Structure-based discovery of triphenylmethane derivatives as inhibitors of hepatitis C virus helicase - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2009 May 14;52(9):2716-23.

doi: 10.1021/jm8011905.

Chun-Tang Chiou, Grace Shiahuy Chen, Sheng-Chia Chen, Chih-Yung Hu, Wei-Kuang Chi, Yi-Ding Chu, Lih-Hwa Hwang, Pei-Jer Chen, Ding-Shinn Chen, Shwu-Huey Liaw, Ji-Wang Chern

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Structure-based discovery of triphenylmethane derivatives as inhibitors of hepatitis C virus helicase

Chien-Shu Chen et al. J Med Chem. 2009.

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus nonstructural protein 3 (HCV NS3) helicase is believed to be essential for viral replication and has become an attractive target for the development of antiviral drugs. A fluorescence resonant energy transfer helicase assay was established for fast screening of putative inhibitors selected from virtual screening using the program DOCK. Soluble blue HT (1) was first identified as a novel HCV helicase inhibitor. Crystal structure of the NS3 helicase in complex with soluble blue HT shows that the inhibitor bears a significantly higher binding affinity mainly through a 4-sulfonatophenylaminophenyl group, and this is consistent with the activity assay. Subsequently, fragment-based searches were utilized to identify triphenylmethane derivatives for more potent inhibitors. Lead optimization resulted in a 3-bromo-4-hydroxyl substituted derivative 12 with an EC(50) value of 2.72 microM to Ava.5/Huh-7 cells and a lower cytotoxicity to parental Huh-7 cells (CC(50) = 10.5 microM), and it indeed suppressed HCV replication in the HCV replicon cells. Therefore, these inhibitors with structural novelty may serve as a useful scaffold for the discovery of new HCV NS3 helicase inhibitors.

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