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The effect of adriamycin on Z-DNA formation and DNA synthesis

Author(s) -

Paul D. van Helden

Publication year - 1983

Publication title -

nucleic acids research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 9.008

H-Index - 537

eISSN - 1362-4954

pISSN - 0305-1048

DOI - 10.1093/nar/11.23.8415

Subject(s) - dna , biology , dna synthesis , base pair , microbiology and biotechnology , base (topology) , biochemistry , biophysics , mathematical analysis , mathematics

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.

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