Limited inhibitory effects of oseltamivir and zanamivir on human sialidases.

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Hata K, Koseki K, Yamaguchi K, Moriya S, Suzuki Y, Yingsakmongkon S, Hirai G, Sodeoka M, von Itzstein M, Miyagi T

Limited inhibitory effects of oseltamivir and zanamivir on human sialidases.

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2008 Oct;52(10):3484-91. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00344-08. Epub 2008 Aug 11.

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Abstract

Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (Relenza), two extensively used clinically effective anti-influenza drugs, are viral sialidase (also known as neuraminidase) inhibitors that prevent the release of progeny virions and thereby limit the spread of infection. Recently mortalities and neuropsychiatric events have been reported with the use of oseltamivir, especially in pediatric cases in Japan, suggesting that these drugs might also inhibit endogenous enzymes involved in sialic acid metabolism, including sialidase, sialyltransferase, and CMP-synthase, in addition to their inhibitory effects on the viral sialidase. The possible inhibition could account for some of the rare side effects of oseltamivir. However, there has been little direct evidence in regard to the sensitivities of animal sialidases to these drugs. Here, we examined whether these inhibitors might indeed affect the activities of human sialidases, which differ in primary structures and enzyme properties but possess tertiary structures similar to those of the viral enzymes. Using recombinant enzymes corresponding to the four human sialidases identified so far, we found that oseltamivir carboxylate scarcely affected the activities of any of the sialidases, even at 1 mM, while zanamivir significantly inhibited the human sialidases NEU3 and NEU2 in the micromolar range (K(i), 3.7 +/- 0.48 and 12.9 +/- 0.07 microM, respectively), providing a contrast to the low nanomolar concentrations at which these drugs block the activity of the viral sialidases.

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Drugs
Binding Properties
DrugTargetPropertyMeasurementpHTemperature (°C)
2-deoxy-2,3-dehydro-N-acetylneuraminic acidSialidase-2IC 50 (nM)45500N/AN/ADetails
ZanamivirSialidase-2IC 50 (nM)16400N/AN/ADetails