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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-3-29
pubmed:abstractText
The metabolism of 5-fluorouracil (5FU) in tumors and livers of RIF-1 tumor-bearing C3H mice given i.p. injections of 5FU was serially monitored by 19F magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The levels of 5FU and fluoronucleotide detected in the tumors after a dose of 130 mg/kg (n = 13) were less than one-third of those after 260-mg/kg 5FU (n = 14). During the days after these doses, tumor size decreased by 24 +/- 3 and 52 +/- 6 SEM%, respectively. A second 130-mg/kg dose, given at day 7 after the first 130-mg/kg dose, resulted in still lower tumor fluorine levels and little change in tumor size. There was a significant correlation between the magnetic resonance spectroscopy-detected fluoronucleotide levels and the shrinkage of tumors after the 260-mg/kg dose (r = 0.44; P = 0.024). In mouse liver, the degradation of 5FU to alpha-fluoro-beta-ureidoprobionic acid and alpha-fluoro-beta-alanine after the 260-mg dose (n = 13) was slower than after a dose of 130 mg/kg (n = 14). For the respective doses, the half-life of 5FU was 59 +/- 7 versus 28 +/- 2 SEM min (P less than 0.0001). There was a negative correlation between the levels of 5FU catabolite (alpha-fluoro-beta-ureidoprobionic acid and alpha-fluoro-beta-alanine) in liver and fluoronucleotide in tumor (r = -0.80; P = 0.0020), which indicates that the degradation in liver and the activation of 5FU in tumor are competing processes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1384-90
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
19F magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies of the metabolism of 5-fluorouracil in murine RIF-1 tumors and liver.
pubmed:affiliation
Magnetic Resonance Research Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't