Sulfated alkyl oligosaccharides with potent inhibitory effects on human immunodeficiency virus infection.

Abstract

Compounds with medium relative molecular masses active against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were synthesized. Sulfated alkyl oligosaccharides such as sulfated octadecyl maltohexaoside, sulfated dodecyl laminaripentaoside and sulfated dodecyl laminari-oligomer caused 50% inhibition of virus infection in the EC50 range of 0.4-0.7 microgram/mL in vitro using the MT-4 cell line and HIV-1HTLV-IIIB virus isolate, though sulfated oligosaccharides without alkyl groups showed low anti-HIV activities. This anti-HIV activity was close to the EC50 of 0.43 microgram/mL for a highly active sulfated polysaccharide curdlan sulfate which was reported to inhibit completely the HIV infection at a concentration as low as 3.3 micrograms/mL. These compounds were also active against HIV-2 and a clinically isolated HIV-1 with reduced AZT sensitivity. For such sulfated alkyl oligosaccharides, the mechanism of inhibition of HIV infection was assumed to be the inhibition of HIV binding to the cell and to some extent the interaction of the alkyl portion with the lipid bilayer of the virus.

• Authors: T Uryu, N Ikushima, K Katsuraya, T Shoji, N Takahashi, T Yoshida, K Kanno, T Murakami, H Nakashima, N Yamamoto
• Journal: Biochemical pharmacology (Biochem Pharmacol) Vol. 43 Issue 11 Pg. 2385-92 (Jun 09 1992) ISSN: 0006-2952 [Print] England
• PMID: 1351727 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antiviral Agents
• Glucans
• Oligosaccharides
• Polysaccharides
• beta-Glucans
• curdlan sulfate

Topics

• Amino Acid Sequence
• Antiviral Agents (pharmacology)
• Carbohydrate Sequence
• Cell Line, Transformed (drug effects)
• Cell Survival (drug effects)
• Glucans (pharmacology)
• HIV-1 (drug effects)
• HIV-2 (drug effects)
• Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 (drug effects)
• Humans
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Oligosaccharides (pharmacology)
• Polysaccharides (pharmacology)
• beta-Glucans