title: Kinetic investigation of the aqueous stability and antitumor activity of a hydrosoluble diaryltriazene, AVIS, related to the antimetastatic agent DM-COOK.
abstract: The aim of this study is to investigate the hydrolysis of 1,3-di(p-carboxyphenyl)triazene dipotassium salt, AVIS (1), over a pH range of 2.60-8.50. This compound decomposes into p-aminobenzoic acid and the corresponding diazonium cation with no formation of alkylcarbo cations; the same compounds are formed from hydrolyses of DM-COOK (2), an antimetastatic agent, and of its possible demethylated metabolite, MM-COOK (3), a chemical xenogenization inducer. In these latter cases, however, a methylcarbo cation is formed. The pH dependence of the pseudo-first-order rate constants is intermediate between 2 and 3. Preliminary data on its toxicity and antitumor activity on both Lewis lung carcinoma and TLX5 lymphoma seem to indicate the essential role of alkylcarbo cation in mediating the antitumor action of aryldimethyltriazenes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lassiani
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ebert
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nisi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Varnavas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zorzet
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sava
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Boccù
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D004355:Drug Stability; D007700:Kinetics; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D012995:Solubility; D014226:Triazenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D014226:Triazenes; C030838:1-(4-carboxyphenyl)-3,3-dimethyltriazene