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. 2016 Aug:127:153-62.
doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2016.05.012. Epub 2016 May 24.

Methylene bisphosphonates as the inhibitors of HIV RT phosphorolytic activity

D V Yanvarev  1 , A N Korovina  2 , N N Usanov  2 , O A Khomich  2 , J Vepsäläinen  3 , E Puljula  3 , M K Kukhanova  2 , S N Kochetkov  2
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Methylene bisphosphonates as the inhibitors of HIV RT phosphorolytic activity

D V Yanvarev et al. Biochimie. 2016 Aug.

Abstract

The structure-function analysis of 36 methylenebisphosphonates (BPs) as inhibitors of the phosphorolytic activity of native and drug-resistant forms of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) was performed. It was shown that with the increase of the inhibitory potential of BPs towards the phosphorolytic activity raises their ability to inhibit the RT-catalyzed DNA elongation. Herein, we report the impact of the thymidine analog mutations (TAM) on the activity of bisphosphonates, as well as some structural features of the BPs, allowing them to maintain the inhibitory activity on the enzyme resistant to nucleoside analog therapy. We estimated the Mg(2+)-coordinating group structure, the linker and the aromatic pharmacophore influence on the inhibitory potential of the BPs. Based on the 31 BPs SAR, several BPs with improved inhibitory properties were designed and synthesized.

Keywords: Bisphosphonates; Excision; HIV; Pyrophosphorolysis; Resistance; Reverse transcriptase; SAR; TAM.

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