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Discovery, X-ray Crystallography and Antiviral Activity of Allosteric Inhibitors of Flavivirus NS2B-NS3 Protease
Yao, Yuan,Huo, Tong,Lin, Yi-Lun,Nie, Shenyou,Wu, Fangrui,Hua, Yuanda,Wu, Jingyu,Kneubehl, Alexander R.,Vogt, Megan B.,Rico-Hesse, Rebecca,Song, Yongcheng
, p. 6832 - 6836 (2019)
Flaviviruses, including dengue, West Nile and recently emerged Zika virus, are important human pathogens, but there are no drugs to prevent or treat these viral infections. The highly conserved Flavivirus NS2B-NS3 protease is essential for viral replication and therefore a drug target. Compound screening followed by medicinal chemistry yielded a series of drug-like, broadly active inhibitors of Flavivirus proteases with IC50 as low as 120 nM. The inhibitor exhibited significant antiviral activities in cells (EC68: 300-600 nM) and in a mouse model of Zika virus infection. X-ray studies reveal that the inhibitors bind to an allosteric, mostly hydrophobic pocket of dengue NS3 and hold the protease in an open, catalytically inactive conformation. The inhibitors and their binding structures would be useful for rational drug development targeting Zika, dengue and other Flaviviruses.
Synthesis, Structure-Activity Relationships, and Antiviral Activity of Allosteric Inhibitors of Flavivirus NS2B-NS3 Protease
Nie, Shenyou,Yao, Yuan,Wu, Fangrui,Wu, Xiaowei,Zhao, Jidong,Hua, Yuanda,Wu, Jingyu,Huo, Tong,Lin, Yi-Lun,Kneubehl, Alexander R.,Vogt, Megan B.,Ferreon, Josephine,Rico-Hesse, Rebecca,Song, Yongcheng
, p. 2777 - 2800 (2021/03/09)
Flaviviruses, including Zika, dengue, and West Nile viruses, are important human pathogens. The highly conserved NS2B-NS3 protease of Flavivirus is essential for viral replication and therefore a promising drug target. Through compound screening, followed by medicinal chemistry studies, a novel series of 2,5,6-trisubstituted pyrazine compounds are found to be potent, allosteric inhibitors of Zika virus protease (ZVpro) with IC50 values as low as 130 nM. Their structure-activity relationships are discussed. The ZVpro inhibitors also inhibit homologous proteases of dengue and West Nile viruses, and their inhibitory activities are correlated. The most potent compounds 47 and 103 potently inhibited Zika virus replication in cells with EC68 values of 300-600 nM and in a mouse model of Zika infection. These compounds represent novel pharmacological leads for drug development against Flavivirus infections.
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AS ADENOSINE ANTAGONISTS
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Aminopyrazine compounds as modulators of an adenosine receptor are provided. The compounds may find use as therapeutic agents for the treatment of diseases mediated through a G-protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway and may find particular use in oncology.