RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 P450 Interaction with HIV Protease Inhibitors: Relationship between Metabolic Stability, Inhibitory Potency, and P450 Binding Spectra JF Drug Metabolism and Disposition JO Drug Metab Dispos FD American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics SP 1 OP 3 VO 29 IS 1 A1 Masato Chiba A1 Lixia Jin A1 William Neway A1 Joseph P. Vacca A1 James R. Tata A1 Kevin Chapman A1 Jiunn H. Lin YR 2001 UL http://dmd.aspetjournals.org/content/29/1/1.abstract AB More than 60 human immunodeficiency virus protease inhibitors were examined for the structure-activity relationship between metabolic stability, CYP3A4 inhibitory potency, and substrate-induced binding spectra with a ferric form of P450 in human liver microsomes. A positive relationship was found between CYP3A4 inhibitory potency and metabolic stability; namely, compounds that were more potent for the CYP3A4 inhibition generally were more metabolically stable. In addition, the compounds formed two clusters defined by the distinct type of substrate-induced P450 binding spectra: the compounds with type II binding spectra were more stable metabolically and more potent for the CYP3A4 inhibition than those with type I binding spectra. The structure-activity relationship suggested that the presence and position of heterocyclic nitrogen on the pyridine moiety play an important role in determining the manner of interaction with P450 and the magnitude of CYP3A4 inhibition/metabolic stability in the series of structurally related human immunodeficiency virus protease inhibitors under development. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics