title: Prolonged inhibition of O(6)-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase in human tumor cells by O(6)-benzylguanine in vitro and in vivo.
abstract: We previously demonstrated that sustained depletion of methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) activity is required for optimal reversal of chloroethylnitrosourea resistance in tumor cells. The purpose of this study was to design O(6)-benzylguanine (BG) treatments that deplete MGMT activity in tumor cells and xenograft tumors in a prolonged manner. When SF767 cells were treated with a bolus dose of BG (25 microM for 1 h), >95% of MGMT activity was depleted but 33% of the activity recovered within 24 h. In contrast, MGMT activity was completely depleted for 24 h when cells were pretreated with a low dose of BG (2.5 microM) for 24 h, followed by the bolus dose and same low-dose treatment for 24 h. This combination regimen of pre- and post-treatments with a bolus dose sensitized cells N,N'-bis(2-chloroethyl)-N-nitrosourea in vitro by approximately 2-fold more than the bolus dose alone. Similar BG treatment with Alzet micro-osmotic pumps produced sustained inhibition of MGMT activity in vivo. In xenograft SF767 tumors, low-dose pre- and post-treatments (8 mg/kg over 24 h) combined with an i.p. bolus dose (80 mg/kg) of BG inhibited >95% of MGMT activity for 24 h after the bolus. The bolus dose alone did not deplete MGMT for 24 h. These results demonstrate that combination low-dose and bolus BG treatment is superior to the bolus dose alone in depleting MGMT activity in a sustained manner in vitro and in vivo. When combined with N,N'-bis(2-chloroethyl)-N-nitrosourea treatment, this BG regimen also should also produce greater antitumor activity than the single bolus dose evaluated clinically.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University Cancer Center, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Section of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268, USA.
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Kreklau
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kurpad
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Erickson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating / Q000494:pharmacology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D002330:Carmustine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology; D006147:Guanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D016688:Mice, Inbred NOD; D016513:Mice, SCID; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation / Q000502:physiology; D019853:O(6)-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D018906:Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; C064976:O(6)-benzylguanine; D006147:Guanine; D019853:O(6)-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase; D002330:Carmustine