Oligothiophene compounds inhibit the membrane fusion between H5N1 avian influenza virus and the endosome of host cell
作者:Zhibo Zhu、Zhili Yao、Xiantian Shen、Zhipeng Chen、Xiangtao Liu、Jon R. Parquette、Shuwen Liu
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.02.040
日期:2017.4
Hemagglutinin (HA) which is essential for influenza viral infection and replication has become a target for the design of anti-influenza drugs. A novel series of oligothiophene compounds focused on the target were synthesized as specific inhibitors against the H5 subtype of influenza A viruses because oligothiophene has Pi-Pi stronger pep interactions with residues F110(2) and M24(1) of HA2 side chains. Oligothiophene compounds were designed and synthesized by a series of alkylation, azidation, amination and amidation reactions. The entry inhibitory activities of those compounds were tested at a cellular level against H5N1 influenza pseudovirus. Compound 3sf was revealed as the most active inhibitor in this series with an IC50 of 0.029 mM. The activity of 3sf is almost 1000 times that of the positive reference compound (CL-385319). A structure-activity analysis of these compounds demonstrated that the size of the oligothiophene compounds was very important for the inhibitory activity. Four compounds (3sk, 3sf, 3sc and 4sc) of strong inhibitiory activity against H5N1 influenza pseudovirus were assessed against H1N1 influenza virus MDCK. They also showed strong inhibitiory activity with IC50s of 3.292 mu M, 1.240 mu M, 1.119 mu M and 0.768 mu M, respectively. (C) 2017 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Tunneling Probability Increases with Distance in Junctions Comprising Self-Assembled Monolayers of Oligothiophenes
作者:Yanxi Zhang、Saurabh Soni、Theodorus L. Krijger、Pavlo Gordiichuk、Xinkai Qiu、Gang Ye、Harry T. Jonkman、Andreas Herrmann、Karin Zojer、Egbert Zojer、Ryan C. Chiechi
DOI:10.1021/jacs.8b09793
日期:2018.11.7
Molecular tunneling junctions should enable the tailoring of charge-transport at the quantum level through synthetic chemistry but are hindered by the dominance of the electrodes. We show that the frontier orbitals of molecules can be decoupled from the electrodes, preserving their relative energies in self-assembled monolayers even when a top-contact is applied. This decoupling leads to the remarkable observation of tunneling probabilities that increase with distance in a series of oligothiophenes, which we explain using a two-barrier tunneling model. This model is generalizable to any conjugated oligomers for which the frontier orbital gap can be determined and predicts that the molecular orbitals that dominate tunneling charge-transport can be positioned via molecular design rather than by domination of Fermi-level pinning arising from strong hybridization. The ability to preserve the electronic structure of molecules in tunneling junctions facilitates the application of well-established synthetic design rules to tailor the properties of molecular-electronic devices.