title: Interactions between cyclophosphamide and adriamycin metabolism in rats.
abstract: Rat liver microsomes under anaerobic conditions metabolize adriamycin (ADM) to 7-deoxyadriamycinol aglycone and 7-deoxyadriamycin aglycone. The metabolism of ADM and the concentration of cytochrome P-450 were not affected by preincubation with 2.76 mM cyclophosphamide. After preincubation of microsomes with 0.2 mM 4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide, a prodrug of 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide, there was complete denaturation of the cytochrome P-450, and 22.8% inhibition of NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase. Under these conditions, the degradation of ADM was delayed (area under the concentration vs. time curve in micromolar X minutes: 15.6 +/- 2.4 for the controls, and 59.8 +/- 7.3 in the presence of 4-hydroperoxycyclophosphamide, P less than or equal to .005), 7-deoxyadriamycin aglycone increased progressively to reach a plateau at 20 min instead of showing a peak at 2 min and the formation of 7-deoxyadriamycinol aglycone was reduced. Microsomes from animals pretreated with cyclophosphamide (180 mg/kg i.p. once 4 days before sacrifice) showed a 24.0% reduction of NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase activity (P less than or equal to .02). This was accompanied by a decreased formation of 7-deoxyadriamycinol aglycone during the first 20 min of incubation (area under the concentration vs. time curve in micromolar X minutes: 68.0 +/- 15.7 in the controls, and 25.6 +/- 3.1 in the treated animals, P less than or equal to .005), whereas the formation of 7-deoxyadriamycin animals, P less than or equal to .005), whereas the formation of 7-deoxyadriamycin aglycone was not affected. These data indicate an interaction between the metabolism of cyclophosphamide and ADM in rats.
mesh_terms: D000478:Alkylation; D000818:Animals; D003520:Cyclophosphamide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism*; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000378:metabolism*; D004347:Drug Interactions; D008297:Male; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004317:Doxorubicin; D003520:Cyclophosphamide; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D009251:NADPH-Ferrihemoprotein Reductase; C011272:perfosfamide