| Literature DB >> 14515995 |
Martin Bartsch1, Michaela Zorn-Kruppa, Nicole Kühl, Hans-Gottfried Genieser, Frank Schwede, Bernd Jastorff.
Abstract
In the present study, the cAMP analogs 8-bromo-cAMP (8-Br-cAMP), N6-2'O-dibutyryl-cAMP (DBcAMP) and 8-para-chlorophenylthio-cAMP (8-CPT-cAMP), as well as the corresponding cAMP-acetoxymethyl (AM)-ester-prodrugs were tested in a HPLC study for their membrane permeability, intracellular accumulation and biotransformation. Antiproliferative activities of these compounds were studied in the rat C6 glioma cell line. Chromatographic analysis revealed that the AM-ester analogs of the cyclic nucleotides penetrate quantitatively into rat C6 glioma cells and generate high amounts of their parent cyclic nucleotides intracellularly within 60 min; however, long-term growth inhibition tested in C6 cells is only slightly enhanced with the AM-ester prodrugs of 8-Br-cAMP or DBcAMP.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14515995 DOI: 10.1515/BC.2003.148
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biol Chem ISSN: 1431-6730 Impact factor: 3.915