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Role of human nucleoside transporters in the cellular uptake of two inhibitors of IMP dehydrogenase, tiazofurin and benzamide riboside.

Abstract：

:Benzamide riboside (BR) and tiazofurin (TR) are converted to analogs of NAD that inhibit IMP dehydrogenase (IMPDH), resulting in cellular depletion of GTP and dGTP and inhibition of proliferation. The current work was undertaken to identify the human nucleoside transporters involved in cellular uptake of BR and TR and to evaluate their role in cytotoxicity. Transportability was examined in Xenopus laevis oocytes and Saccharomyces cerevisiae that produced individual recombinant human concentrative nucleoside transporter (CNT) and equilibrative nucleoside transporter (ENT) types (hENT1, hENT2, hCNT1, hCNT2, or hCNT3). TR was a better permeant than BR with a rank order of transportability in oocytes of hCNT3 > hENT1 > hENT2 > hCNT2 > hCNT1. The concentration dependence of inhibition of [(3)H]uridine transport in S. cerevisiae by TR exhibited lower K(i) values than BR: hCNT3 (5.4 versus 226 microM), hENT2 (16 versus 271 microM), hENT1 (57 versus 168 microM), and hCNT1 (221 versus 220 microM). In cytotoxicity experiments, BR was more cytotoxic than TR to cells that were either nucleoside transport-defective or -competent, and transport-competent cells were more sensitive to both drugs. Exposure to nitrobenzylmercaptopurine ribonucleoside conferred resistance to BR and TR cytotoxicity to hENT1-containing CEM cells, thereby demonstrating the importance of transport capacity for manifestation of cytoxicity. A breast cancer cell line with mutant p53 exhibited 9-fold higher sensitivity to BR than the otherwise similar cell line with wild-type p53, suggesting that cells with mutant p53 may be potential targets for IMPDH inhibitors. Further studies are warranted to determine whether this finding can be generalized to other cell types.

journal_name

Mol Pharmacol

journal_title

Molecular pharmacology

authors

Damaraju VL,Visser F,Zhang J,Mowles D,Ng AM,Young JD,Jayaram HN,Cass CE

doi

10.1124/mol.104.004408

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pub_date

2005-01-01 00:00:00

pages

273-9

issue

eissn

0026-895X

issn

1521-0111

pii

mol.104.004408

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Role of human nucleoside transporters in the cellular uptake of two inhibitors of IMP dehydrogenase, tiazofurin and benzamide riboside.