Pomeisl Karel, Holý Antonín, Votruba Ivan, Pohl Radek
Gilead Sciences & IOCB Research Centre, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i, Centre for New Antivirals and Antineoplastics (IOCB), Prague, Czech Republic.
Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2008 Feb 15;18(4):1364-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2008.01.006. Epub 2008 Jan 8.
A series of N(3)-substituted thymine acyclic nucleoside phosphonates bearing a number of (phosphonomethoxy)alkyl groups were synthesized and investigated for their ability to inhibit the human thymidine phosphorylase expressed in V79 Chinese hamster cells, as well as thymidine phosphorylase from SD-lymphoma, Escherichia coli and human placenta. In comparison to N(1)- substituted analogues which possess a considerable inhibitory activity towards thymidine phosphorylase from SD-lymphoma, the results showed a marginal inhibitory effect of these compounds. None of the presented N(3)-substituted derivatives possess a significant cytostatic activity.