The Discovery of Asunaprevir (BMS-650032), An Orally Efficacious NS3 Protease Inhibitor for the Treatment of Hepatitis C Virus Infection

Autor: Danshi Li, Herbert E. Klei, Sing-Yuen Sit, Piyasena Hewawasam, Ny Sin, Brian Lee Venables, Paul Levesque, Qi Gao, Bilder Donna M, Dennis M. Grasela, Dennis Hernandez, Anthony J. Cocuzza, Amy K. Sheaffer, Richard J. Colonno, Jeffrey Tredup, Kathy Mosure, Stanley D'andrea, Jialong Zhu, Lucy Sun, Fei Yu, Paul Falk, Alan Xiangdong Wang, Steven Levine, Fiona McPhee, Andrew C. Good, Huabin Sun, Jay O. Knipe, Barbara Zheng, Richard Schartman, Nicholas A. Meanwell, Jie Chen, Maria Donoso, James Loy, Guangzhi Zhai, Ramkumar Rajamani, Li-Qiang Sun, Stephen P. Adams, Luciano Mueller, Tatyana Zvyaga, Yong Tu, Hong Shi, Paul Michael Scola, Chaoqun Chen, William Warner, Yan Chen, Yong-Hae Han, Diana Barry, Jacques Friborg, Kevin Kish, Michael Sinz
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 57:1730-1752
ISSN: 1520-4804
0022-2623
DOI: 10.1021/jm500297k
Popis: The discovery of asunaprevir (BMS-650032, 24) is described. This tripeptidic acylsulfonamide inhibitor of the NS3/4A enzyme is currently in phase III clinical trials for the treatment of hepatitis C virus infection. The discovery of 24 was enabled by employing an isolated rabbit heart model to screen for the cardiovascular (CV) liabilities (changes to HR and SNRT) that were responsible for the discontinuation of an earlier lead from this chemical series, BMS-605339 (1), from clinical trials. The structure-activity relationships (SARs) developed with respect to CV effects established that small structural changes to the P2* subsite of the molecule had a significant impact on the CV profile of a given compound. The antiviral activity, preclincial PK profile, and toxicology studies in rat and dog supported clinical development of BMS-650032 (24).
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