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Eur J Cancer Clin Oncol
September 1989
Cancer Research Laboratory, University of Auckland School of Medicine, New Zealand.
The bis-(n-butyl) quaternary salt of N,N'-bis-(6-quinolyl)terephthalamide (QBQ), a fluorescent antitumour compound in the phthalanilide series which is thought to bind to the minor groove of the DNA double helix, has been investigated with respect to its in vitro activity and subcellular localization. Cultured MCF-7 human breast carcinoma cells concentrated QBQ in mitochondria by a time-dependent process which was inhibited by the ionophore valinomycin, suggesting a possible mode of antitumour action of QBQ through mitochondrial poisoning. Growth of cultured P388 murine leukaemia cells was inhibited 50% in the presence of 0.
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