Abstract
Aim: No antiviral medications are currently approved to treat enterovirus (EV)-associated disease or prevent EV infection. Methods: In this study, a series of probenecid derivatives were designed via a rational strategy and synthesized to obtain more potent anti-EV agents. Results: Compounds 8 and 24 exhibited the most potent activity against EV D68 and A71, with half maximal effective concentration (EC 50 ) values of 2.49/2.09 and 2.59/2.41 μM, respectively, and revealed a broad inhibition spectrum toward other EV strains, with high selectivity indices. Additionally, compounds 8 and 24 showed good stability in rat serum, with half-lives of 48.39 and 60.26 min, respectively. Conclusion: Compounds 8 and 24 are the promising candidates for the development of new agents against EV D68 and A71 viruses.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1333-1347 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Future Medicinal Chemistry |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 06 2018 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2018 Newlands Press.
Keywords
- EV A71
- EV D68
- metabolic stability
- optimization
- probenecid derivatives