GENE-EXPRESSION OF ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE IN L1210 LEUKEMIA-CELLS EXPOSED TO DL-2-DIFLUOROMETHYLORNITHINE IN THE PRESENCE OF CADAVERINE

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ALHONENHONGISTO, L [1 ]
SINERVIRTA, R [1 ]
JANNE, OA [1 ]
JANNE, J [1 ]
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[1] UNIV HELSINKI, DEPT BIOCHEM, SF-00170 HELSINKI 17, FINLAND
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10.1042/bj2320605
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Cultured mouse L1210 leukaemia cells treated with DL-2-difluoromethylornithine, an irreversible inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase (EC 4.1.1.17), in the presence of micromolar concentrations of cadaverine, started to overproduce ornithine decarboxylase after an exposure of several weeks. The more than 60-fold excess of the enzyme protein in the drug-treated cells apparently resulted from a strikingly enhanced accumulation of mRNA for the enzyme associated with only a modest (about 2-fold) gene amplification.
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