Synthesis and in vitro anti-HIV evaluation of a new series of 6-arylmethyl-substituted S-DABOs as potential non-nucleoside HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitors

Eur J Med Chem. 2009 Mar;44(3):1016-23. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2008.06.028. Epub 2008 Jul 4.

Abstract

A series of new 5-alkyl-2-benzylsulfanylpyrimidin-4(3H)-ones (5a-y) bearing different substituted arylmethyl moieties at the C-6 position of the pyrimidine core have been synthesized and evaluated for their in vitro activities against HIV-1 and HIV-2 in MT-4 cell cultures. The majority of the title compounds showed moderate to good activities against HIV-1 with an IC(50) range from 6.67 microM to 0.12 microM. Among them, 6-(3,5-dimethylbenzyl) analogue 5q exhibited the most potent anti-HIV-1 activity (IC(50)=0.12 microM, SI>2642), which was about 40-fold more active than the reference compounds 1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6-(phenylsulfanyl)thymine (HEPT) and 2',3'-dideoxyinosine (DDI). The structure-activity relationships (SARs) of these new congeners were further discussed.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Line
  • Crystallography, X-Ray
  • HIV Reverse Transcriptase / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • HIV-1 / drug effects
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Pyrimidinones / chemical synthesis*
  • Pyrimidinones / chemistry
  • Pyrimidinones / pharmacology*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / chemical synthesis*
  • Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / chemistry
  • Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / pharmacology*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Structure-Activity Relationship

Substances

  • Pyrimidinones
  • Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
  • reverse transcriptase, Human immunodeficiency virus 1
  • HIV Reverse Transcriptase