- Computer-assisted design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel pyrrolyl heteroaryl sulfones targeted at HIV-1 reverse transcriptase as non-nucleoside inhibitors.
Computer-assisted design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel pyrrolyl heteroaryl sulfones targeted at HIV-1 reverse transcriptase as non-nucleoside inhibitors.
Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry (2000-10-12)
R Silvestri, M Artico, G De Martino, E Novellino, G Greco, A Lavecchia, S Massa, A G Loi, S Doratiotto, P La Colla
PMID11026542
ABSTRACT
Three pyrrolyl heteroaryl sulfones (ethyl 1-[(1H-benzimidazol-2(3H)one-5-yl)sulfonyl]-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxyla te, ethyl 1-[(1H-benzimidazol-5(6)-yl)sulfonyl]-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylate and ethyl 1-[(1H-benzotriazol-5(6)-yl)sulfonyl]-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylate) were designed as novel HIV-1 reverse transcriptase non-nucleoside inhibitors using structure-based computational methods. Although these compounds were inactive in the cell-based assay, they inhibited the target enzyme with micromolar potency (IC50s = 2 microM, 3 microM and 9 microM, respectively).
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