PMID: 8595163Feb 1, 1996Paper

Potentiation of temozolomide and BCNU cytotoxicity by O(6)-benzylguanine: a comparative study in vitro

British Journal of Cancer
S R WedgeE S Newlands

Abstract

Depletion of the DNA repair protein O(6)-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (AGT) with O(6)-benzylguanine (O(6)-BG) has been widely shown to enhance 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-nitrosourea (BCNU) activity. This study aimed to determine whether temozolomide, a methylating imidazotetrazinone, would similarly benefit from combination with O(6)-BG. Seven human cell lines were examined with AGT activities ranging from <6 fmol mg-1 protein to >700 fmol mg-1 protein. Comparisons with BCNU were made on both single and multiple dosing schedules, since temozolomide cytotoxicity is highly schedule dependent. In single-dose potentiation studies, cells were preincubated with 100 microM O(6)-BG for 1 h, a treatment found to deplete AGT activity by >90% for 24 h. No potentiation of either temozolomide or BCNU cytotoxicity was observed in two glioblastoma cell lines with <6 fmol mg-1 protein AGT. In all other cell lines studied potentiation of BCNU toxicity by O(6)-BG was between 1.6- and 2.3-fold and exceeded that of temozolomide (1.1- to 1.7-fold). The magnitude of this potentiation was unrelated to AGT activity and the relative potentiation of temozolomide and BCNU cytotoxicity was found to be highly variable between cell lines. In multiple dosin...Continue Reading

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