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Design and Development of Highly Potent HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors with a Crown-Like Oxotricyclic Core as the P2-Ligand To Combat Multidrug-Resistant HIV Variants

Journal Article · · Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
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  1. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
  2. Kumamoto Univ. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (Japan); Kumamoto Health Science Univ. (Japan); National Inst. of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD (United States)
  3. Kumamoto Univ. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (Japan); National Center for Global Health and Medicine Research Inst., Tokyo (Japan)
  4. Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA (United States)
  5. National Inst. of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD (United States)
  6. Kumamoto Univ. Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (Japan); National Center for Global Health and Medicine Research Inst., Tokyo (Japan); National Inst. of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD (United States)
Design, synthesis, and evaluation of a new class of exceptionally potent HIV-1 protease inhibitors are reported. Inhibitor 5 displayed superior antiviral activity and drug-resistance profiles. In fact, this inhibitor showed several orders of magnitude improved antiviral activity over the FDA approved drug darunavir. This inhibitor incorporates an unprecedented 6–5–5 ring-fused crown-like tetrahydropyranofuran as the P2 ligand and an aminobenzothiazole as the P2' ligand with the (R)-hydroxyethylsulfonamide isostere. The crown-like P2 ligand for this inhibitor has been synthesized efficiently in an optically active form using a chiral Diels–Alder catalyst providing a key intermediate in high enantiomeric purity. Furthermore, two high resolution X-ray structures of inhibitor-bound HIV-1 protease revealed extensive interactions with the backbone atoms of HIV-1 protease and provided molecular insight into the binding properties of these new inhibitors.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Intramural Research Program of the Center for Cancer Research; National Cancer Inst.; National Inst. of Health
Grant/Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
1368286
Journal Information:
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, Journal Name: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 60; ISSN 0022-2623
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH

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