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Late Expression of Nitroreductase in an Oncolytic Adenovirus Sensitizes Colon Cancer Cells to the Prodrug CB1954

✍ Scribed by Lukashev, Alexander N.; Fuerer, Christophe; Chen, Ming-Jen; Searle, Peter; Iggo, Richard


Book ID
127331171
Publisher
Mary Ann Liebert
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
571 KB
Volume
16
Category
Article
ISSN
1043-0342

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The enzyme nitroreductase from E. coli can reduce the weak, monofunctional alkylating agent 5-(aziridin-1-yl)-2,4dinitrobenzamide (CB1954) to a potent cytotoxic species that generates interstrand crosslinks in DNA. Nitroreductase therefore has potential as a "suicide enzyme" for cancer gene therapy,