Abstract
Tilorone, which is 2,7-bis[2-(diethylamino)ethoxy]-9H-fluoren-9-one dihydrochloride, and 13 of its analogs inhibited human cellular DNA polymerases alpha and beta assayed with activated DNA as template and also cellular DNA polymerase gamma and DNA polymerase from simian sarcoma virus assayed with poly(A) (dT)12-18 as template. Terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase (TdT), which has no template requirement, was not inhibited by any of the 14 compounds when d(A)12-18 or d(G)12-18 was used as initiator. Three compounds did not inhibit TdT assayed with activated DNA as initiator, but 11 compounds did, and these 11 compounds were generally less inhibitory to TdT than to the other DNA polymerases. The three compounds that did not inhibit TdT assayed with activated DNA but did inhibit the other DNA polymerases will be useful in the characterization of TdT activity. Modifications of the polycyclic ring structure of tilorone and the kinds of substituent groups attached to the ring structures influenced the degree of inhibition of all enzymes.
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