title: [Change in energy metabolism of ascites cancer cells with a decrease in pH].
abstract: In Hank's balanced salt solution EL-4 ascites thymoma cells possessed endogenous respiration which was sufficient for the maintenance of their ATP level: pH decrease down to 6.0 had no effect either on endogenous respiration or the ATP level. Glucose had no influence on the respiration of EL-4 cells but inhibited that of Ehrlich ascites carcinoma (EAC) cells by 40% (Crabtree effect); respiration of the both cell lines was strongly (4-fold) inhibited after simultaneous addition of glucose, lactate and pH decrease. EL-4 cells had no endogenous glycolysis; EAC cells showed a low level of glycolysis only after pH decrease. Glucose addition led to activation of glycolysis (both inhibited 2-fold after a decrease of pH down to 6.0. The respiration inhibition at pH 7.3 and 6.0 caused no decrease of ATP depletion when glucose was present in the medium; this result may be due to suppression of ATP consumption. Incubation of EL-4 cells under respiration and glycolysis deficiency conditions resulted in a sharp ATP depletion; pH decrease delayed this depletion.
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Gabaĭ
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Mosin
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002286:Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006019:Glycolysis; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism; D019344:Lactic Acid; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D012402:Rotenone / Q000494:pharmacology; D013945:Thymoma / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D007773:Lactates; D012402:Rotenone; D019344:Lactic Acid; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D005947:Glucose; D010100:Oxygen
vernacular_title: Izmenenie énergeticheskogo obmena astsitnykh opukholevykh kletok pri snizhenii pH.