title: A comparison of sister-chromatid exchange in mouse peripheral blood lymphocytes exposed in vitro and in vivo to phosphoramide mustard and 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide.
abstract: Cyclophosphamide (CP) and two of its known metabolites, 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide (4-OHCP) and phosphoramide mustard (PAM), were analyzed for their ability to induce sister-chromatid exchanges (SCEs) in mouse peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) in vitro and in vivo. At equimolar concentrations, CP is a more potent SCE inducer in vivo than PAM and PAM and 4-OHCP induce equal numbers of SCEs in a dose-dependent manner. The present study also shows that these metabolites of CP are more potent SCE inducers than CP itself in vitro. This relationship might be explained by the differences in pharmacokinetics of these compounds.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Health Research and Testing Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Erexson
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Kligerman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000633:toxicity; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010752:Phosphoramide Mustards / Q000633:toxicity*; D012854:Sister Chromatid Exchange / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D010752:Phosphoramide Mustards; C030090:phosphoramide mustard; C012358:4-hydroxycyclophosphamide; D003520:Cyclophosphamide