merimepodib   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 10741

Synonyms: MMPD | VX-497 | VX497
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Merimepodib is an orally bioavailable, non-competitive inhibitor of inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) [4]. It has antiviral activity, suppressing replication of Zika virus (ZIKV) [2], hepatitis C virus (HCV), and other emerging viral pathogens [5]. IMPDH inhibition reduces intracellular guanine nucleotide levels, thus limiting RNA and DNA synthesis both for cellular proliferation, and for viral replication inside host cells. Experimental evidence shows that the activity of merimepodib can augment the anti-replicative effects of other antivirals such as ribavirin and T-705 (favipiravir).
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2D Structure
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2D Structure

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Physico-chemical Properties
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Physico-chemical Properties

Calculated molecular properties are available for small molecules and natural products (not peptides). Properties were generated using the Chemistry Development Kit (CDK) (Willighagen EL et al. Journal of Cheminformatics vol. 9:33. 2017, doi:10.1186/s13321-017-0220-4; https://cdk.github.io/). All properties were selected to enable the prediction of the Lipinski Rule-of-Five profile or ‘druglikeness’ for each ligand. For more info on each category see the help pages.

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Hydrogen bond acceptors 8
Hydrogen bond donors 3
Rotatable bonds 11
Topological polar surface area 123.95
Molecular weight 452.17
XLogP 1.74
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0

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SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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SMILES / InChI / InChIKey

SMILES (Simplified Molecular Input Line Entry Specification) A specification for unambiguously describing the structure of chemical molecules using short ASCII strings. Canonical SMILES specify a unique representation of the 2D structure without chiral or isotopic specifications. Isomeric SMILES include chiral specification and isotopes.

Standard InChI (IUPAC International Chemical Identifier) and InChIKey InChI is a non-proprietary, standard, textual identifier for chemical substances designed to facilitate linking of information and database searching. An InChIKey is a simplified version of a full InChI, designed for easier web searching.

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Canonical SMILES COc1cc(ccc1c1cnco1)NC(=O)Nc1cccc(c1)CNC(=O)O[C@@H]1COCC1
Isomeric SMILES COc1cc(ccc1c1cnco1)NC(=O)Nc1cccc(c1)CNC(=O)O[C@@H]1COCC1
InChI InChI=1S/C23H24N4O6/c1-30-20-10-17(5-6-19(20)21-12-24-14-32-21)27-22(28)26-16-4-2-3-15(9-16)11-25-23(29)33-18-7-8-31-13-18/h2-6,9-10,12,14,18H,7-8,11,13H2,1H3,(H,25,29)(H2,26,27,28)/t18-/m0/s1
InChI Key JBPUGFODGPKTDW-SFHVURJKSA-N

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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
A single Phase 2 study has examined the anti-HCV activity of merimepodib in combination with PEG-interferon-alpha 2α and ribavirin.
Clinical Trials
Clinical Trial ID Title Type Source Comment References
NCT00088504 Merimepodib (MMPD) in Triple Combination for the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Phase 2 Interventional Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated The addition of merimepodib to PEG-IFN-alfa-2α and ribavirin did not increase the virological response rate in patients with genotype 1 HCV who were nonresponders to prior PEG-IFN-alfa-2α/ribavirin therapy . 3