Syntheses and SAR studies of 4-(heteroarylpiperdin-1-yl-methyl)-pyrrolidin- 1-yl-acetic acid antagonists of the human CCR5 chemokine receptor

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2004.04.078

Efforts toward the exploration of the title compounds as CCR5 antagonists are disclosed. The basis for such work stems from the fact that cellular proliferation of HIV-1 requires the cooperative assistance of both CCR5 and CD4 receptors. The synthesis and SAR of pyrrolidineacetic acid derivatives as CCR5 antagonists displaying potent binding and antiviral properties in a HeLa cell-based HIV-1 infectivity assay are discussed.