Rational Design of Broad-Spectrum Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors via Pharmacophore-Oriented Generative Artificial Intelligence
Xinliang Zhang·Fen‐Er Chen·Ling Dong·Yuting Niu·Jian Peng·Christophe Pannecouque·Erik De Clercq·Phuong-Thao Tran·Guobo Li·Tao Zhao·Xudong Li·Shuo Su·Shuai Wang·Yuhan Lin
Guided by the pharmacophore-oriented molecular generation platform PhoreGen, we employed rilpivirine (RPV) as a lead compound to generate 300 structurally diverse analogs that preserve key pharmacophoric features. Subsequent drug-likeness evaluation, molecular docking score, and synthetic feasibility led to the identification of compound <b>No.102</b> (<b>A19</b>), which displayed potent inhibition activity against WT HIV-1 (EC<sub>50</sub> = 3.15 nM) and low cytotoxicity (CC<sub>50</sub> > 335
