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EPR spectroscopy of chlorpromazine-induced free radical formation in normal human melanocytes

The purpose of this study was to estimate the effect of chlorpromazine on free radical concentration in HEMn-DP melanocytes using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. It was found that chlorpromazine at concentrations of 1 × 10(−7) and 1 × 10(−6) M contributed to the formation of free...

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Autores principales: Otręba, Michał, Zdybel, Magdalena, Pilawa, Barbara, Beberok, Artur, Wrześniok, Dorota, Rok, Jakub, Buszman, Ewa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4464733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25981866
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00249-015-1029-6
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Sumario:The purpose of this study was to estimate the effect of chlorpromazine on free radical concentration in HEMn-DP melanocytes using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. It was found that chlorpromazine at concentrations of 1 × 10(−7) and 1 × 10(−6) M contributed to the formation of free radicals (g values ~2) in a dose-dependent manner. The increase in free radical formation was accompanied by an increase in cytotoxicity, as shown by a tetrazolium assay. Homogeneous broadening of EPR lines, slow spin–lattice relaxation processes, and strong dipolar interactions characterized all the tested cellular samples. The performed examination of free radical formation in cells exposed to different chlorpromazine concentrations confirmed the usefulness of electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy to determine the effect of a drug on free radical production in a cellular model system in vitro.