title: Antiproliferative effects of inhibitors of polyamine synthesis in tumors of neural origin.
abstract: The antiproliferative properties of inhibitors of polyamine synthesis were evaluated in cultured neuroblastoma and glioma cells. The diamines (1,3-propanediamine, 1,5-pentanediamine, and 1,6-hexanediamine) dramatically decreased neuroblastoma replication and inhibited the rate-limiting enzyme, ornithine decarboxylase. Glioma cells were less sensitive to the diamines in spite of significant drug-induced decreases in enzyme activity. The fact that ornithine decarboxylase was inhibited in both cell lines with different effects on proliferation suggests that the activity of other enzymes in polyamine biosynthesis may be altered selectively by these inhibitors.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D002103:Cadaverine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D002460:Cell Line; D003959:Diamines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005910:Glioma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D065108:Ornithine Decarboxylase Inhibitors; D011073:Polyamines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D003959:Diamines; D065108:Ornithine Decarboxylase Inhibitors; D011073:Polyamines; C009475:trimethylenediamine; D002103:Cadaverine; C007297:1,6-diaminohexane