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Remarkable sensitivity to DNA base shape in the DNA polymerase active site
Sintim, Herman O.,Kool, Eric T.
, p. 1974 - 1979 (2007/10/03)
(Figure Presented) Shaping up: DNA polymerase I can distinguish easily and with high sensitivity between nucleobases that have the same size but differ in shape. The shape, altered through variation in the position of the halogen substituent(s), plays mor
Synthesis of 1-(2-deoxy-β-D-ribofuranosyl)-2,4-difluoro-5- substituted-benzene thymidine mimics, some related α-anomers, and their evaluation as antiviral and anticancer agents
Wang,Duan,Wiebe,Balzarini,De Clercq,Knaus
, p. 11 - 40 (2007/10/03)
A group of unnatural 1-(2-deoxy-β-D-ribofuranosyl)-2.4-difluorobenzenes having a variety of C-5 substituents (H, Me, F, Cl, Br, I, CF3, CN, NO2, NH2), designed as thymidine mimics, were synthesized for evaluation as anticancer and antiviral agents. The coupling reaction of 3,5-bis-O-(p-chlorobenzoyl) 2-deoxy-α-D-ribofuranosyl chloride with an organocadmium reagent [(2,4-difluorophenyl)2Cd] afforded a mixture of the α- and β-anomeric products (α:β = 3:1 to 10:1 ratio). Treatment of the α-anomer with BF3·Et2O in nitroethane at 110-120°C for 30 min was developed as an efficient method for epimerization of the major α-anomer to the desired β-anomer. The 5-substituted (H, Me, Cl, I, NH2) β-anomers exhibited negligible cytotoxicity in a MTT assay (CC50 = 10-3-10-4 M range), relative to thymidine (CC50 = 10-3-10-5 M range), against a variety of cancer cell lines. In contrast, the 5-NO2 derivative was more cytotoxic (CC50 = 10-5-10-6 M range). A number of 5-substituted β-anomers, and some related α-anomers, that were evaluated using a wide variety of antiviral assay systems [HSV-1, HSV-2, varicella-zoster virus (VZV), vaccinia virus, vesicular stomatitis, cytomegalovirus (CMV) and human immunodeficiency (HIV-1, HIV-2) viruses], showed that this class of unnatural C-aryl nucleoside mimics are inactive antiviral agents.
