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JOURNAL OF APPLIED TOXICOLOGY
卷 27, 期 2, 页码 133-142出版社
JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD
DOI: 10.1002/jat.1177
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cyclin-dependent kinase; CDK; peripheral white blood cells; leukocytes; drug discovery; rat; monkey; mouse
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Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) have been pursued for more than a decade for the treatment of cancer. CDK inhibitors are expected to slow the rate of cell division and potentially increase the apoptotic fraction of rapidly dividing cells. Although CDK activity is often increased in tumors, normal dividing tissues are also susceptible to the cytostatic and cytotoxic effects of CDK inhibitor action. Therefore the typical toxicity profile associated with cytotoxic anti-cancer therapy, bone marrow suppression and gastrointestinal toxicity, is expected with CDK inhibitors. Bone marrow toxicity and the ensuing delayed peripheral leukocyte suppression often limit the therapeutic application of cytotoxic anticancer drugs. Here we characterize an unusual bone marrow-independent acute toxicity toward leukocytes from broad spectrum CDK inhibitors in monkeys and rodents. The potential combination of both acute and delayed immunosuppression would likely further restrict the application of these particular compounds. Since the cells targeted were non-proliferating, it was assumed that the toxicity was not driven by the intended pharmacological mechanism thereby facilitating the development of a testing strategy to identify compounds with a reduced potential for acute leukocyte toxicity. This testing strategy resulted in a CDK inhibitor void of bone marrow-independent leukocyte toxicity that is currently undergoing clinical testing. Copyright (c) 2007 John Wiley & Sons.
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