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ArticleJournal of the American Chemical Society2011

Hydrogen peroxide inducible DNA cross-linking agents: targeted anticancer prodrugs.

Yunyan Kuang, Kumudha Balakrishnan, Varsha Gandhi, Xiaohua Peng

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Article in Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Yunyan KuangDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3210 North Cramer Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, USA.
Kumudha Balakrishnan
Varsha Gandhi
Xiaohua Peng

Funding

UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Lymphoma SPOREP50CA136411 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI KWAK, LARRY W · 2009 to 2011
$1.5M
New Radiation-Activated Antitumor Agents That Target HypoxiaR15CA152914 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE · PI PENG, XIAOHUA · 2010 to 2010
$359k
NCI NIH HHS 1R15CA152914-01NCI NIH HHS CA136411NCI NIH HHS P50 CA136411NCI NIH HHS R15 CA152914
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The major concern for anticancer chemotherapeutic agents is the host toxicity. The development of anticancer prodrugs targeting the unique biochemical alterations in cancer cells is an attractive approach to achieve therapeutic activity and selectivity. We designed and synthesized a new type of nitrogen mustard prodrug that can be activated by high level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) found in cancer cells to release the active chemotherapy agent. The activation mechanism was determined by NMR analysis. The activity and selectivity of these prodrugs toward ROS was determined by measuring DNA interstrand cross-links and/or DNA alkylations. These compounds showed 60-90% inhibition toward various cancer cells, while normal lymphocytes were not affected. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of H(2)O(2)-activated anticancer prodrugs.

Indexed as

Drug DesignAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingCell Line, TumorDNAHumansHydrogen PeroxideIntercalating AgentsMechlorethamineNeoplasmsProdrugsReactive Oxygen SpeciesAntineoplastic Agents, AlkylatingDNAHydrogen PeroxideIntercalating AgentsMechlorethamineProdrugsReactive Oxygen Species

Identifiers

PMID22035519
PMCPMC3265938

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