PMID: 8958184Jan 1, 1996Paper

Biochemistry and pharmacology of glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase inhibitors: LY309887 and lometrexol

Investigational New Drugs
L G MendelsohnJ Worzalla

Abstract

Lometrexol, a tight-binding antifolate inhibitor of the purine de novo enzyme glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase (GARFT), was the first GARFT inhibitor to be investigated clinically. Unexpected observations of delayed cumulative toxicity prompted a search for a second generation antimetabolite with a more favorable biochemical, pharmacological and toxicological profile. LY309887, 6R-2',5'-thienyl-5, 10-dideazatetrahydrofolic acid, had 9-fold greater potency to inhibit GARFT (Ki = 6.5 nM) compared to lometrexol. Like lometrexol, LY309887 was activated by folpolyglutamate synthetase, however, it had a lower first order rate constant. In vitro and in vivo data were consistent with these observations: polyglutamation of LY309887 was less extensive compared to lometrexol and livers of mice accumulated fewer polyglutamates of LY309887 than polyglutamates of lometrexol. The affinities of these two compounds for isoforms of human folate receptors (FR) were compared. Lometrexol had a 6-fold higher affinity for FR alpha than LY309887 and both compounds had higher affinity for the alpha isoform compared to the beta isoform. The selectivity of LY309887 for FR alpha (beta (Ki)/ alpha (Ki) = 10.5) was twice that of lometrexol's (be...Continue Reading

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