Design of novel HIV-1 protease inhibitors incorporating isophthalamide-derived P2-P3 ligands: Synthesis, biological evaluation and X-ray structural studies of inhibitor-HIV-1 protease complex
作者:Arun K. Ghosh、Margherita Brindisi、Prasanth R. Nyalapatla、Jun Takayama、Jean-Rene Ella-Menye、Sofiya Yashchuk、Johnson Agniswamy、Yuan-Fang Wang、Manabu Aoki、Masayuki Amano、Irene T. Weber、Hiroaki Mitsuya
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2017.04.005
日期:2017.10
Based upon molecular insights from the X-ray structures of inhibitor-bound HIV-1 protease complexes, we have designed a series of isophthalamide-derived inhibitors incorporating substituted pyrrolidines, piperidines and thiazolidines as P2-P3 ligands for specific interactions in the S2-S3 extended site. Compound 4b has shown an enzyme K-i of 0.025 nM and antiviral IC50 of 69 nM. An X-ray crystal structure of inhibitor 4b-HIV-1 protease complex was determined at 1.33 angstrom resolution. We have also determined X-ray structure of 3b-bound HIV-1 protease at 1.27 angstrom resolution. These structures revealed important molecular insight into the inhibitor-HIV-1 protease interactions in the active site. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.