Chemotherapy Investigations in Cancer with Reference to the Influence of Certain Organic Dibasic Acids, Diamino Compounds and Nitro Compounds on T Umors in Mice 1)
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Chemotherapy Investigations in Cancer With Reference to the Influence of Certain Organic Dibasic Acids, Diamino Compounds and Nitro Compounds on T umors in Mice 1). L. \Voodhouse, Ph.I)., _XI.Sc. (From the Cancer Research Laboratory, The Medical School, Ui2iversitv of Birmi,gham, Birmingham, England) (Received for publication December 16, 1946) Although knowlcdge of many aspects of cancer, I. Growths produccd (m mice by rcpcated appli- including thc chemistry of the ccll, is rapidly ex- cations of benzpyrcne in acetone to the skin. The panding, it is still impossiblc to hazard any but very tests wcrc comlnenced xvhcn the warts had been tentative hypotheses for guidance in selecting com- visible for several weeks and had an appearance sug- pounds for testing possible therapeutic value against gesting cpithelionla. Such tumors rarely regrcss even tumors. In thc past, substances havc becn investi- in the mixed strain of mice employed for inducing gated, in the majority of cases, on an empirical basis. the growths. A reasonable approach would be to observe thc pro- lI. Transplants from a spindle-celled sarcolna perties of members of various c/asses of compounds. originally induced with dibenzanthraccnc in this la- It might be possible in this way to eliminate many boratory and previously described (8). An inbred categories and obtain information indicating what but unnamed strain of mouse was used, in the leg types are likely to form a basis for yielding effective muscle of which this tumor grows regularly. The material. tumors are suitable for tests about 7 days after ino- Therefore, though aware that in thc abscnce of culation. 'l'hc transplants utilized were those after sound guiding principles such experiments can be some lnt0 or more passages. explorative only in nature, we have carried out tests III. Transl)lants of "carcinoma 63" which had on various groups of compounds from this point of becn through about 20 passages in this laboratory view. Some of these which may bc of interest to when these tests were commenced. other workers are briefly dcscrit~ed in this contri- B. lnjcctions.--In the experiments described bution which deals with thc action of some substi- here injcetions were chiefly subcutalaeous or intra- tuted succinic acids, a number of amino COlnplexes peritoneal, at a distance froln the tumor, twicc or and certain nitro componnds on thrcc types of three tilnes each week. Intravenous injections have mouse tumor. been given where the reaction suggcsted that the li- Boyland (2), by fccding ecrtain dibasic acids, ob- mited nmnber of injections possible by this route tained cvidcncc of distinct inhibitory cffccts on might be effective. There is evidence that some sub- mousc tmnors, onc of the most active being malonic stances, quite ineffective by other routes, arc inhibi- acid. Thc scrics of substituted suecinic acids were tory or even curative against certain mouse tulnors made available by Mr. Garfield 'l'homas (biochemist when injected intravenously (11). The various or- to Queen Elizabeth IIospital, Birmingham). "Ille ganic acids were easily soluble as such, or a sohfl)le amino compounds were supplied chiefly 1)y Mcssrs. sodium salt could easily hc made, and they proved May and Bakcr and in some instances are among quite without toxic effects when injected into con- the substances investigated by Boyland (3) who, trol animals in relatively large alnounts. \Vhcn the however, cmph)ycd different ,~.umors and technics. more poisonous sul)stanccs, e.g. the nitrated series, They all possess trypanocidal properties. Complcxes wcrc tested, the lethal dose was determined and with several of the amino compounds with lmeleic doses of one-fifth to one-tenth lethal were given in acids were also tested, for some of which I am in- a volume of 0.2 ml. for the subcutaneous injections debted to Prof. M. Staeey, Chemistry Department, and 0.10 ml. for the intravenous ones. \Vhen the University of Birmiugham. substance was not soluble enough to afford a suit- TECI IN ICAL METI IODS able aqueous solution a colloidal suspension stabi- lized bv a small amoullt of gum or gelatine, was A. Tumors and animals uscd.--The tumors used employed. for these experiments were: 398 Downloaded from cancerres.aacrjournals.org on September 29, 2021. © 1947 American Association for Cancer Research. \Voodhousc--Chemothcrapy of Canccr 399 The correlation of nmncrical designations with general toxic propertics. 'l'hus the tumor-ilfllibiting chemical compounds is as follows: action of carcinogenic hydrocarbons given subcu- taneously, appears to bc largely incidental to the gcn- 654 4,4'diaminostilbene eral disturbance of the metabolism of the animal 736 4,4'-diamidinodiphcnylcthcr 688 4,4'-diaminodiphcnylether (11). In order to control inhibition tests adequate- 875 4,4'-diamidinodiphcnylurca diacctatc ly, therefore, two control series arc rcquircd, one in 800 4,4'-diamidino-1,5-dephcnoxypentanc which the weight and health of noncancerous mice dihydrochloridc 971 4,4'-diaminoazobcnzcnc reccMng similar injections are observed, and another 952 1)isulphanilamide of tulnor-bcaring mice which arc allowed to continue 967 4,4'-diaminodiphenylthiourea without treatment. C. Control tests.--It has bccn shown that inauy An estimate of the effects of treatment of the experiments dcsigncd to demonstrate the inhibitory skin cpithcliomas was made by comparing the size TABLE I: T~,:sTs \VITII DERIVATIVES OF DIBASIC ACIDS ON .~|ICl,; BEARING TRANSPI.ANTED '])IBENZANTIIRACENE' SARCO,~L~,S. (136TII-lqSTn GllAFTS.) 7TH-9TII DAY AI.'TER INOCUI_ATION. SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTIONS OF 2 MGM. Final av. Initial Final wt. of av. wt. av. wt. No. of No. of ItllllOIs, of anim.ds, of aninmls, Group Treatlnel,t anilnals injections gin. gm. gin. Result 1 Succinic acid ~ 10 3.7 30 32 No inhibition 2 Methyl succinic acid 10 11 2.8 ~ 33 35 Some inhibition 3 Phcnyl succinic acid 8 8 3.85 29 32 No inhibition 4 Controls to 10 Gps. 1, ;.,~ 3, 10 -- 3.6~ 32 35 5 Cyclohcxyl succinic acid 8 8 2.7 z~8.S 33 Sol]lC inhibition 6 Asymdimcthyl succinic acid 10 9 3.63 32 35 No inhibition 7 Cyclohcxvl-1 -acctvl-1 -carboxvl 2.72 35 38 Some inhibition succinic acid 10 10 8 Controls to 4, 5, 6 l0 ~ 3.8 31 33 -- 9 1-I lvdroxvl- 1-carboxvl- cvclo- 3.8 30.6 30 No inhibition hexane 9 10 10 Malonic acid 6 10 3 0 30 32 Some inhibition 11 Glutaric acid 6 10 3.9 34 36 No inhibition 12 Controls to 9, 10, l l 10 10 3.8 34 37 TABI,r, II: TESTS wrrH CO~IPI.F,XES ON Mine wrrn TRANSPI,ANTED DIm.:NZ:~,x'rm~ACF.XE SARCONIA (180"rn-lq0T~I) TRANSI'I,ANTS). SUBCUTANEOUS IXJEeTIOS,'S 0.20 ML. = 0.~ MGM. Av. Av. initial final Av. wts. wt. ot wt. of of No. of No. of animals. ,'/nimals tmnors GrouF T,'entmcnt animals injections gin. gin. gin. Ilesult 1 654 6 8 32 34 3.7 No inhibition 2 736 6 8 32 32 3.8 No inhibition 3 Ribonuclcic acid complcx with 736 7 7 30.6 32 2.4 Definite inhibition 4 688 5 8 31 33.5 3. ~ No inhibition 5 Ribonuclcic acid complex with 688 6 7 30.6 32 2.6 Definite inhibition 6 967 6 9 28.4 29. ~ 2.1 Definite inhibition 7 875 6 8 8 Desoxyribonuclcic acid complex 30.6 32 3.5 No inhibition with 875 6 8 25.6 30.~ 3.6 No inhibition 9 Desoxwmcleic acid complex witl{ 688 7 7 3 ~ 36.5 2.7 Definite inhibition 10 800 6 7 33 34 3.8 No inhibition 11 971 6 8 28 29.5 3.4 No inhibition 12 952 6 7 ~0 33 3.7:5 No inhibition 13 Prontosil R 5 8 25.3 27 3.5 No inhibition Average tumor weight in 4 tumm' v,nlrol gl'OllpS --- 3.75 glil. power of chcmicals on thc growths of animal tumors of the tumors at thc base bcforc and after the injec- have bccn invalidated by disregard for thc concomi- tions. In the experiments with "Carcinoma 63" tile tant effect on the growth rate of the host and that vohnncs of the nodules wcrc computed, whilc for apparent inhibition mu:st bc rcvicwed in relation to thc sarcomas, since it was difficult to get a satisfac- Downloaded from cancerres.aacrjournals.org on September 29, 2021. © 1947 American Association for Cancer Research. 400 Cancer Research tory value for the initial size, the final weight of No. 688 ................................... 9.at the tumors after removing normal tissue was com- Dcsoxyribonuclcic acid complex with 688 ........ 8.8 Ribonuclcic acid complex with 688 ............ 6.3 pared in the injected and control series. No. 971 .................................... 9.0 RESULTS Controls .................................... 10.2 The series of nitro compounds gave the follow- Data for the tests with the dibasic acids and mg results: amino compounds on the sarcoma are givcn in Nitrovanillin (and vanillin) 2,4-dinitrophenol, Table I and II. Full details arc not given for the nitroguanidinc, and fluorenc wcrc inert when test- other experiments since most of the substances pro- cd either on the dibenzanthraccnc tumors or on car- duccd only slight or no inhibition. cinoma 63. Somc inhil)itory action was demonstrat- \Vhcn tested by intravcnous injections (2 mgm. ed against either tmnor by 2-ni,':_rofluorcne. in 0.10 ml.) on the transplanted dibenzanthracene sarcoma (1 ~0th to 160th grafts), commencing 7 days DISCUSSION after implantation and administered in 5 to 6 injcc- tions in a period of 3 weeks, the following acid com- The majority of the substances tested showed no pounds gave no cvidence of inhibitory action: inhibitory action on thc tumors by either method of injcction, and none caused entire regression of any Succinic acid, phcnyl succinic acid, asymctric dimcthyl succinic acid, 1-hydroxyl, 1-cart)oxyl cyclo hcxane, glutaric tumor.