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Biochem J. 1973 Mar;132(3):537-40. doi: 10.1042/bj1320537.
The effect of methylglyoxal bis(guanylhydrazone), a substance known to inhibit putrescine-dependent S-adenosyl-l-methionine decarboxylase, on polyamine metabolism in liver and kidney was investigated. Almost complete inhibition of the incorporation of putrescine into spermidine was obtained up to 8h after administration of 80mg of methylglyoxal bis(guanylhydrazone)/kg body wt. by intraperitoneal injection. However, by 20h after administration of the inhibitor spermidine synthesis was resumed. Considerable accumulation of putrescine occurred during this period (up to 3 times control concentrations in both tissues), but there was only a slight fall in the spermidine content. These results suggest that the putrescine-activated S-adenosyl-l-methionine decarboxylase plays an essential role in spermidine biosynthesis in rat liver and kidney, and the possibility of using methylglyoxal bis(guanylhydrazone) to study the role of polyamine synthesis in growth is discussed.
研究了甲基乙二醛双(脒腙)(一种已知可抑制腐胺依赖性S-腺苷-L-甲硫氨酸脱羧酶的物质)对肝脏和肾脏中多胺代谢的影响。通过腹腔注射给予80mg甲基乙二醛双(脒腙)/kg体重后,在长达8小时的时间内,腐胺掺入亚精胺的过程几乎完全受到抑制。然而,在给予抑制剂20小时后,亚精胺合成恢复。在此期间,腐胺大量积累(在两个组织中高达对照浓度的3倍),但亚精胺含量仅略有下降。这些结果表明,腐胺激活的S-腺苷-L-甲硫氨酸脱羧酶在大鼠肝脏和肾脏的亚精胺生物合成中起重要作用,并讨论了使用甲基乙二醛双(脒腙)研究多胺合成在生长中的作用的可能性。