title: Antitumor activity of a derivative of mitomycin, 7-N-[2-[[2-(gamma-L-glutamylamino)ethyl]dithio]ethyl]mitomycin C (KW-2149), against murine and human tumors and a mitomycin C-resistant tumor in vitro and in vivo.
abstract: The antitumor activity of a mitomycin derivative, 7-N-[2[[2-(gamma-glutamylamino)ethyl]dithio]ethyl]mitomycin C (KW-2149), was evaluated in murine and human tumor models, including a mitomycin C (MMC)-resistant tumor in vitro and in vivo. KW-2149 showed a profound effect against i.p. inoculated P388 leukemia on both a single and an intermittent administration schedule. Against s.c. implanted colon adenocarcinoma 38 (colon 38). KW-2149 was as effective as MMC in ILS% and in tumor growth inhibition on a single-administration schedule. Both compounds were similarly effective when an intermittent schedule was used. KW-2149 showed activity against human tumor xenografts and was effective in two of four non-small-cell lung carcinomas but was not effective against three gastric adenocarcinomas on the single-administration regimen. The activity of KW-2149 against gastric adenocarcinoma was inferior to that of MMC on a single-administration schedule. However, the antitumor activity of KW-2149 was higher on an intermittent schedule than on a single-administration regimen. The antitumor activity of KW-2149 against human tumor xenografts was similar to that of MMC on an intermittent schedule, and the former drug was effective against both gastric adenocarcinomas and both non-small-cell lung carcinomas. KW-2149 was more effective than MMC against a subline of P388 leukemia that is resistant to MMC in vitro as well as in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Chemotherapy Center, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuruo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sudo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Asami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inaba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morimoto
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007941:Leukemia P388 / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D008819:Mice, Nude; D016685:Mitomycin; D008937:Mitomycins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D008937:Mitomycins; C057625:KW 2149; D016685:Mitomycin