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E B Nikol'skaia

Publications and source records attributed to E B Nikol'skaia.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed2003

[Inhibition of liver mitochondrial monoamine oxidase activity by alkaloids isolated from Chelidonium and Macleaya and by their derivative drugs].

It has been shown that the major alkaloids from plants Chelidonium majus L. and Macleaya (Bocconia) cordata and microcarpa, namely, berberine, sanguinarine, chelidonine, and drugs "Ukrain" (thiophosphoric acid derivative of a sum of the alkaloids isolated from Ch. majus L.) and "Sanguirythrine" (a mixture of the alkaloids sanguinarine and chelerythrine, w/w 3:7, isolated from Macleaya), are irreversible inhibitors of oxidative deamination reaction of serotonin and tyramine as substrates, catalyzed by rat liver mitochondrial monoamine oxidase (MAO). At the same time these substances do not influence the oxidative deamination reaction of benzylamine as substrate (in concentration 1 mM or less). The substrate specificity of this inhibition manifests that mainly the oxidative deamination reactions catalyzed by MAO form A are inhibited by the agents studied. Among the examined agents, alkaloid chelidonine and drug "Ukrain" are the strongest inhibitors of the reaction. Alkaloids berberine and sanguinarine and drug "Sanguirythrine" exhibit a weaker action. Judging from the data obtained, sanguinarine and chelerythrine appear to exert similar inhibitory effects in this reaction, since sanguinarine and "Sanguirythrine" have similar values of bimolecular rate constants of their interaction with mitochondrial MAO. As it is well known, the MAO inhibitors appear to be, as a rule, pronounced antidepressants. The combination of malignotoxicity and antidepressive activity in drug "Ukrain" seems to be favourable for its clinical applications.

Alkaloids↗
PubMed2001

[The inhibition enzymatic hydrolysis of acetylthiocholine by acetylcholinesterase using principal alkaloids isolated from celandine and macleya and their derivatives].

A study was made of a possible inhibitory action on the enzymatic hydrolysis of acetylthiocholine by human erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase of principal alkaloids isolated from Chelidonium majus L. and Macleaya (Bocconia) cordata and microcarpa (namely sanguinarine, chelidonine, berberine), and of drugs "Ukrain" (thiophosphoric acid derivative of a sum of the alkaloids isolated from Chelidonium majus L.) and "Sanguirythrine" (a mixture of unseparated closely related to benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids sanguinarine and chelerythrine, isolated from Chelidonium majus L. and other plants of Papaveraceae family). All agents under study have been shown to be reversible inhibitors of the enzymatic hydrolysis of acetylthiocholine. On the basis of the kinetic data it has been determined that chelidonine belonged to reversible inhibitors of a competitive type. All other examined agents have been demonstrated to be inhibitors of a mixed competitive-noncompetitive type, and a greater contribution to the inhibition was made by the competitive constituent. Among all examined agents berberine, sanguinarine and "Sanguirythrine" were the strongest inhibitors of this reaction (the values of generalized inhibitory constants being 0.23, 0.23 and 0.29 microM, respectively) and cheliodonine and "Ukrain" were much weaker (2.0 and 2.5 microM, respectively). Judging from the data obtained, sanguinarine and chelerythrine exert similar inhibitory effects on the reaction of enzymatic hydrolysis of acetylthiocholine, since sanguinarine and "Sanguirythrine" have nearly equal generalized inhibitory constants.

Acetylcholinesterase↗
PubMed1996

[Features of inhibiting butyrylcholinesterase and carboxylesterase hydrolysis with fluoranhydride esters of beta,beta-diphenylethylphosphonic acid].

A new type of organophosphorus compounds-beta, beta-diphenylethylphosphonic acid fluoroanhydride esters-with various alkyl radicals (CH3, C2H5, C3H7, i-C3H7, C4H9, i-C4H9, C5H11, C6H13) and a phenyl radical (C6H5) have been tested as inhibitors of horse serum butyryl cholinesterase (EC 3.1.1.8) and two forms of reindeer liver carboxyl esterase (EC 3.1.1.1). All the tested compounds are strong irreversible inhibitors of butyryl cholinesterase and strong combined type inhibitors of carboxylesterase. The values of inhibitory constants have been found to depend on the structure of the alkyl radical in the inhibitor molecule.

Anhydrides↗
PubMed1989

[Determination of the enzyme activity in tissue homogenates and biological liquids].

The described method for measuring the enzymic activities in tissue homogenates and biological fluids is based on the separation of the space with the biological fluid, where the enzymic reaction takes place, from the space with the substrate solution, where the analytical effect is measured, by a semipermeable membrane. The authors present the results of measurements of monoamine oxidase activity in rat liver mitochondria homogenate, of acetylcholinesterase activity in mouse brain homogenate, and of cholinesterase activity in cow blood serum.

Animals↗
PubMed1986

[Comparative sensitivity of 2 carboxylesterases from the reindeer liver to various inhibitors].

The sensitivity to the inhibitor of two forms of reindeer liver carboxylesterases differing in electrophoretic mobility and conventionally termed as "slow" and "fast" forms were investigated. The rate constants for the interaction of organophosphorous irreversible inhibitors--diisopropylfluorophosphate (DPP) and two methylthiophosphonic acid thioesters--C5H11O(CH3)P(O)S(CH2)SCH2C(O)OCH3 (Sh-205) and, C8H17O(CH3)P(O)S(CH2)SCH2C(O)OCH2 (Sh-207)--with the "fast" form are hundreds of times as high as those with the "slow" one. The rate constants for irreversible carbamate inhibitor interaction byehone with both carboxylesterase forms were approximately equal to 1.2 X 10(3) M-1 X min-1 and 2.0 X 10(3) M-1 X min-1, respectively. The reversible inhibitors potassium benzylate and kathapin also inhibited the "fast" carboxylesterase form in the indophenylacetate (IPA) hydrolysis reaction (770 and 1700-fold, respectively). On the contrary, N-methylpiperidinyl ester of benzyl acid inhibited the "slow" form three times stronger. Carbophos reversibly inhibited IPA hydrolysis in the presence of both enzyme forms, but the carboxyester carbophos group was hydrolyzed at a measurable speed only by the "slow" form.

Animals↗
PubMed1982

[Substrate specificity of monoamine oxidase in rat liver mitochondria using an air-gap electrode].

The dependency of initial rates of tyramine, tryptamine, serotonin and benzylamine reactions of deamination catalyzed by rat liver monoamine oxidase from its concentrations was studied potentiometrically using an air-gap electrode. The kinetic deamination parameters, i.e. Michaelis constants an maximum velocities, were determined at pH values of 7.6 and 9.0. The inhibition of tyramine deamination at high concentrations of the latter was found for a pH value of 9.0 and the activation of serotonin deamination by its high concentrations for pH values of 7.6 and 9.0. The effects studied may be interpreted in terms of the allosteric nature of MAO.

Allosteric Regulation↗