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Divalent copper complexes as influenza A M2 inhibitors

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Editor, Senior Moderator
Antiviral Res. 2017 Oct 11. pii: S0166-3542(17)30147-X. doi: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2017.10.009. [Epub ahead of print]
[h=1]Divalent copper complexes as influenza A M2 inhibitors.[/h] Gordon NA[SUP]1[/SUP], McGuire KL[SUP]1[/SUP], Wallentine SK[SUP]2[/SUP], Mohl GA[SUP]1[/SUP], Lynch JD[SUP]2[/SUP], Harrison RG[SUP]3[/SUP], Busath DD[SUP]4[/SUP].
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[h=3]Abstract[/h] New M2 blockers effective against the ubiquitous amantadine-resistant S31N M2 mutation in influenza A are needed. Six copper complexes, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 10, were synthesized and found to block both wild type and S31N M2. Free Cu[SUP]2+[/SUP] also blocks M2 S31N but not S31N/H37A. The copper complexes do not block M2 H37A (either S31 or S31N). The complexes were effective against three influenza A strains in cell-culture assays, but less toxic to cells than CuCl[SUB]2[/SUB]. For example 4, Cu(cyclooctylamineiminodiacetate), which was stable at pH > 4 in the buffers used, had an EC[SUB]50[/SUB] against A/Calif/07/2009 H1N1 of 0.7 ? 0.1 μM with a CC[SUB]50[/SUB] of 147 μM (therapeutic index, averaged over three strains, 67.8). In contrast, CuCl[SUB]2[/SUB] had an EC[SUB]50[/SUB] of 3.8 ? 0.9 μM and CC[SUB]50[/SUB] of 19 μM. Because M2 H37 is highly conserved, these complexes show promise for further testing as drugs against all strains of influenza A.
Copyright ? 2017. Published by Elsevier B.V.


[h=4]KEYWORDS:[/h] Electrophysiology; Medicinal metals; Plaque assay; Proton transport; Transfected oocytes; Tridentate chelation

PMID: 29032206 DOI: 10.1016/j.antiviral.2017.10.009
 
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