title: Combined therapy of polyamine antimetabolites and antitumor drugs for human gastric cancer xenotransplanted into nude mice.
abstract: Antitumor therapies using polyamine antimetabolites combined with 1-(4-amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidyl)methyl-3(2-chloroethyl)-3-nitrosourea (ACNU) or fluorinated pyrimidines for human gastric cancer xenotransplanted into nude mice were studied to determine inhibiting post-therapeutic regrowth of the tumor after cessation of antitumor treatments with polyamine antimetabolites alone. ACNU 20 mg/kg, fluorinated pyrimidine, 5-FU 52.8 mg/kg and 5'-deoxy-5-fluorouridine (5'-DFUR) 100 mg/kg as well as polyamine antimetabolites, alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) 1000 mg/kg and methylglyoxal-bis-guanylhydrazone (MGBG) 50 mg/kg were given intraperitoneally for 5 successive days. When DFMO and MGBG were combined with ACNU, the post-therapeutic regrowth was definitely inhibited, while combined treatments with 5-FU or 5'-DFUR did not inhibit the regrowth. Post-therapeutic DNA biosynthesis was suppressed in mice given DFMO, MGBG plus ACNU. On the contrary, in mice treated with DFMO, MGBG plus 5-FU or 5'-DFUR, suppression of DNA biosynthesis was not observed. Tumor tissue spermine levels in the DFMO, MGBG plus 5-FU or 5'-DFUR group remained unchanged, compared to those in the DFMO + MGBG group. In mice given DFMO, MGBG plus ACNU, however, spermine levels were markedly depressed; and the ACNU alone depressed also the tissue spermine levels. These different results between nitrosourea and fluorinated pyrimidines may relate to mechanisms of action of these antitumor drugs.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000518:Eflornithine; D005467:Floxuridine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005472:Fluorouracil / Q000008:administration & dosage; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D008935:Mitoguazone / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D015376:Nimustine; D009607:Nitrosourea Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009952:Ornithine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D009607:Nitrosourea Compounds; D005467:Floxuridine; D015376:Nimustine; D009952:Ornithine; D008935:Mitoguazone; D005472:Fluorouracil; C025034:doxifluridine; D000518:Eflornithine