title: Selective accumulation of 3',5'-dioctanoyl-5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine (FdUrd-C8) and sustained release of its active metabolites in VX-2 rabbit hepatoma following intraarterial administration of FdUrd-C8 solution in Lipiodol.
abstract: Selective accumulation/retention of 3',5'-dioctanoyl-5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine (FdUrd-C8) and sustained release of its active metabolites, 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine (FdUrd) and 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridylate (FdUMP), in the rabbit hepatoma (VX-2) were achieved following intrahepatic arterial administration of FdUrd-C8 solution in Lipiodol. Though no significant difference in the FdUrd-C8 levels among the tumor and nontumorous liver was observed immediately after administration, slower elimination of FdUrd-C8 from the tumor (t 1/2 = 15.8 h) than that from nontumorous sites (t 1/2 = 3.8-4.2 h) resulted in selective retention of FdUrd-C8 (17- to 157-fold) in the tumor. Selectively higher levels of FdUrd and FdUMP in the tumor were also achieved (5- to 35-fold) and kept for 72 h after administration. The selective accumulation was also demonstrated in radioactivity distribution after administration of [6-3H]-FdUrd-C8. The ratio of radioactivity in the tumor divided by that in the blood (T/B ratio) was in a range of 870 to 5400 during a 15- to 1440-min period after administration. A trace of radioactivity was found in the stomach, duodenum, kidneys, and bone marrow. Roles of activation and deactivation enzymes on the selective distribution of FdUrd-C8 were also investigated. Esterase activity, which is responsible for the regeneration of FdUrd from FdUrd-C8, was relatively low in the tumor before administration and gradually increased after administration. Phosphorylase activity, which is related to phosphorolytic cleavage of FdUrd, in the tumor was about 3/5 as much as that in the nontumorous liver. These enzyme activities seem to play limited roles in the selective accumulation/retention and regeneration of the drug.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004950:Esterases / Q000378:metabolism; D005467:Floxuridine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D005468:Fluorodeoxyuridylate / Q000378:metabolism; D006499:Hepatic Artery; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial; D007459:Iodized Oil; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010430:Pentosyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D057845:Pyrimidine Phosphorylases; D011817:Rabbits; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D005467:Floxuridine; D005468:Fluorodeoxyuridylate; C051858:3',5'-dioctanoyl-5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine; D007459:Iodized Oil; D010430:Pentosyltransferases; D057845:Pyrimidine Phosphorylases; D004950:Esterases