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IDX-184 is a superior HCV direct-acting antiviral drug : A QSAR study

Elfiky, Abdo A. LU and Elshemey, Wael M. (2016) In Medicinal Chemistry Research 25(5). p.1005-1008
Abstract

Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) parameters are good indicators for the reactivity of direct-acting antiviral drugs. Since molecular structure is related to molecular function, careful selection of molecular substitutions will result in more drugs that are potent. In this work, QSAR parameters are selected in order to compare the four drugs used as nucleotide inhibitors (NIs) for non-structural 5B (NS5B) RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) of hepatitis C virus (HCV). These drugs are: ribavirin (widely used over the last 20 years), sofosbuvir (approved on December 2013 by FDA), and finally IDX-184 and R7128 (phase IIb of clinical trial drugs). The nucleotide analogues uracil (U), guanine (G), and cytosine (C) from... (More)

Quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) parameters are good indicators for the reactivity of direct-acting antiviral drugs. Since molecular structure is related to molecular function, careful selection of molecular substitutions will result in more drugs that are potent. In this work, QSAR parameters are selected in order to compare the four drugs used as nucleotide inhibitors (NIs) for non-structural 5B (NS5B) RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) of hepatitis C virus (HCV). These drugs are: ribavirin (widely used over the last 20 years), sofosbuvir (approved on December 2013 by FDA), and finally IDX-184 and R7128 (phase IIb of clinical trial drugs). The nucleotide analogues uracil (U), guanine (G), and cytosine (C) from which these drugs are fabricated are also compared to that group of drugs. QSAR parameters suggested that the drug IDX-184 is the best among all of the studied NIs. It also shows that NIs are always more reactive than their parent nucleotide.

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IDX-184, NS5B, Nucleotide inhibitors, QSAR, Sofosbuvir
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Medicinal Chemistry Research
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Birkhäuser
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10.1007/s00044-016-1533-y
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  author       = {{Elfiky, Abdo A. and Elshemey, Wael M.}},
  issn         = {{1054-2523}},
  keywords     = {{IDX-184; NS5B; Nucleotide inhibitors; QSAR; Sofosbuvir}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{05}},
  number       = {{5}},
  pages        = {{1005--1008}},
  publisher    = {{Birkhäuser}},
  series       = {{Medicinal Chemistry Research}},
  title        = {{IDX-184 is a superior HCV direct-acting antiviral drug : A QSAR study}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00044-016-1533-y}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s00044-016-1533-y}},
  volume       = {{25}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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