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. 1991 Jan;35(1):198–200. doi: 10.1128/aac.35.1.198

Effects of thymidine and uridine on the phosphorylation of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (zidovudine) in human mononuclear cells.

J Szebeni 1, S S Patel 1, K Hung 1, L M Wahl 1, J N Weinstein 1
PMCID: PMC244969  PMID: 2014977

Abstract

The effects of thymidine and uridine on the phosphorylation of 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine (AZT) were studied in various human mononuclear cell preparations. Thymidine suppressed [3H]AZT phosphorylation in the same concentration range (20 to 100 microM) in which it antagonizes the anti-human immunodeficiency virus activity of AZT. Uridine, in turn, had no influence on AZT phosphorylation, just as it has no effect on the anti-human immunodeficiency virus activity of AZT. These findings are consistent with a close relationship between the inhibition of AZT phosphorylation and the influence of physiological nucleosides on the antiviral activity of AZT.

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