Yutaka Furutani, Yoshinori Hirano, Mariko Toguchi, Shoko Higuchi, Xian-Yang Qin, Kaori Yanaka, Yumi Sato-Shiozaki, Nobuaki Takahashi, Marina Sakai, Pornparn Kongpracha, Takehiro Suzuki, Naoshi Dohmae, Mutsuko Kukimoto-Niino, Mikako Shirouzu, Shushi Nagamori, Harukazu Suzuki, Kaoru Kobayashi, Takahiro Masaki, Hiroo Koyama, Kazuma Sekiba, Motoyuki Otsuka, Kazuhiko Koike, Michinori Kohara, Soichi Kojima, Hideaki Kakeya, Tomokazu Matsuura
IFN-alpha have been reported to suppress hepatitis B virus (HBV) cccDNA via APOBEC3 cytidine deaminase activity through interferon signaling. To develop a novel anti-HBV drug for a functional cure, we performed in silico screening of the binding compounds fitting the steric structure of the IFN-alpha-binding pocket in IFNAR2. We identified 37 compounds and named them in silico cccDNA modulator (iCDM)-1-37. We found that iCDM-34, a new small molecule with a pyrazole moiety, showed anti-HCV and anti-HBV activities...
December 22, 2023: Cell Death Discovery