Mercaptopurine

Found 2 Sample Hits

m/z	Adducts	Species	Organ	Scanning	Sample
170.0528	[M+NH4]+ PPM:19.5	Posidonia oceanica	root	MALDI (CHCA)	20190613_MS1_A19r-18 - MTBLS1746 Resolution: 17μm, 246x264 Description
170.0522	[M+NH4]+ PPM:15.9	Posidonia oceanica	root	MALDI (CHCA)	MS1_20180404_PO_1200 - MTBLS1746 Resolution: 17μm, 193x208 Description

Mercaptopurine is only found in individuals that have used or taken this drug. It is an antimetabolite antineoplastic agent with immunosuppressant properties. It interferes with nucleic acid synthesis by inhibiting purine metabolism and is used, usually in combination with other drugs, in the treatment of or in remission maintenance programs for leukemia. [PubChem]Mercaptopurine competes with hypoxanthine and guanine for the enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRTase) and is itself converted to thioinosinic acid (TIMP). This intracellular nucleotide inhibits several reactions involving inosinic acid (IMP), including the conversion of IMP to xanthylic acid (XMP) and the conversion of IMP to adenylic acid (AMP) via adenylosuccinate (SAMP). In addition, 6-methylthioinosinate (MTIMP) is formed by the methylation of TIMP. Both TIMP and MTIMP have been reported to inhibit glutamine-5-phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase, the first enzyme unique to the de novo pathway for purine ribonucleotide synthesis. Experiments indicate that radiolabeled mercaptopurine may be recovered from the DNA in the form of deoxythioguanosine. Some mercaptopurine is converted to nucleotide derivatives of 6-thioguanine (6-TG) by the sequential actions of inosinate (IMP) dehydrogenase and xanthylate (XMP) aminase, converting TIMP to thioguanylic acid (TGMP). L - Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents > L01 - Antineoplastic agents > L01B - Antimetabolites > L01BB - Purine analogues C274 - Antineoplastic Agent > C186664 - Cytotoxic Chemotherapeutic Agent > C272 - Antimetabolite D004791 - Enzyme Inhibitors > D019384 - Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors D007155 - Immunologic Factors > D007166 - Immunosuppressive Agents C308 - Immunotherapeutic Agent > C574 - Immunosuppressant D009676 - Noxae > D000963 - Antimetabolites D000970 - Antineoplastic Agents