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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-1-22
pubmed:abstractText
Methylating and chloroethylating triazene compounds (TZCs) are effective antitumor agents in murine leukemias and can induce the appearance of novel antigens in leukemic cells (chemical xenogenization). Recently, it has been shown that TZCs might have a role in the treatment of patients affected by acute myelogenous leukemias that express low levels of the DNA repair enzyme, O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (OGAT). In this report, we have evaluated the role of this DNA repair enzyme in the leukemic cell response to the xenogenizing and cytotoxic properties of TZCs. OGAT-deficient murine leukemic L1210 cells were transfected with a recombinant ecotropic retrovirus containing the coding region for the human OGAT protein. Selected clones expressed the human OGAT transcript and had greatly increased OGAT activity. Compared to OGAT-deficient cells, OGAT-expressing cells were considerably more resistant to the xenogenizing properties of 1-(p-chlorophenyl)-3,3- dimethyl-triazene, measured in terms of leukemia graft rejection, and were less susceptible to the cytotoxic activity of the TZCs 8-carbamoyl-3-methyl-imidazo [5,1-d]-1,2,3,5-tetrazin-4(3H)-one and 8-carbamoyl-3-(2-chloroethyl)imidazo [5,1-d]-1,2,3,5-tetrazin-4(3H)-one. These data suggest that methylation of the O6 position of guanine is involved in the appearance of increased tumor immunogenicity after exposure to methylating TZC and that OGAT is able, at least in part, to counteract the cytotoxic effects of methylating and chloroethylating agents.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6231-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8521419-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8521419-Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating, pubmed-meshheading:8521419-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8521419-DNA Damage, pubmed-meshheading:8521419-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:8521419-Dacarbazine, pubmed-meshheading:8521419-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8521419-Leukemia L1210, pubmed-meshheading:8521419-Methyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:8521419-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8521419-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:8521419-Mice, Inbred DBA, pubmed-meshheading:8521419-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8521419-Nitrogen Mustard Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:8521419-O(6)-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:8521419-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:8521419-Triazines, pubmed-meshheading:8521419-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase attenuates triazene-induced cytotoxicity and tumor cell immunogenicity in murine L1210 leukemia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't