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Low-energy electrons transform the nimorazole molecule into a radiosensitiser
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While matter is irradiated with highly-energetic particles, it may become chemically modified. Thereby, the reactions of free low-energy electrons (LEEs) formed as secondary particles play an important role. It is unknown to what degree and by which mechanism LEEs contribute to the action of electron-affinic radiosensitisers applied in radiotherapy of hypoxic tumours. Here we show that LEEs effectively cause the reduction of the radiosensitiser nimorazole via associative electron attachment with the cross-section exceeding most of known molecules. This supports the hypothesis that nimorazole is selectively cytotoxic to tumour cells due to reduction of the molecule as prerequisite for accumulation in the cell. In contrast, dissociative electron attachment, commonly believed to be the source of chemical activity of LEEs, represents only a minor reaction channel which is further suppressed upon hydration. Our results show that LEEs may strongly contribute to the radiosensitising effect of nimorazole via associative electron attachment.
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This work was supported by FWF, Vienna (P30332). R.M. and P.L.V. acknowledge the Portuguese National Funding Agency FCT-MCTES through PD/BD/114452/2016 and research grants UID/FIS/00068/2019 (CEFITEC) and PTDC/FIS-AQM/31281/2017. This work was also supported by Radiation Biology and Biophysics Doctoral Training Programme (RaBBiT, PD/00193/2010); UID/Multi/04378/2019 (UCIBIO). J.K. acknowledges the support by the Czech Science Foundation Grant 19-01159S. L.F. is grateful to the LABEX Lyon Institute of Origins (ANR-10-LABX-0066) of the Universite de Lyon for its financial support within the program "Investissements d'Avenir" (ANR-11-IDEX-0007) of the French government operated by the National Research Agency (ANR).
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General Chemistry General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology General Physics and Astronomy