Discovery and synthesis of novel benzofurazan derivatives as inhibitors of influenza A virus

U Kessler, D Castagnolo, M Pagano, D Deodato…

Index: Kessler, Ulrich; Castagnolo, Daniele; Pagano, Mafalda; Deodato, Davide; Bernardini, Martina; Pilger, Beatrice; Ranadheera, Charlene; Botta, Maurizio Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2013 , vol. 23, # 20 p. 5575 - 5577

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Abstract

Abstract The identification of a novel hit compound inhibitor of the protein–protein interaction between the influenza RNA-polymerase PA and PB1 subunits has been accomplished by means of high-throughput screening. A small family of structurally related molecules has been synthesized and biologically evaluated with most of the compounds showing micromolar potency of inhibition against viral replication.