Effects of zidovudine and stavudine on mitochondrial DNA of differentiating 3T3-F442a cells are not associated with imbalanced deoxynucleotide pools. - Related Articles
Effects of zidovudine and stavudine on mitochondrial DNA of differentiating 3T3-F442a cells are not associated with imbalanced deoxynucleotide pools.
Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2009 Mar;53(3):1252-5
Authors: Lynx MD, LaClair DD, McKee EE
To test whether zidovudine (3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine) (AZT) inhibition of thymidine phosphorylation causes depletion of the TTP pool resulting in mitochondrial DNA depletion, 3T3-F442a cells were differentiated in the presence of AZT and analyzed to determine mitochondrial DNA content and deoxynucleotide levels. These results suggest that AZT toxicity may not be related to deoxynucleotide pool alterations.
PMID: 19104011 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] [PubMed-HIV]