title: The effect of doxorubicin on the glutathione content and viability of cultured human lung cancer cell lines A549 and GLC4 210.
abstract: Glutathione was measured in doxorubicin-sensitive cells from small cell carcinoma of lung (GLC4 210), and the levels compared with those of cells with acquired resistance and a line of resistant non-small-cell adenocarcinoma A549 (Alveolar type 2). The effect of different doxorubicin concentrations on glutathione were measured by HPLC. The effect of doxorubicin on the viability of the cell lines was studied using thiazole blue dye reduction. An increase in A549 sensitivity to doxorubicin was produced using buthionine-S,R-sulfoximine at a non-toxic dose.
authors.affiliation: Kufa College of Medicine, Kufa University, Republic of Iraq.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: al-Kabban
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reglinski
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D019328:Buthionine Sulfoximine; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D008717:Methionine Sulfoximine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D008717:Methionine Sulfoximine; D019328:Buthionine Sulfoximine; D004317:Doxorubicin; D005978:Glutathione