Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reverse transcriptase (RT)-associated ribonuclease H (RNase H) remains an unvalidated drug target. Reported HIV RNase H inhibitors generally lack significant antiviral activity. We report herein the design, synthesis, biochemical and antiviral evaluations of a new 6-biphenylmethyl subtype of the 3-hydroxypyrimidine-2,4-dione (HPD) chemotype. In biochemical assays, analogues of this new subtype potently inhibited RT RNase H in low nanomolar range without inhibiting RT polymerase (pol) or integrase strand transfer (INST) at the highest concentrations tested. In cell-based assays, a few analogues inhibited HIV in low micromolar range without cytotoxicity at concentrations up to 100 μM.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 680-691 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry |
Volume | 156 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 5 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2018 Elsevier Masson SAS
Keywords
- 3-Hydroxypyrimidine-2,4-dione (HPD)
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Inhibitors
- RNase H
- Structure-activity-relationship (SAR)
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article