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  3. Discovery of potent HIV-1 non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors from arylthioacetanilide structural motif

Discovery of potent HIV-1 non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors from arylthioacetanilide structural motif

  • Eur J Med Chem. 2015 Sep 18:102:167-79. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.07.043.
Wenxin Li 1,  Xiao Li 1,  Erik De Clercq 2,  Peng Zhan 3,  Xinyong Liu 4
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, 44, West Culture Road, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, PR China.
  • 2 Rega Institute for Medical Research, K.U. Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium.
  • 3 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, 44, West Culture Road, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, PR China. Electronic address: [email protected].
  • 4 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology (Ministry of Education), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong University, 44, West Culture Road, 250012, Jinan, Shandong, PR China. Electronic address: [email protected].
PMID: 26276432 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.07.043
Abstract

The poor pharmacokinetics, side effects and particularly the rapid emergence of drug resistance compromise the efficiency of the clinically used anti-HIV drugs. Therefore, the discovery of novel and effective NNRTIs is still an extremely primary mission. Arylthioacetanilide family is one of the highly active HIV-1 NNRTIs against wide-type (WT) HIV-1 and a wide range of drug-resistant mutant strains. Especially, VRX-480773 and RDEA806 have been chosen as candidates for further clinical studies. In this article, we review the discovery and development of the arylthioacetanilides, and, especially, pay much attention to the structural modifications, SARs conclusions and molecular modeling. Moreover, several medicinal chemistry strategies to overcome drug resistance involved in the optimization process of arylthioacetanilides are highlighted, providing valuable clues for further investigations.

Keywords

Arylthioacetanilides; Drug design; Drug-resistance; HIV-1; NNRTIs; SARs.

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