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dc.contributor.authorEl Kouni M.H
dc.contributor.authorGoudgaon N.M
dc.contributor.authorRafeeq M
dc.contributor.authorAl Safarjalani O.N
dc.contributor.authorSchinazi R.F
dc.contributor.authorNaguib F.N.M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-12T15:07:54Z-
dc.date.available2020-06-12T15:07:54Z-
dc.date.issued2000
dc.identifier.citationBiochemical Pharmacology , Vol. 60 , 6 , p. 851 - 856en_US
dc.identifier.uri10.1016/S0006-2952(00)00410-X
dc.identifier.urihttp://gukir.inflibnet.ac.in:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/5328-
dc.description.abstract5-Phenylthioacyclouridine (PTAU or 1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-5-phenylthiouracil) was synthesized as a highly specific and potent inhibitor of uridine phosphorylase (UrdPase, EC 2.4.2.3). PTAU has inhibition constant (K(is)) values of 248 and 353 nM towards UrdPase from mouse and human livers, respectively. PTAU was neither an inhibitor nor a substrate for thymidine phosphorylase (EC 2.4.2.4), uridine-cytidine kinase (EC 2.7.1.48), thymidine kinase (EC 2.7.1.21), dihydrouracil dehydrogenase (EC 1.3.1.2), orotate phosphoribosyltransferase (EC 2.4.2.10), or orotidine 5'-monophosphate decarboxylase (EC 4.1.2.23), the enzymes that could utilize the substrate (uridine or thymidine) or products (uracil or thymine) of UrdPase. Different isomers of 5-tolylthiouracil also were synthesized and tested as inhibitors of UrdPase. The meta-substituted isomer was 3- to 4-fold more potent as an inhibitor of UrdPase than the para- or ortho-substituted isomers. These data indicate that the hydrophobic pocket in the active site of UrdPase adjacent to the 5-position of the pyrimidine ring can accommodate the meta-substituted 5-phenyluracils better than the other isomers, leading to improved inhibition. Therefore, it is anticipated that the potency of PTAU can be increased further by the addition of certain hydrophobic groups at the meta position of the phenyl ring. PTAU has potential usefulness in the therapy of cancer and AIDS as well as other pathological and physiological disorders that can be remedied by the administration of uridine. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Inc.en_US
dc.subject5-phenylthioacyclouridine
dc.subjectChemotherapy
dc.subjectInhibitor
dc.subjectUridine phosphorylase
dc.title5-Phenylthioacyclouridine: A potent and specific inhibitor of uridine phosphorylaseen_US
dc.typeArticle
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