Naphthalene sulfonate polymers with CD4-blocking and anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 activities

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1996 Jan;40(1):234-6. doi: 10.1128/AAC.40.1.234.

Abstract

PIC 024-4 and PRO 2000 are naphthalene sulfonate polymers that bind to CD4 with nanomolar affinity and block binding of gp120. Both have activity against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in H9 cells, peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and primary monocyte/macrophages, are synergistic with zidovudine, and do not inhibit tetanus toxoid-stimulated T-cell proliferation at anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 concentrations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacology*
  • Binding, Competitive
  • CD4 Antigens / drug effects*
  • CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / drug effects
  • Cell Line, Transformed
  • HIV Envelope Protein gp120 / drug effects*
  • HIV-1 / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Macaca fascicularis
  • Naphthalenesulfonates / pharmacology*
  • Naphthalenesulfonates / toxicity
  • Polymers / pharmacology
  • Protein Binding / drug effects
  • Rats
  • Recombinant Proteins / drug effects

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • CD4 Antigens
  • HIV Envelope Protein gp120
  • Naphthalenesulfonates
  • Polymers
  • Recombinant Proteins