6-Amino-8-(((aminocarbonyl)oxy)-methyl)-1,1a,2,8,8a,8b-hexahydro-8a-methoxy-5-methylazirino-(2',3': 3,4)pyrrolo(1,2-a)indol-4,7-dion,(1aS-(1a alpha, 8 beta, 8a alpha,8b alpha))-

BeschreibungMitomycin C is naturally produced by Streptomyces caespitosus, an Actinobacteria found in soil. Mitomycin C has antibiotic and antitumor activities and has been studied extensively since the 1950s. A unique feature of this drug is strong bioreductive alkylation under hypoxic conditions. Oxygen-poor cells internal to solid tumors provide an environment in which this drug is highly activated. As an antitumor agent, it has shown efficacy in a wide variety of cancers, including gastric cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, non-small-cell lung cancer, cervical cancer, prostate cancer, and bladder cancer. The sideeffect profile is large, which prohibits its widespread use. Mitomycin C is antibacterial to gram-positive, gram-negative, and acid-fast bacilli.

VerwendenMitomycin C is the most studied of a family of highly distinctive blue/purple metabolites produced by several Streptomyces species. Mitomyin C exhibits potent antibacterial and antitumour activity and inhibits DNA synthesis by intercalation, blocking nuclear division with the induction of apoptosis in cancer cells.