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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-8-29
pubmed:abstractText
2',3'-Dideoxyadenosine (ddAdo) and its deamination product 2',3'-dideoxyinosine (ddIno) (didanosine) inhibit the replication and infectivity of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a number of in vitro assay systems. Early clinical studies (phase I) have indicated a role for ddIno in the treatment of patients with severe HIV infection. In the present in vitro study, the formation in human T cells (MOLT-4, ATH8, and CCRF-CEM) of the pharmacologically active metabolite of ddIno and ddAdo, 2',3'-dideoxyadenosine-5'-triphosphate (ddATP), was found to be stimulated 2-4-fold by appropriate concentrations of inosinate dehydrogenase (IMPD) inhibitors such as ribavirin, tiazofurin, and mycophenolic acid. Concomitant with this increase in ddATP formation from ddIno was an increase in anti-HIV activity of this agent when it was combined with ribavirin in the ATH8 cell assay system and with tiazofurin in the MOLT-4 assay system. No change was noted in the intracellular concentration of the corresponding physiological deoxynucleoside-5'-triphosphate, dATP; positive correlation was observed, however, between the increase in ddATP formation from ddIno and the increase in intracellular IMP occurring as a consequence of IMPD inhibition. The results support the hypothesis that the stimulation of ddATP formation seen when ddIno is combined with ribavirin or other IMPD inhibitors is a consequence of an increased concentration of IMP, the major phosphate donor for the initial phosphorylation step in the anabolism of ddIno to ddATP, i.e., ddIno----ddIMP.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0026-895X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
118-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Inhibitors of IMP dehydrogenase stimulate the phosphorylation of the anti-human immunodeficiency virus nucleosides 2',3'-dideoxyadenosine and 2',3'-dideoxyinosine.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article