Differential toxicity of carbovir and AZT to human bone marrow hematopoietic progenitor cells in vitro.
We have studied the in vitro effects of carbovir as compared to 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT) on the growth of clonal bone marrow-derived hematopoietic progenitor cells. (-)Carbovir, the enantiomer with anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) activity, exhibited significantly less toxicity to hematopoietic cells than AZT. These in vitro studies suggest that (-)carbovir will exhibit less hematologic toxicity in the therapy of patients infected with HIV either as a single agent or in combination with other agents that inhibit HIV proliferation.
Kurtzberg
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Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.
Carter
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D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D015224:Dideoxynucleosides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D015672:Erythroid Precursor Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D008533:Megakaryocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000494:pharmacology
D015224:Dideoxynucleosides; C057503:carbovir; D015215:Zidovudine