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Mlotkowski AJ, Schlegel HB, Chow CS. Calculated p Ka Values for a Series of Aza- and Deaza-Modified Nucleobases. J Phys Chem A 2023; 127:3526-3534. [PMID: 37037184 PMCID: PMC10123669 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.3c01358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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A variety of synthetic modified nucleobases have been used to investigate the structure and function of RNA and DNA or act as enzyme inhibitors. A set of these modifications involves the addition or removal of a nitrogen atom in the ring. These aza and deaza modifications have garnered interest as useful biochemical tools, but information on some of their physical characteristics is lacking. In this study, the B3LYP density functional with the 6-31+G(d,p) basis set and an implicit-explicit solvent model was used to perform ab initio quantum mechanical studies to estimate pKa values of aza- and deaza-modified nucleobases. A comparison between theoretical and known experimental pKa values was carried out, and adjustment factors were applied to 57 pKa values in the purine and pyrimidine data sets.
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- Alan J Mlotkowski
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, United States
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Chemical interference with DSIF complex formation lowers synthesis of mutant huntingtin gene products and curtails mutant phenotypes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2204779119. [PMID: 35914128 PMCID: PMC9371670 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2204779119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Earlier work has shown that siRNA-mediated reduction of the SUPT4H or SUPT5H proteins, which interact to form the DSIF complex and facilitate transcript elongation by RNA polymerase II (RNAPII), can decrease expression of mutant gene alleles containing nucleotide repeat expansions differentially. Using luminescence and fluorescence assays, we identified chemical compounds that interfere with the SUPT4H-SUPT5H interaction and then investigated their effects on synthesis of mRNA and protein encoded by mutant alleles containing repeat expansions in the huntingtin gene (HTT), which causes the inherited neurodegenerative disorder, Huntington's Disease (HD). Here we report that such chemical interference can differentially affect expression of HTT mutant alleles, and that a prototypical chemical, 6-azauridine (6-AZA), that targets the SUPT4H-SUPT5H interaction can modify the biological response to mutant HTT gene expression. Selective and dose-dependent effects of 6-AZA on expression of HTT alleles containing nucleotide repeat expansions were seen in multiple types of cells cultured in vitro, and in a Drosophila melanogaster animal model for HD. Lowering of mutant HD protein and mitigation of the Drosophila "rough eye" phenotype associated with degeneration of photoreceptor neurons in vivo were observed. Our findings indicate that chemical interference with DSIF complex formation can decrease biochemical and phenotypic effects of nucleotide repeat expansions.
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Raasch K, Malecki E, Siemann M, Martinez MM, Heinisch JJ, Müller J, Bakota L, Kaltschmidt C, Kaltschmidt B, Rosemeyer H, Brandt R. Identification of Nucleoside Analogs as Inducers of Neuronal Differentiation in a Human Reporter Cell Line and Adult Stem Cells. Chem Biol Drug Des 2015; 86:129-43. [PMID: 25444247 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.12488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2014] [Revised: 11/10/2014] [Accepted: 11/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Nucleoside analogs (NSAs) were among the first chemotherapeutic agents and could also be useful for the manipulation of cell fate. To investigate the potential of NSAs for the induction of neuronal differentiation, we developed a novel phenotypic assay based on a human neuron-committed teratocarcinoma cell line (NT2) as a model for neuronal progenitors and constructed a NT2-based reporter cell line that expressed eGFP under the control of a neuron-specific promoter. We tested 38 structurally related NSAs and determined their activity to induce neuronal differentiation by immunocytochemistry of neuronal marker proteins, live cell imaging, fluorometric detection and immunoblot analysis. We identified twelve NSAs, which induced neuronal differentiation to different extents. NSAs with highest activity carried a halogen substituent at their pyrimidine nucleobase and an unmodified or 2'-O-methyl substituted 2-deoxy-β-D-ribofuranosyl residue as glyconic moiety. Cladribine, a purine nucleoside with similar structural features and in use to treat leukemia and multiple sclerosis, induced also differentiation of adult human neural crest-derived stem cells. Our results suggest that NSAs could be useful for the manipulation of neuronal cell fate in cell replacement therapy or treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. The data on the structure and function relationship will help to design compounds with increased activity and low toxicity.
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- Katharina Raasch
- Department of Neurobiology, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 11, 49076, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry of New Materials, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49076, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 11, 49076, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 11, 49076, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 11, 49076, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, University of Bielefeld, Universitätsstrasse 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 11, 49076, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, University of Bielefeld, Universitätsstrasse 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Neurobiology, University of Bielefeld, Universitätsstrasse 25, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Institute of Chemistry of New Materials, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49076, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 11, 49076, Osnabrück, Germany
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ODCase is a highly proficient enzyme responsible for the decarboxylation of orotidine monophosphate to generate uridine monophosphate. ODCase has attracted early attention due to its interesting mechanism of catalysis. In order to exploit therapeutic advantages due to the inhibition of ODCase, one must have selective inhibitors of this enzyme from the pathogen, or a dysregulated molecular mechanism involving ODCase. ODCase inhibitors have potential applications as anticancer agents, antiviral agents, antimalarial agents and potentially act against other parasitic diseases. A variety of C6-substituted uridine monophosphate derivatives have shown excellent inhibition of ODCase. 6-iodouridine is a potent inhibitor of the malaria parasite, and its monophosphate form covalently inhibits ODCase. A variety of inhibitors of ODCase with potential applications as therapeutic agents are discussed in this review.
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Tao J, Liu Q, Wu X, Xu X, Zhang Y, Wang Q, Luo C. Identification of hypermethylation in hepatocyte cell adhesion molecule gene promoter region in bladder carcinoma. Int J Med Sci 2013; 10:1860-7. [PMID: 24324362 PMCID: PMC3856376 DOI: 10.7150/ijms.6460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2013] [Accepted: 06/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Epigenetic regulation such as aberrant hypermethylation of CpG islands in promoter plays a key role in tumorigenesis. 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-aza-CdR) which is a potent inhibitor of DNA methylation can reverse the abnormal hypermethylation of the silenced tumor suppressor genes (TSGs). It has been reported that hepatocyte cell adhesion molecule (hepaCAM) acts as a tumor suppressor gene and expression of its mRNA and protein were down-regulated in bladder cancer. Over-expression of hepaCAM can inhibit cancer growth and arrest renal cancer cells at G0/G1 phase. In this study, we investigated the methylation status of hepaCAM gene, as well as the influence of 5-aza-CdR on expression of hepaCAM gene in bladder cancer cells. METHODS CpG islands in hepaCAM promoter and methprimers were predicted and designed using bioinformatics program. Methylation status of hepaCAM promoter was evaluated in bladder cancer tissues and two cell lines (T24 and BIU-87) by Methylation-specific PCR; Western blot and Immunofluorescence were used to detect expression of hepaCAM protein after 5-aza-CdR treatment; Flow cytometry assay was performed to determine effectiveness of 5-aza-CdR on cell cycle profile. RESULTS CpG island in promoter of hepaCAM gene was hyper-methylated both in bladder carcinoma tissues and cell lines (T24 and BIU-87). Otherwise, aberrant methylation of its promoter was associated with its decreased expression. Hypermethylation of hepaCAM gene was reversed and expression of its mRNA and protein were re-activated in two cell lines by DNA methyltransferases inhibitor 5-aza-CdR. Flow cytometry assay demonstrated that 5-aza-CdR can inhibit growth of cancer cells by arresting cancer cells at G0/G1 phase. CONCLUSION Abnormal hypermethylation in CpG island of hepaCAM promoter is involved in absence of hepaCAM gene expression when bladder cancer occurs. Re-activation of hepaCAM gene by 5-aza-CdR can inhibit growth of cancer cells and arrest cells at G0/G1 phase.
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- Jia Tao
- 1. Department of Laboratory Diagnosis, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016 China
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- 1. Department of Laboratory Diagnosis, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016 China
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- 2. Department of Urinary Surgery, First Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016 China
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- 1. Department of Laboratory Diagnosis, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016 China
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- 1. Department of Laboratory Diagnosis, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016 China
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- 1. Department of Laboratory Diagnosis, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016 China
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- 1. Department of Laboratory Diagnosis, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016 China
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BORTHAKUR GAUTAM, HUANG XUELIN, KANTARJIAN HAGOP, FADERL STEFAN, RAVANDI FARHAD, FERRAJOLI ALESSANDRA, TORMA RITVA, MORRIS GAIL, BERRY DONALD, ISSA JEANPIERRE. Report of a phase 1/2 study of a combination of azacitidine and cytarabine in acute myelogenous leukemia and high-risk myelodysplastic syndromes. Leuk Lymphoma 2010; 51:73-8. [PMID: 20017599 PMCID: PMC2876330 DOI: 10.3109/10428190903318329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Cytarabine resistance characterizes relapsed and refractory acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Restoration of cytarabine sensitivity can potentially improve treatment outcome in this setting. Acquired hypermethylation of gene promoters and associated silencing of gene expression has been implicated in chemo resistance, and drug-induced hypomethylation can improve sensitivity to cytarabine in vitro. We conducted an adaptively randomized study of a combination of azacitidine, a hypomethylating agent, and cytarabine in 34 patients with AML. The combination administered in a concomitant fashion is safe at full doses of azacitidine and cytarabine, without unexpected toxicities. However, in this advanced AML population, it was difficult to deliver more than one cycle of therapy, and minimal anti-leukemia activity was seen in patients with relapsed/refractory disease. Complete remission was achieved in 2 of 6 minimally pre-treated patients. We conclude that the combination of azacitidine and cytarabine is feasible but has limited activity in relapsed/refractory AML.
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- GAUTAM BORTHAKUR
- Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Quantitative Science, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Quantitative Science, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Leukemia, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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A novel oligoamine analog inhibitor of histone demethylases blocks colon tumor cell growth in association with histone methylation and gene re-expression. It also markedly potentiates the activity of hypomethylating agents in vitro and in vivo, suggesting that histone demethylase inhibitors may represent a valuable addition to the armamentarium of epigenetic agents.
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- Steven Grant
- Department of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University/Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0035, USA.
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Parker WB. Enzymology of purine and pyrimidine antimetabolites used in the treatment of cancer. Chem Rev 2009; 109:2880-93. [PMID: 19476376 DOI: 10.1021/cr900028p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 388] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- William B Parker
- Southern Research Institute, 2000 Ninth Avenue, South Birmingham, Alabama 35205, USA.
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Bello AM, Konforte D, Poduch E, Furlonger C, Wei L, Liu Y, Lewis M, Pai EF, Paige CJ, Kotra LP. Structure-activity relationships of orotidine-5'-monophosphate decarboxylase inhibitors as anticancer agents. J Med Chem 2009; 52:1648-58. [PMID: 19260677 DOI: 10.1021/jm801224t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A series of 6-substituted and 5-fluoro-6-substituted uridine derivatives were synthesized and evaluated for their potential as anticancer agents. The designed molecules were synthesized from either fully protected uridine or the corresponding 5-fluorouridine derivatives. The mononucleotide derivatives were used for enzyme inhibition investigations against ODCase. Anticancer activities of all the synthesized derivatives were evaluated using the nucleoside forms of the inhibitors. 5-Fluoro-UMP was a very weak inhibitor of ODCase. 6-Azido-5-fluoro and 5-fluoro-6-iodo derivatives are covalent inhibitors of ODCase, and the active site Lys145 residue covalently binds to the ligand after the elimination of the 6-substitution. Among the synthesized nucleoside derivatives, 6-azido-5-fluoro, 6-amino-5-fluoro, and 6-carbaldehyde-5-fluoro derivatives showed potent anticancer activities in cell-based assays against various leukemia cell lines. On the basis of the overall profile, 6-azido-5-fluoro and 6-amino-5-fluoro uridine derivatives exhibited potential for further investigations.
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- Angelica M Bello
- Center for Molecular Design and Preformulations and Division of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Toronto General Research Institute, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4, Canada
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Epigenetics refers to a stable, mitotically perpetuated regulatory mechanism of gene expression without an alteration of the coding sequence. Epigenetic mechanism include DNA methylation and histone tail modifications. Epigenetic regulation is part of physiologic development and becomes abnormal in neoplasia, where silencing of critical genes by DNA methylation or histone deacetylation can contribute to leukemogenesis as an alternative to deletion or loss-of-function mutation. In acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), aberrant DNA methylation can be observed in multiple functionally relevant genes such as p15, p 73, E-cadherin, ID 4, RARbeta2. Abnormal activities of histone tail-modifying enzymes have also been seen in AML, frequently as a direct result of chromosomal translocations. It is now clear that these epigenetic changes play a significant role in development and progression of AML, and thus constitute important targets of therapy. The aim of targeting epigenetic effector protein or "epigenetic therapy" is to reverse epigenetic silencing and reactive various genes to induce a therapeutic effect such as differentiation, growth arrest, or apoptosis. Recent clinical studies have shown the relative safety and efficacy of such epigenetic therapies.
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- Yasuhiro Oki
- Department of Leukemia, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Oki Y, Aoki E, Issa JPJ. Decitabine--bedside to bench. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2006; 61:140-52. [PMID: 17023173 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2006.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2006] [Revised: 07/17/2006] [Accepted: 07/19/2006] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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PURPOSE OF THE REVIEW Epigenetic changes marked by DNA methylation are known to contribute to the malignant transformation of cells by silencing critical genes. Decitabine inhibits DNA methyltransferase and has shown therapeutic effects in patients with hematologic malignancies. However, the connection between the clinical activity of decitabine and its demethylating activity is not clear. Herein, we summarize the results of recent clinical trials of decitabine in hematologic malignancies, and review the translational research into decitabine's mechanism of clinical activity. RECENT FINDINGS Low-dose decitabine has been studied recently in multiple clinical trials and has been shown to be effective for treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes. Correlative laboratory studies of clinical trials have shown that decitabine induces global hypomethylation as well as hypomethylation of gene-specific promoters and activation of gene expression. Past a given threshold, induction of higher degrees of hypomethylation is not directly associated with a better clinical outcome. Moreover, studies have suggested that patients with promoter hypermethylation of p15(INK4B) at baseline have paradoxically a lower chance of achieving response than those without hypermethylation. Furthermore, several other genes activated by decitabine were independent of hypomethylation in the promoter regions. CONCLUSION While at least part of decitabine's activity is through induction of hypomethylation and reactivation of critical genes, mechanisms independent from hypomethylation are also important for decitabine's antitumor activity.
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- Yasuhiro Oki
- Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Saladino R, Ciambecchini U, Nencioni L, Palamara AT. Recent advances in the chemistry of parainfluenza-1 (Sendai) virus inhibitors. Med Res Rev 2003; 23:427-55. [PMID: 12710019 DOI: 10.1002/med.10036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Purine and pyrimidine derivatives, antioxidants, fusion inhibitors, statins, prostaglandins, antibiotic nucleosides, inhibitors of Ca(2+) homeostasis, carbohydrate derivatives, antisense polynucleotides and chimeras, are described as inhibitors of parainfluenza-1 (Sendai) viral infections.
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- Raffaele Saladino
- Agrobiological and Agrochemical Department, University of Tuscia, via San Camillo de Lellis snc, 00100, Viterbo, Italy.
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Rosenqvist N, Hård Af Segerstad C, Samuelsson C, Johansen J, Lundberg C. Activation of silenced transgene expression in neural precursor cell lines by inhibitors of histone deacetylation. J Gene Med 2002; 4:248-57. [PMID: 12112642 DOI: 10.1002/jgm.268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Ex vivo gene therapy in the central nervous system (CNS) holds great promise for diseases such as the neurodegenerative disorders. However, achieving stable, long-term transgene expression in grafted cells has proven problematic. This study reports the establishment of an in vitro model of transgene down-regulation in cells grafted to the CNS using the immortalized neural progenitor cell lines HiB5 and RN33B. METHODS Neural cell lines were transduced at 33 degrees C with different GFP constructs, both viral and non-viral, containing either viral or non-viral promoters. Cell differentiation in vitro was obtained by culturing the cells at 37 degrees C in serum-free defined media, which halts cell division, and GFP-expression was analysed by FACS. As early as day 3 of culture at 37 degrees C, the transgene expression decreased markedly in most cell lines. To validate the assay, the same clones were grafted to the adult rat striatum and the down-regulation of GFP-expression was evaluated. RESULTS The temporal pattern of down-regulation was found to be similar in vitro and in vivo. Using this assay, it was shown that addition of inhibitors of histone deacetylation, but not an inhibitor of DNA methylation, reversed the silencing of GFP in quiescent neural progenitors by up to 308% of control values. CONCLUSION These results suggest that the same mechanisms controlling gene transcription of the host cell's genome are active in controlling transgene expression and that this should be taken into account when constructing vectors for gene therapy. The assay reported in this study could be used as a screening method to evaluate new vectors.
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- Nina Rosenqvist
- Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, Department of Physiological Sciences, Lund University, Sweden.
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Sierra S, Dávila M, Lowenstein PR, Domingo E. Response of foot-and-mouth disease virus to increased mutagenesis: influence of viral load and fitness in loss of infectivity. J Virol 2000; 74:8316-23. [PMID: 10954530 PMCID: PMC116341 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.18.8316-8323.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Passage of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) in cell culture in the presence of the mutagenic base analog 5-fluorouracil or 5-azacytidine resulted in decreases of infectivity and occasional extinction of the virus. Low viral loads and low viral fitness enhanced the frequency of extinction events; this finding was shown with a number of closely related FMDV clones and populations differing by up to 10(6)-fold in relative fitness in infections involving either single or multiple passages in the absence or presence of the chemical mutagens. The mutagenic treatments resulted in increases of 2- to 6.4-fold in mutation frequency and up to 3-fold in mutant spectrum complexity. The largest increase observed corresponded to the 3D (polymerase)-coding region, which is highly conserved in nonmutagenized FMDV populations. As a result, nucleotide sequence heterogeneity for the 3D-coding region became very similar to that for the variable VP1-coding region in FMDVs multiply passaged in the presence of chemical mutagens. The results suggest that strategies to combine reductions of viral load and viral fitness could be effectively associated with extinction mutagenesis as a potential new antiviral strategy.
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- S Sierra
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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De Abreu R, Lambooy L, Stet E, Vogels-Mentink T, Van den Heuvel L. Thiopurine induced disturbance of DNA methylation in human malignant cells. ADVANCES IN ENZYME REGULATION 1995; 35:251-63. [PMID: 7572347 DOI: 10.1016/0065-2571(94)00008-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The studies described indicate that me-t-IMP formation is an important pathway, contributing to cytotoxicity in Molt F4 cells, which exhibit a highly active de novo purine synthesis. On three levels cytotoxicity is induced during methylation of thiopurines. 1. Purine synthesis de novo is inhibited during formation of me-t-IMP. Inhibition of PDNS results in depletion of purine nucleotides, with subsequently diminishing DNA and RNA synthesis. 2. The increased PRPP levels, induced by me-T-IMP, induce increased pyrimidine biosynthesis and cause an imbalance in purine nucleotides. This imbalance may lead to inhibition of cell growth and after prolonged exposure, to cell death. 3. The observed depletion of SAM and the decrease of the SAM/SAH ratio may be an additional mechanism by which 6MP and me-MPR exert their effects on cell growth and cell viability. Changes in SAM/SAH ratio may directly influence methylation reactions. The significant decrease of DNA methylation by 6MP and me-t-IMP may influence gene regulation and tumor progression. Administration of SAM leads to chemoprevention of rat liver carcinogenesis, indicating a role of DNA methylation in tumor progression. Besides the effects on methylation of DNA, a decrease of SAM/SAH ratio may also affect other processes, such as methylation of RNA, proteins and phospholipids, thereby disturbing their functionality. In conclusion, decrease of the SAM/SAH ratio resulting from treatment with 6MP and me-MPR may exert many effects in these cells. This may open a new field of research, possibly contributing to a deeper understanding of the complex mechanisms by which 6MP provokes cytotoxicity.
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- R De Abreu
- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Kontani Y, Kaneko M, Kikugawa M, Fujimoto S, Tamaki N. Identity of D-3-aminoisobutyrate-pyruvate aminotransferase with alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase 2. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1993; 1156:161-6. [PMID: 8427875 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(93)90131-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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D-3-Aminoisobutyrate-pyruvate aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.40) and alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase 2 (EC 2.6.1.44) were co-purified from rat liver as a single protein. The ratio of the two activities remained constant after Sephacryl S-200 chromatography and chromatofocussing. The Km value for beta-alanine as a substrate with 1 mM glyloxylate as amino group acceptor was 1.4 mM. The activity was inhibited by (S)-alanine with Ki = 2.2 mM. The Km for (S)-alanine as substrate with 1 mM glyoxylate as amino group was 6 mM. This activity was inhibited competitively by beta-alanine with Ki = 0.7 mM. (R)-3-aminoisobutyric acid, 5-aminolevulinic acid, NG,NG'-dimethyl-(S)-arginine, and (S)-2-aminobutyric acid were active competitively with respect to beta-alanine with Km of 0.12 mM, 2.1 mM, 6.4 mM and 11.3 mM, respectively. Antiserum to rat liver D-3-aminoisobutyrate-pyruvate aminotransferase inhibited alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase activity in rat liver in the same way as that of D-3-aminoisobutyrate-pyruvate aminotransferase. Alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase activity and D-3-aminoisobutyrate-pyruvate aminotransferase activities were inactivated competitively with respect to beta-alanine by 5-fluorouracil and 6-azauracil, which are chemotherapeutic reagents used to cancer. These experiments indicate that D-3-aminoisobutyrate-pyruvate aminotransferase is identical with alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase 2, aminolevulinate aminotransferase, 2-aminobutyrate aminotransferase and dimetylarginine-pyruvate aminotransferase.
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- Y Kontani
- Faculty of Nutrition, Kobe-Gakuin University, Japan
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Pascale RM, Simile MM, Seddaiu MA, Daino L, Vinci MA, Pinna G, Bennati S, Gaspa L, Feo F. Chemoprevention of rat liver carcinogenesis by S-adenosyl-L-methionine: is DNA methylation involved? BASIC LIFE SCIENCES 1993; 61:219-37. [PMID: 8304933 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2984-2_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- R M Pascale
- Istituto di Patologia Generale dell'Università di Sassari, Italy
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Pascale R, Simile MM, Ruggiu ME, Seddaiu MA, Satta G, Sequenza MJ, Daino L, Vannini MG, Lai P, Feo F. Reversal by 5-azacytidine of the S-adenosyl-L-methionine-induced inhibition of the development of putative preneoplastic foci in rat liver carcinogenesis. Cancer Lett 1991; 56:259-65. [PMID: 1708694 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(91)90011-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The development of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT)-positive foci, in Wistar rats, initiated with diethylnitrosamine and subjected to selection according to 'resistant hepatocyte' protocol, was coupled, 7 weeks after initiation, with liver DNA hypomethylation and with a fall in S-adenosylmethionine/S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAM/SAH) ratio, and in 5-methylthio-adenosine (MTA) content. A 15-day treatment with SAM, started 1 week after selection, caused a dose-dependent decrease in the development of GGT-positive foci, recovery of liver SAM/SAH ratio and MTA level, and liver DNA methylation. A 12-day treatment with 20 mumol/kg per day of 5-azacytidine (AzaC), starting 1 week after selection, enhanced growth of GGT-positive foci, caused strong DNA hypomethylation, and partially counteracted the inhibition of GGT-positive foci growth, without affecting recovery of SAM/SAH ratio and MTA level, induced by SAM. These results suggest a role of DNA methylation in the antipromoting effect of SAM.
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- R Pascale
- Institute of General Pathology, University of Sassari, Italy
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Hoshino J, Nothacker HP, Schalge S, Kröger H. Suppression of nuclear ADP-ribosyltransferase activity in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells by 5-azacytidine. Modification of DNA as a cause of suppression. FEBS Lett 1990; 262:61-3. [PMID: 1690670 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(90)80154-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Exposure of Ehrlich ascites tumor cells to 5-azacytidine for 5 h resulted in a partial loss of ability of DNA to stimulate ADP-ribosyltransferase activity, as assessed in a reconstituted in vitro enzyme system consisting of purified calf thymus enzyme, calf thymus whole histone and DNA isolated from the cells. The degree of suppression in vitro varied depending on the amount of histone and DNA added and it reached a maximum with a value of 83% and 62% of control for DNAs from cells exposed to 10 microM and 30 microM 5-azacytidine, respectively, at a histone/DNA mass ratio of 0.4. In the absence of histone (conditions of auto-ADP-ribosylation of the enzyme), no suppression was detectable.
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Hoshino J, Frahm J, Kröger H. Suppression of nuclear ADP-ribosyltransferase activity in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells by 5-azacytidine and its analogs. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1987; 142:468-74. [PMID: 2434095 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(87)90298-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The exposure of freshly isolated, activity growing Ehrlich ascites tumor cells to the antileukemic agent 5-azacytidine and its analogs, 5-azacytosine (but not 6-azacytosine), 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine and, in particular, 5-fluorocytidine in the serum-free medium caused a time- and dose-dependent suppression of the nuclear ADP-ribosyltransferase activity. The azacytidine suppression was apparently dependent on the cellular activity of DNA synthesis but not related to the nuclear activity of DNA methylation, indicating the 5-azacytidine incorporation into DNA, but not drug-induced hypomethylation of DNA, being responsible for the 5-azacytidine-suppression of chromatin-bound ADP-ribosyltransferase.
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