title: Effect of DNA conformation on cisplatin adduct formation.
abstract: The anticancer drug cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) (cisplatin) has been shown previously to form adducts preferentially within internucleosomal or linker DNA rather than to DNA within the nucleosome. To determine whether other "open" regions of chromatin have an increased affinity for cisplatin, adduct formation within specific chromatin domains was analyzed. There was a significant increase in cisplatin-DNA adduct formation for DNA associated with the nuclear matrix (NM) compared with other chromatin domains and total unfractionated DNA. In contrast, treatment of the same cells with trans-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) (transplatin) did not result in preferential adduct formation. These findings led to the hypothesis that it might be possible to alter DNA to make it a more favorable target for cisplatin. The effect of arginine butyrate on cisplatin-DNA adduct formation was analyzed in human cancer cells. The combination of arginine butyrate and cisplatin resulted in a concentration-responsive increase in cisplatin-DNA adduct formation in PC-3 cells and an overall increase in cisplatin-DNA adduct formation in three other human cancer cell lines. The same combination also resulted in a significant increase in drug-induced cytotoxicity at a low concentration of cisplatin. These results suggest that chromatin configuration can affect cisplatin adduct formation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology-Oncology, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Bubley
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kupiec
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sanders
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Foss
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Emi
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Teicher
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Patierno
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D002087:Butyrates / Q000494:pharmacology; D002843:Chromatin / Q000737:chemistry; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D018736:DNA Adducts / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D002087:Butyrates; D002843:Chromatin; D018736:DNA Adducts; D004247:DNA; D001120:Arginine; C033018:arginine butyrate; D002945:Cisplatin