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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 269, Issue 23, 15999-16008, 06, 1994

Reduction of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT) and AZT nucleotides by thiols. Kinetics and product identification

JE Reardon, RC Crouch and L St. John-Williams
Division of Experimental Therapy, Wellcome Research Laboratories, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.

3'-Azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT), AZT 5'-monophosphate, and AZT 5'- triphosphate (AZTTP) were reduced by dithiothreitol with second-order rate constants of 2.30 x 10(-3), 1.50 x 10(-3), and 7.46 x 10(-4) M-1 s- 1, respectively. Handlon and Oppenheimer reported that AZT is quantitatively reduced by thiols to 3'-amino-3'-deoxythymidine (Handlon, A. L., and Oppenheimer, N. J. (1988) Pharm. Res. (N.Y.) 5, 297-299). In the present report, multiple products of this reaction were identified by the techniques of UV spectroscopy, phosphate analysis, coelution with authentic standards from reversed-phase high pressure liquid chromatography, two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. The product mixture from reduction of AZT 5'- monophosphate at pH 7.1 and 25 degrees C was composed of 2,3'-anhydro- beta-D-threo-thymidine 5'-monophosphate (6.4%), 3'-amino-3'- deoxythymidine 5'-monophosphate (19.6%), beta-D-threo-thymidine 5'- monophosphate (6.8%), thymine and 3-amino-2,3-dideoxyribal 5- monophosphate (8.9%), beta-D-threo-thymidine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (9.1%), 3'-deoxy-2',3'-didehydrothymidine 5'-monophosphate (31.5%), and 3',5'-anhydro-beta-D-threo-thymidine (17.8%). Thymine and 3',5'-anhydro- beta-D-threo-thymidine were also products of reduction of AZT and AZTTP. Furthermore, the nucleosides of the above monophosphates were products of reduction of AZT, and the corresponding triphosphates were products of reduction of AZTTP. The product ratios were dependent on the level of phosphorylation of AZT and on the pH of the reaction. Mechanisms for formation of these products are proposed.
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