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  • Title: Conversion of liposomal 5-fluoro-2'-deoxyuridine and its dipalmitoyl derivative to bile acid conjugates of alpha-fluoro-beta-alanine and their excretion into rat bile.
    Author: van Borssum Waalkes M, Kuipers F, Havinga R, Scherphof GL.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1993 Mar 10; 1176(1-2):43-50. PubMed ID: 8452878.
    Abstract:
    We studied the hepatic processing and biliary excretion of metabolites of the radiolabeled cytostatic agent 5-fluoro,-2'-deoxy[6-3H]uridine (FUdR) and its lipophilic derivative FUdR-dipalmitate incorporated in liposomes. After intracardial injection in rats, free FUdR was cleared from the circulation within minutes. When FUdR or FUdR-dipalmitate was encapsulated in multilamellar vesicles (MLVs) composed of distearoylphosphatidylcholine/dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol (DSPC/DPPG/CHOL, 10:1), as expected, the clearance of 3H label was substantially delayed; incorporation of 50 mol% cholesterol in the liposomal bilayer caused a 2-fold further reduction in elimination rate. Incorporation of FUdR-dipalmitate in small unilamellar vesicles (SUV) of similar composition produced a several-fold further decrease in elimination rate: more than 40% of the injected dose was still circulating after 6 h. The plasma concentration of free FUdR after administration of liposomal FUdR-dipalmitate was below the detection limit (5 x 10(-8) M) at any time. Although only about 9% of the administered radioactivity was excreted into the bile within 48 h after injection of [3H]FUdR, a rapid initial excretion rate was observed (4% of the injected dose in the first 2 h). The bile-associated radioactivity was identified mainly as the catabolite alpha-fluoro-beta-alanine (FBAL), conjugated with the three major bile acid species present in rat bile, i.e., muricholic acid, cholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid in a ratio of 1:3:1. Liposome incorporation of FUdR or FUdR-dipalmitate did not affect the nature of the excretory products but caused a significant decrease in the initial rate at which label appeared in the bile (< 2% in 6 h).
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