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  • Title: Activity of 3'-(3-cyano-4-morpholinyl)-3'-deaminoadriamycin in sensitive and resistant L5178Y lymphoblasts in vitro.
    Author: Begleiter A, Leith MK, Johnston JB.
    Journal: Cancer Res; 1994 Jan 15; 54(2):482-6. PubMed ID: 8275485.
    Abstract:
    An L5178Y murine lymphoblast cell line resistant to 3'-(3-cyano-4-morpholinyl)-3'-deaminoadriamycin (MRA-CN), L5178Y/MRA-CN, was isolated and characterized. L5178Y/MRA-CN cells were 9.6-fold resistant to MRA-CN compared with parental cells. The resistant cell line also displayed 2-fold resistance to 3'-(4-morpholinyl)-3'-deaminoadriamycin but was not cross-resistant to Adriamycin or chlorambucil. Uptake of MRA-CN was slightly reduced in the resistant cells compared to sensitive cells, but the distribution of the drug within the cells was unchanged. DNA interstrand cross-linking by MRA-CN was not significantly different in the sensitive and resistant cell lines, but MRA-CN was slightly less effective in inhibiting both DNA and RNA synthesis in L5178Y/MRA-CN cells compared with parental cells. NADPH cytochrome P-450 reductase activity was increased in L5178Y/MRA-CN cells compared to parental cells, while the activity of DT-diaphorase was decreased in the resistant cells. The levels of glutathione and glutathione S-transferase activity were increased in the resistant cells compared to sensitive cells; however, pretreatment of L5178Y/MRA-CN cells with buthionine sulfoximine to reduce the glutathione level did not reverse the resistance of these cells to MRA-CN. MRA-CN induced DNA fragmentation that was characteristic of apoptosis in both L5178Y and L5178Y/MRA-CN cells at equitoxic drug concentrations. However, apoptosis occurred more rapidly in L5178Y/MRA-CN cells compared with parental cells. Thus, MRA-CN induces apoptosis in L5178Y cells, and this effect may be important for the anti-tumor activity of this agent. In contrast, DNA interstrand cross-linking does not appear to be the primary mechanism responsible for the cytotoxicity of MRA-CN in these cells.
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