title: Observations on the intracellular accumulation of methotrexate and 5-methyltetrahydrofolate in uninduced, dimethylsulphoxide-induced and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-induced HL60 cells, and blood-monocyte-derived human macrophages.
abstract: The 90-min-uptake (37 degrees C) of 3H-methotrexate (3H-MTX) by uninduced HL60 cells was inhibited by 2,4-dinitrophenol, iodoacetate, ouabain, p-chloromercuriphenylsulphate and p-chloromercuribenzoate indicating its dependence on intracellular ATP, the Na+ and K+-activated ATPase of the cell membrane and sulphydryl groups on the cell surface. There was a marked reduction in the 90-min-uptake (37 degrees C) of 3H-MTX and 14C-methyltetrahydrofolate (14C-mTHF) when HL60 cells were induced to differentiate into neutrophil myelocytes and metamyelocytes by incubation with DMSO; a smaller reduction was seen when HL60 cells were induced to differentiate into mononuclear phagocytes by incubation with 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 ([OH]2D3). Although it has been reported that the transport system mediating folate uptake has a higher Km value for mTHF and MTX in normal than in malignant cells, the Km values for these substrates were lower in blood-monocyte-derived macrophages than in uninduced HL60 cells or [OH]2D3-induced-macrophages. Values for the 90-min-uptake (37 degrees C) of 3H-MTX and 14C-mTHF in human blood-monocyte-derived macrophages were higher than the corresponding values in uninduced HL60 cells and [OH]2D3-induced macrophages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, University of London, U.K.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Gill
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Wickramasinghe
mesh_terms: D001693:Biological Transport, Active / Q000187:drug effects; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000494:pharmacology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D003864:Depression, Chemical; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000473:pathology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D013763:Tetrahydrofolates / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D013763:Tetrahydrofolates; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase; D002117:Calcitriol; C005984:5-methyltetrahydrofolate; D008727:Methotrexate; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide