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DNA chain termination activity and inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus reverse transcriptase by carbocyclic 2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxyguanosine triphosphate.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Orr, David C. Figueiredo, Hugo Penn, Charles R. Cameron, J. M. |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Abstract | Carbocyclic 2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxyguanosine (carbovir, NSC 614846) is an anti-retroviral agent that may be useful in the treatment of AIDS. We have examined the ability of (-)-enantiomeric carbovir triphosphate to inhibit human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (EC 2.7.7.49). A comparison of inhibition kinetics was made with 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxythymidine triphosphate and phosphonoformate. Inhibition of the reverse transcriptase was evaluated using poly(rA).oligo(dT)12-18, poly(rC).oligo(dG)12-18, or influenza virion RNA template with a specific oligodeoxynucleotide as primer. (-)-Carbovir 5'-triphosphate was shown to be a potent inhibitor of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase with an apparent Ki similar to that of 3'-azido-2',3'-dideoxythymidine triphosphate. Chain elongation studies utilizing an MS2 RNA template showed that (-)-carbovir 5'-triphosphate terminated transcription at positions identical to those where dideoxy-GTP terminated. This indicates that (-)-carbovir 5'-monophosphate is incorporated into the newly synthesized DNA and terminates transcription at that point. We conclude that (-)-carbovir 5'-triphosphate is a potent inhibitor of the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase enzyme and that (-)-carbovir most likely inhibits HIV by activity at the triphosphate level by a combination of direct competition for binding of the natural deoxynucleoside triphosphates to the reverse transcriptase and chain termination. |
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| PubMed reference number | 1371285 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 267 |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.jbc.org/content/267/6/4177.full.pdf |
| Journal | The Journal of biological chemistry |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |