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Mechanism of action of the novel anticancer agent 6-fluoro-2-(2'-fluoro-1,1'-biphenyl-4-yl)-3-methyl-4-quinolinecarbo xylic acid sodium salt (NSC 368390): inhibition of de novo pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis.

Exposure of cultured clone A human colon tumor cells to 25 to 75 microM of NSC 368390 [6-fluoro-2-(2'-fluoro-1,1'-biphenyl-4-yl)-3-methyl-4-quinolinecarbox yli c acid sodium salt, DuP 785] for 48 to 72 h resulted in a 99.9% cell kill as determined by clonogenic assay. Cells exposed to NSC 368390 became depleted in intracellular pools of uridine 5'-triphosphate and cytidine 5'-triphosphate. Both uridine 5'-triphosphate and cytidine 5'-triphosphate were decreased to 50% of levels in control cells at 3 h and were undetectable at 15 h after addition of 25 microM of NSC 368390 to the cultures. Similar effects were observed in L1210 leukemia cells. Addition of 0.1 mM of uridine or cytidine restored intracellular pools of uridine 5'-triphosphate and cytidine 5'-triphosphate to control levels and rescued clone A cells from NSC 368390 cytotoxicity. Addition of uridine circumvented NSC 368390 cytotoxicity in L1210 cells, but addition of cytidine did not. This result is consistent with the fact that L1210 cells lack cytidine deaminase and thus cannot form uridine or its anabolites from cytidine. These results indicated that NSC 368390 inhibits a step in the de novo biosynthetic pathway leading to uridine 5'-monophosphate. Therefore, the effects of NSC 368390 on the six enzymes that comprise the de novo pathway leading to the formation of uridine 5'-monophosphate were examined. The results showed that NSC 368390 was a potent inhibitor of dihydroorotate dehydrogenase, the fourth enzyme in the pathway; thus, this study demonstrates that NSC 368390 exerts its tumoricidal effect by inhibiting a step in de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis resulting in the depletion of critical precursors for RNA and DNA synthesis.

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Activity of a novel 4-quinolinecarboxylic acid, NSC 368390 [6-fluoro-2-(2'-fluoro-1,1'-biphenyl-4-yl)-3-methyl-4-quinolinecarb oxylic acid sodium salt], against experimental tumors.

A novel, substituted 4-quinolinecarboxylic acid (NSC 339768) demonstrated antitumor activity against L1210 leukemia and B16 melanoma in the National Cancer Institute's Developmental Therapeutics Program. An extensive analogue synthesis program was initiated; over 200 derivatives were synthesized and tested for anticancer activity. One of these compounds, 6-fluoro-2-(2'-fluoro-1,1'-biphenyl-4-yl)-3-methyl-4-quinolinecarboxylic acid sodium salt, NSC 368390 (DuP-785), was selected for further investigation because of its efficacy against a spectrum of human solid tumors and its water solubility. In initial studies with L1210 leukemia, the compound caused an increase in life span of greater than 80%. The activity was schedule dependent, and the compound was equally efficacious when administered i.p., i.v., s.c., or p.o. In tests against human tumors xenografted under the renal capsule of nude mice, NSC 368390 when injected i.p. in doses of 20-40 mg/kg daily for 9 days inhibited the growth of the MX-1 breast, LX-1 lung, BL/STX-1 stomach, and CX-1 colon carcinomas by greater than 90%. NSC 368390 also inhibited the growth of three distinct human colon carcinomas, the HCT-15, clone A, and DLD-2 tumors, growing s.c. in nude mice. An i.p. dose of 25 mg/kg given daily for 9 days inhibited the growth of the DLD-2 colon cancer by 98%. 1-beta-D-Arabinofuranosylcytosine and Adriamycin were ineffective, and fluorouracil was only moderately effective against these colon tumors. Because of its good activity against human colon tumors and other human carcinomas and its water solubility, NSC 368390 (DuP-785) is being developed as a Phase 1 anticancer agent.

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pH and temperature dependence of the double inhibition of D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase by ATP and quinaldate.

ATP and quinaldate, two inhibitors of D-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, act antagonistically if [Pi] greater than 1 mM, at pH 7.5 and 25 degrees C. However, the type of interaction of the two inhibitors changes with pH and temperature. Antagonism is strongest at pH values near neutrality and decreases at higher pH. Above pH 9.5 the two inhibitors act nearly additively. At pH 8.5 and [Pi] = 5 mM there is antagonism above 20 degrees C between the two inhibitors whereas there is synergy below 20 degrees C. A lag period in the time course of the enzyme reaction was detected when both inhibitors were present. The lag period is a function of pH. Below pH 8.5 the pH-dependence of the lag period resembles a titration curve with a pKapp greater than 8.

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The complement fixation test and African trypanosomiasis. II. The complement fixation test as an aid for assessing therapy.

Complement-fixing antibody titres decline after successful treatment of trypanosoma infected cattle during a fixed period. For investigating the practicability of the resulting double test procedure in the field, cattle under controlled drug regimes were tested at treatment and again 3 weeks later. Alternatively, the results from groups of treated and untreated animals from the same area were compared. Both serological and parasitological test results indicated an insuffieicnt effectiveness of therapy in the area under investibation.

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[Toxicity of hydroxyquinoline derivatives].

We studied a 90 day toxicity in dogs of the compound broxyquinoline + broxaldine--5:1 (enteroquin), applied orally and daily in doses of 0.1 and 0.2/kg t/24 h. We established the toxic manifestations during the period after the 15th day of the treatment: leukopenia, neutropenia and lymphocytosis (by 0.2 kg t/24 h). After the second and fifth day we observed a decrease of appetite, depression of the CNS, paralyses, arrhythmia, progressing loss in weight, proteinorrhea (more pronounced with those receiving 0.2/kg t (24 h); lethal consequence with some part of the animals 25% (ba 0.1/kg t) and 50% (by 0.2 kg t). We found out pathohistologically necrobiotic changes in the medulla oblongata and the kidneys, toxic distrophy of the liver, blood-vessel injuries. The toxic changes observed can be interpreted in connection with the presence of a species specific reaction.

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Effect of carcinogenic components of cigarette smoke on in vivo production of murine interferon.

Mice were treated with several different potentially carcinogenic components of tobacco smoke. The chemicals used were: 4-aminobiphenyl and aniline-HCl, which are found in high concentrations in sidestream tobacco smoke; hydrazine sulfate, which is found in high concentrations in mainstream tobacco smoke; and 2-methylquinoline, which is found in intermediate concentrations in both sidestream and mainstream smoke. The chemicals were injected i.p. into mice, and then alpha/beta interferon was induced in the mice by i.v. injection of polyriboinosinic-polyribocytidylic acid. The interferon was induced either 2, 24, or 48 hr after treatment with the tobacco smoke components. Mice treated with 4-aminobiphenyl showed some depression of interferon production 2 hr after treatment, maximum inhibition of interferon induction 24 hr after treatment, and a return to control levels of interferon 48 hr after treatment. Mice treated with hydrazine sulfate showed maximum inhibition of interferon induction 24 hr after treatment but no effects at any other treatment time. These components were the most carcinogenic chemicals of those utilized in this study. Treatment of mice with aniline-HCl, a chemical whose carcinogenic potential is still debated, resulted in marginal depression of interferon induction 24 hr after treatment. 2-Methylquinoline, the chemical with the lowest carcinogenic potential in this study, had no effect on interferon induction after administration to mice. In vivo interferon induction was, therefore, inhibited by treatment of mice with chemical carcinogens found in tobacco smoke. The efficacy of the chemical in inhibiting interferon induction was not influenced by the mainstream or sidestream smoke predominance of the chemical.

Aminobiphenyl Compounds↗

New small molecule immunosuppressants for transplantation: review of essential concepts.

More immunosuppressive drugs than ever have recently graduated from the laboratory to extensive clinical trials of their safety and efficacy in patients undergoing transplantation. Although none of these drugs is perfect, they control different forms of rejection in stringent animal models more effectively than other immunosuppressants; yet these novel molecules suppress the immune system far more specifically than steroids and regimens that cause lymphopenia. Cyclosporin G and IMM 125 (analogues of cyclosporine) and FK506 are the only drugs that selectively inhibit T-cell proliferation by blocking cytokine synthesis. The primary action of rapamycin and leflunomide appears to be an inhibition of the actions of cytokines and growth factors on T, B, and some nonimmune cells. T and B cells are more sensitive than nonimmune cells to the depletion of purines and pyrimidines caused by mizoribine, mycophenolic acid, and brequinar sodium. Nucleotide depletion causes interruption of DNA synthesis and glycosylation of adhesion molecules in immune cells. Further differentiation of T and B cells after proliferation into fully functional immune cells is inhibited by unknown mechanisms by brequinar and deoxyspergualin. On the basis of preclinical studies, these drugs may effectively suppress clinical rejection that is (1) acute (all drugs), (2) chronic (rapamycin, leflunomide, and mycophenolic acid), or (3) antibody-mediated (brequinar, deoxyspergualin, mycophenolic acid, and rapamycin). Some drugs (FK506, deoxyspergualin, mycophenolic acid, rapamycin, and leflunomide) may reverse acute rejection refractory to conventional immunosuppression. These new drugs not only block different biochemical steps that normally lead to fully functional T and B cells after stimulation by alloantigen, but their toxicity profiles also differ. Results from preclinical studies predict that use of selected combinations of these drugs in patients will be more effective, less nephrotoxic, less myelotoxic, and less broadly immunosuppressive than current regimens based on cyclosporine, T-cell depletion, steroids, and azathioprine ... at least, that's the idea! Or as former Vice President Dan Quayle said, "It's a question of whether we're going to go forward into the future, or past to the back."

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