Pentostatin

Pentostatin
Pentostatin
Systematic (IUPAC) name
(8R)-3-(2-deoxy-β-D-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-3,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-d][1,3]diazepin-8-ol
Clinical data
Trade names Nipent
AHFS/Drugs.com monograph
MedlinePlus a692004
Pregnancy cat.  ?
Legal status -only (US)
Routes Intravenous
Pharmacokinetic data
Bioavailability n/a
Protein binding 4%
Metabolism Hepatic, minor
Half-life 2.6 to 16 hours, mean 5.7 hours
Identifiers
CAS number 53910-25-1 YesY
ATC code L01XX08
PubChem CID 439693
DrugBank APRD00202
ChemSpider 388759 YesY
UNII 395575MZO7 YesY
KEGG D00155 YesY
ChEMBL CHEMBL1580 YesY
Chemical data
Formula C11H16N4O4 
Mol. mass 268.269 g/mol
SMILES eMolecules & PubChem
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Pentostatin (Nipent, manufactured by SuperGen, San Ramon, CA, also deoxycoformycin) is an anticancer chemotherapeutic drug.[1]

Mechanism

It is classified as a purine analog, which is a type of antimetabolite.

It mimics the nucleoside adenosine and thus inhibits the enzyme adenosine deaminase, interfering with the cell's ability to process DNA.[2]

Cancer cells generally divide more often than healthy cells; DNA is highly involved in cell division (mitosis) and drugs which target DNA-related processes are therefore more toxic to cancer cells than healthy cells.

Uses

Pentostatin is used to treat hairy cell leukemia.[3] It is given by intravenous infusion once every two weeks for three to six months.

Additionally, pentostatin has been used to treat steroid-refractory acute and chronic graft-versus-host disease.[4]

Pentostatin is also used in CLL patients who have relapsed.

References

  1. ^ Kay NE, Geyer SM, Call TG, et al. (January 2007). "Combination chemoimmunotherapy with pentostatin, cyclophosphamide, and rituximab shows significant clinical activity with low accompanying toxicity in previously untreated B chronic lymphocytic leukemia". Blood 109 (2): 405–11. doi:10.1182/blood-2006-07-033274. PMC 1785105. PMID 17008537. http://www.bloodjournal.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=17008537. 
  2. ^ Sauter C, Lamanna N, Weiss MA (September 2008). "Pentostatin in chronic lymphocytic leukemia". Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 4 (9): 1217–22. doi:10.1517/17425255.4.9.1217. PMID 18721115. http://www.informapharmascience.com/doi/abs/10.1517/17425255.4.9.1217. 
  3. ^ Cannon T, Mobarek D, Wegge J, Tabbara IA (October 2008). "Hairy cell leukemia: current concepts". Cancer Invest. 26 (8): 860–5. doi:10.1080/07357900801965034. PMID 18798068. http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&doi=10.1080/07357900801965034&magic=pubmed%7C%7C1B69BA326FFE69C3F0A8F227DF8201D0. 
  4. ^ Bolaños-Meade J, Jacobsohn DA, Margolis J, Ogden A, Wientjes MG, Byrd JC, Lucas DM, Anders V, Phelps M, Grever MR, Vogelsang GB (April 2005). "Pentostatin in steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease". J Clin Onc 23 (12): 2661–8. doi:10.1200/JCO.2005.06.130. PMID 15837980. 

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