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ICeD-2

oral DPP9 inhibitor

in vitro synergy with NNRTI for HIV

from 250k cmpd phenotypic screen

ACS Chem. Biol.

Merck, Rahway, NJ

ICeD-2 chemical structure oral DPP9 inhibitor - Merck, Rahway, NJ
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Context. ICeD-2 (Merck) is a dipeptidyl peptidase 9 (DPP9) inhibitor under development for HIV-1 infections. Despite the significant advancements in antiretroviral therapy research leading to the approval of some highly effective treatments, the cure for HIV-1 infection has been elusive. A phenotypic screen looking at compound-induced HIV-1 infected cell kill using infected healthy donor PBMCs ultimately led to the tool compound ICeD-2, which was found to inhibit DDP9, an intracellular serine protease.Notably, the compound synergized with a high concentration of the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) efavirenz that lowered the effective concentration of ICeD-2 to a clinically relevant dose at a concentration that could not induce total inhibition of DPP9. Complete inhibition of DPP9 is undesirable due to its hypothesized…


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