Novel polyamine transport inhibitors have been synthesized and demonstrated to block the uptake of native polyamines into human cancer cells. A combination therapy of the transport inhibitor and DFMO (a drug which blocks polyamine biosynthesis) provided synergistic activity against a metastatic human colon cancer cell line. The strategy uses polyamine depletion and polyamine metabolism to generate reactive oxygen species within cells as a novel way to treat cancers. This approach may be implemented for widespread use in the treatment of diseases which rely upon polyamine transport activity for proliferation.
新型聚胺转运
抑制剂已被合成并证明能够阻止原生聚胺进入人类癌细胞。将转运
抑制剂与DFMO(一种可阻止聚胺
生物合成的药物)结合治疗,在转移性人类结肠癌
细胞系中提供了协同作用。该策略利用聚胺耗竭和聚胺代谢产生细胞内活性氧自由基的方式,作为治疗癌症的新方法。这种方法可能被广泛应用于依赖聚胺转运活性进行增殖的疾病的治疗中。