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Also known as: Deoxycoformycin, 53910-25-1, Nipent, 2'-deoxycoformycin, Covidarabine, 2'-dcf
Molecular Formula
C11H16N4O4
Molecular Weight
268.27  g/mol
InChI Key
FPVKHBSQESCIEP-JQCXWYLXSA-N
FDA UNII
395575MZO7

Pentostatin
A potent inhibitor of ADENOSINE DEAMINASE. The drug induces APOPTOSIS of LYMPHOCYTES, and is used in the treatment of many lymphoproliferative malignancies, particularly HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA. It is also synergistic with some other antineoplastic agents and has immunosuppressive activity.
Pentostatin is a Nucleoside Metabolic Inhibitor. The mechanism of action of pentostatin is as a Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitor.
1 2D Structure

Pentostatin

2 Identification
2.1 Computed Descriptors
2.1.1 IUPAC Name
(8R)-3-[(2R,4S,5R)-4-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]-7,8-dihydro-4H-imidazo[4,5-d][1,3]diazepin-8-ol
2.1.2 InChI
InChI=1S/C11H16N4O4/c16-3-8-6(17)1-9(19-8)15-5-14-10-7(18)2-12-4-13-11(10)15/h4-9,16-18H,1-3H2,(H,12,13)/t6-,7+,8+,9+/m0/s1
2.1.3 InChI Key
FPVKHBSQESCIEP-JQCXWYLXSA-N
2.1.4 Canonical SMILES
C1C(C(OC1N2C=NC3=C2NC=NCC3O)CO)O
2.1.5 Isomeric SMILES
C1[C@@H]([C@H](O[C@H]1N2C=NC3=C2NC=NC[C@H]3O)CO)O
2.2 Other Identifiers
2.2.1 UNII
395575MZO7
2.3 Synonyms
2.3.1 MeSH Synonyms

1. 2' Deoxycoformycin

2. 2'-deoxycoformycin

3. Ci 825

4. Ci-825

5. Ci825

6. Co-vidarabine

7. Deoxycoformycin

8. Imidazo(4,5-d)(1,3)diazepin-8-ol, 3-(2-deoxy-beta-d-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-3,4,7,8-tetrahydro-, (r)-

9. Nipent

10. Nsc 218321

11. Nsc-218321

12. Nsc218321

2.3.2 Depositor-Supplied Synonyms

1. Deoxycoformycin

2. 53910-25-1

3. Nipent

4. 2'-deoxycoformycin

5. Covidarabine

6. 2'-dcf

7. Co-vidarabine

8. Ci-825

9. Vidarbine

10. Nsc-218321

11. Yk-176

12. Co-v

13. Pd 81565

14. Pd-81565

15. Pd-adi

16. 2'-dexoycoformycin

17. Vira A Deaminase Inhibitor

18. 395575mzo7

19. (8r)-3-(2-deoxy-beta-d-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-3,4,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-d][1,3]diazepin-8-ol

20. (8r)-3-[(2r,4s,5r)-4-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]-3h,6h,7h,8h-imidazo[4,5-d][1,3]diazepin-8-ol

21. Ncgc00182045-01

22. Deaminase Inhibitor (pd)

23. Nsc 218321

24. (8r)-3-(2-deoxy-beta-d-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-3,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-d][1,3]diazepin-8-ol

25. (r)-3-((2r,4s,5r)-4-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydrofuran-2-yl)-3,4,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-d][1,3]diazepin-8-ol

26. (r)-3-(2-deoxy-.beta.-d-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-3,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo(4,5-d)(1,3)diazepin-8-ol

27. Pentostatina

28. Pentostatine

29. Pentostatinum

30. (r)-2'-deoxycoformycin

31. (r)-3-(2-deoxy-beta-d-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-3,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo(4,5-d)(1,3)diazepin-8-ol

32. (r)-deoxycoformycin

33. Cl 67310465

34. 8r-2'-deoxycoformycin

35. Pentostatine [inn-french]

36. Pentostatinum [inn-latin]

37. Pentostatina [inn-spanish]

38. Pentostatn

39. Pentostatin (jan/usan/inn)

40. Unii-395575mzo7

41. Hsdb 6547

42. (r)-3-(2-deoxy-beta-d-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-3,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-d][1,3]diazepin-8-ol

43. Pentostatin [usan:inn:ban:jan]

44. Pentostatin (ptn)

45. Brn 1223097

46. Pentostatin [mi]

47. Pentostatin [inn]

48. Pentostatin [jan]

49. Dsstox_cid_3436

50. Cl-67310465

51. Deaminase, Inhibitor For Adenosine Arabinoside

52. Pentostatin [hsdb]

53. Pentostatin [usan]

54. Pentostatin [vandf]

55. Pentostatin(deoxycoformycin)

56. Schembl2817

57. Chembl1580

58. Dsstox_rid_77027

59. Pentostatin [mart.]

60. Dsstox_gsid_23436

61. Pentostatin [who-dd]

62. Bidd:gt0136

63. Gtpl4805

64. Dtxsid2023436

65. Bdbm22925

66. Pentostatin, >=95% (hplc)

67. Pentostatin [orange Book]

68. Bdbm223291

69. (r)-3-((2s,4s,5r)-4-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydrofuran-2-yl)-3,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-d][1,3]diazepin-8-ol

70. Amy10324

71. Hy-a0006

72. Imidazo(4,5-d)(1,3)diazepin-8-ol, 3-(2-deoxy-.beta.-d-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-3,6,7,8-tetrahydro-, (r)-

73. Zinc3806262

74. Tox21_113417

75. Mfcd00078802

76. S9521

77. Akos024456918

78. Akos032949742

79. Cs-0374

80. Db00552

81. Ncgc00388420-02

82. Imidazo[4,5-d][1,3]diazepin-8-ol, 3-(2-deoxy-.beta.-d-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-3,4,7,8-tetrahydro-, (8r)-

83. Cas-53910-25-1

84. C02267

85. D00155

86. 910p251

87. A829822

88. Q425470

89. Sr-01000883935

90. J-523899

91. Sr-01000883935-1

92. Adenosine Deaminase Inhibitor, Dcf - Cas 53910-25-1

93. Z2216208604

94. (8r)-3-(2-deoxy-?-d-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-3,4,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-d][1,3]diazepin-8-ol

95. (8r)-3-[(2r,4s,5r)-4-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]-3h,4h,7h,8h-imidazo[4,5-d][1,3]diazepin-8-ol

96. (8r)-3-[(2r,4s,5r)-4-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydrofuran-2-yl]-7,8-dihydro-6h-imidazo[4,5-d][1,3]diazepin-8-ol

97. (r,z)-3-((2r,4s,5r)-4-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydrofuran-2-yl)-3,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[4,5-d][1,3]diazepin-8-ol

98. Imidazo(4,5-d)(1,3)diazepin-8-ol, 3-(2-deoxy-beta-d-erythro-pentofuranosyl)-3,6,7,8-tetrahydro-, (r)-

2.4 Create Date
2005-06-24
3 Chemical and Physical Properties
Molecular Weight 268.27 g/mol
Molecular Formula C11H16N4O4
XLogP3-2.1
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count4
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count6
Rotatable Bond Count2
Exact Mass268.11715500 g/mol
Monoisotopic Mass268.11715500 g/mol
Topological Polar Surface Area112 Ų
Heavy Atom Count19
Formal Charge0
Complexity356
Isotope Atom Count0
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count4
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count0
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count0
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count0
Covalently Bonded Unit Count1
4 Drug and Medication Information
4.1 Drug Information
1 of 4  
Drug NameNipent
PubMed HealthPentostatin (Injection)
Drug ClassesAntineoplastic Agent
Drug LabelNIPENT (pentostatin for injection) is supplied as a sterile, apyrogenic, lyophilized powder in single-dose vials for intravenous administration. Each vial contains 10 mg of pentostatin and 50 mg of Mannitol, USP. The pH of the final product is main...
Active IngredientPentostatin
Dosage FormInjectable
RouteInjection
Strength10mg/vial
Market StatusPrescription
CompanyHospira

2 of 4  
Drug NamePentostatin
PubMed HealthPentostatin (Injection)
Drug ClassesAntineoplastic Agent
Drug LabelNIPENT (pentostatin for injection) is supplied as a sterile, apyrogenic, lyophilized powder in single-dose vials for intravenous administration. Each vial contains 10 mg of pentostatin and 50 mg of Mannitol, USP. The pH of the final product is main...
Active IngredientPentostatin
Dosage FormInjectable
RouteInjection
Strength10mg/vial
Market StatusPrescription
CompanyMylan Institutional; Eurohlth Intl

3 of 4  
Drug NameNipent
PubMed HealthPentostatin (Injection)
Drug ClassesAntineoplastic Agent
Drug LabelNIPENT (pentostatin for injection) is supplied as a sterile, apyrogenic, lyophilized powder in single-dose vials for intravenous administration. Each vial contains 10 mg of pentostatin and 50 mg of Mannitol, USP. The pH of the final product is main...
Active IngredientPentostatin
Dosage FormInjectable
RouteInjection
Strength10mg/vial
Market StatusPrescription
CompanyHospira

4 of 4  
Drug NamePentostatin
PubMed HealthPentostatin (Injection)
Drug ClassesAntineoplastic Agent
Drug LabelNIPENT (pentostatin for injection) is supplied as a sterile, apyrogenic, lyophilized powder in single-dose vials for intravenous administration. Each vial contains 10 mg of pentostatin and 50 mg of Mannitol, USP. The pH of the final product is main...
Active IngredientPentostatin
Dosage FormInjectable
RouteInjection
Strength10mg/vial
Market StatusPrescription
CompanyMylan Institutional; Eurohlth Intl

4.2 Therapeutic Uses

Antibiotics; Antineoplastic Agents; Enzyme Inhibitors; Immunosuppressive Agents

National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Headings online file (MeSH, 2000)


Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; Enzyme Inhibitors; Immunosuppressive Agents

National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Headings online file (MeSH, 1999)


Antineoplastic

Budavari, S. (ed.). The Merck Index - Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs and Biologicals. Rahway, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 1989., p. 1131


Pentostatin is used for the palliative treatment of hairy cell leukemia (leukemic reticuloendotheliosis) that responds inadequately to, or progresses during, interferon alfa therapy. Pentostatin has been designated an orphan drug by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of this condition. ... Pentostatin produces clinically important tumor regression or disease stabilization (complete or partial responses) in approximately 80-100% of patients with hairy cell leukemia, including in previously untreated patients (eg, those who have not undergone splenectomy or other therapy) as well as in those in whom splenectomy and/or therapy with other agents (eg, interferons, antineoplastic agents) have failed to control the disease (eg, those with progressive disease). In clinical studies in patients with interferon alfa-refractory hairy cell leukemia, a complete response to pentostatin therapy generally was defined as clearing of peripheral blood and bone marrow of hairy cells; normalization of organomegaly and lymphadenopathy; and recovery of hemoglobin concentration to at least 12 g/dl, platelet count to at least 100,000/cu mm, and granulocyte count to at least 1500/cu mm. A partial response was defined as a decrease of greater than 50% in the number of hairy cells in peripheral blood and bone marrow and a decrease of greater than 50% in organomegaly and lymphadenopathy; hematologic parameters for a partial response were the same as those for a complete response. Overall complete and partial responses of 58 and 28%, respectively, reportedly were observed in a limited number of these patients receiving pentostatin 4 mg/sq m iv every other week for 3 mo; responding patients continued treatment for another 3-9 mos. The median time to response in these patients reportedly was 4.7 mo (range: 2.9-24.1 mo). The median duration of response to pentostatin therapy in 2 clinical studies of patients with hairy cell leukemia reportedly exceeded 7.7 and 15.2 mo, with relapse occurring in approximately 15-20% of patients showing an initial response. For patients with progressive, postsplenectomy disease, pentostatin generally has been considered an alternative to interferon alfa or secondary therapy for interferon refractory disease since experience with interferon alfa has been more extensive to date. However, superiority of either drug or of other therapies remains to be established.

McEvoy, G.K. (ed.). American Hospital Formulary Service - Drug Information 93. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Inc., 1993 (Plus Supplements, 1993)., p. 633


For more Therapeutic Uses (Complete) data for PENTOSTATIN (10 total), please visit the HSDB record page.


4.3 Drug Warning

Pentostatin is a toxic drug with a low therapeutic index, and a therapeutic response is not likely to occur without some evidence of toxicity. The drug must be used only under constant supervision by physicians experienced in therapy with cytotoxic agents. Most, but not all, adverse effects of pentostatin are reversible if detected promptly. When severe adverse effects occur during pentostatin therapy, the drug should be discontinued or dosage reduced and appropriate measures instituted. Pentostatin should be reinstituted with caution if at all, with adequate consideration of further need for the drug, and with awareness of possible recurrence of toxicity.

McEvoy, G.K. (ed.). American Hospital Formulary Service - Drug Information 93. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Inc., 1993 (Plus Supplements, 1993)., p. 636


Patients with poor performance status appear to experience greater toxicity with pentostatin and should be treated with the drug only when the anticipated benefits outweigh the potential risks.

McEvoy, G.K. (ed.). American Hospital Formulary Service - Drug Information 93. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Inc., 1993 (Plus Supplements, 1993)., p. 636


Hematologic function must be frequently and carefully monitored during and after pentostatin therapy, particularly during the first several courses of therapy in patients at increased risk of myelosuppression (eg, those with hairy cell leukemia). Initiation of pentostatin therapy in such patients can result in severe myelosuppression. If severe neutropenia continues beyond the initial cycles of pentostatin therapy, patients should be examined, including bone marrow examination, to determine the status of their disease. In addition, periodic monitoring for evidence of peripheral hairy cells should be performed in patients with this leukemia to evaluate the patient's response to therapy. Bone marrow aspirations and biopsies also may be required at 2 to 3 mo intervals.

McEvoy, G.K. (ed.). American Hospital Formulary Service - Drug Information 93. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Inc., 1993 (Plus Supplements, 1993)., p. 636


Patients receiving pentostatin should be observed closely for signs of nonhematologic (eg, neurologic) toxicity. If severe adverse reactions occur, the drug should be withheld and appropriate corrective measures taken as indicated. Therapy with pentostatin should be temporarily withheld or discontinued in patients who develop evidence of neurologic toxicity.

McEvoy, G.K. (ed.). American Hospital Formulary Service - Drug Information 93. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Inc., 1993 (Plus Supplements, 1993)., p. 636


For more Drug Warnings (Complete) data for PENTOSTATIN (11 total), please visit the HSDB record page.


4.4 Drug Indication

For the treatment of hairy cell leukaemia refractory to alpha interferon.


5 Pharmacology and Biochemistry
5.1 Pharmacology

Pentostatin is an antineoplastic anti-metabolite used in the treatment of several forms of leukemia including acute nonlymphocytic leukemia and hairy cell leukemia. Anti-metabolites masquerade as purine or pyrimidine - which become the building blocks of DNA. They prevent these substances becoming incorporated in to DNA during the "S" phase (of the cell cycle), stopping normal development and division. It is a 6-thiopurine analogue of the naturally occurring purine bases hypoxanthine and guanine. Intracellular activation results in incorporation into DNA as a false purine base. An additional cytotoxic effect is related to its incorporation into RNA. Cytotoxicity is cell cycle phase-specific (S-phase).


5.2 MeSH Pharmacological Classification

Antineoplastic Agents

Substances that inhibit or prevent the proliferation of NEOPLASMS. (See all compounds classified as Antineoplastic Agents.)


Adenosine Deaminase Inhibitors

Drugs that inhibit ADENOSINE DEAMINASE activity. (See all compounds classified as Adenosine Deaminase Inhibitors.)


5.3 FDA Pharmacological Classification
5.3.1 Active Moiety
PENTOSTATIN
5.3.2 FDA UNII
395575MZO7
5.3.3 Pharmacological Classes
Nucleoside Metabolic Inhibitor [EPC]; Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors [MoA]
5.4 ATC Code

L - Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents

L01 - Antineoplastic agents

L01X - Other antineoplastic agents

L01XX - Other antineoplastic agents

L01XX08 - Pentostatin


5.5 Absorption, Distribution and Excretion

Absorption

Not absorbed orally, crosses blood brain barrier.


Route of Elimination

In man, following a single dose of 4 mg/m2 of pentostatin infused over 5 minutes, approximately 90% of the dose was excreted in the urine as unchanged pentostatin and/or metabolites as measured by adenosine deaminase inhibitory activity.


Clearance

68 mL/min/m2


Plasma concentrations of pentostatin following direct iv injection of 0.25 mg/kg daily for 4 or 5 days in a limited number of patients with advanced, refractory cancer ranged from approximately 3.2-9.7 ng/ml. Plasma concentrations appear to increase linearly with dose; in a study in patients with leukemia, plasma pentostatin concentrations determined 1 hour after administration of 0.25 or 1 mg/kg of the drug as a 30 min iv infusion averaged approximately 0.4 or 1.26 ug/ml, respectively.

McEvoy, G.K. (ed.). American Hospital Formulary Service - Drug Information 93. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Inc., 1993 (Plus Supplements, 1993)., p. 633


No apparent correlation has been documented between mean or absolute plasma adenosine or deoxyadenosine concentrations and therapeutic or toxic responses to pentostatin; however, limited data suggest that there may be a correlation between response to the drug and the ratio of deoxyadenosine triphosphate to adenosine triphosphate in lymphoblasts. In addition, increases in plasma deoxyadenosine reportedly parallel the accumulation of deoxyadenosine triphosphate in erythrocytes and lymphoblasts, and there appears to be a correlation between toxicity and the ratio of deoxyadenosine triphosphate to adenosine triphosphate in erythrocytes.

McEvoy, G.K. (ed.). American Hospital Formulary Service - Drug Information 93. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Inc., 1993 (Plus Supplements, 1993)., p. 633


Studies in animals indicate that pentostatin distributes rapidly to all body tissues, but the extent of drug accumulation in different tissues appears to vary among species. Following intraperitoneal injection in mice, the highest concentrations of the drug were found in the kidneys, liver, and spleen. In dogs, pentostatin tissue concentrations following iv administration were proportional to tissue adenosine deaminase activity, with the highest concentrations in the lungs, spleen, pancreas, heart, liver, and jejunum. Pentostatin reportedly enters erythrocytes via a facilitated transport system common to other nucleosides or by simple diffusion; efflux of the drug from cells has not been characterized, although the time course of pentostatin's effects (eg, adenosine deaminase inhibition) varies among different types of cells (eg, lymphocytes, erythrocytes).

McEvoy, G.K. (ed.). American Hospital Formulary Service - Drug Information 93. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Inc., 1993 (Plus Supplements, 1993)., p. 633


Limited data in animals and humans indicate that pentostatin distributes relatively poorly into CSF, with peak CSF concentrations averaging approximately 10% of concurrent plasma concentrations. In a 6 yr old leukemia patient receiving pentostatin 0.25 mg/kg daily for 3 successive days by direct iv injection, serum and CSF (via lumbar puncture) pentostatin concentrations 4 hr after the initial dose were approximately 147 and 19 ng/ml, respectively, using an enzyme-inhibition titration assay; one hour after the third dose, corresponding serum and CSF concentrations were approximately 241 and 35 ng/ml, respectively.

McEvoy, G.K. (ed.). American Hospital Formulary Service - Drug Information 93. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Inc., 1993 (Plus Supplements, 1993)., p. 633


For more Absorption, Distribution and Excretion (Complete) data for PENTOSTATIN (7 total), please visit the HSDB record page.


5.6 Metabolism/Metabolites

Primarily hepatic, but only small amounts are metabolized.


5.7 Biological Half-Life

5.7 hours (with a range between 2.6 and 16 hrs)


Following iv administration of 4 mg/sq m of pentostatin as a single dose over 5 min in healthy individuals, the distribution half-life and terminal elimination half-life reportedly averaged 11 min and 5.7 hr, respectively. In a multiple dose study in a limited number of patients receiving 36 courses of pentostatin at a dosage of 4 mg/sq m iv, distribution half-life and terminal elimination half-life reportedly averaged 9.6 min (range: 3.1-48.5 min) and 4.9 hr, respectively. In other studies in a limited number of patients with advanced cancer, the distribution half-life averaged 17-85 min and the terminal elimination half-life averaged 2.6-15 hr following single iv doses of 0.1 or 0.25 mg/kg of pentostatin.

McEvoy, G.K. (ed.). American Hospital Formulary Service - Drug Information 93. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Inc., 1993 (Plus Supplements, 1993)., p. 633


In patients with renal impairment (creatinine clearance less than 60 ml/min),the half-life of pentostatin averages approximately 18 hr.

McEvoy, G.K. (ed.). American Hospital Formulary Service - Drug Information 93. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Inc., 1993 (Plus Supplements, 1993)., p. 633


5.8 Mechanism of Action

Pentostatin is a potent transition state inhibitor of adenosine deaminase (ADA), the greatest activity of which is found in cells of the lymphoid system. T-cells have higher ADA activity than B-cells, and T-cell malignancies have higher activity than B-cell malignancies. The cytotoxicity that results from prevention of catabolism of adenosine or deoxyadenosine is thought to be due to elevated intracellular levels of dATP, which can block DNA synthesis through inhibition of ribonucleotide reductase. Intracellular activation results in incorporation into DNA as a false purine base. An additional cytotoxic effect is related to its incorporation into RNA. Cytotoxicity is cell cycle phase-specific (S-phase).


... Adenosine deaminase inhibitor

Budavari, S. (ed.). The Merck Index - Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs and Biologicals. Rahway, NJ: Merck and Co., Inc., 1989., p. 1131


The precise mechanism(s) of action of pentostatin in hairy cell leukemia and other lymphoid malignancies has not been fully elucidated. Pentostatin is a potent transition state (tight binding) inhibitor of adenosine deaminase, an enzyme involved in purine metabolism. This enzyme appears to regulate intracellular adenosine concentrations via irreversible deamination of adenosine and deoxyadenosine. Although adenosine deaminase is widely distributed in mammalian tissues, highest levels are found in lymphoid tissue: levels in circulating T cells (particularly in T cell lymphoblastic leukemia) are higher than those in B cells. While the level of enzyme activity is low in healthy bone marrow, it is high in myeloid leukemic blast cells. ... Inhibition of adenosine deaminase by pentostatin results in intracellular accumulation of toxic levels of adenine deoxynucleotides (eg, deoxyadenosine triphosphate), which in the presence of deoxyadenosine can lead to cell death. Pentostatin alone, even in concentrations high enough to inhibit adenosine deaminase completely, is not cytotoxic to lymphoid cells cultured in the absence of cytotoxic nucleosides (eg, deoxyadenosine). Thus, unlike many other nucleoside-analog antineoplastic agents, the cytoxic effects of pentostatin do not appear to be attributable directly to the drug or its metabolites but instead appear to result indirectly from the effects of the substrates for adenosine deaminase (adenosine and deoxyadenosine) and/or their metabolites. Although elevated deoxyadenosine triphosphate concentrations in the cell can block DNA synthesis via inhibition of ribonucleotide reductase, the precise role of high deoxyadenosine triphosphate concentrations in pentostatin-induced cytotoxicity is controversial. Pentostatin also can inhibit RNA synthesis, cause DNA strand breaks, disrupt ATP-dependent cellular processes, and inhibit adenosylhomocysteinase (S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase), all of which also may contribute to the drug's lymphocytotoxic effects.

McEvoy, G.K. (ed.). American Hospital Formulary Service - Drug Information 93. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Inc., 1993 (Plus Supplements, 1993)., p. 633


The degree to which pentostatin inhibits adenosine deaminase varies among cell types, possibly because of differences in enzyme inhibitor dissociation constants in different cells as well as differences in cellular accumulation of the drug. There generally has been no clear relation between adenosine deaminase inhibition and pentostatin induced cytotoxicity in clinical studies. However, the cytotoxic and growth inhibitory effects of adenosine deaminase inhibition appear to be greater in T cells than in B cells. Although conflicting data exist, some evidence suggests that T cells accumulate more deoxyadenosine triphosphate than B cells and thus may be more susceptible to the effects of adenosine deaminase inhibition; deoxyadenosine triphosphate concentrations in B cells may be lower because these cells possess higher membrane associated ecto-5'-nucleotidase activity, which promotes the hydrolysis of higher phosphate compounds to more freely diffusible nucleosides. Differences in the sensitivity of B and T cells to pentostatin's effects also may be artifactual as a result of testing procedure variables (eg, cell source, culture media conditions). The time course of adenosine deaminase inhibition appears to differ in erythrocytes and lymphocytes and depends on the intrinsic activity of the enzyme in the cell as well as cell specific pharmacodynamics (eg, protein synthesis, rate of cellular proliferation). In some cells, inhibition by a single dose of pentostatin may persist for 1 week or longer. It is not known whether recovery from adenosine deaminase inhibition occurs as a result of slow efflux of pentostatin from the cell or regeneration of adenosine deaminase; however, recovery of blood adenosine deaminase activity may result from replenishment of enzyme from newly formed erythrocytes in that such recovery in animals has been reported to coincide with the life span of erythrocytes in circulation (eg, 40-60 days). ... Response to pentostatin varies according to the type and sensitivity of the neoplasm being treated. Conditions associated with relatively low adenosine deaminase activity (eg, hairy cell and chronic lymphocytic leukemias) manifest prolonged and complete adenosine deaminase inhibition in response to relatively low dosages of pentostatin, whereas conditions associated with high adenosine deaminase activity (eg, acute leukemias) are less sensitive to the drug, requiring higher doses that produce relatively incomplete inhibition of adenosine deaminase activity.

McEvoy, G.K. (ed.). American Hospital Formulary Service - Drug Information 93. Bethesda, MD: American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Inc., 1993 (Plus Supplements, 1993)., p. 633


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Brand Name : Nipent

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Brand Name : Nipent

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Pentostatin

Dosage Form : Pentostatin 10Mg 1 Unit Parenter...

Dosage Strength : 1 bottle EV 10 mg Groun

Price Per Pack (Euro) : 1,420.98

Published in :

Country : Italy

RX/OTC/DISCN : Class H

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