American Health Foundation

Stephen S Hecht

Fung-Lung Chung

Mark A Morse

Karin Eklind

Peter G Foiles

A method of inhibiting lung tumor multiplicity and/or incidence by treating mammals with relatively long chain arylalkyl isothiocyanates, especially effective with respect to tumors induced by exposure to tobacco-specific nitrosamine. Among the isothiocyanates are 4-phenylbutyl isothiocyanate, phenylpentyl isothiocyanate and phenylhexyl isothiocyanate, which are synthesized by adding hydrochloride of phenylbutylamine, phenylpentylamine, or phenylhexylamine in water to thiophosgene in an inert organic solvent. For comparison testing, oxo-pyridyl butyl isothiocyanate is synthesized by dissolving myosmine in HCl to obtain a hydrochloride salt, suspending the salt in dry chloroform, adding thiophosgene, and adding chloroform containing triethylamine.

Method of inhibiting lung tumors, arylalkyl isothiocyanates, and method

Monoclonal antibodies specific for the 8R,6R- and 8S,6S-stereoisomers of 3-(2-deoxy-.beta.-D-erythropentofuransyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-8-hydroxy-6-m ethylpyrimido[1,2-a]purine-10(3H)one were produced. These cyclic 1,N.sup.2 -propanodeoxyguanosines are formed in DNA exposed to crotonaldehyde in vitro. Three of the four antibodies were most specific for one stereoisomer while the fourth was most specific for the other stereoisomer. Fifty % inhibition of binding in an enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay could be achieved with 0.2 picomol of either stereoisomer. A high-pressure liquid chromatography-enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay using two of these antibodies and capable of detecting 0.5 .mu.mol of 1,N.sup.2 -propanodeoxyguanosine per mol of deoxyguanosine was developed. The method was validated by comparison to results obtained with fluorescence assay.

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Stephen S Hecht