PMEG (antiviral)

PMEG
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
{[2-(2-Amino-6-oxo-1,6-dihydro-9H-purin-9-yl)ethoxy]methyl}phosphonic acid
Other names
9-((2-Phosphonylmethoxy)ethyl)guanine
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChemSpider
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UNII
  • InChI=1S/C8H12N5O5P/c9-8-11-6-5(7(14)12-8)10-3-13(6)1-2-18-4-19(15,16)17/h3H,1-2,4H2,(H2,15,16,17)(H3,9,11,12,14)
    Key: NZVORGQIEFTOQZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • c1nc2c(n1CCOCP(=O)(O)O)[nH]c(nc2=O)N
Properties
C8H12N5O5P
Molar mass 289.188 g·mol−1
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

PMEG (9-[2-(phosphonomethoxy)ethyl] guanine) is an acyclic nucleoside phosphonate. Acyclic nucleoside phosphonates can have significant antiviral, cytostatic and antiproliferative activities.[1] PMEG can inhibit cell proliferation and cause genotoxicity.[2] PMEG is active against leukemia and melanoma in animal tumor models,[3] and also has antiviral activities against herpes viruses in murine models.[4][5]

Successful application of PMEG and PMEG-derivatives analogs may depend on the development analogs with reduced toxicity and enhanced pharmacokinetic properties to tissues. There are no clinical trials using PMEG listed at clinicaltrials.gov. This suggests that the pharmacokinetic properties of PMEG were too toxic to process forward with. There are several different PMEG-derivatives analogs currently being investigated. GS-9191 and GS-9219 prodrugs are just two of the next generation PMEG compounds being evaluated for antiviral and anticancer activities.[6] Both GS-9191 and GS-9219 have made it into clinical trials, but require additional study.[citation needed]

  1. ^ De Clercq E, Holý A (Nov 2005). "Acyclic nucleoside phosphonates: a key class of antiviral drugs". Nat Rev Drug Discov. 4 (11): 928–40. doi:10.1038/nrd1877. PMID 16264436. S2CID 31548676.
  2. ^ Kramata P, Votruba I, Otová B, Holý A (Jun 1996). "Different inhibitory potencies of acyclic phosphonomethoxyalkyl nucleotide analogs toward DNA polymerases alpha, delta and epsilon". Mol Pharmacol. 49 (6): 1005–11. PMID 8649338.
  3. ^ Rose WC, Crosswell AR, Bronson JJ, Martin JC (Mar 1990). "In vivo antitumor activity of 9-[(2-phosphonylmethoxy)ethyl]-guanine and related phosphonate nucleotide analogues". J Natl Cancer Inst. 82 (6): 510–2. doi:10.1093/jnci/82.6.510. PMID 2313724.
  4. ^ Kim, H. T.; Kim, D. K.; Kim, Y. W.; Kim, K. H.; Sugiyama, Y.; Kikuchi, M. (1995-11-01). "Antiviral activity of 9-[[(ethoxyhydroxyphosphinyl)-methoxy]methoxy] guanine against cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus". Antiviral Research. 28 (3): 243–251. doi:10.1016/0166-3542(95)00051-m. ISSN 0166-3542. PMID 8629816.
  5. ^ De Clercq, Erik (2013). "Dancing with chemical formulae of antivirals: A personal account". Biochemical Pharmacology. 86 (6): 711–25. doi:10.1016/j.bcp.2013.07.012. PMID 23876344.
  6. ^ Shelton J, Lu X, Hollenbaugh JA, Cho JH, Amblard F, Schinazi RF (Dec 2016). "Metabolism, Biochemical Actions, and Chemical Synthesis of Anticancer Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Base Analogs". Chem Rev. 116 (23): 14379–14455. doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00209. PMC 7717319. PMID 27960273.