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Abstract
Studies suggest that the anticancer drugs VP16-213 and VM26 produce cytotoxicity by inducing protein-associated DNA breakage in vivo through interaction with a yet unknown nuclear component. The effects of these drugs and their congeners on topoisomerase activities was investigated. VP16-213, VM26, and congeners active toward inducing DNA breaks also inhibited the catenation activity of eukaryote type II topoisomerase in vitro at very low drug concentrations. A structure-activity relationship was obtained for inhibition of catenation that parallels in vivo DNA breakage and cytotoxic activities. Type I topoisomerase activity was totally unaffected by these drugs.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6331440 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(84)90454-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575