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Early Viral Entry Assays for the Identification and Evaluation of Antiviral Compounds
Published on: October 29, 2015
The discovery of indole derivatives as novel hepatitis C virus inhibitors
Zhiqiang Han1, Xiao Liang1, Yaxin Wang1
1State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Pharmacy and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Molecular Drug Research, Nankai University, Haihe Education Park, 38 Tongyan Road, Tianjin 300353, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In this study, a library of in-house small molecule was screened using a HCV cell-based assay and a compound (1) containing an N-protected indole scaffold (NINS) was identified as a novel anti-HCV inhibitor. Through structure activity relationship (SAR) study, it was observed that the racemic inhibitor (10m) displayed good anti-HCV activity (EC50 = 1.02 ± 0.10 μM) with the excellent selectivity index (SI = 45.56). Interestingly, R-enantiomer ((R)-10m) showed better anti-HCV activity and lower cytotoxicity than S-enantiomer ((S)-10m). (R)-10m gave the best anti-HCV potency (EC50 = 0.72 ± 0.09 μM) with the highest selectivity index (SI > 69.44). In addition, the mechanism of action study of NINS derivatives demonstrated that NINS derivatives interfere with the early step (viral entry) of the HCV life cycle.
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