Intracellular metabolism and action of an antitumor nucleoside, 2'-C- cyano-2'-deoxy-1-β-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine (CNDAC)

Atsushi Azuma, Peng Huang, Akira Matsuda, William Plunkett

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Abstract

The mechanism of antitumor activity of 2'-C-cyano-2'-deoxy-1-β-D- arabinofuranosylcytosine (CNDAC) has been examined. Intracellular metabolism of CNDAC using human leukemia cell lines are described. Incorporation of CNDAC triphosphate into DNA and the consequence of this incorporation have been evaluated in vitro using DNA primer extension assay with purified human DNA polymerase α and defined DNA primer/templates.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1037-1039
Number of pages3
JournalNucleosides and Nucleotides
Volume16
Issue number7-9
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Genetics

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