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In Vitro Cytotoxicities of 1,4‐Naphthoquinone and Hydroxylated 1,4‐Naphthoquinones to Replicating Cells
Author(s) -
Babich H.,
Stern A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of applied toxicology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.784
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1099-1263
pISSN - 0260-437X
DOI - 10.1002/jat.2550130510
Subject(s) - naphthoquinone , buthionine sulfoximine , cytotoxicity , glutathione , dicoumarol , chemistry , cell culture , 1,4 naphthoquinone , biochemistry , toxicity , pharmacology , stereochemistry , in vitro , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , enzyme , organic chemistry , nad+ kinase , genetics
Using the human hepatoma cell line, HepG2, and the BALB/c mouse fibroblast cell line, 3T3, as the bioindicators in the neutral red cytotoxicity assay, the effect of hydroxyl substitution on the toxicity of 1,4‐naphthoquinone was studied. The sequence of potency for the quinones was 5,8‐dihydroxy‐1,4‐naphthoquinone > 5‐hydroxy‐1,4‐naphthoquinone > 1,4‐naphthoquinone > 2‐hydroxy‐1,4‐naphthoquinone. Pretreatment of the cells with dicoumarol, an inhibitor of DT‐diaphorase, enhanced the cytotoxicity of 1,4‐naphthoquinone but not of the hydroxylated naphthoquinones. Pretreatment of the BALB/c cells with buthionine sulfoximine, an inhibitor of glutathione synthesis, enhanced the sensitivity of the cells to all the hydroxylated naphthoquinones but not to 1,4‐naphthoquinone. A similar pretreatment of the HepG2 cells with buthionine sulfoximine enhanced the toxicity of the 2‐hydroxy‐ and 5,8‐dihydroxy‐1,4‐naphthoquinones but not of 5‐hydroxy‐1,4‐naphthoquinone or of 1,4‐naphthoquinone. Some differences were noted in the responses to the hydroxylated 1,4‐naphthoquinones between buthionine sulfoximine‐treated replicating cells and buthionine sulfoximine‐treated isolated rat hepatocytes, a non‐replicating cell in culture. The use of a replicating cell system in studying the mechanisms of the cytotoxicity of quinones may be an important adjunct to studies using the isolated rat hepatocytes, which is the standard model system.