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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-1-7
pubmed:abstractText
With the aim of obtaining new antitumoral agents, a series of 5,8-quinazolinediones was prepared. 5-Amino-6-methoxyquinazoline was oxidized by Fremy's salt to give 6-methoxy-5,8-quinazolinedione. Nucleophilic substitution reaction at C6, electrophilic substitution at C7, and synthesis of 7-amino-6-methoxy-5,8-quinazolinedione, the parent compound of streptonigrin, were studied. These compounds were tested for cytotoxic properties on L1210 leukemia cells in vitro. One of them, 6,7-bis(1-aziridinyl)-5,8-quinazolinedione, which exhibits a high cytotoxic activity (ID50 = 0.08 microM), was further screened in standard antitumor systems, including L1210 leukemia, P388 lymphocytic leukemia, sarcoma 180, and B16 melanocarcinoma. This drug gives a significant antitumoral effect on P388 leukemia but is inactive on other experimental models. Moreover, this compound was found to be highly mutagenic for Salmonella typhimurium TA98 and TA100 strains (Ames test), suggesting that DNA damage could be responsible for its cytotoxicity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0022-2623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1715-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1983
pubmed:articleTitle
Heterocyclic Quinones. 4. A new highly cytotoxic drug: 6,7-bis(1-aziridinyl)-5,8-quinazolinedione.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't