Synthesis of betulinic acid derivatives as entry inhibitors against HIV-1 and bevirimat-resistant HIV-1 variants.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Betulinic acid derivatives modified at the C28 position are HIV-1entry inhibitors such as compound A43D; however, modified at the C3 position instead of C28 give HIV-1 maturation inhibitor such as bevirimat. Bevirimat exhibited promising pharmacokinetic profiles in clinical trials, but its effectiveness was compromised by the high baseline drug resistance of HIV-1 variants with polymorphism in the putative drug binding site. In an effort to determine whether the viruses with bevirimat resistant polymorphism also altered their sensitivities to the betulinic acid derivatives that inhibit HIV-1 entry, a series of new betulinic acid entry inhibitors were synthesized and tested for their activities against HIV-1 NL4-3 and NL4-3 variants resistant to bevirimat. The results show that the bevirimat resistant viruses were approximately 5- to10-fold more sensitive to three new glutamine ester derivatives (13, 15 and 38) and A43D in an HIV-1 multi-cycle replication assay. In contrast, the wild type NL4-3 and the bevirimat resistant variants were equally sensitive to the HIV-1 RT inhibitor AZT. In addition, these three new compounds markedly improved microsomal stability compared to A43D.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Dang, Z; Qian, K; Ho, P; Zhu, L; Lee, K-H; Huang, L; Chen, C-H
Published Date
- August 15, 2012
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 22 / 16
Start / End Page
- 5190 - 5194
PubMed ID
- 22818973
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC3426442
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1464-3405
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.06.080
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- England