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Mechanism of purine antimetabolites and purine nucleodise imbalance

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:6940368

Purine starvation is responsible for the cytotoxic effects of many purine antimetabolites. Guanine nucleotide depletion leads to a drastic DNA synthesis inhibition while adenine nucleotide depletion interferes with other vital functions before inhibiting DNA synthesis. To investigate the mechanism of these distinct effects, kinetics studies of adenine and guanine tracer incorporation into nucleotide pools and DNA were performed in S-49 cells. To address the question whether the cellular dGTP pool is compartmentalized, ({sup 14}C)Gua and ({sup 3}H)Guo tracer experiments were performed in a double mutant S-49 cell line, dGuo-L, with purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) deficiency and dGTP feedback resistant ribonucleotide reductase (RR). While RR inhibition by dGTP was proposed as the cytotoxic mechanism in PNP immunodeficiency, additional effects of dGuo were studied in S-49 cells and human peripheral blood T lymphocytes (PBTL). RNA synthesis but not DNA synthesis was among the earliest targets of dGuo toxicity, and dGuo exerted cytotoxicity in resting PBTL before DNA synthesis. Three transformed T cells lines, PEER, HPB-ALL and HPB-MLT, were selected and characterized for cell surface markers and their sensitivities to dAdo and deoxycoformycin, an ADA inhibitor.

Research Organization:
California Univ., San Francisco, CA (USA)
OSTI ID:
6940368
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English