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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-3-15
pubmed:abstractText
A series of novel bis(nitroimidazolyl)alkanecarboxamides has been prepared and evaluated for hypoxia-selective cytotoxicity and hypoxic cell radiosensitisation in vitro and in vivo. The compounds were prepared by direct coupling of preformed side chain acid and amine components, using diethyl phosphorocyanidate at room temperature. Although designed to be bis-bioreductive prodrugs of DNA cross-linking agents, none of the compounds showed evidence of DNA cross-linking activity, being equally potent against cell lines deficient and proficient in repair of cross-links. However, one of these compounds, N-[2-(2-methyl-5-nitro-1H-imidazolyl)ethyl]-4-(2-nitro-1H- imidazolyl)butanamide (10; SN 24699), showed high hypoxic selectivity as a cytotoxin (rising to 200-fold after exposure to the drug for several hours) in the repair-proficient Chinese hamster cell line AA8. This selectivity was greater than observed for the alkylating 2-nitroimidazole (4; RB 6145) (40-fold) or simple mononitroimidazoles (5-25-fold). Investigation of structure-activity relationships for hypoxic selectivity of bis(nitroimidazoles) was restricted by their low aqueous solubility, but a certain minimum separation of the two nitroimidazole units (by more than five atoms) appears desirable. All the compounds radiosensitized hypoxic cells in vitro but were little more potent as radiosensitizers than the corresponding monomeric nitroimidazoles. Compound 10 caused additional cell killing in the KHT tumor when multiple drug doses were administered in combination with a single dose of radiation. It is not yet clear whether this activity reflects hypoxic cell radiosensitization or cytotoxicity toward hypoxic cells, but this new class of bis-bioreductive agent clearly warrants further investigation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-2623
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
381-91
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8308864-Aerobiosis, pubmed-meshheading:8308864-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8308864-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:8308864-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:8308864-Cell Hypoxia, pubmed-meshheading:8308864-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:8308864-Chemistry, Physical, pubmed-meshheading:8308864-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:8308864-Cricetulus, pubmed-meshheading:8308864-DNA Repair, pubmed-meshheading:8308864-Imidazoles, pubmed-meshheading:8308864-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8308864-Mice, Inbred C3H, pubmed-meshheading:8308864-Molecular Structure, pubmed-meshheading:8308864-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:8308864-Physicochemical Phenomena, pubmed-meshheading:8308864-Radiation-Sensitizing Agents, pubmed-meshheading:8308864-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:8308864-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Hypoxia-selective antitumor agents. 8. Bis(nitroimidazolyl)alkanecarboxamides: a new class of hypoxia-selective cytotoxins and hypoxic cell radiosensitisers.
pubmed:affiliation
Cancer Research Laboratory, University of Auckland School of Medicine, New Zealand.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't