491585-44-5Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Discovery of the first thumb pocket 1 NS5B polymerase inhibitor (BILB 1941) with demonstrated antiviral activity in patients chronically infected with genotype 1 hepatitis C virus (HCV)
Beaulieu, Pierre L.,Boes, Michael,Cordingley, Michael G.,Chabot, Catherine,Fazal, Gulrez,Garneau, Michel,Gillard, James R.,Jolicoeur, Eric,Laplante, Steven,McKercher, Ginette,Poirier, Martin,Poupart, Marc-Andre,Tsantrizos, Youla S.,Duan, Jianmin,Kukolj, George
, p. 7650 - 7666,17 (2020/08/24)
Combinations of direct acting antivirals (DAAs) that have the potential to suppress emergence of resistant virus and that can be used in interferon-sparing regimens represent a preferred option for the treatment of chronic HCV infection. We have discovered allosteric (thumb pocket 1) non-nucleoside inhibitors of HCV NS5B polymerase that inhibit replication in replicon systems. Herein, we report the late-stage optimization of indole-based inhibitors, which began with the identification of a metabolic liability common to many previously reported inhibitors in this series. By use of parallel synthesis techniques, a sparse matrix of inhibitors was generated that provided a collection of inhibitors satisfying potency criteria and displaying improved in vitro ADME profiles. "Cassette" screening for oral absorption in rat provided a short list of potential development candidates. Further evaluation led to the discovery of the first thumb pocket 1 NS5B inhibitor (BILB 1941) that demonstrated antiviral activity in patients chronically infected with genotype 1 HCV.
Importance of ligand bioactive conformation in the discovery of potent indole-diamide inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus NS5B
Laplante, Steven R.,Gillard, James R.,Jakalian, Araz,Aubry, Norman,Coulombe, Rene,Brochu, Christian,Tsantrizos, Youla S.,Poirier, Martin,Kukolj, George,Beaulieu, Pierre L.
supporting information; experimental part, p. 15204 - 15212 (2010/12/29)
Significant advances have led to receptor induced-fit and conformational selection models for describing bimolecular recognition, but a more comprehensive view must evolve to also include ligand shape and conformational changes. Here, we describe an example where a ligand's "structural hinge" influences potency by inducing an "L-shape" bioactive conformation, and due to its solvent exposure in the complex, reasonable conformation-activity-relationships can be qualitatively attributed. From a ligand design perspective, this feature was exploited by successful linker hopping to an alternate "structural hinge" that led to a new and promising chemical series which matched the ligand bioactive conformation and the pocket bioactive space. Using a combination of X-ray crystallography, NMR and modeling with support from binding-site resistance mutant studies and photoaffinity labeling experiments, we were able to derive inhibitor-polymerase complexes for various chemical series.
VIRAL POLYMERASE INHIBITORS
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An isomer, enantiomer, diastereoisomer or tautomer of a compound, represented by formula (I): wherein wherein A, B, R2, R3, L, M1, M2, M3, M4, Y1, Y0, Z and Sp are as defined in claim 1, or a salt thereof, as an inhibitor of HCV NS5B polymerase.
