[CAS NO. 733030-01-8]  TAS-102

TAS-102 is an oral combination drug consisting of trifluridine (FTD), which is a thymidine-based nucleoside analog, and tipiracil hydrochloride (TPI), which improves the bioavailability of FTD by inhibiting its catabolism by thymidine phosphorylase (TP).Phosphorylated form of trifluridine is incorporated into DNA resulting in DNA dysfunction and cell cycle arrest. Thymidine phosphorylase inhibitor inhibits degradation of FTD and inhibits angiogenesis. Thus, TAS-102 treatment results in massive trifluridine incorporation into DNA and in activation of similar DNA damage response pathways, which involve phosphorylation of Chk1 and cycle arrest during the G2/M-phase.