title: Effect of methotrexate (MTX) on NAD(P)+ dehydrogenases of HeLa cells: malic enzyme, 2-oxoglutarate and isocitrate dehydrogenases.
abstract: The effects of methotrexate (MTX) on oxygen uptake by permeabilized HeLa cells were evaluated. MTX did not inhibit state III respiration when the oxidizable substrate was succinate, but when the substrates were 2-oxoglutarate or isocitrate the respiration decreased about 50 per cent at 1.0 mM concentration of the drug. This effect was explained by inhibition of 2-oxoglutarate and isocitrate dehydrogenases by MTX. No effect was observed on succinate dehydrogenase. An evaluation of the effects of MTX on malic enzyme activity as measured by pyruvate plus lactate production in intact cells supplied with malate showed a decrease of about 40 per cent in metabolite production using 0.4 mM MTX. HeLa cell malic enzyme, as observed for other tumour cells, is compartmentalized in mitochondria and cytosol, and is another example of a dehydrogenase inhibited by MTX.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica da Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brasil.
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Caetano
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Campello
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Carnieri
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Kluppel
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D007655:Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase Complex / Q000378:metabolism; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D019289:Pyruvic Acid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D019344:Lactic Acid; D019289:Pyruvic Acid; D010088:Oxidoreductases; D008291:Malate Dehydrogenase; D007521:Isocitrate Dehydrogenase; D007655:Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase Complex; D009252:NADPH Dehydrogenase; D008727:Methotrexate