期刊
JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY
卷 146, 期 5, 页码 693-703出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvp130
关键词
folate receptor; folic acid; methotrexate; MOLT4 cells; reduced folate carrier
资金
- Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) [IITM/ IC&SR/BIO/0506/007/MHRD/RAMS]
- Department of Biotechnology (DBT), India [BT/PR5392/MED/14/6]
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India [9/84 (388)/2005-EMR-I]
Methotrexate (MTX) has been used as an effective anti-cancer drug for a long time. Conceptually, it is accepted that MTX and folic acid are transported by folate receptors (FRs) in cancerous cells, but the exact mechanism of MTX uptake in human leukemia is unknown. The objective of this study was to investigate different transport systems for FA and MTX, and to delineate their uptake mechanism in MOLT4, K562, Hut78 leukemia cells and normal human T cells. In MOLT4, uptake of MTX was higher than FA, similar to that of K562, Hut78 and normal T cells. In MOLT4 cells, MTX uptake was maximum at pH 7.4 whereas FA uptake was maximum at pH 4.5. Uptake of FA and MTX was significantly inhibited by anions, suggesting anion-dependent transport system. FA uptake was found to be energy dependent whereas MTX uptake was energy independent. RT-PCR and immunofluorescence results demonstrated the presence of reduced folate carrier as well as proton coupled folate transporter and absence of FR in MOLT4 and normal T cells. These data suggest the existence of two separate and independent carrier-mediated transport systems for the uptake of FA and MTX in normal and leukemic human T cells.
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