A compound comprising a target cell-specific portion and human NAD(P)H:quinone reductase 2 (NQO2) or a variant or fragment or fusion or derivative thereof which has substantially the same activity as NQO2 towards a given prodrug, or a polynucleotide encoding said NQO2 or said variant or fragment or fusion or derivative. A recombinant polynucleotide comprising a target cell-specific promoter operably linked to a polynucleotide encoding human NAD(P)H:quinone reductase 2 (NQO2) or a variant or fragment or fusion or derivative thereof which has substantially the same activity as NQO2 towards a given prodrug. The compounds and polynucleotides are useful in a method of treating a patient in conjunction with a suitable prodrug. A method of treating a human patient with a target cell to be destroyed wherein the target cell expresses NQO2 the method comprising administering to the patient a prodrug which is converted to a substantially cytotoxic drug by the action of NQO2 and nicotinamide riboside (reduced) (NRH) or an analogue thereof which can pass reducing equivalents to NQO2.
该化合物包括一个靶细胞特异性部分和人类
NAD(P)H:醌还原酶2(NQO2)或其变体或片段或融合物或衍
生物,其对给定的前药具有与NQO2基本相同的活性,或者编码该NQO2或其变体或片段或融合物或衍
生物的多核苷酸。一种
重组多核苷酸,包括一个靶细胞特异性启动子与编码人类
NAD(P)H:醌还原酶2(NQO2)或其变体或片段或融合物或衍
生物的多核苷酸可操作地连接在一起,该NQO2或其变体或片段或融合物或衍
生物对于给定的前药具有与NQO2基本相同的活性。这些化合物和多核苷酸在与合适的前药结合的方法中用于治疗患者。一种治疗表达NQO2的靶细胞的人类患者的方法,其中该方法包括向患者注射一种前药,该前药通过NQO2和烟酰胺核苷酸(还原)(NRH)或其类似物的作用被转化为基本上具有细胞毒性的药物。