title: In vivo effects of DL-alpha-difluoromethylornithine on the polyamine and nucleotide phosphate metabolism in P388/S leukemia cells.
abstract: In vivo effects of DL-alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) on the metabolism of polyamines and nucleotide phosphates were monitored in P388/S leukemia cells grown intraperitoneally in BDF1 inbred male mice. Inhibiting the ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity DFMO depleted putrescine and spermidine to 30-50 and 50-60%, respectively, and increased spermine to 25-60% compared with the controls, when given as 2% solution in drinking water of the tumor-bearing animals. DFMO treatment caused a parallel 56% elevation of total nucleotide content in tumor cells with distinct and significant increase of some nucleotide phosphates. The most pronounced alterations were shown in the intracellular UTP (202%), CTP (103%), ADP (92%) and ATP (71%) concentrations. Changes in polyamine and nucleotide phosphate metabolisms were dependent on tumor progression. A possible explanation of the metabolic events induced by DFMO is discussed.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kremmer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boldizsár
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Holczinger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D000518:Eflornithine; D007941:Leukemia P388 / Q000378:metabolism*; D007942:Leukemia, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D009952:Ornithine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D065108:Ornithine Decarboxylase Inhibitors; D011073:Polyamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D011700:Putrescine / Q000378:metabolism; D013095:Spermidine / Q000378:metabolism; D013096:Spermine / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D009711:Nucleotides; D065108:Ornithine Decarboxylase Inhibitors; D011073:Polyamines; D013096:Spermine; D009952:Ornithine; D013095:Spermidine; D011700:Putrescine; D000518:Eflornithine