| Literature DB >> 19897215 |
Liliana Avila1, Moises Perez, Gonzalo Sanchez-Duffhues, Rosario Hernández-Galán, Eduardo Muñoz, Fabio Cabezas, Winston Quiñones, Fernando Torres, Fernando Echeverri.
Abstract
The persistence of latent HIV-infected cellular reservoirs represents the major hurdle to virus eradication in patients treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy, referred to as HAART. HIV-1 reservoirs are long-lived resting CD4+ memory cells containing the virus latently integrated. Since the HIV-1 reservoirs are not targeted by HAART, reactivation therapy has been suggested to purge viral latency. Bioassay-guided study of an ethyl acetate extract of Euphorbia laurifolia afforded two isomeric diterpenes that showed differential activity over HIV-1 reactivation. A previously reported compound was isolated too from Euphorbia lactea. This compound showed a potent HIV-1 reactivating effect. Bioassays results showed that HIV-1 reactivation activity is influenced by distinct structural characteristics. 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19897215 DOI： 10.1016/j.phytochem.2009.10.005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phytochemistry ISSN： 0031-9422 Impact factor: 4.072