DEPLETION OF O^6-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE ACTIVITY AND POTENTIATION OF 1-(4-AMINO-2-METHYL-5- PYRIMIDINYL) METHYL-3 (2-CHLOROETHYL)-3-NITRO- SOUREA ANTITUMOR EFFECT BY STREPTOZOTOCIN  

作　　者：陈建敏 章扬培 隋建丽 陈月能 

机构地区：[1]Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing 100850 [2]Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing 1008506-methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase (MGMT) can specifically repair the DNA demage Induced by chioroethylnitrosoureas (CENU) such at 1-(4-amino-2-methyt-pyrlmidinyl) methyl-3-(2-chloroethyl-)-3-nitrosourea (ACNU), constituting the molecular basis of tumor cell resistance to CENU. The present study demonstrated that sensitization of resistant tumor cells to ACNU could be achieved by streptozotocin (STZ) treatment which could deplete MGMT activity in vitro and in vivo. It suggested that depletion of the molecular basis of tumor cell resistance to chemotherapeutic agents might be a practicable way to improve the effectiveness of tumor chemotherapy.

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Cancer Research》1993年第1期51-55,共5页中国癌症研究（英文版）

摘　　要：O6-methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase (MGMT) can specifically repair the DNA demage Induced by chioroethylnitrosoureas (CENU) such at 1-(4-amino-2-methyt-pyrlmidinyl) methyl-3-(2-chloroethyl-)-3-nitrosourea (ACNU), constituting the molecular basis of tumor cell resistance to CENU. The present study demonstrated that sensitization of resistant tumor cells to ACNU could be achieved by streptozotocin (STZ) treatment which could deplete MGMT activity in vitro and in vivo. It suggested that depletion of the molecular basis of tumor cell resistance to chemotherapeutic agents might be a practicable way to improve the effectiveness of tumor chemotherapy.O6-methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase (MGMT) can specifically repair the DNA demage Induced by chioroethylnitrosoureas (CENU) such at 1-(4-amino-2-methyt-pyrlmidinyl) methyl-3-(2-chloroethyl-)-3-nitrosourea (ACNU), constituting the molecular basis of tumor cell resistance to CENU. The present study demonstrated that sensitization of resistant tumor cells to ACNU could be achieved by streptozotocin (STZ) treatment which could deplete MGMT activity in vitro and in vivo. It suggested that depletion of the molecular basis of tumor cell resistance to chemotherapeutic agents might be a practicable way to improve the effectiveness of tumor chemotherapy.

关 键 词：METHYLTRANSFERASE Streptozotodn ACNU Tumor cell line Drag resistance. 

分 类 号：R73[医药卫生—肿瘤]