Cytotoxicity of anthracyclines: Correlation with cellular uptake, intracellular distribution and DNA binding

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Abstract
In order to interact with topoisomerase II and induce genotoxicity, anthracyclines have to cross the outer cell membrane and the cytoplasm, enter the nucleus, and bind to the DNA. We incubated sensitive and resistant hematopoietic cells from cell lines and patient cells with daunorubicin, idarubicin, and its active derivative idarubicinol, extracted the anthracyclines from whole cells and nuclei, and determined their concentration fluorimetrically. Additionally, the DNA binding of the drugs was evaluated in the same cells by determining fluorescence resonance energy transfer between the anthracyclines and DNA-bound Hoechst dye 33342. We found a several thousand-fold accumulation of anthracyclines in sensitive and resistant hematopoietic cells; 30–60% of the drugs are found in the nucleus, resulting in 200- to 300-fold differences in concentration between the nucleus and outer fluids. A small proportion of the intracellular or intranuclear anthracyclines is bound to the DNA. The amount of DNA-bound anthracyclines correlates directly to cell death. It takes an additional 10 min for idarubicin and 30 min for daunorubicin to satisfy DNA binding sites after the drugs have arrived in the nucleus. The described methods provide the means to perform ex vivo studies on clinical material.
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Authors F. Gieseler;H. Biersack;T. Brieden;J. Manderscheid;V. Nüßler;F. Gieseler;H. Biersack;T. Brieden;J. Manderscheid;V. Nüßler;
Journal Annals of hematology
Year 1970
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doi:10.1007/BF01757349
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