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Mechanism of action and in vitro activity of 1',3'-dioxolanylpurine nucleoside analogues against sensitive and drug-resistant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 variants.

Abstract
(-)-Beta-D-1',3'-Dioxolane guanosine (DXG) and 2,6-diaminopurine (DAPD) dioxolanyl nucleoside analogues have been reported to be potent inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). We have recently conducted experiments to more fully characterize their in vitro anti-HIV-1 profiles. Antiviral assays performed in cell culture systems determined that DXG had 50% effective concentrations of 0.046 and 0.085 microM when evaluated against HIV-1(IIIB) in cord blood mononuclear cells and MT-2 cells, respectively. These values indicate that DXG is approximately equipotent to 2', 3'-dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine (3TC) but 5- to 10-fold less potent than 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxythymidine (AZT) in the two cell systems tested. At the same time, DAPD was approximately 5- to 20-fold less active than DXG in the anti-HIV-1 assays. When recombinant or clinical variants of HIV-1 were used to assess the efficacy of the purine nucleoside analogues against drug-resistant HIV-1, it was observed that AZT-resistant virus remained sensitive to DXG and DAPD. Virus harboring a mutation(s) which conferred decreased sensitivity to 3TC, 2',3'-dideoxyinosine, and 2',3'-dideoxycytidine, such as a 65R, 74V, or 184V mutation in the viral reverse transcriptase (RT), exhibited a two- to fivefold-decreased susceptibility to DXG or DAPD. When nonnucleoside RT inhibitor-resistant and protease inhibitor-resistant viruses were tested, no change in virus sensitivity to DXG or DAPD was observed. In vitro drug combination assays indicated that DXG had synergistic antiviral effects when used in combination with AZT, 3TC, or nevirapine. In cellular toxicity analyses, DXG and DAPD had 50% cytotoxic concentrations of greater than 500 microM when tested in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and a variety of human tumor and normal cell lines. The triphosphate form of DXG competed with the natural nucleotide substrates and acted as a chain terminator of the nascent DNA. These data suggest that DXG triphosphate may be the active intracellular metabolite, consistent with the mechanism by which other nucleoside analogues inhibit HIV-1 replication. Our results suggest that the use of DXG and DAPD as therapeutic agents for HIV-1 infection should be explored.
AuthorsZ Gu, M A Wainberg, N Nguyen-Ba, L L'Heureux, J M de Muys, T L Bowlin, R F Rando
JournalAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (Antimicrob Agents Chemother) Vol. 43 Issue 10 Pg. 2376-82 (Oct 1999) ISSN: 0066-4804 [Print] United States
PMID10508010 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Anti-HIV Agents
  • Dioxolanes
  • dioxolane guanosine
  • Guanosine
  • 2-Aminopurine
  • 2,6-diaminopurine
  • HIV Reverse Transcriptase
Topics
  • 2-Aminopurine (analogs & derivatives, chemistry, pharmacology)
  • Anti-HIV Agents (chemistry, pharmacology)
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Dioxolanes (chemistry, pharmacology)
  • Drug Interactions
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial (physiology)
  • Guanosine (analogs & derivatives, chemistry, pharmacology)
  • HIV Reverse Transcriptase (antagonists & inhibitors)
  • HIV-1 (drug effects, enzymology)
  • Humans
  • Leukocytes, Mononuclear (drug effects, virology)
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests

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