Reversion to a homocysteine-responsive phenotype in a human melanoma cell line is associated with diminished growth potential and increased methionine biosynthesis
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Reversion to a homocysteine-responsive phenotype in a human melanoma cell line is associated with diminished growth potential and increased methionine biosynthesis
Abstract
Our aim was to determine if the isolation of cells capable of proliferating in methionine-free homocysteine-containing medium, from the human MeWo-LC1 melanoma tumor cell line which is unable to proliferate or survive under such conditions, was associated with altered growth properties. Cells which were able to proliferate in methionine-free homocysteine-containing medium (homocysteine-responsive cells) were obtained from the homocysteine-nonresponsive MeWo-LC1 cell line after 8 months of continuous exposure to methionine-free homocysteine-containing medium. Unlike the parental MeWo-LC1 cell line, these homocysteine-responsive cells were also able to proliferate normally in methionine-free medium containing 5'-deoxy-5'-methylthioadenosine. In vitro growth rate, methionine requirement, and capacity to form colonies on soft agarose of these homocysteine-responsive cells were reduced compared to those of the homocysteine-nonresponsive parental MeWo-LC1 cell line. Unlike MeWo-LC1, these homocysteine-responsive cells were able to synthesize [3H]S-adenosylmethionine from [3H]adenine and homocysteine. The failure of the MeWo-LC1 cell line to proliferate in methionine-free homocysteine-containing medium may be due to a deficiency in the synthesis of methionine from homocysteine and 5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid. These results indicate that acquisition of a homocysteine-responsive phenotype in homocysteine-nonresponsive malignant human tumor cells is associated with a reduction in the autonomous growth potential of such cells.
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