The effects of nitrobenzene derivatives on oxygen utilization and radiation response of an in vitro tumor model.
The effects of nitrobenzene derivatives on oxygen utilization and radiation response of an in vitro tumor model.
复制标题
硝基苯衍生物对体外肿瘤模型的氧利用和辐射反应的影响。
作者:
J. Biaglow;R. Durand
The effects of several nitrobenzene derivatives on the oxygen utilization and radiation response of multicell spheroids have been determined. In this system, the best radiosensitizer was nitrotoluene, previously reported to be a poor sensitizer of anoxic cells in monolayer cultures. The sensitization of the spheroid is interpreted as due to nitrotoluene's immediate inhibitory effect on cellular oxygen utilization resulting in a reoxygenation of the centrally located cells. The anoxic radiosensitizre dinitrobenzonitrile markedly stimulated oxygen utilization producing an immediate protection, presumably because the hypoxic fraction of the spheroid was increased. Some radiosensitization did occur with dinitrobenzonitrile at higher concentrations and after longer periods of exposure to the drug. The altered radiation response, caused by either nitrotoluene or dinitrobenzonitrile, agreed fairly well with the theoretical prediction of the radiation response as a function of oxygen utilization. A third anoxic s...