C8-Substituted Imidazotetrazine Analogs Overcome Temozolomide Resistance by Inducing DNA Adducts and DNA Damage

Temozolomide (TMZ) is the standard of care chemotherapeutic agent used in the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme. Cytotoxic O6-methylguaine lesions formed by TMZ are repaired by O6-methyl-guanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT), a DNA repair protein that removes alkyl groups located at the O6-positio...

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Main Authors: Zhikuan Yang, Danping Wei, Xiaoli Dai, Malcolm F. G. Stevens, Tracey D. Bradshaw, Ying Luo, Jihong Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fonc.2019.00485/full