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Site specificity of the inhibitory effects of oligo(nucleoside methylphosphonate)s complementary to the acceptor splice junction of herpes simplex virus type 1 immediate early mRNA 4.

Oligo(nucleoside methylphosphonate)s complementary to the splice junction of herpes simplex virus type 1 immediate early pre-mRNAs 4 and 5 caused specific inhibition of herpes simplex virus type 1 growth. The dodecamer d(TpTCCTCCTGCGG) (deoxynucleoside methylphosphonate residues in italic) caused 50% and 98% decreases in herpes simplex virus type 1 titers at concentrations of 15 microM and 100 microM, respectively. d(TpTCCTCCTGCGG) inhibited viral but not cellular protein synthesis and decreased splicing of immediate early pre-mRNAs 4 and 5. Inhibition was highly sequence specific. A psoralen derivative of d(TpTCCTCCTGCGG) that can covalently bind to complementary sequences after exposure to 365-nm irradiation caused 90-98% inhibition of virus growth in cells treated with oligomer (5 microM) and irradiated at 1-3 hr postinfection. The data suggest that oligo(nucleoside methylphosphonate)s of appropriate sequence and derivatization may be effective as antiviral agents.[1]

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  1. Site specificity of the inhibitory effects of oligo(nucleoside methylphosphonate)s complementary to the acceptor splice junction of herpes simplex virus type 1 immediate early mRNA 4. Kulka, M., Smith, C.C., Aurelian, L., Fishelevich, R., Meade, K., Miller, P., Ts'o, P.O. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1989) [Pubmed]
 
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