HIV Replication Inhibitors Formula 5E Overcoming Drug Resistance

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current anti-HIV therapies face challenges such as drug resistance, toxicity, and the persistence of latent HIV reservoirs, necessitating the development of novel antiviral agents that can effectively inhibit HIV replication.

Innovation Solution

Development of new anti-retroviral compounds, specifically inhibitors of HIV replication, represented by compounds of formula (5E) that can be used in pharmaceutical compositions to treat or prevent HIV infections by inhibiting viral replication in host cells.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If existing anti-HIV drugs (RT inhibitors, PR inhibitors, fusion inhibitors, entry inhibitors, integrase inhibitors) are used to treat HIV infection, then viral replication is inhibited and patients can live longer, but drug resistance emerges and treatment efficiency decreases over time

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetreatment effectivenessVSAvoiddrug resistance
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by developing compounds with novel chemical structures (formula 5E) that differ from existing anti-HIV drug classes. The compounds feature specific structural parameters including a pyrimidine ring system with particular substituent patterns (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6 groups) that enable binding to HIV reverse transcriptase while avoiding resistance mutations that have developed against conventional drugs. This structural parameter optimization allows the compounds to maintain effectiveness against both wild-type and resistant HIV strains.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Duration of action of stationary object

If prolonged use of anti-HIV drugs is implemented to maintain viral suppression, then treatment duration increases, but toxicity accumulates and quality of life deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetreatment durationVSAvoiddrug toxicity
Core Design Contradiction:
Duration of action of stationary objectVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent optimizes the chemical structure parameters of compounds (formula 5E) to achieve selective toxicity - maintaining high potency against HIV while reducing harmful effects on host cells. The specific molecular architecture including the pyrimidine core and configured substituents enables selective inhibition of viral reverse transcriptase with minimal interference in cellular processes, allowing for prolonged treatment regimens with reduced cumulative toxicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Quantity of substance

If intensive drug therapy is applied to eliminate HIV reservoirs, then viral load decreases, but the ability to establish latent reservoirs early in infection ensures virus persistence

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveviral loadVSAvoidlatent reservoir persistence
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSStability of the object's composition

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs preliminary action by designing compounds that can interfere with HIV replication at multiple stages including early reverse transcription and integration processes. The compounds aim to prevent the establishment of latent reservoirs by inhibiting viral DNA synthesis before integration into host genome, and by targeting integrated provirus through inhibition of transcription or integration steps, thereby addressing the persistence problem before it fully develops.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentEP2511273B8Inhibitors of viral replication, their process of preparation and their therapeutical uses
Publication Date: 2019.06.26 HIVIH

AI summary

The present invention relates to compounds, their use in the treatment or the prevention of viral disorders, including HIV.