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  • Title: Quenching of tyrosine radicals of M2 subunit from ribonucleotide reductase in tumor cells by different antitumor agents: an EPR study.
    Author: Liermann B, Lassmann G, Langen P.
    Journal: Free Radic Biol Med; 1990; 9(1):1-4. PubMed ID: 2170241.
    Abstract:
    The inhibition of ribonucleotide reductase (RR) of intact Ehrlich ascites tumor cells by different antitumor agents was compared using EPR spectroscopy. The inactivation of M2 subunit was measured via quenching of the functionally essential tyrosine radical. Inhibitors of different classes, for example, hydroxyurea, pyrogallol, and thiosemicarbazones, differ in their efficiency by three orders of magnitude. Most effective inhibition was found for isoquinoline-1-aldehyde-thiosemicarbazone (IQ-1) with an IC50 value of 0.18 microM. Inhibition of RR inside tumor cells is comparable with that reported for isolated enzymes.
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