Structure-based design of novel naproxen derivatives targeting monomeric nucleoprotein of Influenza A virus
摘要:
The nucleoprotein (NP) binds the viral RNA genome as oligomers assembled with the polymerase in a ribonucleoprotein complex required for transcription and replication of influenza A virus. Novel antiviral candidates targeting the nucleoprotein either induced higher order oligomers or reduced NP oligomerization by targeting the oligomerization loop and blocking its insertion into adjacent nucleoprotein subunit. In this study, we used a different structure-based approach to stabilize monomers of the nucleoprotein by drugs binding in its RNA-binding groove. We recently identified naproxen as a drug competing with RNA binding to NP with antiinflammatory and antiviral effects against influenza A virus. Here, we designed novel derivatives of naproxen by fragment extension for improved binding to NP. Molecular dynamics simulations suggested that among these derivatives, naproxen A and C0 were most promising. Their chemical synthesis is described. Both derivatives markedly stabilized NP monomer against thermal denaturation. Naproxen C0 bound tighter to NP than naproxen at a binding site predicted by MD simulations and shown by competition experiments using wt NP or single-point mutants as determined by surface plasmon resonance. MD simulations suggested that impeded oligomerization and stabilization of monomeric NP is likely to be achieved by drugs binding in the RNA grove and inducing close to their binding site conformational changes of key residues hosting the oligomerization loop as observed for the naproxen derivatives. Naproxen C0 is a potential antiviral candidate blocking influenza nucleoprotein function.
ANTIVIRAL COMPOSITIONS DIRECTED AGAINST THE INFLUENZA VIRUS NUCLEOPROTEIN
申请人:Slama Schwok Anny
公开号:US20140163107A1
公开(公告)日:2014-06-12
A pharmaceutical composition for treating viral infections by an influenza type A virus, includes a compound capable of acting as an inhibitor of the binding of the viral RNA to the nucleoprotein of influenza type A viruses, and capable of binding to the viral-RNA-binding domain on the nucleoprotein. A pharmaceutical composition for treating viral infections by an orthomyxovirus, includes a compound capable of acting as an inhibitor of the binding of the viral RNA to the nucleoprotein of orthomyxoviruses, and capable of binding to the viral-RNA-binding domain on the nucleoprotein of the viruses. A compound acting as an inhibitor of the binding of the viral RNA to the nucleoprotein of influenza type A viruses, and binding to the viral-RNA-binding domain on the nucleoprotein of influenza type A viruses and a method for identifying such a compound having these properties are also described.
ANTIVIRAL COMPOSITIONS DIRECTED AGAINST THE NUCLEOPROTEIN OF INFLUENZA VIRUSES
申请人:INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE
公开号:US20180028478A1
公开(公告)日:2018-02-01
Pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of a viral infection by a type-A influenza virus are provided. The compositions include a compound having the property of acting as an inhibitor of the attachment of the viral RNA to the nucleoprotein of the type-A influenza virus, the compound having the property of binding to the binding domain of the viral RNA to the nucleoprotein. Methods of treating an infection by influenza virus by administering an effective amount of the compound to a subject are also disclosed. A process for identifying a compound having the property of binding to the binding domain of the viral RNA to the nucleoprotein of the type-A influenza viruses are further disclosed.
US9783482B2
申请人:——
公开号:US9783482B2
公开(公告)日:2017-10-10
Structure-based design of novel naproxen derivatives targeting monomeric nucleoprotein of Influenza A virus
作者:Bogdan Tarus、Hélène Bertrand、Gloria Zedda、Carmelo Di Primo、Stéphane Quideau、Anny Slama-Schwok
DOI:10.1080/07391102.2014.979230
日期:2015.9.2
The nucleoprotein (NP) binds the viral RNA genome as oligomers assembled with the polymerase in a ribonucleoprotein complex required for transcription and replication of influenza A virus. Novel antiviral candidates targeting the nucleoprotein either induced higher order oligomers or reduced NP oligomerization by targeting the oligomerization loop and blocking its insertion into adjacent nucleoprotein subunit. In this study, we used a different structure-based approach to stabilize monomers of the nucleoprotein by drugs binding in its RNA-binding groove. We recently identified naproxen as a drug competing with RNA binding to NP with antiinflammatory and antiviral effects against influenza A virus. Here, we designed novel derivatives of naproxen by fragment extension for improved binding to NP. Molecular dynamics simulations suggested that among these derivatives, naproxen A and C0 were most promising. Their chemical synthesis is described. Both derivatives markedly stabilized NP monomer against thermal denaturation. Naproxen C0 bound tighter to NP than naproxen at a binding site predicted by MD simulations and shown by competition experiments using wt NP or single-point mutants as determined by surface plasmon resonance. MD simulations suggested that impeded oligomerization and stabilization of monomeric NP is likely to be achieved by drugs binding in the RNA grove and inducing close to their binding site conformational changes of key residues hosting the oligomerization loop as observed for the naproxen derivatives. Naproxen C0 is a potential antiviral candidate blocking influenza nucleoprotein function.