PMID: 6103788Mar 1, 1980Paper

Disposition of 9-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl-2-fluoroadenine in mice, dogs, and monkeys

Drug Metabolism and Disposition : the Biological Fate of Chemicals
S M el DareerD L Hill

Abstract

The metabolic disposition of 9-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl-2-fluoroadenine (2-F-AraA) has been studied in mice, dogs, and monkeys after iv administration. Following injection of 2-F-AraA (30 mg/m2) into mice, serum levels fell with apparent half-lives of 17 min for the alpha-phase and 72 min for the beta-phase. For dogs given the same dose, these values were less than 5 and 112 min, and, for monkeys, 26 and 125 min, respectively. A higher concentration of metabolites was present in the serum of dogs than in the serum of mice and monkeys. Phosphorylated derivatives of 2-F-AraA were present in each of several mouse tissues examined; liver contained the highest concentration. In 24 hr, mice excreted more than half of the administered compound in the urine as unchanged 2-F-AraA. For dogs given a dose of 400 mg/m2, a single phase of disappearance of the drug (t1/2 = 130 min) was observed. For a single monkey, there were two phases, with half-lives of 15 min and 6.7 hr. In the urine, monkeys excreted about half of either dose as parent compound; but dogs excreted only about one-fourth as unchanged drug. These data indicate that 2-F-AraA is extensively metabolized by dogs but less so by mice and monkeys.

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