Activities of various enzymes of pyrimidine nucleotide and DNA syntheses in normal and neoplastic human tissues.

Abstract

The activities of the key enzymes of pyrimidine nucleotide and DNA syntheses in 43 human tumors and 28 normal human tissues were investigated. The activities of cytidine triphosphate synthetase, deoxycytidine monophosphate deaminase, uridine kinase, thymidine kinase, thymidine monophosphate kinase and DNA polymerase were markedly increased in tumor tissues, compared with those in the corresponding normal tissues, while the activities of deoxycytidine kinase, cytidine deaminase and deoxycytidine deaminase were only slightly increased. The use of thymidine and deoxyuridine as substrates of human pyrimidine nucleoside phosphorylase gave 1 to 2 orders of magnitude higher activity than that of uridine.

• Authors: Y Maehara, H Nakamura, Y Nakane, K Kawai, M Okamoto, S Nagayama, T Shirasaka, S Fujii
• Journal: Gan (Gan) Vol. 73 Issue 2 Pg. 289-98 (Apr 1982) ISSN: 0016-450X [Print] Japan
• PMID: 6288502 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Pyrimidine Nucleotides
• DNA
• Pentosyltransferases
• Pyrimidine Phosphorylases
• Nucleoside-Phosphate Kinase
• dTMP kinase
• DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
• Ligases
• Carbon-Nitrogen Ligases
• CTP synthetase

Topics

• Carbon-Nitrogen Ligases
• DNA (biosynthesis)
• DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase (analysis)
• Humans
• Ligases (analysis)
• Neoplasms (enzymology)
• Nucleoside-Phosphate Kinase (analysis)
• Pentosyltransferases (analysis)
• Pyrimidine Nucleotides (biosynthesis)
• Pyrimidine Phosphorylases