Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of anti-HIV double-drugs. conjugates of HIV protease inhibitors with a reverse transcriptase inhibitor through spontaneously cleavable linkers.
Based on the prodrug concept as well as the combination of two different classes of anti-HIV agents, we designed and synthesized a series of anti-HIV double-drugs consisting of HIV protease inhibitors conjugated with a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor in an effort to enhance the antiviral activity. For the conjugation, a series of linkers that conjoins the two different classes of inhibitors has been investigated. Double-drugs using a succinyl amino acid linker were shown to release the parent drugs via spontaneous imide formation at a faster rate compared to compounds using a glutaryl amino acid linker, as expected from the energetically favorable cyclization to the five-membered ring. Among the double-drugs, KNI-1039 (3b) with a glutarylglycine linker exhibited extremely potent anti-HIV activity compared with that of the individual components. Double-drug 3b was relatively stable in culture medium, whereas it regenerated active species in cell homogenate. These results suggested that the synergistic enhancement of anti-HIV activities of 3b may be due to their ability to penetrate into the target cell and subsequent regeneration of two different classes of anti-HIV agents in the cytoplasm.
Matsumoto
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Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Frontier Research in Medicinal Science, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto 607-8412, Japan.
Kimura
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Hamawaki
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Kumagai
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Goto
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T
Sano
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K
Hayashi
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Y
Kiso
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Y
D000818:Animals; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015195:Drug Design; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical / Q000379:methods; D017320:HIV Protease Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D011355:Prodrugs / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000821:virology; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D017320:HIV Protease Inhibitors; C435823:KNI-727; C435824:KNI-840; D011355:Prodrugs; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors; D013844:Thiazoles; D015215:Zidovudine