Selective putrescine export is regulated by insulin and ornithine in Reuber H35 hepatoma cells.

Cultured Reuber H35 rat hepatoma cells under highly viable serum-free conditions were found to selectively export putrescine from inside the cell into the culture medium, but not spermidine, spermine, or their acetylated derivatives. Even untreated cells, with very low intracellular putrescine levels, constitutively exported significant amounts of only putrescine for a 12 h period. Administration of the phorbol ester TPA (12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate) which markedly elevates ornithine decarboxylase (ODC), did not potentiate putrescine export over what was measured in the unstimulated cultures. However, addition of 1 mM ornithine to the cultures resulted in increased intracellular putrescine (maximum at 4 h) with a marked concomitant increase in putrescine export between 0 and 8 h, after which putrescine export again stopped. Treatment with 10(-7) M insulin yielded intracellular putrescine levels that remained elevated for 36 along with a continuous and more rapid export of putrescine over the same 36 h time period. When insulin and ornithine were administered together, even higher levels of intracellular putrescine and putrescine export were observed, with putrescine efflux proceeding over the 36 h time-course at the highest observed rates of 1.5 (0-12 h) and 1.0 (12-36 h) nmol/mg total protein per h. Exposure to DFMO, an inhibitor of ODC, depleted intracellular putrescine stores and effectively suppressed putrescine export. There was not a positive correlation between the time-dependent decreases in the intracellular putrescine concentrations and the respective alterations in the rate of putrescine export under a variety of conditions. Furthermore, the drug verapamil was capable of completely inhibiting putrescine export (IC50 approx. 1 microM) without any change in the level of intracellular putrescine. This data was not consistent with the involvement of simple diffusion of putrescine through the membrane as the major mechanism for putrescine export. The potential mechanisms involved in putrescine export and the role of this process in regulating intracellular polyamine levels, as well as, possible functions of extracellular putrescine are discussed.

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