title: Increase in pO2 and radiosensitivity of tumors by Fluosol-DA (20%) and carbogen.
abstract: The potential usefulness of i.v. injection of perfluorochemicals and breathing carbogen (95% O2 and 5% CO2) to improve the radiation-induced control of tumors was investigated. When C3H mice, bearing RIF-1 tumors in the legs, were given i.v. injections of Fluosol-DA (20%) at 12 ml/kg, and allowed to breathe carbogen for 1 h before and during a single dose of X-irradiation, the curability of tumors increased by a dose modification factor of 1.47 +/- 0.03 (SE). Such a treatment also increased the radiation-induced skin damage by a factor of 1.15 +/- 0.12, resulting in a therapeutic gain of 1.28 +/- 0.04. Measurement of intratumor pO2 by oxygen microelectrodes demonstrated small increases in pO2 when the animals breathed carbogen, and marked increases in pO2 when Fluosol-DA (20%) was injected into the animals and the animals breathed carbogen. It was concluded that i.v. injection of Fluosol-DA (20%) followed by carbogen breathing significantly improved the oxygen supply to hypoxic cells in the RIF-1 tumors and thus increased the control of tumors by radiation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005466:Fluorocarbons / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006895:Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives; D051379:Mice; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000628:therapy*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000378:metabolism*; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; D012867:Skin / Q000528:radiation effects; D014965:X-Rays
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D005466:Fluorocarbons; D006895:Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; C017323:glucose, glycerol, hydroxyethyl starch, perfluorodecalin, perfluorotripropylamine, pluronic F-68, salts, yolk phospholipids drug combination; C011700:carbogen; D010100:Oxygen