Membrane transport influences the rate of accumulation of cytosine arabinoside in human leukemia cells.
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- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Clinical Investigation in JCI Insight
- Vol. 79 (2), 380-387
- https://doi.org/10.1172/jci112823
Abstract
The role of membrane transport in the cellular accumulation of 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine (ara-C) was studied in freshly isolated human acute leukemia cells. Patient cells had low rates for ara-C transport as compared with human and murine experimental cells and correspondingly low binding capacities for the nucleoside transport inhibitor, nitrobenzylmercaptopurine riboside (NBMPR). At 1 microM ara-C, the rate of net cellular accumulation was close to the membrane transport rate, and NBMPR inhibited transport and accumulation to the same extent. The rate of ara-C accumulation was half maximal at only 3-5 microM, a level much lower than that required for murine cells (67-85 microM). At concentrations below 1 microM the rate of ara-C accumulation was determined primarily by the transport rate, but at higher concentrations above 10 microM, phosphorylation capacity was the principal determinant of the net uptake rate. This difference in the role of transport at high and low ara-C concentrations may explain, in part, the efficacy of high-dose ara-C in patients refractory to standard dose protocols.Keywords
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