Abstract |
5'-Deoxy-5'-halogenated adenosines are alternative substrates for 5'-deoxy-5'-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase (MTAPase), an enzyme responsible for the metabolism of 5'-deoxy-5'-methylthioadenosine ( MTA), a by-product of polyamine biosynthesis. The relative reactivity of these nucleosides with MTAPase from HL-60 human promyelocytic leukemia cells is MTA greater than 5'-deoxy-5'-fluoroadenosine (5'-FlAdo) greater than 5'-chloro-5'-deoxyadenosine (5'-ClAdo) greter than 5'-bromo-5'-deoxyadenosine (5'-BrAdo) greater than 5'-deoxy-5'-iodoadenosine (5'-IAdo). In MTAPase-containing cells, the adenine released from the 5'-halogenated adenosine was incorporated into adenine nucleotide pools; cleavage by (MTAPase appeared to be the rate-limiting step in this process. 5'-BrAdo and 5'-IAdo were growth inhibitors (EC50 values less than 10 microM) of MTAPase-containing cell lines (HL-60 human promyelocytic leukemia and the L5178Y murine lymphoblastic leukemia) but were much less active (EC50 values greater than 65 microM) against MTAPase-deficient cell lines (the CCRF-CEM human T cell leukemia and the L1210 murine leukemia). The full cytotoxicity of these compounds, therefore, appeared to be related to their phosphorolysis by MTAPase. Indirect evidence suggests that 5-halogenated ribose-1- phosphate derivatives of 5'-BrAdo or 5'-IAdo produced by the MTAPase reaction were the active metabolites of these 5'-halogenated adenosines.
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Authors | T M Savarese, S H Chu, M Y Chu, R E Parks Jr |
Journal | Biochemical pharmacology
(Biochem Pharmacol)
Vol. 34
Issue 3
Pg. 361-7
(Feb 01 1985)
ISSN: 0006-2952 [Print] England |
PMID | 3918539
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)
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Chemical References |
- Adenine Nucleotides
- Antineoplastic Agents
- Deoxyadenosines
- Pentosyltransferases
- Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase
- 5'-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase
- Adenosine
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Topics |
- Adenine Nucleotides
(metabolism)
- Adenosine
(analogs & derivatives, metabolism)
- Animals
- Antineoplastic Agents
(metabolism)
- Biotransformation
- Cell Line
- Deoxyadenosines
(analogs & derivatives, metabolism)
- Humans
- Kinetics
- Leukemia L1210
(enzymology)
- Leukemia L5178
(enzymology)
- Leukemia, Experimental
(enzymology)
- Mice
- Pentosyltransferases
(metabolism)
- Purine-Nucleoside Phosphorylase
(isolation & purification, metabolism)
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