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Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluations of Hydroxypyridonecarboxylic Acids as Inhibitors of HIV Reverse Transcriptase Associated RNase H.

ABSTRACT: Targeting the clinically unvalidated reverse transcriptase (RT) associated ribonuclease H (RNase H) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) drug discovery generally entails chemotypes capable of chelating two divalent metal ions in the RNase H active site. The hydroxypyridonecarboxylic acid scaffold has been implicated in inhibiting homologous HIV integrase (IN) and influenza endonuclease via metal chelation. We report herein the design, synthesis, and biological evaluations of a novel variant of the hydroxypyridonecarboxylic acid scaffold featuring a crucial N-1 benzyl or biarylmethyl moiety. Biochemical studies show that most analogues consistently inhibited HIV RT-associated RNase H in the low micromolar range in the absence of significant inhibition of RT polymerase or IN. One compound showed reasonable cell-based antiviral activity (EC50 = 10 ?M). Docking and crystallographic studies corroborate favorable binding to the active site of HIV RNase H, providing a basis for the design of more potent analogues.

SUBMITTER: Kankanala J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4882222 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluations of Hydroxypyridonecarboxylic Acids as Inhibitors of HIV Reverse Transcriptase Associated RNase H.

Kankanala Jayakanth J Kirby Karen A KA Liu Feng F Miller Lena L Nagy Eva E Wilson Daniel J DJ Parniak Michael A MA Sarafianos Stefan G SG Wang Zhengqiang Z

Journal of medicinal chemistry 20160429 10

Targeting the clinically unvalidated reverse transcriptase (RT) associated ribonuclease H (RNase H) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) drug discovery generally entails chemotypes capable of chelating two divalent metal ions in the RNase H active site. The hydroxypyridonecarboxylic acid scaffold has been implicated in inhibiting homologous HIV integrase (IN) and influenza endonuclease via metal chelation. We report herein the design, synthesis, and biological evaluations of a novel variant of ...[more]

PMID: 27094954

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Project description:We tested three compounds for their ability to inhibit the RNase H (RH) and polymerase activities of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT). A high-resolution crystal structure (2.2 Å) of one of the compounds showed that it chelates the two magnesium ions at the RH active site; this prevents the RH active site from interacting with, and cleaving, the RNA strand of an RNA-DNA heteroduplex. The compounds were tested using a variety of substrates: all three compounds inhibited the polymerase-independent RH activity of HIV-1 RT. Time-of-addition experiments showed that the compounds were more potent if they were bound to RT before the nucleic acid substrate was added. The compounds significantly inhibited the site-specific cleavage required to generate the polypurine tract (PPT) RNA primer that initiates the second strand of viral DNA synthesis. The compounds also reduced the polymerase activity of RT; this ability was a result of the compounds binding to the RH active site. These compounds appear to be relatively specific; they do not inhibit either Escherichia coli RNase HI or human RNase H2. The compounds inhibit the replication of an HIV-1-based vector in a one-round assay, and their potencies were only modestly decreased by mutations that confer resistance to integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs), nucleoside analogs, or nonnucleoside RT inhibitors (NNRTIs), suggesting that their ability to block HIV replication is related to their ability to block RH cleavage. These compounds appear to be useful leads that can be used to develop more potent and specific compounds.IMPORTANCE Despite advances in HIV-1 treatment, drug resistance is still a problem. Of the four enzymatic activities found in HIV-1 proteins (protease, RT polymerase, RT RNase H, and integrase), only RNase H has no approved therapeutics directed against it. This new target could be used to design and develop new classes of inhibitors that would suppress the replication of the drug-resistant variants that have been selected by the current therapeutics.

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Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluations of Hydroxypyridonecarboxylic Acids as Inhibitors of HIV Reverse Transcriptase Associated RNase H.

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Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluations of Hydroxypyridonecarboxylic Acids as Inhibitors of HIV Reverse Transcriptase Associated RNase H.

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