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Fate of 1-O-octadecyl-2-O-methyl-rac-glycero-3-phosphocholine (ET18-OME) in malignant cells, normal cells, and isolated and perfused rat liver.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  7720513     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Ether lipids show high specific cytotoxicity in vitro on a wide variety of experimental tumors, but only moderate activity in vivo. One reason for this lack of activity in the whole animal might be a high degree of metabolic degradation. We therefore studied the biotransformation of 1-O-octadecyl-2-O-methyl-rac-glycero-3-phosphocholine ([3H]ET18-OMe) labeled in position 9-10 of the 1-alkyl chain, in rat plasma and erythrocytes, HL60 and K562 leukemic cells, HT29 adenocarcinoma cells, and cultured hepatocytes at 37 degrees C, and in a system of isolated and perfused rat liver. ET18-OMe and its metabolites were identified and quantified after lipid extraction and TLC separation. In tumor cells, 98% of ET18-OMe remained almost unmodified in vitro after 24-hr incubation. Plasma and erythrocytes from rats metabolized only 4-5% of the original compound in 3 hr. In cultured hepatocytes, 35% and 58.3%, respectively, of ET18-OMe was present after 6 and 24 hr as the metabolites 1-O-alkyl-2-O-methylglycerol (AMG), 1-O-alkyl-2-O-methylphosphatidic acid (AMPA), and stearyl alcohol (SA) (products of direct hydrolysis by phospholipases C and D and alkylhydrolase); phospholipids (phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine); and neutral lipids (products of secondary metabolism). In perfused rat liver, approximately 15% of the total radioactivity incorporated after 3 hr was distributed in metabolites as follows: 5.9% of AMPA, 5.0% of AMG, and 3.1% of SA. We conclude that the metabolism of ET18-OMe in normal tissues occurring through the same enzymes that metabolize natural lipids may partly explain the lack of effect in vivo.
Authors:
A Magistrelli; P Villa; E Benfenati; E J Modest; M Salmona; M T Tacconi
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Publication Detail:
Type:  In Vitro; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals     Volume:  23     ISSN:  0090-9556     ISO Abbreviation:  Drug Metab. Dispos.     Publication Date:  1995 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1995-05-23     Completed Date:  1995-05-23     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9421550     Medline TA:  Drug Metab Dispos     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  113-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Antineoplastic Agents / blood,  metabolism*
Biotransformation
Cells, Cultured
Erythrocytes / metabolism
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Humans
Liver / metabolism*
Male
Phospholipid Ethers / blood,  metabolism*
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Tumor Cells, Cultured / metabolism
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
CA 41314/CA/NCI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Antineoplastic Agents; 0/Phospholipid Ethers; 65492-82-2/edelfosine

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