title: Effects of the bioreductive alkylating agent 2,3-bis(chloromethyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone on coupled mitochondria isolated from sarcoma 180 ascites cells.
abstract: The effect of CMNQ was studied on mitochondria isolated from S-180 ascites tumor cells. It was found that the primary metabolic event upon addition of CMNQ to S-180 mitochondria was a stimulation of oxygen uptake. The oxygen utilization rate was maximized at about 50 nmoles CMNQ/mg protein; at doses higher than this, inhibition of respiration was observed relative to the stimulation of respiration produced by CCCP. It was also up to 50 nmoles CMNQ/mg protein. S-180 ATPase activity is stimulated maximally by 125 nmoles CMNQ/mg protein; at doses higher than this, slight inhibition of the ATPase activity relative to the stimulation produced by CCCP is seen. In vivo treatment of CMNQ to tumor bearing animals leads to a significant reduction of in vitro S-180 cellular respiration rates. The data presented in this work coupled with previously published reports involving CMNQ support the proposal for a mitochondrial level of action for this bioreductive alkylating antineoplastic agent.
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002258:Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009285:Naphthoquinones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010085:Oxidative Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D012510:Sarcoma 180 / Q000378:metabolism*; D013386:Succinates / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009285:Naphthoquinones; D013386:Succinates; C012780:2,3-bis(chloromethyl)-1,4-naphthoquinone; D002258:Carbonyl Cyanide m-Chlorophenyl Hydrazone; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases