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Inhibitory effects of potent inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus and cytomegalovirus on the growth of human granulocyte-macrophage progenitor cells in vitro

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Phosphonoformate, ganciclovir, zidovudine and the novel acyclic nucleotide analogues (S)-9-(3-hydroxy-2-phosphonylmethoxypropyl)adenine [(S)-HPMPA] and (S)-1-(3-hydroxy-2-phosphonylmethoxypropyl)cytosine [(S)-HPMPC] were evaluated for their inhibitory effect on colony forming unit formation by human granulocyte-macrophage progenitor cells (obtained from 11 healthy volunteers) in vitro. The 50 % inhibitory dose of zidovudine, (S)-HPMPA, (S)-HPMPC, ganciclovir and phosphonoformate were 10.61, 16.55, 80.88, 41.02 and 668.64 µM, respectively, when the median-effect principle was applied. The bone marrow toxicity of zidovudine used at a low concentration (3.74 µM) was significantly decreased if the drug was combined with (S)-HPMPA, (S)-HPMPC or ganciclovir. If used at higher concentrations (74.90 µM), zidovudine showed increased myelotoxicity in the presence of (S)-HPMPA and ganciclovir, but not (S)-HPMPC.

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  1. Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    R. Snoeck, J. Balzarini & E. De Clercq

  2. Service de Médecine Interne, Institut Jules Bordet, Centre des Tumeurs de l'Université Libre de Bruxelles, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium

    L. Lagneaux, A. Delforge, D. Bron, P. Van der Auwera & P. Stryckmans

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Snoeck, R., Lagneaux, L., Delforge, A. et al. Inhibitory effects of potent inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus and cytomegalovirus on the growth of human granulocyte-macrophage progenitor cells in vitro. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 9, 615–619 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01967220

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