Inhibitory effects of pentamidine analogues on protein biosynthesis in vitro

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作者
Bielawski, K [1 ]
Galicka, A
Bielawska, A
Sredzinska, K
机构
[1] Med Acad Bialystok, Inst Chem, Dept Med Chem & Drug Technol, PL-15230 Bialystok 8, Poland
[2] Med Acad Bialystok, Inst Chem, Dept Gen & Organ Chem, PL-15230 Bialystok, Poland
关键词
amidine; DAPI; protein synthesis in vitro; elongation factors;
D O I
10.18388/abp.2000_4068
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Pentamidine despite its rather high toxicity, is currently in clinical use. For development of new drugs of this type it. is important to know the mechanism of their action. Two new amidines (I and II) and 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) were found in preliminary experiments to inhibit protein synthesis in vitro in the cell-free rat liver system. The three compounds differed in the precise mode of action. The inhibitory effect of I on the activity of the eukaryotic elongation factor eEF-2 and ribosomes seems to suggest that the binding site of eEF-2 on the ribosome was blocked by this compound, eEF-2 has been identified as the primary target of II and eEF-1 as the primary target of DAPI in the system studied.
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