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Original Article

The Effect of Extracellular pH on Radiosensitization by Misonidazole and Acidic or Basic Analogues

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Pages 645-653 | Received 05 Oct 1984, Accepted 21 Dec 1984, Published online: 03 Jul 2009
 

Summary

The effect of extracellular pH (pHe) on the radiosensitization of hypoxic Chinese hamster V79 cells in vitro by the 2-nitroimidazole, misonidazole, and analogues substituted with basic or acid functions has been studied. Misonidazole (1 mmol dm−3) gave an enhancement ratio (e.r.) of 1·6 which remained unchanged over the pHe range of 3·8–9·5. Control hypoxic survival curves in the absence of sensitizer also remained essentially unchanged over this pHe range. These results contrast with those seen for 0·1 mmol dm−3 Ro 03-8799 (1-(2-nitro-1-imidazolyl)-3-N-piperidino-2-propanol), a base with pKa = 8·9): the ER increased from 1·4 to 2·1 as pHe increased from 5·6 to 8·4. However, with the weaker bases, Ro 03-8800 and nimorazole (morpholino derivatives with pKa = 6·3 and 5·2 respectively) the e.r. remained constant over a wide pHe range. Nitroimidazoles substituted with acidic functions gave decreasing sensitization with increasing pHe. For azomycin (pKa = 7·2) at 1 mmol dm−3 the e.r. decreased from 1·9 at pHe 4 to 1·0 at pHe 9. The effect of the proton conductor carbonyl cyanide-3-chlorophenylhydrazone (CCCP, 10 μmol dm−3) on radiosensitization by Ro 03-8799 (0·1 mmol dm−3) and misonidazole (1·0 mmol dm−3) was also studied. At pHe 6·67 the e.r. for Ro 03-8799 was increased from 1·36 to 1·76 by the presence of CCCP, whereas at pHe 7·33 the e.r. was unchanged. In contrast the e.r. for misonidazole was unchanged at pHe 6·65 and 7·33. These results are consistent with pH differentials across the cell membrane creating intracellular:extracellular concentration gradients for radiosensitizers with acidic or basic functions.

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