title: Formation of cytosine arabinoside-5'-triphosphate in different cultured lymphoblastic leukaemic cells with reference to their drug sensitivity.
abstract: The accumulation of intracellular cytosine arabinoside-5'-triphosphate (Ara-CTP) is determined in five lymphoblastic cell lines: Molt 4, H9 and three newly established cell lines from paediatric patients, KFB-1, KFB-2, KFT-1. The cell lines KFB-1 and KFB-2 are B-lymphoblastic (B-ALL), the others are T-lymphoblastic leukaemic cells (T-ALL). The Ara-CTP levels were compared with the sensitivity of the cells to Ara-C. The cells were incubated at different concentrations (100 nM-100 microM) of Ara-C for 4 h or incubated for variable times (30 min-11 h) at 0.1, 1 and 10 microM Ara-C to form Ara-CTP. The Ara-CTP-concentrations were measured by high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC). To determine the sensitivity of the cells to Ara-C, the MTT colorimetric-assay was used. The studies indicate that different B- and T-lymphoblastic leukaemia cell lines accumulate Ara-CTP to a markedly different extent. Ara-CTP plateau levels and sensitivity of the cells to Ara-C correlated well in four of the five cells lines studied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology and Oncology, J.W. Goethe-University, Frankfurt a. M., F.R.G.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Köhl
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schwabe
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Montag
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mieth
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cinatl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cinatl
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rohrbach
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mainke
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weissflog
mesh_terms: D001085:Arabinofuranosylcytosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D002648:Child; D003561:Cytarabine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003561:Cytarabine; D001085:Arabinofuranosylcytosine Triphosphate