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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 19.
Published in final edited form as: Int J High Throughput Screen. 2011 Mar 31;2:1–13. doi: 10.2147/IJHTS.S17076

Table 2.

Ionizing radiation-induced foci (IRIF)/cell relative to 6 Gy IR plus dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) control at 24-hour time point for drugs classified as antineoplastics in the approved oncology drugs set screen at two concentrations

DNA-damaging agent Mechanism of action IRIF/cell relative to IR + DMSO
50 μM 6.25 μM
Temozolomide Base alkylation 2.57 1.04
Pipobroman Base alkylation 2.55 1.25
Thiotepa Base alkylation 2.43 1.50
Chlorambucil Base alkylation 2.30 1.30
Benzophenanthridine Topoisomerase II inhibitor 2.36 0.60
Teniposide Topoisomerase II inhibitor 1.66 0.93
Etoposide Topoisomerase II inhibitor 0.41 1.95
Mitoxantrone Topoisomerase II inhibitor Toxic 0.20
Cisplatin Intrastrand crosslinker 2.12 0.93
Oxaliplatin Intrastrand crosslinker 1.93 1.08
Carboplatin Intrastrand crosslinker 1.59 1.26
Bleomycin Interstrand crosslinker 3.31 1.71
Thioguanine Purine synthesis inhibitor 3.39 1.60
Pentostatin Adenosine deaminase inhibitor 1.57 0.63
Cladribine Adenosine deaminase inhibitor 1.65 1.42
Deoxyadenosine Adenosine deaminase inhibitor 1.75 1.17
Doxorubicin Alkylator 1.12 2.12
Valrubicin Alkylator 1.88 1.46
Cytaribine DNA polymerase inhibitor 2.42 1.92
Docetaxel Tubulin stabilizer 1.66 1.38
Arsenic trioxide Thioredoxin reductase inhibitor 3.42 1.54