Abstract:
The distribution of various
57Go-labelled Zhengguangmycin preparations, namely: single natural components A
2, A
4, A
5, A
6, B
2, a mixed preparation comprising of components A
2+B
2, and a single component derivation A
5033 was studied in mice bearing solid type Ehrlich carcinoma. It was found that all these preparations exhibited antitumor and tumortropic properties. Among all the preparations, components A
5 and A
6 exhibited the strongest tumor-tropic property.Given at equivalent toxicity dosage (1/20 LD
50, components A
5 and A
4 exhibited the highest rate of tumor inhibition. The uptake of radioactivity in the mouse liver, kidney and tumor was the highest with component A
6 and the lowest with preparation A
5033. It appears that A
6 would be the least promising component for clinical trial. The preparation A
5033, beside the above mentioned properties, has the additional advantage of having a low uptake in the lung, rapid excretion through the kidney and the lowest acute toxicity. Moreover, A
5033 exhibited a satisfactory tumor inhibition rate as compared with other prepations when given at equivalent toxicity dosage. It therefore appears to be worthy of further investigation from the point of diminishing pulmonary fibrosis. Though the uptake of component As in the mouse kidney and liver was rather high, yet it was lower than that of A
6. It was excreted slowly through the urine. On the ground that As has the strongest tumor inhibitory activity and a better retention in the animal body, it would also appear to be a component worthy of further study as an antitumor agent.