Preface ......................................................... v
Contributors ................................................... xi
Part I Introduction
1 Current Status of the Polyamine Research Field ............... 3
Anthony E. Pegg and Robert A. Casero, Jr.
Part II Identification of Polyamine Metabolic Enzymes and
Characterization of Polyamine-Regulated Genes and Ion
Channels
2 Exploring Polyamine Biosynthetic Diversity Through
Comparative and Functional Genomics ......................... 39
Anthony J. Michael
3 Characterization of Genes for Polyamine Modulon ............. 51
Kazuei Igarashi and Keiko Kashiwagi
4 Posttranscriptional Regulation of Gene Expression in
Epithelial Cells by Polyamines .............................. 67
Lan Xiao and Jian-Ying Wang
5 Identification, Chemical Synthesis, and Biological
Functions of Unusual Polyamines Produced by Extreme
Thermophiles ................................................ 81
Tairo Oshima, Toshiyuki Moriya, and Tusuke Terui
6 Polyamine Block of Inwardly Rectifying Potassium
Channels ................................................... 113
Harley T. Kurata, Wayland W.L. Cheng, and Colin G.
Nichols
Part III Transgenic Models for Study of Polyamine Function
7 Carcinogenesis Studies in Mice with Genetically
Engineered Alterations in Polyamine Metabolism ............. 129
David J. Feith
8 Transgenic Rodents with Altered SSAT Expression as Models
of Pancreatitis and Altered Glucose and Lipid Metabolism ... 143
Anne Uimari, Mervi T. Hyvönen, Eija Pirinen, and Leena
Alhonen
9 Use of (Gyro) Gy and Spermine Synthase Transgenic Mice
to Study Functions of Spermine ............................. 159
Xiaojing Wang and Anthony E. Pegg
Part IV Enzymes Involved in Polyamine Catabolism and
posttranslational protein modification
10 A Simple Assay for Mammalian Spermine Oxidase:
A Polyamine Catabolic Enzyme Implicated in Drug Response
and Disease ................................................ 173
Andrew C. Goodwin, Tracy R. Murray-Stewart, and Robert
A. Casero, Jr.
11 Characterization, Assay, and Substrate Specificity of
Plant Polyamine Oxidases ................................... 183
Panagiotis N. Moschou and Kalliopi A. Roubelakis-
Angelakis
12 Assay of Deoxyhypusine Synthase Activity ................... 195
Edith C. Wolff, Seung Bum Lee, and Myung Нее Park
13 Assay of Deoxyhypusine Hydroxylase Activity ................ 207
Jong Hwan Park, Edith C. Wolff, and Myung Нее Park
Part V Regulation of Polyamine Content
14 Identification and Assay of Allosteric Regulators of
S-Adenosylmethionine Decarboxylase ......................... 219
Erin K. Willert, Lisa N. Kinch, and Margaret A. Phillips
15 Protocols for Studying Antizyme Expression and Function .... 237
Noriyuki Murai, Yasuko Murakami, and Senya Matsufuji
16 Identification, Assay, and Functional Analysis of the
Antizyme Inhibitor Family .................................. 269
Chaim Kahana
17 Posttranscriptional Regulation of Ornithine
Decarboxylase .............................................. 279
Shannon L. Nowotarski, Sofia Origanti, and Lisa M.
Shantz
Part VI Polyamine Transport and Uptake
18 Identification and Assays of Polyamine Transport Systems
in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae ........... 295
Keiko Kashiwagi and Kazuei Igarashi
19 Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of Protozoal Polyamine
Transporters ............................................... 309
Marie-Pierre Hasne and Buddy Ullman
20 Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycan-Mediated Polyamine Uptake ..... 327
Johanna Welch, Katrin Svensson, Paulina Kucharzewska,
and Mattias Belting
21 Polyamine Transport Systems in Mammalian Cells and
Tissues .................................................... 339
Takeshi Uemura and Eugene W. Gerner
22 Procedures to Evaluate the Importance of Dietary
Polyamines ................................................. 349
Paul Acheampong, Mary J. Macleod, and Heather
M. Wallace
Part VII Polyamines and Disease
23 Determination of N1,N12-Diacetylspermine in Urine:
A Novel Tumor Marker ....................................... 367
Masao Kawakita, Kyoko Hiramatsu, Mari Yanagiya, Yosuke
Doi, and Mieko Kosaka
24 Spermidine/Spermine-N1-Acetyltransferase in Kidney
Ischemia Reperfusion Injury ................................ 379
Kamyar Zahedi and Manoocher Soleimani
25 Use of Polyamine Metabolites as Markers for Stroke and
Renal Failure .............................................. 395
Kazuei Igarashi and Keiko Kashiwagi
26 Methods to Evaluate Alterations in Polyamine Metabolism
Caused by Helicobacter pylori Infection .................... 409
Alain P. Gobert, Rupesh Chaturvedi, and Keith T. Wilson
27 High-Resolution Capillary Gas Chromatography in
Combination with Mass Spectrometry for Quantification
of Three Major Polyamines in Postmortem Brain Cortex ....... 427
Gary Gang Chen, Laura M. Fiori, Orval A. Mamer, and
Gustavo Turecki
28 Spermine Synthase Deficiency Resulting in X-Linked
Intellectual Disability (Snyder-Robinson Syndrome) ......... 437
Charles E. Schwartz, Xaiojing Wang, Roger E. Stevenson,
and Anthony E. Pegg
Part VIII Chemistry and Analysis
29 Methylated Polyamines as Research Tools .................... 449
Alex R. Khomutov, Janne Weisell, Maxim A. Khomutov,
Nikolay A. Grigorenko, Alina R. Simonian, Merja R.
Häkkinen, Tuomo A. Keinänen, Mervi T. Hyvönen, Leena
Alhonen, Sergey N. Kochetkov, and Jouko Vepsäläinen
30 Fluorescent Substrates for Polyamine Catabolic Enzymes
and Transport .............................................. 463
Koichi Takao and Akira Shirahata
31 Use of Polyamine Derivatives as Selective Histone
Deacetylase Inhibitors ..................................... 475
Patrick M. Woster
32 Measurement of Polyamine pK Values ......................... 493
Ian S. Blagbrough, Abdelkader A. Metwally, and Andrew
J. Geall
33 Polyamine Analysis by LC-MS ................................ 505
Merja R. Häkkinen
Index ......................................................... 519
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