title: Developing G-quartet oligonucleotides as novel anti-HIV agents: focus on anti-HIV drug design.
abstract: Recently, a new class of oligonucleotides, forming G-quartet structures, has been developed as novel anti-HIV agents. Several critical structure-activity relationships between HIV-1 integrase and G-quartet oligonucleotides have been demonstrated. In addition the mechanism of the inhibition of HIV-1 integrase by G-quartet oligonucleotides, such as T30695 and its derivatives, has been explored. This review summarises the preliminary studies of developing G-quartet oligonucleotides as novel anti-HIV agents in several aspects including structure-activity relationship, stability-activity correlation, mechanism of HIV-1 integrase inhibition, substitution of phosphorothioates and targeting HIV-1 integrase in infected cells, which, hopefully, could help for developing a novel, efficient anti-HIV agent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. njing@bcm.tmc.edu
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authors.lastname: Jing
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015195:Drug Design; D019428:HIV Integrase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D019380:Anti-HIV Agents; D019428:HIV Integrase Inhibitors; D009841:Oligonucleotides