Difference between revisions of "Mercaptopurine (6-MP)"
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Revision as of 15:00, 19 June 2013
Also known as 6-MP or 6-Mercaptopurine.
General information
Class/mechanism: Purine analog of adenine and hypoxanthine, antimetabolite that interferes with DNA synthesis. Mercaptopurine competes with hypoxanthine and guanine for the enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRTase) and is converted to thioinosinic acid (TIMP). TIMP inhibits reactions that typically involve inosinic acid (IMP), such as its conversion to xanthylic acid (XMP) and adenylic acid (AMP) via adenylosuccinate (SAMP). TIMP is also converted to 6-methylthioinosinate (MTIMP); TIMP and MTIMP have been observed to inhibit glutamine-5-phosphoribosylpyrophosphate amidotransferase, which is an early enzyme in the de novo pathway of purine ribonucleotide synthesis. Mercaptopurine is structurally and functionally similar to Thioguanine (Tabloid).[1][2]
Route: PO
Extravasation: n/a
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Diseases for which it is used
Patient drug information
- Mercaptopurine (Purinethol) patient drug information (Chemocare)[3]
- Mercaptopurine (Purinethol) patient drug information (UpToDate)[4]