title: Inhibition of HIV-reverse transcriptase activity by some phloroglucinol derivatives.
abstract: Four phloroglucinol derivatives, named mallotophenone (5-methylene-bis-2,6-dihydroxy-3-methyl-4-methoxyacetophenone), mallotochromene (8-acetyl-5,7-dihydroxy-6-(3-acetyl-2,4- dihydroxy-5-methyl-6-methoxybenzyl)-2,2-dimethylchromene), mallotojaponin (3-(3,3(dimethylallyl)5-(3(acetyl-2,4- dihydroxy-5-methyl-6-methoxybenzyl)-phloracetophenone) and mallotolerin (3-(3-methyl-2-hydroxybut-3-enyl)-5(3-acetyl-2,4- dihydroxy-5-methyl-6-methoxybenzyl)-phloracetophenone), have been tested for their ability to inhibit the activity of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-reverse transcriptase. Under the reaction conditions with (rA)n.(dT)12-18 as the template.primer, the enzyme activity was inhibited by approximately 70% in the presence of 10 micrograms/ml mallotochromene or mallotojaponin, whereas mallotophenone and mallotolerin were much less inhibitory to the enzyme. The enzyme activity was also inhibited, though to lesser extent, by these compounds under similar conditions with initiated MS-2 phage RNA as the template.primer. The mode of inhibition was, as analyzed with mallotojaponin, competivite with respect to the template.primer, (rA)n.(dT)12-18, and non-competitive with respect to the triphosphate substrate, dTTP. The Ki value of mallotojaponin for HIV-reverse transcriptase was determined to be 6.1 microM.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Viral Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakane
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arisawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koshimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ono
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004247:DNA; D006678:HIV / Q000201:enzymology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010696:Phloroglucinol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D010944:Plants / Q000032:analysis; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
chemical_list: D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors; C070199:mallotojaponin; D004247:DNA; C070197:mallotochromene; D010696:Phloroglucinol