Synthesis And Bioevaluation Of Substituted Chalcones, Coumaranones And Other Flavonoids As Anti-Hiv Agents

Keywords

Chalcones; Flavonoids; HIV

Abstract

A series of chalcone, flavone, coumaranone and other flavonoid compounds were screened for their anti HIV-1 activity in two cell culture models using TZM-bl and PM1 cells. Within the systems evaluated, the most promising compounds contained either an α- or β-hydroxy-carbonyl motif within their structure (e.g., 8 and 9). Efficacious substituents were identified and used to design new HIV inhibitors with increased potency and lower cytotoxicity. Of the scaffolds evaluated, specific chalcones were found to provide the best balance between anti-HIV potency and low host cell toxicity. Chalcone 8l was shown to inhibit different clinical isolates of HIV in a dose-dependent manner (e.g., IC50 typically ≤ 5 μM). Inhibition of HIV infection experiments using TZM-bl cells demonstrated that chalcone 8l and flavonol 9c had IC50 values of 4.7 μM and 10.4 μM, respectively. These insights were used to design new chalcones 8o and 8p. Rewardingly, chalcones 8o and 8p (at 10 μM) each gave >92% inhibition of viral propagation without impacting PM1 host cell viability. Inhibition of viral propagation significantly increased (60-90%) when PM1 cells were pre-incubated with chalcone 8o, but not with the related flavonol 9c. These results suggested that chalcone 8o may be of value as both a HIV prophylactic and therapy. In summary, O-benzyl-substituted chalcones were identified as promising anti-HIV agents for future investigation.

Publication Date

6-15-2016

Publication Title

Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry

Volume

24

Issue

12

Number of Pages

2768-2776

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2016.04.045

Socpus ID

84964963276 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84964963276

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