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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-5-17
pubmed:abstractText
The naturally occurring enediyne antibiotics are a unique class of antitumor drugs that combine reactive enediynes with additional structural features conferring affinity for DNA. Dynemicin A, in which an enediyne core is attached to an anthraquinone group capable of DNA intercalation, readily cleaves double-stranded DNA. This activity is thought to be the basis of its potent antitumor cytotoxicity. To investigate cell-specific mechanisms of cytotoxicity in the absence of DNA affinity, we have synthesized a variety of dynemicin-like enediynes that lack the anthraquinone moiety. We have found that the cytotoxicity of these compounds is dependent on their chemical instability and their enantiomeric form. Their selective toxicity results from a potent induction of apoptosis primarily in human leukemic cells. A group of synthetic enediynes were designed to be highly stable. These compounds were found to inhibit apoptotic cell death. This inhibition was observed in competition with the chemically unstable enediynes, including dynemicin and calicheamicin. The stable synthetic enediynes could also block the apoptotic morphology induced by unrelated cytotoxic agents such as cycloheximide, actinomycin D, and ultraviolet radiation. The results suggest that the cellular target(s) of synthetic enediynes may play a central role in regulating programmed cell death; a specific receptor-ligand interaction is proposed.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3142-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Cell-specific regulation of apoptosis by designed enediynes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't