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  • Title: [Effect of pretreatment with N-methyl-N-nitrosourea or streptozotocin on the cytotoxicity and the induction of sister chromatid exchanges in human and rodent brain tumor cells treated with chloroethylnitrosourea].
    Author: Tokuda K.
    Journal: Hokkaido Igaku Zasshi; 1992 Jul; 67(4):462-74. PubMed ID: 1427592.
    Abstract:
    Effects of pretreatment with N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) or streptozotocin (STZ) on cytotoxicity and induction of sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) in human and rodent brain tumor cells treated with 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU) or 1-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (CNU) were investigated. 9L-2 and SF-188 cells were more resistant to the cytotoxic effects of chloroethylnitrosourea than 9L and SF-126 cells. SF-295 cells were more resistant to the cytotoxic effects than SF-126, but more sensitive than SF-188 cells. Pretreatment of 9L-2 cells with MNU or STZ resulted in a dose-dependent increase in cytotoxicity and SCE induction by BCNU. Treatment with 1mM MNU or 1.5mM STZ completely reversed the cellular resistance of 9L-2 cells to BCNU but did not potentiate either cytotoxicity or SCE induction in 9L cells. Pretreatment of SF-188 and SF-295 cells with MNU or STZ resulted in a dose-dependent increase in cytotoxicity and SCE induction by CNU. Treatment with 500 microM MNU or 1.5mM STZ for SF-188 cells, and with 250 microM MNU or 1.5mM STZ for SF-295 cells completely reversed the cellular resistance to CNU. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that pretreatment with MNU or STZ inhibits O6-alkylguanine-DNA-alkyltransferase (O6-AT) and inhibition of the enzyme allows the formation of DNA interstrand cross-links resulting in increase in cytotoxicity and induction of SCE in resistant cells treated with chloroethylnitrosourea. In this regard, O6-AT plays an important role in determining the cytotoxicity and induction of SCE by chloroethylnitrosourea in both rodent and human brain tumor cells.
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