Structure-Based Design of Potent HIV-1 Protease Inhibitors with Modified P1-Biphenyl Ligands: Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Enzyme-Inhibitor X-ray Structural Studies.
Ghosh, A.K., Yu, X., Osswald, H.L., Agniswamy, J., Wang, Y.F., Amano, M., Weber, I.T., Mitsuya, H.(2015) J Med Chem 58: 5334-5343
- PubMed: 26107245 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b00676
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We report the design, synthesis, X-ray structural studies, and biological evaluation of a novel series of HIV-1 protease inhibitors. We designed a variety of functionalized biphenyl derivatives to make enhanced van der Waals interactions in the S1 subsite of HIV-1 protease. These biphenyl derivatives were conveniently synthesized using a Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction as the key step. We examined the potential of these functionalized biphenyl-derived P1 ligands in combination with 3-(S)-tetrahydrofuranyl urethane and bis-tetrahydrofuranyl urethane as the P2 ligands. Inhibitor 21e, with a 2-methoxy-1,1'-biphenyl derivative as P1 ligand and bis-THF as the P2 ligand, displayed the most potent enzyme inhibitory and antiviral activity. This inhibitor also exhibited potent activity against a panel of multidrug-resistant HIV-1 variants. A high resolution X-ray crystal structure of related Boc-derivative 17a-bound HIV-1 protease provided important molecular insight into the ligand-binding site interactions of the biphenyl core in the S1 subsite of HIV-1 protease.
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†Departments of Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Purdue University, 560 Oval Drive, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States.