Discovery and Synthesis of Heterocyclic Carboxamide Derivatives as Potent Anti-norovirus Agents

Mai Ohba; Tomoichiro Oka; Takayuki Ando; Saori Arahata; Asaka Ikegaya; Hirotaka Takagi; Naohisa Ogo; Kazuhiro Owada; Fumihiko Kawamori; Qiuhong Wang; Linda J. Saif; Akira Asai

doi:10.1248/cpb.c16-00001

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Discovery and Synthesis of Heterocyclic Carboxamide Derivatives as Potent Anti-norovirus Agents

Mai Ohba, Tomoichiro Oka, Takayuki Ando, Saori Arahata, Asaka Ikegaya, Hirotaka Takagi, Naohisa Ogo, Kazuhiro Owada, Fumihiko Kawamori, Qiuhong Wang, Linda J. Saif, Akira Asai

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Mai Ohba
Center for Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
Department of Pharmaceutical and Food Science, Shizuoka Institute of Environment and Hygiene
Tomoichiro Oka
Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Takayuki Ando
Center for Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
Department of Pharmaceutical and Food Science, Shizuoka Institute of Environment and Hygiene
Saori Arahata
Department of Microbiology, Shizuoka Institute of Environment and Hygiene
Asaka Ikegaya
Department of Microbiology, Shizuoka Institute of Environment and Hygiene
Hirotaka Takagi
Division of Biological Safety Control and Research, National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Naohisa Ogo
Center for Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
Department of Pharmaceutical and Food Science, Shizuoka Institute of Environment and Hygiene
Kazuhiro Owada
Department of Pharmaceutical and Food Science, Shizuoka Institute of Environment and Hygiene
Fumihiko Kawamori
Department of Microbiology, Shizuoka Institute of Environment and Hygiene
Qiuhong Wang
Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University
Linda J. Saif
Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University
Akira Asai Corresponding author
Center for Drug Discovery, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka

Keywords: norovirus, heterocyclic carboxamide, antiviral activity, murine norovirus

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2016 Volume 64 Issue 5 Pages 465-475

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Abstract

There is an urgent need for structurally novel anti-norovirus agents. In this study, we describe the synthesis, anti-norovirus activity, and structure–activity relationship (SAR) of a series of heterocyclic carboxamide derivatives. Heterocyclic carboxamide 1 (50% effective concentration (EC₅₀)=37 µM) was identified by our screening campaign using the cytopathic effect reduction assay. Initial SAR studies suggested the importance of halogen substituents on the heterocyclic scaffold and identified 3,5-di-boromo-thiophene derivative 2j (EC₅₀=24 µM) and 4,6-di-fluoro-benzothiazole derivative 3j (EC₅₀=5.6 µM) as more potent inhibitors than 1. Moreover, their hybrid compound, 3,5-di-bromo-thiophen-4,6-di-fluoro-benzothiazole 4b, showed the most potent anti-norovirus activity with a EC₅₀ value of 0.53 µM (70-fold more potent than 1). Further investigation suggested that 4b might inhibit intracellular viral replication or the late stage of viral infection.

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