ABSTRACT
Alkoxyalkyl esters of cidofovir (CDV) have substantially greater antiviral activity and selectivity than unmodified CDV against herpesviruses and orthopoxviruses in vitro. Enhancement of antiviral activity was also noted when cyclic CDV was esterified with alkoxyalkanols. In vitro antiviral activity of the most active analogs against human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and orthopoxviruses was increased relative to CDV up to 1,000- or 200-fold, respectively. Alkyl chain length and linker structure are important potential modifiers of antiviral activity and selectivity. In this study, we synthesized a series of alkoxyalkyl esters of CDV or cyclic CDV with alkyl chains from 8 to 24 atoms and having linker moieties of glycerol, propanediol, and ethanediol. We also synthesized alkyl esters of CDV which lack the linker to determine if the alkoxyalkyl linker moiety is required for activity. The new compounds were evaluated in vitro against HCMV and murine CMV (MCMV). CDV or cyclic CDV analogs both with and without linker moieties were highly active against HCMV and MCMV, and their activities were strongly dependent on chain length. The most active compounds had 20 atoms esterified to the phosphonate of CDV. Both alkoxypropyl and alkyl esters of CDV provided enhanced antiviral activities against CMV in vitro. Thus, the oxypropyl linker moiety is not required for enhanced activity. CDV analogs having alkyl ethers linked to glycerol or ethanediol linker groups also demonstrated increased activity against CMV.
摘要
西多福韦(CDV)的烷氧基烷基酯在体外对疱疹病毒和正疱疹病毒的抗病毒活性和选择性大大高于未改性的 CDV。当环状 CDV 与烷氧基烷醇酯化时,抗病毒活性也会增强。与 CDV 相比,最活跃的类似物对人类巨细胞病毒(HCMV)和正痘病毒的体外抗病毒活性分别提高了 1000 倍和 200 倍。烷基链长度和连接体结构是抗病毒活性和选择性的重要潜在调节剂。在这项研究中,我们合成了一系列 CDV 烷氧基烷基酯或环 CDV 烷氧基烷基酯,其烷基链长度为 8 至 24 个原子,链接分子为甘油、丙二醇和乙二醇。我们还合成了缺少连接基的 CDV 烷基酯,以确定烷氧基烷基连接基是否为活性所必需。我们对这些新化合物进行了抗 HCMV 和小鼠 CMV (MCMV) 的体外评估。含有或不含连接基的 CDV 或环状 CDV 类似物对 HCMV 和 MCMV 都具有很高的活性,而且它们的活性与链长密切相关。活性最强的化合物有 20 个原子酯化到 CDV 的膦酸盐上。CDV 的烷氧基丙基酯和烷基酯都能在体外增强对 CMV 的抗病毒活性。因此,增强活性并不需要氧丙基连接分子。烷基醚与甘油或乙二醇连接基连接的 CDV 类似物也显示出更强的抗 CMV 活性。