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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-4-2
pubmed:abstractText
To search for possible synergy between topoisomerase (topo) II-directed chemotherapeutic agents and topo I-directed agents, IL-60 human progranulocytic leukemia cells were incubated with etoposide in the absence or presence of camptothecin (CPT). Treatment of HL-60 cells for 1 h with 15-20 microM etoposide resulted in the death of 99-99.9% of the cells as assessed by colony formation in soft agar. Unexpectedly, simultaneous incubation with 1 microM CPT increased the survival of etoposide-treated cells as much as 30-fold. Inhibition of etoposide cytotoxicity was observed at CPT concentrations as low as 0.01 microM and was one-half maximal at 0.1 microM. CPT also antagonized the cytotoxicity of 4'-(9-acridinylamino)methanesulfon-M-anisidide and daunorubicin, two structurally unrelated topo II-directed agents. Topotecan, a CPT analogue currently undergoing Phase I clinical trials, had a similar effect. Studies using an alkaline unwinding assay (to measure DNA strand breaks) and Western blotting (to assess formation of covalent adducts involving topo II) revealed that CPT did not alter the ability of etoposide to stabilize topo II-DNA adducts. CPT is a potent inhibitor of both DNA and RNA synthesis. To further assess the mechanism by which CPT diminished the cytotoxicity of topo II-directed agents, inhibitors of DNA synthesis or RNA synthesis were substituted for CPT. Aphidicolin, an inhibitor of replicative DNA polymerases, enhanced the survival of etoposide-treated HL-60 cells less than 3-fold. In contrast, inhibitors of RNA synthesis (cordycepin or 5,6-dichloro-1-beta-D-ribofuranosylbenzimidazole) enhanced the survival of etoposide-treated HL-60 cells as much as 20-fold. The potential biological and therapeutic implications of these results are discussed.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Amsacrine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aphidicolin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Camptothecin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cycloheximide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA Polymerase II, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Daunorubicin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Deoxyadenosines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dichlororibofuranosylbenzimidazole, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Diterpenes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Etoposide, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mutagens, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Topoisomerase II Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Topotecan, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/cordycepin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1129-36
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Amsacrine, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Aphidicolin, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Camptothecin, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Colony-Forming Units Assay, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Cycloheximide, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-DNA Polymerase II, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-DNA Replication, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Daunorubicin, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Deoxyadenosines, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Dichlororibofuranosylbenzimidazole, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Diterpenes, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Drug Synergism, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Etoposide, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Female, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Mutagens, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Topoisomerase II Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Topotecan, pubmed-meshheading:1705167-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Antagonism between camptothecin and topoisomerase II-directed chemotherapeutic agents in a human leukemia cell line.
pubmed:affiliation
Oncology Center, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't