Suicidal inactivation of human dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase by (E)-5-(2-bromovinyl)uracil derived from the antiviral, sorivudine.
Cancer Lett
; 122(1-2): 107-13, 1998 Jan 09.
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ABSTRACT
An enzymatic study was performed to clarify the mechanism of 18 acute deaths in patients who had received the new oral antiviral drug, sorivudine (SRV), during anticancer chemotherapy with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) prodrugs. Human dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (hDPD), playing a key role in the liver as the rate-limiting enzyme in catabolism of 5-FU, was expressed in E. coli, purified and incubated in the presence of NADPH with SRV or (E)-5-(2-bromovinyl)uracil (BVU), a metabolite of SRV produced by human gut flora. hDPD was rapidly and irreversibly inactivated by BVU, but not by SRV. Radioactivity of [14C]BVU was incorporated into hDPD in the presence of NADPH in a manner reciprocal to the enzyme inactivation. In the absence of NADPH, hDPD was not inactivated by BVU, nor radiolabeled with [14C]BVU. Thus, as we demonstrated previously with studies using the rat, the acute deaths were strongly suggested to be attributable to markedly elevated tissue 5-FU levels which were responsible for irreversible inhibition of hDPD by covalent binding of a reduced form of BVU as a suicide inactivator.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Antivirais
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Oxirredutases
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Arabinofuranosiluracila
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Bromouracila
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1998
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Article