title: [The determination of thymidylate synthetase inhibition for testing fluoropyrimidines--pharmacokinetics and metabolism of carmofur (HCFU) in patients with gynecologic malignancies--Tokai HCFU Study Group for Gynecologic Malignancies].
abstract: The pharmacokinetics and metabolism of carmofur (HCFU) were studied. Sixty-six patients were administered 100 mg of HCFU orally, and the plasma levels of the HCFU fraction (HCFUf) and 5-fluorouracil (5-FUra) were determined at 0, 1, 2, 4 and 6 hours. The average half-life of HCFUf and 5-FUra were 1.05 and 1.31 hours, and the average areas under the curves (AUC) of the plasma concentration were 6.51 hr X mcg/ml and 0.46 hr X mcg/ml, respectively. Surgical specimens of the tumors were obtained about three hours after the administration and assayed for HCFUf. 5-FUra fluorodeoxyuridine-monophosphate (FdUMP), deoxyuridine-monophosphate (dUMP), total thymidylate synthetase (TS total), and non-FdUMP-bound free enzyme (TS free). The TS inhibition rate (IR) was calculated by the follow method: IR = (TS total-TS free)/TS total X 100 levels of the TS total varied from not-detected (less than 0.10 pmol/g) to 20.5 pmol/g. The average FdUMP: dUMP ratio was 3.44 X 10(3), However, more than 80% inhibitions of TS were observed in nine cases (21.4%). The correlation indicates between TS IR and tissue FdUMP level or FdUMP: dUMP ratio were 0.57 and 0.62 in ovarian malignancies respectively. No significant correlations were observed between TS inhibition and levels of tissue 5-FUra or AUC of 5-FUra.
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005467:Floxuridine / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D013940:Thymidylate Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D005467:Floxuridine; D013940:Thymidylate Synthase; C017367:carmofur; D005472:Fluorouracil