1. 5,5'- and 6,6'-dialkyl-5,6-dihydro-1H-pyridin-2-ones as potent inhibitors of HCV NS5B polymerase.
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Ellis DA, Blazel JK, Tran CV, Ruebsam F, Murphy DE, Li LS, Zhao J, Zhou Y, McGuire HM, Xiang AX, Webber SE, Zhao Q, Han Q, Kissinger CR, Lardy M, Gobbi A, Showalter RE, Shah AM, Tsan M, Patel RA, LeBrun LA, Kamran R, Bartkowski DM, Nolan TG, Norris DA, Sergeeva MV, and Kirkovsky L
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- Animals, Antiviral Agents chemical synthesis, Antiviral Agents pharmacology, Binding Sites, Crystallography, X-Ray, Enzyme Inhibitors chemical synthesis, Enzyme Inhibitors pharmacology, Humans, Macaca fascicularis, Microsomes, Liver metabolism, Pyridones chemical synthesis, Pyridones pharmacology, RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase metabolism, Structure-Activity Relationship, Antiviral Agents chemistry, Enzyme Inhibitors chemistry, Hepacivirus enzymology, Pyridones chemistry, RNA-Dependent RNA Polymerase antagonists & inhibitors, Viral Nonstructural Proteins metabolism
- Abstract
The discovery of 5,5'- and 6,6'-dialkyl-5,6-dihydro-1H-pyridin-2-ones as potent inhibitors of the HCV RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (NS5B) is described. Several of these agents also display potent antiviral activity in cell culture experiments (EC50 <0.10 microM). In vitro DMPK data for selected compounds as well as crystal structures of representative inhibitors complexed with the NS5B protein are also disclosed.
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- 2009
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