The effect of sodium-2-mercaptoethane-sulphonate, N-acetylcysteine and cysteine on the uptake of cytosine arabinoside by normal and neoplastic thymus cells of mice |
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| Authors: | Z Jastrzebski A Danysz H Czyzewska-Szafran A Czarnomska |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Drug Research and Control, Warsaw. |
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| Abstract: | The effect of some sulfhydryl compounds on the uptake of cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C) by normal and neoplastically transformed mouse thymus cells was studied. Sodium 2-mercaptoethanesulphonate (Mesna) was found to greatly inhibit (in 80%) the uptake of Ara-C by normal cells. Two other SH-compounds (cysteine and N-acetyl-cysteine) displayed no such effect. None of the three compounds reduced the uptake of Ara-C by neoplastic thymus cells. The possible pharmacological implications of these findings are discussed. |
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