STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY-RELATIONSHIPS OF DIMERIC CATHARANTHUS ALKALOIDS .1. DEACETYLVINBLASTINE AMIDE (VINDESINE) SULFATE
STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY-RELATIONSHIPS OF DIMERIC CATHARANTHUS ALKALOIDS .1. DEACETYLVINBLASTINE AMIDE (VINDESINE) SULFATE
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DOI:
10.1021/jm00199a016
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
7.3
通讯作者:
NELSON, RL
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作者:
BARNETT, CJ;CULLINAN, GJ;NELSON, RL
Exploration of the effects of minor structural differences on the antitumor activity and toxicity of dimeric Catharanthus alkaloids resulted in the preparation of deacetylvinblastine amide (vindesine, VDS) from vinblastine (VLB) or deacetylvinblastine. Adequate amounts of vindesine for biological testing were prepared by preferential hydrazinolysis of the C23-ester in the vindoline moiety of VLB followed by hydrogenolysis of the resulting deacetylvinblastine hydrazide. Vindesine in its activity spectrum against rodent tumor systems resembles vincristine (VCR) rather than its parent VLB, while ite neurotoxic potential appears to be less than that of VCR. The experimental models developed to estimate this potential include in vitro measurements of axoplasmic transport effects in the cat sciatic nerve and the estimation of neuromuscular disturbances in chickens and monkeys by vindesine in comparison with VCR. A radioimmunoassay for VLB, VCR and VDS, developed by deacetylvinblastine acid azide was used to study the pharmacokinetcs of vindesine in man. The clinical investigation of vindesine is in progress. Deacetylvinblastine, in contrast to earlier reports, showed activity against several murine tumor systems.