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Optimization of a class of tryptophan dendrimers that inhibit HIV replication leads to a selective, specific, and low-nanomolar inhibitor of clinical isolates of enterovirus A71

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Tryptophan dendrimers that inhibit HIV replication by binding to the HIV envelope glycoproteins gp120 and gp41 have unexpectedly also proven to be potent, specific, and selective inhibitors of the replication of the unrelated enterovirus A71. Dendrimer 12, a consensus compound that was synthesized on the basis of the structure-activity relationship analysis of this series, is 3-fold more potent against the BrCr lab strain and, surprisingly, inhibits a large panel of clinical isolates in the low-nanomolar/high-picomolar range.This work has been supported by the Spanish MINECO (Project SAF2012-39760-C02-01, cofinanced by the FEDER program; Plan Nacional de Cooperación Público-Privada; and Subprograma INNPACTO IPT-2012-0213-060000, cofinanced by the FEDER program) and the Comunidad de Madrid (BIPEDD2-CM-S2010/BMD-2457). This work was also funded by EU FP7 (FP7/2007-2013) Project EUVIRNA under Grant408 Agreement 264286 by EU FP7 SILVER (Contract HEALTH-F3-2010- 260644), a grant from the Belgian Interuniversity Attraction Poles (IAP) Phase VII–P7/45 (BELVIR), and the EU FP7 Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways Project AIROPICO. The Spanish MEC/MINECO is also acknowledged for a grant to E.R.-B. L.S. was funded by China Scholarship Council (CSC) Grant 201403250056. We also acknowledge Charlotte Vanderheydt for help with the processing of the antiviral data.Peer Reviewe

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