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. 1983 Jul;80(13):4139-43.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.80.13.4139.

9-([2-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)ethoxy]methyl)guanine: a selective inhibitor of herpes group virus replication

A K Field, M E Davies, C DeWitt, H C Perry, R Liou, J Germershausen, J D Karkas, W T Ashton, D B Johnston, R L Tolman

9-([2-hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)ethoxy]methyl)guanine: a selective inhibitor of herpes group virus replication

A K Field et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1983 Jul.

Abstract

9-([2-Hydroxy-1-(hydroxymethyl)ethoxy]methyl)guanine (2'-nor-2'-deoxyguanosine; 2'NDG) selectively inhibits the replication of herpes group viruses. In cell culture studies 2'NDG was at least 10-fold more potent than acyclovir (ACV) in inhibition of human cytomegalovirus replication and Epstein-Barr virus-induced lymphocyte transformation and was about as effective as ACV in inhibition of herpes simplex viruses 1 and 2 and varicella zoster virus. Orally administered 2'NDG was 6- to 50-fold more efficacious than ACV in treating systemic or local HSV-1 infection or HSV-2 intravaginal infection in mice. The mode of action of 2'NDG appears to involve phosphorylation by herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase and subsequent phosphorylations by cellular kinases to produce 2'NDG triphosphate, which is a potent inhibitor of herpes virus DNA polymerase. Compared to ACV, 2'NDG was a more efficient substrate for HSV-1 thymidine kinase (Vmax/Km for 2'NDG 30-fold higher than that of ACV), whereas 2'NDG monophosphate is a more efficient substrate for GMP kinase (Vmax/Km for 2'NDG monophosphate 492-fold higher than that for ACV monophosphate). The combined effect is more rapid production of the inhibitory triphosphate from 2'NDG than from ACV.

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