Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25703928›Full record

ArticleAntiviral research2015

Epoxide based inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus non-structural 2 autoprotease.

Joseph Shaw, Colin W G Fishwick, Mark Harris

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Article in Antiviral research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Non-Canonical Amino Acids in Analyses of Protease Structure and Function.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Joseph ShawSchool of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom; School of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom; Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.
Colin W G FishwickSchool of Chemistry, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom; Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.
Mark HarrisSchool of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom; Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom. Electronic address: m.harris@leeds.ac.uk.

Funding

Wellcome Trust 093786
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) non-structural 2 (NS2) encodes an essential protease activity responsible for processing at the NS2-NS3 junction which represents an attractive antiviral target. Attempts to inhibit the NS2 autoprotease with mechanism-based protease inhibitors and substrate peptides have had limited success. We report a series of epoxide-containing small molecules capable of blocking NS2-NS3 proteolysis in vitro and demonstrate the potential for selectivity towards the NS2 autoprotease. A compound within this series was able to perturb HCV genome replication in a subgenomic replicon system only when polyprotein processing was dependent on NS2 autoprotease activity, in addition it inhibited replication of full length HCV. These findings suggest blocking HCV polyprotein processing through inhibition of the NS2 autoprotease represents a viable route to exert an antiviral effect.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsCell LineCysteine EndopeptidasesEpoxy CompoundsHepacivirusHumansProtease InhibitorsRepliconRNA, ViralViral Nonstructural ProteinsVirus ReplicationAntiviral AgentsCysteine EndopeptidasesEpoxy CompoundsNS2-3 proteaseNS2 protein, Hepatitis C virusProtease InhibitorsRNA, ViralViral Nonstructural ProteinsAutoproteaseEpoxideHepatitis C virusInhibitorNS2

Identifiers

PMID25703928
PMCPMC4398321

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