An Amazing 30-Year Journey around the DABO Family: A Medicinal Chemistry Lesson on a Versatile Class of Non-nucleoside HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Journal of Medicinal Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: March 7, 2025
Since
the
emergence
of
AIDS,
non-nucleoside
HIV-1
RT
inhibitors
(NNRTIs)
have
attracted
attention
scientists
and
clinicians
due
to
their
high
potency
specificity
combined
with
low
toxicity.
3,4-Dihydro-2-alkoxy-6-benzyl-4-oxopyrimidines
(DABOs)
are
a
family
NNRTIs
described
since
1992,
best
members
among
S-,
NH-,
N,N-DABOs
showed
anti-HIV-1
in
both
cellular
enzymatic
assays.
During
30
years
research,
central
4-(3H)-pyrimidinone
nucleus
has
been
decorated
2,6-dihaloaryl
or
cyclohexyl
groups
at
methylene
C6,
alkyl-
(arylalkyl/aroylalkyl)thio/amino
chains
C2,
hydrogen
small
alkyl
group
C5.
The
further
introduction
(i.e.,
methoxy)
C6
α-benzylic
position
furnished
sub-nanomolar
level
against
wild-type
nanomolar
mutant
strains.
Importantly,
some
compounds
DABO
exhibited
preventative
microbicidal
activity,
valuable
clinical
settings
where
oral
adherence
rates
low.
Language: Английский
Cryo-EM Structure of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase with N-Phenyl-1-(phenylsulfonyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-amine: A New HIV-1 Non-nucleoside Inhibitor
ACS Infectious Diseases,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 30, 2025
The
use
of
highly
active
antiretroviral
therapy
(HAART)
has
made
the
human
immunodeficiency
virus
(HIV)
a
chronic
disease
rather
than
terminal
disease.
Non-nucleoside
reverse
transcriptase
inhibitors
(NNRTIs)
are
an
important
component
HAART,
although
we
seeing
clinically
relevant
drug-resistant
mutants
such
that
there
is
need
to
develop
new
molecules.
We
recently
identified
class
N-phenyl-1-(phenylsulfonyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-amine
HIV-1
NNRTI,
with
one
known
as
compound
12126065,
sub
nanomolar
(nM)
potency
in
TZM-bl
cells
(HeLa
expressing
CD4,
CCR5,
and
CXCR4)
no
vivo
acute
or
subacute
toxicity.
now
describe
cryo-EM
structure
this
molecule
(resolution
3.53
Å)
compare
it
analogues
other
NNRTIs.
also
synthesis
activity
five
additional
compounds,
some
which
have
promising
against
K103N/Y181C
(A17)
double
mutant,
will
enable
design
future
Language: Английский