Abstract：
:Tirapazamine (SR 4233) is a bioreductive antitumour drug in Phase III clinical trial which is activated in hypoxic tumour regions to generate a cytotoxic species. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometry was used to investigate directly the formation of free radicals as the result of tirapazamine reduction by NADPH-supplemented liver microsomes. Under anaerobic conditions, the tirapazamine nitroxide free radical EPR signal was not evident over a range of rat or human liver microsomal protein (1-5 mg) concentrations. However, in combination with 1,1',5, 5'-dimethylpyrolline-1-N-oxide (DMPO), a spin trap for short-lived free radicals, tirapazamine resulted in formation of a 1:1:1:1:1:1 spectrum with hyperfine splitting A(N) = 15.8 G A(H) = 22.3 G consistent with generation of DMPO-R, a carbon-centered radical adduct. Addition of DMSO increased the signal intensity of the carbon-centred radical by at least twofold. The hyperfine splitting constants associated with DMPO-R could be indicative of a tirapazamine carbon-centred radical per se or, more likely, carbon radicals from endogenous materials (or DMSO) in the biological matrix as a result of oxidative attack by the tirapazamine primary radical. Formation of DMPO-OH, the hydroxyl radical spin adduct, by tirapazamine in the absence of air indicates that liberation of a hydroxyl radical may be a consequence of tirapazamine bioreduction under anaerobic conditions. The reactivity of tirapazamine free radicals with endogenous microsomal substances to generate reactive carbon-centred radicals indicates that tirapazamine may disrupt a wide range of cellular activities.
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Biochem Pharmacoljournal_title
Biochemical pharmacologyauthors
Patterson LH,Taiwo FAdoi
10.1016/s0006-2952(00)00487-1subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-12-15 00:00:00pages
1933-5issue
12eissn
0006-2952issn
1873-2968pii
S0006295200004871journal_volume
60pub_type
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