Abstract
The activities of the key enzymes by pyrimidine nucleotide and DNA syntheses in 43 human tumors and 28 normal human tissues were investigated. The activities of cytidine triphosphate synthetase, deoxycytidine monophosphate deaminase, uridine kinase, thymidine monophosphate kinase and DNA polymerase were markedly increased in tumor tissues, compared with those in the corresponding normal tissues, while the activities of deoxycytidine kinase, cytidine deaminase and deoxycytidine deaminase were only slightly increased. The use of thymidine and deoxyuridine as substrates of human pyrimidine nucleoside phosphorylase gave 1 to 2 orders of magnitude higher activity than that of uridine.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 289-298 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Gann, The Japanese Journal of Cancer Research |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - Sep 10 1982 |
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- Cancer Research
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Maehara, Y., Nakamura, H., Nakane, Y., Kawai, K., Okamoto, M., Nagayama, S., ... Fujii, S. (1982). Activities of various enzymes of pyrimidine nucleotide and DNA synthesis in normal and neoplastic human tissues. Gann, The Japanese Journal of Cancer Research, 73(2), 289-298.