title: Concentration and time-dependent inter-relationships for cytotoxicities of nitrogen mustard drugs against lymphoblasts in-vitro.
abstract: Peripheral lymphoblasts were exposed either to different initial concentrations of the alkylating agents (melphalan, chlorambucil or phenylacetic acid mustard) using a fixed incubation time or a constant [3H]methylthymidine incorporation into the trichloracetic acid-insoluble fraction of the cells. The concentration-time relationships were evaluated by calculating the amount of drug which had chemically reacted in the incubation system. Melphalan showed lower cytotoxicity at short exposure times and high drug concentrations, while chlorambucil exhibited higher cytotoxicity at longer exposure times. In the latter case the effect could be accounted for by the cytotoxic activity of monohydroxy chlorambucil which was formed in the incubation system.
authors.affiliation: Karolinsaka Pharmacy, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ehrsson
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wallin
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ringborg
mesh_terms: D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects*; D002699:Chlorambucil / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects*; D008558:Melphalan / Q000494:pharmacology; D009588:Nitrogen Mustard Compounds / Q000633:toxicity*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D009588:Nitrogen Mustard Compounds; D002699:Chlorambucil; D008558:Melphalan