Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Ministry of Education, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, Ji'nan, 250012, China.
Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, K.U. Leuven, Herestraat 49 Postbus 1043 (09.A097), B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Eur J Med Chem. 2018 Jul 15;155:714-724. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.06.036. Epub 2018 Jun 18.
We reported herein the design, synthesis and biological evaluation of a series of 5-hydroxypyrido[2,3-b]pyrazin-6(5H)-one derivatives as HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) ribonuclease H (RNase H) inhibitors using a privileged structure-guided scaffold refining strategy. In view of the similarities between the pharmacophore model of RNase H and integrase (IN) inhibitors as well as their catalytic sites, we also performed IN inhibition assays. Notably, the majority of these derivatives inhibited RNase H and IN at micromolar concentrations. Among them, compound 7a exhibited similar inhibitory activity against RNase H and IN (IC = 1.77 μM, IC = 1.18 μM, ratio = 1.50). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported dual HIV-1 RNase H-IN inhibitor based on a 5-hydroxypyrido[2,3-b]pyrazin-6(5H)-one structure. Molecular modeling has been used to predict the binding mode of 7a in complex with the catalytic cores of HIV-1 RNase H and IN. Taken together these results strongly support the feasibility of developing HIV-1 dual inhibitors from analog-based optimization of divalent metal ion chelators. Recently, the identification of dual inhibitors proved to be a highly effective strategy for novel antivirals discovery. Therefore, these compounds appear to be useful leads that can be further modified to develop more valuable anti-HIV-1 molecules with suitable drug profiles.
我们报道了一系列 5-羟吡啶并[2,3-b]吡嗪-6(5H)-酮衍生物的设计、合成和生物评价,这些衍生物作为 HIV-1 逆转录酶(RT)核糖核酸酶 H(RNase H)抑制剂,采用了一种受特权结构引导的支架精炼策略。鉴于 RNase H 和整合酶(IN)抑制剂的药效团模型以及它们的催化部位之间的相似性,我们还进行了 IN 抑制测定。值得注意的是,这些衍生物中的大多数以微摩尔浓度抑制 RNase H 和 IN。其中,化合物 7a 对 RNase H 和 IN 表现出相似的抑制活性(IC=1.77μM,IC=1.18μM,比值=1.50)。据我们所知,这是首例基于 5-羟吡啶并[2,3-b]吡嗪-6(5H)-酮结构的双重 HIV-1 RNase H-IN 抑制剂。分子建模已被用于预测 7a 与 HIV-1 RNase H 和 IN 的催化核心复合物的结合模式。综上所述,这些结果强烈支持了从二价金属离子螯合剂的基于类似物的优化开发 HIV-1 双重抑制剂的可行性。最近,双重抑制剂的鉴定被证明是一种发现新型抗病毒药物的高效策略。因此,这些化合物似乎是有用的先导化合物,可以进一步修饰以开发更有价值的具有合适药物特征的抗 HIV-1 分子。