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  • Title: Liposome-incorporated 3',5'-O-dipalmitoyl-5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine as a slow-release anti-tumor drug depot in rat liver macrophages.
    Author: Van Borssum Waalkes M, Scherphof GL.
    Journal: Sel Cancer Ther; 1990; 6(1):15-22. PubMed ID: 2140463.
    Abstract:
    We synthesized the 3',5'-O-dipalmitoyl derivative of 5-fluoro-6-[3H]-2'-deoxyuridine and incorporated it into the bilayers of multilamellar liposomes (400 nm diameter) of various lipid compositions. The prodrug-containing liposomes were incubated with rat liver macrophages (Kupffer cells) in monolayer culture and with lysosomal fractions from whole rat liver homogenates. The release of water-soluble radioactive degradation products from the cells was measured and we found the rate of release strongly dependent on the lipid composition of the liposomes. After 4 hours of incubation the release of radioactivity was 9-fold higher from egg-phosphatidylcholine/phosphatidylserine/cholesterol liposomes than from distearoylphosphatidylcholine/dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol/cholest ero l or dioctadecyl-sn-glycero-phosphorylcholine/dipalmitoylphosphatidylg lycerol/ cholesterol liposomes. A somewhat less pronounced difference in rate of prodrug degradation was found when the liposomes were incubated with lysosomal fractions. The water-soluble products that were formed showed anti-tumor activity against C26-adenocarcinoma tumor cells in vitro. Preliminary evidence suggests this activity to be caused by 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine. We conclude that incubation of liposomes of varied composition containing diacylated 5-fluoro-2' deoxyuridine derivatives with Kupffer cells in culture, results in the formation of an intracellular prodrug depot in these cells from which compounds with anti-tumor activity are released with controllable rates.
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