Achiral Pyrazinone-Based Inhibitors of the Hepatitis C Virus NS3 Protease and Drug-Resistant Variants with Elongated Substituents Directed Toward the S2 Pocket
摘要:
Herein we describe the design, synthesis, inhibitory potency, and pharmacokinetic properties of a novel class of achiral peptidomimetic HCV NS3 protease inhibitors. The compounds are based on a dipeptidomimetic pyrazinone glycine P3P2 building block in combination with an aromatic acyl sulfonamide in the P1P1' position. Structure-activity relationship data and molecular modeling support occupancy of the S2 pocket from elongated R-6 substituents on the 2(1H)-pyrazinone core and several inhibitors with improved inhibitory potency down to K-i = 0.11 mu M were identified. A major goal with the design was to produce inhibitors structurally dissimilar to the di- and tripeptide-based HCV protease inhibitors in advanced stages of development for which cross-resistance might be an issue. Therefore, the retained and improved inhibitory potency against the drug-resistant variants A156T, D168V, and R155K further strengthen the potential of this class of inhibitors. A number of the inhibitors were tested in in vitro preclinical profiling assays to evaluate their apparent pharmacokinetic properties. The various R6 substituents were found to have a major influence on solubility, metabolic stability, and cell permeability.
Achiral Pyrazinone-Based Inhibitors of the Hepatitis C Virus NS3 Protease and Drug-Resistant Variants with Elongated Substituents Directed Toward the S2 Pocket
摘要:
Herein we describe the design, synthesis, inhibitory potency, and pharmacokinetic properties of a novel class of achiral peptidomimetic HCV NS3 protease inhibitors. The compounds are based on a dipeptidomimetic pyrazinone glycine P3P2 building block in combination with an aromatic acyl sulfonamide in the P1P1' position. Structure-activity relationship data and molecular modeling support occupancy of the S2 pocket from elongated R-6 substituents on the 2(1H)-pyrazinone core and several inhibitors with improved inhibitory potency down to K-i = 0.11 mu M were identified. A major goal with the design was to produce inhibitors structurally dissimilar to the di- and tripeptide-based HCV protease inhibitors in advanced stages of development for which cross-resistance might be an issue. Therefore, the retained and improved inhibitory potency against the drug-resistant variants A156T, D168V, and R155K further strengthen the potential of this class of inhibitors. A number of the inhibitors were tested in in vitro preclinical profiling assays to evaluate their apparent pharmacokinetic properties. The various R6 substituents were found to have a major influence on solubility, metabolic stability, and cell permeability.
Pan-NS3 protease inhibitors of hepatitis C virus based on an R3-elongated pyrazinone scaffold
作者:Anna Karin Belfrage、Eldar Abdurakhmanov、Eva Åkerblom、Peter Brandt、Hiba Alogheli、Johan Neyts、U. Helena Danielson、Anja Sandström
DOI:10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.02.032
日期:2018.3
HCV NS3 proteaseinhibitors and show that elongated R3 urea substituents were associated with increased inhibitory potencies over several NS3 protein variants. The inhibitors are believed to rely on β-sheet mimicking hydrogen bonds which are similar over different genotypes and current drug resistant variants and correspond to the β-sheet interactions of the natural peptide substrate. Inhibitor 36, for
在本文中,我们介绍了基于2(1 H)-吡嗪酮的HCV NS3蛋白酶抑制剂的设计和合成,并显示了延长的R 3尿素取代基与几种 蛋白变体的抑制能力增强相关。据信抑制剂依赖于模拟氢键的β-折叠,该氢键在不同的基因型和当前的抗药性变体上是相似的,并且对应于天然肽底物的β-折叠相互作用。例如,具有包括环状酰亚胺的尿素取代基的抑制剂36对基因型1a,野生型(K i = 30 nM)和R155K(K i = 2 nM)和基因型3a(Ki = 5 nM)。