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ArticleAntiviral research2024

Identification and assessment of the 1,6-dihydroxy-pyridin-2-one moiety as privileged scaffold for HBV ribonuclease H inhibition.

Erofili Giannakopoulou, Vasiliki Pardali, Tiffany C Edwards, Molly Woodson, Razia Tajwar, John E Tavis, Grigoris Zoidis

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Article in Antiviral research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Erofili GiannakopoulouSchool of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, 15771, Athens, Greece.
Vasiliki PardaliSchool of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, 15771, Athens, Greece.
Tiffany C EdwardsMolecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63104, United States.
Molly WoodsonMolecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63104, United States.
Razia TajwarMolecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63104, United States.
John E TavisMolecular Microbiology and Immunology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63104, United States.
Grigoris ZoidisSchool of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, 15771, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: zoidis@pharm.uoa.gr.
Saint Louis University · USNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

Lead optimization of Hepatitis B Virus ribonuclease H inhibitorsR01AI150610 · NIAID · SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY · PI MEYERS, MARVIN J, TAVIS, JOHN E · 2021 to 2025
$3.3M
Defining approaches for improving HID and HPD compounds as HBV RNaseH antagonistsR21AI124672 · NIAID · SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY · PI MEYERS, MARVIN J, TAVIS, JOHN E · 2017 to 2018
$417k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI150610NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI124672
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) ribonuclease H (RNase H) although promising remains an unexploited therapeutic target. HBV RNase H inhibition causes premature termination of viral minus-polarity DNA strands, prevents the synthesis of the viral positive-polarity DNA strand, and causes accumulation of RNA:DNA heteroduplexes within viral capsids. As part of our ongoing research to develop more potent anti-HBV RNase H inhibitors, we designed, synthesized and analyzed a library of 18 novel compounds (17 N-hydroyxpyridinedione (HPD) imine derivatives and 1 barbituric acid analogue) as potential leads for HBV treatment development. In cell assays, fourteen HPDs showed significant anti-HBV activity with EC

Indexed as

AntibodiesHepatitis B virusDNA, ViralIminesRibonuclease HAntibodiesDNA, ViralIminesRibonuclease HHepatitis B virusN-HydroxypyridinedionesRibonuclease HRibonuclease H structural modelStructure-activity relationshipSynthesis

Identifiers

PMID38325606
PMCPMC11533872
OpenAlexW4391536038

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