GRL-04810 and GRL-05010, difluoride-containing nonpeptidic HIV-1 protease inhibitors (PIs) that inhibit the replication of multi-PI-resistant HIV-1 in vitro and possess favorable lipophilicity that may allow blood-brain barrier penetration.
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ABSTRACT: We designed, synthesized, and identified two novel nonpeptidic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) protease inhibitors (PIs), GRL-04810 and GRL-05010, containing the structure-based designed privileged cyclic ether-derived nonpeptide P2 ligand, bis-tetrahydrofuranylurethane (bis-THF), and a difluoride moiety, both of which are active against the laboratory strain HIV-1LAI (50% effective concentrations [EC50s], 0.0008 and 0.003 ?M, respectively) with minimal cytotoxicity (50% cytotoxic concentrations [CC50s], 17.5 and 37.0 ?M, respectively, in CD4(+) MT-2 cells). The two compounds were active against multi-PI-resistant clinical HIV-1 variants isolated from patients who had no response to various antiviral regimens. GRL-04810 and GRL-05010 also blocked the infectivity and replication of each of the HIV-1NL4-3 variants selected by up to 5 ?M lopinavir (EC50s, 0.03 and 0.03 ?M, respectively) and atazanavir (EC50s, 0.02 and 0.04 ?M, respectively). Moreover, they were active against darunavir (DRV)-resistant variants (EC50 in 0.03 to 0.034 ?M range for GRL-04810 and 0.026 to 0.043 ?M for GRL-05010), while DRV had EC50s between 0.02 and 0.174 ?M. GRL-04810 had a favorable lipophilicity profile as determined with the partition (log P) and distribution (log D) coefficients of -0.14 and -0.29, respectively. The in vitro blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability assay revealed that GRL-04810 and GRL-05010 may have a greater advantage in terms of crossing the BBB than the currently available PIs, with apparent penetration indexes of 47.8 × 10(-6) and 61.8 × 10(-6) cm/s, respectively. The present data demonstrate that GRL-04810 and GRL-05010 exert efficient activity against a wide spectrum of HIV-1 variants in vitro and suggest that two fluorine atoms added to their bis-THF moieties may well enhance their penetration across the BBB.
SUBMITTER: Salcedo Gomez PM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3837900 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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