RESUMO
In ongoing studies towards novel hepatitisâ C virus (HCV) therapeutics, inhibitors of nonstructural protein 5A (NS5A) were evaluated. Specifically, starting from previously reported lead compounds, peripheral substitution patterns of a series of biaryl-linked pyrrolidine NS5A replication complex inhibitors were probed and structure-activity relationships were elucidated. Using molecular modelling and a supercritical fluid chromatographic (SFC) technique, intramolecular H-bonding and peripheral functional group topology were evaluated as key determinants of activity and membrane permeability. The novel compounds exhibited retained potency as compared with the lead compounds, and also showed promising results against a panel of resistance viruses. Together, the results of the study take us a step closer towards understanding the potency of daclatasvir, a clinical candidate upon which the compounds were based, and to designing improved analogues as second-generation antiviral agents targeting NS5A.
Assuntos
Inibidores de Proteases/química , Proteínas não Estruturais Virais/antagonistas & inibidores , Animais , Antivirais/síntese química , Antivirais/química , Antivirais/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular , Permeabilidade da Membrana Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Proliferação de Células/efeitos dos fármacos , Cães , Avaliação Pré-Clínica de Medicamentos , Farmacorresistência Viral , Hepacivirus/metabolismo , Humanos , Ligação de Hidrogênio , Inibidores de Proteases/síntese química , Inibidores de Proteases/farmacologia , Ratos , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Proteínas não Estruturais Virais/metabolismo , Replicação Viral/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
As part of a project to generate a library of nucleosides as potential antiviral agents, a small subset of novel acyclic phosphonic acid nucleosides was prepared. Practical synthetic routes are described for three targets, which were then tested against HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV), and Dengue virus.