Abstract |
Rotaviruses cause severe gastroenteritis in infants and are estimated to be responsible for over 600 000 deaths annually, primarily in developing countries. The development of potential inhibitors of this virus is therefore of great interest, particularly since the safety and efficacy of rotaviral vaccines has recently been questioned. This study describes the synthesis of a variety of compounds that can be considered as mimetics of N-acetylneuraminic acid thioglycosides and the subsequent in vitro biological evaluation of these sialylmimetics as inhibitors of rotaviral infection. Our results show that readily accessible carbohydrate-based compounds have the potential to act as inhibitors of rotaviral replication in vitro, presumably through inhibition of the rotaviral adhesion process.
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Authors | A Fazli, S J Bradley, M J Kiefel, C Jolly, I H Holmes, M von Itzstein |
Journal | Journal of medicinal chemistry
(J Med Chem)
Vol. 44
Issue 20
Pg. 3292-301
(Sep 27 2001)
ISSN: 0022-2623 [Print] United States |
PMID | 11563928
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Antiviral Agents
- Glycosides
- N-Acetylneuraminic Acid
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Topics |
- Animals
- Antiviral Agents
(chemical synthesis, chemistry, pharmacology)
- Cattle
- Cell Line
- Glycosides
(chemical synthesis, chemistry, pharmacology)
- Humans
- Molecular Mimicry
- N-Acetylneuraminic Acid
(analogs & derivatives, chemical synthesis, chemistry, pharmacology)
- Neutralization Tests
- Rotavirus
(drug effects)
- Structure-Activity Relationship
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