Structural and functional relationship among diamines in terms of inhibition of cell growth
Structural and functional relationship among diamines in terms of inhibition of cell growth
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DOI:
10.1093/jb/mvh150
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发表时间:
2004-10-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Igarashi, K
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作者:
Higashi, K;Yoshida, K;Igarashi, K
Following the report that agmatine has an anti-proliferative effect on cell growth through induction of antizyme [Satriano et al. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273,15313-15316], we examined the effects of 16 different diamines on cell growth. Many diamines had little or no effect on cell growth, but agmatine and 1,6-hexanediamine had anti-proliferative effects, with agmatine having the strongest effect. Inhibition of cell growth occurred after 2 days, and inhibitory effects paralleled the degree of antizyme induction. Decreased spermine levels indicated that induction of spermidine/spermine N-1-acetyltransferase was also involved in the inhibition of cell growth by agmatine and 1,6-hexanediamine. The frameshift efficiency (ratio of antizyme synthesis with or without frameshift) measured in a rabbit reticulocyte cell-free system was also increased by 1,3-propanediamine and cis-1,4-cyclohexanediamine in addition to agmatine and 1,6-hexanediamine. However, the intracellular levels of 1,3-propanediamine and cis-1,4-cyclohexanediamine were low when these compounds were added to the cell-culture medium. Other diamines had no effect on cell growth or frameshift efficiency. The results suggest that the presence of two amino-groups separated by an appropriate distance is important for the enhancement of frameshifting by diamines.