Discovery of PSI-353661, a Novel Purine Nucleotide Prodrug for the Treatment of HCV Infection
作者:Wonsuk Chang、Donghui Bao、Byoung-Kwon Chun、Devan Naduthambi、Dhanapalan Nagarathnam、Suguna Rachakonda、P. Ganapati Reddy、Bruce S. Ross、Hai-Ren Zhang、Shalini Bansal、Christine L. Espiritu、Meg Keilman、Angela M. Lam、Congrong Niu、Holly Micolochick Steuer、Phillip A. Furman、Michael J. Otto、Michael J. Sofia
DOI:10.1021/ml100209f
日期:2011.2.10
Hepatitis C virus afflicts approximately 180 million people worldwide, and the development of direct acting antivirals may offer substantial benefit compared to the current standard of care. Accordingly, prodrugs of 2'-deoxy-2'-fluoro-2'-C-methylguanosine monophosphate analogues were prepared and evaluated for their anti-HCV efficacy and tolerability. These prodrugs demonstrated >1000 fold greater potency than the parent nucleoside in a cell based replicon assay as a result of higher intracellular triphosphate levels. Further optimization led to the discovery of the clinical candidate PSI-353661, which has demonstrated strong in vitro, inhibition against HCV without cytotoxicity and equipotent activity against both the wild type and the known S282T nucleoside/tide resistant replicon. PSI-353661 is currently in preclinical development for the treatment of HCV.