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Imide derivatives of 3-nitro-1.8-naphthalic acid: their inhibitory activity against DNA viruses.

The antiviral action of a new drug, 5-amino-2-(dimethylaminoethyl)-benzo-[de]-isoquinolin-1.3-dione has been studied against herpes simplex type 2 (HSV-2) and adenovirus type 5 (Ad-5) grown in Vero cells. The concentration of the drug which gives a 5 log10 reduction in virus titer was 4 micrograms/ml (maximum tolerated concentration) for HSV-2. The anti-HSV-2 activity of this compound was one log. more powerful than that of iododeoxyuridine (IDU). At this concentration the drug shows virucidal activity against HSV-2. No inhibition was found when the drug was tested against Ad-5. The inhibition of virus production has been studied depending upon the amount of drug or virus, and drug addition-time after infection. Reversibility of inhibition after drug removal, and drug resistance in the presence of the drug have also been determined.

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Mechanism of DNA strand breaks by mitonafide, an imide derivative of 3-nitro-1,8-naphthalic acid.

The metabolism and the mechanism of action of 5-nitro-2-(2-dimethylaminoethyl)-benzo(de) isoquinoline-1,3-dione (mitonafide), a nitro-containing antitumor drug, have been studied. Incubation of mitonafide under anaerobic conditions with rat liver microsomes and NADPH formed the fully reduced amine metabolite, 5-aminomitonafide. The formation of the amine metabolite was not inhibited by SKF-525A, metyrapone or piperonyl butoxide, indicating that the cytochrome P-450 was not involved in this reduction. Incubation of mitonafide with rat liver microsomes and NADPH under aerobic conditions stimulated oxygen consumption; piperonyl butoxide, SKF-525A, superoxide dismutase and catalase had no effect on this stimulation. Both mitonafide and 5-aminomitonafide were found to bind to DNA in a similar manner. However, in inducing single-stand breaks in the DNA of L1210 cells mitonafide was 10-fold more potent than 5-aminomitonafide. These results suggest that metabolic activation of mitonafide to species other than that of the amine metabolite may play a significant role in the induction of DNA damage and the biological activity of the drug.

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The electronic absorption study of imide anion radicals in terms of time dependent density functional theory.

The absorption spectra of the N-(2,5-di-tert-butylphenyl) phthalimide (1-), N-(2,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)-1,8-naphthalimide (2-) and N-(2,5-di-tert-butylphenyl)-perylene-3,4-dicarboximide (3-) anion radicals are studied in terms of time dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). For these anion radicals a large number electronic states (from 30 to 60) was found in the visible and near-IR regions (5000-45,000 cm(-1)). In these regions the TD/B3LYP treatment at the 6-1+G* level is shown to reproduce satisfactorily the empirical absorption spectra of all three anion radicals studied. The most apparent discrepancies between purely electronic theory and the experiment could be found in the excitation region corresponding to D0-->D1 transitions in the 2- and 3- molecules. For these species we argue that the structures seen in the lowest energy part of the absorptions of the 2- and 3- species are very likely due to Franck-Condon (FC) activity of the totally symmetric vibrations not studied in this Letter.

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