title: IMP dehydrogenase and action of antimetabolites in human cultured blast cells.
abstract: Tiazofurin was demonstrated to be an effective inhibitor of the growth of human cultured blast cells, and the high specific activities of IMP dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.205) were observed in all the cell extracts tested. IMP dehydrogenase has been purified to homogeneity from MOLT 4F human T-lymphoblast, and the Km values for IMP and NAD were 29 and 54 microM, respectively. The inhibitory mechanisms of thiazole-4-carboxamide adenine dinucleotide (TAD) and ribavirin 5'-monophosphate (RMP), the active forms of the antimetabolites tiazofurin and ribavirin, were investigated on the purified enzyme. RMP inhibits competitively with respect to IMP as well as XMP, and the inhibition by TAD was similar to that by NADH, which was uncompetitive with NAD. However, the Ki values of RMP (0.58 microM) and TAD (0.075 microM) were several orders of magnitude lower than those of XMP (85 microM) and NADH (94 microM). Thus, the drugs interact with the two distinct sites of IMP dehydrogenase with much higher affinities than the natural substrates and products. Preincubation of the purified enzyme with RMP enhanced its inhibitory effect in a time-dependent manner, and the enhancement was further increased by the addition of TAD. The combination of tiazofurin and ribavirin exerted a synergistic effect on the growth inhibition in MOLT 4F cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Developmental Research, Aichi Perfectural Colony, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshino
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ogasawara
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007168:IMP Dehydrogenase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007291:Inosine Monophosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D007658:Ketone Oxidoreductases / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007700:Kinetics; D007938:Leukemia / Q000201:enzymology; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D012254:Ribavirin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012263:Ribonucleosides / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D012263:Ribonucleosides; D009243:NAD; D007291:Inosine Monophosphate; D012254:Ribavirin; C038167:thiazole-4-carboxamide adenine dinucleotide; D007168:IMP Dehydrogenase; D007658:Ketone Oxidoreductases; C033706:tiazofurin