title: Upregulation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase mRNA in the spleen of tumor-bearing mice.
abstract: The influence of tumor implantation on glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) mRNA levels and stability was determined in the spleen of tumor-bearing mice. While GAPDH mRNA levels were not altered in skeletal muscle, kidney and liver from tumor-bearing mice, tumor implantation led to a 5.6-fold increase in the levels of splenic GAPDH mRNA. An enhanced message stability was observed in splenocytes from tumor-bearing animals, suggesting the involvement of post-transcriptional mechanisms in the selective GAPDH mRNA accumulation after tumor implantation. The GAPDH activity/glycolytic flux ratio was 18.5 in the spleen of healthy mice. Therefore, the three-fold increase in the glycolytic flux observed after tumor implantation could hardly justify the necessity for the upregulation of GAPDH.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Molecular y Bioquímica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Spain.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Aledo
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Segura
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Barbero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Márquez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002286:Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000235:genetics*; D006019:Glycolysis; D051379:Mice; D020871:RNA Stability; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D013154:Spleen / Q000378:metabolism*; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases