Differential substrate specificity of monoamine oxidase in the rat heart and renal cortex

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2003

Autores

guimaraes, jt (Autor) FMUP; vindis, c (Autor) Outra; soares-da-silva, p (Autor) FMUP; parini, a (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: Life Sciences

Vol. 73

Páginas: 955-967

ISSN: 0024-3205

Editora: Elsevier

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 4 Citações

Scopus - 4 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências médicas e da saúde > Outras ciências médicas

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-000-FX9

DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(03)00415-6

Abstract (EN): Although it is known that substrate specificities differ with species and within each species with the tissues, in the rat heart no natural substrate was found for MAO-B. beta-phenylethylamine (beta-PEA) has always been considered the "endogenous" substrate of MAO B. We thought worthwide to evaluate the effect of Ro 41-1049 and lazabemide, both members of a class of highly selective, mechanism-based and reversible inhibitors for MAO-A and MAO B, respectively on the metabolization of beta-PEA by the rat heart. Also the lack of molecular data on rat heart MAOs, prompted us to better characterize rat heart MAOs, both kinetically and using molecular biology techniques. Km values for deamination of beta-PEA in the rat heart were 13-fold those in the kidney, by contrast, Km values for deamination of 5-HT were quite similar in both tissues. Unexpectedly, the selective MAO-A inhibitor Ro 41-1049 was by far the most potent inhibitor of beta-PEA (20 muM) deamination in the rat heart, while clorgyline, another MAO A inhibitor, and lazabemide, a MAO B inhibitor, had intermediate efficacy; selegiline was found unable to inhibit deamination of beta-PEA. In the rat renal cortex lazabemide and selegiline both inhibited beta-PEA deamination. The reduction of beta-PEA concentration to just 200 nM, the use of heart membranes instead of tissue homogenates or the use of heart membranes pre-treated with 1% digitonine failed to change this pattern of inhibition. Semicarbazide was found not to alter deamination of p-PEA. Western blot showed the presence of both isoforms (55 kd and 61 kd) in the renal cortex. In the heart there was a predominance of the A form, the B form being undetected. The RTPCR products for both MAO-A and MAO-B, were found to have the expected sizes. In conclusion, we found mRNA for MAO-B but were unable to detect the protein itself or its activity when using beta-PEA as the substrate.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 13