title: Control of pteridine biosynthesis in the natural killer-like cell line YT.
abstract: The natural killer-like cell line YT constitutively expresses GTP-cyclohydrolase activity whereas 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase and sepiapterin reductase are absent. The product, dihydroneopterin triphosphate, is dephosphorylated and oxidized causing neopterin to accumulate in the cells. The activities of the H4biopterin synthesizing enzymes are not controlled by IFN-gamma or the synergistic action of both IFN-gamma and IL-2 as has been shown for monocytes/macrophages (Huber C. et al. (1984) J. Exp. Med. 160, 310) and CD4+ T cells, respectively (Ziegler I. et al. (1990) J. Biol. Chem. 265, 17026). Sepiapterin reductase specifically is induced by incubation of the cells with sepiapterin, leaving GTP-cyclohydrolase, 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase and other enzymes related to pteridine metabolism (dihydropteridine reductase, dihydrofolate reductase) unaffected. The data indicate that H4biopterin synthesis is individually regulated in the diverse cellular components of the immune system.
authors.affiliation: GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit, GmbH, Institut für Experimentelle Hämatologie, München, FRG.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schott
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yodoi
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schwuléra
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ziegler
mesh_terms: D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001708:Biopterins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002460:Cell Line; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006136:GTP Cyclohydrolase / Q000378:metabolism; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D019761:Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases; D011621:Pteridines / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011621:Pteridines; D001708:Biopterins; D000429:Alcohol Oxidoreductases; C022630:sepiapterin reductase; D006136:GTP Cyclohydrolase; D019761:Phosphorus-Oxygen Lyases; C043497:6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase