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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
26
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-1-26
pubmed:abstractText
We have synthesized cis and trans geometric isomers 1-8 as semirigid congeners of pentamidine. Compounds 1-4 were more potent than pentamidine in treating Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in immunosuppressed rats. These compounds also demonstrated no clinical toxicity or histopathologic abnormalities. Introduction of methoxy substituents meta to the amidine or imidazoline groups of the phenyl rings as in compounds 5-8 generally resulted in compounds with decreased anti-P. carinii activity and increased toxicity to the host. Compounds 1-4 were evaluated as DNA binders. These compounds showed greater affinity for poly(dA).poly(dT) than for calf thymus DNA. The cis isomers, 1 and 2, demonstrated greater affinity for DNA than their trans counterparts 3 and 4. This difference in DNA binding affinity, however, did not reflect in a corresponding difference in the anti-P. carinii activity of these compounds.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-2623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4554-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Pentamidine congeners. 2. 2-butene-bridged aromatic diamidines and diimidazolines as potential anti-Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia agents.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article