Journal article
Effect of modification of plasma membrane fatty acid composition on fluidity and methotrexate transport in L1210 murine leukemia cells
Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.), Vol.39(5), pp.1726-1732
05/1979
PMID: 218733
Abstract
The plasma membrane lipid composition in L1210 murine leukemia cells was dependent upon the type of fat fed to the host animal. Plasma membranes prepared from cells grown in animals fed 16% sunflower oil contained 39% saturated, 14% monoenoic, and 41% polyenoic fatty acids. In contrast, those from cells grown in mice fed 16% coconut oil contained 39% saturated, 31% monoenoic, and 23% polyenoic fatty acids. Although there were 34% more unsaturated bonds in the membranes from the cells grown on polyunsaturated fat, there was no difference in the phospholipid or cholesterol content of the membranes. Studies with the spin label probes 5-nitroxide and 12-nitroxide stearic acid indicated that the order parameters at temperatures between 15 and 40° were higher in the membranes of cells from animals fed the coconut oil diet. The transition temperature of the approximate rotational correlation time in the region of 20° was 2.5-3.5° higher in the membranes isolated from the cells grown in the mice fed coconut oil. These findings indicate that the fluidity of the membranes was altered by the diet-induced modifications in fatty acid saturation. Appreciable differences were noted when transport of the antineoplastic drug methotrexate by intact L1210 leukemia cells from animals fed the sunflower or coconut oil diets was compared. Although the apparent V max was not significantly different, the apparent K m for transport by the cells from animals fed the sunflower oil diet was 2.90 ± 0.35 /im as compared to 4.10 ± 0.1 (p 0.02) by cells from animals fed the coconut oil diet. Therefore, in the lower range of methotrexate concentrations, the cells having the more fluid membranes exhibited greater permeability to methotrexate. Taken together, these results indicate that the changes in membrane lipid structure and physical properties brought about by fatty acid modification are sufficient to affect the entry of an antineoplastic drug into the L1210 cell.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Effect of modification of plasma membrane fatty acid composition on fluidity and methotrexate transport in L1210 murine leukemia cells
- Creators
- C P BurnsD G LutteneggerD T DudleyG R BuettnerA A Spector
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.), Vol.39(5), pp.1726-1732
- Publisher
- United States
- PMID
- 218733
- ISSN
- 0008-5472
- eISSN
- 1538-7445
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/1979
- Academic Unit
- Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation; Radiation Oncology; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984047609802771
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