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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-12-14
pubmed:abstractText
A clonal cell line (56-42) that was stably and exclusively resistant to the toxic effects of the antileukemic agent 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-aza-CdR) was derived from C3H 10T1/2 C18 cells after multiple treatments with 5-aza-CdR. The 50% lethal dose of 5-aza-CdR for these cells was 1.3 microM, which was 15-fold greater than that for the parental cells. Cell line 56-42 was slightly cross-resistant to the ribo-analog 5-azacytidine, but was sensitive to the nucleoside analog 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine and to colcemid. Both parental and resistant cell lines incorporated equimolar amounts of 5-aza-CdR into DNA. Resistance was therefore not due to decreased activation, increased detoxification, or reduced incorporation of the drug. The overall level of cytosine methylation in the resistant clone was 80% lower than the level in the sensitive cells. Therefore, the potential number of hemimethylated sites created by the incorporation of equivalent amounts of 5-aza-CdR into the DNA of the two cell types was much greater in the sensitive cells. Furthermore, 5-azacytosine-substituted DNA from the sensitive cells bound 100% more nuclear protein in the form of highly stable complexes. The incorporation of 5-aza-CdR opposite methylated cytosine residues in DNA of the sensitive cells thus resulted in increased nuclear protein binding at hemimethylated sites. This relative increase in tight-binding protein complexes was shown to occur in living cells and may well disrupt replication and transcription and instigate cell death. The differential binding of proteins to hypomethylated, azacytosine-containing DNA may thus mediate a novel mechanism of drug resistance.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0270-7306
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3076-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Differential nuclear protein binding to 5-azacytosine-containing DNA as a potential mechanism for 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine resistance.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, USC Cancer Center, Los Angeles 90033.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't