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(+)-Aphidicolin is a natural tetracyclic diterpene first isolated from the fungus C. aphidicola and shown to have antiviral activity against herpes simplex. In eukaryotic cells, it is a cell-permeable, reversible inhibitor of DNA replication, specifically blocking the activity of DNA polymerases α, δ, and ε when used at low micromolar levels. Aphidicolin can be used, at 3 μM, to arrest cells in G₁/S phase or to increase gene amplification frequency.

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(+)-Aphidicolin is a naturally occurring tetracyclic diterpene with potential antiviral and antimitotical properties.

Aphidicolin is a tetracyclic diterpene antibiotic isolated from fungi, notably Cephalosporium, Nigrospora, Harziella and Phoma. Aphidicolin has antibiotic, antiviral and antimitotic properties, blocking the cell cycle at early S-phase. This property has been used to synchronise cell division and is useful as a tool in cell differentiation research. Aphidicolin is a reversible inhibitor of DNA replication by inhibiting selected DNA polymerases. Aphidicolin induces apoptosis, prolongs the half-life of DNA methyltransferase, is active against Leishmania parasites and acts synergistically with the antitumour agents, vincristine and doxorubicin.

ChEBI: A tetracyclic diterpenoid that has an tetradecahydro-8,11a-methanocyclohepta[a]naphthalene skeleton with two hydroxymethyl substituents at positions 4 and 9, two methyl substituents at positions 4 and 11b and two hydroxy substituents at positi ns 3 and 9. An antibiotic with antiviral and antimitotical properties. Aphidicolin is a reversible inhibitor of eukaryotic nuclear DNA replication.

Cell permeable: yes

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1) Syvaoja et al. (1990), DNA polymerases alpha, delta, and epsilon: three distinct enzymes from HeLa cells; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 87 6664 2) Urbani et al. (1995), Dissociation of nuclear and cytoplasmic cell cycle progression by drugs employed in cell synchronization; Exp. Cell Res., 219 159 3) Kuwakado et al. (1993), Aphidicolin potentiates apoptosis induced by arabinosyl nucleosides in human myeloid leukemia cell lines; Biochem. Pharmacol., 46 1909 4) Yin and Schimke (1996), Inhibition of apoptosis by overexpressing Bcl-2 enhances gene amplification by a mechanism independent of aphidicolin pretreatment; Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 93 3394