| Literature DB >> 26985324 |
Bruno Melillo1, Shuaiyi Liang2, Jongwoo Park1, Arne Schön3, Joel R Courter1, Judith M LaLonde4, Daniel J Wendler1, Amy M Princiotto5, Michael S Seaman5, Ernesto Freire3, Joseph Sodroski6, Navid Madani5, Wayne A Hendrickson7, Amos B Smith1.
Abstract
The optimization, based on computational, thermodynamic, and crystallographic data, of a series of small-molecule ligands of the Phe43 cavity of the envelope glycoprotein gp120 of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been achieved. Importantly, biological evaluation revealed that the small-molecule CD4 mimics (4-7) inhibit HIV-1 entry into target cells with both significantly higher potency and neutralization breadth than previous congeners, while maintaining high selectivity for the target virus. Their binding mode was characterized via thermodynamic and crystallographic studies.Entities:
Keywords: CD4; HIV; X-ray crystallography; entry inhibitor; gp120; protein−protein interactions; structure-based drug design; thermodynamics; viral inhibition
Year: 2016 PMID: 26985324 PMCID: PMC4789667 DOI: 10.1021/acsmedchemlett.5b00471
Source DB: PubMed Journal: ACS Med Chem Lett ISSN: 1948-5875 Impact factor: 4.345