Five groups of lexitropsin oligopeptides have been synthesized that are structurally related to the natural antiviral agents netropsin and distamycin and bearing two such moieties joined by flexible or rigid linkers. Inhibitory activity of these types of agents against murine leukemia retrovirus (MuLV) led to an evaluation of their inhibition of HIV-I in cell culture. The antiretroviral activity of the five different classes of lexitropsins is discussed in terms of their structural differences.
Novel linked antiviral and antitumor agents related to netropsin and distamycin: synthesis and biological evaluation
作者:J. William Lown、Krzysztof Krowicki、Jan Balzarini、Robert A. Newman、Erik De Clercq
DOI:10.1021/jm00130a024
日期:1989.10
have been synthesized which are structurally related to the natural antiviral antitumor antibiotics netropsin and distamycin bearing two such moieties linked by polymethylene bridges. Cytostatic activity against both human and murine tumor cell lines and their in vitro activity against a range of viruses are reported. Enhanced antiviral activity was obtained against vaccinia virus. As a result of the