title: Flameless atomic absorption spectrophotometry analysis of cell-linked platinum after wet ashing.
abstract: Wet ashing of K562 cell suspensions by means of a sulphonitroperchloric acid digestion for electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry of platinum has been achieved. The limit of detection was about 1 ng platinum per 10(6) cells. Platinum concentrations in K562 cells were measured after exposure to platinum coordination complexes such as cis-dichlorodiamminoplatinum (DDP) and Trans-1 diamminocyclohexanooxalatoplatinum (1-OHP). Cell linked platinum was measured after a 24 hours exposure to a concentration of 6.8 nM ml-1 of both forms 1-OHP and DDP (i.e. 1.3 micrograms platinum per ml). Platinum concentrations were found to be respectively (mean +/- S.D.) 14.8 +/- 2.7 and 10.0 +/- 4.0 ng platinum per 10(6) cells. These 1-OHP and DDP concentrations were cytotoxic and about twenty times the 50 percent cell growth inhibitory concentrations (0.45 nM ml-1 and 0.33 nM ml-1 respectively).
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Immunologie, Hôpital Robert Debré, Reims, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tabary
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Millart
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000032:analysis; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds / Q000032:analysis* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000077150:Oxaliplatin; D010984:Platinum / Q000032:analysis*; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D009944:Organoplatinum Compounds; D000077150:Oxaliplatin; D010984:Platinum; D002945:Cisplatin