1. Discovery of GS-9451: An acid inhibitor of the hepatitis C virus NS3/4A protease
- Author
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Michael O'neil Hanrahan Clarke, Jie Xu, Edward Doerffler, Todd Appleby, X. Christopher Sheng, Choung U. Kim, Thomas Butler, John O. Link, William E. Delaney, Mingzhe Ji, Xiaowu Chen, Ruby Cai, Cottell Jeromy J, Hyung-Jung Pyun, Wu Qiaoyin, Aesop Cho, and Rowchanak Pakdaman
- Subjects
Models, Molecular ,Serine Proteinase Inhibitors ,Hepatitis C virus ,Hepacivirus ,Clinical Biochemistry ,Carboxylic Acids ,Biological Availability ,Pharmaceutical Science ,Viral Nonstructural Proteins ,Crystallography, X-Ray ,medicine.disease_cause ,Antiviral Agents ,Biochemistry ,Structure-Activity Relationship ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Dogs ,Pharmacokinetics ,Drug Discovery ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Structure–activity relationship ,Molecular Biology ,biology ,Chemistry ,Organic Chemistry ,Quinoline ,virus diseases ,Hepatitis C ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Virology ,digestive system diseases ,Rats ,Macaca fascicularis ,Caco-2 ,Quinolines ,Molecular Medicine ,Caco-2 Cells - Abstract
The discovery of GS-9451 is reported. Modification of the P3 cap and P2 quinoline with a series of solubilizing groups led to the identification of potent HCV NS3 protease inhibitors with greatly improved pharmacokinetic properties in rats, dogs and monkeys.
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- 2012