191226-98-9Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Design and biological evaluation of cinnamic and phenylpropionic amide derivatives as novel dual inhibitors of HIV-1 protease and reverse transcriptase
Zhu, Mei,Shan, Qi,Ma, Ling,Wen, Jiajia,Dong, Biao,Zhang, Guoning,Wang, Minghua,Wang, Juxian,Zhou, Jinming,Cen, Shan,Wang, Yucheng
, (2021/05/04)
Upon the basis of both possible ligand-binding site interactions and the uniformity of key residues in active sites, a novel class of HIV-1 PR/RT dual inhibitors was designed and evaluated. Cinnamic acids or phenylpropionic acids with more flexible chain and smaller steric hindrance were introduced into the inhibitors, giving rise to significant improvement in HIV-1 RT inhibitory activity by one or two orders of magnitude, with comparable or even improved potency against PR at the same time, compared with coumarin anologues in our previous studies. Among these inhibitors, 38d displayed a 19-fold improvement in anti-PR activity with IC50 value of 0.081 nM compared to the control DRV. In addition, inhibitor 38c exhibited an excellent anti-RT IC50 value of 0.43 μM, only a 4.7-fold less potent activity than the control EFV. More significantly, the disparate ratio between HIV-1 PR and RT inhibition became more reasonable with ratio of 1: 10.4, just as 37b. Furthermore, the assays on HIV-1 late stage and early stage supported the rationality of designing dual inhibitors. The SAR data as well as molecular modeling studies provided new insight for further optimization of more potent HIV-1 PR/RT dual inhibitors.
Design and evaluation of novel piperidine HIV-1 protease inhibitors with potency against DRV-resistant variants
Zhu, Mei,Zhou, Huiyu,Ma, Ling,Dong, Biao,Zhou, Jinming,Zhang, Guoning,Wang, Minghua,Wang, Juxian,Cen, Shan,Wang, Yucheng
, (2021/06/02)
A novel class of HIV-1 protease inhibitors with flexible piperidine as the P2 ligand was designed with the aim of improving extensive interactions with the active subsites. Many inhibitors exhibited good to excellent inhibitory effect on enzymatic activity and viral infectivity. In particular, inhibitor 3a with (R)-piperidine-3-carboxamide as the P2 ligand and 4-methoxybenzenesulfonamide as the P2’ ligand showed an enzyme Ki value of 29 pM and antiviral IC50 value of 0.13 nM, more than six-fold enhancement of activity compared to DRV. Furthermore, there was no significant change in potency against DRV-resistant mutations and HIV-1NL4?3 variant for 3a. Besides, inhibitor 3a exhibited potent antiviral activity against subtype C variants with low nanomole EC50 values. In addition, the molecular modeling revealed important hydrogen bonds and other favorable van der Waals interactions with the backbone atoms of the protease and provided insight for designing and optimizing more potent HIV-1 protease inhibitors.
Preliminary SAR and biological evaluation of potent HIV-1 protease inhibitors with pyrimidine bases as novel P2 ligands to enhance activity against DRV-resistant HIV-1 variants
Zhu, Mei,Ma, Ling,Zhou, Huiyu,Dong, Biao,Wang, Yujia,Wang, Zhen,Zhou, Jinming,Zhang, Guoning,Wang, Juxian,Liang, Chen,Cen, Shan,Wang, Yucheng
, (2019/11/28)
Introducing pyrimidine bases, the basic components of nucleic acid, to P2 ligands might enhance the potency of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) protease inhibitors because of the carbonyl and amino groups promoting the formation of extensive hydrogen bonding interactions. In this work, we provide evidence that inhibitor 10e, with N-2-(2,4-Dioxo-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-1(2H)-yl) acetamide as the P2 ligand and a 4-methoxylphenylsulfonamide as the P2′ ligand, displayed remarkable enzyme inhibitory and antiviral activity, with the IC50 2.53 nM in vitro and a promising inhibition ratio with 68% against wild-type HIV-1 in vivo, with low cytotoxicity. This inhibitor also exhibited appreciable antiviral activity against DRV-resistant HIV-1 variants, which was of great value for further study.
Rational design and Structure?Activity relationship of coumarin derivatives effective on HIV-1 protease and partially on HIV-1 reverse transcriptase
Zhu, Mei,Ma, Ling,Wen, Jiajia,Dong, Biao,Wang, Yujia,Wang, Zhen,Zhou, Jinming,Zhang, Guoning,Wang, Juxian,Guo, Ying,Liang, Chen,Cen, Shan,Wang, Yucheng
, (2019/12/09)
Since dual inhibitors may yield lower toxicity and reduce the likelihood of drug resistance, as well as inhibitors of HIV-1 PR and RT constitute the core of chemotherapy for AIDS treatment, we herein designed and synthesized new coumarin derivatives characterized by various linkers that exhibited excellent potency against PR and a weak inhibition of RT. Among which, compounds 6f and 7c inhibited PR with IC50 values of 15.5 and 62.1 nM, respectively, and weakly affected also RT with IC50 values of 241.8 and 188.7 μM, respectively, showing the possibility in the future of developing dual HIV-1 PR/RT inhibitors. Creative stimulation for further research of more potent dual HIV-1 inhibitors was got according to the molecular docking studies.
Novel HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors with Morpholine as the P2 Ligand to Enhance Activity against DRV-Resistant Variants
Cen, Shan,Dong, Biao,Dou, Yue,Ma, Ling,Wang, Juxian,Wang, Yucheng,Zhang, Fan,Zhang, Guoning,Zhou, Jinming,Zhu, Mei
, p. 1196 - 1204 (2020/07/04)
Flexible heterocyclic moieties as the P2 ligands of HIV-1 protease inhibitors may be adapted to the minimally distorted active site of mutations easily and enhance activity against DRV-resistant HIV-1 variants. Herein, the design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of a new series of inhibitors containing morpholine derivatives as the P2 ligands were described, among which, carbamate inhibitor 23a and carbamido inhibitor 27a exhibited almost 4- and 2-fold superior activity with enzyme Ki of 0.092 nM and 0.21 nM, as well as antiviral IC50 values of 0.41 nM and 0.95 nM, respectively, compared to DRV. Besides, they exhibited excellent activity with inhibition of 94percent and 91percent, respectively. Furthermore, they also showed appreciable antiviral activity against DRV-resistant HIV-1 variants.
An improved and robust scale-up process aided with identification and control of critical process impurities in darunavir ethanolate
Girigani, Sathyanarayana,Singh, Harnam,Kola, Sankar Rao,Dayanand Yelmeli, Vijayalaxmi,Regula, Venu Gopal,Shah, Sakshi,Jain, Neelu,Kumar, Pramod
, p. 267 - 281 (2019/08/26)
A robust and safe industrial process, including five isolations and drying steps for widely prescribed anti-HIV (protease inhibitor) drug darunavir ethanolate 2, has been developed. A salient feature of this process is the development of procedures enabling the efficient synthesis of multi-kilogram quantity of darunavir ethanolate, and process demonstrations through plant scale preparation are offered where darunavir molecule has been prepared with overall > 70% chemical yield and > 99.8% purity without involving any purification procedure(s), with all possible process impurities below than the desired limit (not more than 0.08%) were isolated, synthesized and characterized. The developed process is entirely robust, very efficient and demonstrated up to kilograms scale.
Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel HIV-1 protease inhibitors with pentacyclic triterpenoids as P2-ligands
Zhu, Mei,Du, Xiao-Nan,Li, Yun-Ge,Zhang, Guo-Ning,Wang, Ju-Xian,Wang, Yu-Cheng
, p. 357 - 361 (2019/01/04)
The design, synthesis and SAR study of a new series of HIV-1 protease inhibitors with pentacyclic triterpenoids as P2 ligands and phenylsulfonamide as P2′ ligands were discussed. These compounds exhibited micromolar inhibitory potency, among which compound T1c displayed HIV-1 protease inhibition with IC50 values of 0.12 μM, which was 67 times the inhibitory activity of its raw material Ursolic acid (8.0 μM).
Synthesis and biological evaluation of new HIV-1 protease inhibitors with purine bases as P2-ligands
Zhu, Mei,Dong, Biao,Zhang, Guo-Ning,Wang, Ju-Xian,Cen, Shan,Wang, Yu-Cheng
, p. 1541 - 1545 (2019/04/25)
Introducing purine bases to P2-ligands might enhance the potency of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) protease inhibitory because of the carbonyl and NH groups promoting the formation of extensive H-bonding interactions. In this work, thirty-three compounds are synthesized and evaluated, among which inhibitors 16a, 16f and 16j containing N-2-(6-substituted-9H-purin-9-yl)acetamide as the P2-ligands along with 4-methoxylphenylsulfonamide as the P2′-ligand, display potent inhibitory effect on the activity of HIV-1 protease with IC50 43 nM, 42 nM and 68 nM in vitro, respectively.
Design and synthesis of potent HIV-1 protease inhibitors with (S)-tetrahydrofuran-tertiary amine-acetamide as P2?ligand: Structure?activity studies and biological evaluation
Bai, Xiaoguang,Yang, Zhiheng,Zhu, Mei,Dong, Biao,Zhou, Lei,Zhang, Guoning,Wang, Juxian,Wang, Yucheng
, p. 30 - 44 (2017/05/31)
The design, synthesis, and SAR study of a new series of HIV-1 protease inhibitors incorporating stereochemically defined tetrahydrofuran-tertiary amine-acetamide P2-ligand are described. Various substituent effects on the tertiary amine P2-ligand and phenylsulfonamide P2′-ligand were investigated to maximize the ligand-binding site interactions in the protease active site. Most of inhibitors displayed low nanomolar to subnanomolar inhibitory potency. Inhibitor 20e containing N-(S-tetrahydrofuran)-N-(2-methoxyethyl)acetamide as P2-ligand along with 4-methoxylphenylsulfonamide as P2′-ligand displayed the most potent enzyme inhibitory activity (IC50 = 0.35 nM) and remarkably low cytotoxicity (CC50 = 305 μM).
A Concise One-Pot Organo- and Biocatalyzed Preparation of Enantiopure Hexahydrofuro[2,3-b]furan-3-ol: An Approach to the Synthesis of HIV Protease Inhibitors
Kanemitsu, Takuya,Inoue, Mizuho,Yoshimura, Nono,Yoneyama, Kazutoshi,Watarai, Rie,Miyazaki, Michiko,Odanaka, Yuki,Nagata, Kazuhiro,Itoh, Takashi
, p. 1874 - 1880 (2016/05/09)
A simple and efficient one-pot synthesis of enantiopure hexahydrofuro[2,3-b]furan-3-ol, a crucial component of HIV-1 protease inhibitors, was developed. The one-pot process involves an organocatalytic condensation followed by an enzymatic optical resolution. The condensation of 1,2-dihydrofuran and glycolaldehyde was achieved using Schreiner's thiourea catalyst (1 mol-%). A subsequent lipase-catalyzed kinetic resolution gave the target alcohol with >99 % ee. To demonstrate the practicality of this method, Darunavir, an HIV-1 protease inhibitor used to treat multi-drug-resistant HIV, was synthesized.
