DEOXYNUCLEOTIDE-INTERCONVERTING ENZYMES AND THE QUANTIFICATION OF DEOXYNUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATES IN MAMMALIAN-CELLS
DEOXYNUCLEOTIDE-INTERCONVERTING ENZYMES AND THE QUANTIFICATION OF DEOXYNUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATES IN MAMMALIAN-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1042/bj2060131
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
COLEMAN, MS
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作者:
FULLER, SA;HUTTON, JJ;COLEMAN, MS
Methanol extracts of human cells are heterogeneous with regard to content of dNDP (deoxynucleoside diphosphate) and dNMP (deoxynucleoside monophosphate) kinases. The presence of these enzymes can affect the reliability of techniques used to measure intracellular pools of deoxynucleotides. An optimized extraction procedure and enzymic assay for dNTP species in hematopoietic cells are described which provide sensitivity to measure 0.1-40 pmol of dATP, dTTP and dGTP, and 1.0-40 pmol of dCTP. The extraction and assay give linear results with (2.5-15) .times. 106 nucleated cells and (0.1-1.5) .times. 109 red blood cells. Under these conditions, extracts equivalent to .apprx. 0.5 .times. 106 nucleated hematopoietic cells catalyze the phosphorylation of 0-8% of dNDP and dNMP standards to dNTP and incorporate them into deoxynucleotide polymer under circumstances where 100% of an equimolar dNTP standard would be incorporated. By contrast, extracts of 0.4 .times. 106 [human cervical carcinoma] HeLa cells totally converted dADP, dTDP and dGDP into dNTP with subsequent polymerization. Conversion of dCDP was somewhat less efficient. The activities of deoxynucleotide interconverting enzymes differ in different types of human cells. They can interfere with assay of nucleotides, but may not do so in many types of cell extracts. In particular, dNTP concentrations can be measured in human hematopoietic cells after extraction with 60% (vol/vol) methanol and are not artificially elevated by deoxynucleotide interconversions. Extraction and assay procedures for measurement of dNTP species should by analyzed for each cell type in order to minimize contaminating enzyme activities and ensure accuracy of dNTP quantification.