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. 1994 Dec;70(6):1131–1135. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1994.460

Oxidation therapy: the use of a reactive oxygen species-generating enzyme system for tumour treatment.

O Ben-Yoseph 1, B D Ross 1
PMCID: PMC2033665  PMID: 7981065

Abstract

Oxygen radicals induce cytotoxicity via a variety of mechanisms, including DNA damage, lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation. Here, we explore the use of a polyethylene glycol (PEG)-stabilised enzyme capable of producing reactive oxygen species (ROS), glucose oxidase (GO), for the purpose of harnessing the cytotoxic potential of ROS for treating solid tumours. PEG-GO (200 U), administered by two intratumoral injections 3 h apart, produced a significant growth delay in subcutaneous rat 9L gliomas as compared with control animals receiving heat-denatured PEG-GO. Rats were protected from systemic toxicity by subsequent i.v. administration of PEG-superoxide dismutase (PEG-SOD) and PEG-catalase. In vivo tumour metabolic changes, monitored using 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P-MRS) 6 h following initial administration of PEG-GO, revealed a 96 +/- 2% reduction in the ATP/Pi ratio and a 0.72 +/- 0.10 unit decline in intracellular pH. A 3-fold sensitisation of 9L glioma cells in vitro to hydrogen peroxide could be achieved by a 24 h preincubation with buthionine sulphoximine (BSO). This study suggests that oxidation therapy, the use of an intratumoral ROS-generating enzyme system for the treatment of solid tumours, is a promising area which warrants further exploration.

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