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Title:
METHOD OF DYNAMIC RETARDATION OF CELL CYCLE KINETICS TO POTENTIATE CELL DAMAGE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1997001344
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Method for inducing cell damage by administering a restraining agent (RA) to a target cell population at a concentration and under conditions sufficient to retard but not arrest the progress of the target cells through the cell cycle, and administering a targeted cytotoxic insult (TCI) concomitant with or subsequent to the application of the RA. The invention also relates to a microculture indicator system and auxiliary data analysis procedures for identifying, designing and using new agents as restraining agents or targeted cytotoxic insults, and for improving synergistic combinations of existing agents. In embodiments of the invention, the RA can be a ribonucleotide reductase inhibitor, a dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor, a thymidylate synthase inhibitor, a DNA polymerase inhibitor, a protein kinase inhibitor or a topoisomerase inhibitor. In addition, embodiments of the invention include, as TCI, indole carbazoles, such as staurosporine, K252a, KT5926, and KT5720. In a specific embodiment, the RA is thymidine and the TCI is staurosporine.

Inventors:
GRIMLEY PHILIP M
MEHTA SUNIL
Application Number:
PCT/US1996/010921
Publication Date:
March 27, 1997
Filing Date:
June 26, 1996
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
JACKSON H M FOUND MILITARY MED (US)
International Classes:
C07D475/08; A61K31/17; A61K31/40; A61K31/505; A61K31/519; A61K31/70; A61K31/7028; A61K31/7042; A61K31/7052; A61K31/7064; A61K33/24; A61K45/00; A61K45/06; A61P35/00; A61P43/00; C07H15/26; C07H19/073; C07H19/09; (IPC1-7): A61K31/70; A61K31/55
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EP0359981A11990-03-28
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