title: Determination of the enzymatic activity of cytosolic 5'-nucleotidase cN-II in cancer cells: development of a simple analytical method and related cell line models.
abstract: The cytosolic 5'-nucleotidase (cN-II) has been shown to be involved in the response of cancer cells to cytotoxic agents, and the quantification of its activity in biological samples is of great interest. In this context, we developed and validated an analytical method for determination of cN-II activity in cultured cancer cells. This non-radioactive method, using a Hypercarb column as stationary phase, was validated with a lower limit of quantification of 0.1 μM inosine. We used it to characterize cell line models with modified cN-II expression obtained with stable transfections. We show that the short hairpin RNA (shRNA)-mediated inhibition of cN-II expression in various malignant blood cells is associated with decreased protein expression and enzymatic activity (1.7-6.2-fold) as well as an increased sensitivity to cytotoxic agents (up to 14-fold). On the other hand, expression of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-fused wild type or hyperactive mutant (R367Q) cN-II increased the activity and also decreased the sensitivity to nucleoside analogues. Our results confirm the biological relevance of modulating cN-II in cancer cells, and we present a straightforward validated method for the determination of cN-II activity in cellular samples.
authors.affiliation: Université de Lyon, 69000, Lyon, France, lars-petter.jordheim@univ-lyon1.fr.
authors.forename: Lars Petter
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Jordheim
authors.forename: Jean-Yves
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Puy
authors.forename: Emeline
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cros-Perrial
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Peyrottes
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lefebvre
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Périgaud
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dumontet
mesh_terms: D015720:5'-Nucleotidase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002853:Chromatography, Liquid; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D015720:5'-Nucleotidase; C508048:NT5C2 protein, human