title: Structural basis for activation of alpha-boranophosphate nucleotide analogues targeting drug-resistant reverse transcriptase.
abstract: AIDS chemotherapy is limited by inadequate intracellular concentrations of the active triphosphate form of nucleoside analogues, leading to incomplete inhibition of viral replication and the appearance of drug-resistant virus. Drug activation by nucleoside diphosphate kinase and inhibition of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase were studied comparatively. We synthesized analogues with a borano (BH(3)(-)) group on the alpha-phosphate, and found that they are substrates for both enzymes. X-ray structures of complexes with nucleotide diphosphate kinase provided a structural basis for their activation. The complex with d4T triphosphate displayed an intramolecular CH.O bond contributing to catalysis, and the R(p) diastereoisomer of thymidine alpha-boranotriphosphate bound like a normal substrate. Using alpha-(R(p))-boranophosphate derivatives of the clinically relevant compounds AZT and d4T, the presence of the alpha-borano group improved both phosphorylation by nucleotide diphosphate kinase and inhibition of reverse transcription. Moreover, repair of blocked DNA chains by pyrophosphorolysis was reduced significantly in variant reverse transcriptases bearing substitutions found in drug-resistant viruses. Thus, the alpha-borano modification of analogues targeting reverse transcriptase may be of generic value in fighting viral drug resistance.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie Structurales, UPR-9063 CNRS, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarfati
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Deville-Bonne
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guerreiro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boretto
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Janin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Véron
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Canard
mesh_terms: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D001896:Boron Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004260:DNA Repair; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D054303:HIV Reverse Transcriptase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009701:Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D018119:Stavudine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013936:Thymidine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D001896:Boron Compounds; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors; D015215:Zidovudine; D018119:Stavudine; D009701:Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase; D054303:HIV Reverse Transcriptase; D013936:Thymidine