Pro-Nucleotides - Recent Advances in the Design of Efficient Tools for the Delivery of Biologically Active Nucleoside Monophosphates

Abstract

A summary of the most recent advances to the design of pronucleotides will be presented. Approaches that have been designed to be activated by enzymes such as carboxyesterases [bis(POM)-, bis(POC)-, bis(SATE)-, bis(AB) phosphotriesters and the arylphosphoramidates] or by reductases [bis(SDTE) approach] will be discussed as well as the amino acids phosphoramidate diester concept with its still unknown delivery mechanism and the cycloSal approach that releases the nucleotides by an induced tandem reaction.