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Khidre RE, Salem MA, Ameen TA, Abdelgawad AAM. Triazoloquinolines II: Synthesis, Reactions, and Pharmacological Properties of [1,2,4]Triazoloquinoline and 1,2,4-Triazoloisoquinoline Derivatives. Polycycl Aromat Compd 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/10406638.2021.2008457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Rizk E. Khidre
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
- Chemical Industries Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department, Synthetic Heterocycles Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
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- Chemistry Department, Faculty of Science, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
- Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Department, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
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Dyachenko VD, Sukach SM, Morkovnik AS. 2-Acylcycloalkanones in Organic Synthesis. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s1070428020060019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Synthesis, crystal structure and molecular docking studies of novel 2-(4-(4-substitutedphenylsulfonyl)piperazin-1-yl)quinolone-3-carbaldehyde derivatives. RESEARCH ON CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s11164-017-2981-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Computer-aided identification, synthesis and evaluation of substituted thienopyrimidines as novel inhibitors of HCV replication. Eur J Med Chem 2016; 123:31-47. [PMID: 27474921 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2016.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Revised: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A structure-based virtual screening technique was applied to the study of the HCV NS3 helicase, with the aim to find novel inhibitors of the HCV replication. A library of ∼450000 commercially available compounds was analysed in silico and 21 structures were selected for biological evaluation in the HCV replicon assay. One hit characterized by a substituted thieno-pyrimidine scaffold was found to inhibit the viral replication with an EC50 value in the sub-micromolar range and a good selectivity index. Different series of novel thieno-pyrimidine derivatives were designed and synthesised; several new structures showed antiviral activity in the low or sub-micromolar range.
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Lee S, Yoon KD, Lee M, Cho Y, Choi G, Jang H, Kim B, Jung D, Oh J, Kim G, Oh J, Jeong Y, Kwon HJ, Bae SK, Min D, Windisch MP, Heo T, Lee C. Identification of a resveratrol tetramer as a potent inhibitor of hepatitis C virus helicase. Br J Pharmacol 2016; 173:191-211. [PMID: 26445091 PMCID: PMC4813382 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2015] [Revised: 09/16/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is responsible for various chronic inflammatory liver diseases. Here, we have identified a naturally occurring compound with anti-HCV activity and have elucidated its mode of antiviral action. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Luciferase reporter and real-time RT-PCR assays were used to measure HCV replication. Western blot, fluorescence-labelled HCV replicons and infectious clones were employed to quantitate expression levels of viral proteins. Resistant HCV mutant mapping, in vitro NS3 protease, helicase, NS5B polymerase and drug affinity responsive target stability assays were also used to study the antiviral mechanism. KEY RESULTS A resveratrol tetramer, vitisin B from grapevine root extract showed high potency against HCV replication (EC50 = 6 nM) with relatively low cytotoxicity (EC50 >10 μM). Combined treatment of vitisin B with an NS5B polymerase inhibitor (sofosbuvir) exhibited a synergistic or at least additive antiviral activity. Analysis of a number of vitisin B-resistant HCV variants suggested an NS3 helicase as its potential target. We confirmed a direct binding between vitisin B and a purified NS3 helicase in vitro. Vitisin B was a potent inhibitor of a HCV NS3 helicase (IC50 = 3 nM). In vivo, Finally, we observed a preferred tissue distribution of vitisin B in the liver after i.p. injection in rats, at clinically attainable concentrations. Conclusion and Implications Vitisin B is one of the most potent HCV helicase inhibitors identified so far. Vitisin B is thus a prime candidate to be developed as the first HCV drug derived from natural products.
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- Sungjin Lee
- College of PharmacyDongguk UniversityGoyangKorea
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- College of Pharmacy and Integrated Research Institute of Pharmaceutical SciencesThe Catholic University of KoreaBucheonKorea
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- Hepatitis Research LaboratoryInstitut Pasteur KoreaSeongnamKorea
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- Hepatitis Research LaboratoryInstitut Pasteur KoreaSeongnamKorea
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- Hepatitis Research LaboratoryInstitut Pasteur KoreaSeongnamKorea
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- Department of ChemistrySeoul National UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and BiotechnologyYonsei UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Department of Bio and Nano ChemistryKookmin UniversitySeoulKorea
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- College of Pharmacy and Integrated Research Institute of Pharmaceutical SciencesThe Catholic University of KoreaBucheonKorea
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- Department of BiotechnologyYonsei UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Department of BiotechnologyYonsei UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Department of Bio and Nano ChemistryKookmin UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and BiotechnologyYonsei UniversitySeoulKorea
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- College of Pharmacy and Integrated Research Institute of Pharmaceutical SciencesThe Catholic University of KoreaBucheonKorea
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- Department of ChemistrySeoul National UniversitySeoulKorea
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- Hepatitis Research LaboratoryInstitut Pasteur KoreaSeongnamKorea
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- College of Pharmacy and Integrated Research Institute of Pharmaceutical SciencesThe Catholic University of KoreaBucheonKorea
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- College of PharmacyDongguk UniversityGoyangKorea
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Son S, Kim D, Lee S, Jin G, Park JA, Han HK, Lee K, Lee C. Synthesis and Structure-Activity Relationship of Novel Indole Acrylamide Derivatives as HCV Replication Inhibitors. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.10021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Seohyun Son
- College of Pharmacy; Dongguk University-Seoul; Goyang 410-820 Ilsandong-gu Korea
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- College of Pharmacy; Dongguk University-Seoul; Goyang 410-820 Ilsandong-gu Korea
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- College of Pharmacy; Dongguk University-Seoul; Goyang 410-820 Ilsandong-gu Korea
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- College of Pharmacy; Dongguk University-Seoul; Goyang 410-820 Ilsandong-gu Korea
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- College of Pharmacy; Dongguk University-Seoul; Goyang 410-820 Ilsandong-gu Korea
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- College of Pharmacy; Dongguk University-Seoul; Goyang 410-820 Ilsandong-gu Korea
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- College of Pharmacy; Dongguk University-Seoul; Goyang 410-820 Ilsandong-gu Korea
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- College of Pharmacy; Dongguk University-Seoul; Goyang 410-820 Ilsandong-gu Korea
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Docking studies of Pakistani HCV NS3 helicase: a possible antiviral drug target. PLoS One 2014; 9:e106339. [PMID: 25188400 PMCID: PMC4154687 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2014] [Accepted: 07/19/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The nonstructural protein 3 (NS3) of hepatitis C virus (HCV) helicase is believed to be essential for viral replication and has become an attractive target for the development of antiviral drugs. The study of helicase is useful for elucidating its involvement in positive sense single-stranded RNA virus replication and to serve as templates for the design of novel antiviral drugs. In recent years, several models have been proposed on the conformational change leading to protein movement and RNA unwinding. Some compounds have been recently reported to inhibit the helicase and these include small molecules, RNA aptamers and antibodies. The current study is designed to help gain insights for the consideration of potential inhibitors for Pakistani HCV NS3 helicase protein. We have cloned, expressed and purified HCV NS3 helicase from Pakistani HCV serum samples and determined its 3D structure and employed it further in computational docking analysis to identify inhibitors against HCV genotype 3a (GT3a),including six antiviral key molecules such as quercetin, beta-carotene, resveratrol, catechins, lycopene and lutein. The conformation obtained after docking showed good hydrogen bond (HBond) interactions with best docking energy for quercetin and catechins followed by resveratrol and lutein. These anti-helicase key molecules will offer an alternative attraction to target the viral helicase, due to the current limitation with the interferon resistance treatment and presences of high rate of resistance in anti-protease inhibitor classes.
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Jin G, Lee S, Choi M, Son S, Kim GW, Oh JW, Lee C, Lee K. Chemical genetics-based discovery of indole derivatives as HCV NS5B polymerase inhibitors. Eur J Med Chem 2014; 75:413-25. [PMID: 24561671 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.01.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2013] [Revised: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 01/30/2014] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In order to identify the inhibitors of hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication with a novel scaffold via a mechanistically unbiased approach, we screened our in-house library composed of ∼6000 compounds with various chemical structures by using the renilla luciferase-linked genotype 2a reporter virus, and we identified a series of compounds containing an indole moiety that were active against HCV replication. Based on this result, we further synthesized three groups of indole derivatives and evaluated their inhibitory effects on HCV replication. In the present structure-activity relationship study of these indole derivatives, we discovered that compound 12e was the most potent inhibitor of HCV replication with minimal cytotoxicity (EC50 = 1.1 μM, EC90 = 2.1 μM, and CC50 = 61.8 μM). We also confirmed that compound 12e caused a dose- and time-dependent reduction of viral RNA as well as viral protein levels in both genotype 2a J6/JFH1 RNA-transfected cells and genotype 1b Bart79I subgenomic replicon cells. Finally, a genetic mapping study of mutant viruses resistant to compound 12e revealed that NS5B RNA polymerase was the potential target. This finding was further validated by demonstration of inhibition of NS5B RNA polymerase in vitro by compound 12e (IC50 = 292 nM). Compound 12e may serve as a valuable candidate for the development of a new class of HCV NS5B RNA polymerase inhibitors in the future.
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- Guanghai Jin
- College of Pharmacy, Dongguk University-Seoul, 410-820 Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Dongguk University-Seoul, 410-820 Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Dongguk University-Seoul, 410-820 Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Dongguk University-Seoul, 410-820 Goyang, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology and Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control, Yonsei University, 120-749 Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology and Translational Research Center for Protein Function Control, Yonsei University, 120-749 Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Dongguk University-Seoul, 410-820 Goyang, Republic of Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy, Dongguk University-Seoul, 410-820 Goyang, Republic of Korea.
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Hepatitis C virus NS3 inhibitors: current and future perspectives. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 2013:467869. [PMID: 24282816 PMCID: PMC3825274 DOI: 10.1155/2013/467869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2013] [Accepted: 09/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Currently, hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is considered a serious health-care problem all over the world. A good number of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) against HCV infection are in clinical progress including NS3-4A protease inhibitors, RNA-dependent RNA polymerase inhibitors, and NS5A inhibitors as well as host targeted inhibitors. Two NS3-4A protease inhibitors (telaprevir and boceprevir) have been recently approved for the treatment of hepatitis C in combination with standard of care (pegylated interferon plus ribavirin). The new therapy has significantly improved sustained virologic response (SVR); however, the adverse effects associated with this therapy are still the main concern. In addition to the emergence of viral resistance, other targets must be continually developed. One such underdeveloped target is the helicase portion of the HCV NS3 protein. This review article summarizes our current understanding of HCV treatment, particularly with those of NS3 inhibitors.
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Sweeney NL, Shadrick WR, Mukherjee S, Li K, Frankowski KJ, Schoenen FJ, Frick DN. Primuline derivatives that mimic RNA to stimulate hepatitis C virus NS3 helicase-catalyzed ATP hydrolysis. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:19949-57. [PMID: 23703611 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.463166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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ATP hydrolysis fuels the ability of helicases and related proteins to translocate on nucleic acids and separate base pairs. As a consequence, nucleic acid binding stimulates the rate at which a helicase catalyzes ATP hydrolysis. In this study, we searched a library of small molecule helicase inhibitors for compounds that stimulate ATP hydrolysis catalyzed by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 helicase, which is an important antiviral drug target. Two compounds were found that stimulate HCV helicase-catalyzed ATP hydrolysis, both of which are amide derivatives synthesized from the main component of the yellow dye primuline. Both compounds possess a terminal pyridine moiety, which was critical for stimulation. Analogs lacking a terminal pyridine inhibited HCV helicase catalyzed ATP hydrolysis. Unlike other HCV helicase inhibitors, the stimulatory compounds differentiate between helicases isolated from various HCV genotypes and related viruses. The compounds only stimulated ATP hydrolysis catalyzed by NS3 purified from HCV genotype 1b. They inhibited helicases from other HCV genotypes (e.g. 1a and 2a) or related flaviviruses (e.g. Dengue virus). The stimulatory compounds interacted with HCV helicase in the absence of ATP with dissociation constants of about 2 μM. Molecular modeling and site-directed mutagenesis studies suggest that the stimulatory compounds bind in the HCV helicase RNA-binding cleft near key residues Arg-393, Glu-493, and Ser-231.
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- Noreena L Sweeney
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, USA
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Mukherjee S, Hanson AM, Shadrick WR, Ndjomou J, Sweeney NL, Hernandez JJ, Bartczak D, Li K, Frankowski KJ, Heck JA, Arnold LA, Schoenen FJ, Frick DN. Identification and analysis of hepatitis C virus NS3 helicase inhibitors using nucleic acid binding assays. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:8607-21. [PMID: 22740655 PMCID: PMC3458564 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Typical assays used to discover and analyze small molecules that inhibit the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 helicase yield few hits and are often confounded by compound interference. Oligonucleotide binding assays are examined here as an alternative. After comparing fluorescence polarization (FP), homogeneous time-resolved fluorescence (HTRF®; Cisbio) and AlphaScreen® (Perkin Elmer) assays, an FP-based assay was chosen to screen Sigma’s Library of Pharmacologically Active Compounds (LOPAC) for compounds that inhibit NS3-DNA complex formation. Four LOPAC compounds inhibited the FP-based assay: aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) (IC50 = 1.4 μM), suramin sodium salt (IC50 = 3.6 μM), NF 023 hydrate (IC50 = 6.2 μM) and tyrphostin AG 538 (IC50 = 3.6 μM). All but AG 538 inhibited helicase-catalyzed strand separation, and all but NF 023 inhibited replication of subgenomic HCV replicons. A counterscreen using Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) revealed that none of the new HCV helicase inhibitors were specific for NS3h. However, when the SSB-based assay was used to analyze derivatives of another non-specific helicase inhibitor, the main component of the dye primuline, it revealed that some primuline derivatives (e.g. PubChem CID50930730) are up to 30-fold more specific for HCV NS3h than similarly potent HCV helicase inhibitors.
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- Sourav Mukherjee
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
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RNA helicases unwind their RNA substrates in an ATP-dependent reaction, and are central to all cellular processes involving RNA. They have important roles in viral life cycles, where RNA helicases are either virus-encoded or recruited from the host. Vertebrate RNA helicases sense viral infections, and trigger the innate antiviral immune response. RNA helicases have been implicated in protozoic, bacterial and fungal infections. They are also linked to neurological disorders, cancer, and aging processes. Genome-wide studies continue to identify helicase genes that change their expression patterns after infection or disease outbreak, but the mechanism of RNA helicase action has been defined for only a few diseases. RNA helicases are prognostic and diagnostic markers and suitable drug targets, predominantly for antiviral and anti-cancer therapies. This review summarizes the current knowledge on RNA helicases in infection and disease, and their growing potential as drug targets.
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- Lenz Steimer
- University of Muenster, Institute for Physical Chemistry, Muenster, Germany
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Li K, Frankowski KJ, Belon CA, Neuenswander B, Ndjomou J, Hanson AM, Shanahan MA, Schoenen FJ, Blagg BSJ, Aubé J, Frick DN. Optimization of potent hepatitis C virus NS3 helicase inhibitors isolated from the yellow dyes thioflavine S and primuline. J Med Chem 2012; 55:3319-30. [PMID: 22409723 DOI: 10.1021/jm300021v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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A screen for hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 helicase inhibitors revealed that the commercial dye thioflavine S was the most potent inhibitor of NS3-catalyzed DNA and RNA unwinding in the 827-compound National Cancer Institute Mechanistic Set. Thioflavine S and the related dye primuline were separated here into their pure components, all of which were oligomers of substituted benzothiazoles. The most potent compound (P4), a benzothiazole tetramer, inhibited unwinding >50% at 2 ± 1 μM, inhibited the subgenomic HCV replicon at 10 μM, and was not toxic at 100 μM. Because P4 also interacted with DNA, more specific analogues were synthesized from the abundant dimeric component of primuline. Some of the 32 analogues prepared retained ability to inhibit HCV helicase but did not appear to interact with DNA. The most potent of these specific helicase inhibitors (compound 17) was active against the replicon and inhibited the helicase more than 50% at 2.6 ± 1 μM.
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- Kelin Li
- University of Kansas Specialized Chemistry Center, University of Kansas, 2034 Becker Drive, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, USA
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