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Development and Growth Regulation

Polyamines and the Cell Cycle of Catharanthus roseus Cells in Culture ¹

Biological Institute, Faculty of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980, Japan, Bio-Science Laboratory, Life Science Research Laboratories, Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd., Fuji-shi, Shizuoka, 416, Japan

Investigation was made on the effect of partial depletion of polyamines (PAs), induced by treatment with inhibitors of the biosynthesis of PAs, on the distribution of cells at each phase of the cell cycle in Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don. cells in suspension cultures, using flow cytometry. More cells treated with inhibitors of arginine decarboxylase (ADC) and ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) were accumulated in the G₁ phase than those in the control, while the treatment with an inhibitor of spermidine (SPD) synthase showed no effect on the distribution of cells. The endogenous levels of the PAs, putrescine (PUT), SPD, and spermine (SPM), were determined during the cell cycle in synchronous cultures of C. roseus. Two peaks of endogenous level of PAs, in particular, of PUT and SPD, were observed during the cell cycle. Levels of PAs increased markedly prior to synthesis of DNA in the S phase and prior to cytokinesis. Activities of ADC and ODC were also assayed during the cell cycle. Activities of ADC was much higher than that of ODC throughout the cell cycle, but both activities of ODC and ADC changed in concert with changes in levels of PAs. Therefore, it is suggested that these enzymes may regulate PA levels during the cell cycle. These results indicate that inhibitors of PUT biosynthesis caused the suppression of cell proliferation by prevention of the progression of the cell cycle, probably from the G₁ to the S phase, and PUT may play more important roles in the progression of the cell cycle than other PAs.

¹ This research was supported by the Grant of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan, for Bio-media Program, "Research on the mechanism of internal bio-signals to create new technologies for agriculture, forestry and fisheries".

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