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Imino Sugars That Are Less Toxic but More Potent as Antivirals, in Vitro, Compared With N-n-nonyl DNJ

Imino Sugars That Are Less Toxic but More Potent as Antivirals, in Vitro, Compared With N-n-nonyl DNJ

Anand Mehta, Serguey Ouzounov, Robert Jordan, Ender Simsek, Xuanyong Lu, Robert M Moriarty, Gary Jacob, Raymond A Dwek, Timothy M Block

Antivir Chem Chemother. 2002 Sep;13(5):299-304.

PMID: 12630678

Abstract:

Imino sugar glucosidase inhibitors have selective antiviral activity against certain enveloped, mammalian viruses. Deoxynojirimycins (DNJs) modified by N-alkylation to contain a nine carbon atom side chain (N-n-nonyl-deoxynojirimycin; N-nonyl-DNJ, NN-DNJ) were shown to be, for example, at least 20 times more potent in inhibiting hepatitis B virus (HBV) and bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) in cell based assays than the non-alkylated DNJ. These data suggested that modification of the alkyl side chain could influence antiviral activity. Previous work has focused on varying side chain length. In this report, the influence of side chain branching and cyclization upon toxicity and antiviral activity was explored. Briefly, using a virus secretion assay for HBV and a single step growth (yield reduction) assay for BVDV, 14 different DNJ-based sugars, possessing various N-alkyl substitutions, were tested for antiviral activity. Of the series, N-methoxy-nonyl-DNJ and N-butyl-cyclohexyl DNJ were determined to have the best selectivity index against BVDV and HBV, with the N-methoxy analogue being the most potent with micromolar antiviral activity. The results of this antiviral survey and the implications for the mechanism of action and ultimate therapeutic potential of the DNJ-based imino sugars is provided and discussed.

Chemicals Related in the Paper:

Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AP81117353	NN-DNJ		81117-35-3	Price

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