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The fungus Fusarium bulbigenum var. blasticola distinguished by secondary tumor-like growth (TLG) in aging was taken as a novel test system for antitumor drugs. EPR spectroscopy was used to assess the effect of various drugs introduced into the growth medium on the type and content of free radicals in the primary mycelium and TLGs. The EPR spectra in all cases featured a single slightly asymmetrical line of ΔH ∼ 0.4–0.6 mT and g = 2.0036 ± 0.0006, whereby the paramagnetic centers could be assigned to melanin radicals. The content of free radicals was always higher in TLGs than in the primary mycelium, which could naturally be due to more intense metabolism. A number of antitumor drugs (fluorouracil, hydroxyurea, methotrexate, etoposide) completely prevented TLG, with varying effect on free radicals in mycelia. Another group (cyclophosphane, dacarbazine, adriablastine, vinblastine), on the contrary, promoted TLG and increased the free radical content in all fungal cells. The third group (mercaptopurine, thioguanine, pharmorubicin) were weakly suppressive for TLG despite the elevated free radical content therein. Vitamins B2, B12, C, and PP were stimulatory for TLG, whereas in combination with antitumor drugs they could enhance or attenuate their effects.
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Original Russian Text © Yu.A. Ryabikin, E.T. Nikitina, A.S. Balgimbaeva, O.V. Zashkvara, S.Sh. Shakiev, 2007, published in Biofizika, 2007, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 306–313.
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Ryabikin, Y.A., Nikitina, E.T., Balgimbaeva, A.S. et al. Influence of antitumor drugs on free radical concentration in fungal cells during primary and secondary tumor-like growth. BIOPHYSICS 52, 211–216 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S000635090702011X
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