PMID: 3756867Oct 1, 1986Paper

Disposition of homocysteine in rat hepatocytes and in nontransformed and malignant mouse embryo fibroblasts following exposure to inhibitors of S-adenosylhomocysteine catabolism

Cancer Research
A M SvardalP M Ueland

Abstract

S-Adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) is catabolized to adenosine and homocysteine through the action of AdoHcy hydrolase, and this reaction is the only known source of L-homocysteine in vertebrates. The disposition of endogenously formed L-homocysteine was investigated in isolated rat hepatocytes and nontransformed and malignant C3H/10T1/2 mouse embryo fibroblasts exposed to 3-deazaaristeromycin or D-eritadenine, compounds which are potent inhibitors of AdoHcy hydrolase. Cells in suspension release large amounts of L-homocysteine into the extracellular medium whereas small amounts are retained within the intracellular compartment. The L-homocysteine egress is inhibited by 3-deazaaristeromycin or D-eritadenine in a manner which closely parallels the inhibitory effect on AdoHcy catabolism, suggesting that L-homocysteine egress may be coupled to its formation from AdoHcy. In liver cells, the accumulation of AdoHcy exceeded the inhibition of L-homocysteine egress, whereas in the fibroblasts inhibition of egress equalled the accumulation of AdoHcy. Inhibition of AdoHcy catabolism was associated with an increase in both free and protein bound L-homocysteine in liver cells, whereas depletion of intracellular L-homocysteine occurred in the ...Continue Reading

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