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  • 1
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    Electronic Resource
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 186 (1971), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1749-6632
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Natural Sciences in General
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  • 2
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    Electronic Resource
    [s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
    Nature 181 (1958), S. 1654-1655 
    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Notes: [Auszug] OUR continued interest in the role of enzyme systems in the processes of normal and abnormal growth1 has prompted us to extend our investigations to the pyridoxal phosphate - dependent enzyme desulphydrase, which catalyses the decomposition of cysteine, liberating hydrogen sulphide. Cysteine ...
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-0843
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary cis-Diammine-1,1-cyclobutane dicarboxylate platinum II (CBDCA, JM8), an analogue of cisplatin showing reduced toxicity in preclinical studies, was evaluated in 60 patients. Doses were given initially every 3 weeks and escalated from 20 to 520 mg/m2. Following this, doses were given every 4 weeks and escalated from 300 to 500 mg/m2. The dose-limiting toxicity, thrombocytopoenia, occurred in four-fifths of patients treated at 520 mg/m2, with the nadir occurring 3 weeks after treatment. Leucopoenia and anaemia also occurred but were less severe. Vomiting occurred in all patients receiving over 120 mg/m2 but seldom persisted beyond 24 h. Serial measurements of 51Cr-EDTA clearances, urinary N-acetylglucosaminidase, urinary leucine aminopeptidase, and β2-microglobulin did not reveal significant evidence of nephrotoxicity. Detriment to the audiogram has not been seen in the first 13 patients studied. Pharmacological studies showed that most of the dose of platinum was excreted in the urine, and that impairment of renal function may be associated with drug retention and an increased risk of myelosuppression. The previous therapy and age of the patient also affected the tolerance of the drug. Clinical responses were seen in patients with ovarian carcinoma receiving 〉120 mg/m2. A further dose escalation was performed on a 4-week schedule in patients under 65 with good renal function. The maximum dose it was possible to administer repeatedly without incurring myelosuppression was in the range 400–500 mg/m2. JM8 is not significantly nephrotoxic and is less emetic than cisplatin. It has antitumour activity in man and deserves wider evaluation, along with the other analogues under study in various centres, as an alternative to cisplatin.
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  • 4
    ISSN: 1432-0843
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary N 2 , N 4 , N 6 -Trihydroxymethyl-N 2 , N 4 , N 6 -trimethylmelamine (Trimelamol) is a water-soluble synthetic s-triazine which, unlike hexamethylmelamine (HMM) and pentamethylmelamine (PMM), does not require metabolic activation. The physico-chemical characteristics of Trimelamol were studied with the aim of overcoming the problems of chemical instability, low solubility and polymerisation which had hindered the development of the drug for clinical use. Trimelamol had similar activity to PMM against the murine PC6 plasmacytoma, but enhanced activity with respect to PMM against the Walker 256 carcinosarcoma in the rat, a species which metabolises PMM less efficiently. Pharmacokinetic studies in mouse, rat and man did not show the major species differences characteristic of PMM. The drug exhibited similar toxicity to PMM against rodents, but had virtually no neurotoxicity. The potential advantages of Trimelamol over previously tested melamines are discussed.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1432-0843
    Keywords: Key words DSB-120 ; Pharmokinetics ; Cytotokicity ; DNA cross-linking ; Sequence selectivity
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  We examined the in vitro cytotoxicity, antitumour activity and preclinical pharmacokinetics of the novel sequence-selective, bifunctional alkylating agent DSB-120, a synthetic pyrrolo[1, 4][2, 1-c]benzodiazepine dimer. DSB-120 was shown to be a potent cytotoxic agent in vitro against a panel of human colon carcinomas [50% growth-inhibitory concentration (IC50) 42±7.9 nM, mean±SE, n=7] and two rodent tumours (L1210 and ADJ/PC6). Antitumour activity was assessed in the bifunctional alkylating-agent-sensitive murine plasmacytoma ADJ/PC6 using a variety of administration protocols. The maximal antitumour eff- ects were observed following a single i.v. dose but the therapeutic index was only 2.6. DSB-120 was less effective when given i.p. either singly or by a daily+5 schedule. After a single i.v. dose at the maximum tolerated dose (MTD, 5 mg kg−1) the plasma elimination was biphasic, with a short distribution phase (t 1/2α 4 min) being followed by a longer elimination phase (t 1/3β 38 min). Peak plasma concentrations were 25 μg ml−1, the clearance was 1.3 ml g−1 h−1 and the AUC0-∞ was 230 μg ml−1 min. Concentrations of DSB-120 in ADJ/PC6 tumours were very low, showing a peak of 0.4 μg g−1at 5 min. The steady-state tumour/plasma ratio was about 5% and the AUC was only 2.5% of that occurring in the plasma. DSB-120 appeared to be unstable in vivo, with only 1% of an administered dose being recovered unchanged in 24-h urine samples. Plasma protein binding was extensive at 96.6%. In conclusion, the poor antitumour activity of DSB-120 may be a consequence of low tumour selectivity and drug uptake as a result of high protein binding and/or extensive drug metabolism in vivo.
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  • 6
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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology 6 (1981), S. 85-91 
    ISSN: 1432-0843
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary In the rat prednimustine, the prednisolone ester of chlorambucil, is much less toxic than equimolar doses of chlorambucil, when administered subcutaneously (SC). This is due to differences in alkylating agent pharmacokinetics. Prednimustine injected SC produced low plasma concentrations (〈5 μM) of the alkylating metabolites chlorambucil and phenyl acetic mustard, which were maintained for 48 h. No unhydrolysed prednimustine could be detected. Chlorambucil, in contrast, was rapidly absorbed, peak levels (40 μM) occurring within 2 h, after which chlorambucil and phenyl acetic mustard plasma levels decreased with half-lives of 2.4 h and 2.9 h respectively. The toxicity of chlorambucil could be similarly reduced by administering either the methyl ester of clorambucil or by giving chlorambucil in a multiple-treatment low-dose schedule. Neither of these treatments inhibited the Yoshida alkylating agent-resistant tumour, however, whereas prednimustine or a combination of chlorambucil and prednisolone produced significant tumour growth inhibition. Prednisolone did not alter chlorambucil pharmacokinetics. Thus the reduced toxicity of prednimustine is due to chlorambucil esterification and the subsequent alteration in pharmacokinetics, whilst inhibition of alkylating agent-resistant tumours results from the combination of chlorambucil and prednisolone.
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  • 7
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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology 8 (1982), S. 105-111 
    ISSN: 1432-0843
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of pentamethylmelamine (PMM) have been investigated in mouse (Balb C-, CBA/LAC, nude), rat (Wistar), and man. In all three species, PMM was extensively demethylated to N2,N2,N4,N6-tetramethylmelamine and N2,N4,N6-trimethylmelamine, although marked species differences in the rate of metabolism were observed. PMM metabolism was more rapid in the mouse (plasma t1/2 =〈15 min) than in the rat (plasma t1/2=40 min), and slower in man (plasma t1/2=102 min) than in either mouse or rat. Furthermore, the peak plasma concentrations of N-methylolmelamines, intermediates generated during oxidative N-demethylation, were correspondingly higher in the mouse (563–773 μM) than in the rat (211 μM), whilst in man they were undetectable (〈50 μM). In view of the highly cytotoxic nature of N-methylolmelamines, we conclude that these pharmacokinetic differences may be related to the antitumour effectiveness of PMM in mouse, rat, and man.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1432-0843
    Keywords: Key words  JM216 ; Platinum complexes ; Metabolism ; Human plasma ultrafiltrates
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  This study evaluates the metabolic profile of JM216 [bis(acetato)ammine-dichloro(cyclohexylamine) platinum(IV)], the first orally administrable platinum complex, in plasma ultrafiltrates of 12 patients (n=2–4 time points per patient) following different doses of drug (120, 200, 340, 420, 560 mg/m2). The biotransformation profile was evaluated by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) followed by atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AA). The AA profiles were compared with those previously identified by HPLC on line with mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS) in plasma incubated with JM216. A total of six platinum peaks (Rt=5.5, 7.2, 10.6, 12.4, 15.6, and 21.6 min, respectively) were observed in patients’ plasma ultrafiltrate samples, of which only four appeared during the first 6 h post-treatment. Four of these coeluted with those observed and identified previously in plasma incubation medium. No parent JM216 was detected. The major metabolite seen in patients was the Pt II complex JM118 [cis-amminedichloro-(cyclohexylamine)platinum (II)] and was observed in all the patients. Interestingly, the second metabolite was shown to coelute with the Pt IV species JM383 [bis-acetatoammine(cyclohexylamine)dihydroxoplatinum (IV)]. Both JM118 and JM383 were identified by HPLC-MS in a clinical sample. Peak C, which was a minor product (less than 5% of the free platinum), coeluted with JM559 [bis-acetatoammine-chloro(cyclohexylalamine)hydroxoplatinum (IV)]. The cytotoxicity profile of all three metabolites in a panel of cisplatin-sensitive and -resistant human ovarian carcinoma cell lines was very close to that of the parent drug. In addition, the concentrations of JM118 reached in patients’ plasma ultrafiltrate were comparable with the cytotoxic levels of the compound determined in the ovarian carcinoma panel of cell lines. Two metabolites were seen in patients but not in the in vitro incubation medium, suggesting the involvement of a possible enzyatic reaction. Thus, the biotransformation profile following oral administration of JM216 shows a variety of Pt(IV) and Pt(II) metabolites in plasma that differ significantly from other systemically applied platinum drugs.
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