Decarbazine induces DNA lesions in replicating DNA. We show here that deoxyribonucleosides, with the exception of thymidine, in doses of 250 µm or higher, prevent dacarbazine-induced DNA lesions. The DNA lesions that appear in the presence of thymidine can be prevented by aphidicolin, an inhibitor of DNA synthesis. Cytotoxicity analyses confirm that the combination thymidine-dacarbazine prevents cell outgrowth only partially, while other deoxyribonucleosides completely abolish the dacarbazine effect.

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This work was supported by grants from the Swedish Cancer Society and Karolinska Institutet.

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1989
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