Abstract:
:The effect of the anti-tumor, anti-glutamine drug acivicin, L-(alpha S,5S)-alpha-amino-3-chloro-4,5-dihydro-5-isoxazoleacetic acid, was determined on the activity of the rate-limiting enzyme of de novo pyrimidine biosynthesis, carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase II (glutamine-hydrolyzing) (EC 6.3.5.5), in human colon carcinoma. The synthetase II activity in human colon carcinoma was elevated 2- to 3-fold over values of the normal colon mucosa, and the substrate kinetic constants were similar for the enzyme in normal and neoplastic colon. The Km for glutamine was 17 microM (colon carcinoma) and 23 microM (normal mucosa), whereas the Km for ATP was 2.1 and 1.7 mM in tumor and mucosa respectively. The synthetase II activity in colon carcinoma was inhibited to a similar extent by UMP, UDP and UTP (36-41%). The three uracil nucleotides were also equally effective in inhibiting the enzyme from normal mucosa (39-46%). Both enzymes were activated by PRPP (63 and 57%) in mucosa and carcinoma respectively. Acivicin in vitro selectively inactivated the glutamine-dependent synthetase II from human colon carcinoma, and it did not affect the ammonia-dependent activity. The acivicin inactivation constant (Kinact) was 100 microM, and the minimum inactivation half-time (T) was 0.7 min. Acivicin most likely exerts its effect against human colon synthetase II by acting as an active site directed affinity analogue of L-glutamine.
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Biochem Pharmacoljournal_title
Biochemical pharmacologyauthors
Sebolt JS,Aoki T,Eble JN,Glover JL,Weber Gdoi
10.1016/0006-2952(85)90106-6subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1985-01-01 00:00:00pages
97-100issue
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0006-2952issn
1873-2968pii
0006-2952(85)90106-6journal_volume
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