Novel analogues of a nonnucleoside SARS-CoV-2 RdRp inhibitor as potential antivirotics

Autor: Luca Julianna Tóth, Kateřina Krejčová, Milan Dejmek, Eva Žilecká, Blanka Klepetářová, Lenka Poštová Slavětínská, Evžen Bouřa, Radim Nencka
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1029-1036 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1860-5397
DOI: 10.3762/bjoc.20.91
Popis: The RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) represents a prominent target in the discovery and development of new antivirotics against RNA viruses, inhibiting the replication process. One of the most targeted RNA viruses of the last years is, without doubt, SARS-CoV-2, the cause of the recent COVID-19 pandemic. HeE1-2Tyr, a known inhibitor of flaviviral RdRp, has been discovered to also have antiviral potency against this coronavirus. In this study, we report three distinct modifications of HeE1-2Tyr: conversion of the core from a benzothiazole to a benzoxazole moiety and two different scaffold simplifications, respectively. We provide a novel synthetic approach and, in addition, evaluate the final molecules in an in vitro polymerase assay for biological activity.
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