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Synthesis, structure activity relationship and in vitro anti-influenza virus activity of novel polyphenol-pentacyclic triterpene conjugates

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Eur J Med Chem. 2018 Dec 7;163:560-568. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.12.006. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Synthesis, structure activity relationship and in vitro anti-influenza virus activity of novel polyphenol-pentacyclic triterpene conjugates.[/h] Li H[SUP]1[/SUP], Li M[SUP]1[/SUP], Xu R[SUP]1[/SUP], Wang S[SUP]2[/SUP], Zhang Y[SUP]3[/SUP], Zhang L[SUP]1[/SUP], Zhou D[SUP]4[/SUP], Xiao S[SUP]5[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] It is urgently necessary to develop more effective anti-influenza agents due to the continuous emergence of drug-resistant strains of influenza virus. Our earlier studies have identified that certain pentacyclic triterpene derivatives are effective inhibitors of influenza virus infection. In the present study, a series of C-28 modified pentacyclic triterpene derivatives via conjugation with a series of polyphenols were synthesized, and their antiviral activities against influenza A/WSN/33 (H1N1) virus in MDCK (Madin-Darby canine kidney) cells were evaluated. Four compounds 23m, 23o, 23q and 23s displayed robust anti-influenza potency with averaged IC[SUB]50[/SUB] values at the low-micromole level, surpassing the potency of oseltamivir. In addition, the in vitro cytotoxic activity of the four conjugates against MDCK cells showed no toxicity at 100 μM. Further mechanism studies of compound 23s, one of the best representative conjugates with IC[SUB]50[/SUB] value of 5.80 μM and a selective index (SI) value of over 17.2, by hemagglutination inhibition (HI), surface plasmon resonance and molecular modeling indicated that this conjugate bound tightly to the viral envelope hemagglutinin (K[SUB]D[/SUB] = 15.6 μM), thus blocking the invasion of influenza viruses into host cells.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Entry inhibitor; Hemagglutinin; Influenza virus; Pentacyclic triterpene; Polyphenol

PMID: 30554131 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.12.006
 
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