Antiviral activities of glycyrrhizin and its modified compounds against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) in vitro.

Chemically modified compounds of glycyrrhizin have been synthesized and evaluated for their inhibitory effect on the replication of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1). Among them, the 11-deoxo compound having a heteroannular diene structure at the C and D rings proved as active against HIV-1 as glycyrrhizin in MT-4 and MOLT-4 cells. It completely inhibited HIV-1-induced cytopathogenicity in both cell lines at a concentration of 0.16 mM. The compound was also effective against HSV-1 with a 50% inhibitory concentration of 0.5 mM [corrected].     

HEPT类逆转录酶抑制剂的三维定量构效关系

利用比较分子力场分析(CoMFA)方法对32个HEPT类HIV-1逆转录酶抑制剂(RTIs)的三维定量构效关系(3D-QSAR)进行了分析,建立了HIV-1逆转录酶抑制剂的3种3D-QSAR模型,发现影响其生物活性的主要因素为立体场因素,这与HIV-1RT的非底物结合部位(NNBS)的疏水性环境相吻合.进一步分析表明,适当长度的1-位侧链对保持化合物的抗病毒活性致关重要;增大5-位取代基的体积可增强生物活性;在1-位苄氧甲基的对位引入大体积基团有利于提高活性.同时考察立体场、静电场与生物活性的关系,表明,CoMFA模型为最佳预测模型,其交叉验证系数R_CV²=0.870,传统相关系数R²=0.986,标准偏差SE=0.146,F=294.546.用此模型预测了检验组3个HEPT类化合物的-lgEC₅₀,R_pred²=0.850,表明模型具有很好的预测能力,可为HEPT类HIV-1逆转录酶抑制剂的结构优化提供理论指导.