[HTML][HTML] Polyamines in aging and disease

N Minois, D Carmona-Gutierrez, F Madeo - Aging (albany NY), 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Polyamines are polycations that interact with negatively charged molecules such as DNA,
RNA and proteins. They play multiple roles in cell growth, survival and proliferation …

A perspective of polyamine metabolism

HM Wallace, AV Fraser, A Hughes - Biochemical Journal, 2003 - portlandpress.com
Polyamines are essential for the growth and function of normal cells. They interact with
various macromolecules, both electrostatically and covalently and, as a consequence, have …

[HTML][HTML] Specific lipofuscin staining as a novel biomarker to detect replicative and stress-induced senescence. A method applicable in cryo-preserved and archival …

EA Georgakopoulou, K Tsimaratou… - Aging (Albany …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There is shortage of extensive clinicopathologic studies of cellular senescence because the
most reliable senescence biomarker, the detection of Senescence-Associated-beta …

Targeting polyamine metabolism and function in cancer and other hyperproliferative diseases

RA Casero Jr, LJ Marton - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2007 - nature.com
The polyamines spermidine and spermine and their diamine precursor putrescine are
naturally occurring, polycationic alkylamines that are essential for eukaryotic cell growth …

Tumor cell senescence in cancer treatment

IB Roninson - Cancer research, 2003 - AACR
Cell senescence is broadly defined as the physiological program of terminal growth arrest,
which can be triggered by alterations of telomeres or by different forms of stress. Neoplastic …

Oncogenic functions of tumour suppressor p21Waf1/Cip1/Sdi1: association with cell senescence and tumour-promoting activities of stromal fibroblasts

IB Roninson - Cancer letters, 2002 - Elsevier
p21Waf1/Cip1/Sdi1 is best known as a broad-specificity inhibitor of cyclin/cyclin-dependent
kinase complexes, but p21 also interacts with many other regulators of transcription or signal …

Polyamine metabolism and cancer

T Thomas, TJ Thomas - Journal of cellular and molecular …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Polyamines are aliphatic cations present in all cells. In normal cells, polyamine levels are
intricately controlled by biosynthetic and catabolic enzymes. The biosynthetic enzymes are …

Continuous oxidative stress due to activation of polyamine catabolism accelerates aging and protects against hepatotoxic insults

M Cerrada-Gimenez, M Pietilä, S Loimas, E Pirinen… - Transgenic …, 2011 - Springer
Enhanced polyamine catabolism via polyamine acetylation-oxidation elevates the oxidative
stress in an organism due to increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). We …

Polyamines on the reproductive landscape

PLC Lefevre, MF Palin, BD Murphy - Endocrine reviews, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The polyamines are ubiquitous polycationic compounds. Over the past 40 yr, investigation
has shown that some of these, namely spermine, spermidine, and putrescine, are essential …

Spermidine synthase genes are essential for survival of Arabidopsis

A Imai, T Matsuyama, Y Hanzawa, T Akiyama… - Plant …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The cellular polyamines putrescine, spermidine, and spermine are ubiquitous in nature and
have been implicated in a wide range of growth and developmental processes. There is little …