[Paramagnetic properties of hepatic tissues and transplantable hepatomas]

Paramagnetic properties of frozen samples of normal, fetal and regenerating liver tissues and of a number transplantable hepatomas of different level of differentiation were studied. The results obtained indicate that ESR spectrum character and the concentration of paramagnetic centres in frozen samples of live tissues as well reflect the differentiation level, and the level of tissue functional activity. It is shown of hepatoma 22 taken as an example that tumour growth is accompanied with a change of the content of free radicals and some paramagnetic centres in the tumour and hosts liver. It can be considered as a manifestation of a biophysical shift which characterizes the tumour growth and includes the system effect of the tumour on the organism.