Design, synthesis, and evaluation of dioxane-based antiviral agents targeted against the Sindbis virus capsid protein
作者:Ha Young Kim、Chinmay Patkar、Ranjit Warrier、Richard Kuhn、Mark Cushman
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2005.05.013
日期:2005.7
Dioxane-based antiviral agents targeted to the hydrophobic binding pocket of Sindbis virus capsid protein were designed by computer graphics molecular modeling and synthesized. Virus production using SIN-IRES-Lue and capsid assembly were monitored to evaluate antiviral activity. A compound with a three-carbon linker chain connecting two dioxane moieties inhibited virus production by 50% at a concentration of 40 mu M, while (R)-hydroxymethyldioxane inhibited virus production by 50% at a concentration of 1 mu M. Both compounds were not cytotoxic in uninfected BHK cells at concentrations of 1 mM. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.