General features of systemic effects of murine leukemias on phosphate metabolism in liver studied by 31P NMR

✍ Scribed by Victor E. Yushmanov; Darya S. Khristianovich; Tatyana V. Rozantseva; Lili A. Sibeldina

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 613 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0952-3480
• DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1940050302

✦ Synopsis

3'P N M R was used to study the systemic effects of a tumor on a host organism by monitoring the phosphate metabolite content in freshly excised mouse liver at 0-4 "C and in ethanolic liver extracts of animals suffering from La, L1210 and P388 leukemias and Ehrlich ascites tumor (EAT). The progression of murine leukemia is characterized by increases in the intensities of the resonances of Pi and phosphomonoesters (PME), in particular, phosphorylethanolamine, in liver; phosphodiester (PDE) signals increase two-to four-fold during the period of rapid tumor growth and decline to undetectable levels in the terminal stage. There were no reliable alterations detected in the ATP content and intracellular pH throughout the course of the leukemia. The kinetics of intracellular phosphates are similar in various kinds of leukemia but quite different in EAT. The reduction of inoculum causes the appearance of maxima in the Pi and PME profiles in the latent period of La leukemia, but the profiles of liver PDE considered from the end of the latent period are independent of inoculum. Possible mechanisms for the changes in PDE concentrations and their biochemical role are discussed. N M R spectroscopy of liver may be used to indirectly monitor the progression of tumors unavailable for direct N M R assay.