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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Michael Tilby, Professor Andrew Pearson, Professor Alan Boddy, Professor Herbie Newell
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Platinum (Pt)-DNA adducts were measured in peripheral blood leucocytes (PBLs) from 24 children with solid tumours after standard cisplatin and/or carboplatin treatment. The relationship between Pt-DNA adduct levels and pharmacokinetics of cisplatin and carboplatin was investigated. Adduct measurements were performed by competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and plasma unbound Pt concentrations were measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS). There was considerable interindividual variation in Pt-DNA adduct level that was weakly correlated (r2 = 0.32) with the area under the unbound drug concentration vs time curve (AUC) at 6 h after the start of cisplatin infusion, indicating that the variation in Pt-DNA adduct levels was primarily determined by factors other than AUC. No clear relationship between AUC and adduct levels was seen at 24 and 48 h after cisplatin or at 6, 24 or 48 h after carboplatin. Carboplatin produced lower levels of immunoreactive adducts than did cisplatin (1.3 ± 0.6 nmol Pt g-1 DNA vs 3.2 ± 1.7 nmol Pt g-1 DNA), despite a 20-fold higher unbound drug AUC for carboplatin (8.0 ± 3.5 mg ml-1 min vs 0.4 ± 0.2 mg ml-1 min). This study demonstrates that, after cisplatin and carboplatin treatment the drug-target interaction is determined by both pharmacokinetic and, predominantly, cellular factors. Intrinsic differences between the two complexes, primarily reactivity, probably explain the lower adduct levels observed after carboplatin treatment.
Author(s): Peng, B., Tilby, M. J., English, M., Price, L., Pearson, A. D. J., Boddy, A. V., Newell, D. R.
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: British Journal of Cancer
Year: 1997
Volume: 76
Issue: 11
Pages: 1466-1473
ISSN (print): 0007-0920
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URL: http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=2091126
PubMed id: 9400943
