Abstract：
:EO9 is a novel bioreductive drug which has recently undergone extensive clinical evaluation. Its mechanism of action remains to be clearly defined. Antitumour activity of EO9 has been determined in 2 human colon cancer xenografts (HT-29 and BE) and 2 murine colon adenocarcinomas (MAC 16 and 26) after intratumoural injection of 250 microg of drug. Levels of the major bioreductive enzymes (DT-diaphorase, cytochrome P-450 reductase and cytochrome b5 reductase) were measured in tumours using cytochrome c reduction and menadione as the intermediate electron acceptor. There was no correlation between chemosensitivity (T/C: HT-29, 15%; BE, 27%; MAC 16, 33% and MAC 26, 60%) and enzyme activity (r2 = 0.47 for DT-diaphorase, r2 = 0.1 for cytochrome P-450 reductase and r2 = 0.52 for cytochrome b5 reductase). Drug metabolism was followed in vitro using tumour homogenates incubated under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Four metabolites were identified by HPLC and characterised bv UV-visible spectroscopy. With the exception of the hydrolysis product EO5A, all other metabolites appeared to be drug adducts. No correlation was observed between the kinetics of metabolite formation and antitumour activity. A good correlation (r2 = 0.86) was found with the rate of disappearance of parent drug and antitumour activity. These data show that the overall capacity of a tumour to metabolise EO9 is the most important determinant of antitumour activity rather than the expression of the major bioreductive enzymes and that the parent drug rather than a metabolite leads to the active form of the drug.
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Biochem Pharmacoljournal_title
Biochemical pharmacologyauthors
Cummings J,Spanswick VJ,Gardiner J,Ritchie A,Smyth JFdoi
10.1016/s0006-2952(97)00265-7subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-02-01 00:00:00pages
253-60issue
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1873-2968pii
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