title: Serum levels of pentoxifylline and its metabolites in non-tumor-bearing mice after chronic oral pentoxifylline administration.
abstract: Pentoxifylline lowers blood viscosity and increases erythrocyte flexibility in patients with atherosclerosis, thus increasing tissue oxygen delivery. Since tumor neo-vessels are associated with tissue hypoxia, which contributes to failure of radiation therapy, pentoxifylline might also be useful as a radiation sensitizer. Such drugs are often evaluated in the murine model, but serum levels of pentoxifylline and its metabolites have not been determined in the mouse after chronic oral dosing. We investigated this by administering pentoxifylline via liquid diet or solid diet to young adult male CF1 mice for one to six weeks and assaying plasma for the parent drug and its metabolites. At one, three, and six weeks, plasma levels of pentoxifylline and major derivatives were consistently detectable. Mice remained healthy during this period, indicating that ingestion of large amounts of this drug is well tolerated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, St. Louis University School of Medicine, MO 63110-0250.
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Tolman
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Farr
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Ludden
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Raju
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004032:Diet; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010431:Pentoxifylline / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D010431:Pentoxifylline