Synthesis of novel potent hepatitis C virus NS3 protease inhibitors: Discovery of 4-hydroxy-cyclopent-2-ene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid as a N-acyl-l-hydroxyproline bioisostere
作者:Fredrik Thorstensson、Fredrik Wångsell、Ingemar Kvarnström、Lotta Vrang、Elizabeth Hamelink、Katarina Jansson、Anders Hallberg、Åsa Rosenquist、Bertil Samuelsson
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2006.10.044
日期:2007.1
Potent tetrapeptidic inhibitors of the HCV NS3 protease have been developed incorporating 4-hydroxy-cyclopent-2-ene-1,2-dicarboxylic acid as a new N-acyl-L-hydroxyproline mimic. The hydroxycyclopentene template was synthesized in eight steps from commercially available, (syn)-tetrahydrophthalic anhydride. Three different amino acids were explored in the PI-position and in the P2-position the hydroxyl group of the cyclopentene template was substituted with 7-methoxy-2-phenyl-quinolin-4-ol. The P3/P4-positions were then optimized from a set of six amino acid derivatives. All inhibitors were evaluated in an in vitro assay using the full-length NS3 protease. Several potent inhibitors were identified, the most promising exhibiting a K-i value of 1.1 nM. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.