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eflornithine and B16 Melanoma

eflornithine has been researched along with B16 Melanoma in 13 studies

Eflornithine: An inhibitor of ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE, the rate limiting enzyme of the polyamine biosynthetic pathway.
eflornithine : A fluoroamino acid that is ornithine substituted by a difluoromethyl group at position 2.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"The uptake of intracellular putrescine and spermidine was examined in B16 melanoma cells."7.68Evidence for the existence of distinct transporters for the polyamines putrescine and spermidine in B16 melanoma cells. ( Ilett, KF; Martin, RL; Minchin, RF; Raso, A, 1991)
"Several bipyridinium, tetrapyridinium and hexapyridinium quaternary salts have been found to be potent inhibitors of putrescine uptake into B16 melanoma cells which had previously been treated with difluoromethylornithine."7.67Inhibition of putrescine uptake by polypyridinium quaternary salts in B16 melanoma cells treated with difluoromethylornithine. ( Ilett, KF; Martin, RL; Minchin, RF; Summers, LA, 1989)
"The uptake of intracellular putrescine and spermidine was examined in B16 melanoma cells."3.68Evidence for the existence of distinct transporters for the polyamines putrescine and spermidine in B16 melanoma cells. ( Ilett, KF; Martin, RL; Minchin, RF; Raso, A, 1991)
"We have examined the effect of difluoromethylornithine on the ability of B16 melanoma cells to take up putrescine and the 4,4'-dipyridyl herbicide paraquat."3.67Paraquat is not accumulated in B16 tumor cells by the polyamine transport system. ( Ilett, KF; Martin, RL; Minchin, RF, 1989)
"Several bipyridinium, tetrapyridinium and hexapyridinium quaternary salts have been found to be potent inhibitors of putrescine uptake into B16 melanoma cells which had previously been treated with difluoromethylornithine."3.67Inhibition of putrescine uptake by polypyridinium quaternary salts in B16 melanoma cells treated with difluoromethylornithine. ( Ilett, KF; Martin, RL; Minchin, RF; Summers, LA, 1989)
"Melanoma is a disease that need not be deadly."2.38The prevention of cutaneous malignant melanoma: high-risk groups, chemoprevention, education, and screening. ( Greene, MH, 1993)
"DFMO inhibited the proliferation of B16 melanoma cells in culture but the inhibitory effect was much less than that on BPAE cells."1.28Tumor angiogenesis and polyamines: alpha-difluoromethylornithine, an irreversible inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase, inhibits B16 melanoma-induced angiogenesis in ovo and the proliferation of vascular endothelial cells in vitro. ( Enomoto, M; Kinoshita, A; Nishida, Y; Pan, HO; Suzuki, F; Takigawa, M, 1990)
"Using B16 melanoma cells, we have shown that these two drugs inhibit growth over 72 hr in vitro."1.28Difluoromethylornithine prevents the down-regulation of type I interferon receptors: a possible mechanism for a synergistic antiproliferative effect. ( Beilharz, MW; Dilollo, DL; Lai, MC; Minchin, RF, 1990)
"Treatment of mice bearing B16 melanoma with DFMO resulted in 81% inhibition of tumor growth compared to controls."1.28Effect of murine alpha-, beta-, and gamma-interferons in combination with alpha-difluoromethylornithine, an inhibitor of polyamine biosynthesis, on the tumor growth and metastasis of B16 melanoma and Lewis lung carcinoma in mice. ( Bowlin, TL; Fleischmann, WR; Rosenberger, AL; Sunkara, PS, 1989)

Research

Studies (13)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19904 (30.77)18.7374
1990's8 (61.54)18.2507
2000's1 (7.69)29.6817
2010's0 (0.00)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Stark, PA1
Thrall, BD1
Meadows, GG1
Abdel-Monem, MM1
Greene, MH1
Süli-Vargha, H1
Morandini, R1
Bódi, J1
Nagy, L1
Medzihradszky-Schweiger, H1
Ghanem, G1
Sanchez Mas, J1
Martijnez-Esparza, M1
Bastida, CM1
Solano, F1
Penafiel, R1
Garcija-Borron, JC1
Sanborn, G1
Niederkorn, J1
Kan-Mitchell, J1
Albert, D1
Takigawa, M1
Enomoto, M1
Nishida, Y1
Pan, HO1
Kinoshita, A1
Suzuki, F1
Minchin, RF4
Raso, A1
Martin, RL3
Ilett, KF3
Bowlin, TL3
Hoeper, BJ1
Rosenberger, AL2
Davis, GF2
Sunkara, PS3
Dilollo, DL1
Beilharz, MW1
Lai, MC1
Fleischmann, WR1
Summers, LA1
McKown, BJ1

Clinical Trials (1)

Trial Overview

TrialPhaseEnrollmentStudy TypeStart DateStatus
TArgeting Type 1 Diabetes Using POLyamines (TADPOL): A Randomized, Double-Masked, Placebo-Controlled Phase 2 Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) to Preserve Insulin Production in Type 1 Diabetes[NCT05594563]Phase 270 participants (Anticipated)Interventional2023-03-14Recruiting
[information is prepared from clinicaltrials.gov, extracted Sep-2024]

Reviews

1 review available for eflornithine and B16 Melanoma

ArticleYear
The prevention of cutaneous malignant melanoma: high-risk groups, chemoprevention, education, and screening.
    Cancer treatment and research, 1993, Volume: 65

    Topics: Animals; Anticarcinogenic Agents; Dysplastic Nevus Syndrome; Eflornithine; Fluorouracil; Humans; Mas

1993

Other Studies

12 other studies available for eflornithine and B16 Melanoma

ArticleYear
Synthesis and evaluation of novel spermidine derivatives as targeted cancer chemotherapeutic agents.
    Journal of medicinal chemistry, 1992, Nov-13, Volume: 35, Issue:23

    Topics: Antineoplastic Agents; Cell Division; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Melanoma, Experimental;

1992
In vitro cytotoxic effect of difluoromethylomithine increased nonspecifically by peptide coupling.
    Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 1997, Volume: 86, Issue:9

    Topics: Antineoplastic Agents; Eflornithine; Humans; Hydrolysis; Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones; Melanoma,

1997
Regulation of ornithine decarboxylase in B16 mouse melanoma cells: synergistic activation of melanogenesis by alphaMSH and ornithine decarboxylase inhibition.
    Biochimica et biophysica acta, 2002, Jan-30, Volume: 1542, Issue:1-3

    Topics: alpha-MSH; Animals; Cell Line; Eflornithine; Enzyme Activation; Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymolo

2002
Prevention of metastasis of intraocular melanoma in mice treated with difluoromethylornithine.
    Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 1992, Volume: 230, Issue:1

    Topics: Administration, Oral; Animals; Anterior Eye Segment; Cell Division; Disease Models, Animal; DNA, Neo

1992
Tumor angiogenesis and polyamines: alpha-difluoromethylornithine, an irreversible inhibitor of ornithine decarboxylase, inhibits B16 melanoma-induced angiogenesis in ovo and the proliferation of vascular endothelial cells in vitro.
    Cancer research, 1990, Jul-01, Volume: 50, Issue:13

    Topics: Animals; Cattle; Cell Division; Chick Embryo; DNA, Neoplasm; Eflornithine; Endothelium, Vascular; Me

1990
Evidence for the existence of distinct transporters for the polyamines putrescine and spermidine in B16 melanoma cells.
    European journal of biochemistry, 1991, Sep-01, Volume: 200, Issue:2

    Topics: Affinity Labels; Biological Transport; Carrier Proteins; Eflornithine; Kinetics; Melanoma, Experimen

1991
Effects of three irreversible inhibitors of ornithine decarboxylase on macrophage-mediated tumoricidal activity and antitumor activity in B16F1 tumor-bearing mice.
    Cancer research, 1990, Aug-01, Volume: 50, Issue:15

    Topics: Alkynes; Animals; Antineoplastic Agents; Cell Line; Cytotoxicity, Immunologic; Diamines; Eflornithin

1990
Difluoromethylornithine prevents the down-regulation of type I interferon receptors: a possible mechanism for a synergistic antiproliferative effect.
    Molecular pharmacology, 1990, Volume: 38, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Cell Division; Down-Regulation; Drug Synergism; Eflornithine; Interferon Type I; Melanoma,

1990
Effect of murine alpha-, beta-, and gamma-interferons in combination with alpha-difluoromethylornithine, an inhibitor of polyamine biosynthesis, on the tumor growth and metastasis of B16 melanoma and Lewis lung carcinoma in mice.
    Journal of biological response modifiers, 1989, Volume: 8, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Drug Synergism; Eflornithine; Interferon Type I; Interferon-gamma; Lung Neoplasms; Melanoma

1989
Paraquat is not accumulated in B16 tumor cells by the polyamine transport system.
    Life sciences, 1989, Volume: 45, Issue:1

    Topics: Biological Transport; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Eflornithine; Kinetics; Melanoma, Experiment

1989
Inhibition of putrescine uptake by polypyridinium quaternary salts in B16 melanoma cells treated with difluoromethylornithine.
    The Biochemical journal, 1989, Sep-01, Volume: 262, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Eflornithine; Melanoma, Experimental; Mice; Putrescine; Pyridinium Compounds; Tumor Cells,

1989
Effect of polyamine depletion in vivo by DL-alpha-difluoromethylornithine on functionally distinct populations of tumoricidal effector cells in normal and tumor-bearing mice.
    Cancer research, 1986, Volume: 46, Issue:11

    Topics: Animals; Eflornithine; Immunity, Cellular; Killer Cells, Natural; Lymphocyte Activation; Macrophages

1986