(S)‑N‑(2,5-Dimethylphenyl)-1-(quinoline-8-ylsulfonyl)pyrrolidine-2-carboxamide
as a Small Molecule Inhibitor Probe for the Study of Respiratory Syncytial
Virus Infection
posted on 2012-10-25, 00:00authored byBlake
P. Moore, Dong Hoon Chung, Daljit S. Matharu, Jennifer E. Golden, Clinton Maddox, Lynn Rasmussen, James W. Noah, Melinda I. Sosa, Subramaniam Ananthan, Nichole, A. Tower, E. Lucile White, Fuli Jia, Thomas
E. Prisinzano, Jeffrey Aubé, Colleen
B. Jonsson, William E. Severson
A high-throughput, cell-based screen was used to identify
chemotypes
as inhibitors for human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV). Optimization of a sulfonylpyrrolidine scaffold resulted in
compound 5o that inhibited a virus-induced cytopathic
effect in the entry stage of infection (EC50 = 2.3 ±
0.8 μM) with marginal cytotoxicity (CC50 = 30.9 ±
1.1 μM) and reduced viral titer by 100-fold. Compared to ribavirin,
sulfonylpyrrolidine 5o demonstrated an improved in vitro
potency and selectivity index.