A copper(I)-catalyzed 1,2,3-triazole azide-alkyne click compound is a potent inhibitor of a multidrug-resistant HIV-1 protease variant

Michael J. Giffin, Holly Heaslet, Ashraf Brik, Ying Chuan Lin, Gabrielle Cauvi, Chi Huey Wong, Duncan E. McRee, John H. Elder, C. David Stout, Bruce E. Torbett

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Abstract

Treatment with HIV-1 protease inhibitors, a component of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), often results in viral resistance. Structural and biochemical characterization of a 6X protease mutant arising from in vitro selection with compound 1, a C2-symmetric diol protease inhibitor, has been previously described. We now show that compound 2, a copper(I)-catalyzed 1,2,3-triazole derived compound previously shown to be potently effective against wild-type protease (IC50 = 6.0 nM), has low nM activity (IC50 = 15.7 nM) against the multidrug-resistant 6X protease mutant. Compound 2 displays similar efficacy against wild-type and 6X HIV-1 in viral replication assays. While structural studies of compound 1 bound to wild type and mutant proteases revealed a progressive change in binding mode in the mutants, the 1.3 A resolution 6X protease-compound 2 crystal structure reveals nearly identical interactions for 2 as in the wild-type protease complex with very little change in compound 2 or protease conformation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6263-6270
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Medicinal Chemistry
Volume51
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Oct 2008

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Medicine
  • Drug Discovery

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