Abstract
The effects of pentobarbital anesthesia on the energy metabolism of FSaII and MCaIV foot tumors in mice were studied by 31P MRS. Using an 8.5 T spectrometer, in vivo spectra were obtained in 15 animals before and after pentobarbital anesthesia (0.05 mg/g ip). The average phosphocreatine/inorganic phosphate ratios (PCr/P(i)) with and without pentobarbital were similar for both tumor histologies. Effects on individual tumors, however, were greater than 20% in 9/15 animals and greater than 50% in 6/15 animals. Pentobarbital anesthesia increased the variability of tumor intracellular pH, and the phosphomonoester/nucleotide triphosphate (PME/NTP) and nucleotide triphosphate/inorganic phosphate ratios (NTP/P(i)). When examining the average in a cohort, pentobarbital anesthesia had no significant effect on the PCr/P(i), PME/NTP, NTP/P(i) ratios or the pH. However, ≃ 50% of individual tumors do have significant changes in these parameters. The anesthesia-induced variability of tumor energy metabolism may explain the decrease in TCD50 observed in previous studies using multifraction radiation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 361-372 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Radiation Research |
Volume | 115 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1988 |
Externally published | Yes |