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  • Title: Effect of thiol manipulation on chemopotentiation by nitroimidazoles.
    Author: Siemann DW, Flaherty AA, Penney DP.
    Journal: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys; 1989 May; 16(5):1341-5. PubMed ID: 2715088.
    Abstract:
    Highly electron affinic compounds such as the nitroimidazole misonidazole (MISO) have been shown both in vitro and in vivo to be effective potentiators of certain conventional chemotherapeutic agents. Mechanistically, the observation that nitroheterocyclics reduce intra-cellular thiols by enhancing the oxidation of glutathione (GSH), has suggested that thiol depletion by MISO may be a key factor in this enhancement. The present investigations were undertaken to determine whether the use of buthionine sulfoximine (BSO) to affect GSH metabolism may lead to more effective potentiation of chemotherapeutic agents by sensitizers. KHT/iv cells were treated in exponential phase under hypoxic conditions with variable doses of the activated form of cyclophosphamide (4-hydroxy-cyclo-phosphamide, 4OH-CY) administered concomitantly with or without MISO (2.5 mM) for an exposure time of 4 hr. Inclusion of the sensitizer in the treatment protocol resulted in a dose modifying factor of approximately 2.4. Exposing cells to 1.0 mM BSO for 2 hr prior to treatment reduced intracellular GSH levels to 70-80% of control and increased the efficacy of 40H-CY approximately 1.2-fold. If BSO was administered prior to the 4OH-CY + MISO combination, severe tumor cell toxicity resulted. For example, when combined with 4OH-CY, similar cell kill could be achieved with 5 to 6-fold lower MISO doses in the presence of BSO as in the absence of BSO. Ultrastructural evaluations revealed that in the three agent combination, membrane damage, as reflected by the formation of surface blebs, may play a key role in the mechanism of the observed enhanced cytotoxicity.
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