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Abstract
We show here that mitoxantrone and ametantrone induce interstrand DNA cross-links in HeLa S3 cells. These cross-links were observed only in cellular system suggesting that metabolism of the drugs is a necessary step leading to DNA cross-linking. Biologically inactive analogue of mitoxantrone, compound NSC 321458, did not induce cross-links in DNA of tumour cells which suggests that DNA cross-linking is associated with the cytotoxic and anti-tumour activity of these compounds.Entities:
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Year: 2000 PMID: 10755405 PMCID: PMC2374491 DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.1095
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Cancer ISSN: 0007-0920 Impact factor: 7.640