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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-7-26
pubmed:abstractText
A human melanoma cell line (MM96L) had a spontaneous mutation rate at the HGPRT locus of approx. 7 times normal. The cells had elevated dATP and dGTP pools, lacked purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) and were sensitive to killing by deoxyadenosine, deoxyinosine and related purines but not to inosine or hypoxanthine. Four other melanoma cell lines exhibited a range of nucleoside sensitivities and dNTP pool sizes. Failure of intact MM96L cells to degrade exogenous deoxyadenosine and deoxyinosine to hypoxanthine was confirmed by NMR of culture medium. Normal melanocytes were PNP+ and were insensitive to deoxyinosine. Comparison of the metabolites of [14C]deoxyinosine from MM96L and a PNP+ cell line of similar doubling time (HeLa) showed that both cell types produced 14C-labelled guanine and adenine nucleotides, with [14C]dATP and [14C]dADP being found in MM96L. This indicates that human sAMP synthetase or a similar enzyme catalyses the conversion of dIMP to dAMP, the resultant elevation of dATP causing base misincorporation and a mutator phenotype.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0027-5107
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
350
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
229-38
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Purine deoxynucleoside metabolism in human melanoma cells with a high spontaneous mutation rate.
pubmed:affiliation
Queensland Cancer Fund Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Herston, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't