Identification of novel potent HIV-1 inhibitors by exploiting the tolerant regions of the NNRTIs binding pocket.
Identification of novel potent HIV-1 inhibitors by exploiting the tolerant regions of the NNRTIs binding pocket.
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10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113204
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2021-01
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6.7
通讯作者:
Yanying Sun;Dongwei Kang;Feng Da;Tao Zhang;Pei Li;Baodan Zhang;E. De Clercq;C. Pannecouque;P. Zhan;Xinyong Liu
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作者:
Yanying Sun;Dongwei Kang;Feng Da;Tao Zhang;Pei Li;Baodan Zhang;E. De Clercq;C. Pannecouque;P. Zhan;Xinyong Liu
With our previously identified potent NNRTIs25aandHBS-11cas leads, series of novel thiophene[3,2-d]pyrimidine and thiophene[2,3-d]pyrimidine derivatives were designedviamolecular hybridization strategy. All the target compounds were evaluated for their anti-HIV-1 activity and cytotoxicity in MT-4 cells. Compounds16a1and16b1turned out to be the most potent inhibitors against WT and mutant HIV-1 strains (L100I, K103N, and E138K), with EC50values ranging from 0.007 μM to 0.043 μM. Gratifyingly,16b1exhibited significantly reduced cytotoxicity (CC50> 217.5 μM) and improved water solubility (S = 49.3 μg/mL at pH 7.0) compared to the lead 25a (S < 1 μg/mL at pH 7.0, CC50= 2.30 μM). Moreover, molecular docking was also conducted to rationalize the structure-activity relationships of these novel derivatives and to understand their key interactions with the binding pocket.