The impact of carboxy nitroxide antioxidants on irradiated ataxia telangiectasia cells.

Kazuyuki Hosokawa, Philip Chen, F Martin Lavin, E Steven Bottle

Index: Free Radic. Biol. Med. 37(7) , 946-52, (2004)

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Abstract

Three water-soluble carboxy nitroxide antioxidants, 5-carboxy-1,1,3,3-tetramethylisoindolin-2-yloxyl, 4-carboxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yloxyl, and 3-carboxy-2,2,5,5-tetramethylpyrrolidin-1-yloxyl, show significant impact on the postirradiation survival rates of ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) cells compared to normal cells, an assay which represents a model for understanding the impact of ROS damage on the A-T phenotype. The effects of these antioxidants are much more significant than those of vitamin E or Trolox (a water-soluble vitamin E analog), studied using the same cell survival model.