title: Synthesis, biological evaluation, and pharmacophore generation of uracil, 4(3H)-pyrimidinone, and uridine derivatives as potent and selective inhibitors of parainfluenza 1 (Sendai) virus.
abstract: Several new 6-oxiranyl-, 6-oxiranylmethyluracils, and pyrimidinone derivatives, synthesized by lithiation-alkylation sequence of 1,3,6-trimethyluracil, 1,3-dimethyl-6-chloromethyluracil, and 2-alkoxy-6-methyl-4(3H)-pyrimidinones, showed a potent and selective antiviral activity against Sendai virus (SV) replication. To gain insight into the structural features required for SV inhibition activity, the new compounds were submitted to a pharmacophore generation procedure using the program Catalyst. The resulting pharmacophore model showed high correlation and predictive power. It also rationalized the relationships between structural properties and biological data of these inhibitors of SV replication.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento Agrochimico Agrobiologico, Università degli Studi di Viterbo "La Tuscia", via San Camillo de Lellis, 01100 Viterbo, Italy. saladino@unitus.it
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saladino
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crestini
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Palamara
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Danti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Manetti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Corelli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Garaci
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Botta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D004285:Dogs; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D011744:Pyrimidinones / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D029082:Sendai virus / Q000187:drug effects*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014498:Uracil / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology; D014529:Uridine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D011744:Pyrimidinones; D014498:Uracil; D014529:Uridine