Inhibitory effects of 9-(2-Phosphonylmethoxyethyl)adenine and 3′-azido-2′,3′-dideoxythymidine on tumor development in mice inoculated intracerebrally with moloney murine sarcoma virus
✍ Scribed by Jan Balzarini; Halina Sobis; Lieve Naesens; Michel Vandeputte; Erik De Clercq
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 509 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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✦ Synopsis
9-(2-Phosphonylmethoxyethyl)adenine (PMEA), a potent inhibitor of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), caused a dore-dependent suppression of tumor formation, and mortality associated therewith, in 6-day-old NMRI mice inoculated intracerebrally with Moloney murine sarcoma virus (MSV). Even at a dose as low as I mg/kg/day, PMEA effected a significant delay in tumor formation. When evaluated in parallel with PMEA, 3'-azid0-?',3'-dideoxythymidine (AZT) conferred a comparable tumor-inhibitory effect at a 5-to 10-fold higher dose than PMEA. Prolonged treatment of MSV-infected mice with PMEA resulted in long-term survivors without apparent signs of tumor development. In view of the propensity of HIV to spread to the central nervous system (CNS), the marked activity shown by PMEA against experimental retrovirus infection of the brain in mice points to i t s potential in the treatment of AIDS and other retrovirus infections of the CNS. 'To whom reprint requests should be sent.