Small-molecule oligonucleotides as smart modality for antiviral therapy : a medicinal chemistry perspective

Small-molecule oligonucleotides could be exploited therapeutically to silence the expression of viral infection-causing genes, and a few of them are now in clinical trials for the management of viral infections. The most challenging aspect of these oligonucleotides' therapeutic success involves their delivery. Thus medicinal chemistry strategies are inevitable to avoid degradation by serum nucleases, avoid kidney clearance and improve cellular uptake. Recently small-molecule oligonucleotide design has opened up new avenues to improve the treatment of drug-resistant viral infections, along with the development of COVID-19 medicines. This review is directed toward the recent advances in rational design, mechanism of action, structure-activity relationships and future perspective of the small-molecule oligonucleotides targeting viral infections, including COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Future medicinal chemistry - 15(2023), 12 vom: 30. Juni, Seite 1091-1110

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kar, Sidhartha S [VerfasserIn]
Dhar, Arghya Kusum [VerfasserIn]
Palei, Narahari N [VerfasserIn]
Bhatt, Shvetank [VerfasserIn]

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Antiviral Agents
COVID-19
Journal Article
Oligonucleotides
Rational design
Review
Small-molecule oligonucleotides
Structure–activity relationships

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Date Completed 31.08.2023

Date Revised 05.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.4155/fmc-2023-0091

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360834590