Biosynthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin by de novo and salvage pathways in adrenal medulla extracts, mammalian cell cultures, and rat brain in vivo.

AUTOR(ES)

Nichol, C A

RESUMO

Mammalian cells and tissues were found to have two pathways for the biosynthesis of tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4): (i) the conversion of GTP to BH4 by a methotrexate-insensitive de novo pathway, and (ii) the conversion of sepiapterin to BH4 by a pterin salvage pathway dependent on dihydrofolate reductase (5,6,7,8-tetrahydrofolate: NADP+ oxidoreductase, EC 1.5.1.3) activity. In a Chinese hamster ovary cell mutant lacking dihydrofolate reductase (DUKX-B11), endogenous formation of BH4 proceeds normally but, unlike the parent cells, these cells or extracts of them do not convert sepiapterin or 7,8-dihydrobiopterin to BH4. KB cells, which do not contain detectable levels of GTP cyclohydrolase or BH4 but do contain dihydrofolate reductase, readily convert sepiapterin to BH4 and this conversion is completely prevented by methotrexate. In supernatant fractions of bovine adrenal medulla, the conversion of sepiapterin to BH4 is completely inhibited by methotrexate. Similarly, this conversion in rat brain in vivo is methotrexate-sensitive. Sepiapterin and 7,8-dihydrobiopterin apparently do not enter the de novo pathway of BH4 biosynthesis and may be derived from labile intermediates which have not yet been characterized.

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