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The antimetastatic effect of a new water-soluble derivative of camptothecin, 7-ethyl-10-(4-(1-piperidino)-1-piperidino) carbonyloxy-camptothecin (CPT-11), were examined in several metastatic murine tumor systems. Intravenous (i.v.) injection of CPT-11 into BALB/c mice inhibited lung metastasis by i.v. inoculated, metastatic colonic adenocarcinoma 26 (C26) cells, C26NL-17, in BALB/c mice. This treatment was also effective in C57BL/6 mice against lung metastasis by i.v. inoculated B16-F10 and B16-BL6 cells, highly metastatic variants of the B16 melanoma. Furthermore, intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of CPT-11 significantly inhibited the growth of C26NL-22 cells, a highly metastatic variant of C26, inoculated subcutaneously (s.c.) into the left front footpads of BALB/c mice. Also, i.p. or i.v. injection of CPT-11 effectively inhibited the growth of 3LL tumors inoculated s.c. into the hind footpads of C57BL/6 mice. Moreover, following s.c. inoculation of either C26NL-22 or 3LL cells, combined surgical excision of the primary tumor and either i.p. or i. v. CPT-11 injections given before or after surgery markedly inhibited the formation of pulmonary metastases. These results show that a new derivative of camptothecin, CPT-11, has a potent inhibitory effect against both spontaneous and experimental lung metastasis.
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Matsuzaki, T., Yokokura, T., Mutai, M. et al. Inhibition of spontaneous and experimental metastasis by a new derivative of camptothecin, CPT-11, in mice. Cancer Chemother. Pharmacol. 21, 308–312 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00264196
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