title: Sensitivity to inhibitors of type II topoisomerases from mouse L5178Y lymphoma strains that are resistant or sensitive to X-radiation.
abstract: Sensitivity to topoisomerase II inhibitors was tested at the cellular and enzyme level for two strains of mouse L5178Y lymphoma cells: resistant (LY-R) and sensitive (LY-S) to X-radiation. Differences in the susceptibility to inhibitors between LY-R and LY-S cells depended on the inhibitor used and were observed for adriamycin and VP-16, but not for mitoxantrone. On the other hand, isolated enzymes displayed the same sensitivity to all inhibitors tested regardless of the cell line. These results exclude the presence of altered topoisomerase II in LY-S cells as a possible reason for the collateral sensitivity of LY-S cells to X-radiation and topoisomerase II inhibitors.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, Warsaw University, Poland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Staron
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kowalska-Loth
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Szumiel
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Buraczewska
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004250:DNA Topoisomerases, Type II / Q000378:metabolism; D008223:Lymphoma; D051379:Mice; D011836:Radiation Tolerance; D059005:Topoisomerase II Inhibitors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D059005:Topoisomerase II Inhibitors; D004250:DNA Topoisomerases, Type II