Polyamines are highly regulated polycations which are essentially involved in cell growth and differentiation. Polyamines in food significantly contribute to the polyamine body pool. Dietary polyamines exert various direct and indirect trophic effects on the rat's immature intestine and play an important role during intestinal maturation. Human milk and that of other mammalians contain relative...

In colon cancer, the activities of polyamine-synthesizing enzymes and polyamine content are increased 3-4-fold over that found in the equivalent normal colonic mucosa, and polyamines have even been attributed as markers of neoplastic proliferation in the colon. Furthermore, and in contrast with all other cell systems in the body, normal and neoplastic cells in the colon are exposed to high conc...

The total cellular mass of the small intestine is well controlled and can adapt, with hypo- or hyperplasia, to a wide variety of stimuli. Luminal nutrients, hormonal factors and pancreatic and biliary secretions have all been implicated in the regulation of intestinal mucosal growth. The polyamines (putrescine, spermidine and spermine) and the key enzyme controlling their synthesis (ornithine d...

BACKGROUND Polyamines are essential for cell growth. Dietary and probably gut bacterial derived polyamines contribute significantly to the polyamine body pool. AIMS To evaluate the influence of dietary, luminal polyamines on growth and development of different gastrointestinal organs in normally growing rats. METHODS Male suckling Wistar rats were randomly allocated to four treatment groups...

Previous studies have suggested that luminal polyamines can directly influence intestinal differentiation of neonatal rats. The present investigation has demonstrated the presence of high levels of polyamines in porcine milk and in the intestinal tissues of suckling pigs. The quantities of polyamines in sow's milk sampled between wk 1 and 8 of lactation were determined using high performance li...

The polyamines spermidine and spermine, and their precursor putrescine, are required for cell growth and cellular functions. The high levels of tissue polyamines are implicated in carcinogenesis. The major sources of exogenous polyamines are diet and intestinal luminal bacteria in gastrointestinal (GI) tissues. Both endocytic and solute carrier-dependent mechanisms have been described for polya...

The intestinal mucosa is a rapidly proliferative tissue, with a highly dynamic cell population. Its total cellular mass is well controlled and can adapt, with hypo- or hyperplasia, to a wide variety of stimuli. Luminal nutrients, hormonal factors, and pancreatic and biliary secretions have all been implicated in the regulation of intestinal mucosal adaptation. Similarly, the same factors appear...

bacbackground and objectives: polyamines (putrecsine, spermidine and spermine) are widespread components, which can be found in most of the foods like meat, fruits, vegetables, cheese and wine. studies show that reducing the level of polyamines in cells may help to slow down some cancer processes however, dietary polyamines may be required in wound healing, and for growth, maturation and regene...

In the pancreatic-biliary diversion model, D F M O significantly reduced intestinal spermidine and spermine levcls and the spermidinc/spermine ratio. This was associated with a marked reduction or complete prevention of the adaptive mucosal hyperplasia in both the jejunum and the ileum 1201. D F M O has also been used t o inhibit intestinal growth in other experimental models. D F M O produced ...