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The Ability of the Nitric Oxide Synthases Inhibitor T1023 to Selectively Protect the Non-Malignant Tissues

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22179340

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nitric oxide synthase inhibitor; radiotherapy; radiation-induced tissue toxicity; selective radiation protection

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  1. Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
  2. Russian Foundation for Basic Research and Kaluga Region [16-44-400256]

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The study demonstrated that the NOS inhibitor compound T1023 can prevent complications of tumor radiation therapy by protecting the skin from acute radiation reactions, while not affecting the anti-tumor effects.
Previously, we showed that a nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor, compound T1023, induces transient hypoxia and prevents acute radiation syndrome (ARS) in mice. Significant efficacy (according to various tests, dose modifying factor (DMF)-1.6-1.9 against H-ARS/G-ARS) and safety in radioprotective doses (1/5-1/4 LD10) became the reason for testing its ability to prevent complications of tumor radiation therapy (RT). Research methods included studying T1023 effects on skin acute radiation reactions (RSR) in rats and mice without tumors and in tumor-bearing animals. The effects were evaluated using clinical, morphological and histological techniques as well as RTOG classification. T1023 administration prior to irradiation significantly limited the severity of acute RSR. This was due to a decrease in radiation alteration of the skin and underlying tissues, and the preservation of the functional activity of cell populations that are critical in the pathogenesis of radiation burn. The DMF values for T1023 for skin protection were 1.4-1.7. Moreover, its radioprotective effect was fully selective to normal tissues in RT models of solid tumors-T1023 reduced the severity of acute RSR and did not modify the antitumor effects of gamma-radiation. The results indicate that T1023 can selectively protect the non-malignant tissues against gamma-radiation due to hypoxic mechanism of action and potentiate opportunities of NOS inhibitors in RT complications prevention.

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