PMID: 2504244Jul 1, 1989Paper

Biochemical pharmacology of zidovudine in human T-lymphoblastoid cells (CEM)

AIDS
V I AvramisE Gomperts

Abstract

HIV is the causative agent of AIDS. The purpose of this study was to examine the biochemical pharmacology of the anti-viral agent zidovudine (AZT) in the T-cell origin line (CEM). We have shown that zidovudine is activated by thymidine kinase (TK) in CEM cells to the triphosphate anabolite, which is incorporated into DNA. One microM zidovudine is sufficient for saturation of activation by TK and also of zidovudine monophosphate, by thymidylate kinase, to the diphosphate. Zidovudine triphosphate peaked 4 h after initiation of drug administration in CEM cells and then declined biexponentially. Nucleoside triphosphate (NTP) cellular concentrations declined rapidly in the cells after exposure to zidovudine. Concomitantly phosphorylation of zidovudine to zidovudine monophosphate and zidovudine monophosphate to zidovudine diphosphate declined in a similar manner in the CEM cells. The amount of zidovudine anabolite incorporated into purified DNA peaked 1 h after zidovudine treatment and declined thereafter with first order elimination kinetics. These studies elucidate the cellular activation of zidovudine in a T-cell line, CEM, and enhance our understanding of this important anti-HIV drug.

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