DAILY PROFILES OF PLASMA PHENYLALANINE AND TYROSINE IN PATIENTS WITH OSTEOGENIC-SARCOMA DURING TREATMENT WITH HIGH-DOSE METHOTREXATE-CITROVORUM RESCUE
DAILY PROFILES OF PLASMA PHENYLALANINE AND TYROSINE IN PATIENTS WITH OSTEOGENIC-SARCOMA DURING TREATMENT WITH HIGH-DOSE METHOTREXATE-CITROVORUM RESCUE
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10.1002/mpo.2950170404
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发表时间:
1989-01-01
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PATEL, CC
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HILTON, MA;BERTOLONE, S;PATEL, CC
Three adolescents and one child with osteosarcoma were studied during multiple courses of high-dose methotrexate, citrovorum factor rescue (HDMTX-CFR), with one adolescent treated intermittently over a period of 6 years. Plasma phenylalanine (Phe) and Tyrosine (Tyr) were measured immediately before the infusion of MTX and then daily until serum MTX fell below 10-7 M. At 24 hours, all showed marked increases in Phe and in the Phe/Tyr ratio. This suggests inhibition of dihydropteridine reductase (DHPR) which, in association with hepatic Phe hydroxylase, controls plasma concentrations of Phe. Inhibition of this enzyme system is not relieved by CFR. In the adolescent patients, although MTX levels in plasma declined steadily, Phe concentrations, which fell between 24 and 48 hours, rose to a new peak at 4-7 days. Possible reasons for this secondary increases are discussed. The patient with the longest exposure to HDMTx showed an increase in pretreatment Phe/Tyr ratios with time, suggesting damage to liver parenchymal cells not indicated by standard tests of liver function. Evaluation of plasma Phe during the course of HDMTX-CFR may permit assessment of intracellular concentrations of MTX or its metabolites in the liver without interference by CFR.