Design, synthesis and evaluation of a novel double pro-drug: INX-08189. A new clinical candidate for hepatitis C virus
作者:Christopher McGuigan、Karolina Madela、Mohamed Aljarah、Arnaud Gilles、Andrea Brancale、Nicola Zonta、Stanley Chamberlain、John Vernachio、Jeff Hutchins、Andrea Hall、Brenda Ames、Elena Gorovits、Babita Ganguly、Alexander Kolykhalov、Jin Wang、Jerry Muhammad、Joseph M. Patti、Geoffrey Henson
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.06.094
日期:2010.8
We herein report a novel double pro-drug approach applied to the anti-HCV agent 2'-beta-C-methyl guanosine. A phosphoramidate ProTide motif and a 6-O-methoxy base pro-drug moiety are combined to generate lipophilic prodrugs of the monophosphate of the guanine nucleoside. Modi. cation of the ester and amino acid moieties lead to a compound INX-08189 that exhibits 10 nM potency in the HCV genotype 1b subgenomic replicon, thus being 500 times more potent than the parent nucleoside. The potency of the lead compound INX-08189 was shown to be consistent with intracellular 2'-C-methyl guanosine triphosphate levels in primary human hepatocytes. The separated diastereomers of INX-08189 were shown to have similar activity in the replicon assay and were also shown to be similar substrates for enzyme processing. INX-08189 has completed investigational new drug enabling studies and has been progressed into human clinical trials for the treatment of chronic HCV infection. (c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.