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Heterogeneity Of Methotrexate Binding In Human Colon Tumor Cells, M P. Iqbal, N Mehboobali, M A. Waqar, M Ahmed
Heterogeneity Of Methotrexate Binding In Human Colon Tumor Cells, M P. Iqbal, N Mehboobali, M A. Waqar, M Ahmed
Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences
[3H]-methotrexate binding at pH 5.0 and pH 7.2 by the cytosol of tumor tissues and the surrounding normal areas of the gastrointestinal tract of patients suffering from colon or gastric cancer has been used to identify in these cells the presence of a binder of methotrexate having low-affinity for this drug in addition to the enzyme dihydrofolate reductase. Scatchard analysis of the [3H]-methotrexate binding data by a colon tumor sample also reveals that there are two binders of this drug present in the cytosol of these cells. The association constant (Kass) for one binder of methotrexate is = 5.6 x …