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Hydroxamic acids block replication of hepatitis c virus
Ai, Teng,Xu, Yanli,Qiu, Li,Geraghty, Robert J.,Chen, Liqiang
, p. 785 - 800 (2015/01/30)
Intrigued by the role of protein acetylation in hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication, we tested known histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors and a focused library of structurally simple hydroxamic acids for inhibition of a HCV subgenomic replicon. While known HDAC inhibitors with varied inhibitory profiles proved to be either relatively toxic or ineffective, structure-activity relationship (SAR) studies on cinnamic hydroxamic acid and benzo[b]thiophen-2-hydroxamic acid gave rise to compounds 22 and 53, which showed potent and selective anti-HCV activity and therefore are promising starting points for further structural optimization and mechanistic studies.