Presence of diadenosine 5',5''' -P1, P4-tetraphosphate (Ap4A) in mamalian cells in levels varying widely with proliferative activity of the tissue: a possible positive "pleiotypic activator".
- 1 November 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 73 (11), 3984-3988
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.73.11.3984
Abstract
An accurate assay of diadenosine 5'',5''''''-P1,P4-tetraphosphate [A(5'')pppp(5'')A], which is formed in vitro in the backreaction of the amino acid activation step, was developed in various cell lines [Chinese hamster ovary] in culture and in normal mouse liver or hepatoma in vivo. Use of radioactive labeling of acid-soluble nucleotides to high specific activity followed by chromatographic separation techniques yielded levels of Ap4A varying from 5-0.05 .mu.M (from 30 pmol/mg of protein to 0.15 pmol), depending on the doubling time of the cell line or the proliferative state of the cells. The levels of Ap4A in cells is inversely related to their doubling time, varying from 0.1 .times. 10-4 of the cellular ATP levels in slowly growing cells to 20 .times. 10-4 of the ATP levels of cells with rapid doubling times. The steady-state levels of ATP of different cell lines, although showing some fluctuations, are not related to the doubling time of the cells. Arrest of cellular proliferation by serum deprivation or amino acid starvation, which does not alter the cellular ATP levels more than 2-fold, does cause a decrease of 30- to 50-fold in the Ap4A levels. Inhibition of protein synthesis by pactamycin or puromycin, or inhibition of DNA synthesis by hydroxyurea, leads to a more dramatic decrease of 50- to 100-fold in intracellular Ap4A levels. The metabolic lability of Ap4A is also demonstrated by its rapid depletion after decreases in the ATP/ADP ratio. The possibility of Ap4A being a metabolic signal nucleotide that is formed at the onset of protein synthesis and is active in positive growth regulation (positive pleiotypic activation) is discussed.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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