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  • 1
    ISSN: 1573-7373
    Keywords: intrathecal chemotherapy ; ACNU ; pharmacokinetics ; leptomeningeal tumor
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The pharmacokinetics of intrathecal 1-(4-amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinyl) methyl-3-(2-chloroethyl)-3-nitrosourea hydrochloride (ACNU) were studied in female Wistar rats by macroscopical autoradiography using14C labeled ACNU. In normal rats, ACNU rapidly distributed in the subarachnoid space and ventricles after intracisternal administration. Diffusional transport into the brain tissue was limited to a depth of 1 or 2 mm from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) surface of the brain. Clearance of ACNU from the CSF space and brain was relatively fast and the half time of ACNU concentration at the cortical or ventricular surface was 10 min. In rats with leptomeningeal tumor induced by intracisternal inoculation of Walker 256 carcinosarcoma cells, the distribution pattern of ACNU after intracisternal administration was essentially the same as in normal rats until the tumor had grown in the subarachnoid space to form more than 10 or 20 layers of tumor cells. ACNU was distributed in the tumor as well. When the tumor had grown to form masses in the subarach-noid space, ACNU failed to penetrate to more than a depth of 1 or 2 mm from the tumor surface. Our results suggest that intrathecal ACNU administration may have no, or minor side effects on the brain and that it can eliminate floating or thin layered tumor cells in the subarachnoid space but not bulky tumors.
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    ISSN: 1573-7373
    Keywords: angiogenesis ; angiogenesis inhibitor ; TNP-470 ; malignant glioma
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary A novel angiogenesis inhibitor TNP-470 was investigated for its anti-tumor activity against malignant gliomas bothin vitro andin vivo. TNP-470 cytostatically inhibited the growth in all of the seven glioma cell lines in culture including anticancer drug resistant cells. The 50% inhibitory concentrations (IC50) of these glioma cell lines were 10 to 30 Μg/ml and they were 10 to 20 times higher than IC50 of normal endothelial cells. TNP-470 (30 mg/kg, i.p., every other day) also significantly inhibited the tumor growth of T98G-transplanted nude mice. Microscopically, tumor vessels after the treatment of the tumor-bearing mice with TNP-470 became fewer in number and smaller in diameter than those without treatment. Furthermore, there appeared extensive necrotic areas in the tumor with TNP-470. These results indicate that TNP-470 is a potent angiogenesis inhibitor for malignant gliomas. In addition, the studies of labeling index of BrdU and Ki67 suggest that TNP-470 may act mainly on tumor endothelial cells, thus resulting in reduction of the tumor growth.
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