ABSTRACT
Indolyl aryl sulfone (IAS) nonnucleoside inhibitors have been shown to potently inhibit the growth of wild-type and drug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), but their exact mechanism of action has not been elucidated yet. Here, we describe the mechanism of inhibition of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) by selected IAS derivatives. Our results showed that, depending on the substitutions introduced in the IAS common pharmacophore, these compounds can be made selective for different enzyme-substrate complexes. Moreover, we showed that the molecular basis for this selectivity was a different association rate of the drug to a particular enzymatic form along the reaction pathway. By comparing the activities of the different compounds against wild-type RT and the nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor-resistant mutant Lys103Asn, it was possible to hypothesize, on the basis of their mechanism of action, a rationale for the design of drugs which could overcome the steric barrier imposed by the Lys103Asn mutation.
摘要
吲哚基芳基砜(Indolyl aryl sulfone,IAS)非核苷抑制剂已被证明能有效抑制野生型和耐药型人类免疫缺陷病毒 1 型(HIV-1)的生长,但其确切的作用机制尚未阐明。在此,我们描述了某些 IAS 衍生物对 HIV-1 逆转录酶(RT)的抑制机制。我们的研究结果表明,根据在 IAS 共同药理结构中引入的取代,这些化合物可以对不同的酶-底物复合物产生选择性作用。此外,我们还证明了这种选择性的分子基础是药物与反应途径上特定酶形式的结合率不同。通过比较不同化合物对野生型 RT 和对非核苷类逆转录酶抑制剂有抗性的突变体 Lys103Asn 的活性,我们可以根据它们的作用机制,假设设计出可以克服 Lys103Asn 突变所造成的立体障碍的药物的原理。