Abstract
Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC, E.C. 4.1.1.17) activity was measured in a 35,000 × g brain supernatant fraction, prepared 5 h after intracisternal injection of 12- O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) into developing mouse brain. TPA-dependent induction of ODC activity was maximal on days 5 and 9 postnatally while on day 7, the developmental (endogenous) level of ODC in brain was high and, concurrently, the ability of TPA to induce ODC was reduced. Both TPA-dependent and developmental increases in mouse brain ODC activity were significantly reduced by intracisternal injection of retinoic acid (RA). The efficacy of TPA in elevating ODC activity at postnatal ages 1–220 days-old was independent of both soluble- and particulate-associated TPA receptor concentration. These observations suggest that although TPA receptor activation may be an obligatory event in ODC induction, TPA receptor activation and its concentration per se, are not sufficient determinants for ODC induction and tumorigenesis. Furthermore, the endogenous mechanism of ODC induction is distinct from that of the TPA-dependent increase in ODC enzyme activity.
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