Reduction of peptide character of HIV protease inhibitors that exhibit nanomolar potency against multidrug resistant HIV-1 strains

J Med Chem. 2003 Apr 24;46(9):1764-8. doi: 10.1021/jm020537i.

Hirokazu Tamamura ¹, Yasuhiro Koh, Satoshi Ueda, Yoshikazu Sasaki, Tomonori Yamasaki, Manabu Aoki, Kenji Maeda, Yoriko Watai, Hisashi Arikuni, Akira Otaka, Hiroaki Mitsuya, Nobutaka Fujii

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1 Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. tamamura@pharm.kyoto-u.ac.jp

PMID: 12699395 DOI: 10.1021/jm020537i

Abstract

Novel HIV Protease Inhibitors containing a hydroxyethylamine dipeptide isostere as a transition state-mimic king structure were synthesized by combining substructures of known HIV Protease Inhibitors. Among them, TYA5 and TYB5 were proven to be not only potent enzyme inhibitors (K(i) = 0.12 nM and 0.10 nM, respectively) but also strong anti-HIV agents (IC(50) = 9.5 nM and 66 nM, respectively), even against viral strains with multidrug resistance. Furthermore, insertion of an (E)-alkene dipeptide isostere at the P(1)-P(2) position of TYB5 led to development of a purely nonpeptidic protease inhibitor, TYB1 (K(i) = 0.38 nM, IC(50) = 160 nM).

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