Abstract：
:The effect of methotrexate (MTX) on 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) metabolism was studied in four human leukemic cell lines in vitro. CCRF-CEM, WI-L2, TBJ, and HL-60 all expressed thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) activity. The cells were grown in horse serum-supplemented RPMI 1640 medium to which was added 4 microM of 6-MP or 4 microM of 6-MP and 20 nM of MTX. The presence of MTX resulted in a 2.1-, 1.7-, 2.4- and 8-fold increase in the concentrations of methylmercaptopurine ribonucleotides (MMPRP) in CEM, WI-L2, TBJ, and HL-60 cells, respectively (P < 0.0008). The concentrations of 6-thioguanine nucleotides (6 TGN) increased 1.9-, 1.4-, 2.4- and 1.9-fold in the same cell lines (P < 0.02). The four cell lines differed with respect to the effect of MTX on the consumption of 6-MP from the medium; CEM consumed more 6-MP and WI-L2 less 6-MP from media containing MTX than from media containing 6-MP only (P = 0.005 and 0.02, respectively). MTX did not affect the consumption of 6-MP by TBJ cells (P = 0.17). Media in which HL-60 cells had been grown did not contain detectable amounts of 6-MP at the end of the experiment. The simultaneous increase in methylated 6-MP metabolites and 6-TGN represents a possible explanation for the synergism of MTX and 6-MP; however, the clinical importance of increased MMPRP remains to be elucidated.
journal_name
Biochem Pharmacoljournal_title
Biochemical pharmacologyauthors
Giverhaug T,Loennechen T,Aarbakke Jdoi
10.1016/s0006-2952(97)00681-3subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-05-15 00:00:00pages
1641-6issue
10eissn
0006-2952issn
1873-2968pii
S0006-2952(97)00681-3journal_volume
55pub_type
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