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Mesaros EF, Dugan BJ, Gao M, Sheraz M, McGovern-Gooch K, Xu F, Fan KY, Nguyen D, Kultgen SG, Lindstrom A, Stever K, Tercero B, Binder RJ, Liu F, Micolochick Steuer HM, Mani N, Harasym TO, Thi EP, Cuconati A, Dorsey BD, Cole AG, Lam AM, Sofia MJ. Discovery of C-Linked Nucleoside Analogues with Antiviral Activity against SARS-CoV-2. ACS Infect Dis 2024; 10:1780-1792. [PMID: 38651692 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.4c00122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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The recent COVID-19 pandemic underscored the limitations of currently available direct-acting antiviral treatments against acute respiratory RNA-viral infections and stimulated major research initiatives targeting anticoronavirus agents. Two novel nsp5 protease (MPro) inhibitors have been approved, nirmatrelvir and ensitrelvir, along with two existing nucleos(t)ide analogues repurposed as nsp12 polymerase inhibitors, remdesivir and molnupiravir, but a need still exists for therapies with improved potency and systemic exposure with oral dosing, better metabolic stability, and reduced resistance and toxicity risks. Herein, we summarize our research toward identifying nsp12 inhibitors that led to nucleoside analogues 10e and 10n, which showed favorable pan-coronavirus activity in cell-infection screens, were metabolized to active triphosphate nucleotides in cell-incubation studies, and demonstrated target (nsp12) engagement in biochemical assays.
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- Eugen F Mesaros
- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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- Arbutus Biopharma, Inc., 701 Veterans Circle, Warminster, Pennsylvania 18974, United States
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Martino SD, Petri GL, De Rosa M. Hepatitis C: The Story of a Long Journey through First, Second, and Third Generation NS3/4A Peptidomimetic Inhibitors. What Did We Learn? J Med Chem 2024; 67:885-921. [PMID: 38179950 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.3c01971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2024]
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Hepatitis C viral (HCV) infection is the leading cause of liver failure and still represents a global health burden. Over the past decade, great advancements made HCV curable, and sustained viral remission significantly improved to more than 98%. Historical treatment with pegylated interferon alpha and ribavirin has been displaced by combinations of direct-acting antivirals. These regimens include drugs targeting different stages of the HCV life cycle. However, the emergence of viral resistance remains a big concern. The design of peptidomimetic inhibitors (PIs) able to fit and fill the conserved substrate envelope region within the active site helped avoid contact with the vulnerable sites of the most common resistance-associated substitutions Arg155, Ala156, and Asp168. Herein, we give an overview of HCV NS3 PIs discovered during the past decade, and we deeply discuss the rationale behind the structural optimization efforts essential to achieve pangenotypic activity.
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- Simona Di Martino
- Drug Discovery Unit, Medicinal Chemistry Group, Ri.MED Foundation, Palermo 90133, Italy
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Medicinal Chemistry Group, Ri.MED Foundation, Palermo 90133, Italy
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- Drug Discovery Unit, Medicinal Chemistry Group, Ri.MED Foundation, Palermo 90133, Italy
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Mosayebnia M, Hajiagha Bozorgi A, Rezaeianpour M, Kobarfard F. In silico prediction of SARS-CoV-2 main protease and polymerase inhibitors: 3D-Pharmacophore modelling. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2022; 40:6569-6586. [PMID: 33599180 PMCID: PMC7898304 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2021.1886991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The outbreak of the second severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) known as COVID-19 has caused global concern. No effective vaccine or treatment to control the virus has been approved yet. Social distancing and precautionary protocols are still the only way to prevent person-to-person transmission. We hope to identify anti-COVID-19 activity of the existing drugs to overcome this pandemic as soon as possible. The present study used HEX and AutoDock Vina softwares to predict the affinity of about 100 medicinal structures toward the active site of 3-chymotrypsin-like protease (3Clpro) and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp), separately. Afterwards, MOE software and the pharmacophore-derived query methodology were employed to determine the pharmacophore model of their inhibitors. Tegobuvir (19) and compound 45 showed the best binding affinity toward RdRp and 3Clpro of SARS-CoV-2 in silico, respectively. Tegobuvir -previously applied for hepatitis C virus- formed highly stable complex with uncommon binding pocket of RdRp (E total: -707.91 Kcal/mol) in silico. In addition to compound 45, tipranavir (28) and atazanavir (26) as FDA-approved HIV protease inhibitors were tightly interacted with the active site of SARS-CoV-2 main protease as well. Based on pharmacophore modelling, a good structural pattern for potent candidates against SARS-CoV-2 main enzymes is suggested. Re-tasking or taking inspiration from the structures of tegobuvir and tipranavir can be a proper approach toward coping with the COVID-19 in the shortest possible time and at the lowest cost.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Mona Mosayebnia
- Department of Radiopharmacy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alborz University of Medical Sciences, Karaj, Iran
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- Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberclosis and Lung Diseases (NRTLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Radiopharmacy and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Liu H, Yang W, Zheng S, He Y, Wang G, Qin H, Zhu F, Jiang X, Shen J, Gong X. Stereoselective Synthesis of 2-Deoxy-2-disubstituted ribonolactones Through a TiCl4-Mediated Evans-Aldol Reaction. Tetrahedron Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2022.153728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Remdesivir (RDV; GS-5734, Veklury), the first FDA-approved antiviral to treat COVID-19, is a single-diastereomer monophosphoramidate prodrug of an adenosine analogue. RDV is taken up in the target cells and metabolized in multiple steps to form the active nucleoside triphosphate (TP) (GS-443902), which, in turn, acts as a potent and selective inhibitor of multiple viral RNA polymerases. In this report, we profiled the key enzymes involved in the RDV metabolic pathway with multiple parallel approaches: (i) bioinformatic analysis of nucleoside/nucleotide metabolic enzyme mRNA expression using public human tissue and lung single-cell bulk mRNA sequence (RNA-seq) data sets, (ii) protein and mRNA quantification of enzymes in human lung tissue and primary lung cells, (iii) biochemical studies on the catalytic rate of key enzymes, (iv) effects of specific enzyme inhibitors on the GS-443902 formation, and (v) the effects of these inhibitors on RDV antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 in cell culture. Our data collectively demonstrated that carboxylesterase 1 (CES1) and cathepsin A (CatA) are enzymes involved in hydrolyzing RDV to its alanine intermediate MetX, which is further hydrolyzed to the monophosphate form by histidine triad nucleotide-binding protein 1 (HINT1). The monophosphate is then consecutively phosphorylated to diphosphate and triphosphate by cellular phosphotransferases. Our data support the hypothesis that the unique properties of RDV prodrug not only allow lung-specific accumulation critical for the treatment of respiratory viral infection such as COVID-19 but also enable efficient intracellular metabolism of RDV and its MetX to monophosphate and successive phosphorylation to form the active TP in disease-relevant cells.
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Li D, Hu J, Li D, Yang W, Yin SF, Qiu R. Reviews on Biological Activity, Clinical Trial and Synthesis Progress of Small Molecules for the Treatment of COVID-19. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2021; 379:4. [PMID: 33428032 PMCID: PMC7797499 DOI: 10.1007/s41061-020-00318-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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COVID-19 has broken out rapidly in nearly all countries worldwide, and has blossomed into a pandemic. Since the beginning of the spread of COVID-19, many scientists have been cooperating to study a vast array of old drugs and new clinical trial drugs to discover potent drugs with anti-COVID-19 activity, including antiviral drugs, antimalarial drugs, immunosuppressants, Chinese medicines, Mpro inhibitors, JAK inhibitors, etc. The most commonly used drugs are antiviral compounds, antimalarial drugs and JAK inhibitors. In this review, we summarize mainly the antimalarial drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, the antiviral drugs Favipiravir and Remdesivir, and JAK inhibitor Ruxolitinib, discussing their biological activities, clinical trials and synthesis progress.
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- Dingzhong Li
- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Modern Economy and Trade, Hunan Vocational College of Engineering, Changsha, 410151, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, People's Republic of China.
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Bagdi AK, Pattanayak P, Paul S, Mitra M, Choudhuri T, Sheikh AS. Application of Conjugated Carbonyls in the Synthesis of Heterocycles via Oxidative Cycloaddition and Cyclization Reactions. Adv Synth Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/adsc.202000970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Avik Kumar Bagdi
- Department of Chemistry University of Kalyani Kalyani 741235 India
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- Department of Chemistry University of Kalyani Kalyani 741235 India
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- Department of Chemistry University of Kalyani Kalyani 741235 India
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Xie X, Muruato AE, Zhang X, Lokugamage KG, Fontes-Garfias CR, Zou J, Liu J, Ren P, Balakrishnan M, Cihlar T, Tseng CTK, Makino S, Menachery VD, Bilello JP, Shi PY. A nanoluciferase SARS-CoV-2 for rapid neutralization testing and screening of anti-infective drugs for COVID-19. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5214. [PMID: 33060595 PMCID: PMC7567097 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19055-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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A high-throughput platform would greatly facilitate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) serological testing and antiviral screening. Here we present a high-throughput nanoluciferase severe respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2-Nluc) that is genetically stable and replicates similarly to the wild-type virus in cell culture. SARS-CoV-2-Nluc can be used to measure neutralizing antibody activity in patient sera within 5 hours, and it produces results in concordance with a plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT). Additionally, using SARS-CoV-2-Nluc infection of A549 cells expressing human ACE2 receptor (A549-hACE2), we show that the assay can be used for antiviral screening. Using the optimized SARS-CoV-2-Nluc assay, we evaluate a panel of antivirals and other anti-infective drugs, and we identify nelfinavir, rupintrivir, and cobicistat as the most selective inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2-Nluc (EC50 0.77 to 2.74 µM). In contrast, most of the clinically approved antivirals, including tenofovir alafenamide, emtricitabine, sofosbuvir, ledipasvir, and velpatasvir were inactive at concentrations up to 10 µM. Collectively, this high-throughput platform represents a reliable tool for rapid neutralization testing and antiviral screening for SARS-CoV-2.
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Grants
- R01 AI134907 NIAID NIH HHS
- R00 AG049092 NIA NIH HHS
- UL1 TR001439 NCATS NIH HHS
- U19 AI100625 NIAID NIH HHS
- TL1 TR001440 NCATS NIH HHS
- R01 AI114657 NIAID NIH HHS
- U19 AI142759 NIAID NIH HHS
- R24 AI120942 NIAID NIH HHS
- R01 AI146081 NIAID NIH HHS
- R43 AI145617 NIAID NIH HHS
- A.E.M. is supported by a Clinical and Translational Science Award NRSA (TL1) Training Core (TL1TR001440) from NIH. C.R.F.-G. is supported by the predoctoral fellowship from the McLaughlin Fellowship Endowment at UTMB. S.M. was supported by NIH grants AI114657 and AI146081. V.D.M. was supported by NIH grants U19AI100625, R00AG049092, R24AI120942, and STARs Award from the University of Texas System. P.-Y.S. was supported by NIH grants AI142759, AI134907, AI145617, and UL1TR001439, and awards from the Sealy & Smith Foundation, Kleberg Foundation, John S. Dunn Foundation, Amon G. Carter Foundation, Gilson Longenbaugh Foundation, and Summerfield Robert Foundation.
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- Xuping Xie
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
- Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
- Institute for Human Infections and Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
- Sealy Institute for Vaccine Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
- Sealy Center for Structural Biology & Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
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Dasari M, Ma P, Pelly SC, Sharma SK, Liotta DC. Synthesis and biological evaluation of 5'-C-methyl nucleotide prodrugs for treating HCV infections. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2020; 30:127539. [PMID: 32919013 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2020] [Revised: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Nucleotide prodrugs are of great clinical interest for treating a variety of viral infections due to their ability to target tissues selectively and to deliver relatively high concentrations of the active nucleotide metabolite intracellularly. However, their clinical successes have been limited, oftentimes due to unwanted in vivo metabolic processes that reduce the quantities of nucleoside triphosphate that reach the site of action. In an attempt to circumvent this, we designed novel nucleosides that incorporate a sterically bulky group at the 5'-carbon of the phosphoester prodrug, which we reasoned would reduce the amounts of non-productive PO bond cleavage back to the corresponding nucleoside by nucleotidases. Molecular docking studies with the NS5B HCV polymerase suggested that a nucleotide containing a 5'-methyl group could be accommodated. Therefore, we synthesized mono- and diphosphate prodrugs of 2',5'-C-dimethyluridine stereoselectively and evaluated their cytotoxicity and anti-HCV activity in the HCV replicon assay. All four prodrugs exhibited anti-HCV activity with IC50 values in the single digit micromolar concentrations, with the 5'(R)-C-methyl prodrug displaying superior potency relative to its 5'(S)-C-methyl counterpart. However, when compared to the unmethylated prodrug, the potency is poorer. The poorer potency of these prodrugs may be due to unfavorable steric interactions of the 5'-C-methyl group in the active sites of the kinases that catalyze the formation of active triphosphate metabolite.
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- Madhuri Dasari
- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1521 Dickey Drive NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1521 Dickey Drive NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1521 Dickey Drive NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1521 Dickey Drive NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, 1521 Dickey Drive NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States.
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Mei H, Han J, White S, Graham DJ, Izawa K, Sato T, Fustero S, Meanwell NA, Soloshonok VA. Tailor-Made Amino Acids and Fluorinated Motifs as Prominent Traits in Modern Pharmaceuticals. Chemistry 2020; 26:11349-11390. [PMID: 32359086 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202000617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2020] [Revised: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Structural analysis of modern pharmaceutical practices allows for the identification of two rapidly growing trends: the introduction of tailor-made amino acids and the exploitation of fluorinated motifs. Curiously, the former represents one of the most ubiquitous classes of naturally occurring compounds, whereas the latter is the most xenobiotic and comprised virtually entirely of man-made derivatives. Herein, 39 selected compounds, featuring both of these traits in the same molecule, are profiled. The total synthesis, source of the corresponding amino acids and fluorinated residues, and medicinal chemistry aspects and biological properties of the molecules are discussed.
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- Haibo Mei
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, P.R. China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, P.R. China
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- Oakwood Chemical, Inc., 730 Columbia Hwy. N, Estill, SC, 29918, USA
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- Oakwood Chemical, Inc., 730 Columbia Hwy. N, Estill, SC, 29918, USA
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- Hamari Chemicals Ltd., 1-4-29 Kunijima, Higashi-Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, 533-0024, Japan
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- Hamari Chemicals Ltd., 1-4-29 Kunijima, Higashi-Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, 533-0024, Japan
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica, Universidad de Valencia, 46100, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Small Molecule Drug Discovery, Bristol-Myers Squibb Research and Development, P.O. Box 4000, Princeton, NJ, 08543-4000, USA
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- Department of Organic Chemistry I, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Paseo Manuel Lardizábal 3, 20018, San Sebastián, Spain.,IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, María Díaz de Haro 3, Plaza Bizkaia, 48013, Bilbao, Spain
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Xie X, Muruato AE, Zhang X, Lokugamage KG, Fontes-Garfias CR, Zou J, Liu J, Ren P, Balakrishnan M, Cihlar T, Tseng CTK, Makino S, Menachery VD, Bilello JP, Shi PY. A nanoluciferase SARS-CoV-2 for rapid neutralization testing and screening of anti-infective drugs for COVID-19. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2020. [PMID: 32607511 DOI: 10.1101/2020.06.22.165712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
A high-throughput platform would greatly facilitate COVID-19 serological testing and antiviral screening. Here we report a nanoluciferase SARS-CoV-2 (SARS-CoV-2-Nluc) that is genetically stable and replicates similarly to the wild-type virus in cell culture. We demonstrate that the optimized reporter virus assay in Vero E6 cells can be used to measure neutralizing antibody activity in patient sera and produces results in concordance with a plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT). Compared with the low-throughput PRNT (3 days), the SARS-CoV-2-Nluc assay has substantially shorter turnaround time (5 hours) with a high-throughput testing capacity. Thus, the assay can be readily deployed for large-scale vaccine evaluation and neutralizing antibody testing in humans. Additionally, we developed a high-throughput antiviral assay using SARS-CoV-2-Nluc infection of A549 cells expressing human ACE2 receptor (A549-hACE2). When tested against this reporter virus, remdesivir exhibited substantially more potent activity in A549-hACE2 cells compared to Vero E6 cells (EC 50 0.115 vs 1.28 μM), while this difference was not observed for chloroquine (EC 50 1.32 vs 3.52 μM), underscoring the importance of selecting appropriate cells for antiviral testing. Using the optimized SARS-CoV-2-Nluc assay, we evaluated a collection of approved and investigational antivirals and other anti-infective drugs. Nelfinavir, rupintrivir, and cobicistat were identified as the most selective inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2-Nluc (EC 50 0.77 to 2.74 μM). In contrast, most of the clinically approved antivirals, including tenofovir alafenamide, emtricitabine, sofosbuvir, ledipasvir, and velpatasvir were inactive at concentrations up to 10 μM. Collectively, this high-throughput platform represents a reliable tool for rapid neutralization testing and antiviral screening for SARS-CoV-2.
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Pan Z, Song C, Zhou W, Cui DM, Zhang C. Synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a][1,3,5]triazines by NBS-mediated coupling of 2-amino-1,3,5-triazines with 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds. NEW J CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/c9nj05794c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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An efficient NBS-promoted synthesis of substituted imidazo[1,2-a][1,3,5]triazines under mild conditions has been developed.
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- Zexi Pan
- College of Pharmaceutical Science
- Zhejiang University of Technology
- Hangzhou 310014
- China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science
- Zhejiang University of Technology
- Hangzhou 310014
- China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science
- Zhejiang University of Technology
- Hangzhou 310014
- China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science
- Zhejiang University of Technology
- Hangzhou 310014
- China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310058
- China
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Abdeen AM, Essawy T, Mohammed SS. Effect of Sofosbuvir Administration and Its Withdrawal on the Submandibular Salivary Gland of Adult Male Albino Rats: A Histological and Ultra-Structural Study. Open Access Maced J Med Sci 2019; 7:4101-4109. [PMID: 32165960 PMCID: PMC7061369 DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2019.868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Revised: 11/24/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND: Sofosbuvir (SOF) was approved in 2013 as a part of first-line treatment for hepatitis C virus (HCV); it has activity against all genotypes with extrahepatic adverse effects have recently arisen. AIM: Investigating sofosbuvir-induced alterations in the rat submandibular salivary gland (SMSG). METHODS: A group of 80 adult albino rats weighing about ± 150 gm were used in the experiment. The rats were divided into 3 groups: Group I (control group) received distilled water, Group II (experimental group) divided into 2 subgroups and received SOF 40 mg/kg/day dissolved in distilled water for 1 and 3 months and Group III (recovery group) allowed for 1 month of recovery after SOF withdrawal. All animals were sacrificed; the SMSG was dissected, and specimens were examined histologically and ultra-structurally. RESULTS: Compared to Group I, Group II subgroup (1) showed acinar and ductal vacuolisation, discontinuity of the epithelial lining associated with retained secretion and congested blood vessels. These changes were found to be exaggerated in the subgroup (2) accompanied by acinar and ductal shrinkage, interstitial oedema, haemorrhage, chronic inflammatory cells infiltration and loss of gland compactness. Amelioration of the histological changes was detected in Group III after SOF withdrawal. The ultrastructural examination confirmed these histological results. CONCLUSION: SOF had induced apparent alterations in the structure and ultrastructure of SMSG. The SOF-induced alterations were time-dependent, attributed mainly to mitochondrial toxicity and partially ameliorated by its withdrawal.
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- Oral Biology Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
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Real-world safety and efficacy of paritaprevir/ritonavir/ombitasvir plus dasabuvir ± ribavirin in patients with hepatitis C virus genotype 1 and advanced hepatic fibrosis or compensated cirrhosis: a multicenter pooled analysis. Sci Rep 2019; 9:7086. [PMID: 31068655 PMCID: PMC6506536 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43554-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 04/27/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Paritaprevir/ritonavir, ombitasvir, and dasabuvir (PrOD) with or without ribavirin shows favorable results in hepatitis C virus genotype 1 (HCV-1) patients in terms of safety and efficacy, but real-world data remain limited for those with advanced hepatic fibrosis (fibrosis 3, F3) or compensated cirrhosis (F4). A total of 941 patients treated in four hospitals (the Keelung, the Linkuo, the Chiayi and the Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital) through a nationwide government-funded program in Taiwan were enrolled. Patients with HCV and advanced hepatic fibrosis or compensated cirrhosis received 12 weeks of PrOD in HCV-1b and 12 or 24 weeks of PrOD plus ribavirin therapy in HCV-1a without or with cirrhosis. Advanced hepatic fibrosis or compensated cirrhosis was confirmed by either ultrasonography, fibrosis index based on 4 factors (FIB-4) test, or transient elastography/acoustic radiation force impulse (ARFI). The safety and efficacy (sustained virologic response 12 weeks off therapy, SVR12) were evaluated. An SVR12 was achieved in 887 of 898 (98.8%) patients based on the per-protocol analysis (subjects receiving ≥1 dose of any study medication and HCV RNA data available at post-treatment week 12). Child-Pugh A6 (odds ratio: 0.168; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.043–0.659, p = 0.011) was the only significant factor of poor SVR12. Fifty-four (5.7%) patients were withdrawn early from the treatment because of hepatic decompensation (n = 18, 1.9%) and other adverse reactions. Multivariate analyses identified old age (odds ratio: 1.062; 95% CI: 1.008–1.119, p = 0.024) and Child-Pugh A6 (odds ratio: 4.957; 95% CI: 1.691–14.528, p = 0.004) were significantly associated with hepatic decompensation. In conclusion, this large real-world cohort proved PrOD with or without ribavirin to be highly effective in chronic hepatitis C patients with advanced hepatic fibrosis or compensated cirrhosis. However, Child-Pugh A6 should be an exclusion criterion for first-line treatment in these patients.
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Wang G, Dyatkina N, Prhavc M, Williams C, Serebryany V, Hu Y, Huang Y, Wan J, Wu X, Deval J, Fung A, Jin Z, Tan H, Shaw K, Kang H, Zhang Q, Tam Y, Stoycheva A, Jekle A, Smith DB, Beigelman L. Synthesis and Anti-HCV Activities of 4'-Fluoro-2'-Substituted Uridine Triphosphates and Nucleotide Prodrugs: Discovery of 4'-Fluoro-2'- C-methyluridine 5'-Phosphoramidate Prodrug (AL-335) for the Treatment of Hepatitis C Infection. J Med Chem 2019; 62:4555-4570. [PMID: 30951311 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b00143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We report the synthesis and biological evaluation of a series of 4'-fluoro-2'- C-substituted uridines. Triphosphates of the uridine analogues exhibited a potent inhibition of hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B polymerase with IC50 values as low as 27 nM. In an HCV subgenomic replicon assay, the phosphoramidate prodrugs of these uridine analogues demonstrated a very potent activity with EC50 values as low as 20 nM. A lead compound AL-335 (53) demonstrated high levels of the nucleoside triphosphate in vitro in primary human hepatocytes and Huh-7 cells as well as in dog liver following a single oral dose. Compound 53 was selected for the clinical development where it showed promising results in phase 1 and 2 trials.
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- Guangyi Wang
- Janssen BioPharma, Inc. , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- Janssen BioPharma, Inc. , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- Janssen BioPharma, Inc. , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- Janssen BioPharma, Inc. , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- Janssen BioPharma, Inc. , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry , WuXi AppTec , Shanghai 200131 , P. R. China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry , WuXi AppTec , Shanghai 200131 , P. R. China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry , WuXi AppTec , Shanghai 200131 , P. R. China
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry , WuXi AppTec , Shanghai 200131 , P. R. China
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- Janssen BioPharma, Inc. , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- Janssen BioPharma, Inc. , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- Janssen BioPharma, Inc. , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- Janssen BioPharma, Inc. , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- Janssen BioPharma, Inc. , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- Janssen BioPharma, Inc. , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- Janssen BioPharma, Inc. , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- Janssen BioPharma, Inc. , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- Janssen BioPharma, Inc. , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- Janssen BioPharma, Inc. , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- Janssen BioPharma, Inc. , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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- Janssen BioPharma, Inc. , South San Francisco , California 94080 , United States
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Saleh AF, Bachman M, Priestley CC, Gooderham NJ, Andersson P, Henry SP, Edmunds NJ, Fellows MD. 2'-O-(2-Methoxyethyl) Nucleosides Are Not Phosphorylated or Incorporated Into the Genome of Human Lymphoblastoid TK6 Cells. Toxicol Sci 2019; 163:70-78. [PMID: 29325107 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfy005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Nucleoside analogs with 2'-modified sugar moieties are often used to improve the RNA target affinity and nuclease resistance of therapeutic oligonucleotides in preclinical and clinical development. Despite their enhanced nuclease resistance, oligonucleotides could slowly degrade releasing nucleoside analogs that have the potential to become phosphorylated and incorporated into cellular DNA and RNA. For the first time, the phosphorylation and DNA/RNA incorporation of 2'-O-(2-methoxyethyl) (2'-O-MOE) nucleoside analogs have been investigated. Using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry, we showed that enzymes in the nucleotide salvage pathway including deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) and thymidine kinase (TK1) displayed poor reactivity toward 2'-O-MOE nucleoside analogs. On the other hand, 2'-fluoro (F) nucleosides, regardless of the nucleobase, were efficiently phosphorylated to their monophosphate forms by dCK and TK1. Consistent with their efficient phosphorylation by dCK and TK1, 2'-F nucleoside analogs were incorporated into cellular DNA and RNA while no incorporation was detected with 2'-O-MOE nucleoside analogs. In conclusion, these data suggest that the inability of dCK and TK1 to create the monophosphates of 2'-O-MOE nucleoside analogs reduces the risk of their incorporation into cellular DNA and RNA.
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- Amer F Saleh
- New Modalities, Drug Safety and Metabolism, IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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- Discovery Sciences, IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Macclesfield, UK
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- New Modalities, Drug Safety and Metabolism, IMED, AstraZeneca, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Nonclinical Development, Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Carlsbad, California
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- New Modalities, Drug Safety and Metabolism, IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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- New Modalities, Drug Safety and Metabolism, IMED Biotech Unit, AstraZeneca, Cambridge, UK
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Alexandre FR, Badaroux E, Bilello JP, Bot S, Bouisset T, Brandt G, Cappelle S, Chapron C, Chaves D, Convard T, Counor C, Da Costa D, Dukhan D, Gay M, Gosselin G, Griffon JF, Gupta K, Hernandez-Santiago B, La Colla M, Lioure MP, Milhau J, Paparin JL, Peyronnet J, Parsy C, Pierra Rouvière C, Rahali H, Rahali R, Salanson A, Seifer M, Serra I, Standring D, Surleraux D, Dousson CB. The discovery of IDX21437: Design, synthesis and antiviral evaluation of 2'-α-chloro-2'-β-C-methyl branched uridine pronucleotides as potent liver-targeted HCV polymerase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2017; 27:4323-4330. [PMID: 28835346 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.08.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2017] [Revised: 08/06/2017] [Accepted: 08/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Herein we describe the discovery of IDX21437 35b, a novel RPd-aminoacid-based phosphoramidate prodrug of 2'-α-chloro-2'-β-C-methyluridine monophosphate. Its corresponding triphosphate 6 is a potent inhibitor of the HCV NS5B RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). Despite showing very weak activity in the in vitro Huh-7 cell based HCV replicon assay, 35b demonstrated high levels of active triphosphate 6 in mouse liver and human hepatocytes. A biochemical study revealed that the metabolism of 35b was mainly attributed to carboxyesterase 1 (CES1), an enzyme which is underexpressed in HCV Huh-7-derived replicon cells. Furthermore, due to its metabolic activation, 35b was efficiently processed in liver cells compared to other cell types, including human cardiomyocytes. The selected RP diastereoisomeric configuration of 35b was assigned by X-ray structural determination. 35b is currently in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of HCV infection.
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- François-René Alexandre
- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France.
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- Merck & Co., Inc., PO Box 4, 770 Sumneytown Pike, West Point, PA 19486, USA; IDENIX Pharmaceuticals, 320 Bent Street - 4th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX Pharmaceuticals, 320 Bent Street - 4th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- UMR 5247 CNRS-Université Montpellier-ENSCM, case courrier 1705, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX Pharmaceuticals, 320 Bent Street - 4th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX Pharmaceuticals, 320 Bent Street - 4th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- IDENIX Pharmaceuticals, 320 Bent Street - 4th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- IDENIX Pharmaceuticals, 320 Bent Street - 4th Floor, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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- IDENIX an MSD Company, Cap Gamma, 1682 rue de la Valsière, 34189 Montpellier Cedex 4, France
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Lesniewska-Kowiel MA, Muszalska I. Strategies in the designing of prodrugs, taking into account the antiviral and anticancer compounds. Eur J Med Chem 2017; 129:53-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Kirschberg TA, Metobo S, Clarke MO, Aktoudianakis V, Babusis D, Barauskas O, Birkus G, Butler T, Byun D, Chin G, Doerffler E, Edwards TE, Fenaux M, Lee R, Lew W, Mish MR, Murakami E, Park Y, Squires NH, Tirunagari N, Wang T, Whitcomb M, Xu J, Yang H, Ye H, Zhang L, Appleby TC, Feng JY, Ray AS, Cho A, Kim CU. Discovery of a 2'-fluoro-2'-C-methyl C-nucleotide HCV polymerase inhibitor and a phosphoramidate prodrug with favorable properties. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2017; 27:1840-1847. [PMID: 28274633 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2017.02.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Revised: 02/15/2017] [Accepted: 02/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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A series of 2'-fluorinated C-nucleosides were prepared and tested for anti-HCV activity. Among them, the triphosphate of 2'-fluoro-2'-C-methyl adenosine C-nucleoside (15) was a potent and selective inhibitor of the NS5B polymerase and maintained activity against the S282T resistance mutant. A number of phosphoramidate prodrugs were then prepared and evaluated leading to the identification of the 1-aminocyclobutane-1-carboxylic acid isopropyl ester variant (53) with favorable pharmacokinetic properties including efficient liver delivery in animals.
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Beryllium, 7869 NE Day Road West, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94404, USA
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Li JJ, Song C, Cui DM, Zhang C. Copper(ii) catalyzed iodine-promoted oxidative cyclization of 2-amino-1,3,5-triazines and chalcones: synthesis of aroylimidazo[1,2-a][1,3,5]triazines. Org Biomol Chem 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ob01018d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An efficient method for the synthesis of aroylimidazo[1,2-a][1,3,5]triazine derivatives based on a copper(ii) catalyzed iodine-promoted reaction of 2-amino-1,3,5-triazines and chalcones is presented.
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- Jin Jing Li
- College of Pharmaceutical Science
- Zhejiang University of Technology
- Hangzhou 310014
- China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science
- Zhejiang University of Technology
- Hangzhou 310014
- China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Science
- Zhejiang University of Technology
- Hangzhou 310014
- China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Zhejiang University
- Hangzhou 310058
- China
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Zeng D, Zhang R, Nie Q, Cao L, Shang L, Yin Z. Discovery of 2'-α-C-Methyl-2'-β-C-fluorouridine Phosphoramidate Prodrugs as Inhibitors of Hepatitis C Virus. ACS Med Chem Lett 2016; 7:1197-1201. [PMID: 27994763 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.6b00270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2016] [Accepted: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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2'-α-C-Methyl-2'-β-C-fluorouridine and its phosphoramidate prodrugs were synthesized and evaluated for their inhibitory activity against HCV. The structure-activity relationship analysis of the phosphoramidate moiety found that 17m, 17q, and 17r exhibit potent activities against HCV, with EC50 values of 1.82 ± 0.19, 0.88 ± 0.12, and 2.24 ± 0.22 μM, respectively. The docking study revealed that the recognition of the 2'-β-F by Arg158, 3'-OH by N291, and the Watson-Crick pairing with the template allowed 23 to form the in-line conformation necessary for its incorporation into the viral RNA chain.
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- Debin Zeng
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College
of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Haihe Education Park, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin 300353, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College
of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Haihe Education Park, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin 300353, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College
of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Haihe Education Park, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin 300353, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College
of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Haihe Education Park, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin 300353, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College
of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Haihe Education Park, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin 300353, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College
of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Haihe Education Park, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin 300353, PR China
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Bera S, Chatterjee B, Mondal D. Construction of quaternary stereocentres on carbohydrate scaffolds. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra13898e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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This review describes a glimpse of the various strategies for constructing stereo-defined quaternary centres in densely functionalised carbohydrates moiety of structurally intriguing and biologically potent natural products and building blocks.
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- Smritilekha Bera
- School of Chemical Sciences
- Central University of Gujarat
- Gandhinagar-382030
- India
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- School of Chemical Sciences
- Central University of Gujarat
- Gandhinagar-382030
- India
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Rashidzadeh H, Bhadresa S, Good SS, Larsson Cohen M, Gupta KS, Rush WR. Overcoming stability challenges in the quantification of tissue nucleotides: determination of 2'-C-methylguanosine triphosphate concentration in mouse liver. Biol Pharm Bull 2015; 38:380-8. [PMID: 25757919 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b14-00565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A conventional, rapid and high throughput method for tissue extraction and accurate and selective LC-MS/MS quantification of 2'-C-methylguanosine triphosphate (2'-MeGTP) in mouse liver was developed and qualified. Trichloroacetic acid (TCA) was used as the tissue homogenization reagent that overcomes instability challenges of liver tissue nucleotide triphosphates due to instant ischemic degradation to mono- and diphosphate nucleotides. Degradation of 2'-MeGTP was also minimized by harvesting livers using in situ clamp-freezing or snap-freezing techniques. The assay also included a sample clean-up procedure using weak anion exchange solid phase extraction followed by ion exchange chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry detection. The linear assay range was from 50 to 10000 pmol/mL concentration in liver homogenate (250-50000 pmol/g in liver tissue). The method was qualified over three intraday batches for accuracy, precision, selectivity and specificity. The assay was successfully applied to pharmacokinetic studies of 2'-MeGTP in liver tissue samples after single oral doses of IDX184, a nucleotide prodrug inhibitor of the viral polymerase for the treatment of hepatitis C, to mice. The study results suggested that the clamp-freezing liver collection method was marginally more effective in preventing 2'-MeGTP degradation during liver tissue collection compared to the snap-freezing method.
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Tokarenko A, Poštová Slavětínská L, Klepetářová B, Hocek M. Synthesis of Benzene and Pyridine 2′-C-Methyl-C-ribonucleosides and -nucleotides. European J Org Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201501219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Xu Z, Ramsay Shaw B. Synthesis, Hydrolysis, and Protonation-Promoted Intramolecular Reductive Breakdown of Potential NRTIs: Stavudine α-P-Borano-γ-P-N-L-tryptophanyltriphosphates. Molecules 2015; 20:18808-26. [PMID: 26501247 PMCID: PMC6332514 DOI: 10.3390/molecules201018808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2015] [Revised: 09/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Phosphorus-modified prodrugs of dideoxynucleoside triphosphates (ddNTPs) have shown promise as pronucleotide strategies for improving antiviral activity compared to their parent dideoxynucleosides. Borane modified NTPs offer a promising choice as nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs). However, the availability of α-P-borano-γ-P-substituted NTP analogs remains limited due to challenges with synthesis and purification. Here, we report the chemical synthesis and stability of a new potential class of NRTI prodrugs: stavudine (d4T) 5′-α-P-borano-γ-P-N-l-tryptophanyltriphosphates. One-pot synthesis of these compounds was achieved via a modified cyclic trimetaphosphate approach. Pure Rp and Sp diastereomers were obtained after HPLC separation. Based on LC-MS analysis, we report degradation pathways, half-lives (5–36 days) and mechanisms arising from structural differences to generate the corresponding borano tri- and di-phosphates, and H-phosphonate, via several parallel routes in buffer at physiologically relevant pH and temperature. Here, the major hydrolysis products, d4T α-P-boranotriphosphate Rp and Sp isomers, were isolated by HPLC and identified with spectral data. We first propose that one of the major degradation products, d4T H-phosphonate, is generated from the d4T pronucleotides via a protonation-promoted intramolecular reduction followed by a second step nucleophilic attack. This report could provide valuable information for pronucleotide-based drug design in terms of selective release of target nucleotides.
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- Zhihong Xu
- Shaw Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
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Kirschberg TA, Mish M, Squires NH, Zonte S, Aktoudianakis E, Metobo S, Butler T, Ju X, Cho A, Ray AS, Kim CU. Synthesis of 1'-C-cyano pyrimidine nucleosides and characterization as HCV polymerase inhibitors. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2015; 34:763-85. [PMID: 26398773 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2015.1075550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Ribose modified 1'-C-cyano pyrimidine nucleosides were synthesized. A silver triflate mediated Vorbrüggen reaction was used to generate the nucleoside scaffold and follow-up chemistry provided specific ribose modified analogs. Nucleosides and phosphoramidate prodrugs were tested for their anti-HCV activity.
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- a Medicinal Chemistry, Gilead Sciences , Foster City , CA , USA
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- a Medicinal Chemistry, Gilead Sciences , Foster City , CA , USA
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- a Medicinal Chemistry, Gilead Sciences , Foster City , CA , USA
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- a Medicinal Chemistry, Gilead Sciences , Foster City , CA , USA
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- a Medicinal Chemistry, Gilead Sciences , Foster City , CA , USA
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- a Medicinal Chemistry, Gilead Sciences , Foster City , CA , USA
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- a Medicinal Chemistry, Gilead Sciences , Foster City , CA , USA
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- a Medicinal Chemistry, Gilead Sciences , Foster City , CA , USA
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- b Kainos Medicine, Inc. , Seoul , Republic of Korea
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NMR-based conformational analysis of 2′,6-disubstituted uridines and antiviral evaluation of new phosphoramidate prodrugs. Bioorg Med Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2015.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Al Marzooqi SH, Feld JJ. Sorting out cirrhosis: mechanisms of non-response to hepatitis C therapy. Liver Int 2015; 35:1923-33. [PMID: 25939775 DOI: 10.1111/liv.12861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2015] [Accepted: 04/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Although cirrhosis has long been recognized as an important negative predictor of treatment response for hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapy, the mechanisms underlying this association remain relatively poorly understood. Treatment has progressed rapidly with the introduction of highly effective all-oral therapies, with promising outcomes even in patients with advanced cirrhosis. However, even with the new therapies, it is clear that patients with cirrhosis require special attention. Efficacy continues to be somewhat reduced compared to non-cirrhotic patients and safety is an important concern. In this review, we explore the reasons for treatment non-response in patients with cirrhosis. We focus on how cirrhosis impacts on four important areas including drug delivery, drug uptake and metabolism, immune responses and drug toxicity with examples from the clinical and basic literature. Fortunately, as treatment continues to progress, many of the challenges of treating patients with cirrhosis will become less and less problematic.
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- Saeed H Al Marzooqi
- Toronto Centre for Liver Disease, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Toronto Centre for Liver Disease, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Kim S, Kim E, Hong JH. Synthesis of novel 4'α-trifluoromethyl-2'β-C-methyl-carbodine analogs as anti-hepatitis C virus agents. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2015; 34:79-91. [PMID: 25621702 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2014.960977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Novel 4 'α-trifluoromethyl-2 'β-methyl carbocyclic nucleoside analogs have been prepared and evaluated for inhibition of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA replication in cell cultures. Construction of cyclopentene intermediate 10a was achieved via sequential Johnson-Claisen orthoester rearrangement and ring-closing metathesis starting from the α-trifluoromethyl-α,β-unsaturated ester 5. Stereoselective dihydroxylation and desilylation yielded the target carbodine analogs. The synthesized nucleoside analogs mentioned above (18 and 19) were assayed for their ability to inhibit HCV RNA replication in a subgenomic replicon Huh7 cell line (LucNeo#2). However, the synthesized nucleosides showed neither significant antiviral activity nor toxicity up to 50 μM.
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- Seyeon Kim
- a BK21 Project Team, College of Pharmacy , Chosun University , Kwangju , Republic of Korea
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Guo H, Sun S, Yang Z, Tang X, Wang Y. Strategies for ribavirin prodrugs and delivery systems for reducing the side-effect hemolysis and enhancing their therapeutic effect. J Control Release 2015; 209:27-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2015] [Revised: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Zhou L, Zhang HW, Tao S, Bassit L, Whitaker T, McBrayer TR, Ehteshami M, Amiralaei S, Pradere U, Cho JH, Amblard F, Bobeck D, Detorio M, Coats SJ, Schinazi RF. β-D-2'-C-Methyl-2,6-diaminopurine Ribonucleoside Phosphoramidates are Potent and Selective Inhibitors of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and Are Bioconverted Intracellularly to Bioactive 2,6-Diaminopurine and Guanosine 5'-Triphosphate Forms. J Med Chem 2015; 58:3445-58. [PMID: 25849312 PMCID: PMC7714489 DOI: 10.1021/jm501874e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The conversion of selected β-D-2,6-diaminopurine nucleosides (DAPNs) to their phosphoramidate prodrug (PD) substantially blocks the conversion to the G-analog allowing for the generation of two bioactive nucleoside triphosphates (NTPs) in human hepatocytes. A variety of 2'-C-methyl DAPN-PDs were prepared and evaluated for inhibition of HCV viral replication in Huh-7 cells, cytotoxicity in various cell lines, and cellular pharmacology in both Huh-7 and primary human liver cells. The DAPN-PDs were pan-genotypic, effective against various HCV resistant mutants, and resistant variants could not be selected. 2'-C-Me-DAPN-TP and 2'-C-Me-GTP were chain terminators for genotype 1b HCV-pol, and single nucleotide incorporation assays revealed that 2'-C-Me-DAPN-TP was incorporated opposite U. No cytotoxicity was observed with our DAPN-PD when tested up to 50 μM. A novel, DAPN-PD, 15c, has been selected for further evaluation because of its good virologic and toxicologic profile and its ability to deliver two active metabolites, potentially simplifying HCV treatment.
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- Longhu Zhou
- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia 30033, United States
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- CoCrystal Pharma, Inc., Tucker, Georgia 30084, United States
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- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia 30033, United States
- CoCrystal Pharma, Inc., Tucker, Georgia 30084, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia 30033, United States
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- CoCrystal Pharma, Inc., Tucker, Georgia 30084, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia 30033, United States
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- CoCrystal Pharma, Inc., Tucker, Georgia 30084, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
- Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia 30033, United States
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Iglesias LE, Lewkowicz ES, Medici R, Bianchi P, Iribarren AM. Biocatalytic approaches applied to the synthesis of nucleoside prodrugs. Biotechnol Adv 2015; 33:412-34. [PMID: 25795057 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2015.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2014] [Revised: 03/01/2015] [Accepted: 03/04/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Nucleosides are valuable bioactive molecules, which display antiviral and antitumour activities. Diverse types of prodrugs are designed to enhance their therapeutic efficacy, however this strategy faces the troublesome selectivity issues of nucleoside chemistry. In this context, the aim of this review is to give an overview of the opportunities provided by biocatalytic procedures in the preparation of nucleoside prodrugs. The potential of biocatalysis in this research area will be presented through examples covering the different types of nucleoside prodrugs: nucleoside analogues as prodrugs, nucleoside lipophilic prodrugs and nucleoside hydrophilic prodrugs.
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- Luis E Iglesias
- Laboratorio de Biocatálisis y Biotransformaciones, Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Roque Sáenz Peña 352, 1876 Bernal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Biocatálisis y Biotransformaciones, Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Roque Sáenz Peña 352, 1876 Bernal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Biocatalysis Group, Delft University of Technology, Julianalaan 67, 2628 BC Delft, The Netherlands
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- Laboratorio de Biocatálisis y Biotransformaciones, Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Roque Sáenz Peña 352, 1876 Bernal, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Biocatálisis y Biotransformaciones, Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Roque Sáenz Peña 352, 1876 Bernal, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Laboratorio de Química de Ácidos Nucleicos, INGEBI-CONICET, Vuelta de Obligado 2490, 1428 Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Kirschberg TA, Mish MR, Zhang L, Squires NH, Wang KY, Cho A, Feng JY, Fenaux M, Babusis D, Park Y, Ray AS, Kim CU. Synthesis and characterization of 1'-C-cyano-2'-fluoro-2'-C-methyl pyrimidine nucleosides as HCV polymerase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2015; 25:1040-3. [PMID: 25650256 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2014] [Accepted: 01/09/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The first synthesis of 1'-C-CN, 2'-F, 2'-C-Me pyrimidines is described. Anti-HCV activity was assessed and compared to the 1'-C-CN, 2'-C-Me as well as the 2'-F, 2'-C-Me pyrimidines. A phosphoramidate prodrug of the cytidine derivative showed activity in the low micromolar range against HCV replicons.
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94044, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94044, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94044, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94044, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94044, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94044, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94044, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94044, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94044, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94044, USA
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- Gilead Sciences, Inc., 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, CA 94044, USA
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Beaulieu PL, De Marte J, Garneau M, Luo L, Stammers T, Telang C, Wernic D, Kukolj G, Duan J. A prodrug strategy for the oral delivery of a poorly soluble HCV NS5B thumb pocket 1 polymerase inhibitor using self-emulsifying drug delivery systems (SEDDS). Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2015; 25:210-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.11.071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2014] [Revised: 11/23/2014] [Accepted: 11/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Butora G, Qi N, Fu W, Nguyen T, Huang HC, Davies IW. Cyclic-Disulfide-Based Prodrugs for Cytosol-Specific Drug Delivery. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201407130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Beaulieu PL, Anderson PC, Bethell R, Bös M, Bousquet Y, Brochu C, Cordingley MG, Fazal G, Garneau M, Gillard JR, Kawai S, Marquis M, McKercher G, Poupart MA, Stammers T, Thavonekham B, Wernic D, Duan J, Kukolj G. Discovery of BI 207524, an indole diamide NS5B thumb pocket 1 inhibitor with improved potency for the potential treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection. J Med Chem 2014; 57:10130-43. [PMID: 25393851 DOI: 10.1021/jm501532z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The development of interferon-free regimens for the treatment of chronic HCV infection constitutes a preferred option that is expected in the future to provide patients with improved efficacy, better tolerability, and reduced risk for emergence of drug-resistant virus. We have pursued non-nucleoside NS5B polymerase allosteric inhibitors as combination partners with other direct acting antivirals (DAAs) having a complementary mechanism of action. Herein, we describe the discovery of a potent follow-up compound (BI 207524, 27) to the first thumb pocket 1 NS5B inhibitor to demonstrate antiviral activity in genotype 1 HCV infected patients, BILB 1941 (1). Cell-based replicon potency was significantly improved through electronic modulation of the pKa of the carboxylic acid function of the lead molecule. Subsequent ADME-PK optimization lead to 27, a predicted low clearance compound in man. The preclinical profile of inhibitor 27 is discussed, as well as the identification of a genotoxic metabolite that led to the discontinuation of the development of this compound.
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- Pierre L Beaulieu
- Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. , Research and Development, 2100 Cunard Street, Laval, Quebec H7S 2G5, Canada
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Butora G, Qi N, Fu W, Nguyen T, Huang HC, Davies IW. Cyclic-disulfide-based prodrugs for cytosol-specific drug delivery. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:14046-50. [PMID: 25346363 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201407130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2014] [Revised: 09/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The cytosolic conversion of therapeutically relevant nucleosides into bioactive triphosphates is often hampered by the inefficiency of the first kinase-mediated step. Nucleoside monophosphate prodrugs can be used to bypass this limitation. Herein we describe a novel cyclic-disulfide class of nucleoside monophosphate prodrugs with a cytosol-specific, reductive release trigger. The key event, a charge-dissipating reduction-triggered cyclodeesterification leads to robust cytosolic production of the cyclic 3',5'-monophosphate for downstream enzymatic processing. The antiviral competence of the platform was demonstrated with an O-benzyl-1,2-dithiane-4,5-diol ester of 2'-C-methyluridine-3',5'-phosphate. Both in vitro and in vivo comparison with the clinically efficacious ProTide prodrug of 2'-deoxy-2'-α-fluoro-β-C-methyluridine is provided. The cytosolic specificity of the release allows for a wide range of potential applications, from tissue-targeted drug delivery to intracellular imaging.
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- Gabor Butora
- Department of Process Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc. Rahway, New Jersey 07065 (USA).
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Syntheses of nucleosides with a 1′,2′-β-lactam moiety as potential inhibitors of hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase. Tetrahedron Lett 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.08.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Dang Q, Zhang Z, Chen T, Tang B, He X, He S, Song Y, Bogen S, Girijavallabhan V, Olsen DB, Meinke PT. Syntheses of 1′,2′-cyclopentyl nucleosides as potential antiviral agents. Tetrahedron Lett 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.07.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Götte M. Resistance to nucleotide analogue inhibitors of hepatitis C virus NS5B: mechanisms and clinical relevance. Curr Opin Virol 2014; 8:104-8. [PMID: 25128987 DOI: 10.1016/j.coviro.2014.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2014] [Revised: 07/27/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The high barrier to the development of resistance to nucleotide analogue inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA-dependent RNA polymerase is an intriguing property of this class of drugs. The S282T substitution in the viral polymerase confers resistance to 2'-C-methylated nucleotide analogues. Although this mutation can be selected in HCV replicons, it has only been identified in very few cases in the clinic. Alternative resistance pathways are likewise rarely seen in vivo. Possible underlying mechanisms that are associated with the selection and establishment of a resistant genotype are discussed in this review.
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- Matthias Götte
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, 3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada; Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, 3655 Sir William Osler Promenade, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada; Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, 1110 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada.
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Preparation and biological evaluation of 1′-cyano-2′-C-methyl pyrimidine nucleosides as HCV NS5B polymerase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014; 24:3092-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2014] [Revised: 05/02/2014] [Accepted: 05/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Dang Q, Zhang Z, Tang B, Song Y, Wu L, Chen T, Bogen S, Girijavallabhan V, Olsen DB, Meinke PT. Syntheses of nucleosides with 2′-spirolactam and 2′-spiropyrrolidine moieties as potential inhibitors of hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase. Tetrahedron Lett 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.05.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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4′-Substituted pyrimidine nucleosides lacking 5′-hydroxyl function as potential anti-HCV agents. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2014; 24:1407-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2014.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2013] [Revised: 01/08/2014] [Accepted: 01/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Inhibition of hepatitis C virus replication by GS-6620, a potent C-nucleoside monophosphate prodrug. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2014; 58:1930-42. [PMID: 24419349 DOI: 10.1128/aac.02351-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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As a class, nucleotide inhibitors (NIs) of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) nonstructural protein 5B (NS5B) RNA-dependent RNA polymerase offer advantages over other direct-acting antivirals, including properties, such as pangenotype activity, a high barrier to resistance, and reduced potential for drug-drug interactions. We studied the in vitro pharmacology of a novel C-nucleoside adenosine analog monophosphate prodrug, GS-6620. It was found to be a potent and selective HCV inhibitor against HCV replicons of genotypes 1 to 6 and against an infectious genotype 2a virus (50% effective concentration [EC50], 0.048 to 0.68 μM). GS-6620 showed limited activities against other viruses, maintaining only some of its activity against the closely related bovine viral diarrhea virus (EC50, 1.5 μM). The active 5'-triphosphate metabolite of GS-6620 is a chain terminator of viral RNA synthesis and a competitive inhibitor of NS5B-catalyzed ATP incorporation, with Ki/Km values of 0.23 and 0.18 for HCV NS5B genotypes 1b and 2a, respectively. With its unique dual substitutions of 1'-CN and 2'-C-Me on the ribose ring, the active triphosphate metabolite was found to have enhanced selectivity for the HCV NS5B polymerase over host RNA polymerases. GS-6620 demonstrated a high barrier to resistance in vitro. Prolonged passaging resulted in the selection of the S282T mutation in NS5B that was found to be resistant in both cellular and enzymatic assays (>30-fold). Consistent with its in vitro profile, GS-6620 exhibited the potential for potent anti-HCV activity in a proof-of-concept clinical trial, but its utility was limited by the requirement of high dose levels and pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic variability.
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Coats SJ, Garnier-Amblard EC, Amblard F, Ehteshami M, Amiralaei S, Zhang H, Zhou L, Boucle SRL, Lu X, Bondada L, Shelton JR, Li H, Liu P, Li C, Cho JH, Chavre SN, Zhou S, Mathew J, Schinazi RF. Chutes and ladders in hepatitis C nucleoside drug development. Antiviral Res 2013; 102:119-47. [PMID: 24275341 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2013.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2013] [Revised: 11/08/2013] [Accepted: 11/12/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Chutes and Ladders is an exciting up-and-down-again game in which players race to be the first to the top of the board. Along the way, they will find ladders to help them advance, and chutes that will cause them to move backwards. The development of nucleoside analogs for clinical treatment of hepatitis C presents a similar scenario in which taking shortcuts may help quickly advance a program, but there is always a tremendous risk of being sent backwards as one competes for the finish line. In recent years the treatment options for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection have expand due to the development of a replicon based in vitro evaluation system, allowing for the identification of multiple drugable viral targets along with a concerted and substantial drug discovery effort. Three major drug targets have reached clinical study for chronic HCV infection: the NS3/4A serine protease, the large phosphoprotein NS5A, and the NS5B RNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Recently, two oral HCV protease inhibitors were approved by the FDA and were the first direct acting anti-HCV agents to result from the substantial research in this area. There are currently many new chemical entities from several different target classes that are being evaluated worldwide in clinical trials for their effectiveness at achieving a sustained virologic response (SVR) (Pham et al., 2004; Radkowski et al., 2005). Clearly the goal is to develop therapies leading to a cure that are safe, widely accessible and available, and effective against all HCV genotypes (GT), and all stages of the disease. Nucleoside analogs that target the HCV NS5B polymerase that have reached human clinical trials is the focus of this review as they have demonstrated significant advantages in the clinic with broader activity against the various HCV GT and a higher barrier to the development of resistant viruses when compared to all other classes of HCV inhibitors.
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- Steven J Coats
- RFS Pharma, LLC, 1860 Montreal Road, Tucker, GA 30084, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA
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- RFS Pharma, LLC, 1860 Montreal Road, Tucker, GA 30084, USA
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, GA 30033, USA.
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Zawilska JB, Wojcieszak J, Olejniczak AB. Prodrugs: a challenge for the drug development. Pharmacol Rep 2013; 65:1-14. [PMID: 23563019 DOI: 10.1016/s1734-1140(13)70959-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2012] [Revised: 08/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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It is estimated that about 10% of the drugs approved worldwide can be classified as prodrugs. Prodrugs, which have no or poor biological activity, are chemically modified versions of a pharmacologically active agent, which must undergo transformation in vivo to release the active drug. They are designed in order to improve the physicochemical, biopharmaceutical and/or pharmacokinetic properties of pharmacologically potent compounds. This article describes the basic functional groups that are amenable to prodrug design, and highlights the major applications of the prodrug strategy, including the ability to improve oral absorption and aqueous solubility, increase lipophilicity, enhance active transport, as well as achieve site-selective delivery. Special emphasis is given to the role of the prodrug concept in the design of new anticancer therapies, including antibody-directed enzyme prodrug therapy (ADEPT) and gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy (GDEPT).
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- Jolanta B Zawilska
- Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodowa 106, PL 93-232 Łódź, Poland.
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Bondada L, Detorio M, Bassit L, Tao S, Montero CM, Singletary TM, Zhang H, Zhou L, Cho JH, Coats SJ, Schinazi RF. Adenosine Dioxolane Nucleoside Phosphoramidates as Antiviral Agents for Human Immunodeficiency and Hepatitis B Viruses. ACS Med Chem Lett 2013; 4:747-751. [PMID: 24015326 DOI: 10.1021/ml4001497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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There are currently six nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI) that are FDA approved for human clinical use and these remain the backbone of current HIV therapy. In order for these NRTIs to be effective they need to be phosphorylated consecutively by cellular kinases to their triphosphate forms. Herein, we report the synthesis of C-6 modified (-)-β-D-(2R,4R)-1,3-dioxolane adenosine nucleosides and their nucleotides including our novel phosphoramidate prodrug technology. We have introduced a side chain moiety on the phenol portion of the phosphoramidate to reduce the toxicity potential. The synthesized phosphoramidates displayed up to a 3,600-fold greater potency versus HIV-1 when compared to their corresponding parent nucleoside and were up to 300-fold more potent versus HBV. No cytotoxicity was observed up to 100 μM in the various cell systems tested, except for compound 17 and 18 which displayed a CC50 of 7.3 and 12 μM respectively in Huh-7 cells. The improved and significant dual antiviral activity of these novel phosphoramidate nucleosides was partially explained by the increased intracellular formation of the adenosine dioxolane triphosphate.
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- Lavanya Bondada
- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia 30033, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia 30033, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia 30033, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia 30033, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia 30033, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia 30033, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia 30033, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia 30033, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia 30033, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Decatur, Georgia 30033, United States
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Dusheiko G, Burney T. Hepatitis C treatment: interferon free or interferon freer? Lancet 2013; 381:2063-5. [PMID: 23499437 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(13)60636-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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- Geoffrey Dusheiko
- UCL Institute of Liver and Digestive Disease, Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2PF, UK.
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Cho A, Zhang L, Xu J, Lee R, Butler T, Metobo S, Aktoudianakis V, Lew W, Ye H, Clarke M, Doerffler E, Byun D, Wang T, Babusis D, Carey AC, German P, Sauer D, Zhong W, Rossi S, Fenaux M, McHutchison JG, Perry J, Feng J, Ray AS, Kim CU. Discovery of the first C-nucleoside HCV polymerase inhibitor (GS-6620) with demonstrated antiviral response in HCV infected patients. J Med Chem 2013; 57:1812-25. [PMID: 23547794 DOI: 10.1021/jm400201a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection presents an unmet medical need requiring more effective treatment options. Nucleoside inhibitors (NI) of HCV polymerase (NS5B) have demonstrated pan-genotypic activity and durable antiviral response in the clinic, and they are likely to become a key component of future treatment regimens. NI candidates that have entered clinical development thus far have all been N-nucleoside derivatives. Herein, we report the discovery of a C-nucleoside class of NS5B inhibitors. Exploration of adenosine analogs in this class identified 1'-cyano-2'-C-methyl 4-aza-7,9-dideaza adenosine as a potent and selective inhibitor of NS5B. A monophosphate prodrug approach afforded a series of compounds showing submicromolar activity in HCV replicon assays. Further pharmacokinetic optimization for sufficient oral absorption and liver triphosphate loading led to identification of a clinical development candidate GS-6620. In a phase I clinical study, the potential for potent activity was demonstrated but with high intra- and interpatient pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic variability.
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- Aesop Cho
- Gilead Sciences, 333 Lakeside Drive, Foster City, California 94044, United States
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Salvatierra K, Fareleski S, Forcada A, López-Labrador FX. Hepatitis C virus resistance to new specifically-targeted antiviral therapy: A public health perspective. World J Virol 2013; 2:6-15. [PMID: 24175225 PMCID: PMC3785043 DOI: 10.5501/wjv.v2.i1.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2012] [Revised: 12/30/2012] [Accepted: 01/17/2013] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Until very recently, treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been based on the combination of two non-viral specific drugs: pegylated interferon-α and ribavirin, which is effective in, overall, about 40%-50% of cases. To improve the response to treatment, novel drugs have been designed to specifically block viral proteins. Multiple compounds are under development, and the approval for clinical use of the first of such direct-acting antivirals in 2011 (Telaprevir and Boceprevir), represents a milestone in HCV treatment. HCV therapeutics is entering a new expanding era, and a highly-effective cure is envisioned for the first time since the discovery of the virus in 1989. However, any antiviral treatment may be limited by the capacity of the virus to overcome the selective pressure of new drugs, generating antiviral resistance. Here, we try to provide a basic overview of new treatments, HCV resistance to new antivirals and some considerations derived from a Public Health perspective, using HCV resistance to protease and polymerase inhibitors as examples.
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- Karina Salvatierra
- Karina Salvatierra, Sabrina Fareleski, F Xavier López-Labrador, Joint Unit in Genomics and Health, Centre for Public Health Research, Public Health Department, Generalitat Valenciana/Institut Cavanilles, University of Valencia, 46020 Valencia, Spain
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