Adaptation of human tumor cells to tirapazamine under aerobic conditions - Implications of increased antioxidant enzyme activity to mechanism of aerobic cytotoxicity

被引:60
作者
Elwell, JH [1 ]
Siim, BG [1 ]
Evans, JW [1 ]
Brown, JM [1 ]
机构
[1] STANFORD UNIV,SCH MED,DEPT RADIAT ONCOL,DIV RADIAT BIOL,STANFORD,CA 94305
关键词
tirapazamine; bioreductive drugs; oxidative stress; manganese superoxide dismutase; NADPH cytochrome P450 reductase;
D O I
10.1016/S0006-2952(97)00171-8
中图分类号
R9 [药学];
学科分类号
1007 ;
摘要
Tirapazamine (TPZ, 3-amino-1,2,4-benzotriazine 1,4-di-N-oxide, SR 4233, WIN 59075) is a bioreductive antitumor agent with a high selective toxicity for hypoxic cells. The selective hypoxic toxicity of TPZ results from the rapid reoxidation of the one-electron reduction product, the TPZ radical, in the presence of molecular oxygen with the concomitant production of superoxide radical. Under hypoxia the TPZ radical kills cells by causing DNA double-strand breaks and chromosome aberrations. However, the mechanism of aerobic cytotoxicity is still a matter of debate. In this study, we investigated the mechanism of aerobic cytotoxicity by adapting human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells to aerobic TPZ exposure and characterizing the changes associated with drug resistance. The adapted cells were resistant to aerobic TPZ exposures (with dose-modifying factors of up to 9.2), although hypoxic sensitivity was largely unchanged. Relative to the parental A549 cell line, adaptation to continuous aerobic TPZ exposure resulted in increased levels of manganese superoxide dismutase (up to 9.4-fold), moderate increases in glutathione reductase (up to 2.1-fold), and loss of both quinone oxidoreductase (DT diaphorase) activity and NADPH cytochrome P450 reductase activity. There was essentially no change in the activity of the cytoplasmic form of superoxide dismutase (CuZnSOD), catalase, or glutathione peroxidase. The increased activity of antioxidant enzymes in the resistant cell lines (in particular MnSOD) strongly suggests that reactive oxygen species are, in large part, responsible for the toxicity of TPZ under aerobic conditions, and is consistent with aerobic and hypoxic drug cytotoxicity resulting from different mechanisms. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Inc.
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