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Lin X, Liang C, Zou L, Yin Y, Wang J, Chen D, Lan W. Advance of structural modification of nucleosides scaffold. Eur J Med Chem 2021; 214:113233. [PMID: 33550179 PMCID: PMC7995807 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Revised: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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With Remdesivir being approved by FDA as a drug for the treatment of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), nucleoside drugs have once again received widespread attention in the medical community. Herein, we summarized modification of traditional nucleoside framework (sugar + base), traizole nucleosides, nucleoside analogues assembled by other drugs, macromolecule-modified nucleosides, and their bioactivity rules. 2′-“Ara”-substituted by –F or –CN group, and 3′-“ara” substituted by acetylenyl group can greatly influence their anti-tumor activities. Dideoxy dehydrogenation of 2′,3′-sites can enhance antiviral efficiencies. Acyclic nucleosides and L-type nucleosides mainly represented antiviral capabilities. 5-F Substituted uracil analogues exihibit anti-tumor effects, and the substrates substituted by –I, –CF3, bromovinyl group usually show antiviral activities. The sugar coupled with 1-N of triazolid usually displays anti-tumor efficiencies, while the sugar coupled with 2-N of triazolid mainly represents antiviral activities. The nucleoside analogues assembled by cholesterol, polyethylene glycol, fatty acid and phospholipid would improve their bioavailabilities and bioactivities, or reduce their toxicities.
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- Xia Lin
- Medical College, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China; Guangxi Medical College, Nanning, 530023, China
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- Guangxi Medical College, Nanning, 530023, China
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- Guangxi Medical College, Nanning, 530023, China
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- Medical College, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China.
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- Guangxi Medical College, Nanning, 530023, China
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- College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China
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Bege M, Kiss A, Kicsák M, Bereczki I, Baksa V, Király G, Szemán-Nagy G, Szigeti MZ, Herczegh P, Borbás A. Synthesis and Cytostatic Effect of 3'-deoxy-3'- C-Sulfanylmethyl Nucleoside Derivatives with d- xylo Configuration. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24112173. [PMID: 31185601 PMCID: PMC6600393 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24112173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Revised: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 06/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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A small library of 3’-deoxy-C3’-substituted xylofuranosyl-pyrimidine nucleoside analogues were prepared by photoinduced thiol-ene addition of various thiols, including normal and branched alkyl-, 2-hydroxyethyl, benzyl-, and sugar thiols, to 3’-exomethylene derivatives of 2’,5’-di-O-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-protected ribothymidine and uridine. The bioactivity of these derivatives was studied on tumorous SCC (mouse squamous carcinoma cell) and immortalized control HaCaT (human keratinocyte) cell lines. Several alkyl-substituted analogues elicited promising cytostatic activity in low micromolar concentrations with a slight selectivity toward tumor cells. Near-infrared live-cell imaging revealed SCC tumor cell-specific mitotic blockade via genotoxicity of analogue 10, bearing an n-butyl side chain. This analogue essentially affects the chromatin structure of SCC tumor cells, inducing a condensed nuclear material and micronuclei as also supported by fluorescent microscopy. The results highlight that thiol-ene chemistry represents an efficient strategy to discover novel nucleoside analogues with non-natural sugar structures as anticancer agents.
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- Miklós Bege
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Egyetem Tér 1, Hungary.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Egyetem Tér 1, Hungary.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Egyetem Tér 1, Hungary.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Egyetem Tér 1, Hungary.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Egyetem Tér 1, Hungary.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Egyetem Tér 1, Hungary.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Egyetem Tér 1, Hungary.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Egyetem Tér 1, Hungary.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Egyetem Tér 1, Hungary.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, 4032 Debrecen, Egyetem Tér 1, Hungary.
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Shelton J, Lu X, Hollenbaugh JA, Cho JH, Amblard F, Schinazi RF. Metabolism, Biochemical Actions, and Chemical Synthesis of Anticancer Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Base Analogs. Chem Rev 2016; 116:14379-14455. [PMID: 27960273 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 227] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Nucleoside, nucleotide, and base analogs have been in the clinic for decades to treat both viral pathogens and neoplasms. More than 20% of patients on anticancer chemotherapy have been treated with one or more of these analogs. This review focuses on the chemical synthesis and biology of anticancer nucleoside, nucleotide, and base analogs that are FDA-approved and in clinical development since 2000. We highlight the cellular biology and clinical biology of analogs, drug resistance mechanisms, and compound specificity towards different cancer types. Furthermore, we explore analog syntheses as well as improved and scale-up syntheses. We conclude with a discussion on what might lie ahead for medicinal chemists, biologists, and physicians as they try to improve analog efficacy through prodrug strategies and drug combinations.
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- Jadd Shelton
- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine , 1760 Haygood Drive, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine , 1760 Haygood Drive, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine , 1760 Haygood Drive, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine , 1760 Haygood Drive, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine , 1760 Haygood Drive, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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- Center for AIDS Research, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine , 1760 Haygood Drive, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, United States
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Troxacitabine (Troxatyl; BCH-4556; (-)-2'-deoxy-3'-oxacytadine) is the first synthetic l-nucleoside enantiomer to demonstrate broad spectrum cytotoxic activity. It was obtained by exchanging the sulphur endocyclic atom with oxygen in the structure of lamivudine, following the discovery that this agent had cytotoxic, as well as anti-viral activity. The unique "unnatural" stereochemistry of troxacitabine has produced impressive cytotoxic potency against a wide range of malignancies in the laboratory which led to its selection for clinical development. The initial trials with troxacitabine have established its efficacy in both solid and haematological malignancies, including those resistant to ara-C (cytarabine). This review will consider troxacitabine in terms of its pharmacology, mode of action, pharmacokinetics, tolerability and clinical efficacy.
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- R Swords
- Department of Haematology, University College Hospital Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of 3′-C-ethynylcytidine (TAS-106), an inhibitor of RNA polymerase I, II and III,in patients with advanced solid malignancies. Invest New Drugs 2010; 30:316-26. [DOI: 10.1007/s10637-010-9535-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2010] [Accepted: 08/29/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Masaki N, Koyama T, Yoshimura I, Hamada C. Optimal two-stage designs allowing flexibility in number of subjects for phase II clinical trials. J Biopharm Stat 2010; 19:721-31. [PMID: 20183436 DOI: 10.1080/10543400902964167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Phase II clinical trials are conducted to test whether a drug has a minimum desired effect and to assess whether further development of the drug is warranted. They are often designed as one-arm trials with response rate as the primary endpoint, and a two-stage design is often used to ensure early termination of the trial for futility. To control the type I error rate and guarantee the specified power of the study, planned sample sizes for both stages must be rigidly followed, but a literature review suggests that actual sample size often differs from that planned. We propose to extend simple two-stage designs to allow more flexible sampling plans in both stages. Our designs are preferable to similar extensions proposed to control type I and II error probabilities. Additionally, our assumptions regarding distribution of the actual sample size at the end of stage 1 are more lenient. A list of optimal designs for typical error rates and the selected null and alternative response rates is presented.
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- Nobuyuki Masaki
- Department of Biostatistics, Bristol-Myers K.K, Tokyo, Japan.
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Liou JY, Lai HR, Hsu CH, Chang WL, Hsieh MJ, Huang YC, Cheng YC. Modulation of human UMP/CMP kinase affects activation and cellular sensitivity of deoxycytidine analogs. Biochem Pharmacol 2009; 79:381-8. [PMID: 19765547 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2009.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2009] [Revised: 09/10/2009] [Accepted: 09/10/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Deoxycytidine analogs are an important class of clinically active antiviral and anticancer agents. The stepwise phosphorylation of these analogs to triphosphate metabolites is crucial for biological action. Human UMP/CMP kinase (UMP/CMPK; cytidylate kinase; EC 2.7.4.14) is thought to be responsible for phosphorylation of UMP, CMP, and dCMP and may also play an important role in the activation of pyrimidine analogs. However, no evidence has verified this notion in intact cells. In this study we explored the functional roles of UMP/CMPK in natural pyrimidine synthesis and metabolism of deoxycytidine analogs, as well as 5-FU in HeLa S3 and HCT8 cells. The amounts of UMP/CMPK protein in different cell lines correlated with UMP, CMP, and dCMP kinase activities and amounts of UMP/CMPK RNA. Modulation of UMP/CMPK by overexpression or down-regulation had no impact on natural pyrimidine nucleotides and cell growth. However, down-regulating UMP/CMPK expression by siRNA led to a decrease in the formation of the triphosphate metabolites, resulting in cellular resistance to these analogs. More diphosphate and triphosphate metabolites of deoxycytidine analogs were detected and cellular sensitivity to these agents was increased in the UMP/CMPK-overexpressing cells. This study indicates that the second step enzyme (UMP/CMPK) is responsible for the phosphorylation of pyrimidine analogs and also has an impact on cellular sensitivity to these analogs in those cell lines.
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- Jieh-Yuan Liou
- National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Miaoli County, Taiwan, ROC.
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Lam W, Bussom S, Cheng YC. Effect of hypoxia on the expression of phosphoglycerate kinase and antitumor activity of troxacitabine and gemcitabine in non-small cell lung carcinoma. Mol Cancer Ther 2009; 8:415-23. [PMID: 19208827 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-08-0692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Beta-L-dioxolane-cytidine (L-OddC; BCH-4556; troxacitabine), a novel L-configuration deoxycytidine analogue, was under clinical trials for treating cancer. The cytotoxicity of L-OddC is dependent on its phosphorylation to L-OddCTP by phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) and its subsequent addition into nuclear DNA. Because PGK is induced with hypoxia, the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha and PGK of H460 cells (human non-small cell lung carcinoma) in vitro and in vivo was studied. In culture, hypoxic treatment induced the protein expression of PGK by 3-fold but had no effect on the protein expression of other L-OddC metabolism-associated enzymes such as apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease-1, deoxycytidine kinase, CMP kinase, and nM23 H1. Using a clonogenic assay, hypoxic treatment of H460 cells rendered cells 4-fold more susceptible to L-OddC but not to gemcitabine (dFdC) following exposure to drugs for one generation. Using hypoxia response element-luciferase reporter system, Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry, it was found that hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha and PGK expression increased and could be correlated to tumor size. Despite dFdC being more toxic than L-OddC in cell culture, L-OddC (300 mg/kg i.p.) had a stronger antitumor activity than dFdC in H460 xenograft-bearing nude mice. Furthermore, L-OddC retained approximately 50% of its antitumor activity with oral gavage compared with i.p. delivery. Oral administration of L-OddC (600 mg/kg p.o.) had a similar area under the curve value compared with i.p. injection of dFdC (300 mg/kg i.p.). In conclusion, the hypoxia, which commonly exists in non-small cell lung carcinoma or other solid tumors resistant to radiotherapy or chemotherapy, is a favorable determinant to enhance the antitumor activity of L-OddC in vivo.
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- Wing Lam
- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510, USA
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Jimeno A, Messersmith WA, Lee CK, Ma WW, Laheru D, Donehower RC, Baker SD, Hidalgo M. Phase I study of troxacitabine administered by continuous infusion in subjects with advanced solid malignancies. Ann Oncol 2008; 19:374-9. [PMID: 18245131 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdm572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Troxacitabine is a novel L-nucleoside analogue. Preclinical studies showed improved activity with infusions of at least 3 days compared with bolus regimens, especially at concentrations >20 ng/ml. This phase I study tested the feasibility of achieving a troxacitabine steady-state concentration of 20 ng/ml for at least 72 h in patients with solid tumors. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients with solid tumors received troxacitabine as a progressively longer infusion on days 1-4 of a 28-day cycle. The initial length of infusion and infusion rate were 48 h and 3 mg/m(2)/day. RESULTS Twenty-one patients were treated at infusion lengths that increased from 48 to 72 h and then 96 h. The infusion rate was decreased from 3 to 1.88 mg/m(2)/day due to toxicity. Dose-limiting toxicities consisted of grade 4 neutropenia (three) and grade 3 constipation (one). The maximum tolerated dose of continuous infusion troxacitabine in patients with solid tumors is 7.5 mg/m(2) administered over 96 h. This dose level resulted in steady-state drug concentration of at least 20 ng/ml for 72 h. CONCLUSIONS Administration of troxacitabine by continuous infusion achieved the prospectively defined target plasma concentration. Pharmacokinetics (PK) modeling coupled with real-time PK assessment was an efficient approach to conduct hypothesis-driven phase I trials.
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- A Jimeno
- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Renal Cell Cancer. Oncology 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/0-387-31056-8_46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Zhang J, Visser F, King KM, Baldwin SA, Young JD, Cass CE. The role of nucleoside transporters in cancer chemotherapy with nucleoside drugs. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2007; 26:85-110. [PMID: 17345146 DOI: 10.1007/s10555-007-9044-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 178] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Nucleoside analogs are important components of treatment regimens for various malignancies. Nucleoside-specific membrane transporters mediate plasma membrane permeation of physiologic nucleosides and most nucleoside analogs, for which the initial event is cellular conversion of nucleosides to active agents. Understanding of the roles of nucleoside transporters in nucleoside drug toxicity and resistance will provide opportunities for potentiating anticancer efficacy and avoiding resistance. Because transportability is a possible determinant of toxicity and resistance of many nucleoside analogs, nucleoside transporter abundance might be a prognostic marker to assess drug resistance. Elucidation of the structural determinants of nucleoside analogs for interaction with transporter proteins as well as the structural features of transporter proteins required for permeant interaction and translocation will lead to "transportability guidelines" for the rational design and therapeutic application of nucleoside analogs as anticancer drugs. It should eventually be possible to develop clinical assays that predict sensitivity and/or resistance to nucleoside anti-cancer drugs and thus to identify those patient populations that will most likely benefit from optimal nucleoside analog treatments. This review discusses recent results from structure/function studies of human nucleoside transporters, the role of nucleoside transport processes in the cytotoxicity and resistance of several anticancer nucleoside analogs and strategies to improve the nucleoside transporter-related anticancer effects of nucleoside analogs.
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- Jing Zhang
- Membrane Protein Research Group, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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Sigmond J, Peters GJ. Pyrimidine and purine analogues, effects on cell cycle regulation and the role of cell cycle inhibitors to enhance their cytotoxicity. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2006; 24:1997-2022. [PMID: 16438061 DOI: 10.1080/15257770500269556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In anti-cancer treatment, deoxynucleoside analogues are widely used in combination chemotherapy. Improvement can be achieved by rational design of novel combinations with cell cycle inhibitors. These compounds inhibit protein kinases, preventing the cell cycle from continuing when affected by deoxynucleoside analogs. The efficacy is dependent on the site of cell cycle inhibition, whether multiple cyclin-dependent kinases are inhibited and whether the inhibitors should be given before or after the deoxynucleoside analogs. The action of cell cycle inhibition in vivo may be limited by unfavorable pharmacokinetics. Preclinical and clinical studies will be discussed, aiming to design improved future strategies.
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- Jennifer Sigmond
- Department of Medical Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Hernandez-Santiago BI, Chen H, Asif G, Beltran T, Mao S, Hurwitz SJ, Grier J, McClure HM, Chu CK, Liotta DC, Schinazi RF. Pharmacology and pharmacokinetics of the antiviral agent beta-D-2',3'-dideoxy-3'-oxa-5-fluorocytidine in cells and rhesus monkeys. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2005; 49:2589-97. [PMID: 15980324 PMCID: PMC1168701 DOI: 10.1128/aac.49.7.2589-2597.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Beta-D-2',3'-dideoxy-3'-oxa-5-fluorocytidine (D-FDOC) is an effective inhibitor of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) and HIV-2, simian immunodeficiency virus, and hepatitis B virus (HBV) in vitro. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the intracellular metabolism of d-FDOC in human hepatoma (HepG2), human T-cell lymphoma (CEM), and primary human peripheral blood mononuclear (PBM) cells by using tritiated compound. By 24 h, the levels of D-FDOC-triphosphate (D-FDOC-TP) were 2.8 +/- 0.4, 6.7 +/- 2.3, and 2.0 +/- 0.1 pmol/10(6) cells in HepG2, CEM, and primary human PBM cells, respectively. Intracellular D-FDOC-TP concentrations remained greater than the 50% inhibitory concentration for HIV-1 reverse transcriptase for up to 24 h after removal of the drug from cell cultures. In addition to d-FDOC-monophosphate (D-FDOC-MP), -diphosphate (D-FDOC-DP), and -TP, D-FDOC-DP-ethanolamine and d-FDOC-DP-choline were detected in all cell extracts as major intracellular metabolites. D-FDOC was not a substrate for Escherichia coli thymidine phosphorylase. No toxicity was observed in mice given D-FDOC intraperitoneally for 6 days up to a dose of 100 mg/kg per day. Pharmacokinetic studies in rhesus monkeys indicated that D-FDOC has a t(1/2) of 2.1 h in plasma and an oral bioavailability of 38%. The nucleoside was excreted unchanged primary in the urine, and no metabolites were detected in plasma or urine. These results suggest that further safety and pharmacological studies are warranted to assess the potential of this nucleoside for the treatment of HIV- and HBV-infected individuals.
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- Brenda I Hernandez-Santiago
- Department of Pediatrics, Emory School of Medicine/Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Medical Research 151H, 1670 Clairmont Rd., Decatur, Georgia 30033, SUA
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Lilleby W, Fosså SD. Chemotherapy in metastatic renal cell cancer. World J Urol 2005; 23:175-9. [PMID: 15726382 DOI: 10.1007/s00345-004-0469-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2004] [Accepted: 11/15/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Currently, there is no standard treatment for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who do not respond to or progress after transient remission to first-line immunotherapy. At the end of the 1990s, no single chemotherapeutic drug, alone or in combination with interleukin-2 (IL-2) or interferon-alfa (IFN), had shown activity beyond the one expected by immunotherapy alone. New drugs on the market such as the pyrimidine analog gemcitabine or taxane-based chemotherapeutics may show promising tumor activity in combination with targeted therapy, but this has to be substantiated in upcoming trials. There is a great need to develop effective systemic therapy for advanced MRCC and to evaluate the efficacy of new drugs in clinical trials.
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- Wolfgang Lilleby
- Department of Medical Oncology and Radiotherapy, The Norwegian Radium University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
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Lapointe R, Létourneau R, Steward W, Hawkins RE, Batist G, Vincent M, Whittom R, Eatock M, Jolivet J, Moore M. Phase II study of troxacitabine in chemotherapy-naïve patients with advanced cancer of the pancreas. Ann Oncol 2005; 16:289-93. [PMID: 15668286 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdi061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Troxacitabine (Troxatyl) is a novel L-enantiomer nucleoside analog with activity in pancreatic cancer xenograft models. PATIENTS AND METHODS Troxacitabine 1.5 mg/m(2) was administered by 30-min infusions daily x5 every 4 weeks to 54 patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. Patients were evaluated for objective tumor response, time to tumor progression (TTP), changes in tumor marker CA 19-9, survival, safety, pain, analgesic consumption, Karnofsky performance status and weight change. RESULTS Median TTP was 3.5 months (95% CI 2.0-3.8), median survival 5.6 months (95% CI 4.9-7.4), and the 1 year survival rate 19%. Best responses were stable disease in 24 patients with eight patients having stable disease for at least 6 months (15%). A 50% or greater decrease in CA 19-9 was seen in seven of 44 assessed patients (16%). Grade 3 and 4 neutropenia were observed in 37% and 30% of patients with one episode of febrile neutropenia. The most common drug-related non-hematological toxic effects reported were cutaneous, with 22% and 6% of patients reporting grade 2 and 3 skin rash, respectively and 4% grade 2 hand-foot syndrome. CONCLUSION Troxacitabine administered by a bolus daily x5 monthly regimen has modest activity in advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
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- R Lapointe
- Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, St-Luc Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Gourdeau H, Leblond L, Hamelin B, Dong K, Ouellet F, Boudreau C, Custeau D, Richard A, Gilbert MJ, Jolivet J. Species Differences in Troxacitabine Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics. Clin Cancer Res 2004; 10:7692-702. [PMID: 15570003 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-04-0657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Troxacitabine is the first unnatural L-nucleoside analog to show potent preclinical antitumor activity and is currently under clinical investigation. Significant differences in troxacitabine toxicity between mice, rats, monkeys, and humans were observed during preclinical and clinical evaluations. To better understand the different toxicity and efficacy results observed between the human xenograft mouse tumor models used for preclinical assessment and the clinical study results, the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of troxacitabine were reassessed in murine and human models. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Clonal and thymidine incorporation assays were used to investigate the in vitro antiproliferative activity of troxacitabine on a selected panel of mouse and human tumor cell lines and normal hemapoietic cells. Analysis of the intracellular metabolites of [14C]troxacitabine was determined in mouse and human T-lymphocytes obtained from peripheral blood. The antitumor efficacy of troxacitabine administered either as single or repeated high-dose bolus administrations or as low-dose continuous infusions was evaluated in the human colon HT-29 xenograft model. We also determined plasma concentrations of troxacitabine using the different administration schedules. RESULTS Five to nine hundred-fold lower concentrations of troxacitabine were required to inhibit cell growth in human compared with murine tumor and normal hemapoietic cell lines. Furthermore, the sensitivity of cells of both species to troxacitabine was strongly time dependent, requiring >24 hours exposure for maximum activity. Analysis of the intracellular metabolites of [14C]troxacitabine in T-lymphocytes obtained from peripheral blood revealed subsequently higher levels of mono-, di-, and triphosphates in human compared with mouse. Antitumor efficacy studies revealed that prolonged exposure schedules (up to 6 days) showed equivalent efficacy to repeated high-dose bolus administrations. Five-day continuous infusion of 20 mg/mL troxacitabine via subcutaneous implanted mini-osmotic pump maintained systemic concentrations of 262 ng/mL (1.2 micromol/L) for the duration of administration, which are clinically achievable plasma concentrations, and led to significant antitumor activity [treated versus control (T/C) of 27% and tumor regression during treatment]. CONCLUSIONS These studies support the hypothesis that troxacitabine infusions might be the administration regimen with the greatest likelihood of fully exploiting clinically the potent preclinical antitumor activity of troxacitabine.
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Hsu CH, Liou JY, Dutschman GE, Cheng YC. Phosphorylation of Cytidine, Deoxycytidine, and Their Analog Monophosphates by Human UMP/CMP Kinase Is Differentially Regulated by ATP and Magnesium. Mol Pharmacol 2004; 67:806-14. [PMID: 15550676 DOI: 10.1124/mol.104.006098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Human UMP/CMP kinase (cytidylate kinase; EC 2.7.4.14) is responsible for phosphorylation of CMP, UMP, and deoxycytidine monophosphate (dCMP) and also plays an important role in the activation of pyrimidine analogs, some of which are clinically useful anticancer or antiviral drugs. Previous kinetic data using recombinant or highly purified human UMP/CMP kinase showed that dCMP, as well as pyrimidine analog monophosphates, were much poorer substrates than CMP or UMP for this enzyme. This implies that other unidentified mechanisms must be involved to make phosphorylation of dCMP or pyrimidine analog monophosphates inside cells by this enzyme possible. Here, we reevaluated the optimal reaction conditions for human recombinant human UMP/CMP kinase to phosphorylate dCMP and CMP (referred as dCMPK and CMPK activities). We found that ATP and magnesium were important regulators of the kinase activities of this enzyme. Free magnesium enhanced dCMPK activity but inhibited CMPK activity. Free ATP or excess ATP/magnesium, on the other hand, inhibited dCMPK but not CMPK reactions. The differential regulation of dCMPK versus CMPK activities by ATP or magnesium was also seen in other 2'-deoxypyrimidine analog monophosphates (deoxyuridine monophosphate, 5-fluorodeoxyuridine monophosphate, 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine monophosphate, and gemcitabine monophosphate) versus their ribose-counterparts (UMP and 5-fluorouridine monophosphate), in a similar manner. The data suggest that the active sites of human UMP/CMP kinase for dCMP and for CMP cannot be identical. Furthermore, enzyme inhibition studies demonstrated that CMP could inhibit dCMP phosphorylation in a noncompetitive manner, with Ki values much higher than its own Km values. We thus propose novel models for the phosphorylation action of human UMP/CMP kinase.
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- Chih-Hung Hsu
- Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St., SHM B226, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Kim TE, Park SY, Hsu CH, Dutschman GE, Cheng YC. Synergistic antitumor activity of troxacitabine and camptothecin in selected human cancer cell lines. Mol Pharmacol 2004; 66:285-92. [PMID: 15266019 DOI: 10.1124/mol.66.2.285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Troxacitabine (L-OddC) is an L-configuration deoxycytidine analog currently in phase II trials for the treatment of cancer. The cytotoxicity of L-OddC in combination with other anticancer agents has not been studied systematically. In the present study, we assessed the cytotoxic effects produced by the combinations of L-OddC and several commonly used chemotherapy drugs in a panel of cultured human cancer cell lines. Growth inhibition resulting from simultaneous exposure to two-drug combinations was determined using the methylene blue staining method. Camptothecin (CPT) and analogs exhibited additives to synergistic interactions with L-OddC by isobologram analysis. These effects were cell type-specific, with the most pronounced synergism being observed in KB oropharyngeal carcinoma and CPT-resistant KB100 cell lines. In KB cells, the total cellular uptake and DNA incorporation of L-OddC were increased by the addition of CPT. One explanation that emerged from enzyme assays of deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) and deoxycytidine monophosphate kinase (dCMPK), key enzymes involved in L-OddC phosphorylation, was that CPT protected against L-OddC-induced reduction in dCK and dCMPK activity. The resulting increase in l-OddC metabolites and incorporation into DNA was associated with enhanced L-OddC cytotoxicity. These findings will be useful in designing future clinical trials of combination chemotherapy with l-OddC and CPT analogs with the potential for a broad use against both hematological and solid tumors.
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- Tracy E Kim
- Yale Cancer Center, Medical Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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Merimsky O, Gez E, Weitzen R, Nehushtan H, Rubinov R, Hayat H, Peretz T, Ben-Shahar M, Biran H, Katsenelson R, Mermershtein V, Loven D, Karminsky N, Neumann A, Matcejevsky D, Inbar M. Targeting pulmonary metastases of renal cell carcinoma by inhalation of interleukin-2. Ann Oncol 2004; 15:610-2. [PMID: 15033668 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdh137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Pulmonary metastases of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are associated with poor prognosis. Inhalation therapy with interleukin-2 (IL-2) is thus an appealing method for palliation. This multicenter study summarizes the national experience of IL-2 inhalation in patients with lung metastases of RCC. PATIENTS AND METHODS Forty patients (median, 66.5 years of age) with radiologically documented progressing pulmonary metastases were enrolled. All patients had to be able to comply with inhalation technique, and were not candidates for other treatment options. Twenty-eight patients were systemic treatment-naïve. The protocol included three daily inhalations of IL-2 to a total dose of 18 MU. Treatment had to be continued until one of the following occurred: progression; a complete response; a life threatening toxicity; or patient refusal. Response was assessed using the Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) system. RESULTS The disease-control rate reached 57.5%, with a partial response rate of 2.5% and a disease stabilization rate of 55%. Median time to progression was 8.7 months. The main side-effects were cough and weakness. CONCLUSIONS Inhalation of IL-2 for the treatment of pulmonary metastases in RCC is feasible, tolerable and beneficial in controlling progressive disease for considerable periods of time. The definition of response of biological therapy may need to be re-assessed and modified: stable disease should be regarded as a favorable response.
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- O Merimsky
- Unit of Bone and Soft Tissue Oncology, Division of Oncology, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
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Damaraju VL, Damaraju S, Young JD, Baldwin SA, Mackey J, Sawyer MB, Cass CE. Nucleoside anticancer drugs: the role of nucleoside transporters in resistance to cancer chemotherapy. Oncogene 2003; 22:7524-36. [PMID: 14576856 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1206952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The clinical efficacy of anticancer nucleoside drugs depends on a complex interplay of transporters mediating entry of nucleoside drugs into cells, efflux mechanisms that remove drugs from intracellular compartments and cellular metabolism to active metabolites. Nucleoside transporters (NTs) are important determinants for salvage of preformed nucleosides and mediated uptake of antimetabolite nucleoside drugs into target cells. The focus of this review is the two families of human nucleoside transporters (hENTs, hCNTs) and their role in transport of cytotoxic chemotherapeutic nucleoside drugs. Resistance to anticancer nucleoside drugs is a major clinical problem in which NTs have been implicated. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in drug transporters may contribute to interindividual variation in response to nucleoside drugs. In this review, we give an overview of the functional and molecular characteristics of human NTs and their potential role in resistance to nucleoside drugs and discuss the potential use of genetic polymorphism analyses for NTs to address drug resistance.
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- Vijaya L Damaraju
- Membrane Protein Research Group, University of Alberta, 11560 University Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 1Z2
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Sabini E, Ort S, Monnerjahn C, Konrad M, Lavie A. Structure of human dCK suggests strategies to improve anticancer and antiviral therapy. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2003; 10:513-9. [PMID: 12808445 DOI: 10.1038/nsb942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2003] [Accepted: 05/21/2003] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Human deoxycytidine kinase (dCK) phosphorylates the natural deoxyribonucleosides deoxycytidine (dC), deoxyguanosine (dG) and deoxyadenosine (dA) and is an essential enzyme for the phosphorylation of numerous nucleoside analog prodrugs routinely used in cancer and antiviral chemotherapy. For many of these compounds, the phosphorylation step catalyzed by dCK is the rate-limiting step in their overall activation pathway. To determine the factors that limit the phosphorylation efficiency of the prodrug, we solved the crystal structure of dCK to a resolution of 1.6 A in complex with its physiological substrate deoxycytidine and with the prodrugs AraC and gemcitabine. The structures reveal the determinants of dCK substrate specificity. Especially relevant to new prodrug development is the interaction between Arg128 and the hydrogen-bond acceptor at the sugar 2'-arabinosyl position of AraC and gemcitabine. On the basis of the structures, we designed a catalytically superior dCK variant that could be used in suicide gene-therapy applications.
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- Elisabetta Sabini
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1819 West Polk Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
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