-52. [PMID: 33201461 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0935-4_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
RNA helicases are proteins found in all kingdoms of life, and they are associated with all processes involving RNA from transcription to decay. They use NTP binding and hydrolysis to unwind duplexes, to remodel RNA structures and protein-RNA complexes, and to facilitate the unidirectional metabolism of biological processes. Viral, bacterial, and eukaryotic parasites have an intimate need for RNA helicases in their reproduction. Moreover, various disorders, like cancers, are often associated with a perturbation of the host's helicase activity. Thus, RNA helicases provide a rich source of targets for the development of therapeutic or prophylactic drugs. In this review, we provide an overview of the different targeting strategies against helicases, the different types of compounds explored, the proposed inhibitory mechanisms of the compounds on the proteins, and the therapeutic potential of these compounds in the treatment of various disorders.
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- Yosser Zina Abdelkrim
- Expression Génétique Microbienne, UMR8261 CNRS, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Université de Paris, Paris, France.,Molecular Epidemiology and Experimental Pathology (LR16IPT04), Institut Pasteur de Tunis/Université de Tunis el Manar, Tunis-Belvédère, Tunisia
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- Expression Génétique Microbienne, UMR8261 CNRS, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Université de Paris, Paris, France.,PSL Research University, Paris, France
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- Expression Génétique Microbienne, UMR8261 CNRS, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, Université de Paris, Paris, France.
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Wu J, Zhang J, Soto-Acosta R, Mao L, Lian J, Chen K, Pillon G, Zhang G, Geraghty RJ, Zheng S. One-Pot Synthesis of 1-Hydroxyacridones from para-Quinols and ortho-Methoxycarbonylaryl Isocyanates. J Org Chem 2020; 85:4515-4524. [PMID: 32070098 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.9b03307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A variety of substituted acridones were synthesized via a one-pot, metal-free cascade reaction. In this event, the DBU-mediated addition between quinols and ortho-methoxycarbonylaryl isocyanates formed a bicyclic oxazolidinone, followed by a sequence of intramolecular condensation, tautomerization, and decarboxylation, which led to the formation of acridones. The acridones showed mild activity against the human cytomegalovirus.
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- Jing Wu
- Department of Chemistry, Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States.,Ph.D. Program in Chemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States.,Ph.D. Program in Chemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States
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- Center for Drug Design, University of Minnesota, 312 Church Street SE, MMC 204, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Center for Drug Design, University of Minnesota, 312 Church Street SE, MMC 204, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- Ph.D. Program in Chemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States.,Department of Sciences, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 524 West 59th Street, New York, New York 10019, United States
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- Center for Drug Design, University of Minnesota, 312 Church Street SE, MMC 204, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States.,Ph.D. Program in Chemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, New York 10016, United States
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Wang Y, Xu C, Zhong B, Zhan D, Liu M, Gao D, Wang Y, Qin J. Comparative Proteomic Analysis of Histone Modifications upon Acridone Derivative 8a-Induced CCRF-CEM Cells by Data Independent Acquisition. J Proteome Res 2020; 19:819-831. [PMID: 31887055 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.9b00650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The lead compound acridone derivative 8a showed potent antiproliferative activity by inducing DNA damage through direct stacking with DNA bases and triggering ROS in CCRF-CEM cells. To define the chromatin alterations during DNA damage sensing and repair, a detailed quantitative map of single and coexisting histone post-translational modifications (PTMs) in CCRF-CEM cells affected by 8a was performed by the Data Independent Acquisition (DIA) method on QE-plus. A total of 79 distinct and 164 coexisting histone PTMs were quantified, of which 16 distinct histone PTMs were significantly altered when comparing 8a-treated cells with vehicle control cells. The changes in histone PTMs were confirmed by Western blotting analysis for three H3 and one H4 histone markers. The up-regulated dimethylation on H3K9, H3K36, and H4K20 implied that CCRF-CEM cells might accelerate DNA damage repair to counteract the DNA lesion induced by 8a, which was verified by an increment in the 53BP1 foci localization at the damaged DNA. Most of the significantly altered PTMs were involved in transcriptional regulation, including down-regulated acetylation on H3K18, H3K27, and H3K122, and up-regulated di- and trimethylation on H3K9 and H3K27. This transcription-silencing phenomenon was associated with G2/M cell cycle arrest after 8a treatment by flow cytometry. This study shows that the DIA proteomics strategy provides a sensitive and accurate way to characterize the coexisting histone PTMs changes and their cross-talk in CCRF-CEM cells after 8a treatment. Specifically, histone PTMs rearrange transcription-silencing, and cell cycle arrest DNA damage repair may contribute to the mechanism of epigenetic response affected by 8a.
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- Yini Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center , National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics , Beijing 102206 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center , National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics , Beijing 102206 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center , National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics , Beijing 102206 , China
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- The Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences , East China Normal University , Shanghai 200241 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center , National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics , Beijing 102206 , China
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- The State Key Laboratory Breeding Base-Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology , Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University , Shenzhen 518055 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center , National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics , Beijing 102206 , China.,Alkek Center for Molecular Discovery, Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology , Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , Texas 77030 , United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Beijing Proteome Research Center , National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics , Beijing 102206 , China.,Alkek Center for Molecular Discovery, Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology , Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , Texas 77030 , United States
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He Y, Xu L, Zhang J, Wei Y. Copper‐catalyzed synthesis of
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‐aryl acridones from 2‐amino benzophenones and aryl boronic acids via sequential double oxidative C–N coupling. Appl Organomet Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/aoc.5316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Yang He
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang BingtuanShihezi University Shihezi 832003 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang BingtuanShihezi University Shihezi 832003 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang BingtuanShihezi University Shihezi 832003 China
- Key Laboratory for Systems Bioengineering MOETianjin University Tianjin 300072 China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Chemical Engineering (Tianjin) Tianjin 300072 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering/Key Laboratory for Green Processing of Chemical Engineering of Xinjiang BingtuanShihezi University Shihezi 832003 China
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Wang R, Xu K, Shi W. Quinolone derivatives: Potential anti‐HIV agent—development and application. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 2019; 352:e1900045. [DOI: 10.1002/ardp.201900045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2019] [Revised: 04/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Ruo Wang
- College of ChemistryFuzhou University Fuzhou Fujian People's Republic of China
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- College of ChemistryFuzhou University Fuzhou Fujian People's Republic of China
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- College of ChemistryFuzhou University Fuzhou Fujian People's Republic of China
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Hibbard HAJ, Reynolds MM. Fluorescent nitric oxide donor for the detection and killing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Mater Chem B 2019; 7:2009-2018. [PMID: 32254805 DOI: 10.1039/c8tb02552e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The epidemic of multidrug-resistant bacteria calls for the improvement of both detection methods for bacterial infections and methods of treatment. Nitric oxide is a known potent antibacterial agent, but due to its gaseous and highly reactive nature, it is difficult to incorporate into a stable antibacterial compound. In this paper, we synthesize a nitric oxide donor attached to a fluorescent compound, creating a material that can both detect and kill the deadly multi-drug resistant bacteria strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Detection occurs through a bacterial enzyme-activated color change, showing a clear and obvious change from blue to yellow under UV light. The synthesized compound spontaneously releases 853 μmol of nitric oxide/g from a 10 mM initial concentration. Antibacterial efficacy studies after exposing Pseudomonas aeruginosa to a 10 mM dose of the synthesized compound show a 55-75% reduction in bacteria after 24 hours. This work is the first instance of a small molecule dual-function material that can both detect and kill bacteria.
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- Hailey A J Hibbard
- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA.
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Campos GRF, Bittar C, Jardim ACG, Shimizu JF, Batista MN, Paganini ER, Ribeiro de Assis L, Bartlett C, Harris M, da Silva Bolzani V, Regasini LO, Rahal P. Hepatitis C virus in vitro replication is efficiently inhibited by acridone Fac4. J Gen Virol 2017; 98:1693-1701. [PMID: 28699869 PMCID: PMC7615702 DOI: 10.1099/jgv.0.000808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) affects about 170 million people worldwide. The current treatment has a high cost and variable response rates according to the virus genotype. Acridones, a group of compounds extracted from natural sources, showed potential antiviral actions against HCV. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the effect of a panel of 14 synthetic acridones on the HCV life cycle. The compounds were screened using an Huh7.5 cell line stably harbouring the HCV genotype 2a subgenomic replicon SGR-Feo-JFH-1. Cells were incubated in the presence or absence of compounds for 72 h and cell viability and replication levels were assessed by MTT and luciferase assays, respectively. At a concentration of 5 µM the acridone Fac4 exhibited a >90 % inhibition of HCV replication with no effect on cell viability. The effects of Fac4 on virus replication, entry and release steps were evaluated in Huh7.5 cells infected with the JFH-1 isolate of HCV (HCVcc). Fac4 inhibited JFH-1 replication to approximately 70 %, while no effect was observed on virus entry. The antiviral activity of Fac4 was also observed on viral release, with almost 80 % of inhibition. No inhibitory effect was observed against genotype 3 replication. Fac4 was able to intercalate into dsRNA, however did not inhibit NS5B polymerase activity or translation driven by the HCV IRES. Although its mode of action is partly understood, Fac4 presents significant inhibition of HCV replication and can therefore be considered as a candidate for the development of a future anti-HCV treatment.
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- Institute of Bioscience, Language and Exact Science, IBILCE, UNESP – São Paulo State University, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Biomedical Science, ICBIM, UFU – Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
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- Institute of Bioscience, Language and Exact Science, IBILCE, UNESP – São Paulo State University, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Bioscience, Language and Exact Science, IBILCE, UNESP – São Paulo State University, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Bioscience, Language and Exact Science, IBILCE, UNESP – São Paulo State University, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Bioscience, Language and Exact Science, IBILCE, UNESP – São Paulo State University, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Institute of Bioscience, Language and Exact Science, IBILCE, UNESP – São Paulo State University, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
- Institute of Chemistry, São Paulo State University, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Bioscience, Language and Exact Science, IBILCE, UNESP – São Paulo State University, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brazil
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Feng M, Tang B, Wang N, Xu H, Jiang X. Ligand Controlled Regiodivergent C
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Insertion on Arynes for Construction of Phenanthridinone and Acridone Alkaloids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015; 54:14960-4. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201508340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Minghao Feng
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663N, Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062 (P.R. China)
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663N, Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062 (P.R. China)
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663N, Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062 (P.R. China)
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Cai Lun Lu 1200, Shanghai, 201203 (P.R. China)
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663N, Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062 (P.R. China)
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento‐organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, (P.R. China)
- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai (P.R. China)
- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Cai Lun Lu 1200, Shanghai, 201203 (P.R. China)
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Feng M, Tang B, Wang N, Xu H, Jiang X. Ligand Controlled Regiodivergent C
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Insertion on Arynes for Construction of Phenanthridinone and Acridone Alkaloids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201508340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Minghao Feng
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663N, Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062 (P.R. China)
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663N, Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062 (P.R. China)
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663N, Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062 (P.R. China)
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Cai Lun Lu 1200, Shanghai, 201203 (P.R. China)
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, 3663N, Zhongshan Road, Shanghai, 200062 (P.R. China)
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento‐organic Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, (P.R. China)
- State Key Laboratory of Organometallic Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai (P.R. China)
- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Cai Lun Lu 1200, Shanghai, 201203 (P.R. China)
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Goodrich S, Patel M, Woydziak ZR. Synthesis of a Fluorescent Acridone using a Grignard Addition, Oxidation, and Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Reaction Sequence. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION 2015; 92:1221-1225. [PMID: 27681671 PMCID: PMC5036523 DOI: 10.1021/ed5009574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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A three-pot synthesis oriented for an undergraduate organic chemistry laboratory was developed to construct a fluorescent acridone molecule. This laboratory experiment utilizes Grignard addition to an aldehyde, alcohol oxidation, and iterative nucleophilic aromatic substitution steps to produce the final product. Each of the intermediates and the acridone product of the synthesis are analyzed by common techniques available in most undergraduate chemistry laboratories, such as melting point, TLC, IR spectroscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, and fluorescence spectroscopy. Yields for each transformation in the synthesis are generally moderately low to good (20-90%) and nearly all of the students (>90%) who attempted the synthesis were able to produce the final acridone product.
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Mazzucco MB, Talarico LB, Vatansever S, Carro AC, Fascio ML, D'Accorso NB, García CC, Damonte EB. Antiviral activity of an N-allyl acridone against dengue virus. J Biomed Sci 2015; 22:29. [PMID: 25908170 PMCID: PMC4407772 DOI: 10.1186/s12929-015-0134-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2014] [Accepted: 04/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background Dengue virus (DENV), a member of the family Flaviviridae, is at present the most widespread causative agent of a human viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes. Despite the increasing incidence of this pathogen, there are no antiviral drugs or vaccines currently available for treatment or prevention. In a previous screening assay, we identified a group of N-allyl acridones as effective virus inhibitors. Here, the antiviral activity and mode of action targeted to viral RNA replication of one of the most active DENV-2 inhibitors was further characterized. Results The compound 10-allyl-7-chloro-9(10H)-acridone, designated 3b, was active to inhibit the in vitro infection of Vero cells with the four DENV serotypes, with effective concentration 50% (EC50) values in the range 12.5-27.1 μM, as determined by virus yield inhibition assays. The compound was also effective in human HeLa cells. No cytotoxicity was detected at 3b concentrations up to 1000 μM. Mechanistic studies demonstrated that virus entry into the host cell was not affected, whereas viral RNA synthesis was strongly inhibited, as quantified by real time RT-PCR. The addition of exogenous guanosine together with 3b rescued only partially the infectivity of DENV-2. Conclusions The acridone derivative 3b selectively inhibits the infection of Vero cells with the four DENV serotypes without a direct interaction with the host cell or the virion but interfering specifically with the intracellular virus multiplication. The mode of antiviral action for this acridone apparently involves the cellular enzyme inosine-monophospahe dehydrogenase together with another still unidentified target related to DENV RNA synthesis.
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- María B Mazzucco
- Laboratorio de Virología, Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UBA, Ciudad Universitaria, Piso 4, Buenos Aires, Pabellón, 1428, Argentina. .,Present address: Laboratorio de Reproducción y Metabolismo, Facultad de Medicina, CEFYBO-CONICET, UBA, Buenos Aires, 1121, Argentina.
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- Laboratorio de Virología, Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UBA, Ciudad Universitaria, Piso 4, Buenos Aires, Pabellón, 1428, Argentina. .,Present address: Fundación Infant, Buenos Aires, 1406, Argentina.
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- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Koc University, Rumelifener yolu, Istanbul, Sarıyer, 34450, Turke.
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- Laboratorio de Virología, Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UBA, Ciudad Universitaria, Piso 4, Buenos Aires, Pabellón, 1428, Argentina. .,IQUIBICEN-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- CIHIDECAR (CONICET), Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UBA, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón 2, Piso 3, Buenos Aires, 1428, Argentina.
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- CIHIDECAR (CONICET), Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UBA, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón 2, Piso 3, Buenos Aires, 1428, Argentina.
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- Laboratorio de Virología, Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UBA, Ciudad Universitaria, Piso 4, Buenos Aires, Pabellón, 1428, Argentina. .,IQUIBICEN-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Laboratorio de Virología, Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, UBA, Ciudad Universitaria, Piso 4, Buenos Aires, Pabellón, 1428, Argentina. .,IQUIBICEN-Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Huang C, Yan SJ, Zeng XH, Sun B, Lan MB, Lin J. Synthesis and evaluation of the antitumor activity of polyhalo acridone derivatives. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra12354a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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A series of polyhalo acridone heterocyclic compounds were synthesized and evaluated for theirin vitroantitumor activity. Compounds4d,4o,5jand5kshowed good antineoplastic selectivity.
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- Chao Huang
- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource (Yunnan University)
- Ministry Education
- School of Chemical Science and Technology
- Yunnan University
- Kunming
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource (Yunnan University)
- Ministry Education
- School of Chemical Science and Technology
- Yunnan University
- Kunming
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource (Yunnan University)
- Ministry Education
- School of Chemical Science and Technology
- Yunnan University
- Kunming
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry and Research Centre of Analysis and Test
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- P. R. China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry and Research Centre of Analysis and Test
- East China University of Science and Technology
- Shanghai 200237
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry for Natural Resource (Yunnan University)
- Ministry Education
- School of Chemical Science and Technology
- Yunnan University
- Kunming
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Docking studies of Pakistani HCV NS3 helicase: a possible antiviral drug target. PLoS One 2014; 9:e106339. [PMID: 25188400 PMCID: PMC4154687 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2014] [Accepted: 07/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The nonstructural protein 3 (NS3) of hepatitis C virus (HCV) helicase is believed to be essential for viral replication and has become an attractive target for the development of antiviral drugs. The study of helicase is useful for elucidating its involvement in positive sense single-stranded RNA virus replication and to serve as templates for the design of novel antiviral drugs. In recent years, several models have been proposed on the conformational change leading to protein movement and RNA unwinding. Some compounds have been recently reported to inhibit the helicase and these include small molecules, RNA aptamers and antibodies. The current study is designed to help gain insights for the consideration of potential inhibitors for Pakistani HCV NS3 helicase protein. We have cloned, expressed and purified HCV NS3 helicase from Pakistani HCV serum samples and determined its 3D structure and employed it further in computational docking analysis to identify inhibitors against HCV genotype 3a (GT3a),including six antiviral key molecules such as quercetin, beta-carotene, resveratrol, catechins, lycopene and lutein. The conformation obtained after docking showed good hydrogen bond (HBond) interactions with best docking energy for quercetin and catechins followed by resveratrol and lutein. These anti-helicase key molecules will offer an alternative attraction to target the viral helicase, due to the current limitation with the interferon resistance treatment and presences of high rate of resistance in anti-protease inhibitor classes.
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Donalisio M, Massari S, Argenziano M, Manfroni G, Cagno V, Civra A, Sabatini S, Cecchetti V, Loregian A, Cavalli R, Lembo D, Tabarrini O. Ethyl 1,8-Naphthyridone-3-carboxylates Downregulate Human Papillomavirus-16 E6 and E7 Oncogene Expression. J Med Chem 2014; 57:5649-63. [DOI: 10.1021/jm500340h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Manuela Donalisio
- Department
of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, 10043 Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department
of Drug Science and Technology, University of Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department
of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, 10043 Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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- Department
of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, 10043 Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department
of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy
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- Department
of Drug Science and Technology, University of Torino, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Department
of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, 10043 Orbassano, Torino, Italy
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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Manfroni G, Cannalire R, Barreca ML, Kaushik-Basu N, Leyssen P, Winquist J, Iraci N, Manvar D, Paeshuyse J, Guhamazumder R, Basu A, Sabatini S, Tabarrini O, Danielson UH, Neyts J, Cecchetti V. The versatile nature of the 6-aminoquinolone scaffold: identification of submicromolar hepatitis C virus NS5B inhibitors. J Med Chem 2013; 57:1952-63. [PMID: 24131104 DOI: 10.1021/jm401362f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have previously reported that the 6-aminoquinolone chemotype is a privileged scaffold to obtain antibacterial and antiviral agents. Herein we describe the design, synthesis, and enzymatic and cellular characterization of new 6-aminoquinolone derivatives as potent inhibitors of NS5B polymerase, an attractive and viable therapeutic target to develop safe anti-HCV agents. The 6-amino-7-[4-(2-pyridinyl)-1-piperazinyl]quinolone derivative 8 proved to be the best compound of this series, exhibiting an IC50 value of 0.069 μM against NS5B polymerase and selective antiviral effect (EC50 = 3.03 μM) coupled with the absence of any cytostatic effect (CC50 > 163 μM; SI > 54) in Huh 9-13 cells carrying a HCV genotype 1b, as measured by MTS assay. These results indicate that the 6-aminoquinolone scaffold is worthy of further investigation in the context of NS5B-targeted HCV drug discovery programs.
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- Giuseppe Manfroni
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologia del Farmaco, Università degli Studi di Perugia , Via del Liceo 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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Hepatitis C virus NS3 inhibitors: current and future perspectives. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:467869. [PMID: 24282816 PMCID: PMC3825274 DOI: 10.1155/2013/467869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2013] [Accepted: 09/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Currently, hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is considered a serious health-care problem all over the world. A good number of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) against HCV infection are in clinical progress including NS3-4A protease inhibitors, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase inhibitors, and NS5A inhibitors as well as host targeted inhibitors. Two NS3-4A protease inhibitors (telaprevir and boceprevir) have been recently approved for the treatment of hepatitis C in combination with standard of care (pegylated interferon plus ribavirin). The new therapy has significantly improved sustained virologic response (SVR); however, the adverse effects associated with this therapy are still the main concern. In addition to the emergence of viral resistance, other targets must be continually developed. One such underdeveloped target is the helicase portion of the HCV NS3 protein. This review article summarizes our current understanding of HCV treatment, particularly with those of NS3 inhibitors.
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Kobayashi K, Nakagawa K, Yuba S, Komatsu T. Synthesis of 10-Aryl- and 10-(Arylmethyl)acridin-9(10H)-onesviathe Reaction of (2-Fluorophenyl)(2-halophenyl)methanones with Benzenamines and Arylmethanamines. Helv Chim Acta 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/hlca.201200343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Barreca ML, Manfroni G, Leyssen P, Winquist J, Kaushik-Basu N, Paeshuyse J, Krishnan R, Iraci N, Sabatini S, Tabarrini O, Basu A, Danielson UH, Neyts J, Cecchetti V. Structure-based discovery of pyrazolobenzothiazine derivatives as inhibitors of hepatitis C virus replication. J Med Chem 2013; 56:2270-82. [PMID: 23409936 DOI: 10.1021/jm301643a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The NS5B RNA-dependent RNA polymerase is an attractive target for the development of novel and selective inhibitors of hepatitis C virus replication. To identify novel structural hits as anti-HCV agents, we performed structure-based virtual screening of our in-house library followed by rational drug design, organic synthesis, and biological testing. These studies led to the identification of pyrazolobenzothiazine scaffold as a suitable template for obtaining novel anti-HCV agents targeting the NS5B polymerase. The best compound of this series was the meta-fluoro-N-1-phenyl pyrazolobenzothiazine derivative 4a, which exhibited an EC50 = 3.6 μM, EC90 = 25.6 μM, and CC50 > 180 μM in the Huh 9-13 replicon system, thus providing a good starting point for further hit evolution.
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- Maria Letizia Barreca
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologia del Farmaco, Sezione di Chimica Farmaceutica II, Università degli Studi di Perugia, Via del Liceo 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy.
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Huang J, Wan C, Xu MF, Zhu Q. Synthesis of 10-Methylacridin-9(10H)-ones through Cu-Catalyzed Intramolecular Oxidative C(sp2)-H Amination of 2-(Methylamino)benzophenones. European J Org Chem 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201201748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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VERMA RAMANK, KUMAR VIJAY, GHOSH PRITHWISH, WADHWA LALITK. Heterocyclyl linked anilines and benzaldehydes as precursors for biologically significant new chemical entities. J CHEM SCI 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s12039-012-0298-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Linero FN, Sepúlveda CS, Giovannoni F, Castilla V, García CC, Scolaro LA, Damonte EB. Host cell factors as antiviral targets in arenavirus infection. Viruses 2012; 4:1569-91. [PMID: 23170173 PMCID: PMC3499820 DOI: 10.3390/v4091569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2012] [Revised: 08/31/2012] [Accepted: 09/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Among the members of the Arenaviridae family, Lassa virus and Junin virus generate periodic annual outbreaks of severe human hemorrhagic fever (HF) in endemic areas of West Africa and Argentina, respectively. Given the human health threat that arenaviruses represent and the lack of a specific and safe chemotherapy, the search for effective antiviral compounds is a continuous demanding effort. Since diverse host cell pathways and enzymes are used by RNA viruses to fulfill their replicative cycle, the targeting of a host process has turned an attractive antiviral approach in the last years for many unrelated virus types. This strategy has the additional benefit to reduce the serious challenge for therapy of RNA viruses to escape from drug effects through selection of resistant variants triggered by their high mutation rate. This article focuses on novel strategies to identify inhibitors for arenavirus therapy, analyzing the potential for antiviral developments of diverse host factors essential for virus infection.
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- Florencia N Linero
- Laboratorio de Virología, Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires/IQUIBICEN (CONICET), Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón 2, Piso 4, Buenos Aires 1428, Argentina.
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Mukherjee S, Hanson AM, Shadrick WR, Ndjomou J, Sweeney NL, Hernandez JJ, Bartczak D, Li K, Frankowski KJ, Heck JA, Arnold LA, Schoenen FJ, Frick DN. Identification and analysis of hepatitis C virus NS3 helicase inhibitors using nucleic acid binding assays. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:8607-21. [PMID: 22740655 PMCID: PMC3458564 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Typical assays used to discover and analyze small molecules that inhibit the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 helicase yield few hits and are often confounded by compound interference. Oligonucleotide binding assays are examined here as an alternative. After comparing fluorescence polarization (FP), homogeneous time-resolved fluorescence (HTRF®; Cisbio) and AlphaScreen® (Perkin Elmer) assays, an FP-based assay was chosen to screen Sigma’s Library of Pharmacologically Active Compounds (LOPAC) for compounds that inhibit NS3-DNA complex formation. Four LOPAC compounds inhibited the FP-based assay: aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) (IC50 = 1.4 μM), suramin sodium salt (IC50 = 3.6 μM), NF 023 hydrate (IC50 = 6.2 μM) and tyrphostin AG 538 (IC50 = 3.6 μM). All but AG 538 inhibited helicase-catalyzed strand separation, and all but NF 023 inhibited replication of subgenomic HCV replicons. A counterscreen using Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) revealed that none of the new HCV helicase inhibitors were specific for NS3h. However, when the SSB-based assay was used to analyze derivatives of another non-specific helicase inhibitor, the main component of the dye primuline, it revealed that some primuline derivatives (e.g. PubChem CID50930730) are up to 30-fold more specific for HCV NS3h than similarly potent HCV helicase inhibitors.
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- Sourav Mukherjee
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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RNA helicases unwind their RNA substrates in an ATP-dependent reaction, and are central to all cellular processes involving RNA. They have important roles in viral life cycles, where RNA helicases are either virus-encoded or recruited from the host. Vertebrate RNA helicases sense viral infections, and trigger the innate antiviral immune response. RNA helicases have been implicated in protozoic, bacterial and fungal infections. They are also linked to neurological disorders, cancer, and aging processes. Genome-wide studies continue to identify helicase genes that change their expression patterns after infection or disease outbreak, but the mechanism of RNA helicase action has been defined for only a few diseases. RNA helicases are prognostic and diagnostic markers and suitable drug targets, predominantly for antiviral and anti-cancer therapies. This review summarizes the current knowledge on RNA helicases in infection and disease, and their growing potential as drug targets.
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- Lenz Steimer
- University of Muenster, Institute for Physical Chemistry, Muenster, Germany
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Mastrangelo E, Pezzullo M, De Burghgraeve T, Kaptein S, Pastorino B, Dallmeier K, de Lamballerie X, Neyts J, Hanson AM, Frick DN, Bolognesi M, Milani M. Ivermectin is a potent inhibitor of flavivirus replication specifically targeting NS3 helicase activity: new prospects for an old drug. J Antimicrob Chemother 2012; 67:1884-94. [PMID: 22535622 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dks147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 266] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Infection with yellow fever virus (YFV), the prototypic mosquito-borne flavivirus, causes severe febrile disease with haemorrhage, multi-organ failure and a high mortality. Moreover, in recent years the Flavivirus genus has gained further attention due to re-emergence and increasing incidence of West Nile, dengue and Japanese encephalitis viruses. Potent and safe antivirals are urgently needed. METHODS Starting from the crystal structure of the NS3 helicase from Kunjin virus (an Australian variant of West Nile virus), we identified a novel, unexploited protein site that might be involved in the helicase catalytic cycle and could thus in principle be targeted for enzyme inhibition. In silico docking of a library of small molecules allowed us to identify a few selected compounds with high predicted affinity for the new site. Their activity against helicases from several flaviviruses was confirmed in in vitro helicase/enzymatic assays. The effect on the in vitro replication of flaviviruses was then evaluated. RESULTS Ivermectin, a broadly used anti-helminthic drug, proved to be a highly potent inhibitor of YFV replication (EC₅₀ values in the sub-nanomolar range). Moreover, ivermectin inhibited, although less efficiently, the replication of several other flaviviruses, i.e. dengue fever, Japanese encephalitis and tick-borne encephalitis viruses. Ivermectin exerts its effect at a timepoint that coincides with the onset of intracellular viral RNA synthesis, as expected for a molecule that specifically targets the viral helicase. CONCLUSIONS The well-tolerated drug ivermectin may hold great potential for treatment of YFV infections. Furthermore, structure-based optimization may result in analogues exerting potent activity against flaviviruses other than YFV.
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- Eloise Mastrangelo
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy
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Woydziak ZR, Fu L, Peterson BR. Synthesis of fluorinated benzophenones, xanthones, acridones, and thioxanthones by iterative nucleophilic aromatic substitution. J Org Chem 2011; 77:473-81. [PMID: 22111869 DOI: 10.1021/jo202062f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Fluorination of fluorophores can substantially enhance their photostability and improve spectroscopic properties. To facilitate access to fluorinated fluorophores, bis(2,4,5-trifluorophenyl)methanone was synthesized by treatment of 2,4,5-trifluorobenzaldehyde with a Grignard reagent derived from 1-bromo-2,4,5-trifluorobenzene, followed by oxidation of the resulting benzyl alcohol. This hexafluorobenzophenone was subjected to sequential nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions, first at one or both of the more reactive 4,4'-fluorines, and second by cyclization through substitution of the less reactive 2,2'-fluorines, using a variety of oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur nucleophiles, including hydroxide, methoxide, amines, and sulfide. This method yields symmetrical and asymmetrical fluorinated benzophenones, xanthones, acridones, and thioxanthones and provides scalable access to known and novel precursors to fluorinated analogues of fluorescein, rhodamine, and other derivatives. Spectroscopic studies revealed that several of these precursors are highly fluorescent, with tunable absorption and emission spectra, depending on the substituents. This approach should allow access to a wide variety of novel fluorinated fluorophores and related compounds.
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- Zachary R Woydziak
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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Sepúlveda CS, García CC, Fascio ML, D'Accorso NB, Docampo Palacios ML, Pellón RF, Damonte EB. Inhibition of Junin virus RNA synthesis by an antiviral acridone derivative. Antiviral Res 2011; 93:16-22. [PMID: 22027649 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2011.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2011] [Revised: 09/06/2011] [Accepted: 10/07/2011] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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There are no specific approved drugs for the treatment of agents of viral hemorrhagic fevers (HF) and antiviral therapies against these viruses are urgently needed. The present study characterizes the potent and selective antiviral activity against the HF causing arenavirus Junin virus (JUNV) of the compound 10-allyl-6-chloro-4-methoxy-9(10H)-acridone, designated 3f. The effectiveness of 3f to inhibit JUNV multiplication was not importantly affected by the initial multiplicity of infection, with similar effective concentration 50% (EC(50)) values in virus yield inhibition assays performed in Vero cells in the range of 0.2-40 plaque forming units (PFU)/cell. Mechanistic studies demonstrated that 3f did not affect the initial steps of adsorption and internalization. The subsequent process of viral RNA synthesis was strongly inhibited, as quantified by real time RT-PCR in compound-treated cells relative to non-treated cells. The addition of exogenous guanosine rescued the infectivity and RNA synthesis of JUNV in 3f-treated cells in a dose-dependent manner, but the reversal was partial, suggesting that the reduction of the GTP pool contributed to the antiviral activity of 3f, but it was not the main operative mechanism. The comparison of 3f with two other viral RNA inhibitors, ribavirin and mycophenolic acid, showed that ribavirin did not act against JUNV through the cellular enzyme inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) inhibition whereas the anti-JUNV activity of mycophenolic acid was mainly targeted at this enzyme.
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- Claudia S Sepúlveda
- Laboratorio de Virología, Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón 2, Piso 4, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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The use of Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship models to address problems in drug discovery has a mixed history, generally resulting from the misapplication of QSAR models that were either poorly constructed or used outside of their domains of applicability. This situation has motivated the development of a variety of model performance metrics (r(2), PRESS r(2), F-tests, etc.) designed to increase user confidence in the validity of QSAR predictions. In a typical workflow scenario, QSAR models are created and validated on training sets of molecules using metrics such as Leave-One-Out or many-fold cross-validation methods that attempt to assess their internal consistency. However, few current validation methods are designed to directly address the stability of QSAR predictions in response to changes in the information content of the training set. Since the main purpose of QSAR is to quickly and accurately estimate a property of interest for an untested set of molecules, it makes sense to have a means at hand to correctly set user expectations of model performance. In fact, the numerical value of a molecular prediction is often less important to the end user than knowing the rank order of that set of molecules according to their predicted end point values. Consequently, a means for characterizing the stability of predicted rank order is an important component of predictive QSAR. Unfortunately, none of the many validation metrics currently available directly measure the stability of rank order prediction, making the development of an additional metric that can quantify model stability a high priority. To address this need, this work examines the stabilities of QSAR rank order models created from representative data sets, descriptor sets, and modeling methods that were then assessed using Kendall Tau as a rank order metric, upon which the Shannon entropy was evaluated as a means of quantifying rank-order stability. Random removal of data from the training set, also known as Data Truncation Analysis (DTA), was used as a means for systematically reducing the information content of each training set while examining both rank order performance and rank order stability in the face of training set data loss. The premise for DTA ROE model evaluation is that the response of a model to incremental loss of training information will be indicative of the quality and sufficiency of its training set, learning method, and descriptor types to cover a particular domain of applicability. This process is termed a "rank order entropy" evaluation or ROE. By analogy with information theory, an unstable rank order model displays a high level of implicit entropy, while a QSAR rank order model which remains nearly unchanged during training set reductions would show low entropy. In this work, the ROE metric was applied to 71 data sets of different sizes and was found to reveal more information about the behavior of the models than traditional metrics alone. Stable, or consistently performing models, did not necessarily predict rank order well. Models that performed well in rank order did not necessarily perform well in traditional metrics. In the end, it was shown that ROE metrics suggested that some QSAR models that are typically used should be discarded. ROE evaluation helps to discern which combinations of data set, descriptor set, and modeling methods lead to usable models in prioritization schemes and provides confidence in the use of a particular model within a specific domain of applicability.
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Tonelli M, Vettoretti G, Tasso B, Novelli F, Boido V, Sparatore F, Busonera B, Ouhtit A, Farci P, Blois S, Giliberti G, La Colla P. Acridine derivatives as anti-BVDV agents. Antiviral Res 2011; 91:133-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2011.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2011] [Revised: 04/29/2011] [Accepted: 05/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Richard A. Bunce
- a Department of Chemistry , Oklahoma State University , Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.A
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- a Department of Chemistry , Oklahoma State University , Stillwater, Oklahoma, U.S.A
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Hwu JR, Lin SY, Tsay SC, De Clercq E, Leyssen P, Neyts J. Coumarin−Purine Ribofuranoside Conjugates as New Agents against Hepatitis C Virus. J Med Chem 2011; 54:2114-26. [DOI: 10.1021/jm101337v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Jih Ru Hwu
- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30013, R.O.C
- Department of Chemistry, National Central University, Jhongli City, Taiwan 32001, R.O.C
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30013, R.O.C
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- Department of Chemistry, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30013, R.O.C
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Kesel AJ. Broad-spectrum antiviral activity including human immunodeficiency and hepatitis C viruses mediated by a novel retinoid thiosemicarbazone derivative. Eur J Med Chem 2011; 46:1656-64. [PMID: 21376429 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2011.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2010] [Revised: 02/06/2011] [Accepted: 02/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Aromatic aldehyde-derived thiosemicarbazones 4-6, the S-substituted modified thiosemicarbazones 7/8, and a vitamin A-derived (retinoid) thiosemicarbazone derivative 12 were investigated as inhibitors of human hepatitis C virus (HCV) subgenomic RNA replicon Huh7 ET (luc-ubi-neo/ET) replication. Compounds 4-6 and 12 were found to be potent suppressors of HCV RNA replicon replication. The trifluoromethoxy-substituted thiosemicarbazone 6 and the retinoid thiosemicarbazone derivative 12 were even superior in selectivity to the included reference agent recombinant human alpha-interferon-2b, showing potencies in the nanomolar range of concentration. In addition, compounds 5, 6, 8 and 12 were tested as inhibitors of cytopathic effect (CPE) induced by human varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and/or human cytomegalovirus (HCMV). Compounds 4-6, 8 and 12 were additionally examined as inhibitors of CPE induced by cowpox virus and vaccinia virus. Thiosemicarbazone 4 was inhibitory on cowpox and vaccinia virus replication comparable in potency and selectivity to the reference agent cidofovir. Retinoid thiosemicarbazone derivative 12 was active as micromolar inhibitor of VZV, HCMV, and, in addition, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication. These results indicate that thiosemicarbazone derivatives are appropriate lead structures to be evaluated in targeted antiviral therapies for hepatitis C (STAT-C), and that the vitamin A-related thiosemicarbazone derivative 12 emerges as a broad-spectrum antiviral agent, co-suppressing the multiplication of important RNA and DNA viruses.
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Briguglio I, Piras S, Corona P, Carta A. Inhibition of RNA Helicases of ssRNA(+) Virus Belonging to Flaviviridae, Coronaviridae and Picornaviridae Families. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY 2010; 2011:213135. [PMID: 27516903 PMCID: PMC4970650 DOI: 10.1155/2011/213135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2010] [Revised: 10/03/2010] [Accepted: 10/25/2010] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Many viral pathogens encode the motor proteins named RNA helicases which display various functions in genome replication. General strategies to design specific and selective drugs targeting helicase for the treatment of viral infections could act via one or more of the following mechanisms: inhibition of the NTPase activity, by interferences with ATP binding and therefore by limiting the energy required for the unwinding and translocation, or by allosteric mechanism and therefore by stabilizing the conformation of the enzyme in low helicase activity state; inhibition of nucleic acids binding to the helicase; inhibition of coupling of ATP hydrolysis to unwinding; inhibition of unwinding by sterically blocking helicase translocation. Recently, by in vitro screening studies, it has been reported that several benzotriazole, imidazole, imidazodiazepine, phenothiazine, quinoline, anthracycline, triphenylmethane, tropolone, pyrrole, acridone, small peptide, and Bananin derivatives are endowed with helicase inhibition of pathogen viruses belonging to Flaviviridae, Coronaviridae, and Picornaviridae families.
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- Irene Briguglio
- Department of Medicinal and Toxicological Chemistry, University of Sassari, Via Muroni 23/a, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Medicinal and Toxicological Chemistry, University of Sassari, Via Muroni 23/a, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Medicinal and Toxicological Chemistry, University of Sassari, Via Muroni 23/a, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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- Department of Medicinal and Toxicological Chemistry, University of Sassari, Via Muroni 23/a, 07100 Sassari, Italy
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DEAD-box RNA helicases play various, often critical, roles in all processes where RNAs are involved. Members of this family of proteins are linked to human disease, including cancer and viral infections. DEAD-box proteins contain two conserved domains that both contribute to RNA and ATP binding. Despite recent advances the molecular details of how these enzymes convert chemical energy into RNA remodeling is unknown. We present crystal structures of the isolated DEAD-domains of human DDX2A/eIF4A1, DDX2B/eIF4A2, DDX5, DDX10/DBP4, DDX18/myc-regulated DEAD-box protein, DDX20, DDX47, DDX52/ROK1, and DDX53/CAGE, and of the helicase domains of DDX25 and DDX41. Together with prior knowledge this enables a family-wide comparative structural analysis. We propose a general mechanism for opening of the RNA binding site. This analysis also provides insights into the diversity of DExD/H- proteins, with implications for understanding the functions of individual family members.
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Putic A, Stecher L, Prinz H, Müller K. Structure-activity relationship studies of acridones as potential antipsoriatic agents. 2. Synthesis and antiproliferative activity of 10-substituted hydroxy-10H-acridin-9-ones against human keratinocyte growth. Eur J Med Chem 2010; 45:5345-52. [PMID: 20850910 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2010.08.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2010] [Revised: 08/25/2010] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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A series of 10-substituted hydroxy-10H-acridin-9-ones were synthesized and studied as potential antipsoriatic agents. The antiproliferative activity of the novel derivatives, which can be considered as aza-analogues of the antipsoriatic drug anthralin, was determined using the human keratinocyte cell line HaCaT. Structure-activity relationships with respect to the nature of the N-substituent at the acridone scaffold were delineated. Release of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) was used to exclude non-specific cytotoxic effects. As compared to anthralin, N-substitution of the acridone scaffold in the target compounds provided agents devoid of radical producing properties, which was documented by their ineffectiveness to interact with the free radical 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl. This was in excellent agreement with the data obtained from the LDH assay in which the novel compounds did not induce membrane damage. Benzyl substitution at the 10-position yielded keratinocyte growth inhibitory activity in the low micromolar range. The most potent inhibitor of keratinocyte hyperproliferation was compound 8a having an N-methyl group and a 1,3-dihydroxy arrangement at the acridone scaffold, with an IC(50) value comparable to that of anthralin.
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- Aleksandar Putic
- Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Westphalian Wilhelms-University, Hittorfstraße 58-62, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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Gao C, Liu F, Luan X, Tan C, Liu H, Xie Y, Jin Y, Jiang Y. Novel synthetic 2-amino-10-(3,5-dimethoxy)benzyl-9(10H)-acridinone derivatives as potent DNA-binding antiproliferative agents. Bioorg Med Chem 2010; 18:7507-14. [PMID: 20863710 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2010.08.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2010] [Revised: 08/26/2010] [Accepted: 08/28/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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A series of novel 9(10H)-acridinone derivatives with terminal amino substituents at C2 position on the acridinone ring were synthesized and studied for their antiproliferative activity and underlying mechanisms. These compounds demonstrated promising cytotoxicity to leukemia cells CCRF-CEM, displaying IC(50) values in the low micromolar range. Structure-activity relationships (SAR) indicated that the compound 6d bearing a pyrrolidine substituent and 8a with a methyl ammonium side chain displayed higher cytotoxicity to CCRF-CEM cells and also solid tumor cells A549, HepG2, and MCF7. Furthermore, the compounds 6d and 8a had strong binding activity to calf thymus DNA (ct DNA), as detected by UV absorption and fluorescence quenching assays, but limited inhibitory activity to human topoisomerase 1 (topo 1). Taken together, this study discovered a series of new synthetic 9(10H)-acridinone derivatives with potent DNA binding and anticancer activity.
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- Chunmei Gao
- The Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, The Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen 518055, PR China
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Lemon SM, McKeating JA, Pietschmann T, Frick DN, Glenn JS, Tellinghuisen TL, Symons J, Furman PA. Development of novel therapies for hepatitis C. Antiviral Res 2010; 86:79-92. [PMID: 20417376 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2010.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2010] [Revised: 01/30/2010] [Accepted: 02/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The current standard of care for the treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a combination of pegylated IFN and ribavirin (Peg-IFN/RBV). Because of the adverse effects associated with both IFN and ribavirin and because Peg-IFN/RBV provides only about a 45-50% sustained virological response (SVR, undetectable HCV RNA for greater than 24 weeks after cessation of therapy) in genotype 1-infected individuals, there is a need for more potent anti-HCV compounds with fewer adverse effects. The twenty-first International Conference on Antiviral Research held in May 2009 in Miami Beach, Florida, featured a special session focused on novel targets for HCV therapy. The session included presentations by world-renowned experts in HCV virology and covered a diverse array of potential targets for the development of new classes of HCV therapies. This review contains concise summaries of discussed topics that included the innate immune response, virus entry, the NS2 protease, the NS3 helicase, NS4B, and NS5A. Each presenter discussed the current knowledge of these targets and provided examples of recent scientific breakthroughs that are enhancing our understanding of these targets. As our understanding of the role of these novel anti-HCV targets increases so will our ability to discover new, more safe and effective anti-HCV therapies.
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- Stanley M Lemon
- Center for Hepatitis Research, Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA
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Huang C, Yan SJ, Li YM, Huang R, Lin J. Synthesis of polyhalo acridones as pH-sensitive fluorescence probes. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2010; 20:4665-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.05.101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2010] [Revised: 05/10/2010] [Accepted: 05/27/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Stankiewicz-Drogoń A, Dörner B, Erker T, Boguszewska-Chachulska AM. Synthesis of new acridone derivatives, inhibitors of NS3 helicase, which efficiently and specifically inhibit subgenomic HCV replication. J Med Chem 2010; 53:3117-26. [PMID: 20337460 DOI: 10.1021/jm901741p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A new goup of acridone derivatives, obtained by reaction of acridone-4-carboxylic acid derivatives with aromatic amines, was tested to determine the inhibitory properties toward the NS3 helicase of hepatitis C virus (HCV). Six compounds inhibited the NS3 helicase at low concentrations (IC(50) from 1.5 to 20 microM). The acridone derivatives probably act via intercalation into double-stranded nucleic acids with a strong specificity for double-stranded RNA, although an interaction with the enzyme cannot be excluded. Testing in the subgenomic HCV replicon system revealed that compounds 10 and 13 are efficient RNA replication inhibitors, with EC(50) of 3.5 and 1 microM and therapeutic indexes of >28 and 20, respectively. Compound 16, with EC(50) < 1 microM and TI > 1000, is extremely specific and practically noncytotoxic at the concentrations tested, proving that the acridone derivatives may be regarded as potential antiviral agents. Although the mechanism of action of 16 in the replicon system remains unclear, it is the key lead compound for further development of anti-HCV drugs.
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Belon CA, High YD, Lin TI, Pauwels F, Frick DN. Mechanism and specificity of a symmetrical benzimidazolephenylcarboxamide helicase inhibitor. Biochemistry 2010; 49:1822-32. [PMID: 20108979 DOI: 10.1021/bi901974a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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This study examines the effects of 1-N,4-N-bis[4-(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)phenyl]benzene-1,4-dicarboxamide ((BIP)(2)B) on the NS3 helicase encoded by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Molecular beacon-based helicase assays were used to show that (BIP)(2)B inhibits the ability of HCV helicase to separate a variety of RNA and DNA duplexes with half-maximal inhibitory concentrations ranging from 0.7 to 5 microM, depending on the nature of the substrate. In single turnover assays, (BIP)(2)B only inhibited unwinding reactions when it was preincubated with the helicase-nucleic acid complex. (BIP)(2)B quenched NS3 intrinsic protein fluorescence with an apparent dissociation constant of 5 microM, and in the presence of (BIP)(2)B, HCV helicase did not appear to interact with a fluorescent DNA oligonucleotide. In assays monitoring HCV helicase-catalyzed ATP hydrolysis, (BIP)(2)B only inhibited helicase-catalyzed ATP hydrolysis in the presence of intermediate concentrations of RNA, suggesting RNA and (BIP)(2)B compete for the same binding site. HCV helicases isolated from various HCV genotypes were similarly sensitive to (BIP)(2)B, with half-maximal inhibitory concentrations ranging from 0.7 to 2.4 microM. (BIP)(2)B also inhibited ATP hydrolysis catalyzed by related helicases from Dengue virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, and humans. (BIP)(2)B appeared to bind the HCV and human proteins with similar affinity (K(i) = 7 and 8 microM, respectively), but it bound the flavivirus proteins up to 270 times more tightly. Results are discussed in light of a molecular model of a (BIP)(2)B-HCV helicase complex, which is unable to bind nucleic acid, thus preventing the enzyme from separating double-stranded nucleic acid.
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- Craig A Belon
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA
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Delang L, Coelmont L, Neyts J. Antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus: beyond the standard of care. Viruses 2010; 2:826-866. [PMID: 21994657 PMCID: PMC3185663 DOI: 10.3390/v2040826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2009] [Revised: 03/09/2010] [Accepted: 03/17/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) represents a major health burden, with an estimated 180 million chronically infected individuals worldwide. These patients are at increased risk of developing liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. Infection with HCV is the leading cause of liver transplantation in the Western world. Currently, the standard of care (SoC) consists of pegylated interferon alpha (pegIFN-α) and ribavirin (RBV). However this therapy has a limited efficacy and is associated with serious side effects. Therefore more tolerable, highly potent inhibitors of HCV replication are urgently needed. Both Specifically Targeted Antiviral Therapy for HCV (STAT-C) and inhibitors that are believed to interfere with the host-viral interaction are discussed.
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- Rega Institute for Medical Research, KULeuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; E-Mails: (L.D.); (L.C.)
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von Hahn T, Steinmann E, Ciesek S, Pietschmann T. Know your enemy: translating insights about the molecular biology of hepatitis C virus into novel therapeutic approaches. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2010; 4:63-79. [PMID: 20136590 DOI: 10.1586/egh.09.74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Identified in 1989 as the cause of what was then known as hepatitis non-A non-B, the hepatitis C virus (HCV) continues to be a significant global public health threat, given that an estimated 123 million individuals are chronically infected and, thus, at risk for cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. After 20 years of basic and clinical research into HCV infection, the backbone of therapy has remained interferon, a drug that - in a different formulation - was already being employed before HCV was even identified. Nonetheless, research has overcome many obstacles that stood in the way of studying this pre-eminent human pathogen. Hard-won insights into its molecular biology have identified promising therapeutic targets, and we are now on the verge of an era where rationally designed therapeutics, also referred to as specifically targeted antiviral therapy for HCV, will reshape the treatment of hepatitis C. This article describes recent insights on the molecular biology of HCV and the efforts to translate them into clinical applications.
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- Thomas von Hahn
- Division of Experimental Virology, Twincore, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint venture between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) & the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) causes significant morbidity and mortality worldwide with nearly 3% of the world population infected by this virus. Fortunately, this virus does not establish latency, and hence it may be possible to eradicate it. HCV is strongly associated with liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma and is currently treated with pegylated interferon-alpha (peg-IFN-alpha) and ribavirin. Unfortunately, these limited treatment options often produce significant side effects, and currently, complete eradication of virus with combined drug modalities has not yet been achieved for the majority of chronically HCV-infected individuals. Restricted treatment options, lack of a universal cure for HCV and the link between chronic infection, liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma necessitate design of novel drugs and treatment options. Understanding the relationship between the immune response, viral clearance and inhibition of viral replication with pharmacology-based design can ultimately allow for complete eradication of HCV. This review focuses upon significant novel preclinical and clinical specifically targeted antiviral therapy (STAT-C) drugs under development, highlights their mechanism of action, and discusses their impact on systemic viral loads and permanent clearance of infection.
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- R F Schinazi
- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Veterans Affairs Medical Center/Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Current HCV therapy presents many side effects, is inadequate in treating all patients infected with the disease, and it is likely that future therapy will involve the specific targeting of multiple viral enzymes. The HCV NS2/3 protease is a dimeric autocatalytic protease that cleaves the viral polyprotein between NS2 and NS3. NS2/3 cleavage has been shown to be absolutely required for genome replication and viral infectivity in a chimpanzee and, therefore, NS2/3 has been suggested to be a promising target for future HCV drug development. This article focuses on the characterization of NS2/3 processing, the methods developed and progress achieved towards the generation of NS2/3 cleavage inhibitors. The challenges involved in developing active site inhibitors of this enzyme, as well as alternative approaches to inhibiting HCV replication through the NS2/3 and NS2 proteins, are also discussed.
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- Sarah Welbourn
- Goodman Cancer Centre & Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3A 1A3
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- Goodman Cancer Centre & Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Cancer Pavilion, room 618, 1160 av. des Pins Ouest, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3A 1A3
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