Streptozotocin

Antibiotic [1]. Diabetogenic. Diabetes inducer. Induces diabetes mellitus in animal models through its toxic effects on pancreatic beta-cells [2, 5, 13, 14]. Mutagenic [3, 10]. Potent alkylating agent. Potent DNA methylating agent [4, 10]. Nitric oxide (NO) donor. Vasorelaxant [6]. Cytotoxic to cells that express GLUT2 glucose transporter [7]. O-GlcNAc-selective N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (O-GlcNAcase) inhibitor [8]. Genotoxic. Induces DNA damage. Produces DNA strand breaks [9, 10]. Cell death inducer [15]. Antineoplastic. Anti-cancer agent used in chemotherapy [10, 11]. Induces cell cylce arrest at G2 [12].