Effects of adriamycin and daunomycin on ornithine decarboxylase activity and DNA synthesis in mouse epidermal cells

K. Satyamoorthy, E. M. Perchellet, J. P. Perchellet

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    Abstract

    Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity is induced when epidermal cells are incubated for 5-12 hr in the presence of 10 μm-adriamycin (ADR). The magnitude and duration of ODC induction by 5 μm-daunomycin (DAU) are much smaller. At 10 μm, ADR does not alter DNA synthesis but DAU inhibits ODC activity and DNA synthesis by 40 and 60%, respectively. ADR (10 μm) and, to a lesser degree, DAU (5 μm) also enhance 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced ODC activity, but, in contrast to ADR, 10-50 μm-DAU inhibit the ODC response to TPA by 50% or more. The induction and superinduction of ODC activities by ADR and/or TPA are all inhibited by the Ca2+-channel blocker verapamil. The ODC-inducing activity of ADR, therefore, may have a role in the mechanism by which mouse epidermal cells escape from the cytotoxic activity of this anthracycline antibiotic.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)459-463
    Number of pages5
    JournalToxicology in Vitro
    Volume6
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1992

    All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

    • Toxicology

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