title: Activity of 9-dimethylaminomethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin against pediatric and adult central nervous system tumor xenografts.
abstract: The activity of dimethylaminomethyl-10-hydroxycamptothecin (topotecan) was evaluated against a panel of xenografts derived from ependymomas (D528 EP, D612 EP), childhood high-grade gliomas (D-456 MG, D-212 MG), adult high-grade gliomas (D-245 MG, D-54 MG), and medulloblastomas (D425 Med) growing s.c. and i.c. (intracranially) in athymic nude mice. Topotecan was given at a dose of 1.9 mg/kg by i.p. injection in 0.9% saline using a volume of 90 ml/m2 on days 1-5 and 8-12, which represents the dose lethal to 10% of treated animals. Topotecan was active in the therapy of all s.c. xenografts tested, with growth delays ranging from 6.3 days in D-54 MG to 55.7 days in D528 EP. Topotecan produced statistically significant tumor regressions in D425 Med, D-456 MG, D-245 MG, D528 EP, and D612 EP. No tumor regression was seen in any control animal. Statistically significant increases in median survival were seen in the two i.c. xenografts--D-456 MG (28.6% increase) and D-54 MG (39% increase)--treated with topotecan. These studies suggest that topotecan may be an important new addition to the therapy of central nervous system tumors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Houghton
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Schold
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keir
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Bigner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use* / Q000633:toxicity; D002166:Camptothecin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use / Q000633:toxicity; D016543:Central Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality; D002648:Child; D004354:Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D011897:Random Allocation; D013997:Time Factors; D019772:Topotecan; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D019772:Topotecan; D002166:Camptothecin