Lucanthone
Lucanthone is only found in individuals that have used or taken this drug. It is one of the schistosomicides, it has been replaced largely by hycanthone and more recently praziquantel. (From Martindale The Extrapharmacopoeia, 30th ed., p46). It is currently being tested as a radiation sensitizer.Recent data suggests that lucanthone inhibits post-radiation DNA repair in tumor cells. The ability of lucanthone to inhibit AP endonuclease and topoisomerase II probably account for the specific DNA repair inhibition in irradiated cells.
Structure for HMDB15607 (Lucanthone)
C20H24N2OS
340.482
340.16093409
1-{[2-(diethylamino)ethyl]amino}-4-methyl-9H-thioxanthen-9-one
lucanthone
479-50-5
FBQPGGIHOFZRGH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
This compound belongs to the class of organic compounds known as thiochromenes. These are organoslifur compounds that are analogues to chromene, with the difference that a slifur atom replaces the oxygen atom.
Organic compounds
Organoheterocyclic compounds
Thiochromenes
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Thiochromenes
Aromatic heteropolycyclic compounds
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Solid
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DB04967
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9772
C11715
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Lucanthone
HMDB15607
HMDB15607
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10180
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51052
- Luo M, Kelley MR: Inhibition of the human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease (APE1) repair activity and sensitization of breast cancer cells to DNA alkylating agents with lucanthone. Anticancer Res. 2004 Jul-Aug;24(4):2127-34. [PubMed:15330152 ]
- Del Rowe JD, Bello J, Mitnick R, Sood B, Filippi C, Moran J, Freeman K, Mendez F, Bases R: Accelerated regression of brain metastases in patients receiving whole brain radiation and the topoisomerase II inhibitor, lucanthone. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1999 Jan 1;43(1):89-93. [PubMed:9989518 ]
Enzymes
- General function:
- Involved in DNA binding
- Specific function:
- Repairs oxidative DNA damages in vitro. May have a role in protection against cell lethality and suppression of mutations. Removes the blocking groups from the 3-termini of the DNA strand breaks generated by ionizing radiations and bleomycin
- Gene Name:
- APEX1
- Uniprot ID:
- P27695
- Molecular weight:
- 35554.2
References
- Luo M, Kelley MR: Inhibition of the human apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease (APE1) repair activity and sensitization of breast cancer cells to DNA alkylating agents with lucanthone. Anticancer Res. 2004 Jul-Aug;24(4):2127-34. [PubMed:15330152 ]
- General function:
- Involved in sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity
- Specific function:
- Control of topological states of DNA by transient breakage and subsequent rejoining of DNA strands. Topoisomerase II makes double-strand breaks
- Gene Name:
- TOP2A
- Uniprot ID:
- P11388
- Molecular weight:
- 174383.9
References
- Bases RE, Mendez F: Topoisomerase inhibition by lucanthone, an adjuvant in radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1997 Mar 15;37(5):1133-7. [PubMed:9169823 ]
- Dassonneville L, Bailly C: Stimulation of topoisomerase II-mediated DNA cleavage by an indazole analogue of lucanthone. Biochem Pharmacol. 1999 Oct 15;58(8):1307-12. [PubMed:10487533 ]
- Chen X, Ji ZL, Chen YZ: TTD: Therapeutic Target Database. Nucleic Acids Res. 2002 Jan 1;30(1):412-5. [PubMed:11752352 ]