SAR study of bisamides as cyclophilin a inhibitors for the development of host-targeting therapy for hepatitis C virus infection
摘要:
The therapy of chronic hepatitis C virus infections has significantly improved with the development of directacting antivirals (DAAs), which contain NS3/4A protease, NS5A, and NS5B polymerase inhibitors. However, mutations in specific residues in these viral target genes are associated with resistance to the DAAs. Especially inhibitors of NS3/4A protease and NS5A, such as grazoprevir and velpatasvir, have a low barrier to resistant mutations. As a result, the mutations influence the virological outcomes after DAA treatment. CypA inhibitors, as host-targeted agents, act on host factors to inhibit HCV replication, exhibiting a high resistance barrier and pangenotype activities against HCV. Therefore, they can be developed into alternative, more effective anti-HCV agents. However, CypA inhibitors are natural products and analogs. Based on previous studies, bisamide derivatives were designed and synthesized to develop a novel class of CypA inhibitors. Bisamide derivative 7c is a promising compound with potent anti-HCV activity at subtoxic concentrations. Surface plasmon resonance experiments revealed that 7c directly binds to CypA. All these studies indicated that the derivative 7c is a potent CypA inhibitor, which can be used as a host-targeted agent in combination with other antiviral agents for antiHCV treatment.
申请人:UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
公开号:US20160297751A1
公开(公告)日:2016-10-13
The present invention relates to a novel bis-amide derivative compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a method of preparation thereof; and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating diseases caused by hepatitis C virus infection and health functional food for preventing or ameliorating diseases caused by hepatitis C virus infection, containing the bis-amide derivative compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient.
The novel bis-amide derivative compound of the present invention, particularly WJCPA-126, specifically binds to the catalytic site of CypA to effectively inhibit the activity of an isomerase, and the duration of the inhibitory effect can be increased because WJCPA-126 binds to CypA with high binding affinity exhibiting a low dissociation rate (K
off
). Accordingly, WJCPA-126 has nontoxic and non-immunosuppressive characteristics and can effectively inhibit HCV replication in vitro and in vivo model systems. Additionally, WJCPA-126 reactivates the host interferon response through an increase in the expression of IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs) and the inhibition of interleukin-8 (IL-8) secretion. Therefore, a series of the bis-amide derivatives including WJCPA-126 can be useful as a novel type CypA inhibitor exhibiting antiviral effect.