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Design, biologic evaluation, and SAR of novel pseudo-peptide incorporating benzheterocycles as HIV-1 protease inhibitors
He, Meizi,Zhang, Hang,Yao, Xiaojian,Eckart, Michael,Zuo, Elizabeth,Yang, Ming
, p. 174 - 180 (2010)
A series of novel HIV-1 protease inhibitors based on the (hydroxyethylamino)-sulfonamide isostere incorporating substituted phenyls and benzheterocycle derivatives bearing rich hydrogen bonding acceptors as P 2 ligands were synthesized. Prolonged chain linking the benzhereocycle to the carbonyl group resulted in partial loss of binding affinities. Introduction of a small alkyl substituent with appropriate size to the -CH2- of P1-P2 linkage as a side chain resulted in improved inhibitory potency, and in this study, isopropyl was the best side chain. Replacement of the isobutyl substituent at P 1′group with phenyl substituent decreased the inhibitory potency. One of the most potent inhibitor, compound 23 showing high affinity to HIV-1 protease with an IC50 value of 5 nm, also exhibited good anti-SIV activity (EC50 = 0.8 μm) with low toxicity (TC 50 > 100 μm). The flexible docking of inhibitor 23 to HIV-1 protease active site rationalized the interactions with protease.
