[Phosphorus-containing metabolites in the cells of anthracycline-resistant strains of leukemia P388].

The method of 31P nuclear magnetic resonance has been used to study in vivo the level of phosphorus-containing metabolites in cells of two strains of murine leukemia P388 with the phenotype of the multidrug resistance and in cells of the parent strain. Cells of both resistant strains showed a depressed level of phosphomonoesters in comparison with the parent one. The influence of rubomycin and emoksil on the level of phosphorus-containing metabolites of drug-resistant and -sensitive strains has been evaluated. The drugs were established not to affect practically the pool of these metabolites of the resistant strains. Both drugs significantly increased the pool of phosphomonoesters in the parent strain cells.