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2016 (English)In: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, ISSN 0968-0896, E-ISSN 1464-3391, Vol. 24, no 12, p. 2603-2620Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Herein, we present the design and synthesis of 2(1H)-pyrazinone based HCV NS3 protease inhibitors with variations in the C-terminus. Biochemical evaluation was performed using genotype 1a, both the wildtype and the drug resistant enzyme variant, R155K. Surprisingly, compounds without an acidic sulfonamide retained good inhibition, challenging our previous molecular docking model. Moreover, selected compounds in this series showed nanomolar potency against R155K NS3 protease; which generally confer resistance to all HCV NS3 protease inhibitors approved or in clinical trials. These results further strengthen the potential of this novel substance class, being very different to the approved drugs and clinical candidates, in the development of inhibitors less sensitive to drug resistance.
Keywords
Hepatitis C virus; Drug resistance; Pyrazinone; NS3 protease inhibitors; R155K
National Category
Organic Chemistry
Research subject
Medicinal Chemistry
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-243315 (URN)10.1016/j.bmc.2016.03.066 (DOI)000376727800002 ()27160057 (PubMedID)
Funder
Swedish Research Council, D0571301
2015-02-082015-02-082022-01-28Bibliographically approved