De novo purine biosynthesis by two pathways in Burkitt lymphoma cells and in human spleen.

Mitochondrial Methylenetetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase (MTHFD2) Overexpression Is Associated with Tumor Cell Proliferation and Is a Novel Target for Drug Development.

Rapidly proliferating tumors attempt to meet the demands for nucleotide biosynthesis by upregulating folate pathways that provide the building blocks for pyrimidine and purine biosynthesis. In particular, the key role of mitochondrial folate enzymes in providing formate for de novo purine synthesis and for providing the one-carbon moiety for thymidylate synthesis has been recognized in recent s...

Sporadic Burkitt Lymphoma: A Case Report

Introduction: Burkitt lymphoma is an aggressive subtype of Hodgkin lymphoma with a doubling time of 25 hours. It is characterized by a MYC gene coding alteration which results from a translocation of chromosome 8 on the MYC gene locus and immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus (IGH) on chromosome 14. Even though HIV infection is associated to an increased risk of Burkitt lymphoma, th...

Pharmacologic regulation of the early steps of purine biosynthesis in Burkitt lymphoma cells and in Ehrlich ascites tumor cells.

The Effect of Fasting a N D Food O N the Rate of Purine Biosynthesis

1. The effect of an 18, 30 or 40 h fast on the rate of purine biosynthesis de novo as measured by the incorporation of [14C]formate into formylglycinamide ribonucleotide during azaserine block has been examined in the rat spleen. 2. There is a reproducible fall in the rate of purine biosynthesis de novo during fasting. Values at 40 h were approximately one-third of the values in the colony-fed ...

Feedback inhibition of amidophosphoribosyltransferase regulates the rate of cell growth via purine nucleotide, DNA, and protein syntheses.

To clarify the contributions of amidophosphoribosyltransferase (ATase) and its feedback regulation to the rates of purine de novo synthesis, DNA synthesis, protein synthesis, and cell growth, mutated human ATase (mhATase) resistant to feedback inhibition by purine ribonucleotides was engineered by site-directed mutagenesis and expressed in CHO ade (-)A cells (an ATase-deficient cell line of Chi...