The acute and chronic cardiotoxicity as well as the cytotoxicity of 4'-deoxy-4'-iodo-doxorubicinol (I-DXRol), the major metabolite of the doxorubicin (DXR) derivative 4'-deoxy-4'-iodo-DXR (I-DXR), were compared with those of I-DXR and DXR. In the acute study, anesthetized rats received i.v. DXR (10 mg/kg), I-DXR (4 mg/kg), or I-DXRol (4 mg/kg) and were monitored for ECG (S alpha T segment and T wave), systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure, the first derivative of the systemic arterial pressure (SA dP/dtmax), and heart rate. Treatments induced a significant widening of the S alpha T segment, but I-DXRol was significantly less toxic than I-DXR or DXR. As compared with control values, DXR induced a marked increase in SBP and DBP and a decrease in SA dP/dtmax, whereas I-DXR and I-DXRol induced modest changes in hemodynamic parameters. In the chronic study, 3 mg/kg DXR given to rats by i.v. bolus once a week for 3 weeks resulted in severe chronic cardiotoxicity that lasted 6 weeks and was characterized by S alpha T-segment widening, T-wave flattening, and severe cardiac histological damage. Doses of 1.2 mg/kg I-DXR and 1.2 and 2.4 mg/kg I-DXRol, given i.v. once a week for 3 weeks, and 3.6 mg/kg I-DXRol given as a single dose were associated with a significant T-wave voltage reduction; I-DXR and 2.4 mg/kg I-DXRol induced significant histological alterations of cardiac tissue as compared with control values, whereas modest alterations of heart tissue were observed after injections of 1.2 and 3.6 mg/kg I-DXRol in three doses and in a single dose, respectively. The cytotoxicity of the three anthracyclines against one glioblastoma cell line and two human small-cell lung cancer lines was similar. Results indicate that the acute cardiotoxicity of I-DXRol is lower than that of I-DXR and DXR, whereas the chronic heart damage is similar to that induced by I-DXR and significantly lower compared than that caused by DXR. Moreover, the cytotoxicity of the metabolite appears to be similar to that of I-DXR and DXR. The lack of additional cardiac toxicity due to I-DXRol further supports the lower overall cardiac toxicity of I-DXR, which retains a cytotoxic activity similar to that of the parent drug.

CARDIAC TOXICITY AND ANTITUMOR-ACTIVITY OF 4'-DEOXY-4'-IODO-DOXORUBICINOL

DANESI, ROMANO;BERNARDINI, NUNZIA;BEVILACQUA, GENEROSO;
1990-01-01

Abstract

The acute and chronic cardiotoxicity as well as the cytotoxicity of 4'-deoxy-4'-iodo-doxorubicinol (I-DXRol), the major metabolite of the doxorubicin (DXR) derivative 4'-deoxy-4'-iodo-DXR (I-DXR), were compared with those of I-DXR and DXR. In the acute study, anesthetized rats received i.v. DXR (10 mg/kg), I-DXR (4 mg/kg), or I-DXRol (4 mg/kg) and were monitored for ECG (S alpha T segment and T wave), systolic (SBP) and diastolic (DBP) blood pressure, the first derivative of the systemic arterial pressure (SA dP/dtmax), and heart rate. Treatments induced a significant widening of the S alpha T segment, but I-DXRol was significantly less toxic than I-DXR or DXR. As compared with control values, DXR induced a marked increase in SBP and DBP and a decrease in SA dP/dtmax, whereas I-DXR and I-DXRol induced modest changes in hemodynamic parameters. In the chronic study, 3 mg/kg DXR given to rats by i.v. bolus once a week for 3 weeks resulted in severe chronic cardiotoxicity that lasted 6 weeks and was characterized by S alpha T-segment widening, T-wave flattening, and severe cardiac histological damage. Doses of 1.2 mg/kg I-DXR and 1.2 and 2.4 mg/kg I-DXRol, given i.v. once a week for 3 weeks, and 3.6 mg/kg I-DXRol given as a single dose were associated with a significant T-wave voltage reduction; I-DXR and 2.4 mg/kg I-DXRol induced significant histological alterations of cardiac tissue as compared with control values, whereas modest alterations of heart tissue were observed after injections of 1.2 and 3.6 mg/kg I-DXRol in three doses and in a single dose, respectively. The cytotoxicity of the three anthracyclines against one glioblastoma cell line and two human small-cell lung cancer lines was similar. Results indicate that the acute cardiotoxicity of I-DXRol is lower than that of I-DXR and DXR, whereas the chronic heart damage is similar to that induced by I-DXR and significantly lower compared than that caused by DXR. Moreover, the cytotoxicity of the metabolite appears to be similar to that of I-DXR and DXR. The lack of additional cardiac toxicity due to I-DXRol further supports the lower overall cardiac toxicity of I-DXR, which retains a cytotoxic activity similar to that of the parent drug.
1990
Danesi, Romano; Marchetti, A; Bernardini, Nunzia; Larocca, Rv; Bevilacqua, Generoso; Deltacca, M.
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