Van Helden P D
Nucleic Acids Res. 1983 Dec 10;11(23):8415-20. doi: 10.1093/nar/11.23.8415.
The ability of adriamycin to inhibit Z-DNA formation induced by a high-salt environment was investigated. ADM inhibited this conversion, such that in poly (dG-dC) total inhibition was observed at 1 ADM: 9 base pairs and in eukaryotic DNA (calf thymus) at 1 ADM: 11,5 base pairs. Even at low ADM concentration, 1 ADM: 160 base pairs, some inhibition was observed. At similar ADM:DNA concentrations, an inhibition in DNA synthesis in cells in culture was observed, which showed some parallel with the inhibition of Z-DNA formation. A model is proposed where Z-DNA formation precedes DNA synthesis and where inhibition of the former could explain the antineoplastic nature of adriamycin.
研究了阿霉素抑制高盐环境诱导的Z-DNA形成的能力。阿霉素抑制这种转变,使得在聚(dG-dC)中,在1个阿霉素:9个碱基对时观察到完全抑制,在真核DNA(小牛胸腺)中,在1个阿霉素:11.5个碱基对时观察到完全抑制。即使在低阿霉素浓度(1个阿霉素:160个碱基对)下,也观察到了一些抑制作用。在相似的阿霉素:DNA浓度下,观察到培养细胞中DNA合成受到抑制,这与Z-DNA形成的抑制表现出一定的平行关系。提出了一个模型,其中Z-DNA形成先于DNA合成,并且前者的抑制可以解释阿霉素的抗肿瘤性质。