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  • Title: Desferri-Exochelin, a lipid-soluble, hexadentate iron chelator, effectively removes tissue iron.
    Author: Hodges YK, Weinberger HD, Stephens J, Horwitz MA, Horwitz LD.
    Journal: Transl Res; 2006 Aug; 148(2):63-71. PubMed ID: 16890146.
    Abstract:
    Chronic iron-overload is damaging to the heart, liver, and other organs. Better iron chelators are needed to treat this serious medical condition. The uptake and distribution of the lipid-soluble, hexadentate iron chelator desferri-Exochelin 772SM (D-Exo) is studied and its efficacy in removing iron from tissue in rodent models is evaluated. After an intravenous bolus of tritiated D-Exo to rats, counts rapidly disappeared from the blood and rapidly appeared in 15 organs studied, usually peaking within 15 min. There was considerable uptake in the heart and liver, 2 organs especially susceptible to damage from clinical iron overload. To assess actual decreases in cardiac and hepatic iron in response to D-Exo, mice loaded with 42 mg of iron dextran (2100 mg/kg) were studied. Untreated, iron-loaded mice sacrificed 9 weeks later had a 4-fold increase in cardiac iron and a 20-fold increase in hepatic iron compared with controls that were not iron-loaded. In iron-loaded mice treated with 7 mg of D-Exo intraperitoneally (i.p.) 4 days/week for 8 weeks (total 224 mg), tissue iron, measured by atomic absorption, was reduced by 20% in the liver and 25% in the heart (P < 0.01 for each organ). During the first 8 h after a D-Exo dose, iron was excreted in the urine. Mice treated with D-Exo gained weight normally and showed no evidence of toxicity. In conclusion, in this iron-overload mouse model, D-Exo administered intravenously or i.p. rapidly diffuses into multiple organs, including the heart and liver, and effectively removes iron without apparent toxicity.
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