Benzamide potentiation of the cytotoxicity of bifunctional galactitol [correction of galacticol] in resistant P388 leukemia correlates with inhibition of DNA ligase II.
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National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary.Issue Date
1992
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Benzamide (BA) enhances the cytotoxicity of 1,2:5,6-dianhydrogalactitol (DAG) in resistant P388 leukemia cell lines but not in the sensitive parent line. To examine the reason for this difference in response, we carried out an alkaline elution assay using proteinase K to study DNA interstrand cross-linking. At early time points, equal concentrations of DAG produced the same level of interstrand cross-linking (ICL) in the resistant and sensitive P388 leukemic cells, although marked differences were observed in their cytotoxicity toward the two cell lines. In the sensitive cells, neither the amount of DNA cross-linking nor the cytotoxicity changed during the observation period (38 h) in either the presence or the absence of BA. In contrast, the elution rate of the DNA of DAG-treated resistant cells increased with time and had reached the control levels by 38 h. However, when these cells were postincubated with BA for 38 h, the elution rate of DNA was much faster than that observed for the untreated resistant cells, indicating an accumulation of DNA single-strand breaks (SSB). The SSB accumulation caused by BA was associated with an inhibition of the activity of ligase II enzyme, which was stimulated when resistant cells were treated with DAG alone. The potentiating effect of BA on the resistant cells can thus be related to the inhibiting action of BA on the DNA-rejoining enzyme, ligase II. The lack of sensitization by BA of the DAG-treated parent cell line may be attributable to the absence of DNA-SSB formation, which is necessary for ligase II activation through the stimulation of poly(ADP-ribose) synthesis.Citation
Benzamide potentiation of the cytotoxicity of bifunctional galactitol [correction of galacticol] in resistant P388 leukemia correlates with inhibition of DNA ligase II. 1992, 30 (4):325-9 Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol.Journal
Cancer Chemotherapy and PharmacologyDOI
10.1007/BF00686304PubMed ID
1643702Type
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0344-5704ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/BF00686304
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