Lomibuvir (VX-222; VCH-222) is a non-cytotoxic, orally active non-nucleoside inhibitor (NNI) against hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (genotype 1a/1b IC50 = 0.94/1.2 μM). Lomibuvir exhibits HCV genotype-selective antiviral activity in vitro (genotype 1a//1b EC50 = 23.3 nM/12 nM; ineffective against 2a & 2b) and in vivo by targeting HCV NS5B thumb II allosteric pocket, exhibiting no inhibitory potency against human DNA polymerase (α, β, γ IC50 ≥56 μM), respiratory syncytial virus, Influenza A and B, and West Nile virus.
Non-cytotoxic, orally active hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS5B RNA polymerase inhibitor with HCV genotype 1a/1b-selective antiviral activity in vitro and in vivo.
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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a genetically diverse virus with multiple genotypes exhibiting remarkable differences, particularly in drug susceptibility. Drug and vaccine development will benefit from high-titer HCV cultures mimicking the complete viral life cycle, but such systems only exist
Therapeutic targeting of membrane-associated viral proteins is complicated by the challenge of investigating their enzymatic activities in the native membrane-bound state. To permit functional characterization of these proteins, we hypothesized that the supported lipid bilayer (SLB) can support in situ
Combination therapy of directly acting antivirals (DAA's) for the treatment of chronic HCV infections has proven to be a highly effective strategy to cure chronic infections with this virus. Here we studied, using HCV as an example, how to best
Development of allosteric inhibitors into efficient drugs is hampered by their indirect mode-of-action and complex structure-kinetic relationships. To enable the design of efficient allosteric drugs targeting the polymerase of hepatitis C virus (NS5B), the interaction characteristics of three non-nucleoside compounds
