title: S-adenosylmethionine metabolism in HL-60 cells: effect of cell cycle and differentiation.
abstract: The effect of the cell cycle and differentiation on S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) metabolism in HL-60 cells has been investigated. Synthesis and pool sizes of SAM and S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH) were cell-cycle-independent (SAM, 315 microM; SAH, 4.6 microM). The SAM-synthase (ATP: L-methionine S-adenosyltransferase) of HL-60 cells has a Km for methionine of 12.8 +/- 2.0 microM and thus appears to be of the intermediate Km type found in other malignant tissues. The enzyme does not show cell-cycle regulation. Treatment of cells with DMSO resulted in a rapid and marked decrease of SAM and SAH levels without affecting pool turnover or the SAM/SAH ratio. A decrease in SAM concentration could also be observed in a variant cell line resistant to differentiation with DMSO. DMSO inhibited SAM-synthase in cell-free extracts. This inhibition was noncompetitive with respect to L-methionine. Inhibition of SAM-synthase by cycloleucine lowered SAM levels in intact cells, but resulted in differentiation of only a minor percentage of cells. These data indicate that changes in SAM and SAH levels in HL-60 cells seem to be a consequence rather than a cause of differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wallner
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kaiser
mesh_terms: D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008780:Methyltransferases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D012435:S-Adenosylhomocysteine / Q000378:metabolism; D012436:S-Adenosylmethionine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012436:S-Adenosylmethionine; D012435:S-Adenosylhomocysteine; D008780:Methyltransferases; C019615:S-adenosylmethionine-epsilon N-L-lysine methyltransferase; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide