title: Transport of pyruvate in mitochondria from different tumor cells.
abstract: A comparative study of the transport of pyruvate in mitochondria isolated from normal rat liver and from three tumors has been carried out. The Km for net pyruvate uptake in mitochondria isolated from Ehrlich ascites tumor cells is practically equal to that measured in normal rat liver mitochondria while, on the other hand, it is higher in Morris hepatomas 44 and 3924A. The Vmax of pyruvate uptake is depressed in all three types of tumor mitochondria as compared to that in the rat liver mitochondria, with the depression being higher in Morris hepatoma 3924A mitochondria. The lower activity of pyruvate translocator in mitochondria isolated from tumor cells as compared to that in rat liver mitochondria is also shown by depression of the rate of pyruvate-supported oxygen uptake. The results document a decreased activity of the pyruvate translocator in tumor mitochondria which seems to be correlated with the growth rate of the tumor cells.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D002286:Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D007700:Kinetics; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D051379:Mice; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D011773:Pyruvates / Q000378:metabolism*; D019289:Pyruvic Acid; D051381:Rats; D011915:Rats, Inbred BUF; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D011773:Pyruvates; D019289:Pyruvic Acid