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ArticleACS medicinal chemistry letters2024

Discovery of Broad-Spectrum Herpes Antiviral Oxazolidinone Amide Derivatives and Their Structure-Activity Relationships.

Michael A Plotkin, Marc Labroli, Jeffrey Schubert, Anthony Shaw, Kelly-Ann S Schlegel, Richard Berger, Andrew J Cooke, Robert P Hayes, Kira A Armacost, Keith Kinek and 15 more

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Article in ACS medicinal chemistry letters, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

Michael A PlotkinDiscovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5007-6814
Marc LabroliDiscovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Jeffrey SchubertDiscovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5030-5537
Anthony ShawDiscovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Kelly-Ann S SchlegelDiscovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Richard BergerDiscovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Andrew J CookeMedicinal Chemistry, Exscientia, 53 State Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02109, United States.
Robert P HayesProtein and Structural Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Kira A ArmacostComputational Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville Pennsylvania 19426, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9322-7981
Keith KinekDiscovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Paula KroskyIn Vitro Pharmacology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Christine BurleinIn Vitro Pharmacology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Shi MengIn Vitro Pharmacology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Edward DiNunzioQuantitative Biosciences, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States.
Edward M MurrayDiscovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Sony AgrawalQuantitative Biosciences, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States.
Maria MadeiraDiscovery Pharmaceutical Sciences, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States.
Amy FlatteryIn Vivo Pharmacology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Huifang YaoDiscovery Pharmaceutical Sciences, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey 07065, United States.
Andrew LeitheadDiscovery Pharmaceutical Sciences, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
William A RoseIn Vivo Pharmacology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Christopher CoxDiscovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
David M TellersDiscovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3638-0984
Philip M McKennaDiscovery Biology, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.
Izzat RaheemDiscovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6769-8816

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herpesvirus infections are ubiquitous, with over 95% of the adult population infected by at least one strain. While most of these infections resolve without treatment in healthy individuals, they can cause significant morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised, stem cell, or organ transplant patients. Current nucleoside standards of care provide meaningful benefit but are limited due to poor tolerability, resistance, and generally narrow spectrum of activity. Herpesviruses share a conserved DNA polymerase, the inhibition of which is validated as an effective strategy to disrupt viral replication. By utilizing a non-nucleoside inhibitor of the viral DNA polymerase, we sought to develop agents covering multiple herpesviruses (e.g., CMV, VZV, HSV1/2, EBV, and HHV6). Herein is described the invention of an oxazolidinone class of broad-spectrum non-nucleoside herpes antiviral inhibitors. A lead compound (

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PMID39140041
PMCPMC11318010

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