Potent Non-Nucleoside Inhibitors of the Measles Virus RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase Complex
作者:Aiming Sun、Jeong-Joong Yoon、Yan Yin、Andrew Prussia、Yutao Yang、Jaeki Min、Richard K. Plemper、James P. Snyder
DOI:10.1021/jm701239a
日期:2008.7
Measles virus (MV) is one of the most infectious pathogens known. In spite of the existence of a vaccine, approximately 350000 deaths/year result from MV or associated complications. Antimeasles compounds Could conceivably diminish these statistics and provide a therapy that complements vaccine treatment. We recently described a high-throughput screening hit compound 1 (16677) against MV-infected cells with the capacity to eliminate viral reproduction at 250 nM by inhibiting the action of the virus's RNA-dependent RNA polymerase complex (RdRp). The compound, 1-methyl-3-(trifluoroi-nethyl)-N-[4-sulfonylphenyl]-1H-pyrazole-5-carboxamide, 1 carries a critical CF3 moiety on the 1,2-pyrazole ring. Elaborating on the preliminary structure-activity (SAR) study, the present work presents the synthesis and SAR of a much broader range of low nanomolar nonpeptidic MV inhibitors and speculates on the role of the CF3 functionality.