Cationic anticancer drugs and their modes of action

Physiologie. 1989 Oct-Dec;26(4):305-16.

Abstract

This report focuses on two groups of cationic cancerostatics, anthracycline antibiotics and 1,4-benzoquinone-guanylhydrazone-thiosemicarbazone (ambazone), lining up biophysical and biochemical effects on the level of membranes and membrane constituents. The interaction of both drugs with multilamellar liposomes consisting of phosphatidylcholine used as a simple model membrane system could be ensured by means of steady state and nanosecond time-resolved fluorometric investigations. The biochemical effect on membranes is underlined by the inhibition of the neuraminidase activity of the Sendai virus, modification of the CAMP phosphodiesterase activity of leukemia L 1210 cells of mice and reduction of the lymphocyte blast transformation.

MeSH terms

  • 3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • 3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases / metabolism
  • Adenylyl Cyclases / metabolism
  • Aminoglycosides*
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / metabolism
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Antineoplastic Agents / metabolism
  • Antineoplastic Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cell Division / drug effects
  • Cell Membrane / drug effects
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / drug effects
  • DNA / drug effects
  • DNA / metabolism
  • Daunorubicin / metabolism
  • Daunorubicin / pharmacology
  • Daunorubicin / therapeutic use
  • Doxorubicin / metabolism
  • Doxorubicin / pharmacology
  • Doxorubicin / therapeutic use
  • Fluorescence
  • Humans
  • Leukemia L1210 / drug therapy
  • Leukemia L1210 / metabolism
  • Leukemia L1210 / pathology
  • Lymphocyte Activation / drug effects
  • Lysosomes / drug effects
  • Lysosomes / metabolism
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Macrophages / metabolism
  • Mice
  • Mitoguazone / analogs & derivatives
  • Mitoguazone / metabolism
  • Mitoguazone / pharmacology
  • Mitoguazone / therapeutic use
  • Neuraminidase / metabolism
  • Parainfluenza Virus 1, Human / drug effects
  • Parainfluenza Virus 1, Human / enzymology
  • Spectrophotometry

Substances

  • Aminoglycosides
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • violamycins
  • Doxorubicin
  • DNA
  • 1,4-benzoquinone guanylhydrazone thiosemicarbazone
  • 3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases
  • Neuraminidase
  • Adenylyl Cyclases
  • Mitoguazone
  • Daunorubicin