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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
卷 13, 期 30, 页码 8507-8515出版社
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200700260
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antitumor agents; gemcitabine; inhibitors; reaction mechanisms; ribonucleotide reductase
This paper focuses on the inhibition of ribonucleotide reductase (RNR) by gemcitabine, 2('),2(')-difluoro-2(')-deoxycytidine (dFdC), a deoxycytidine analogue that is a very active drug against solid tumors and is currently commercialized as gernzar. RNR inactivation is reductant-dependent and occurs in a very different way from that of other known substrate analogues. In the presence of reductants monomer R1 of RNR is inhibited, whereas in the absence of reductants the radical is lost and monomer R2 is inhibited. As inside the cell reductants are available, it is likely that R1 inactivation is the most favorable mechanism responsible for drug cytotoxicity. This inhibition pathway has been unknown to date, but we have conducted a theoretical study that has led us to the first proposal of a mechanism for RNR inhibition by dFdC in the presence of reductants.
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