4区 · 医学
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作者: Pierra, Claire ; Dukhan, David ; Griffon, Jean-François ; LaColla, Massimiliano ; Paparin, Jean-Laurent ; Convard, Thierry ; McCarville, Joe ; Seifer, Maria ; Dousson, Cyril B ; Bot, Stéphanie ; Rosinosky, Elodie ; Mascia, Valeria ; Leroy, Frédéric ; Griffe, Ludovic ; Milhau, Julien ; Caillet, Catherine ; Onidi, Loredana ; Giulia Loi, Anna ; Sais, Efisio ; Liuzzi, Michel ; Amador, Agnès ; Badaroux, Eric ; Surleraux, Dominique ; Da Costa, Daniel ; Rahali, Rachid ; Standring, David
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) plays a central role in virus replication. NS5B has no functional equivalent in mammalian cells, and as a consequence is an attractive target for selective inhibition. This paper describes the discovery of a novel family of HCV NS5B non-nucleoside inhibitors inspired by the bioisosterism between sulfonamide and phosphonamide. Systematic structural optimization in this new series led to the identification of IDX375, a potent non-nucleoside inhibitor that is selective for genotypes 1a and 1b. The structure and binding domain of IDX375 were confirmed by X-ray co-crystalisation study.