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Preferred Name

Pegaspargase

Synonyms

Polyethylene Glycol-L-Asparaginase

PEG-asparaginase

Polyethylene Glycol L-Asparaginase

pegaspargase

Pegaspargase

Oncaspar-IV

PEG-L-Asparaginase

L-Asparaginase with Polyethylene Glycol

PEG-Asparaginase

PEGASPARGASE

(Monomethoxypolyethylene Glycol Succinimidyl)74-L-Asparaginase

PEG-L-Asparaginase (Enzon - Kyowa Hakko)

Oncaspar

PEGLA

Definitions

A complex of polyethylene glycol conjugated with L-asparaginase. Asparaginase hydrolyzes L-asparagine to L-aspartic acid and ammonia, thereby depleting these cells of asparagine and blocking protein synthesis and tumor cell proliferation, especially in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. The agent also induces apoptosis in tumor cells. Pegylation decreases the enzyme's antigenicity. Asparagine is critical to protein synthesis in leukemic cells, which cannot synthesize this amino acid due to the absence of the enzyme asparagine synthase. (NCI04)

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C1200

Accepted_Therapeutic_Use_For

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia

ALT_DEFINITION

A drug used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). It is a form of the drug asparaginase that is linked to a substance called PEG, which makes the drug stay in the body longer. Asparaginase is an enzyme that breaks down the amino acid asparagine and may block the growth of tumor cells that need asparagine to grow. It is a type of protein synthesis inhibitor.

CAS_Registry

130167-69-0

code

C1200

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C176424

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C157711

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C157712

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116978

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C201600

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C116977

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C128784

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C63923

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C177537

Contributing_Source

CTRP

FDA

GDC

HemOnc

DEFINITION

A complex of polyethylene glycol conjugated with L-asparaginase. Asparaginase hydrolyzes L-asparagine to L-aspartic acid and ammonia, thereby depleting these cells of asparagine and blocking protein synthesis and tumor cell proliferation, especially in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. The agent also induces apoptosis in tumor cells. Pegylation decreases the enzyme's antigenicity. Asparagine is critical to protein synthesis in leukemic cells, which cannot synthesize this amino acid due to the absence of the enzyme asparagine synthase. (NCI04)

Display_Name

Pegaspargase

FDA_UNII_Code

7D96IR0PPM

FULL_SYN

Polyethylene Glycol-L-Asparaginase

PEG-asparaginase

Polyethylene Glycol L-Asparaginase

pegaspargase

Pegaspargase

Oncaspar-IV

PEG-L-Asparaginase

L-Asparaginase with Polyethylene Glycol

PEG-Asparaginase

PEGASPARGASE

(Monomethoxypolyethylene Glycol Succinimidyl)74-L-Asparaginase

PEG-L-Asparaginase (Enzon - Kyowa Hakko)

Oncaspar

PEGLA

Is_Value_For_GDC_Property

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C1909

label

Pegaspargase

Legacy Concept Name

Pegaspargase

Maps_To

Pegaspargase

NCI_Drug_Dictionary_ID

40312

NSC Number

624239

644954

PDQ_Closed_Trial_Search_ID

40312

PDQ_Open_Trial_Search_ID

40312

Preferred_Name

Pegaspargase

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C1200

Semantic_Type

Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein

Pharmacologic Substance

UMLS_CUI

C0071568

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C177280

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