title: Effects of hyperoxia on B16-F10 cells in vivo.
abstract: The in vivo effects of hyperoxia were studied in lung colonies formed by B16-F10 melanoma cells in C57BL/6 mice. Several antioxidant defenses were found to change with in vivo exposure: glutathione reductase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activities decreased as compared with levels in the cultured cells, glutathione peroxidase activity dramatically increased, and Mn-superoxide dismutase activity and levels of total glutathione were similar in vivo and in vitro. Exposure of tumor-bearing animals to 70%, O2 for 3 weeks did not alter the antioxidant defenses measured in the tumors. One hundred percent O2 exposure did not affect either initial arrest or subsequent retention of radiolabeled B16-F10 cells in the lung. Likewise, hyperoxia did not appear to alter cell division in B16-F10 cells growing in the lung. These results are consistent with our previous studies indicating that the B16-F10 cell line is resistant to levels of O2 in vivo that adversely affect other tumor cell lines.
authors.affiliation: Biology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN 37831.
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Margaretten
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Witschi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000032:analysis; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000032:analysis; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000032:analysis; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008940:Mitotic Index; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000032:analysis; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005980:Glutathione Reductase; D010100:Oxygen