代谢
在肝脏中广泛且迅速地代谢。表柔比星也可以被其他器官和细胞代谢,包括红细胞。四种主要的代谢途径是:(1) C-13酮基还原形成13(S)-二氢衍生物,表柔比星醇;(2) 未改变的药物和表柔比星醇与葡萄糖醛酸结合;(3) 通过水解过程失去氨基糖部分,形成多柔比星和多柔比星醇苷元;(4) 通过氧化还原过程失去氨基糖部分,形成7-脱氧多柔比星苷元和7-脱氧多柔比星醇苷元。表柔比星醇在体外表现出细胞毒性活性(约为表柔比星的10%),但它不太可能在体内达到产生细胞毒性的足够浓度。
Extensively and rapidly metabolized in the liver. Epirubicin is also metabolized by other organs and cells, including red blood cells. The four main metabolic routes are: (1) reduction of the C-13 keto-group with the formation of the 13(S)-dihydro derivative, epirubicinol; (2) conjugation of both the unchanged drug and epirubicinol with glucuronic acid; (3) loss of the amino sugar moiety through a hydrolytic process with the formation of the doxorubicin and doxorubicinol aglycones; and (4) loss of the amino sugar moiety through a redox process with the formation of the 7-deoxy-doxorubicin aglycone and 7-deoxy-doxorubicinol aglycone. Epirubicinol exhibits in vitro cytoxic activity (~10% that of epirubicin), but it is unlikely to reach sufficient concentrations in vivo to produce cytotoxic effects.
来源:DrugBank