Species specific differences in the toxicity of mithramycin, chromomycin A3, and olivomycin towards cultured mammalian cells
Species specific differences in the toxicity of mithramycin, chromomycin A3, and olivomycin towards cultured mammalian cells
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光神霉素、铬霉素 A3 和橄榄霉素对培养哺乳动物细胞的毒性的物种特异性差异
DOI:
10.1002/jcp.1041130104
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发表时间:
1982
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Radhey S. Gupta
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作者:
Radhey S. Gupta
Three structurally related anticancer drugs, mithramycin, chromomycin A3, and olivomycin, showed large unexpected differences (up to more than 1000 fold) in their toxicity towards cultured cells from various species (human, Chinese hamster, Syrian hamster, and mouse). Among the cell types examined, human cells (both a diploid fibroblast cell strain and HeLa cells) were maximally sensitive to all these drugs, followed by the Syrian hamster kidney cells (BHK 21). The mouse (LMTK− cells) and Chinese hamster (CHO) cells, which were more resistant, showed interesting differences in their sensitivity towards these drugs. For example, whereas the mouse cells were more resistant to mithramycin than CHO cells, the sensitivity pattern was reversed for both chromomycin A3 and olivomycin. In cell extracts derived from human, mouse, and Chinese hamster cells RNA synthesis, which is the cellular target of these drugs, showed identical sensitivity to both mithramycin and chromomycin A3, indicating that the species specific differences in the toxicity to these drugs are at the level of cellular entry of these compounds. Based on the structures of these glycosidic antibiotics and their patterns of toxicity, it is suggested that the intracellular transport of these drugs involves specific interactions between the sugar residues on these compounds and some type of cell surface receptor(s), which differ among different cell types. Some implications of these results for toxicity studies are discussed.