Out of a series of eight new phosphonate nucleosides with an
L-threose and an
L-2-deoxythreosesugar moiety, two new compounds were identified (PMDTA and PMDTT) that showed potent anti-HIV-1(HIV-2) activity [EC
50 = 2.53
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M (PMDTA) and 6.59
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M (PMDTT)], while no cytoxicity was observed at thehighest concentration tested [CC
50 > 316
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M (PMDTA) and > 343
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M (PMDTT)]. The kinetics ofincorporation of PMDTA into DNA (using the diphosphate of PMDTA as substrate and HIV-1 reversetranscriptase as catalyst) was similar to the kinetics observed for dATP, while the diphosphate of PMDTAwas a very poor substrate for DNA polymerase
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. The incorporated PMDTA fits very well in the active sitepocket of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase.