The present invention provides 8-substituted O.sup.6 -benzylguanines of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, and R.sub.3 are as defined in the specification, and 4(6)-substituted 2-amino-5-nitro-6(4)-benzyloxypyrimidine, and 4(6)-substituted 2-amino-5-nitroso-6(4)-benzyloxypyrimidine derivatives which have been found to be effective AGT inactivators, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives along with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The present invention further provides a method of enhancing the chemotherapeutic treatment of tumor cells in a mammal with an antineoplastic alkylating agent which causes cytotoxic lesions at the O.sup.6 -position of guanine, by administering to a mammal an effective amount of one of the aforesaid derivatives, 2,4-diamino-6-benzyloxy-s-triazine, 5-substituted 2,4-diamino-6-benzyloxypyrimidines, or 8-aza-O.sup.6 -benzylguanine, and administering to the mammal an effective amount of an antineoplastic alkylating agent which causes cytotoxic lesions at the O.sup.6 -position of guanine.
本发明提供了式子如下的8-取代O.sup.6-苄基
鸟嘌呤:##STR1##其中R.sub.1,R.sub.2和R.sub.3如规范中定义的,以及4(6)-取代的2-
氨基-5-硝基-6(4)-苄氧基
嘧啶,以及已发现有效的AGT失活剂的4(6)-取代2-
氨基-5-亚硝基-6(4)-苄氧基
嘧啶衍
生物,以及包含这些衍
生物和药用可接受载体的制药组合物。本发明还提供了一种增强哺乳动物体内肿瘤细胞化疗治疗的方法,该方法使用一种抗肿瘤烷基化剂,该烷基化剂在
鸟嘌呤的O.sup.6-位置引起细胞毒性损伤,通过向哺乳动物体内投与上述衍
生物,2,4-二
氨基-6-苄氧基-s-三嗪,5-取代的2,4-二
氨基-6-苄氧基
嘧啶,或8-氮杂-O.sup.6-苄基
鸟嘌呤的有效量,并向哺乳动物体内投与引起
鸟嘌呤的O.sup.6-位置细胞毒性损伤的抗肿瘤烷基化剂的有效量。