Small-Molecule Thioesters as SARS-CoV-2 Main Protease Inhibitors: Enzyme Inhibition, Structure–Activity Relationships, Antiviral Activity, and X-ray Structure Determination
作者:Thanigaimalai Pillaiyar、Philipp Flury、Nadine Krüger、Haixia Su、Laura Schäkel、Elany Barbosa Da Silva、Olga Eppler、Thales Kronenberger、Tianqing Nie、Stephanie Luedtke、Cheila Rocha、Katharina Sylvester、Marvin R.I. Petry、James H. McKerrow、Antti Poso、Stefan Pöhlmann、Michael Gütschow、Anthony J. O’Donoghue、Yechun Xu、Christa E. Müller、Stefan A. Laufer
DOI:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.2c00636
日期:2022.7.14
The main protease (Mpro, 3CLpro) of SARS-CoV-2 is an attractive target in coronaviruses because of its crucial involvement in viral replication and transcription. Here, we report on the design, synthesis, and structure–activity relationships of novel small-molecule thioesters as SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibitors. Compounds 3w and 3x exhibited excellent SARS-CoV-2 Mpro inhibition with kinac/Ki of 58,700 M–1
SARS-CoV-2 的主要蛋白酶(M pro、 3CL pro)是冠状病毒中一个有吸引力的靶点,因为它在病毒复制和转录中发挥着至关重要的作用。在这里,我们报告了作为 SARS-CoV-2 M前抑制剂的新型小分子硫酯的设计、合成和构效关系。化合物3w和3x表现出优异的 SARS-CoV-2 M pro抑制作用,k inac / K i分别为 58,700 M –1 s –1 ( K i = 0.0141 μM) 和 27,200 M –1 s –1 ( K i = 0.0332 μM) , 分别。在 Calu-3 和 Vero76 细胞中,化合物3h、3i 、 3l、3r、3v、3w和3x显示纳摩尔范围内的抗病毒活性,且没有宿主细胞毒性。完成了3w和3af与 SARS-CoV-2 M pro的共结晶,X 射线结构显示与蛋白酶的催化 Cys145 残基共价结合。有效的 SARS-CoV-2 Mpro