title: Additional nucleotide derivatives of mitosenes. Synthesis and activity against parental and multidrug resistant L1210 leukemia.
abstract: Cytidine 5'-monophosphate and 5'-ara-CMP conjugates of 2,7-diaminomitosene, with the phosphate groups linked to C-1, were prepared by treating mitomycin C with the appropriate nucleotides. 5'-UMP conjugates were prepared from mitomycin A, 7 (M-83), and 8 (BMY-25282) by similar procedures. A conjugate could not be prepared from mitomycin C and 6-MPRP, but a sulfur-linked derivative was made with 6-MP ribonucleoside. The corresponding 1-hydroxy-2-aminomitosenes were prepared from the parent mitomycin analogues for structure-activity comparisons. All compounds were tested against L1210 murine leukemia in the MTT tetrazolium dye assay. In general, the conjugates were less potent than the parent mitomycins; however 5'-ara-CMP conjugate 14 derived from mitomycin C was more potent than the parent compound or any mitomycin tested except mitomycin A. It also was more potent than ara-C. This result establishes the value of this approach to prodrugs, at least in cell culture. Against a multi-drug-resistant L1210 cell line, all of the conjugates derived from mitomycin C were more potent than the parent compound. 6-Mercaptopurine ribonucleoside conjugate 15 was more active against the resistant cells than it was against the parental cell line.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Iyengar
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Dorr
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Remers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002460:Cell Line; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D007939:Leukemia L1210 / Q000188:drug therapy; D051379:Mice; D016685:Mitomycin; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D008937:Mitomycins; D009711:Nucleotides; D016685:Mitomycin