Differences in the toxicity and metabolism of the 2-nitroimidazole misonidazole (Ro-07-0582) in HeLa and Chinese hamster ovary cells.
Differences in the toxicity and metabolism of the 2-nitroimidazole misonidazole (Ro-07-0582) in HeLa and Chinese hamster ovary cells.
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2-硝基咪唑米索硝唑 (Ro-07-0582) 在 HeLa 和中国仓鼠卵巢细胞中的毒性和代谢差异。
作者:
Y. Taylor;A. Rauth
Abstract The 2-nitroimidazole misonidazole (Ro-07-0582) is a hypoxic cell radiosensitizer currently undergoing clinical investigation. In addition to its radiosensitizing abilities, it shows an increased toxicity toward hypoxic compared to aerobic cells. Human HeLa cells are 2 to 3 times more sensitive to misonidazole in terms of the time required to reduce survival to 0.1% after hypoxic incubations in 5 mm drug than are Chinese hamster ovary cells. The basis of this difference in sensitivity was investigated with the use of [ 14 C]misonidazole. There is an increased accumulation of radioactivity in hypoxic cells over that seen in aerobic cells that remain in equilibrium with external drug levels. In the presence of 5 mm labeled drug, hypoxic HeLa cells accumulate radioactivity at 2 to 3 times the rate of hypoxic Chinese hamster ovary cells. This accumulation has been measured as a function of drug concentration and oxygen concentration. At 1% oxygen both cell lines accumulate radioactivity at greater than one-half the maximum rate seen at the very lowest oxygen tensions studied, O -demethylation derivative are seen. These results suggest that differences in the sensitivity of HeLa and Chinese hamster ovary cells to misonidazole are due to differences in the rate at which they metabolize the drug.