Abstract
A panel of eight human pancreatic tumour cell lines displayed high intrinsic radioresistance, with mean inactivation doses between 2.4 and 6.5 Gy, similar to those reported for melanoma and glioblastoma. The radiosensitising potency of sodium nitroprusside, a bioreductive nitric oxide donor, was assessed in a model of metabolism-induced hypoxia in a cell micropellet. Sodium nitroprusside at 0.1 mM revealed a radiosensitising effect with an overall enhancement ratio of 1.9 compared with 2.5 for oxygen. Radiosensitising activity correlated with the enhancement of single-strand DNA breakage caused by radiation. In suspensions with cell densities of between 3% and 30% (v/v), the half-life of sodium nitroprusside decreased from 31 to 3.2 min, suggesting a value of around 1 min for micropellets. Despite this variation, the radiosensitising activity was similar in micropellets and in diluted cell suspensions. S-nitroso-L-glutathione was found to possess radiosensitising activity, consistent with a possible role of natural thiols in the storing of radiobiologically active nitric oxide adducts derived from sodium nitroprusside. As measured by a nitric oxide-specific microsensor, activation of sodium nitroprusside occurred by bioreductio...Continue Reading
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