Abstract

A number of polyamine (PA) derivatives of thiosemicarbazone of 1,3-dichloroacetone (TDA) have been prepared and their effect on growth in vivo of tumorigenic but not metastatic cell strain (LY-R) of mouse lymphoma L5178Y has been investigated. Polyamine derivatives of TDA (PDT) were injected i.p. every third day (4 times, 10 or 25 mg/kg per injection) into DBA/2 mice inoculated i.p. or s.c. with LY-R cells. It has been found that disubstituted putrescine (Put), spermidine (Spd) and spermine (Spm) derivatives TDA exhibit a prometastatic activity as indicated by the appearance of solid tumor foci in subcutaneous tissues, liver and spleen. This activity depends mainly on the structure of the PA fragment and the presence of TDA. An increase in lipid bound sialic acid content after treating LY-R cells in vitro and in vivo with a Spm derivative has been found. These findings suggest that disubstituted PA derivatives of TDA and LY-R cells may be a useful model for investigation of the final steps in formation of metastases by lymphoma cells.

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