TY - JOUR
T1 - SAR and lead optimization of an HIV-1 Vif-APOBEC3G axis inhibitor
AU - Mohammed, Idrees
AU - Parai, Maloy K.
AU - Jiang, Xinpeng
AU - Sharova, Natalia
AU - Singh, Gatikrushna
AU - Stevenson, Mario
AU - Rana, Tariq M.
PY - 2012/5/14
Y1 - 2012/5/14
N2 - We describe structure-activity relationship and optimization studies of RN-18, an HIV-1 Vif-APOBEC3G axis inhibitor. Targeted modifications of RN-18 ring C, ring B, ring A, bridge A-B, and bridge B-C were performed to identify the crucial structural features, which generated new inhibitors with similar (4g and 4i) and improved (5, 8b, and 11) activities. Two potent water-soluble RN-18 analogues, 17 and 19, are also disclosed, and we describe the results of pharmacological studies with compound 19. The findings described here will be useful in the development of more potent Vif inhibitors and in the design of probes to identify the target protein of RN-18 and its analogues.
AB - We describe structure-activity relationship and optimization studies of RN-18, an HIV-1 Vif-APOBEC3G axis inhibitor. Targeted modifications of RN-18 ring C, ring B, ring A, bridge A-B, and bridge B-C were performed to identify the crucial structural features, which generated new inhibitors with similar (4g and 4i) and improved (5, 8b, and 11) activities. Two potent water-soluble RN-18 analogues, 17 and 19, are also disclosed, and we describe the results of pharmacological studies with compound 19. The findings described here will be useful in the development of more potent Vif inhibitors and in the design of probes to identify the target protein of RN-18 and its analogues.
KW - HIV-1 Vif-APOBEC3G axis inhibition
KW - RN-18
KW - pharmacological studies
KW - structure-activity relationship and optimization
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U2 - 10.1021/ml300037k
DO - 10.1021/ml300037k
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84862280748
SN - 1948-5875
VL - 3
SP - 465
EP - 469
JO - ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
JF - ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters
IS - 6
ER -