RESUMO
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continually poses serious threats to global public health. The main protease (Mpro) of SARS-CoV-2 plays a central role in viral replication. We designed and synthesized 32 new bicycloproline-containing Mpro inhibitors derived from either boceprevir or telaprevir, both of which are approved antivirals. All compounds inhibited SARS-CoV-2 Mpro activity in vitro, with 50% inhibitory concentration values ranging from 7.6 to 748.5 nM. The cocrystal structure of Mpro in complex with MI-23, one of the most potent compounds, revealed its interaction mode. Two compounds (MI-09 and MI-30) showed excellent antiviral activity in cell-based assays. In a transgenic mouse model of SARS-CoV-2 infection, oral or intraperitoneal treatment with MI-09 or MI-30 significantly reduced lung viral loads and lung lesions. Both also displayed good pharmacokinetic properties and safety in rats.
Assuntos
Antivirais/farmacologia , Tratamento Farmacológico da COVID-19 , Proteases 3C de Coronavírus/antagonistas & inibidores , Inibidores de Proteases/farmacologia , Animais , Antivirais/química , Antivirais/uso terapêutico , COVID-19/patologia , COVID-19/virologia , Linhagem Celular , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Quimiocina CXCL10/metabolismo , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Desenho de Fármacos , Humanos , Interferon beta/metabolismo , Pulmão/imunologia , Pulmão/patologia , Pulmão/virologia , Camundongos , Camundongos Transgênicos , Oligopeptídeos , Prolina/análogos & derivados , Inibidores de Proteases/química , Inibidores de Proteases/uso terapêutico , Inibidores de Proteases/toxicidade , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Carga Viral/efeitos dos fármacos , Replicação ViralRESUMO
Herein we report the discovery of 1-(5-(tert-butyl)isoxazol-3-yl)-3- (3-fluorophenyl)urea derivatives as new FLT3 inhibitors that are able to overcome the drug resistance mutations: the secondary D835Y and F691L mutations on the basis of the internal tandem duplications (ITD) mutation of FLT3 (FLT3-ITD/D835Y and FLT3-ITD/F691L, respectively). The most potent compound corresponds to 1-(5-(tert-butyl)isoxazol-3-yl)-3-(4-((6,7-dimethoxyquinolin-4-yl)oxy)-3- fluorophenyl)urea (4d), which showed IC50s (half maximal inhibitory concentrations) of 0.072 nM, 5.86 nM and 3.48 nM against FLT3-ITD, FLT3-ITD/F691L and FLT3-ITD/D835Y, respectively. Compound 4d also showed good selectivity for FLT3 in a kinase profiling assay. Collectively, 4d could be a good lead compound and deserves further in-depth studies.
