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Development and Growth Regulation

Polyamine Biosynthesis and Effect of Dicyclohexylamine during the Cell Cycle of Helianthus tuberosus Tuber ¹

Istituto Botanico, Via Irnerio, 42, 40126 Bologna Italy

Polyamine content and the activities of their main biosynthetic enzymes, ornithine decarboxylase (ODC, EC 4.1.1.17), arginine decarboxylase (ADC, EC 4.1.1.19), S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase (SAMDC, EC 4.1.1.50), and arginase (EC 3.5.3.1.), were examined in crude extracts of Helianthus tuberosus tuber slices during the first synchronous cell cycle, induced by synthetic auxin, with or without the addition of 1 or 5 millimolar dicyclohexylamine (DCHA), an inhibitor of spermidine synthase. In the DCHA-treated slices a peak of accumulation of the drug was observed at 12 hours. Bound DCHA was also found. Free polyamine content generally increased, reaching a maximum at 12 to 18 hours in the S phase of the cycle; while spermidine content was decreased slightly with DCHA after 12 hours, putrescine almost doubled at 18 hours. Bound polyamines were also present. ODC and ADC showed a maximum activity at 15 and 18 to 21 hours, respectively, i.e. in the S phase; both activities increased slightly in the presence of 5 millimolar DCHA at or near the time of maximum activity. Arginase was initially very high and then rapidly decreased although a small peak of activity occurred at 15 hours. SAMDC, which had two peaks of activity, was initially inhibited by DCHA, and then stimulated, especially at 12 hours and in coincidence with the main peak, at 21 hours. Thus ODC, ADC, and SAMDC activities as well as polyamine titer increased before and during the S phase of the cell cycle and all declined during cell division. The slight inhibitory effect of DCHA was possibly due to its degradation in the tissue and to the fact that putrescine could substitute for the function(s) of spermidine.

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