PMID: 7527544Dec 6, 1994Paper

Toxicity of 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine to mammalian cells is mediated primarily by covalent trapping of DNA methyltransferase rather than DNA demethylation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
R JüttermannR Jaenisch

Abstract

The deoxycytidine analog 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-azadCyd) has been widely used as a DNA methylation inhibitor to experimentally induce gene expression and cellular differentiation. Prior to the availability of mutant mice with altered DNA methyltransferase levels, treatment of cells with drugs has been the only means to experimentally manipulate the level of genomic DNA methylation in mammalian cells. Substitution of DNA with 5-azadCyd leads to covalent trapping of the enzyme, thereby depleting the cells of enzyme activity and resulting in DNA demethylation. 5-AzadCyd or 5-azacytidine treatment causes multiple changes in treated cells, including activation of silent genes, decondensation of chromatin, and induction of cellular differentiation, all of which are believed to be consequences of drug-induced demethylation. 5-AzadCyd is highly toxic in cultured cells and animals and is utilized as a potent antitumor agent for treatment of certain human cancers. It has been postulated that the toxicity of the drug in mammalian cells is also due to its inhibition of DNA methylation. The chemistry of the methylation reaction is consistent, however, with an alternative mechanism: the cytotoxic effect of 5-azadCyd may be directly mediat...Continue Reading

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