Uses
Tipiracil-13C, 15N2 is carbon-13 and nitrogen-15 labeled Tipiracil,an inhibitor of human thymidine phosphorylase (TP).Thymidine phosphorylase is an enzyme that converts thymidine to thymine and is a platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor.
Definition
ChEBI: Tipiracil is a member of the class of pyrimidones that is uracil substituted by chloro and (2-iminopyrrolidin-1-yl)methyl groups at positions 5 and 6 respectively. Used (as the hydrochloride salt) in combination with trifluridine, a nucleoside metabolic inhibitor, for treatment of advanced/relapsed unresectable colorectal cancer. It has a role as an antineoplastic agent and an EC 2.4.2.4 (thymidine phosphorylase) inhibitor. It is a pyrimidone, an organochlorine compound, a carboxamidine and a member of pyrrolidines. It is functionally related to a uracil. It is a conjugate base of a tipiracil(1+).
Mode of action
Tipiracil is a thymidine phosphorylase inhibitor. It is used in combination with trifluridine, in a ratio of 1:0.5, to form TAS-102. The main function of Tipiracil in TAS-102 is to increase trifluridine bioavailability by inhibiting its catabolism. TAS-102 is indicated for the treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer which has been previously treated with fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin- and irinotecan-based chemotherapy, or with an anti-VEGF or anti-EGFR therapy.
