Abstract
Gamma-hydroxybutylic acid (GHB) and gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), the metabolites of UFT, which is an oral fluoropyrimidine, have been reported to inhibit angiogenesis with IC50 values of 25.8 ng/ml. The pharmacokinetics of GHB and GBL were examined after the administration of UFT in patients with gastric cancer. The patients received 200 mg of UFT orally twice a day. Peripheral blood samples were collected at 0, 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 hr after the time of dosing on day 5. The baseline and endogenous GBL concentrations in plasma were 20.2 +/- 7.5 ng/ml for patients and 16.8 +/- 4.0 ng/ml for volunteers (P = 0.221). The values of C(max) for tegafur, uracil, 5-FU and GBL were 14.7 +/- 5.2 and 4.0 +/- 2.8 microg/ml, 191.2 +/- 115.3 and 147.5 +/- 57.3 ng/ml, respectively, and the values of Tmax were 1.0 +/- 0.6, 1.1 +/- 0.6, 0.9 +/- 0.6 and 1.2 +/- 0. 6 hr, respectively. The concentration of GBL was much higher than its IC50 value for angiogenesis. GBL is thus suggested to contribute to the anticancer effects of UFT in addition to that of 5-FU, which is continuously metabolized from UFT.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 418-424 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Fukuoka igaku zasshi = Hukuoka acta medica |
| Volume | 98 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 1 2007 |
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Pharmacokinetics of gamma-hydroxybutylic acid (GHB) and gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), the anti-angiogenic metabolites of oral fluoropyrimidine UFT, in patients with gastric cancer. / Emi, Yasunori; Sumiyoshi, Yasushi; Oki, Eiji; Kakeji, Yoshihiro; Fukui, Yousuke; Maehara, Yoshihiko.
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T1 - Pharmacokinetics of gamma-hydroxybutylic acid (GHB) and gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), the anti-angiogenic metabolites of oral fluoropyrimidine UFT, in patients with gastric cancer.
AU - Emi, Yasunori
AU - Sumiyoshi, Yasushi
AU - Oki, Eiji
AU - Kakeji, Yoshihiro
AU - Fukui, Yousuke
AU - Maehara, Yoshihiko
PY - 2007/1/1
Y1 - 2007/1/1
N2 - Gamma-hydroxybutylic acid (GHB) and gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), the metabolites of UFT, which is an oral fluoropyrimidine, have been reported to inhibit angiogenesis with IC50 values of 25.8 ng/ml. The pharmacokinetics of GHB and GBL were examined after the administration of UFT in patients with gastric cancer. The patients received 200 mg of UFT orally twice a day. Peripheral blood samples were collected at 0, 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 hr after the time of dosing on day 5. The baseline and endogenous GBL concentrations in plasma were 20.2 +/- 7.5 ng/ml for patients and 16.8 +/- 4.0 ng/ml for volunteers (P = 0.221). The values of C(max) for tegafur, uracil, 5-FU and GBL were 14.7 +/- 5.2 and 4.0 +/- 2.8 microg/ml, 191.2 +/- 115.3 and 147.5 +/- 57.3 ng/ml, respectively, and the values of Tmax were 1.0 +/- 0.6, 1.1 +/- 0.6, 0.9 +/- 0.6 and 1.2 +/- 0. 6 hr, respectively. The concentration of GBL was much higher than its IC50 value for angiogenesis. GBL is thus suggested to contribute to the anticancer effects of UFT in addition to that of 5-FU, which is continuously metabolized from UFT.
AB - Gamma-hydroxybutylic acid (GHB) and gamma-butyrolactone (GBL), the metabolites of UFT, which is an oral fluoropyrimidine, have been reported to inhibit angiogenesis with IC50 values of 25.8 ng/ml. The pharmacokinetics of GHB and GBL were examined after the administration of UFT in patients with gastric cancer. The patients received 200 mg of UFT orally twice a day. Peripheral blood samples were collected at 0, 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 hr after the time of dosing on day 5. The baseline and endogenous GBL concentrations in plasma were 20.2 +/- 7.5 ng/ml for patients and 16.8 +/- 4.0 ng/ml for volunteers (P = 0.221). The values of C(max) for tegafur, uracil, 5-FU and GBL were 14.7 +/- 5.2 and 4.0 +/- 2.8 microg/ml, 191.2 +/- 115.3 and 147.5 +/- 57.3 ng/ml, respectively, and the values of Tmax were 1.0 +/- 0.6, 1.1 +/- 0.6, 0.9 +/- 0.6 and 1.2 +/- 0. 6 hr, respectively. The concentration of GBL was much higher than its IC50 value for angiogenesis. GBL is thus suggested to contribute to the anticancer effects of UFT in addition to that of 5-FU, which is continuously metabolized from UFT.
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