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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES
Volume 25, Issue 1, Pages 91-103Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2005.02.001
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cdk inhibitors; HPLC; mass spectrometry; NMR; drug metabolism
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The pharmacokinetics, biodistribution and the metabolic pathway of roscovitine were investigated in Sprague-Dawley rats after a single intravenous dose of 25 mg/kg. Blood, lungs, kidney, liver, testis, adipose tissue, spleen and brain were removed at different time-points. Plasma and tissue samples were analyzed using high performance liquid chromatography. The metabolites were identified using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Roscovitine (MW =354) was cleared rapidly from circulation and highly distributed to the tissues. The elimination half-life of roscovitine in plasma and tissues was short (< 30 min). A major metabolite (MI) was observed mainly in plasma and in lower levels in all other tissues. M 1 was identified as conversion of the hydroxyl-group at C2 to carboxylic acid (MW = 368). A second metabolite (M2) was observed mainly in liver and kidney and identified as a hydroxylation product of the C8 of the purine-ring (MW =370). A third metabolite (M3) was found in several organs and corresponded to N-dealkylation of the N9-isopropyl side-chain (MW = 312). Roscovitine concentrations in the brain were 30 10 of that observed in plasma, however no metabolites were detected in brain. In this investigation, three major metabolites of roscovitine were isolated and identified. Also, it was shown that roscovitine eliminates rapidly from both blood and tissues. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.
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