Biochemical and physiological changes induced by nicotinamide in a C3H mouse mammary carcinoma and CDF1 mice.
We have continued our investigation into the mechanism by which nicotinamide can enhance radiation damage in tumors, using a C3H mouse mammary carcinoma grown in CDF1 mice. Biochemical analysis of tumor extracts showed that nicotinamide (1000 mg/kg; i.p.) increased the ATP/Pi and ATP/ADP + AMP ratios. This change in metabolic activity was consistent with nicotinamide increasing tumor oxygenation. Moreover, the greatest effect occurred 0.5-2.5 hr after drug injection, a time at which radiosensitization by nicotinamide in this tumor had previously been shown to be maximal. These changes were observed without any apparent modification in tumor blood perfusion, measured using the 86-RbCl uptake procedure, and occurred despite nicotinamide producing a 50% decrease in mean arterial blood pressure, estimated directly by a carotid cannulation technique.
Horsman
M R
MR
Danish Cancer Society, Department of Experimental Clinical Oncology, Radiumstationen, Aarhus.
Kristjansen
P E
PE
Mizuno
M
M
Christensen
K L
KL
Chaplin
D J
DJ
Quistorff
B
B
Overgaard
J
J
D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D008325:Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D009536:Niacinamide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
D010710:Phosphates; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; D009536:Niacinamide; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate