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Int J Mol Sci ; 22(1)2020 Dec 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33396968

ABSTRACT

Despite the world's combined efforts, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the causative agent of AIDS, remains one of the world's most serious public health challenges. High genetic variability of HIV complicates the development of anti-HIV vaccine, and there is an actual clinical need for increasing the efficiency of anti-HIV drugs in terms of targeted delivery and controlled release. Tenofovir (TFV), a nucleotide-analog reverse transcriptase inhibitor, has gained wide acceptance as a drug for pre-exposure prophylaxis or treatment of HIV infection. In our study, we explored the potential of tenofovir disoproxil (TFD) adducts with block copolymers of poly(ethylene glycol) monomethyl ether and poly(ethylene phosphoric acid) (mPEG-b-PEPA) as candidates for developing a long-acting/controlled-release formulation of TFV. Two types of mPEG-b-PEPA with numbers of ethylene phosphoric acid (EPA) fragments of 13 and 49 were synthesized by catalytic ring-opening polymerization, and used for preparing four types of adducts with TFD. Antiviral activity of [mPEG-b-PEPA]TFD or tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) was evaluated using the model of experimental HIV infection in vitro (MT-4/HIV-1IIIB). Judging by the values of the selectivity index (SI), TFD exhibited an up to 14-fold higher anti-HIV activity in the form of mPEG-b-PEPA adducts, thus demonstrating significant promise for further development of long-acting/controlled-release injectable TFV formulations.


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Anti-HIV Agents/administration & dosage , HIV Infections/drug therapy , HIV-1/drug effects , Polymers/chemistry , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/drug therapy , Tenofovir/administration & dosage , Anti-HIV Agents/pharmacology , HIV Infections/pathology , HIV Infections/virology , Humans , Phosphoric Acids/chemistry , Polyethylene/chemistry , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/pathology , Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/virology , Tenofovir/pharmacology , Tumor Cells, Cultured
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