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Abo-EL-Sooud K, Ahmed FA, El-Toumy SA, Yaecob HS, ELTantawy HM. Phytochemical, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcerogenic and hypoglycemic activities of Periploca angustifolia L extracts in rats. CLINICAL PHYTOSCIENCE 2018. [DOI: 10.1186/s40816-018-0087-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Madeo F, Eisenberg T, Pietrocola F, Kroemer G. Spermidine in health and disease. Science 2018; 359:359/6374/eaan2788. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aan2788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 438] [Impact Index Per Article: 73.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Kim YC, Sim JH, Choi W, Kim CH, You RY, Xu WX, Lee SJ. Relaxant Effect of Spermidine on Acethylcholine and High K-induced Gastric Contractions of Guinea-Pig. THE KOREAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF PHARMACOLOGY 2008; 12:59-64. [PMID: 20157395 DOI: 10.4196/kjpp.2008.12.2.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In our previous study, we found that spermine and putrescine inhibited spontaneous and acetylcholine (ACh)-induced contractions of guinea-pig stomach via inhibition of L-type voltage-dependent calcium current (VDCC(L)). In this study, we also studied the effect of spermidine on mechanical contractions and calcium channel current (I(Ba)), and then compared its effects to those by spermine and putrescine. Spermidine inhibited spontaneous contraction of the gastric smooth muscle in a concentration-dependent manner (IC(50)=1.1+/-0.11 mM). Relationship between inhibition of contraction and calcium current by spermidine was studied using 50 mM high K(+)-induced contraction: Spermidine (5 mM) significantly reduced high K(+) (50 mM)-induced contraction to 37+/-4.7% of the control (p<0.05), and inhibitory effect of spermidine on I(Ba) was also observed at a wide range of test potential in current/voltage (I/V) relationship. Pre- and post-application of spermidine (5 mM) also significantly inhibited carbachol (CCh) and ACh-induced initial and phasic contractions. Finally, caffeine (10 mM)-induced contraction which is activated by Ca(2+)-induced Ca(2+) release (CICR),' was also inhibited by pretreatment of spermidine (5 mM). These findings suggest that spermidine inhibits spontaneous and CCh-induced contraction via inhibition of VDCC(L) and Ca(2+) releasing mechanism in guinea-pig stomach.
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- Young Chul Kim
- Department of Physiology, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Cheongju 361-763, Korea
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Kim YC, Sim JH, Kim YH, Kwon SC, Lee SJ, Kim SR, Kim DW, Park SM, Youn SJ, Lee SJ, Xing DG, Xu WX, Kim KW. Effects of polyamines on contractility of guinea-pig gastric smooth muscle. J Korean Med Sci 2007; 22:48-56. [PMID: 17297251 PMCID: PMC2693568 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2007.22.1.48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This study was designed to investigate the effects of polyamines on mechanical contraction and voltage-dependent calcium current (VDCC) of guinea-pig gastric smooth muscle. Mechanical contraction and calcium channel current I(Ba) were recorded by isometric tension recording and whole-cell patch clamp technique. Spermine, spermidine and putrescine inhibited spontaneous contraction of the gastric smooth muscle in a concentration-dependent manner. Spermine (2 mM) reduced high K+ (50 mM)-induced contraction to 16+/-6.4% of the control (n=9), and significantly inhibited I(Ba) in a reversible manner (p<0.05; IC50=0.8 mM). Pre- and post-treatment of tissue with spermine (2-5 mM, n=10) also inhibited acetylcholine (10 microM)-induced phasic contraction to 5+/-6.4% of the control. Inhibitory effect of spermine on I(Ba) was observed at a wide range of test potentials of current/voltage (I/V) relationship (p<0.05), and steady-state activation of I(Ba) was shifted to the right by spermine (p<0.05). Spermidine and putrescine (1 mM each) also inhibited I(Ba) to 51+/-5.7% and 81+/-5.3% of the control, respectively. And putrescine (1 mM) inhibited I(Ba) at whole tested potentials (p<0.05) without significant change of kinetics (p<0.05). Finally, 5 mM putrescine also inhibited high K+-induced contraction to 53+/-7.1% of the control (n=4). These findings suggest that polyamines inhibit contractions of guinea-pig gastric smooth muscle via inhibition of VDCC.
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- Young Chul Kim
- Department of Physiology, Chungbuk National University, College of Medicine, Cheongju, Korea.
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Nishimura K, Shiina R, Kashiwagi K, Igarashi K. Decrease in polyamines with aging and their ingestion from food and drink. J Biochem 2007; 139:81-90. [PMID: 16428322 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvj003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Changes in polyamine levels during aging were measured in 3-, 10- and 26-week-old female mice. The level of polyamines in pancreas, brain, and uterus was maintained during these periods. The level of spermidine slightly decreased in intestine, and decreased significantly in thymus, spleen, ovary, liver, stomach, lung, kidney, heart and muscle during these periods. In skin, the level of spermidine was maximal in 10-week-old mice and markedly reduced in 26-week-old mice. The results suggest that maintenance of polyamine levels may play important roles in the function of the pancreas, brain and uterus in 3- to 26-week-old mice. We next looked for polyamine-rich food materials as a dietary source of polyamines. Foods found to be rich in polyamines included wheat germ, rice bran, black rice, Philippine mango, green pepper, Japanese pumpkin, nuts, fermented pickles, pond smelt, turban shell viscera, whelk viscera, salted salmon roe, salted cod roe, beef intestine (boiled) and liver of eel, beef, pork and chicken; and, as previously reported, soybean, fermented soybean (natto), mushrooms, orange and green tea leaf. These results offer useful information when it becomes necessary to ingest polyamines from food.
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- Kazuhiro Nishimura
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8675
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Larqué E, Sabater-Molina M, Zamora S. Biological significance of dietary polyamines. Nutrition 2006; 23:87-95. [PMID: 17113752 DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2006.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2006] [Revised: 09/15/2006] [Accepted: 09/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Polyamines are classically known by their names of putrescine, spermine, and spermidine. They are synthesized endogenously from ornithine and are interconvertible. In addition, an exogenous supply of polyamines is provided by dietary intake and by intestinal absorption from the products of bacterial metabolism. Polyamine uptake occurs almost entirely in the gut, and afterward the various forms are metabolized in different tissues under the strict regulation of ornithine decarboxylase, which is the first enzyme involved in their synthesis. Polyamines are eliminated from the organism by means of oxidation reactions, appearing in urine in all their metabolic forms. Polyamines play an important role in regulating cell growth and proliferation, the stabilization of negative charges of DNA, RNA transcription, protein synthesis, apoptosis, and the regulation of the immune response. They are components of breast milk and might be important in neonatal gut maturation, for which reason the possible supplementation of infant formulas with these compounds is under study.
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- Elvira Larqué
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
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Matsumoto M, Ohishi H, Benno Y. Impact of LKM512 yogurt on improvement of intestinal environment of the elderly. FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2001; 31:181-6. [PMID: 11720813 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2001.tb00518.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Improvement of the intestinal environment by administration of LKM512 yogurt was examined using polyamine, haptoglobin and mutagenicity as indexes which directly reflect the health condition of the host. The concentration of spermine in feces increased significantly by 3-fold (P<0.05) at week 2 of administration of LKM512 yogurt compared with before administration, and that of putrescine, spermidine, and cadaverine also tended to increase with administration of LKM512 yogurt. The haptoglobin content in feces decreased significantly (P<0.05) at week 2 of administration of LKM512 yogurt, and it showed a negative correlation with the polyamine content, indicating that acute intestinal inflammation was suppressed. Fecal mutagenicity was measured using fecal extract and fecal precipitate. Both preparations showed similar significant decreases (P<0.05) by the administration of LKM512 yogurt, as well as a negative correlation with polyamine content. This result indicated that antimutagenicity due to administration of LKM512 yogurt was not based on binding of the mutagen to the bacterial cell wall. Many reports have suggested that polyamines increased by the administration of LKM512 yogurt led to inhibition of inflammation and antimutagenicity in the intestinal tract.
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- M Matsumoto
- Research Laboratories, Kyodo Milk Industry Co. Ltd., Hirai, Hinode, Tokyo 190-0182, Japan.
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Vliagoftis H, Mak L, Boucher W, Theoharides TC. Dual effect of spermine on mast cell secretion exhibits different calcium and temperature requirements. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 1999; 21:547-59. [PMID: 10501624 DOI: 10.1016/s0192-0561(99)00031-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mast cells release many biologically active molecules upon stimulation by a variety of molecules such as immunoglobulin E (IgE) and specific antigen, anaphylatoxins, as well as a number of cationic compounds which include drugs, kinins and neuropeptides. The effect of the naturally occurring polyamine spermine was studied because, even though it is polycationic, it has been implicated in the modulation of secretory processes in a variety of cells. In particular, it was previously shown that oxidation products of spermine inhibit mast cell secretion. High concentrations of spermine (5 x 10(-3) M) added at 37 degrees C induced mast cell secretion that had similar characteristics with that triggered by compound 48/80 (48/80). However, spermine inhibited mast cell secretion in a dose-dependent manner as long as it was added at 4-10 degrees C for at least 10 min in the absence of Ca++ before warming the cells to 37 degrees C and triggering them with 48/80. These findings were true both for purified rat peritoneal mast cells and for rat skin mast cells in situ. Addition of calcium after the cells had been warmed to 37 degrees C could not reverse this inhibition. The inhibition seen when spermine was added at 4 degrees C was, however, overcome if phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) or NaF, which activate PKC and G proteins respectively, were added to mast cells at 37 degrees C together with Ca++. These results indicate that polyamines could be important modulators of the activation state of mast cells and might help further define the biochemical events involved in mast cell secretion.
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- H Vliagoftis
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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Vliagoftis H, Boucher WS, Mak LL, Theoharides TC. Inhibition of mast cell secretion by oxidation products of natural polyamines. Biochem Pharmacol 1992; 43:2237-45. [PMID: 1599509 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(92)90183-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Mast cells secrete many biologically active compounds upon stimulation by immunoglobulin E (IgE) and specific antigen (Ag), anaphylatoxins, as well as a number of cationic compounds which include drugs, kinins and neuropeptides. The effects of the two naturally occurring polyamines, spermine (SP) and spermidine (SPD), on mast cell secretion were studied because they have been implicated in the modulation of cellular processes, possibly through their cationic charge or the regulation of calcium ions. SP and SPD over the range of 10(-7) to 10(-4) M inhibited the release of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT, serotonin) triggered by compound 48/80 (C48/80) in a time- and concentration-dependent manner, as long as at least 2% calf serum (CS) was present. SP also inhibited secretion of both histamine and serotonin stimulated immunologically by using IgE and anti-rat IgE. This inhibition was not accompanied by cytotoxicity. The major available polyamine metabolites tested, N1-acetyl spermine (N1-acSP) and N8-acetyl spermidine (N8-acSPD), also showed inhibition in the presence of CS, whereas putrescine, N8,N1-hexamethylene-bis-acetamide (HMBA) and benzylamine did not. Fetal bovine serum (FBS), as well as human and rat serum, which do not contain polyamine oxidase, did not result in any inhibition with the polyamines tested. Inhibitors of the polyamine oxidase blocked the polyamine effect, indicating that the inhibition of mast cell secretion must derive from aldehydes produced from these polyamines. Addition of the aldehyde inhibitor phenylhydrazine (phi-HDZ), simultaneously with, but not following the polyamines, blocked their inhibitory effect, further strengthening the involvement of aldehydes. These results indicate that naturally occurring polyamines may regulate mast cell secretion through metabolic products of polyamine oxidase, a similar enzyme of which is also present in human liver, placenta and pregnant serum.
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- H Vliagoftis
- Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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Seiler N. Pharmacological properties of the natural polyamines and their depletion by biosynthesis inhibitors as a therapeutic approach. PROGRESS IN DRUG RESEARCH. FORTSCHRITTE DER ARZNEIMITTELFORSCHUNG. PROGRES DES RECHERCHES PHARMACEUTIQUES 1991; 37:107-59. [PMID: 1763181 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-7139-6_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- N Seiler
- Marion Merrell Dow Research Institute, Strasbourg, France
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Igarashi K, Kashiwagi K, Fukuchi J, Isobe Y, Otomo S, Shirahata A. Spermine-like functions of N1, N12-bis(ethyl)spermine: stimulation of protein synthesis and cell growth and inhibition of gastric ulceration. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1990; 172:715-20. [PMID: 2241963 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(90)90733-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The spermine analogue N1, N12-bis(ethyl)spermine (BESPM) could mimic the functions of spermine in the following aspects: 1) BESPM could stimulate globin and ornithine decarboxylase synthesis in a rabbit reticulocyte cell-free system; 2) the addition of BESPM to the culture medium could recover cell growth of polyamine-deficient bovine lymphocytes; 3) spermidine uptake by bovine lymphocytes was inhibited by BESPM and spermine to a comparable degree; and 4) stress-induced gastric ulceration was inhibited by subcutaneous administration of BESPM. Since BESPM was less toxic than spermine for mice, BESPM or its derivatives may be useful for diseases which can be cured by polyamines.
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- K Igarashi
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Japan
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Larsson LI. Regulatory peptides and amines during ontogeny and in non-endocrine cancers: occurrence and possible functional significance. PROGRESS IN HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CYTOCHEMISTRY 1988; 17:1-222. [PMID: 3062670 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6336(88)80008-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- L I Larsson
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, State Serum Institute, Copenhagen S/Denmark
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Mizui T, Shimono N, Doteuchi M. A possible mechanism of protection by polyamines against gastric damage induced by acidified ethanol in rats: polyamine protection may depend on its antiperoxidative properties. JAPANESE JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY 1987; 44:43-50. [PMID: 3041086 DOI: 10.1254/jjp.44.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The protective mechanism of polyamines against acidified ethanol-induced gastric damage was studied. Their oral administration prevented the formation of gastric mucosal lesions induced by 90% ethanol in 150 mM HCl in a dose-dependent manner, with the order of the protective potency being spermine greater than spermidine greater than putrescine. The acidified ethanol-induced lesions were accompanied by a concomitant increase in gastric mucosal lipid peroxide levels, but spermine in a protective dose could prevent the increment of lipid peroxides. Polyamines, in a concentration-dependent fashion, inhibited the reduction of nitroblue tetrazolium by superoxide anion radicals generated in vitro in the xanthine-xanthine oxidase system and the lipid peroxidation in vitro induced by ferrous ion in the porcine gastric mucosal homogenate. The order of the superoxide scavenging potency and the inhibitory potency of iron-induced lipid peroxidation by polyamines corresponded to the order to the protective potency against acidified ethanol-induced gastric lesions. The present results suggest that cytoprotection by polyamines may be responsible for their antiperoxidative activities.
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