Skip to main content
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America logoLink to Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
. 1972 May;69(5):1294–1298. doi: 10.1073/pnas.69.5.1294

3-Cyclic Amine Derivatives of Rifamycin: Strong Inhibitors of the DNA Polymerase Activity of RNA Tumor Viruses

Maurice Green 1, Janice Bragdon 1, Anne Rankin 1
PMCID: PMC426685  PMID: 4338589

Abstract

Derivatives of rifamycin-SV with substituted cyclic-amine side chains in position 3 of the ansa ring are strong inhibitors of RNA-directed DNA and DNA-directed DNA polymerase activity of RNA tumor viruses of murine, feline, and avian origin. Among 37 3-amine derivatives of rifamycin-SV that were tested, 29 3-cyclic amine derivatives were good inhibitors of the viral polymerases. Especially active were 3-piperidyl derivatives of rifamycin-SV with cyclohexyl and cyclohexylalkyl substituents. Derivatives that were effective against the viral polymerase also blocked cell transformation by the murine sarcoma virus. A DNA-directed DNA polymerase preparation from human KB cells was less sensitive to inhibition by these derivatives than the virion polymerase.

Keywords: amine side chain, KB cells, 3-piperidyl derivatives

Full text

PDF
1294

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Aaronson S. A., Jainchill J. L., Todaro G. J. Murine sarcoma virus transformation of BALB-3T3 cells: lack of dependence on murine leukemia virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1970 Aug;66(4):1236–1243. doi: 10.1073/pnas.66.4.1236. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Calvin M., Joss U. R., Hackett A. J., Owens R. B. Effect of rifampicin and two of its derivatives on cells infected with Moloney sarcoma virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1971 Jul;68(7):1441–1443. doi: 10.1073/pnas.68.7.1441. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Fujinaga K., Parsons J. T., Beard J. W., Beard D., Green M. Mechanism of carcinogenesis by RNA tumor viruses. 3. Formation of RNA, DNA complex and duplex DNA molecules by the DNA polymerase (s) of avian myeloblastosis virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1970 Nov;67(3):1432–1439. doi: 10.1073/pnas.67.3.1432. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Green M., Rokutanda M., Fujinaga K., Ray R. K., Rokutanda H., Gurgo C. Mechanism of carcinogenesis by RNA tumor viruses. I. An RNA-dependent DNA polymerase in murine sarcoma viruses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1970 Sep;67(1):385–393. doi: 10.1073/pnas.67.1.385. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Gurgo C., Ray R. K., Thiry L., Green M. Inhibitors of the RNA and DNA dependent polymerase activities of RNA tumour viruses. Nat New Biol. 1971 Jan 27;229(4):111–114. doi: 10.1038/newbio229111a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Rokutanda M., Rokutanda H., Green M., Fujinaga K., Ray R. K., Gurgo C. Formation of viral RNA-DNA hybrid molecules by the DNA polymerase of sarcoma-leukaemia viruses. Nature. 1970 Sep 5;227(5262):1026–1028. doi: 10.1038/2271026a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Wehrli W., Staehelin M. Actions of the rifamycins. Bacteriol Rev. 1971 Sep;35(3):290–309. doi: 10.1128/br.35.3.290-309.1971. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America are provided here courtesy of National Academy of Sciences

RESOURCES