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M Sano

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PubMed1977

Correlation between serum dopamine-beta-hydroxylase activity and dopamine-beta-hydroxylase and tyrosine hydroxylase activities in central and peripheral adrenergic neurons and adrenal glands.

Serum dopamine-beta-hydroxylase activity in spontaneously hypertensive rats and Wistar-Kyoto rats had a positive correlation with dopamine-beta-hydroxylase and tyrosine hydroxylase activities in mesenteric vessels, vas deferens, and adrenal glands at 14-16 weeks of age, a negative correlation with dopamine-beta-hydroxylase activity in locus coeruleus at 3 weeks and 14-16 weeks of age, and a positive correlation with tyrosine hydroxylase activity only at 3 weeks of age, but not at 14-16 weeks of age.

Adrenal Glands↗
PubMed1977

Phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase and other enzymes of catecholamine metabolism in human brain.

The activities of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), DOPA decarboxylase (DDC), dopamine beta-hydroxylase (DBH), phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT), and monoamine oxidase (MAO) with serotonin and phenylethylamine as substrates were measured in catecholaminergic regions of human brain from 10 controls and 3 patients with Parkinsonism. PNMT activity was detected in hypothalamus, thalamus and cerebellar nucleus of the control human brain, and was reduced in hypothalamus of Parkinsonian cases. Type A (with serotonin as substrate) and type B (with phenylethylamine as substrate) MAO activities were high in all brain regions with little individual variations in controls and Parkinsonian cases. TH activity was high in the controls and was markedly decreased, in substantia nigra, caudate nucleus, putamen and in pallidum, in all three cases of Parkinsonism. DDC activity in these regions was also decreased in 2 patients. However, one Parkinsonian case had only decreased TH and normal DDC activities. DBH activity in hypothalamus was also reduced in the Parkinsonian cases.

Adult↗
PubMed1977

Analysis of drugs by pyrolysis. I. Selected ion monitoring combined with a pyrolysis method for the determination of carpronium chloride in biological samples.

In order to establish an analytical method for carpronium chloride, a parasympathomimetic agent, the pyrolysis reaction of carpronium chloride was examined in a g.c.m.s. system, which revealed that gamma-butyrolactone was produced directly from the drug as the main pyrolysis product. In the case of conversion of [2,2,3,3-2H4]carpronium chloride into the deuterated gamma-butyrolactone, 2H/1H scrambling was observed and confirmed to occur during the pyrolysis process of the deuterated compound. The proportion of gamma-[2H4]butyrolactone among the pyrolysis products was almost independent of the operating conditions, so [2,2,3,3-2H4]carpronium chloride was of practical use as an internal standard for selected ion monitoring. By incorporation of the pyrolysis reaction of carpronium chloride with selected ion monitoring and the use of [2,2,3,3-2H4]carpronium chloride as an internal standard, a rapid, sensitive and selective method was devised for the determination of the drug in biological samples. The method was utilized successfully for the biopharmaceutical studies of carpronium chloride in ma.

4-Butyrolactone↗
PubMed1977

Norepinephrine-synthesizing enzymes in brain, adrenals and peripheral sympathetic nerves of spontaneously hypertensive rats.

Dopamine-beta-hydroxylase (DBH) activity in serum, DBH and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) activities in mesenteric vessels, and DBH and TH activities in locus coeruleus and hypothalamus of brain did not differ significantly between spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and normotensive Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKR) at 16 weeks of age when hypertension of SHR was fixed. In contrast, DBH and TH activities in vas deferens and adrenal glands were significantly higher in SHR than in WKR. These changes in SHR at 16 weeks of age after establishment of hypertension are directly opposite those reported previously in SHR at 3 weeks of age before the onset of hypertension.

Adrenal Glands↗
PubMed1976

Subcellular distribution and properties of guanylate cyclase in rat cerebellum.

In rat cerebellum the major portion of guanylate cyclase was found to be particulate-bound. The properties of particulate and supernatant guanylate cyclases from the cerebellum were comparatively examined. Both enzymes required the same optimal concentration of Mn2+ and were stimulated by Ca2+ in the presence of a low concentration of Mn2+. But dispersion of the particulate enzyme with Triton X-100 altered the Mn2+ concentration producing maximum activity and the inhibitory effect of Ca2+. The subcellular distributions of guanylate and adenylate cyclases were also studied in rat cerebellum. The major portions of the two cyclases were found in the mitochondrial fraction. The submitochondrial fractions separated by sucrose gradient showed that the major activities of both cyclases were concentrated in the fraction containing mainly nerve ending particles.

Adenylyl Cyclases↗
PubMed1976

Subcellular localizations of guanylate cyclase and 3',5'-cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase in sea urchin sperm.

The subcellular localizations of guanylate cyclase and 3',5'-cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase in sea urchin sperm were examined. Both the specific and total activities of these two enzymes were much higher in sperm flagella (tails) than in the heads. In addition to the observation that guanylate cyclase in the flagella was particulate-bound and solubilized by Triton X-100, more than 80% of the cyclase activity in the flagella was found in the plasma membrane fraction, whereas the activity of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase was observed in both the axonemal and plasma membrane fractions. The observations indicated that the cyclase in the flagella appeared to be associated with the plasma membrane. Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase in the plasma membrane fraction as well as the axonemal fraction hydrolyzed both cyclic GMP and cyclic AMP; however, the rates of hydrolysis for cyclic GMP were obviously higher than those for cyclic AMP. The enzymic properties of guanylate cyclase and cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase in sperm flagella were also briefly described.

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