7-Deazapurine (pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine) nucleosides are important analogues of biogenic purine nucleosides with diverse biological activities. Replacement of the N7 atom with a carbon atom makes the five-membered ring more electron rich and brings a possibility of attaching additional substituents at the C7 position. This often leads to derivatives with increased base-pairing in DNA or RNA or better binding to enzymes. Several types of 7-deazapurine nucleosides with potent cytostatic or cytotoxic effects have been identified. The most promising are 7-hetaryl-7-deazaadenosines, which are activated in cancer cells by phosphorylation and get incorporated both to RNA (causing inhibition of proteosynthesis) and to DNA (causing DNA damage). Mechanism of action of other types of cytostatic nucleosides, 6-hetaryl-7-deazapurine and thieno-fused deazapurine ribonucleosides, is not yet known. Many 7-deazaadenosine derivatives are potent inhibitors of adenosine kinases. Many types of sugar-modified derivatives of 7-deazapurine nucleosides are also strong antivirals. Most important are 2'-C-methylribo- or 2'-C-methyl-2'-fluororibonucleosides with anti-HCV activities (several compounds underwent clinical trials). Some underexplored areas of potential interest are also outlined.

• Klíčová slova
• antivirals, cytostatics, deazapurines, nucleosides, nucleotides,
• MeSH
• antivirové látky chemická syntéza   chemie   farmakologie   MeSH
• buňky A549 MeSH
• buňky Hep G2 MeSH
• HeLa buňky MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• nukleosidy chemická syntéza   chemie   farmakologie   MeSH
• protinádorové látky chemická syntéza   chemie   farmakologie   MeSH
• puriny chemie   MeSH
• racionální návrh léčiv MeSH
• screeningové testy protinádorových léčiv MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• zvířata MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• přehledy MeSH
• Názvy látek
• 7-deazapurine MeSH Prohlížeč
• antivirové látky MeSH
• nukleosidy MeSH
• protinádorové látky MeSH
• puriny MeSH