title: Temperature dependence of adriamycin, cis-diamminedichloroplatinum, bleomycin, and 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea cytotoxicity in vitro.
abstract: We have examined the effect of mildly hypothermic temperatures (22-32 degrees) on the cytotoxicity of Adriamycin, cis-diamminedichloroplatinum, bleomycin, and 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea in Chinese hamster ovary cells in vitro. Over a dose range of Adriamycin, cell killing at 30 degrees was reduced by 1 to 3 orders of magnitude as compared to that at 37 degrees. cis-Diamminedichloroplatinum was also less cytotoxic at 30 degrees (0.4 to 1.2 orders of magnitude) than at 37 degrees. For bleomycin and 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea, the reduction in cytotoxicity at 30 degrees in comparison to 37 degrees was less marked. All drugs were more toxic at 42.4-43 degrees than at 37 degrees. Precooling of cells for 2 hr at 30 degrees did not alter the cell killing caused by these drugs at elevated temperatures. These results suggest that a more selective anticancer effect might result if some chemotherapeutic drugs were administered during whole-body hypothermia and regional-local hyperthermia of tumor masses.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002330:Carmustine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects*; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D007700:Kinetics; D010053:Ovary; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D001761:Bleomycin; D004317:Doxorubicin; D002945:Cisplatin; D002330:Carmustine