Potent and Selective Inhibition of Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) by Nucleoside Analogues with an Unusual Bicyclic Base
- 8 October 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Journal of Medicinal Chemistry
- Vol. 42 (22) , 4479-4484
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jm990346o
Abstract
We herein report the discovery of an entirely new category of potent antiviral agents based on novel deoxynucleoside analogues with unusual bicyclic base moieties. Target structures, previously known as byproducts in Pd-catalyzed coupling of terminal alkynes with 5-iodo-nucleosides, are recognized herein for the first time to be potent and selective inhibitors of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) in vitro. As an unusual structure−activity relationship we noted the absolute requirement of a long alkyl side chain, with an optimum length of C8−C10, for antiviral activity. We thus report the synthesis and characterization of a series of chain-modified analogues and their extensive in vitro evaluation. The lead compounds have a ca. 300-fold enhancement in anti-VZV activity over the reference compound acyclovir, with no detectable in vitro cytotoxicity. The novel structure of these compounds, coupled with their ease of synthesis, excellent antiviral profile, and promising physical properties, makes them of great interest for possible antiviral drug development.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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