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    ISSN: 1420-908X
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract In the intestinal mucosa, diamine oxidase (DAO) seems to be involved in a feed-back regulation mechanism for the termination of proliferation. Therefore, we studied the DAO activity in large bowel tumors and in the non-affected mucosa of these patients in comparison with patients having a normal large mucosa. The DAO activity in the tumor tissue itself was diminished by 85% as compared to the surrounding mucosa. Comparing the colonic mucosa of normal and tumor bearing indivaduals, the DAO activity in cancer patients was diminished by 22%, while it was elevated by 64% in patients with polyps (biphasic response of the DAO activity). Histologically proven hyperproliferative mucosal alterations were indicated by a reduced DAO activity with 75% sensitivity and 42% specificity. It remains open whether this limited specificity may indicate a more sensitive reaction of the DAO activity to proliferative mucosal alterations than the histological examinations.
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    ISSN: 1420-908X
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract In inflammatory diseases of the large bowel a reduced diamine oxidase activity was found which may be related to a reduced oxidative degradation of histamine. An experimental inhibition of diamine oxidase could therefore influence the large bowel histamine concentration. The diamine oxidase inhibitor aminoguanidine was administered to rats in a single dose of 100 mg/kg orally, i.v., or i.p. A rapid increase of the concentration of the drug in the large bowel was measured (half-life=2–5 h). During chronic amino-guanidine administration (3 times/week, 100 mg/kg orally) the large bowel histamine increased by 30% on average. This may be sufficient for a proliferative stimulus of the intestinal mucosa. Previous reports of an increase of body weight of animals and of patients under aminoguanidine treatment could not be confirmed by our study.
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