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ArticleJournal of medicinal chemistry2025

From Diarylsulfides to Diarylamines: New Ebola Virus Entry Inhibitors with Improved Metabolic Stability.

Marcos Morales-Tenorio, Fátima Lasala, Alfonso Garcia-Rubia, Elnaz Aledavood, Michelle Heung, Catherine Olal, Beatriz Escudero-Pérez, Paola Oquist, Ángeles Canales, Covadonga Alonso and 4 more

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Article in Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Marcos Morales-TenorioCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Fátima LasalaInstituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre, 28041 Madrid, Spain.
Alfonso Garcia-RubiaCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Elnaz AledavoodCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Michelle HeungBernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.
Catherine OlalBernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.
Beatriz Escudero-PérezBernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.
Paola OquistFacultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Ángeles CanalesFacultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0542-3080
Covadonga AlonsoDpt. Biotechnology, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain.
Ana MartínezCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2707-8110
César Muñoz-FontelaBernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, 20359 Hamburg, Germany.
Rafael DelgadoInstituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre, 28041 Madrid, Spain.
Carmen GilCentro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3882-6081

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The persistence of current outbreaks of Ebola virus (EBOV) disease and challenges in the production and administration of approved vaccines and treatments highlight the continuous exploration of new therapeutic alternatives. In this context, this work focuses on optimizing diarylsulfide hits previously identified as EBOV entry inhibitors. Structural modifications resulted in diarylamine derivatives, with confirmed antiviral activity against replicative EBOV and significantly improved metabolic stability compared to diarylsulfides. Using different techniques, the EBOV glycoprotein (EBOV-GP) was identified as the target of these compounds. Residue Y517

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AminesAntiviral AgentsEbolavirusSulfidesVirus InternalizationAnimalsGlycoproteinsHumansStructure-Activity RelationshipViral Envelope ProteinsAminesAntiviral AgentsGlycoproteinsSulfidesViral Envelope Proteins

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PMID40381209
PMCPMC12169679

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