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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2006, p. 2857-2859, Vol. 50, No. 8
0066-4804/06/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/AAC.01223-05
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, University of California, San Diego, and Veterans Medical Research Foundation, La Jolla, California
Received 19 September 2005/ Returned for modification 9 November 2005/ Accepted 8 May 2006
(S)-9-[3-Hydroxy-2-(phosphonomethoxy)propyl]adenine [(S)-HPMPA], is an effective broad-spectrum antiviral against many DNA viruses but has been reported to be inactive against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We synthesized several alkoxyalkyl esters of (S)-HPMPA and now report that hexadecyloxypropyl-(S)-HPMPA [HDP-(S)-HPMPA] and octadecyloxyethyl-(S)-HPMPA [ODE-(S)-HPMPA]had 50% effective concentrations of 0.4 to 7.0 nanomolar and were nearly fully active against HIV variants having reverse transcriptase mutations M184V and K103N and against a zidovudine-resistant variant with mutations D67N, K70R, T215Y, and K219Q. Resistance to HDP-(S)-HPMPA and ODE-(S)-HPMPA was noted for a mutant with mutation K65R. HDP-(S)-HPMPA is also active against herpes simplex virus type 1, human cytomegalovirus, hepatitis B virus, adenoviruses, and orthopoxviruses and is worthy of further evaluation as a possibly therapy for HIV infection.
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