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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-12-17
pubmed:abstractText
A new strategy is presented to develop macrofilaricidal compounds orally administered and able to concentrate in the lymphatic system. A diglyceride derivative of melphalan, 1,3-dipalmitoyl-2-(4'(bis(2''-chloroethyl)amino)phenylalaninoyl)gl y cerol, was synthesized. The esterification of melphalan by 1,3-dipalmitin allowed chemical stabilization of the alkylating agent in aqueous dispersion. No degradation of this prodrug was observed after a 3-month storage of an aqueous dispersion at 4 degrees C. The filaricidal activity of the prodrug was compared with those of melphalan in vitro against adults, infective larvae and microfilariae of Molinema dessetae, and evaluated in vivo on Molinema dessetae infected Proechimy oris. In vitro, melphalan and the glycerolipidic prodrug were inactive against microfilariae but active at 1 mmol/l against infective larvae and adults. In vivo studies were performed with rodents subcutaneously inoculated with infective larvae from Aedes aegypti. The number of macrofilariae was significantly reduced following treatment with a single oral dose of the alkylating agent prodrug (0.082 mmol/kg).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0004-4172
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
42
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1153-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Synthesis of the orally macrofilaricidal and stable glycerolipidic prodrug of melphalan, 1,3-dipalmitoyl-2-(4'(bis(2''-chloroethyl)amino)phenylalaninoyl)gl ycerol.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Physicochimie des Surfaces et Innovation en Pharmacotechnie, Université de Paris XI, Chatenay-Malabry, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't