Comparative NMR study of a differentiated rat hepatoma and its dedifferentiated subclone cultured as spheroids and as implanted tumors.
H4IIEC3 (H4), a differentiated rat hepatoma line and H5, its dedifferentiated subclone, were investigated as proliferating spheroids and as implanted subcutaneous tumors in juvenile rats. H4 cells formed tight, round spheroids whereas H5 cells formed loose, grape-like structures. 31P MR spectra showed that phosphocreatine was present in H5 spheroids but not in H4 spheroids or tumors. [13C]Lactate production from [13C]glucose, with no detectable uptake of [13C]alanine, indicated that energy production in H5 spheroids was primarily via glycolysis. No [13C]glucose utilization was detected in H4 spheroids, but uptake of alanine and accumulation of labeled lactate, glutamate and glutamine indicated oxidation via the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. Tumors of H4 cells were well perfused, unlike tumors of H5 cells which were highly necrotic. Following i.v. infusion with [13C]alanine, [13C]lactate and glutamate, evidence of oxidation via the TCA cycle, were observed in H4 tumors. Thus the results obtained by 31P and 13C MRS correlated with the differentiation state of H4 and H5 spheroids and tumors.
U350, Institut Curie, Section Biologie, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France.
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D000409:Alanine / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism; D019344:Lactic Acid; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D010725:Phosphocreatine / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D007773:Lactates; D010725:Phosphocreatine; D019344:Lactic Acid; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D005947:Glucose; D000409:Alanine