In vivo monitoring of changes in 5-fluorouracil metabolism induced by methotrexate measured by 19F NMR spectroscopy. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We have used in vivo 19F NMR spectroscopy to study the metabolism of 5-fluorouracil (FUra) in tumors with and without pretreatment with methotrexate (MTX). Using the CD8F1 murine mammary tumor as an in vivo model, we observed signals from FUra, alpha-fluoro-beta-alanine (F beta ALA), alpha-fluoro-beta-ureidopropionic acid (FUPA), and 5-fluorouracil-nucleotides (FUN) after intravenous or intraperitoneal injection of 150 mg/kg FUra. Formation of FUN was increased about 1.7-fold in CD8F1 tumor with methotrexate pretreatment as determined by acid extraction and HPLC analysis. A comparison of in vivo NMR spectra from FUra and sequential MTX + FUra-treated tumors showed a significantly higher ratio of the FUN signal to the initial total 19F signal in the MTX + FUra-treated tumors (p less than 0.001) for animals receiving FUra either intravenously or intraperitoneally. In addition, tumors treated with MTX + FUra had significantly longer time durations during which FUN was detected, independent of the mode of administration. These experiments indicate that in vivo 19F NMR spectroscopy can be used to noninvasively monitor alterations of 5-fluorouracil metabolism that occur with administration of modulating agents such as methotrexate. Further studies, in both murine tumor models and patients, are indicated to determine if these results can be correlated with tumor response.

publication date

  • May 1, 1991

Research

keywords

  • Fluorouracil
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental
  • Methotrexate

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 0025819516

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1002/mrm.1910190111

PubMed ID

  • 2046526

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 19

issue

  • 1