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Cytotoxicity, DNA Damage, and Apoptosis Induced by New Fotemustine Analogs on Human Melanoma Cells in Relation to O⁶-Methylguanine DNA-Methyltransferase Expression

Department of Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, Montpellier I University, Montpellier, France (I.P., A.E., P.D., P.C., D.C., L.V.); and Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Unité Mixte Recherche 5032, School of Chemistry, Montpellier II University, Montpellier, France (J.Y.W., J.L.M.)

Fotemustine is a third generation chloroethylnitrosourea that has demonstrated significant antitumoral effects in malignant melanoma. However, its use is somewhat limited by its toxic side effects and chemoresistance caused by direct repair of O⁶-alkyl groups by the enzyme O⁶-methylguanine DNA-methyltransferase (MGMT). The aim of this work was to determine to what extent the expression of MGMT influences cytotoxicity, DNA damage, and apoptosis induced by new nitrososulfamide analogs of fotemustine (compounds 4 and 8), which have previously demonstrated interesting antiproliferative properties. We carried out complementary strategies that consisted of MGMT cDNA transfection in CAL77 Mer- melanoma cells and of MGMT inhibition with O⁶-benzylguanine (BG) in A375 Mer+ melanoma cells. MGMT-transfected cells were 7 to 9 times less sensitive to fotemustine than parent cells, whereas no difference between the transfected and parent cells was observed for nitrososulfamide analogs. The cytotoxicity of these analogs vis à vis a MGMT-proficient A375 melanoma cell line was approximately 3 times greater than that of fotemustine. Coincubation of these cells with O⁶-benzylguanine significantly increased the cytotoxicity of fotemustine and compound 8, whereas BG had little effect on the cytotoxicity of compound 4. Furthermore, DNA fragmentation determined by a comet assay was greater with nitrososulfamide analogs than with fotemustine. O⁶-benzylguanine increased DNA fragmentation for fotemustine and compound 8, but not for compound 4, which induced comets with a typical apoptotic appearance. The ability of this compound to induce apoptosis in the absence of BG was confirmed by a specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay apoptotic assay using a single-stranded DNA monoclonal antibody.

Address correspondence to: Dr. Alexandre Evrard, School of Pharmacy, Department of Toxicology, 15, avenue Charles Flahault BP 14491, 34093 Montpellier Cedex 05, France. E-mail: alexandre.evrard{at}univ-montp1.fr

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