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  • Title: Demonstration of an altered S-adenosylmethionine synthetase in human malignant tumors xenografted into athymic nude mice.
    Author: Liau MC, Chang CF, Giovanella BC.
    Journal: J Natl Cancer Inst; 1980 May; 64(5):1071-5. PubMed ID: 6929012.
    Abstract:
    S-Adenosylmethionine synthetase isoenzymes (EC 2.5.1.6) were studied in human malignant tumors xenografted into athymic nude mice and were studied in normal human and rat tissues. The tumors included 7 melanomas; 4 colon carcinomas; 3 each of mammary, cervical, and ovary carcinomas; 2 each of lung carcinomas and sarcomas; and 1 each of lymphoma and stomach and nasopharyngeal carcinomas. The presence of an altered intermediate Michaelis constant (Km) isoenzyme, previously shown to be a unique characteristic of rat neoplastic tissues, in these tumors was invariably detectable, though the presence of the low-Km isoenzyme characteristic of the enzyme of normal tissues was also evident in many of these tumors. Only tumors demonstrating high rates of growth were devoid of the low-Km isoenzyme. The low-Km isoenzyme was the only enzyme detectable in many normal human and rat tissues. Thus this isoenzyme was probably the common enzyme of all tissues. Some additional organ-specific isoenzymes were found, e.g., in the liver and lactating mammary gland. The low-Km isoenzyme in malignant tumors was altered to assume a considerably higher Km value, and this alteration appeared to be a common aberration of malignant tumors.
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