General description
6-Thioguanine is a variant of guanine with hydrogen bonding at the N-7 of the purine ring. Its association with cytosine alters the dimension of the base stacking. 6-Thioguanine usage in treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) contributes to nodular regenerative hyperplasia (NRH) in the liver.
Application
6-Thioguanine has been used:
- to induce autophagy and apoptosis in colorectal cancer cell lines HCT116
- as a selection marker in the mutation and survival assay in chinese hamster lung fibroblasts culture V79
- as a selection marker in clonogenic Lung metastasis assay of 4T1-luc cells
Biochem/physiol Actions
Ribosylated and phosphorylated by the same pathway as natural purine bases; as the nucleotide, inhibits a variety of cellular processes involved in nucleic acid synthesis. Has a long history as an effective treatment of leukemia.
Antimetabolite used in the treatment of leukemias. Competes with hypoxanthine and guanine for the enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase, which catalzyes a critical step in the generation of purine nucleotides.
- UPC:
- 51111665
- Condition:
- New
- Weight:
- 1.00 Ounces
- HazmatClass:
- No
- WeightUOM:
- LB
- MPN:
- A4882-5G
