rn-18

RN-18 is an inhibitor of HIV-1 viral infectivity factor (IC50: 6 μM in nonpermissive H9 cells).

RN-18 antagonizes Vif function and inhibits HIV-1 replication only in the presence of A3G. RN-18 increases cellular A3G levels in a Vif-dependent manner and increases A3G incorporation into virions without inhibiting general proteasome-mediated protein degradation. RN-18 enhances Vif degradation only in the presence of A3G, reduces viral infectivity by increasing A3G incorporation into virions and enhances cytidine deamination of the viral genome.

RN-9893 is an antagonist of transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4; IC50s = 0.42 and 0.66 μM, respectively, for the human and rat receptors).1 It is selective for TRPV4 over TRPV1, TRPV3, and TRPM8 (IC50s = 10, >30, and 30 μM, respectively). RN-9893 reduces rat TRPV4 activity induced by 4α-phorbol 12,13-didecanoate or hypotonicity (IC50s = 0.57 and 2.1 μM, respectively, in cell free assays). |1. Wei, Z.L., Nguyen, M.T., O'Mahony, D.J., et al. Identification of orally-bioavailable antagonists of the TRPV4 ion-channel. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 25(18), 4011-4015 (2015).