Influenza neuraminidase inhibitors: Structure-based design of a novel inhibitor series

Vincent Stoll*, Kent D. Stewart, Clarence J. Maring, Steven Muchmore, Vincent Giranda, Yu gui Y. Gu, Gary Wang, Yuanwei Chen, Minghua Sun, Chen Zhao, April L. Kennedy, Darold L. Madigan, Yibo Xu, Ayda Saldivar, Warren Kati, Graeme Laver, Thomas Sowin, Hing L. Sham, Jonathan Greer, Dale Kempf

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    Abstract

    Combinatorial and structure-based medicinal chemistry strategies were used together to advance a lead compound with an activity of Ki = 58 μM via a potency enhancement of < 70 000-fold to an analogue with an activity of Ki = 0.8 nM against influenza neuraminidase (A/Tokyo/67). Lead optimization was initiated using molecular modeling and combinatorial chemistry. Protein crystal structures revealed that inconsistent structure - activity relationship (SAR) data resulted from different binding orientations of the inhibitor core five-membered rings from one series to another. Binding modes for a series of compounds showed up to a 180° variation in orientation of the five-membered ring within the active site. Potent analogues were only achieved with chemical series that were observed to bind in the same orientation and yielded consistent SAR. In one series, consistent binding was obtained by an unprecedented occupation of a negatively charged binding pocket by a neutral methyl ester unit. The structural rationale for this novel SAR variation, based on protein crystallographic data, is given.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)718-727
    Number of pages10
    JournalBiochemistry
    Volume42
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 28 Jan 2003

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