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. 1997;76(11):1466–1473. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1997.579

Platinum-DNA adduct formation in leucocytes of children in relation to pharmacokinetics after cisplatin and carboplatin therapy.

B Peng 1, M J Tilby 1, M W English 1, L Price 1, A D Pearson 1, A V Boddy 1, D R Newell 1
PMCID: PMC2228168  PMID: 9400943

Abstract

Platinum (Pt)-DNA adducts were measured in peripheral blood leucocytes (PBLs) from 24 children with solid tumours after standard cisplatin and/or carboplatin treatment. The relationship between Pt-DNA adduct levels and pharmacokinetics of cisplatin and carboplatin was investigated. Adduct measurements were performed by competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and plasma unbound Pt concentrations were measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS). There was considerable interindividual variation in Pt-DNA adduct level that was weakly correlated (r2 = 0.32) with the area under the unbound drug concentration vs time curve (AUC) at 6 h after the start of cisplatin infusion, indicating that the variation in Pt-DNA adduct levels was primarily determined by factors other than AUC. No clear relationship between AUC and adduct levels was seen at 24 and 48 h after cisplatin or at 6, 24 or 48 h after carboplatin. Carboplatin produced lower levels of immunoreactive adducts than did cisplatin (1.3 +/- 0.6 nmol Pt g-1 DNA vs 3.2 +/- 1.7 nmol Pt g-1 DNA), despite a 20-fold higher unbound drug AUC for carboplatin (8.0 +/- 3.5 mg ml-1 min vs 0.4 +/- 0.2 mg ml-1 min). This study demonstrates that, after cisplatin and carboplatin treatment the drug-target interaction is determined by both pharmacokinetic and, predominantly, cellular factors. Intrinsic differences between the two complexes, primarily reactivity, probably explain the lower adduct levels observed after carboplatin treatment.

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