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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 278: G49-G56, 2000;
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Vol. 278, Issue 1, G49-G56, January 2000

Putrescine does not support the migration and growth of IEC-6 cells

Qing Yuan, Mary Jane Viar, Ramesh M. Ray, and Leonard R. Johnson

Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee 38163

The migration of IEC-6 cells is inhibited when the cells are depleted of polyamines by inhibiting ornithine decarboxylase with alpha -difluoromethylornithine (DFMO). Exogenous putrescine, spermidine, and spermine completely restore cell migration inhibited by DFMO. Because polyamines are interconverted during their synthesis and catabolism, the specific role of individual polyamines in intestinal cell migration, as well as growth, remains unclear. In this study, we used an inhibitor of S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase, diethylglyoxal bis(guanylhydrazone)(DEGBG), to block the synthesis of spermidine and spermine from putrescine. We found that exogenous putrescine does not restore migration and growth of IEC-6 cells treated with DFMO plus DEGBG, whereas exogenous spermine does. In addition, the normal distribution of actin filaments required for migration, which is disrupted in polyamine-deficient cells, could be achieved by adding spermine but not putrescine along with DFMO and DEGBG. These results indicate that putrescine, by itself, is not essential for migration and growth, but that it is effective because it is converted into spermidine and/or spermine.

ornithine decarboxylase; S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase; cell migration; cell growth; IEC-6 cells; polyamines; alpha -difluoromethylornithine; diethylglyoxal bis(guanylhydrazone)


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