Iigo Masaaki, Nishikata Ken-Ichi, Nakajima Yoko
Apr 1, 1990
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Biochemical Pharmacology
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Abstract 2,2'-Anhydro-5-ethyluridine (ANEUR), a potent inhibitor of uridine phosphorylase, markedly potentiated the antitumor activity of fluorouridine (FUR) against murine mammary adenocarcinoma 755 in bdf 1 mice and human colon adenocarcinoma LS174T in athymic-nude mice. Whereas ANEUR annihilated the antitumor activity of 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine (FUdR) and 5'-deoxy-5-nuorouridine (DFUR) in the murine adenocarcinoma 755 system, it did not alter the antitumor activity of FUdR in the human adenocarcinoma LS174T system. In vitro , ANEUR proved inhibitory to the phosphorolytic cleavage of both FUR and FUdR by uridine phosphorylase, and this could explain why in vivo conversion of FUR and FUdR to 5-fluorouracil was suppressed. FUR can be held directly responsible for the antitumor effects observed in the murine adenocarcinoma 755 system, whereas in the activity against human adenocarcinoma LS174T may be mediated by both FUR and FUdR.