Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Werner, ER; Werner-Felmayer, G; Fuchs, D; Hausen, A; Reibnegger, G; Yim, JJ; Pfleiderer, W; Wachter, H.
Tetrahydrobiopterin biosynthetic activities in human macrophages, fibroblasts, THP-1, and T 24 cells. GTP-cyclohydrolase I is stimulated by interferon-gamma, and 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase and sepiapterin reductase are constitutively present.
J Biol Chem. 1990; 265(6):3189-3192
Doi: 10.1016/S0021-9258(19)39752-2
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- Interferon-gamma induces tetrahydrobiopterin biosynthesis in human cells and cell lines. Macrophages are peculiar in the formation of large amounts of neopterin derivatives as compared to tetrahydrobiopterin (Werner, E. R., Werner-Felmayer, G., Fuchs, D., Hausen, A., Reibnegger, G., and Wachter, H. (1989) Biochem J. 262, 861-866). Here we compare the impact of interferon-gamma treatment on activities of GTP-cyclohydrolase I (EC 3.5.4.16), 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase, and sepiapterin reductase (EC 1.1.1.153) in human peripheral blood-derived macrophages, normal dermal fibroblasts, THP-1 myelomonocytic cells, and the T 24 bladder transitional-cell carcinoma line. Upon interferon-gamma treatment, GTP-cyclohydrolase I activity is increased 7- to 40-fold, whereas 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase and sepiapterin reductase activities, which are constitutively present in all four investigated cells, remain unchanged. In fibroblasts and T 24 cells GTP cyclohydrolase I activity is the rate-limiting step of tetrahydrobiopterin biosynthesis. In macrophages and in THP-1 cells, however, the induced GTP cyclohydrolase I activity is higher than the 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase activity, leading to the accumulation of neopterin and neopterin phosphates.
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