Description
Deoxycytidine triphosphate trisodium salt (dCTP trisodium salt or 2′-Deoxycytidine-5′-triphosphate trisodium salt) is a nucleoside triphosphate that can be used for DNA synthesis. Deoxycytidine triphosphate trisodium salt has many applications, such as real-time PCR, cDNA synthesis, and DNA sequencing.
Uses
Deoxycytidine triphosphate trisodium salt (2′-Deoxycytidine-5′-triphosphate trisodium salt) is an activator that has been shown to exhibit anticancer and antiviral activities. It is a novel nucleoside phosphoramidite that is used in the synthesis of DNA, RNA, and other nucleic acids. 2′-Deoxycytidine-5′-triphosphate trisodium salt has been modified by substituting the oxygen atom for a sulfur atom at the 5' position of the sugar moiety. This change makes it resistant to degradation by ribonucleases. 2′-Deoxycytidine-5′-triphosphate trisodium salt has also been shown to act as an inhibitor of human telomerase activity.
in vitro
Assays of thirteen cell lines, derived from mouse lymphomas, myelomas, myeloid tumors, and a mastocytoma, for sensitivity to growth inhibition by 1-β-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine (ara-C) revealed a spectrum between the most and least sensitive which differed 100-fold from each other. An inverse correlation between sensitivity and cellular Deoxycytidine triphosphate (2′-Deoxycytidine-5′-triphosphate, dCTP) content is found, and this suggested that sensitivity of cells might be increased if the dCTP content was lowered during cell exposure to ara-C.
Deoxycytidine triphosphate trisodium salt is a phosphoethanolamine cytidylyltransferase substrate.
