Formulation: A crystalline solid
Formal Name: (SP-4-2)-diamminedichloro-platinum
Formula Markup: Cl2H6N2Pt
Formula Weight: 300,1
Shelf life (days): 1460
CAS Number: 15663-27-1
Notes: Cisplatin is a platinum-containing compound that acts as a DNA-crosslinking agent and interferes with replication and transcription, culminating in apoptosis.{25182} It forms intra- and interstrand crosslinks with DNA with intrastrand guanine-to-guanine or guanine-to-alanine links accounting for the majority of DNA binding.{39782} Cisplatin halts the cell cycle at the G2/M phase in vitro and is active against murine tumors transplanted into mice and in mouse xenograft models, including a reduction in tumor growth in a model of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck when administered at doses ranging from 7.5 to 12.5 mg/kg.{39783,39784} Cisplatin also inhibits the RecA recombinase of M. tuberculosis (IC50 = 2 µM), blocking protein splicing and cell growth.{26034} Formulations containing cisplatin have been used, alone and in combination therapy, in the treatment of a variety of cancers.
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