The intracellular location of NADH:cytochrome b5 reductase modulates the cytotoxicity of the mitomycins to Chinese hamster ovary cells.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
M F BelcourtA C Sartorelli

Abstract

NADH:cytochrome b5 reductase activates the mitomycins to alkylating intermediates in vitro. To investigate the intracellular role of this enzyme in mitomycin bioactivation, Chinese hamster ovary cell transfectants overexpressing rat NADH:cytochrome b5 reductase were generated. An NADH:cytochrome b5 reductase-transfected clone expressed 9-fold more enzyme than did parental cells; the levels of other mitomycin-activating oxidoreductases were unchanged. Although this enzyme activates the mitomycins in vitro, its overexpression in living cells caused decreases in sensitivity to mitomycin C in air and decreases in sensitivity to porfiromycin under both air and hypoxia. Mitomycin C cytotoxicity under hypoxia was similar to parental cells. Because NADH:cytochrome b5 reductase resides predominantly in the mitochondria of these cells, this enzyme may sequester these drugs in this compartment, thereby decreasing nuclear DNA alkylations and reducing cytotoxicity. A cytosolic form of NADH:cytochrome b5 reductase was generated. Transfectants expressing the cytosolic enzyme were restored to parental line sensitivity to both mitomycin C and porfiromycin in air with marked increases in drug sensitivity under hypoxia. The results implicate NADH...Continue Reading

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