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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ping Gao, Shu Song, Zhao Wang, Lin Sun, Jian Zhang, Christophe Pannecouque, Erik De Clercq, Peng Zhan, Xinyong Liu
Summary: Novel diarylpyrimidine derivatives designed and synthesized in the study demonstrated strong anti-HIV activity, with compounds IVB-5-4 and IVB-5-8 showing superior activity against HIV-1(IIIB). These compounds not only exhibited potent inhibition against wide-type HIV-1 strain, but also showed low nanomole activity against some mutant strains.
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Review
Virology
Steven J. Smith, Xue Zhi Zhao, Dario Oliveira Passos, Dmitry Lyumkis, Terrence R. Burke, Stephen H. Hughes
Summary: INSTIs are recommended as first-line treatment for HIV-1 infection, with second-generation drugs effective against resistant viruses and minimal emergence of resistance. They are expected to play a significant role in PrEP.
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Immunology
Lin He, Chen Wang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Huihui Chong, Xiaoyan Hu, Dan Li, Hui Xing, Yuxian He, Yiming Shao, Kunxue Hong, Liying Ma
Summary: This study suggests that Lipopeptide-19 exhibits potent anti-HIV activity against various subtype clinical isolates and has high drug resistance barrier.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Shuai Tan, Elisabetta Groaz, Raj Kalkeri, Roger Ptak, Brent E. Korba, Piet Herdewijn
Summary: Minor structural modifications of acyclic nucleoside phosphonates can significantly affect their antiviral properties. This study reveals a shift in the selectivity spectrum of acyclic nucleoside phosphonates towards hepatitis B virus (HBV) by 2-substitution of their acyclic chain. The modified nucleotides exhibited significant anti-HBV activities, with the (S)-enantiomers demonstrating higher potency than the (R)-forms. A phosphonodiamidate prodrug of (S)-EHPMPG showed promising anti-HBV activity with high selectivity.
JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Review
Virology
Kaiming Tao, Soo-Yon Rhee, Carolyn Chu, Ava Avalos, Amrit K. Ahluwalia, Ravindra K. Gupta, Michael R. Jordan, Robert W. Shafer
Summary: Dolutegravir (DTG)-based antiretroviral therapy (ART) rarely leads to virological failure (VF) and drug resistance in integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI)-naive persons living with HIV (PLWH). Limited data are available on INSTI-associated drug resistance mutations (DRMs) selected by DTG-containing ART regimens.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lucas Mele, Raphael El Bekri Saudain, Jean-Luc Pirat, David Virieux, Tahar Ayad
Summary: A simple and rapid microwave-assisted protocol for the selective alkaline hydrolysis of phosphonate diesters has been developed, allowing efficient access to a wide variety of diversely substituted phosphonic acid monoesters. Conventional approaches struggle to obtain such compounds.
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Chemistry, Medicinal
Gordon J. Lockbaum, Linah N. Rusere, Mina Henes, Klajdi Kosovrasti, Desaboini Nageswara Rao, Ean Spielvogel, Sook-Kyung Lee, Ellen A. Nalivaika, Ronald Swanstrom, Nese Kurt Yilmaz, Celia A. Schiffer, Akbar Ali
Summary: Protease inhibitors are powerful antivirals against HIV-1, but their effectiveness is reduced against resistant variants. Enhancing resistance profiles is crucial for developing more robust inhibitors, which could be promising for simplified next-generation antiretroviral therapies.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2023)
Review
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Guang Huan Shen, Joon Hee Hong
Summary: This review focuses on the synthesis of cyclic 5'-deoxynucleoside phosphonate analogs, discussing various methods for the formation of different alkyl moieties and the coupling of nucleobases with cyclic moieties. The biological activity of these analogs is summarized.
CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Paulina Koszalka, Ankita George, Vijaykrishna Dhanasekaran, Aeron C. Hurt, Kanta Subbarao
Summary: Combination therapy with influenza drugs baloxavir and oseltamivir can reduce the selection of viruses with reduced drug susceptibility. In animal models, combination therapy and monotherapy have similar effectiveness in reducing viral titers, but combination therapy can decrease the selection of viruses with reduced susceptibility to baloxavir.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Zhipeng Fu, Tao Zhang, Zhongxia Zhou, Dongwei Kang, Lin Sun, Shenghua Gao, Srinivasulu Cherukupalli, Erik De Clercq, Christophe Pannecouque, Xinyong Liu, Peng Zhan
Summary: The newly designed DAPYs compounds demonstrated potent inhibition against HIV-1, with some showing significant activity against the K103N mutant virus. FS2 was identified as the most significant compound, showing superior potency compared to current drugs. Further optimization based on SARs and molecular modeling studies is recommended.
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2021)
Review
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Francesco Paolo Russo, Mauro Vigano, Peter Stock, Alberto Ferrarese, Nicola Pugliese, Patrizia Burra, Alessio Aghemo
Summary: Organ transplantation is a life-saving treatment for patients with end-stage organ disease, but it is limited by a shortage of available organs. In recent years, there have been explorations and attempts to transplant organs from HBV and HIV positive donors in some countries. However, post-transplant antiviral therapies are necessary to prevent virus reactivation, and intentional virus transmission has practical, ethical, and clinical implications.
JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Immunology
Sunwen Chou, Kening Song, Jingyang Wu, Tien Bo, Clyde Crumpacker
Summary: The study identified UL97 mutations T409M, H411Y, or C480F as conferring maribavir resistance in patients receiving maribavir therapy. The newly phenotyped mutation C480F showed high-grade maribavir resistance and low-grade ganciclovir resistance, posing challenges to treatment.
JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2022)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Ekta Gupta, Reshu Agarwal, Aayushi Rastogi, Nitiksha Rani, Ankur Jindal
Summary: The study found that BL-RAS are common among HCV-HIV co-infected patients, but do not affect the attainment of sustained virological response (SVR) among non-cirrhotic, treatment naive patients. Age over 30 and female gender were significant factors associated with achieving SVR.
INFECTION AND DRUG RESISTANCE
(2021)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Steven B. Kleiboeker
Summary: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a significant human pathogen, with low but impactful prevalence of drug resistance mutations. In this study, 30.04% of patient samples showed resistance to one or more anti-CMV drugs, with most resistance mutations found in UL97. Rapid monitoring for resistance in suspected cases allows for tailored treatment based on objective results instead of empirical drug selection.
ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Nicholas T. Streck, Mark J. Espy, Matthew J. Ferber, Eric W. Klee, Raymund R. Razonable, Dimitri Gonzalez, Chalom Sayada, Phillip R. Heaton, Sunwen Chou, Matthew J. Binnicker
Summary: A novel next-generation sequencing (NGS) method was developed and validated in this study to accurately detect mutations in CMV genes associated with antiviral resistance. Compared to traditional Sanger sequencing, the NGS method demonstrated higher consistency and can assist in providing personalized antiviral therapy.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Joy Y. Feng, Yili Xu, Ona Barauskas, Jason K. Perry, Shekeba Ahmadyar, George Stepan, Helen Yu, Darius Babusis, Yeojin Park, Krista McCutcheon, Michel Perron, Brian E. Schultz, Roman Sakowicz, Adrian S. Ray
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
(2016)
Review
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Adrian S. Ray, Marshall W. Fordyce, Michael J. M. Hitchcock
ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH
(2016)
Review
Chemistry, Medicinal
Yaofeng Cheng, Ayman El-Kattan, Yan Zhang, Adrian S. Ray, Yurong Lai
CHEMICAL RESEARCH IN TOXICOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Eve-Irene Lepist, Adrian S. Ray
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Immunology
Ivana Massud, James Mitchell, Darius Babusis, Frank Deyounks, Adrian S. Ray, James F. Rooney, Walid Heneine, Michael D. Miller, J. Gerardo Garcia-Lerma
JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2016)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Travis K. Warren, Robert Jordan, Michael K. Lo, Adrian S. Ray, Richard L. Mackman, Veronica Soloveva, Dustin Siegel, Michel Perron, Roy Bannister, Hon C. Hui, Nate Larson, Robert Strickley, Jay Wells, Kelly S. Stuthman, Sean A. Van Tongeren, Nicole L. Garza, Ginger Donnelly, Amy C. Shurtleff, Cary J. Retterer, Dima Gharaibeh, Rouzbeh Zamani, Tara Kenny, Brett P. Eaton, Elizabeth Grimes, Lisa S. Welch, Laura Gomba, Catherine L. Wilhelmsen, Donald K. Nichols, Jonathan E. Nuss, Elyse R. Nagle, Jeffrey R. Kugelman, Gustavo Palacios, Edward Doerffler, Sean Neville, Ernest Carra, Michael O. Clarke, Lijun Zhang, Willard Lew, Bruce Ross, Queenie Wang, Kwon Chun, Lydia Wolfe, Darius Babusis, Yeojin Park, Kirsten M. Stray, Iva Trancheva, Joy Y. Feng, Ona Barauskas, Yili Xu, Pamela Wong, Molly R. Braun, Mike Flint, Laura K. McMullan, Shan-Shan Chen, Rachel Fearns, Swami Swaminathan, Douglas L. Mayers, Christina F. Spiropoulou, William A. Lee, Stuart T. Nichol, Tomas Cihlar, Sina Bavari
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Chemistry, Medicinal
Dustin Siegel, Hon C. Hui, Edward Doerffler, Michael O. Clarke, Kwon Chun, Lijun Zhang, Sean Neville, Ernest Carra, Willard Lew, Bruce Ross, Queenie Wang, Lydia Wolfe, Robert Jordan, Veronica Soloveva, John Knox, Jason Perry, Michel Perron, Kirsten M. Stray, Ona Barauskas, Joy Y. Feng, Yili Xu, Gary Lee, Arnold L. Rheingold, Adrian S. Ray, Roy Bannister, Robert Strickley, Swami Swaminathan, William A. Lee, Sina Bavari, Tomas Cihlar, Michael K. Lo, Travis K. Warren, Richard L. Mackman
JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
(2017)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Christian Callebaut, Yang Liu, Darius Babusis, Adrian Ray, Michael Miller, Kathryn Kitrinos
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Cell Biology
Timothy P. Sheahan, Amy C. Sims, Rachel L. Graham, Vineet D. Menachery, Lisa E. Gralinski, James B. Case, Sarah R. Leist, Krzysztof Pyrc, Joy Y. Feng, Iva Trantcheva, Roy Bannister, Yeojin Park, Darius Babusis, Michael O. Clarke, Richard L. Mackman, Jamie E. Spahn, Christopher A. Palmiotti, Dustin Siegel, Adrian S. Ray, Tomas Cihlar, Robert Jordan, Mark R. Denison, Ralph S. Baric
SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
(2017)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Michael K. Lo, Robert Jordan, Aaron Arvey, Jawahar Sudhamsu, Punya Shrivastava-Ranjan, Anne L. Hotard, Mike Flint, Laura K. McMullan, Dustin Siegel, Michael O. Clarke, Richard L. Mackman, Hon C. Hui, Michel Perron, Adrian S. Ray, Tomas Cihlar, Stuart T. Nichol, Christina F. Spiropoulou
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2017)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Sarah Billington, Adrian S. Ray, Laurent Salphati, Guangqing Xiao, Xiaoyan Chu, W. Griffith Humphreys, Mingxiang Liao, Caroline A. Lee, Anita Mathias, Cornelis E. C. A. Hop, Christopher Rowbottom, Raymond Evers, Yurong Lai, Edward J. Kelly, Bhagwat Prasad, Jashvant D. Unadkat
DRUG METABOLISM AND DISPOSITION
(2018)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Thorsten A. Kirschberg, Sammy Metobo, Michael O. Clarke, Vangelis Aktoudianakis, Darius Babusis, Ona Barauskas, Gabriel Birkus, Thomas Butler, Daniel Byun, Gregory Chin, Edward Doerffler, Thomas E. Edwards, Martijn Fenaux, Rick Lee, Willard Lew, Michael R. Mish, Eisuke Murakami, Yeojin Park, Neil H. Squires, Neeraj Tirunagari, Ting Wang, Mark Whitcomb, Jie Xu, Huiling Yang, Hong Ye, Lijun Zhang, Todd C. Appleby, Joy Y. Feng, Adrian S. Ray, Aesop Cho, Choung U. Kim
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2017)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Kirsten M. Stray, Yeojin Park, Darius Babusis, Christian Callebaut, Tomas Cihlar, Adrian S. Ray, Michel Perron
ANTIVIRAL RESEARCH
(2017)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Marilyn M. Giacomini, Jia Hao, Xiaomin Liang, Jayaraman Chandrasekhar, Jolyn Twelves, J. Andrew Whitney, Eve-Irene Lepist, Adrian S. Ray
DRUG METABOLISM AND DISPOSITION
(2017)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Li Wang, Carol Collins, Edward J. Kelly, Xiaoyan Chu, Adrian S. Ray, Laurent Salphati, Guangqing Xiao, Caroline Lee, Yurong Lai, Mingxiang Liao, Anita Mathias, Raymond Evers, William Humphreys, Cornelis E. C. A. Hop, Sean C. Kumer, Jashvant D. Unadkat
DRUG METABOLISM AND DISPOSITION
(2016)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Shibin Zhao, Julian Maceren, Mia Chung, Samantha Stone, Raphael Geiben, Melissa L. Boby, Bradley S. Sherborne, Derek S. Tan
Summary: Antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health, with Gram-negative bacteria presenting unique challenges due to their low permeability and efflux pumps. Limited understanding of the chemical rules for overcoming these barriers hinders antibacterial drug discovery. Efforts to address this issue, such as screening compound libraries and using cheminformatic analysis, have led to the design of sulfamidoadenosines with diverse substituents, showing potential utility in accumulation in Escherichia coli.
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Jichun Li, Qing Li, Shuai Xia, Jiahuang Tu, Longbo Zheng, Qian Wang, Shibo Jiang, Chao Wang
Summary: This study successfully developed a short peptide mimetic as a MERS-CoV fusion inhibitor by reproducing the key recognition features of the HR2 helix. The resulting 23-mer lipopeptide showed comparable inhibitory effect to the 36-mer HR2 peptide HR2P-M2. This has important implications for developing short peptide-based antiviral agents to treat MERS-CoV infection.
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Krista Jaunsleine, Linda Supe, Jana Spura, Sten van Beek, Anna Sandstrom, Jessica Olsen, Carina Halleskog, Tore Bengtsson, Ilga Mutule, Benjamin Pelcman
Summary: Beta(2)-adrenergic receptor agonists can stimulate glucose uptake by skeletal muscle cells and are therefore potential treatments for type 2 diabetes. The chirality of compounds has a significant impact on the activity of these agonists. This study found that certain synthesized compounds showed higher glucose uptake activity. These findings provide important information for the design of novel beta(2)AR agonists for T2D treatment.
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Xin Xu, Jia Chen, Guan Wang, Xiaojuan Zhang, Qiang Li, Xiaobo Zhou, Fengying Guo, Min Li
Summary: The study focuses on EZH2, a promising therapeutic target for various types of cancers. Researchers designed and synthesized a series of novel derivatives aiming to enhance the EZH2 inhibition activity. Among them, compound 28 displayed potent EZH2 inhibition activity and showed high anti-proliferative effects in lymphoma cell lines and xenograft mouse models. The study suggests that compound 28 has potential as a therapeutic candidate for EZH2-associated cancers.
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Wei Zhang, Wei Liu, Ya-Dong Zhao, Li-Zi Xing, Ji Xu, Rui-Jun Li, Yun-Xiao Zhang
Summary: This study developed a series of aromatic amide derivatives based on Rhein and investigated their inhibitory activity against alpha-Syn aggregation. Two of these compounds showed promising potential in treating Parkinson's disease by stabilizing alpha-Syn's conformation and disassembling alpha-Syn oligomers and fibrils.
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2024)
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Mani Sharma, S. S. S. S. Sudha Ambadipudi, Neeraj Kumar Chouhan, V. Lakshma Nayak, Srihari Pabbaraja, Sai Balaji Andugulapati, Ramakrishna Sistla
Summary: Therapeutically active lipids in drug delivery systems can enhance the safety and efficacy of treatment. The liposome formulation created using synthesized biologically active lipids showed additive anti-cancer effects and reduced tumorigenic potential.
BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
(2024)