Ara-G is converted by cellular kinases to the active 5′-triphosphate, Ara-GTP. This active form of Ara-G induces apoptosis and inhibits DNA synthesis. Ara-G is also an antineoplastic and antimetabolite.
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Ara-G is an inducer of apoptosis; inhibitor of DNA synthesis; antineoplastic; and antimetabolite.
Ara-G is an inducer of apoptosis; inhibitor of DNA synthesis; antineoplastic; and antimetabolite. Ara-G is converted by cellular kinases to the active 5′-triphosphate, Ara-GTP. Incorporation of Ara-GTP into DNA leads to inhibition of DNA synthesis and apoptosis.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 18(5), 995-1003 (2000-03-01)
To characterize the pharmacokinetics of nelarabine (506U78), the water-soluble prodrug of 9-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl guanine (ara-G), and ara-G in pediatric and adult patients with refractory hematologic malignancies. Ara-G is phosphorylated within leukemic cells to form ara-G triphosphate (ara-GTP), which acts to terminate
Nelarabine, prodrug of arabinosylguanine (ara-G), has demonstrated T-lymphoblastic antileukemic activity in cell lines and in the clinic. To investigate the mechanism for lineage-specific toxicity, the effects of ara-G were compared in CEM (T-lymphoblast), Raji (B-lymphoblast), and ML-1 (myeloid) cell lines.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 427(3), 456-460 (2012-08-23)
Our previous data from a human leukemic cell line made resistant to the nucleoside analog (NA) 9-β-D-arabinofuranosylguanine (AraG) revealed a massive upregulation of fetal hemoglobin (HbF) genes and the ABCB1 gene coding for the multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein (P-gp). The expression
Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology, 68(3), 583-591 (2010-11-27)
To characterize resistance mechanisms to the nucleoside analog 9-β-D-arabinofuranosylguanine (AraG) in the T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line MOLT-4 and its AraG-resistant variant. A gene expression microarray analysis was performed, as well as gene expression and enzyme activity measurements of
We studied acceptance of various deoxyguanosine analogues by the unique guanosine preferring nucleoside transport system exhibited by NB4 cells, csg. Indirect assessment of acceptance using transport inhibition assays revealed that both 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylguanine (ara-G) and 4'-thio-beta-D-xylofuranosylguanine (thio-xyl-G) compete with guanosine for
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