Lactate cannot substitute for alanine in D4T-based anti-HIV nucleotide prodrugs-despite efficient esterase-mediated hydrolysis
摘要:
As part of our on-going effort to deliver masked phosphates of antiviral nucleosides inside living cells we have previously discovered that amino acid-derived phosphoramidates are particularly effective. Here we report that lactate analogues, with a simple change of bridging nitrogen for oxygen, are virtually inactive as antiviral agents and apparently do not achieve intracellular nucleoside phosphate delivery. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.