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Enhancement of misonidazole chemopotentiation by mild hyperthermia (41 degrees C) in vitro and selective enhancement in vivo.

Abstract
Experiments were designed to test the hypothesis that mild heat treatment would selectively increase misonidazole (MISO) chemopotentiation of CCNU toxicity in hypoxic versus aerobic cells in vitro and in tumours in vivo via an augmentation of nitroreduction. EMT-6 cells were exposed to CCNU +/- 1.0 mM MISO under aerobic or hypoxic conditions for 4 h either at a constant 37 degrees C or at 41 degrees C for the first hour followed by 37 degrees C for the remaining 3 h. Chemopotentiation was not observed under aerobic conditions and heat treatment did not modify CCNU toxicity. Co-incubation with MISO and CCNU under hypoxic conditions resulted in enhanced toxicity (i.e. chemopotentiation) with either incubation protocol; however, the magnitude of the enhancement was significantly larger (P less than 0.025) when 41 degrees C incubation was included. Systemic heat treatment produced a similar enhancement of chemopotentiation in KHT tumours in C3H/HeN mice treated with MISO (0.5 mg g-1) and whole body hyperthermia (41 degrees C, 1 h) prior to administration of CCNU (15 mg kg-1). Heating had no effect on CCNU response but doubled the median growth delay produced by the CCNU-MISO combination. Heat treatment did not enhance myelosuppression of the combination. Both the in vitro and in vivo data indicate that mild hyperthermia can selectively enhance the magnitude of MISO chemopotentiation.
AuthorsR T Mulcahy, J J Gipp, M A Tanner
JournalInternational journal of radiation biology and related studies in physics, chemistry, and medicine (Int J Radiat Biol Relat Stud Phys Chem Med) Vol. 52 Issue 1 Pg. 57-65 (Jul 1987) ISSN: 0020-7616 [Print] England
PMID3496311 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
Chemical References
  • Lomustine
  • Misonidazole
  • Oxygen
Topics
  • Aerobiosis
  • Animals
  • Cell Line
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Drug Synergism
  • Female
  • Hot Temperature
  • Hyperthermia, Induced
  • Lomustine (pharmacology, therapeutic use)
  • Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental (pathology)
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C3H
  • Misonidazole (pharmacology)
  • Oxygen (metabolism)
  • Sarcoma, Experimental (drug therapy, therapy)

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