Aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleoside toxicity: A model for study of pyrimidine starvation
Aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleoside toxicity: A model for study of pyrimidine starvation
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氨基咪唑甲酰胺核糖核苷毒性:嘧啶饥饿研究模型
DOI:
10.1002/jcp.1041070305
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发表时间:
1981
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
E. Holmes
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作者:
C. Thomas;J. Meade;E. Holmes
Aminoimidazole carboxamide ribonucleoside (AIC‐R), a purine precursor, has biphasic effects on the growth of Chinese hamster fibroblasts. At 200 μM AIC‐R cell growth is almost completely arrested, while at 50 and 700 μM AIC‐R cell growth is comparable to that observed in the absence of nucleoside. The growth inhibition produced by AIC‐R is the consequence of inhibition of the orotate phosphoribosyltransferase‐orotidylic decarboxylase (OPRT‐ODC) reactions, as evidenced by a 87% reduction in the intracellular concentrations of UTP and CTP, accumulation of orotate in the medium, and restoration of normal growth by inclusion of 100 μM uridine in the medium. Inhibition of pyrimidine nucleotide synthesis at 200 μM AIC‐R is associated with an 82% reduction in the intracellular concentration of PP‐ribose‐P and a 150% increase in the concentration of purine nucleotides. Restoration of cell growth to a normal rate at 700 μM AIC‐R—a condition under which PP‐ribose‐P remains depressed and purine nucleotide concentrations are also depressed (40% of control)—and absence of toxicity at 50 μM AIC‐R—a condition under which purine nucleotide concentrations are increased by 150% and PP‐ribose‐P concentration is normal—suggest that the inhibition of OPRT‐ODC observed at 200 μM AIC‐R is caused by the combination of the reduction in PP‐ribose‐P and increase in purine nucleotides. These studies provide a better understanding of the control of the OPRT‐ODC reactions in the cell and provide additional insight into the basis of pyrimidine starvation induced by purine nucleosides.