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12408721

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-31
pubmed:abstractText
Polyamines are believed to be potent vectors for the selective delivery of chemotherapeutic agents into cancer cells. In this paper, we report the effect of spermine conjugation on the cytotoxic and transport properties of acridine. Six derivatives, composed of a spermine chain attached at its N(1) position to an acridine via an aliphatic chain, were synthesized. The aliphatic linker, comprised of 3-5 methylene units, was connected to the position-9 of the heterocycle through either an amide (amidoacridines 8-10) or an amine (aminoacridines 11-13) linkage. Independently of their architecture, all ligands showed a high affinity for DNA binding but a limited DNA sequence selectivity. In a whole cell assay with L1210 and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells, the aminoacridines (IC(50) values around 2 microM) were more potent than the amidoacridines (IC(50) values between 20 and 40 microM). This was related to a less efficient transport for the latter. As determined from competitive uptake studies with [(14)C]spermidine, all conjugates had a high affinity for the polyamine transport system (PTS). However, on the basis of competitive studies with an excess of spermidine and on the differential effect on cell growth and accumulation in CHO and in the mutant PTS deficient CHO-MG cells, the accumulation of the conjugates through the PTS was found to be poor but still more efficient for the aminoacridines. alpha-Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO), an inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase, which induces an up-regulation of the activity of the PTS, enhanced accumulation of all acridine conjugates through the PTS and had a synergistic effect on the potency of the acridine conjugates to inhibit cell growth. Despite their high affinity for the PTS, the low amount of derivatives transiting through the PTS is likely to be related to their ability to repress rapidly and efficiently the activity of the PTS and, consequently, to inhibit their own uptake via this system.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0022-2623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5098-111
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Effect of spermine conjugation on the cytotoxicity and cellular transport of acridine.
pubmed:affiliation
Groupe de Recherche en Thérapeutiques Anticancéreuses, UPR ESA CNRS 6027, Faculté de Médecine, Université Rennes 1, 2 Avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard, 35043 Rennes Cédex, France. delcros@univ-rennes1.fr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't