(E)-5-(2-Iodovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine (IVDU) and (E)-5-(2-iodovinyl)-2'-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine (IVFRU) are potential substrates of Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 thymidine kinase (HSV-TK). In the present study, cellular uptake of radioiodinated substrates was found to be low in wild type MCA cells, but high in HSV-TK gene expressing cells. The carrier-free substrates, in particular, showed higher cellular uptake than carrier-added compounds. Biodistribution showed that the %ID/g of the MCA-TK/MCA tumor ratio of IVDU injected at 1, 4, and 24h were 1.1, 0.9 and 1.3, and those of IVFRU were 1.7, 1.7 and 1.8 respectively. Therefore, both IVDU and IVFRU could possibly be used as radiopharmaceuticals to evaluate reporter gene expression. However, IVFRU was more specific and stable than IVDU for selective non-invasive imaging of HSV-TK expression.
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Nucl Med Biol
July 2004
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada T6G 2N8.
In vivo transfer of the herpes simplex virus type-1 thymidine kinase (HSV-1 TK) gene, with subsequent administration of antiviral drugs such as ganciclovir, has emerged as a promising gene therapy protocol for treating proliferative disorders. The in vitro cytotoxicities (IC(50)) for two series of 5-iodo- and (E)-5-(2-iodovinyl)-substituted 2'-deoxy- and 2'-deoxy-2'-fluoro-pyrimidine nucleosides ranged from millimolar to low nanomolar concentrations in mammalian tumor cell lines (KBALB; R-970-5; 143B; EMT-6) and their counterparts engineered to express HSV-1 TK (KBALB-STK; 143B-LTK). Their HSV-1 TK selectivity indices ranged from one (nonselective) to one million (highly selective) based on cytotoxicity, with FIRU being the least toxic to all cell lines, and FIAU being most toxic.
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January 2004
Laboratory of Cyclotron Application, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, and Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Health Science, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.
(E)-5-(2-Iodovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine (IVDU) and (E)-5-(2-iodovinyl)-2'-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine (IVFRU) are potential substrates of Herpes Simplex Virus type 1 thymidine kinase (HSV-TK). In the present study, cellular uptake of radioiodinated substrates was found to be low in wild type MCA cells, but high in HSV-TK gene expressing cells. The carrier-free substrates, in particular, showed higher cellular uptake than carrier-added compounds.
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July 1997
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
A useful synthetic methodology was developed to synthesize and radiolabel a series of (E)-5-(2-[125I]iodovinyl)uracil nucleoside substrates for herpes simplex virus type-1 thymidine kinase (HSV-1 TK). (E)-5-(2-[125I]Iodovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine ([125I]IVDU, 10), (E)-5-(2-[125I]iodovinyl)-2'-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine ([125I]IVFRU, 11), (E)-5-(2-[125I]iodovinyl)-2'-fluoro-2'-deoxyarabinouridine ([125I]IVFAU, 12), and (E)-5-(2-[125I]iodovinyl)arabinouridine ([125I]IVAU, 13) were synthesized in 63-83% radiochemical yield by reaction of the unprotected (E)-5-(2-(trimethylsilyl)vinyl) precursors (6-9) with [125I]ICl. Cellular uptake of these labeled compounds (10-13) was evaluated in vitro.
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July 1995
Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
(E)-5-(2-Iodovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine (IVDU), its 2'-fluoro-substituted derivatives IVFRU (with fluorine in the ribo configuration), IVFAU (with fluorine in the ara configuration), and the corresponding 3'-chemical delivery system (CDS), or 3'-O-(1-methyl-1,4-dihydropyridyl-3-carbonyl)- substituted derivatives IVDU-CDS, IVFRU-CDS and IVFAU-CDS were evaluated for their cytostatic activity against wild-type (FM3A/O), thymidine kinase (TK)-deficient (FM3A/TK-), and herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) or HSV-2 thymidine kinase (tk) gene-transfected murine mammary carcinoma FM3A cells (FM3A TK-/HSV-1 TK+ and FM3A TK-/HSV-2 TK+). The test compounds proved highly inhibitory to the proliferation of HSVtk gene-transfected FM3A cells. Their cytostatic activity was within the 0.
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December 1988
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Synthesis of (E)-5-(2-iodovinyl)-1-(2-deoxy-2-fluoro-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)uracil (IVFRU; 4a), and its [125I] and [131I] derivatives (4b and 4c) are described. Compared with IVDU, IVFRU had comparable antiviral activity (MIC50 = 0.01-0.
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