Synthesis and Evaluation of Prodrugs of α-Carboxy Nucleoside Phosphonates

A range of lipophilic prodrugs of α-carboxy nucleoside phosphonates, potent inhibitors of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase without requiring prior phosphorylation, were synthesized to evaluate their in vivo potency against HIV in cell culture. A series of prodrug derivatives bearing a free carboxylic acid where the phosphonate was masked with bispivaloyloxymethyl, diisopropyloxycarbonyloxymethyl, bisamidate, aryloxyphosphoramidate, hexadecyloxypropyl, CycloSal, and acycloxybenzyl moieties were synthesized, adapting existing methodologies for phosphonate protection to accommodate the adjacent carboxylic acid moiety. The prodrugs were assayed for anti-HIV activity in CEM cell cultures─the bispivaloyloxymethyl free acid monophosphonate prodrug exhibited some activity (inhibitory concentration-50 (IC50) 59 ± 17 μM), while the other prodrugs were inactive at 100 μM. A racemic bispivaloyloxymethyl methyl ester monophosphonate prodrug was also prepared to assess the suitability of the methyl ester as a carboxylic acid prodrug. This compound exhibited no activity against HIV in cellular assays.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:87

Enthalten in:

The Journal of organic chemistry - 87(2022), 21 vom: 04. Nov., Seite 14793-14808

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ford, Alan [VerfasserIn]
Mullins, Nicholas D [VerfasserIn]
Balzarini, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Maguire, Anita R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-HIV Agents
Esters
Journal Article
Nucleosides
Organophosphonates
Prodrugs
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 08.11.2022

Date Revised 06.01.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.joc.2c02135

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM347975712