Electrochemical monitoring of the interaction of doxorubicin with nicotinamide and Fe(III) ions under aerobic and anaerobic conditions

Free radicals generated by tantalum implants antagonize the cytotoxic effect of doxorubicin

Little is known about the interaction between antineoplastic drugs and implants in bone cancer patients. We investigated the interaction between commercially available porous tantalum (Ta) implants and the chemotherapeutic drug, Doxorubicin (DOX). DOX solutions were prepared in the presence of Ta implant. The changes in fluorescence intensity of the DOX chromophore were measured by spectrofluorometry and the efficacy of DOX was evaluated by viability of rabbit rectal tumor cells (VX2). After 5 min interaction of the DOX solution (5 μg/ml) with the Ta implant, the fluorescent intensity of the DOX solution was 85% degraded, and only 20% the drug efficacy to kill VX2 cells was retained. However, after adding a reducing agent, Dithiothreitol (DTT, 10 μg/ml), 80% of the original fluorescence and 50% of the drug efficacy were restored while UV irradiation enhanced drug degradation in the presence of Ta implant. The action of DTT and UV irradiation indicated that reactive oxygen species (ROS) were involved in the drug degradation mechanism. We detected that Ta implants in aqueous medium produced hydroxyl radicals. Cells showed higher intracellular ROS activity when culture medium was incubated with the Ta implant prior to cell culture. It is concluded that the porous Ta implant antagonizes the cytotoxicity of DOX via ROS generation of the porous Ta implant.

Electrode Reaction of Adriamycin Interpreted as Two Consecutive Electron Transfers with Stabilization of the Intermediate

In cyclic voltammetry of adriamycin (doxorubicin hydrochloride) adsorbed on graphite electrode surface, the response of quinone/hydroquinone redox centers is split into two pairs of peaks because of inactivation of semiquinone intermediates by the hydrogen bonds.

Redox kinetics of adriamycin adsorbed on the surface of graphite and mercury electrodes

Kinetics of the surface redox reactions of adriamycin (doxorubicin hydrochloride) adsorbed on paraffin-impregnated graphite electrode (PIGE) and on mercury electrode is measured by square-wave voltammetry. In 0.9 mol/L KNO3 buffered to pH 4.65, the standard electrode reaction rate constants of the first quinone/hydroquinone redox couple (see Scheme 2) on PIGE and mercury are k(s1)=49+/-12 s(-1) and k(s1)=147+/-36 s(-1), respectively. Under the same conditions, the standard rate constant of the second redox couple on the PIGE is smaller than 4 s(-1) and the electron transfer coefficient of the reduction is alpha2=0.35.