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We have previously described the synthesis of a cytotoxic polymeric conjugate of spermine (Poly-SPM) which is able to inhibit the transport of polyamines (spermine, spermidine, and putrescine) into normal and malignant cells. Recent studies examining the toxicity of Poly-SPM in parental and
Nuclei isolated from Yoshida sarcoma cells had activity for conversion of dGTP dependent on DNA synthesis. The ratio of nucleotide generation/generation + incorporation was 0.4 +/0- 0.1, indicating that approx. 40% of the incorporated dGMP was excised. Two lines of evidence indicated the dependence
The oxidation of spermine in vitro by a mixture of polyamine oxidase and diamine oxidase from pig kidney gives rise to malondialdehyde via 3-aminopropanol as the intermediate. Conversely, with spermidine, under similar experimental conditions, no evidence could be obtained for malondialdehyde
The salts of the natural polyamines, protamine sulphate, clupeine sulphate, spermidine phosphate, putrescine dihydrochloride and spermine diphosphate, and of the synthetic poly-L-lysine hydrobromide (mol. wt 85 k) and poly-L-arginine hydrochloride (mol. wt 50 k) were tested for their effect on film
Examination of blood polyamines in 38 patients with brain tumor and 17 normal volunteers was carried out by columnar chromatography--cellulose acetate membrane electrophoresis. The upper limits of the normal values; M.+2S.D. of the blood polyamine concentrations in 17 normal volunteers, were less
Putrescine in determinable amounts is contained in the tumour tissue, in the liver tissue of normal animals it was not detected by the applied method. The spermidine content in the tumour is also considerably higher, it is 15.-3 times as high as that in the normal liver both per 1 g of fresh tissue
DL-alpha-Hydrazino-delta-aminovaleric acid (DL-HAVA) is a potent and fairly specific inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.17). Its effect on polyamine metabolism and cell proliferation was investigated in sarcoma-180, inoculated into the axillary region of mice. In the tumor tissues, the
Tertiary cultures of chick embryo fibroblasts infected and transformed by the wild-type Rous sarcoma virus, when actively growing at 35 degrees C, had higher putrescine levels than the respective uninfected cells. Transformed cells also had much higher specific activity of ornithine decarboxylase
Putrescine (PU), spermidine (SPD) and spermine (SPM) levels in blood serum of MC Sa 1828 P-bearing rats have been studied in relation to tumour weight and the histological picture. A statistically significant increase of PU and SPD was found in the course of tumour development. Decrease in the level
Spermine, spermidine, putrescine and agmatine were examined for their cytotoxicity to mammalian cells in tissue culture. Spermine exhibited the highest cytotoxicity among them. It was followed by spermidine. Putrescine and agmatine showed little toxicity but rather acceleration of cell proliferation
The dose effects of continuous alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) infusion on red blood cell (RBC) polyamine levels, host toxicity and tumor growth were determined. Male rats with and without a transplantable methylcholanthrene-induced sarcoma received intravenously either 0.45% NaCl or DFMO at
A novel gelatin-binding 21 kDa protein was identified in the culture medium of fibroblastic and sarcoma cells by affinity chromatography on gelatin-Sepharose. Its affinity for gelatin was lower than that of the other gelatin-binding proteins, fibronectin and the 70 kDa protein, as judged by stepwise
The effects of cytostatic treatment on urinary polyamine excretion have been investigated in tumor-bearing (either Ehrlich carcinoma of S 180 sarcoma) and in tumor-free mice. The animals were exposed to single or multiple treatment with various doses of cyclophosphamide, 5-fluorouracil, or
The polyamines, putrescine (PUT), spermidine (SPD) and spermine (SPM), are a family of low molecular weight organic cations that are essential for cell growth, differentiation and neoplastic transformation. The marked compensatory increase in extracellular polyamine influx may be a reason for the