title: Antiviral activity of oxetanocins against varicella-zoster virus.
abstract: Several new nucleosides with an oxetanosyl-N-glycoside group, named oxetanocins, were evaluated for their antiviral activities against varicella-zoster virus (VZV) in human embryo lung cells. 9-(2-deoxy-2-hydroxy-methyl-beta-D-erythro-oxetanosyl)guanine (OXT-G) and 9-(2-deoxy-2-hydroxymethyl-beta-D-erythro-oxetanosyl)-2- aminoadenine were effective against not only thymidine kinase-positive (TK+) VZV (YS strain) but also thymidine kinase-negative (TK-) VZV (YSR strain), whereas carbocyclic OXT-G was effective against TK+ VZV but not against TK- VZV. [3H]OXT-G was incorporated into TK+ VZV-infected cells and TK- VZV-infected cells more than into mock-infected cells and was converted into the triphosphate form.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Asahikawa Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saijo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzutani
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Azuma
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D014645:Herpesvirus 3, Human / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D013937:Thymidine Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; C051061:oxetanocin; D013937:Thymidine Kinase; D000225:Adenine