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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-3-12
pubmed:abstractText
Nine analogues (1-5, 9-12) of the peptidyl nucleoside antibiotics nikkomycin and polyoxin were synthesized and tested for their biological properties against different strains of the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans. The tripeptidyl series of analogues (1-5) was designed to behave as prodrugs, releasing a toxic moiety upon enzymatic hydrolysis inside the cell. The dipeptidyl series (9-12) was designed as double-targeted drugs, being themselves toxic and releasing a toxic amino acid upon hydrolysis. All the analogues were prepared by coupling suitably protected amino acid p-nitrophenyl esters to 1-(5'-amino-5'-deoxy-alpha-D-allofuranuronosyl)uracil (UPOC) or the corresponding polyoxins and nikkomycins, with subsequent removal of the protecting group. Improved coupling yields were observed when DMSO was used as the solvent. Products were purified with use of reversed-phase HPLC and, in one case, diastereomeric products (compound 11) were resolved by using this procedure. One of the tripeptidyl nikkomycins behaved as a prodrug but none of the compounds, as measured by in vitro testing, proved more effective than nikkomycin as an anticandidal agent.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0022-2623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
174-80
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Synthesis and biological evaluation of dipeptidyl and tripeptidyl polyoxin and nikkomycin analogues as anticandidal prodrugs.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, College of Staten Island, City University of New York 10301.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't