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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-28
pubmed:abstractText
The utility of the spermidine moiety as the homing device for the selective delivery of chemotherapeutic and diagnostic agents into cancer cells was explored. Two spermidine analogs containing a cytotoxic agent were synthesized, N-[3,4-bis(benzyloxy)phenethyl]-N alpha-(3-amino-propyl)-L-ornithinamide trihydrochloride, 1a and N-[4-]bis(2-chloroethyl)amino]phenethyl]-N alpha-(3-aminopropyl)-L- ornithinamide tetrahydrochloride, 1b. These compounds were prepared from the fully protected spermidine molecule with a carboxyl group side chain, 8. The ability of the polyamine cytotoxic agents to inhibit B16-BL6 melanoma cell growth in culture was examined. The effects of pretreatment with DFMO on the activity of the synthesized compounds was also studied. The IC50 values of compounds 1a and 1b were on the same order of magnitude as the control compounds, N-acetyldopamine and chlorambucil, respectively. The inhibitory activities of compounds 1a and 1b were not enhanced by pretreatment with DFMO, suggesting that depletion of intracellular polyamines did not enhance the activity of these compounds.
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
13
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4264-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Synthesis and evaluation of novel spermidine derivatives as targeted cancer chemotherapeutic agents.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't