title: Incorporation of adenosine into ATP: formation of compartmentalized ATP.
abstract: The incorporation of [3H]adenosine, [3H]adenine, and [3H]hypoxanthine into adenine nucleotides of nude (athymic) mouse liver and human hepatoma grown subcutaneously in nude mice was studied. 3H and 32P radioactive labeling in vivo of acid-soluble nucleotides followed by chromatographic procedures indicated that, in contrast to [3H]adenine and [3H]hypoxanthine, [3H]adenosine is preferentially incorporated into ATP in comparison with its incorporation into AMP and ADP. This phenomenon, as well as complementing the recently reported 3-fold increase in total cellular ATP upon treatmen- with 0.5-1.0 mM concentrations of adenosine, indicates the formation from adenosine of compartmentalized ATP that is not produced from either adenine or hypoxanthine. The observed effect is of larger magnitude in the growth-arrested normal liver than in the actively growing tumor.
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000378:metabolism; D000241:Adenosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000378:metabolism*; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D007042:Hypoxanthines / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D007042:Hypoxanthines; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000225:Adenine; D000241:Adenosine