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Potential inhibitors of polyamine biosynthesis. 2. alpha-Alkyl- and benzyl-(+/-)-ornithine. 1975

M M Abdel-Monem, and N E Newton, and B C Ho, and C E Weeks

Alpha-Methyl-(+/-)-ornithine hydrochloride was not a substrate for ornithine decarboxylase from rat prostate glands. It produced equal inhibition of ornithine decarboxylase obtained from rat prostate glands, spleens of mice inoculated with L1210 leukemic cells, and regenerating rat liver indicating its lack of selectivity for any of these tissues. In these three tissues the inhibition was competitive with L-ornithine. A number of alpha-alkyl- and alpha-aralkyl-substituted analogs of (+/-)-ornithine were synthesized and evaluated in vitro as inhibitors of the enzyme L-ornithine decarboxylase obtained from prostate glands of rats. These compounds were obtained by the reaction of alkyl iodide or benzyl bromide with the anion obtained by treatment of 3-(benzalimino)piperidin-2-one with sodium hydride. The following alpha-substituted analogs of (+/-)-ornithine were obtained: ethyl, n-propyl, n-butyl, n-hexyl, n-octyl, and benzyl. The synthesized compounds were found to be much less active than alpha-methyl-(+/-)-ornithine as competitive inhibitors of ornithine decarboxylase in vitro. The most active compound in the series was alpha-n-octyl-(+/-)-ornithine which was 60-fold less active than alpha-methyl-(+/-)-ornithine and the least active analog was alpha-n-butyl-(+/-)-ornithine which was 270-fold less active than the alpha-methyl-(+/-)-ornithine.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007939 Leukemia L1210 An experimental LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA of mice. Leukemia L 1210,L 1210, Leukemia,L1210, Leukemia
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008297 Male Males
D008811 Mice, Inbred DBA An inbred strain of mouse. Specific substrains are used in a variety of areas of BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH such as DBA/1J, which is used as a model for RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS. Mice, DBA,Mouse, DBA,Mouse, Inbred DBA,DBA Mice,DBA Mice, Inbred,DBA Mouse,DBA Mouse, Inbred,Inbred DBA Mice,Inbred DBA Mouse
D008815 Mice, Inbred Strains Genetically identical individuals developed from brother and sister matings which have been carried out for twenty or more generations, or by parent x offspring matings carried out with certain restrictions. All animals within an inbred strain trace back to a common ancestor in the twentieth generation. Inbred Mouse Strains,Inbred Strain of Mice,Inbred Strain of Mouse,Inbred Strains of Mice,Mouse, Inbred Strain,Inbred Mouse Strain,Mouse Inbred Strain,Mouse Inbred Strains,Mouse Strain, Inbred,Mouse Strains, Inbred,Strain, Inbred Mouse,Strains, Inbred Mouse
D009952 Ornithine An amino acid produced in the urea cycle by the splitting off of urea from arginine. 2,5-Diaminopentanoic Acid,Ornithine Dihydrochloride, (L)-Isomer,Ornithine Hydrochloride, (D)-Isomer,Ornithine Hydrochloride, (DL)-Isomer,Ornithine Hydrochloride, (L)-Isomer,Ornithine Monoacetate, (L)-Isomer,Ornithine Monohydrobromide, (L)-Isomer,Ornithine Monohydrochloride, (D)-Isomer,Ornithine Monohydrochloride, (DL)-Isomer,Ornithine Phosphate (1:1), (L)-Isomer,Ornithine Sulfate (1:1), (L)-Isomer,Ornithine, (D)-Isomer,Ornithine, (DL)-Isomer,Ornithine, (L)-Isomer,2,5 Diaminopentanoic Acid
D009955 Ornithine Decarboxylase A pyridoxal-phosphate protein, believed to be the rate-limiting compound in the biosynthesis of polyamines. It catalyzes the decarboxylation of ornithine to form putrescine, which is then linked to a propylamine moiety of decarboxylated S-adenosylmethionine to form spermidine. Ornithine Carboxy-lyase,Carboxy-lyase, Ornithine,Decarboxylase, Ornithine,Ornithine Carboxy lyase
D011073 Polyamines Amine compounds that consist of carbon chains or rings containing two or more primary amino groups. Polyamine
D011467 Prostate A gland in males that surrounds the neck of the URINARY BLADDER and the URETHRA. It secretes a substance that liquefies coagulated semen. It is situated in the pelvic cavity behind the lower part of the PUBIC SYMPHYSIS, above the deep layer of the triangular ligament, and rests upon the RECTUM. Prostates
D002855 Chromatography, Thin Layer Chromatography on thin layers of adsorbents rather than in columns. The adsorbent can be alumina, silica gel, silicates, charcoals, or cellulose. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Chromatography, Thin-Layer,Thin Layer Chromatography,Chromatographies, Thin Layer,Chromatographies, Thin-Layer,Thin Layer Chromatographies,Thin-Layer Chromatographies,Thin-Layer Chromatography

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