PMID: 2509072May 1, 1989Paper

Cell proliferation and polyamine metabolism in 9L cells treated with (2R,5R)-6-heptyne-2,5-diamine or alpha-difluoromethylornithine

Cell and Tissue Kinetics
K M MilamL J Marton

Abstract

We studied the effects of the ornithine decarboxylase inhibitors (2R,5R)-6-heptyne-2,5-diamine (R,R,-MAP) and alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) on cell proliferation and polyamine metabolism in 9L rat brain tumour cells. Treatment with 5 microM R,R-MAP inhibited cell proliferation to the same extent as did treatment with 1 mM DFMO. Both inhibitors depleted putrescine and spermidine concentrations to less than detectable levels within 24 h and 48 h of drug treatment, respectively; spermine levels were not affected significantly by either inhibitor. The effects of DFMO on 9L cell cycle kinetics were similar to those of R,R-MAP. During the first 3 days of treatment, both drugs caused an accumulation of cells in G1 and a reduction of cells in S phase, as compared with control cells with a slowing in the rate of cell cycle traverse. In cultures seeded at low (1 x 10(5)), medium (5 x 10(5)), or high (2 x 10(6)) cell densities in a 25 cm2 flask, inhibition of cell proliferation and polyamine depletion by both R,R-MAP and DFMO was more pronounced at the lower densities relative to the density-matched control cells. Thus, R,R-MAP was a more potent inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase than was DFMO in 9L cells, and the inhibitory effe...Continue Reading

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