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Chloroethylnitrosoureas (CENUs) are an important type of alkylating agent employed in the clinical treatment of cancer, However, the anticancer efficacy of CENUs is greatly decreased by a DNA repairing enzyme, O-6-1 alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (AGT), by preventing the formation of interstrand cross-links (ICLs). In this study, a combi-nitrosourea prodrug, namely, N-(2-chloroethyl)-N'-2(O-6-benzyl-9-guanine)ethyl-N-nitrosourea (BGCNU), which possesses an O-6-benzylguanine (O-6-BG) derivative and CENU pharmacophores simultaneously, was synthesized and evaluated for its ability to induce ICLs. The target compound is markedly more cytotoxic in human glioma cells than the clinically used CENU chemotherapies ACNU, BCNU, and their respective combinations with O-6-BG. In the AGT-proficient cells, significantly higher levels of DNA ICLs were observed in the groups treated by BGCNU than those by ACNU and BCNU, which indicated that the activity of AGT was effectively inhibited by the O-6-BG derivatives released from BGCNU.
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ACS MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
ISSN: 1948-5875
Year: 2017
Issue: 2
Volume: 8
Page: 174-178
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ESI Discipline: CHEMISTRY;
ESI HC Threshold:212
CAS Journal Grade:2
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WoS CC Cited Count: 11
SCOPUS Cited Count: 11
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