Nucleoside-catabolizing enzymes in mycoplasma-infected tumor cell cultures compromise the cytostatic activity of the anticancer drug gemcitabine


Voorde J. V., Sabuncuoǧlu S., Noppen S., Hofer A., Ranjbarian F., Fieuws S., ...Daha Fazla

Journal of Biological Chemistry, cilt.289, sa.19, ss.13054-13065, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 289 Sayı: 19
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1074/jbc.m114.558924
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.13054-13065
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Anticancer Drug, Cancer Therapy, Nucleoside Nucleotide Analogs, Nucleoside Nucleotide Metabolism, Phosphorylase, Mycoplasma hyorhinis, Cytidine Deaminase, Gemcitabine, Mycoplasma, Pyrimidine Nucleoside Phosphorylase
  • Hacettepe Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The intracellular metabolism and cytostatic activity of the anticancer drug gemcitabine (2',2'-difluoro-2'-deoxycytidine; dFdC) was severely compromised in Mycoplasma hyorhinis-infected tumor cell cultures. Pronounced deamination of dFdC to its less cytostatic metabolite 2',2'-difluoro-2'-deoxyuridine was observed, both in cell extracts and spent culture medium (i.e. tumor cell-free but mycoplasma-containing) of mycoplasma-infected tumor cells. This indicates that the decreased antiproliferative activity of dFdC in such cells is attributed to a mycoplasma cytidine deaminase causing rapid drug catabolism. Indeed, the cytostatic activity of gemcitabine could be restored by the co-Administration of tetrahydrouridine (a potent cytidine deaminase inhibitor). Additionally, mycoplasmaderived pyrimidine nucleoside phosphorylase (PyNP) activity indirectly potentiated deamination of dFdC: the natural pyrimidine nucleosides uridine, 2'-deoxyuridine and thymidine inhibited mycoplasma-Associated dFdC deamination but were efficiently catabolized (removed) by mycoplasma PyNP. The markedly lower anabolism and related cytostatic activity of dFdC in mycoplasma-infected tumor cells was therefore also (partially) restored by a specific TP/PyNP inhibitor (TPI), or by exogenous thymidine. Consequently, no effect on the cytostatic activity of dFdC was observed in tumor cell cultures infected with a PyNP-deficient Mycoplasma pneumoniae strain. Because it has been reported that some commensal mycoplasma species (including M. hyorhinis) preferentially colonize tumor tissue in cancer patients, our findings suggest that the presence of mycoplasmas in the tumor microenvironment could be a limiting factor for the anticancer efficiency of dFdC-based chemotherapy.