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The of the United States of America As Represented by the Department of

M Eileen Dolan

Anthony E Pegg

Robert C Moschel

Mi-Young Chae

Donald T Witiak

Laurence J Marton

Benjamin J Frydman

Karen Neder

Gary T Pauly

Mark G McDougall

Substituted O6-benzyl-8-aza-guanines

The present invention provides AGT inactivating compounds such as substituted O,-benzylguanines of the formula

Substituted O6-benzylguanines

The present invention provides 8-substituted O,-benzylguanine, 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,-position of quanine, 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,-benzylguanine, and administering to the mammal an effective amount of an antineoplastic alkylating agent which causes cytotoxic lesions at the O,-position of guanine.

Pharmaceutical composition comprising 2,4-diamino-6-benzyloxy-s-triazine and inactivation of O6-alkylguanine-DNA-alkyltransferase

The present invention provides 8-substituted O,-benzylguanine, 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,-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,-benzylguanine, and administering to the mammal an effective amount of an antineoplastic alkylating agent which causes cytotoxic lesions at the O,-position of guanine.

Substituted O6-benzyl-8-aza-guanines and 6(4)-benzyloxypyrimidines

The present invention provides a single-stranded oligodeoxyribonucleotide, which (i) comprises from about 5 to 11 bases, at least one of which is a substituted or an unsubstituted O.sup.6 -benzylguanine, and (ii) inactivates human AGT. The present invention also provides a single-stranded oligodeoxyribonucleotide, which can inactivate a mutant human AGT, which either is not inactivated by O.sup.6 -benzylguanine or is less inactivated by O.sup.6 -benzylguanine than by said single-stranded oligodeoxyribonucleotide. A phosphate of the single-stranded oligodeoxyribonucleotide can be replaced by a methylphosphonate or a phosphorothioate. The present invention also provides a composition comprising such an oligodeoxyribonucleotide. In addition, the present invention provides a method of enhancing the effect of an antineoplastic alkylating agent, which alkylates the O.sup.6 position of guanine residues in DNA, in the chemotherapeutic treatment of cancer in a mammal, which method comprises the co-administration to the mammal of a cancer-treatment effective amount of an antineoplastic alkylating agent and a chemotherapeutic treatment-enhancing amount of a present inventive oligodeoxyribonucleotide or composition thereof.

Oligodeoxyribonucleotides comprising O.sup.6 -benzylguanine and their use

Novel 4-substituted-1,2-naphthoquinones, pharmaceutical unit dosage forms containing 4-substituted-1,2-naphthoquinones, and uses of 4-substituted-1,2-naphthoquinones to inhibit the growth of cancer cells are disclosed.

4-substituted-1,2-naphthoquinones and their use in the inhibition of

Substitutes O.sup.6 -benzylguanines, compositions, and methods of using

The present invention provides 8-substituted O.sup.6 -benzylguanine derivatives which have been found to be effective AGT inactivators, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising such derivatives along with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Thus, for example, the present invention provides a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a substituent selected from the group consisting of amino, hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylamino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 dialkylamino, and C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 acylamino, R.sub.2 is a substituent selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 aminoalkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 dialkylamino alkyl, and C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 pivaloylalkyl, and R.sub.3 is a C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl. 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 lessons at the O.sup.6 -position of guanine by administering to a mammal an effective amount of one of the aforesaid derivatives 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.

Substituted 06-benzylguanines and 6(4)-benzyloxypyrimidines

4-substituted-1, 2-naphthoquinones and their use in the inhibition of

The present invention provides certain novel nitro or nitroso substituted benzyloxy pyrimidines useful as AGT inactivators. An example of such a pyrimidine is a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, is NO.sub.2 or NO, and R.sub.2 is hydrogen, halo, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 hydroxyalkyl, thiol, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkythio, trifluoromethoxy, oxymethanesulfonyl, oxytrifluoromethanesulfonyl, or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 oxyacyl. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and 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.

Substituted benzyloxypyrimidines and their inactivation of O.sup.6

Novel O.sup.6 -substituted guanine compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are useful for effectively reducing O.sup.6 -alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (AGT). The novel compounds are useful for treating tumors and when used with anti-neoplastic alkylating agents enhance the chemotherapeutic treatment of tumor cells in a host.

O.sup.6 -substituted guanine compositions and methods for depleting O.sup.6

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.

O.sup.6 -substituted guanine compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R is a benzyl group or a substituted benzyl group, cause a depletion of O.sup.6 -alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (AGT) activity in mammalian cells. These compounds may be administered to a host so as to reduce AGT levels in tumor cells of the host in order to increase host responsiveness to anti-neoplastic alkylating agents, including chloroethylating agents, such as chloroethylnitrosoureas, for chemotherapeutic treatment of a number of neoplasms.

O.sup.6 -substituted guanine compounds and methods for depleting O.sup.6

O.sup.6 -Benzylated guanine guanosine and 2'-deoxyguanosine compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein Z is hydrogen, ##STR2## and R is a benzyl group or a substituted benzyl group, cause a depletion of O.sup.6 -alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (AGT) activity in mammalian cells. These compounds may be administered to a host so as to reduce AGT levels in tumor cells of the host in order to increase host responsiveness to anti-neoplastic alkylating agents, including chloroethylating agents, such as chloroethylnitrosoureas, for chemotherapeutic treatment of a number of neoplasms.

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