Abstract
A number of anticancer drugs exert their effect by causing DNA damage and subsequent apoptosis induction. Most anticancer drugs are known to cause severe side effects. Nontoxic amplification of DNA-cleaving activity of anticancer drugs would enable to reduce drug dose and side effects, leading to development of effective chemotherapy. As a method to approach new cancer chemotherapy, we have investigated the enhancing effects of DNA-binding ligands ("amplifiers"), especially minor groove binders and intercalators, on anticancer drug-induced apoptosis and DNA cleavage, using human cultured cells and(32)P-labeled DNA fragments obtained from the human genes. We have demonstrated as follows: a) DNA-binding molecules (unfused aromatic cations, distamycin A and synthtic triamides) induced amplification of bleomycin-induced DNA cleavage and apoptosis; b) a minor-groove binder distamycin A enhanced duocarmycin A-induced DNA cleavage; c) actinomycin D altered the site specificity of neocarzinostatin-induced DNA cleavage and distamycin A enhanced C1027-induced apoptosis. The mechanism of amplification of DNA cleavage can be explained by assuming that binding of amplifier changes the DNA conformation to allow anticancer drug to interact mo...Continue Reading
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