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Changes in polyamine levels and protein synthesis rate during rat liver carcinogenesis induced by 4-dimethylaminoazobenzene.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  201366     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The concentrations of putrescine, spermidine, and spermine in liver of rats fed on 4-dimethylaminoazobenzene and in the resultant hepatomas were found to be significantly higher than were those observed in normal liver from rats of the same strain, sex, and age. These modifications were due to the carcinogen and not to the special low-riboflavin diet used to obtain the carcinogenic effect of 4-dimethylaminoazobenzene. The first change observed during liver carcinogenesis was the early increase in the putrescine level, followed by an increase of spermidine and spermine, which reached maximum levels in growing hepatomas. A significant increase of urinary polyamines was also observed in tumor-bearing rats. Experiments on leucine incorporation into proteins of tissue slices, which were obtained from the same tissues on which polyamine determinations were carried out, showed that in rat liver carcinogenesis the rate of protein synthesis was well correlated with the polyamine levels. These results suggest that polyamines may play a role in the process of carcinogenesis and in tumor protein synthesis in vivo.
Authors:
A Perin; A Sessa
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cancer research     Volume:  38     ISSN:  0008-5472     ISO Abbreviation:  Cancer Res.     Publication Date:  1978 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1978-02-18     Completed Date:  1978-02-18     Revised Date:  2003-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2984705R     Medline TA:  Cancer Res     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / chemically induced,  metabolism*
Liver Neoplasms / chemically induced,  metabolism*
Male
Neoplasm Proteins / biosynthesis*
Neoplasms, Experimental / metabolism
Polyamines / metabolism*,  physiology,  urine
Precancerous Conditions / chemically induced,  metabolism*
Putrescine / metabolism
Rats
Spermidine / metabolism
Spermine / metabolism
p-Dimethylaminoazobenzene*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Neoplasm Proteins; 0/Polyamines; 110-60-1/Putrescine; 124-20-9/Spermidine; 60-11-7/p-Dimethylaminoazobenzene; 71-44-3/Spermine

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