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Hoffmann, R. A wiki for the life sciences where authorship matters. Nature Genetics (2008)
 
 
 
 
 
 

Pharmacokinetics of N-2-chloroethylaziridine, a volatile cytotoxic metabolite of cyclophosphamide, in the rat.

OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this study were to characterize pharmacokinetics of N-2-chloroethylaziridine (CEA) in the rat model and assess the in vivo fraction of total clearance of phosphoramide mustard (PM) that furnished CEA to circulation. METHODS: The disposition of CEA was investigated following separate intravenous (iv) administrations of PM, synthetic CEA, and their combination to the Sprague-Dawley rats. In addition, in rats receiving prodrug cyclophosphamide (CP), plasma concentrations of CP and its metabolites, 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide (HOCP), PM, and CEA, were simultaneously quantified using GC/MS and stable isotope dilution techniques. RESULTS: Following iv administration of synthetic CEA, concentrations of CEA declined biexponentially with the mean terminal half-life and total body clearance of 47.5 min and 167 ml/min/kg, respectively. Urinary excretion of unchanged CEA was 0.164% of the administered dose. CEA was found to be the major circulating metabolite after iv administration of precursor PM to rats. The fraction of total clearance of PM that furnished CEA to circulation was estimated to be 100%, indicating virtually complete availability of the metabolite to circulation once formed. In rats administered with CP, PM exhibited the highest plasma and urinary concentrations compared to HOCP and CEA. CONCLUSIONS: For the first time, CEA was demonstrated to be an important in vivo metabolite of CP in the present study. In light of the poor permeability and in vivo stability of PM, the ultimate DNA alkylator, the findings obtained in this study suggested that CEA may contribute significantly to the overall antitumor activity of prodrug CP.[1]

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