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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2025

Identification of novel thiazole derivatives as flaviviral protease inhibitors effective against Dengue (DENV2) and Japanese encephalitis viruses.

Sheikh Murtuja, Sayan Das, Indrani Das Jana, Deepak Shilkar, Gourav Rakshit, Biswatrish Sarkar, Barij Nayan Sinha, Rikeshwer Prasad Dewangan, Arindam Mondal, Venkatesan Jayaprakash

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2025. 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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Sheikh Murtuja *Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.ORCID 0000-0002-7468-1131
Sayan Das *Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.ORCID 0000-0002-0611-6835
Indrani Das JanaDepartment of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1555-8934
Deepak ShilkarDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.ORCID 0000-0003-1882-1731
Gourav RakshitDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.ORCID 0000-0003-1341-7289
Biswatrish SarkarDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.ORCID 0000-0002-4268-301X
Barij Nayan SinhaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.ORCID 0000-0002-6558-3572
Rikeshwer Prasad DewanganDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India.ORCID 0000-0001-5537-6919
Arindam MondalDepartment of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.ORCID 0000-0001-7991-5809
Venkatesan JayaprakashDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.ORCID 0000-0002-9724-4153

Funding

DST | Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) CRG/2022/003628DST | Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) EMR/2016/005711DST | Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) PDF/2023/000284
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Abstract

Flaviviruses are the causative agents of viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) globally and have demonstrated the capacity to result in fatal outcomes if not managed effectively. Among different types of flaviviruses, dengue (DENV) and Japanese encephalitis (JEV) viruses are the most common in tropical and subtropical countries. While vaccines have been developed and licensed for both DENV and JEV, effective treatment options remain sparse. Hence, there is a pressing need to develop small molecules that can target machineries crucial for virus replication and remain conserved across different flaviviruses, thereby could serve as a promising therapeutic option. This study outlines the synthesis of novel thiazole compounds as flavivirus NS2B-NS3 protease inhibitor and characterization of their antiviral activity against DENV and JEV. We synthesized a heterocyclic template derived from a substrate-based retrotripeptide dengue protease inhibitor, leading to 48 thiazole derivatives. Two compounds, 3aq and 3au demonstrated significant inhibition of dengue virus protease activity

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Antiviral AgentsDengue VirusEncephalitis Virus, JapaneseProtease InhibitorsThiazolesAnimalsDEAD-box RNA HelicasesEncephalitis, JapaneseHumansNucleoside-TriphosphataseSerine EndopeptidasesVero CellsViral Nonstructural ProteinsViral ProteasesVirus ReplicationAntiviral AgentsDEAD-box RNA HelicasesNS2B protein, flavivirusNS3 protein, flavivirusNucleoside-TriphosphataseProtease InhibitorsSerine EndopeptidasesThiazolesViral Nonstructural ProteinsViral Proteasesantiviralsdengue virusJapanese encephalitis virusNS2B-NS3 protease inhibitorsthiazoles

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PMCPMC11963559

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