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We recently reported that the treatment of V-79 and HeLa cells with nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) significantly reduced the level of the radiation-induced unstable chromosome aberrations. The stereoisomer D-NAME had no effect. We suggest that the radioprotective effect of L-NAME resulted from the action on the generation reactive radicals due to the inhibition of the NOS-activity. We tested this suggestion on the NO-resistant (ECV-304) and NO-sensitive (HeLa) cells, which were treated with L-NAME or aminoguanidine or D-NAME or cysteamine before gamma-irradiation. There are no significantly differences in radiosensitivity between these cells estimated after exposure by gamma-rays with different doses. However, the radioprotective effect of the NOS-inhibitors manifested only for HeLa. D-NAME had no radioprotective effect neither HeLa nor ECV-304. In contrast NOS-inhibitors, cysteamine treatment EVC-304 reduced the radiation-induced level chromosome aberrations almost twofold. The different mechanisms of the modification of cellular radiosensitivity are discussed.
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