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Functional consequences of polyamine synthesis inhibition by L-alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO): cellular mechanisms for DFMO-mediated ototoxicity.

The Journal of biological chemistry, 2005
L-Alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) is a chemopreventive agent for colon cancer in clinical trials. Yet, the drug produces an across-frequency elevation of the hearing threshold, suggesting that DFMO may affect a common trait along the cochlear spiral. The mechanism for the ototoxic effects of DFMO remains uncertain. The cochlear duct is exclusively
Liping, Nie, Weihong, Feng, Rodney, Diaz, Michael A, Gratton, Karen Jo, Doyle, Ebenezer N, Yamoah   +5 more
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Development of difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) as a chemoprevention agent.

Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, 1999
D,L-alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) was synthesized over 20 years ago. It was hoped that this enzyme-activated, irreversible inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase, the first enzyme in polyamine synthesis, would be effective as a chemotherapy for hyperproliferative diseases, including cancer and/or infectious processes.
Meyskens, F L, Jr, Gerner, E W
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Evaluation of Polyamine Transport Inhibitors in a Drosophila Epithelial Model Suggests the Existence of Multiple Transport Systems

Medical Sciences, 2017
Increased polyamine biosynthesis activity and an active polyamine transport system are characteristics of many cancer cell lines and polyamine depletion has been shown to be a viable anticancer strategy.
Minpei Wang, Otto Phanstiel, Laurence von Kalm   +2 more
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Polyamine pathway inhibition as a novel therapeutic approach to treating neuroblastoma

Frontiers in Oncology, 2012
Polyamines are highly regulated essential cations that are elevated in rapidly proliferating tissues, including diverse cancers. Expression analyses in neuroblastomas suggest that upregulation of polyamine pro-synthetic enzymes and downregulation of ...
Laura Dawn Gamble, Michael D Hogarty, Xuenyuan eLiu, David S Ziegler, David S Ziegler, Glenn M Marshall, Glenn M Marshall, Murray D Norris, Michelle eHaber   +8 more
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Effect of α-difluormethylornithine on Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera, Tephritidae) ovary size Efeito da α-difluorometilornitina nas dimensões dos ovários em Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera, Tephritidae)

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2009
Ovarian sizes (length and width) were measured in young females of Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann) (Diptera, Tephritidae) subjected or not to the inhibitor α -difluormethylornithine (α -DFMO). The most effective concentration of α -DMFO
VV. Cardoso, JCF. Moreira, AK. Oliveira
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The influence of chemical analogs of decarboxylated ornithine and S-(adenosil)-methionine on the growth of L-cell tissue culture

RUDN Journal of Medicine, 2010
The effect of aliphatic amino- and oxy-derivatives of Ornithine and of S-(Adenosil)-methionine on the growth of L-cells in tissue culture was studied.
S P Siatkin, T T Berezov, T V Fedoronchuk, N Ya Gridina, E A Neborakh, N A Shevkhun, N A Sokueva, E V Ustinova, R I Sokuev   +8 more
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Translational development of difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) for the treatment of neuroblastoma.

Translational pediatrics, 2016
Neuroblastoma is a childhood tumor in which MYC oncogenes are commonly activated to drive tumor progression. Survival for children with high-risk neuroblastoma remains poor despite treatment that incorporates high-dose chemotherapy, stem cell support, surgery, radiation therapy and immunotherapy.
Bassiri, Hamid, Benavides, Adriana, Haber, Michelle, Gilmour, Susan K, Norris, Murray D, Hogarty, Michael D   +5 more
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Chemopreventionof long-term oncological consequences on the model of radiation carcinogenesis in female rats

Сибирский онкологический журнал, 2016
A comparative study of the anticarcinogenic activity of synthetic polyamine inhibitor α-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) and three plant drugs on the model of radiation carcinogenesis was carried out in 615 female Wistar rats subjected to total body γ ...
V. G. Bespalov, A. V. Alexandrov, A. L. Semenov, E. G. Kovanko, S. D. Ivanov   +4 more
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Impact of Difluoromethylornithine and AMXT 1501 on Gene Expression and Capsule Regulation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Biomolecules
Streptococcus pneumoniae (Spn), a Gram-positive bacterium, poses a significant threat to human health, causing mild respiratory infections to severe invasive conditions. Despite the availability of vaccines, challenges persist due to serotype replacement
Moses B. Ayoola, Leslie A. Shack, Otto Phanstiel, Bindu Nanduri   +3 more
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A direct fluorescence assay for quantitative analysis of ornithine decarboxylase activity and inhibitor screening. [PDF]

J Biol Chem
Choi JY, Bereta G, Furry M, Vanderwal CD, Grudnik P, Ben Mamoun C.   +5 more
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