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The synthesis and structure-activity relationships of a novel aryl uracil series which contains a fused 5,6-bicyclic ring unit for HCV NS5B inhibition is described. Several analogs display replicon cell culture potencies in the low nanomolar range along with excellent rat pharmacokinetic values.
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Compostos Bicíclicos com Pontes/química , Compostos Bicíclicos com Pontes/farmacologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/química , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Uracila/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas não Estruturais Virais/antagonistas & inibidores , Animais , Compostos Bicíclicos com Pontes/síntese química , Compostos Bicíclicos com Pontes/farmacocinética , Inibidores Enzimáticos/síntese química , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacocinética , Hepacivirus/enzimologia , RNA Polimerase Dependente de RNA/antagonistas & inibidores , RNA Polimerase Dependente de RNA/metabolismo , Ratos , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Uracila/farmacologia , Proteínas não Estruturais Virais/metabolismoRESUMO
The synthesis of several pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidine and pyrimido[4,5-d]pyrimidine analogs is described with one such analog possessing subnanomolar potency in both genotype 1a and 1b cell culture HCV replicon assays.
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Antivirais/síntese química , Hepacivirus/efeitos dos fármacos , Pirimidinas/síntese química , RNA Viral/antagonistas & inibidores , Antivirais/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Genótipo , Hepacivirus/fisiologia , Humanos , Pirimidinas/farmacologia , RNA Viral/biossíntese , Replicon/efeitos dos fármacos , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Replicação Viral/efeitos dos fármacosRESUMO
ABT-072 is a non-nucleoside HCV NS5B polymerase inhibitor that was discovered as part of a program to identify new direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for the treatment of HCV infection. This compound was identified during a medicinal chemistry effort to improve on an original lead, inhibitor 1, which we described in a previous publication. Replacement of the amide linkage in 1 with a trans-olefin resulted in improved compound permeability and solubility and provided much better pharmacokinetic properties in preclinical species. Replacement of the dihydrouracil in 1 with an N-linked uracil provided better potency in the genotype 1 replicon assay. Results from phase 1 clinical studies supported once-daily oral dosing with ABT-072 in HCV infected patients. A phase 2 clinical study that combined ABT-072 with the HCV protease inhibitor ABT-450 provided a sustained virologic response at 24 weeks after dosing (SVR24) in 10 of 11 patients who received treatment.
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Citosina/análogos & derivados , Inibidores Enzimáticos/síntese química , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Hepacivirus/enzimologia , Estilbenos/química , Sulfonamidas/síntese química , Sulfonamidas/farmacologia , Proteínas não Estruturais Virais/antagonistas & inibidores , Administração Oral , Disponibilidade Biológica , Técnicas de Química Sintética , Citosina/síntese química , Citosina/química , Citosina/farmacocinética , Citosina/farmacologia , Inibidores Enzimáticos/química , Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacocinética , Humanos , Permeabilidade , Estereoisomerismo , Sulfonamidas/química , Sulfonamidas/farmacocinética , Distribuição Tecidual , Proteínas não Estruturais Virais/químicaRESUMO
We describe here N-phenylpyrrolidine-based inhibitors of HCV NS5A with excellent potency, metabolic stability, and pharmacokinetics. Compounds with 2S,5S stereochemistry at the pyrrolidine ring provided improved genotype 1 (GT1) potency compared to the 2R,5R analogues. Furthermore, the attachment of substituents at the 4-position of the central N-phenyl group resulted in compounds with improved potency. Substitution with tert-butyl, as in compound 38 (ABT-267), provided compounds with low-picomolar EC50 values and superior pharmacokinetics. It was discovered that compound 38 was a pan-genotypic HCV inhibitor, with an EC50 range of 1.7-19.3 pM against GT1a, -1b, -2a, -2b, -3a, -4a, and -5a and 366 pM against GT6a. Compound 38 decreased HCV RNA up to 3.10 log10 IU/mL during 3-day monotherapy in treatment-naive HCV GT1-infected subjects and is currently in phase 3 clinical trials in combination with an NS3 protease inhibitor with ritonavir (r) (ABT-450/r) and an NS5B non-nucleoside polymerase inhibitor (ABT-333), with and without ribavirin.