In vitro Activity of Polyhydroxycarboxylates against Herpesviruses and Hiv
| Autor: | Jan Balzarini, Peter Wutzler, B. Helbig, Erik De Clercq, Astrid Meerbach, Johan Neyts |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
Human cytomegalovirus Sexual transmission Polymers viruses 030106 microbiology Cytomegalovirus Biology medicine.disease_cause Antiviral Agents Thymidine Kinase 01 natural sciences Herpesviridae Virus Cell Line 03 medical and health sciences Phenols medicine Humans Simplexvirus HIV virus diseases Biological activity General Medicine medicine.disease Virology 0104 chemical sciences Molecular Weight 010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry Herpes simplex virus Mechanism of action Thymidine kinase Drug Design medicine.symptom Cell Division |
| Zdroj: | Antiviral Chemistry and Chemotherapy. 12:337-345 |
| ISSN: | 2040-2066 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/095632020101200603 |
| Popis: | The antiviral activity of 17 polyhydroxycarboxylates derived from phenolic compounds was evaluated against herpesviruses and HIV. When present during virus adsorption several of the polymers exhibited potent activity against herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), HSV-2, thymidine kinase deficient HSV-1, human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and HIV-1 and HIV-2 at concentrations that were not toxic to the host cells. A close correlation was found between the 50% inhibitory concentrations of the polyhydroxycarboxylates against HCMV-induced cytopathicity, their inhibitory effect on the expression of HCMV-specific immediate early antigens and their inhibitory effects on HCMV adsorption to the cells. The antiviral activity of the phenolic polymers was dependent on the presence of a sufficient number of carboxylic groups. The mechanism of antiviral action of the polyhydroxycarboxylates can thus be ascribed to inhibition of virus adsorption. This type of compound may have potential in a vaginal gel to prevent sexual transmission of HSV and HIV. |
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