PMID- 2820475 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19871116 LR - 20220311 IS - 0006-2960 (Print) IS - 0006-2960 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 13 DP - 1987 Jun 30 TI - Differential formation of hydroxyl radicals by adriamycin in sensitive and resistant MCF-7 human breast tumor cells: implications for the mechanism of action. PG - 3776-81 AB - Adriamycin-stimulated formation of .OH in sensitive and resistant subline of human breast tumor cells (MCF-7) has been examined by electron spin resonance spectroscopy. It was shown that adriamycin significantly stimulated the formation of .OH spin adducts [5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide (DMPO)-OH] in the sensitive cells but not in the resistant cells. By use of spin-broadening techniques and inhibition of .OH with high molecular weight poly(ethylene glycol), which does not enter intact cells, it was shown that 60-65% of adriamycin-induced .OH were located extracellularly and were metal ion dependent since they were decreased in the presence of desferal. Furthermore, superoxide dismutase and catalase, enzymes that detoxify superoxide and hydrogen peroxide, also significantly inhibited adriamycin-induced .OH formation and protected against the cytotoxicity of adriamycin. The differential .OH formation in these two cell lines is not due to diminished activities of flavin-dependent activating enzymes nor decreased accumulation of the drug in the cells but appears to be related to enhanced activities of detoxifying enzymes, particularly, glutathione peroxidases in the resistant cells. FAU - Sinha, B K AU - Sinha BK AD - Clinical Pharmacology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892. FAU - Katki, A G AU - Katki AG FAU - Batist, G AU - Batist G FAU - Cowan, K H AU - Cowan KH FAU - Myers, C E AU - Myers CE LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Biochemistry JT - Biochemistry JID - 0370623 RN - 0 (5,5-dimethylpyrrolidin-2-one-1-oxide) RN - 0 (Cyclic N-Oxides) RN - 0 (Free Radicals) RN - 0 (Hydroxides) RN - 3352-57-6 (Hydroxyl Radical) RN - 80168379AG (Doxorubicin) RN - EC 1.11.1.6 (Catalase) RN - EC 1.11.1.9 (Glutathione Peroxidase) RN - EC 1.15.1.1 (Superoxide Dismutase) RN - J06Y7MXW4D (Deferoxamine) RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) SB - IM MH - Breast Neoplasms/*drug therapy/enzymology MH - Catalase/physiology MH - Cell Line MH - *Colony-Forming Units Assay MH - Cyclic N-Oxides/pharmacology MH - Deferoxamine/pharmacology MH - Doxorubicin/*pharmacology MH - Drug Resistance MH - Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy MH - Female MH - Free Radicals MH - Glutathione Peroxidase/physiology MH - Humans MH - Hydroxides/biosynthesis MH - Hydroxyl Radical MH - Oxygen/metabolism MH - Superoxide Dismutase/physiology MH - *Tumor Stem Cell Assay EDAT- 1987/06/30 00:00 MHDA- 1987/06/30 00:01 CRDT- 1987/06/30 00:00 PHST- 1987/06/30 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1987/06/30 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1987/06/30 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/bi00387a006 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochemistry. 1987 Jun 30;26(13):3776-81. doi: 10.1021/bi00387a006.