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Masunaga, S. et al.

S. Masunaga, K. Tano, M. Watanabe, G. Kashino, M. Suzuki, Y. Kinashi, K. Ono, J. Nakamura,

Evaluation of the potential of hexamethylenetetramine, compared with tirapazamine, as a combined agent with {gamma}-irradiation and cisplatin treatment in vivo.

The purpose of this investigation was to compare the effect on intratumour quiescent (Q) cells in vivo of hexamethylenetetramine (HMTA) or tirapazamine (TPZ) in combination with gamma-irradiation and cisplatin treatment. Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) VII tumour-bearing mice were administered 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) continuously to label all intratumour proliferating (P) cells. The mice then received HMTA or TPZ intraperitoneally or continuously with or without gamma-irradiation or cisplatin treatment. Other tumour-bearing mice received HMTA or TPZ intraperitoneally immediately after gamma-irradiation. Immediately after gamma-irradiation or cisplatin treatment following HMTA or TPZ, or 24 h after gamma-irradiation followed by HMTA or TPZ, the response of Q cells was assessed in terms of the micronucleus frequency using immunofluorescence staining for BrdU. The response of all tumour cells (P + Q) was determined from the BrdU-non-treated tumours. HMTA was more toxic to the subset of Q cells than to the population of tumour cells as a whole, similar to the findings for TPZ. The radiosensitising effect of HMTA was similar to that of TPZ in both all cells and Q cells. The recovery-inhibiting effect of HMTA was reliable, but not as great as that of TPZ. The cisplatin sensitivity-enhancing effect of HMTA was similar to or slightly greater than that of TPZ. Continuous administration of both HMTA and TPZ resulted in higher radiosensitivity- and cisplatin sensitivity-enhancing effects than did a single i.p. administration. We concluded that, in terms of the total tumour cell killing effect, including killing of Q cells, gamma-irradiation and cisplatin treatment combined with continuous HMTA administration is a promising strategy given that HMTA is used in clinics.[1]

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Evaluation of the potential of hexamethylenetetramine, compared with tirapazamine, as a combined agent with {gamma}-irradiation and cisplatin treatment in vivo. Masunaga, S., Tano, K., Watanabe, M., Kashino, G., Suzuki, M., Kinashi, Y., Ono, K., Nakamura, J. Br. J. Radiol (2009) [Pubmed]

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