Subha Dahal, Ran Cheng, Peter K Cheung, Terek Been, Ramy Malty, Melissa Geng, Sarah Manianis, Lulzim Shkreta, Shahrazad Jahanshahi, Johanne Toutant, Rose Chan, Sean Park, Mark A Brockman, Mohan Babu, Samira Mubareka, Karen Mossman, Arinjay Banerjee, Scott Gray-Owen, Martha Brown, Walid A Houry, Benoit Chabot, David Grierson, Alan Cochrane
Medicinal chemistry optimization of a previously described stilbene inhibitor of HIV-1, 5350150 (2-(2-(5-nitro-2-thienyl)vinyl)quinoline), led to the identification of the thiazole-5-carboxamide derivative (GPS491), which retained potent anti-HIV-1 activity with reduced toxicity. In this report, we demonstrate that the block of HIV-1 replication by GPS491 is accompanied by a drastic inhibition of viral gene expression (IC50 ~ 0.25 µM), and alterations in the production of unspliced, singly spliced, and multiply spliced HIV-1 RNAs...
December 30, 2021: Viruses