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HEMOGLOBIN, 4(5&6), 735-745 (1980) THE EFFECTS OF ADRIAMYCIN (DOXORUBICIN HCL) ON HUMAN RED BLOOD CELLS K. Shinohara and K.R. Tanaka Department of Medicine Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90509 ABSTRACT We have studied the effects of adriamycin (doxorubicin HC1) The peroxidizing effect of adriamycin on human red blood cells. on the thiols of red cell constituents resulted in decreased glutathione stability, and oxidation of hemoglobin and membrane protein components 1, 2, and 3, forming large molecular weight complexes. Membrane lipids were also peroxidized. Adriamycin itself did not inhibit the enzymes of the reductions system (91 ucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogl uconic dehydro- genase, glutathione reductase, glutathione peroxidase, catalase, superoxide dismutase) of the red cells. the potential of inhibiting ATPase, including both Na-K-dependent ATPase and ouabain insensitive ATPase, at concentrations not in- hibitory to other enzymes, the net sodium content increased, and potassium content decreased after incubation of red cells with adriamycin at high concentrations. The experimental results described with adriamycin may serve as a model for the possible mechanism of cardiotoxicity observed in its clinical use, and also explain the potential hemolyzing effect on red cells. There was greater oxidizing effect on glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) deficient than on normal erythrocytes. It is suggested that adriamycin be used with caution in individuals with G-6-PD deficient red cells. Because adriamycin has INTRODUCTION Adriamycin (doxorubicin HCL) has become one of the most fre- quently used chemotherapeutic agents (1 ). Unfortunately, its clinical use is frequently associated with cardiotoxicity (2). There is experimental evidence to suggest that this cardiac toxi- 735 Copyright 0 1980 by Marcel Dekker, Inc. Hemoglobin Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by UB Kiel on 11/08/14 For personal use only.

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HEMOGLOBIN, 4 ( 5 & 6 ) , 735-745 (1980)

THE EFFECTS OF ADRIAMYCIN (DOXORUBICIN H C L ) ON HUMAN RED BLOOD CELLS

K . Shinohara and K.R. Tanaka

Department of Medicine Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA 90509

ABSTRACT

We have studied the e f f e c t s of adriamycin (doxorubicin H C 1 ) The peroxidizing e f f e c t of adriamycin on human red blood c e l l s .

on the t h i o l s of red ce l l cons t i tuents resu l ted i n decreased glutathione s t a b i l i t y , and oxidation of hemoglobin and membrane protein components 1 , 2 , and 3 , forming la rge molecular weight complexes. Membrane l i p i d s were a l so peroxidized. Adriamycin i t s e l f d id not i n h i b i t the enzymes of t h e reductions system (91 ucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogl uconic dehydro- genase, glutathione reductase, glutathione peroxidase, ca t a l a se , superoxide dismutase) of the red c e l l s . the potential of inh ib i t ing ATPase, including b o t h Na-K-dependent ATPase and ouabain insensitive ATPase, a t concentrations not in- h ib i tory t o o ther enzymes, the net sodium content increased, and potassium content decreased a f t e r incubation of red c e l l s w i t h adriamycin a t high concentrations. The experimental r e su l t s described w i t h adriamycin may serve as a model f o r t he possible mechanism of card io toxic i ty observed i n i t s c l in i ca l use, and a l so explain the potential hemolyzing e f f e c t on red c e l l s . There was grea te r oxidizing e f f e c t on glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G-6-PD) de f i c i en t than on normal erythrocytes. I t i s suggested t h a t adriamycin be used w i t h caution i n individuals w i t h G-6-PD def ic ien t red c e l l s .

Because adriamycin has

INTRODUCTION

Adriamycin (doxorubicin H C L ) has become one of the most f r e - quently used chemotherapeutic agents (1 ) . Unfortunately, i t s c l in i ca l use i s frequently associated w i t h ca rd io toxic i ty ( 2 ) . There is experimental evidence t o suggest t h a t this cardiac tox i -

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c i t y may be r e l a t e d t o g e n e r a t i o n o f r e a c t i v e oxygen compounds and l i p i d p e r o x i d a t i o n (3, 4 ) . Superoxide r a d i c a l i o n p r o d u c t i o n t h a t i s dependent on reduced n i co t i namide adenine d i n u c l e o t i d e phosphate has been demonstrated i n microsomes exposed t o an th ra - c y c l i n e s ( 3 ) . Adr iamycin has been shown t o induce severe c a r d i a c t o x i c i t y assoc ia ted w i t h p e r o x i d a t i o n o f c a r d i a c l i p i d s ( 4 ) .

Recently, Henderson and co l leagues have demonstrated t h a t ad r iamyc in generates oxygen r a d i c a l s i n r e d c e l l s (5 ) . pose o f t h i s s tudy was t o o b t a i n f u r t h e r knowledge o f t h e e f f e c t s o f ad r iamyc in on r e d c e l l s , and a l s o t o d i s c e r n i t s p o s s i b l e c l i n i - c a l s i g n i f i c a n c e .

The pu r -

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Commercial ly a v a i l a b l e ad r iamyc in ( d o x o r u b i c i n HC1) f rom A d r i a Labora to r ies , I nc . was d i s s o l v e d i n i s o t o n i c NaCl and added t o r e d c e l l suspensions i n v a r y i n g concen t ra t i ons .

The usual dosage o f adr iamycin, about 40 mg/M2, i s e q u i v a l e n t t o about 0.01 mg o f adriamycin/ml o f b lood. Genera l ly , concentra- t i o n s o f 0.01 mg/ml and 0.1 mg/ml were used f o r t h e in w b k o incuba- t i o n s t u d i e s ; concen t ra t i ons o f up t o 0.5 mg/ml were used f o r s t u d i e s o f t h e e f f e c t s o f ad r iamyc in on ATPase, c a t i o n f l u x , and osmot ic f r a g i l i t y .

Hepar in i zed b lood was washed 3 t imes w i t h i s o t o n i c NaCl and the b u f f y c o a t was removed a f t e r each c e n t r i f u g a t i o n . t h e in w b k c r i n c u b a t i o n s t u d i e s , r e d c e l l s were resuspended i n autologous plasma t h a t had been c e n t r i f u g e d a t h i g h speed (12000 g) t o remove leukocytes and p l a t e l e t s .

For t h e s tudy o f t h e e f f e c t s o f hemolysis d u r i n g t h e Selwyn- Dacie autohemolysis t e s t , ATPase, c a t i o n f l u x , and osmot ic f r a g i l i t y , d e f i b r i n a t e d b lood was used, because a t a c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f 0.5 mg a d r i amyci n/ml blood, hepar i n i zed b lood c l o t t e d .

Red c e l l g l y c o l y t i c pathway and hexose monophosphate shun t enzyme a c t i v i t i e s and reduced g l u t a t h i o n e (GSH) c o n t e n t were determined accord ing t o B e u t l e r ( 6 ) . measured by t h e method o f El lman eA d ( 7 ) . was assayed by t h e method o f Winterbourn eX UX (8) . v i t y was measured by t h e method o f Brewer eX d (9), and t h e a c t i - v i t y of Na-K-dependent ATPase was determined by t h e d i f f e r e n c e between t o t a l a c t i v i t y and t h a t i n t h e presence o f ouabain.

Red c e l l sodium and potass ium con ten t was determined by f l ame photometry. sured and t h e d i f f e rence determined f o r r e d c e l l content .

Fo r most of

A c e t y l c h o l i n e s t e r a s e was Superoxide dismutase

ATPase a c t i -

The contents o f whole b lood and o f plasma were mea-

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Red c e l l membrane l i p i d p e r o x i d a t i o n was t e s t e d by t h e method o f Stocks and Dormandy ( l o ) , u s i n g t h e t h i o b a r b i t u r i c - a c i d (TBA) method f o r measuring ma lony ld ia ldehyde (MDA), a secondary p r o d u c t o f po lyunsa tu ra ted f a t t y a c i d pe rox ides .

et ul (11) . SDS po l yac ry lam ide g e l d i s c e l e c t r o p h o r e s i s o f t h e membrane p r o t e i n s was performed by t h e method o f Fai rbanks et ul i n 5% po lyac ry lam ide g e l (12) , and a l s o i n 3% ge l by t h e method o f Peacock and Dingman (13) by m i x i n g agarose t o l essen t h e con- c e n t r a t i o n o f po l yac ry lam ide . D i t h i o t h r e i t o1 was n o t used un less speci f i ca 11 y ment i oned .

Red c e l l membrane ghosts were prepared by t h e method o f Dodge

RESULTS

E f f e c t on hemolys is : Red c e l l s f rom d e f i b r i n a t e d b l o o d were i ncubated w i t h v a r y i n g concen t ra t i ons o f a d r i amyci n . D u r i n g i ncu- b a t i o n f o r 48 hours a t 37'C, 3.1% hemolys is was observed w i t h o u t adr iamycin, 3.2% w i t h 0.01 mg/ml adr iamycin, and 6.9% w i t h 0.1 mg/ml ad r iamyc in (mean o f 3 exper iments) i n each group. A d d i t i o n o f 10 mM g lucose i n t h e i n c u b a t i o n medium prevented hemolysis (< 2% a t a l l concen t ra t i ons o f ad r iamyc in ) .

v i t y . Both Na-K-ATPase and ouabain i n s e n s i t i v e ATPase were i n h i b i t e d a f t e r 2 hours o f i n c u b a t i o n a t ad r iamyc in concen t ra t i ons o f 0.1 mg/ml o r g r e a t e r ( F i g u r e 1 ) .

E f f e c t on r e d c e l l enzymes: Adr iamycin i n h i b i t e d ATPase a c t i -

The ATPase a c t i v i t i e s were n o t i n h i b i t e d

0001 41 02 05 ADRIAMYCIN (mq/ml)

FIGUIlE 1 Inhibition of AlI'Pase activity by a d r i a q c h . A----A Ouabain insensitive ATPase. activity w i t h aaaition of 20 p~ a++. of assays perfonred in dwlicate.

Na-K-ATPase, Closed symbols represent the

Lines represent mean d u e s

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by adr iamycin concen t ra t i ons o f 0.2 mg/ml o r l e s s i f Cat+ was added i n a c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f 20 pM t o t h e i n c u b a t i o n m ix tu res . Red c e l l g l y c o l y t i c and hexose monophosphate shunt enzymes (G-6-PD and 6- phosphogl uconate dehydrogenase) as we1 1 as g l u t a t h i o n e reduc tase , g l u t a t h i o n e perox idase, ca ta lase , superox ide dismutase, and a c e t y l - cho l i nes te rase , were n o t i n h i b i t e d a f t e r 2 hours o f i n c u b a t i o n w i t h adr iamycin.

A f t e r 2 hours o f i n c u b a t i o n w i t h adr iamycin, r e d c e l l s ga ined sodium and l o s t potassium, a l t hough these e f f e c t s were observed o n l y a t a c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f ad r iamyc in o f 0.5 mg/ml b lood ( F i g u r e 2 ) . The osmot ic f r a g i l i t y o f these r e d c e l l s , however, was normal.

E f f e c t on g l u t a t h i o n e (GSH) s t a b i l i t y : GSH con ten t o f normal red c e l l s decreased on i n c u b a t i o n w i t h ad r iamyc in w i t h t i m e and i n c r e a s i n g adr iamycin concen t ra t i ons (F igu re 3 ) , w h i l e sulfhemo- g l o b i n c o n t e n t i nc reased (da ta n o t shown f o r su l fhemog lob in ) . Addi- t i o n o f glucose, adenosine, o r i nos ine , a t a c o n c e n t r a t i o n o f 10 mM, p r o t e c t e d GSH s t a b i l i t y . d e f i c i e n t r e d c e l l s even a t 0.01 mg/ml ad r iamyc in and was marked a t 0.1 mg/ml .

I n s t a b i l i t y o f GSH was apparent i n G-6-PD

E f f e c t on r e d c e l l GSH o f p a t i e n t s r e c e i v i n g adr iamycin: Venous b lood was ob ta ined 10 t o 15 minutes a f t e r p a t i e n t s had r e - c e i ved a d r i amyci n as an agent o f BACOP (B1 eomyci n , Adr i amyci n , Cycl o- phosphamide, Oncovin, and Prednisone) therapy.

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Effect of adriartycin on cation flux. H Na o---o K Defibrinated blood was incubated w i t h adriamycin a t 40OC for 2 hours. Results of a single eqe rh t are shown, but multiple experiments danonstrated similar results.

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FIGURE 3

Stability of reduced glutathione of noml control and G 6 - P D deficient red cells. cell samples incubated w i t h 0, 0.01, and 0.1 r q adrianycin/ml. 0, A, and 0 represent the values for 3 G-6-PD deficient red cell samples. - , ----, -.-. represent 0, 0.01, and 0.1 rrg adriamycin/ml red cell suspension, respectively, during incubation.

Vertical bars represent man ? SD for 6 llormal oontml red

These pa t i en t s were not G-6-PD def i c i en t . a t e l y a f t e r withdrawal was not low, nor d i d t he level of GSH decrease more than those of normal cont ro ls a f t e r incubation.

was slow, and when leve ls of malonyldialdehyde (MDA) generated were measured d i r e c t l y , the leve ls were low. Therefore, t he suscept i - b i l i t y of adriamycin incubated c e l l s t o hydrogen peroxide induced l i p i d peroxidation was investigated (Figure 4 ) . After incubation w i t h adriamycin f o r 24 hours, washed red c e l l s were exposed t o hydrogen peroxide along w i t h sodium az ide , a ca t a l a se i n h i b i t o r , and MDA formed was measured (10 ) . in te rac t ion of polyunsaturated l i p i d s and oxygen r ad ica l s , t h a t i s , peroxidation of l i p i d s . I t i s seen t h a t g rea t e r amounts of MDA formed with increasing adriamycin concentration.

amide gel e lec t rophores i s of red ce l l stroma (Figure 5a-c), incu-

GSH content immedi-

Effect on membrane l i p i d s : The process of l i p i d peroxidation

This test serves t o ind ica t e an

Effect on red ce l l membrane proteins: As shown by polyacryl-

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FIGURE 4

E f f e c t of adrianych on mlonyldialdehyde (MDA) formtion. See text for detai ls . peroxide, and B to 10 mM hydmgm peroxide. mycin concentration as i n figure 3.

A represents the values when ~ e d to 7 nM hydrogen Each Line depicts adria-

bation of red c e l l s w i t h adriamycin f o r 24 hours resulted i n h i g h molecular weight complexes. Components 1 and 2 were primarily involved, t h a t i s , spec t r in , forming a la rge molecular weight complex (1 + 2 ) , which i s observed above spec t r in (bes t shown i n Figure 5c ) , and hemoglobin aggregated which remained on the top of the ge l , judged by location i n the gel according t o Palek et ul (14) . Also, band 3 may be involved, s ince the amount in t h e gel decreased with increasing concentrations o f adriamycin during incubation. de f i c i en t red c e l l s , and even a t 0.01 mg/ml, i t s e f f ec t was con- s iderable (Figure 5b). when the red c e l l s were incubated w i t h 10 mM glucose, o r when t he stromal protein was incubated with d i th io th re i t o l .

These e f f e c t s of adriamycin were marked i n G-6-PD

The amount o f aggregated proteins decreased

DISCUSSION

Red blood ce l l s contain superoxi de d i smutase which catalyzes the dismutation of superoxide rad ica ls t o oxygen and hydrogen per- oxide (15) ; the l a t t e r compound i s eliminated primarily by gluta- thione peroxidase (16) . Hemolytic compounds such as phenylhydra-

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z i n e (17) and menadione (18) r e a c t w i t h hemoglobin t o produce s i g - n i f i c a n t amounts o f superox ide anion (02 ) . Recent s t u d i e s i n human e r y t h r o c y t e s i n d i c a t e t h a t ad r iamyc in i n t e r a c t s wi th oxyhemoglobin t o generate r e a c t i v e oxygen metabol ism ( 5 ) . Through t h e use of 1,4-naphthoquinone 2 -su l fona te , a s t r u c t u r a l analog o f menadione, i n r e d c e l l s dep le ted o f superox ide dismutase a c t i v i t y by an i n h i - b i t o r d i e t h y l d i t h i o c a r b a m a t e , Goldberg and S t e r n (19) have demon- s t r a t e d a t o x i c r o l e f o r 0 2 I n o u r in v&o experiments, ad r iamyc in ac ted indeed as a s low a c t i n g hemo ly t i c agent,although hemolys is occu r red o n l y a t h i g h concentra- t i o n s o f t h e d rug and was p reven tab le by t h e a d d i t i o n o f g lucose i n t h e i n c u b a t i o n m i x t u r e . p u r i f i e d superox ide dismutase may be i n a c t i v a t e d (20 ) . However, i n o u r s tud ies , t h e r e was no i n h i b i t o r y e f f e c t o f ad r iamyc in on r e d c e l l superox ide dismutase, ca ta lase , and on hexose monophosphate shunt and assoc ia ted enzymes g l ucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, 6-phosphogl uconi c dehydrogenase, g l u t a t h i o n e reductase, and g l u ta - t h i o n e perox idase. These r e s u l t s a r e c o n s i s t e n t w i t h an a c t i v e hexose monophosphate shunt when ad r iamyc in i s added t o human e ry - t h r o c y t e suspensions ( 5 ) .

Adr iamycin induces severe c a r d i a c t o x i c i t y assoc ia ted w i t h p e r o x i d a t i o n o f c a r d i a c l i p i d s i n m ice (4) . Our d a t a i n d i c a t e t h a t t h e r e a c t i v e oxygen m e t a b o l i t e s generated by ad r iamyc in i n r e d c e l l s cause g l u t a t h i o n e i n s t a b i l i t y and p e r o x i d a t i o n o f mem- brane l i p i d s . I n a d d i t i o n , t h e r e was o x i d a t i o n o f hemoglobin and membrane p r o t e i n s i n v o l v i n g components 1, 2, and 3, f o rm ing l a r g e mo lecu la r we igh t complexes when reduced g l u t a t h i o n e i s depleted.

Our data suppor t t h e r e c e n t f i n d i n g s o f Gosalvez and assoc ia tes (21) t h a t ad r iamyc in i s an i n h i b i t o r o f h e a r t microsomal Na-K-ATPase and t h a t ad r iamyc in a l s o i n h i b i t s potass ium t r a n s p o r t , b u t n o t sodium t r a n s p o r t , i n k idney s l i c e s . I n o u r s tudy o f r e d c e l l s , b o t h Na-K- ATPase and ouabain i n s e n s i t i v e ATPase were i n h i b i t e d , and potass ium was l o s t w i t h a g a i n i n sodium. Based on obse rva t i ons o f f r o g s k i n e p i t h e l i u m , S o l i e and Yuncker (22 ) b e l i e v e t h a t ad r iamyc in induces changes i n membrane p e r m e a b i l i t y t o sodium i o n s . Such e f f e c t s of ad r iamyc in on membrane ATPase and c a t i o n p e r m e a b i l i t y may e x p l a i n , i n p a r t , t h e c a r d i o t o x i c i t y o f t h i s drug. I t i s t o be no ted t h a t ad r iamyc in has a g l y c o s i d i c s t r u c t u r e which resembles some g l y c o - s i d e s w i th c a r d i o t o x i c e f f e c t . membrane p r o t e i n s and l i p i d s may have a r o l e i n t h e i n h i b i t i o n o f Na-K-ATPase. Indeed, ATPase i s known t o be l i p i d dependent. How- ever , another l i p i d dependent membrane enzyme, a c e t y l c h o l i n e s t e r a s e , was n o t i n h i b i t e d by adr iamycin. It i s o f i n t e r e s t t h a t t h e i n h i - b i t i o n o f Na-K-ATPase and e f f e c t on i o n t r a n s p o r t i s markedly reduced by Ca++, p robab ly by c h e l a t i o n o f t h i s meta l by ad r iamyc in (21) . Our r e s u l t s a r e c o n f i r m a t o r y o f t he s t u d i e s by Gosalvez and c o l - leagues i n t h i s regard.

i n c h e m i c a l l y induced hemolys is .

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The concen t ra t i ons o f adr iamycin used i n uLtho t o t e s t i t s o x i d i z i n g hemo ly t i c e f f e c t s a r e cons ide rab ly h i g h e r than t h e r a - p e u t i c l e v e l s . of adr iamycin on r e d c e l l s a r e dependent on c o n c e n t r a t i o n and t ime o f i n c u b a t i o n , t he c l i n i c a l use o f ad r iamyc in would n o t be expected t o a f f e c t normal r e d c e l l s . However, t h e p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t adr iamycin a t h i g h dosage schedules may cause s u f f i c i e n t o x i d a t i v e i n j u r y t o G-6-PD d e f i c i e n t r e d c e l l s t o r e s u l t i n hemo- l y s i s should be considered. Another such c l i n i c a l s i t u a t i o n i s combinat ion chemotherapy i n v o l v i n g the use o f ad r iamyc in and BCNU (1, 3 -b i s (2-chloroethy1)-1-nitrosourea), which i n h i b i t s g l u t a - t h i o n e reductase (23) .

mycin have a l s o been observed i n r e d c e l l s . mycin on r e d c e l l s may serve as a model f o r f u r t h e r s tudy o f t h e mechanism o f c a r d i o t o x i c i t y t h a t occurs d u r i n g t h e c l i n i c a l use o f adr iamycin, and a l s o may account f o r t h e hemolysis observed i n o u r -in vL&u s t u d i e s .

A l though o u r i n u&o data show t h a t t h e e f f e c t s

Almost a l l o f t h e e f f e c t s on h e a r t t i s s u e a t t r i b u t e d t o a d r i a - These a c t i o n s of a d r i a -

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Th is i n v e s t i g a t i o n was suppor ted by g r a n t AM 14898 f rom t h e Na t iona l I n s t i t u t e s o f Heal th . The au tho rs thank D r . N. Noble f o r rev iew ing the manuscr ip t .

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