PMID: 6411330Oct 1, 1983Paper

Conversion of 5'-deoxy-5'-methylthioadenosine and 5'-deoxy-5'-methylthioinosine to methionine in cultured human leukemic cells

Cancer Research
T M SavareseR E Parks

Abstract

5'-Deoxy-5'-methylthioadenosine and 5'-deoxy-5'-methylthioinosine, which are metabolized to the methionine precursor, 5-methylthioribose-1-phosphate, by 5'-deoxy-5'-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase and purine nucleoside phosphorylase, respectively, can serve as sources of methionine for cultured HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cells. CCRF-CEM T-cell leukemia cells, which lack 5'-deoxy-5'-methylthioadenosine phosphorylase, convert 5'-deoxy-5'-methylthioinosine (but not 5'-deoxy-5'-methylthioadenosine) to methionine; this conversion is blocked by purine nucleoside phosphorylase inhibitors. Therefore, the pathway for the conversion of 5-methylthioribose-1-phosphate to methionine is present in both human leukemic lines.

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