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PubMed2000

Peripheral markers of serotonergic and noradrenergic function in post-pubertal, caucasian males with autistic disorder.

Some studies have suggested that disorders in the peripheral and central metabolism of serotonin (5-HT) and noradrenaline may play a role in the pathophysiology of autistic disorder. This study examines serotonergic and noradrenergic markers in a study group of 13 male, post-pubertal, caucasian autistic patients (age 12-18 y; I.Q. > 55) and 13 matched volunteers. [3H]-paroxetine binding Kd values were significantly higher in patients with autism than in healthy volunteers. Plasma concentrations of tryptophan, the precursor of 5-HT, were significantly lower in autistic patients than in healthy volunteers. There were no significant differences between autistic and normal children in the serum concentrations of 5-HT, or the 24-hr urinary excretion of 5-hydroxy-indoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), adrenaline, noradrenaline, and dopamine. There were no significant differences in [3H]-rauwolscine binding Bmax or Kd values, or in the serum concentrations of tyrosine, the precursor of noradrenaline, between both study groups. There were highly significant positive correlations between age and 24-hr urinary excretion of 5-HIAA and serum tryptophan. The results suggest that: 1) serotonergic disturbances, such as defects in the 5-HT transporter system and lowered plasma tryptophan, may play a role in the pathophysiology of autism; 2) autism is not associated with alterations in the noradrenergic system; and 3) the metabolism of serotonin in humans undergoes significant changes between the ages of 12 and 18 years.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1996

Decreased lumbar cerebrospinal fluid levels of monoamine metabolites in vascular dementia.

The levels of the monoamine metabolites 5-hydroxy-indoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), homovanillic acid (HVA), and 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-phenylglycol (HMPG) were determined in lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of 56 patients with vascular dementia (VAD) and 57 healthy controls. Despite CSF sampling under standardized conditions, the variability in values was wide among both patients and controls. This suggests that yet unknown factors affect the lumbar CSF concentrations of monoamine metabolites. The VAD group showed significantly lower mean concentrations of 5-HIAA (p < .001) and HVA (p < .001) than the control group. These low concentrations appear to be no disease-specific phenomenon, but may be attributable to subcortical white-matter changes or a decreased production of monoamines, which are dependent on oxygen for their synthesis.

Aged↗
PubMed2005

Intermediates and transition states in thiamin diphosphate-dependent decarboxylases. A kinetic and NMR study on wild-type indolepyruvate decarboxylase and variants using indolepyruvate, benzoylformate, and pyruvate as substrates.

The thiamin diphosphate (ThDP)-dependent enzyme indolepyruvate decarboxylase (IPDC) is involved in the biosynthetic pathway of the phytohormone 3-indoleacetic acid and catalyzes the nonoxidative decarboxylation of 3-indolepyruvate to 3-indoleacetaldehyde and carbon dioxide. The steady-state distribution of covalent ThDP intermediates of IPDC reacting with 3-indolepyruvate and the alternative substrates benzoylformate and pyruvate has been analyzed by (1)H NMR spectroscopy. For the first time, we are able to isolate and directly assign covalent intermediates of ThDP with aromatic substrates. The intermediate analysis of IPDC variants is used to infer the involvement of active site side chains and functional groups of the cofactor in distinct catalytic steps during turnover of the different substrates. As a result, three residues (glutamate 468, aspartate 29, and histidine 115) positioned perpendicular to the thiazolium moiety of ThDP are involved in binding of all substrates and decarboxylation of the respective tetrahedral ThDP-substrate adducts. Most likely, interactions of these side chains with the substrate-derived carboxylate account for an optimal orientation of the substrate and/or intermediate in the course of carbon-carbon ligation and decarboxylation supporting the suggested least-motion, maximum overlap mechanism. The active site residue glutamine 383, which is located at the opposite site of the thiazolium nucleus as the "carboxylate pocket" (formed by the Glu-Asp-His triad), is central to the substrate specificity of IPDC, probably through orbital alignment. The Glu51-cofactor proton shuttle is, conjointly with the Glu-Asp-His triad, involved in multiple proton transfer steps, including ylide generation, substrate binding, and product release. Studies with para-substituted benzoylformate substrates demonstrate that the electronic properties of the substrate affect the stabilization or destabilization of the carbanion intermediate or carbanion-like transition state and in that way alter the rate dependence on decarboxylation. In conclusion, general mechanistic principles of catalysis of ThDP-dependent enzymes are discussed.

Amino Acid Substitution↗
PubMed1991

Novel indole-2-carboxylates as ligands for the strychnine-insensitive N-methyl-D-aspartate-linked glycine receptor.

A series of indole-2-carboxylates were prepared and evaluated for their ability to inhibit the binding at the strychnine-insensitive glycine receptor that is associated with the NMDA-PCP-glycine receptor complex. All of the compounds were selective for the glycine site relative to other sites on the receptor macrocomplex and several of the compounds in this series were found to have submicromolar affinity for this receptor. The lead compound, 2-carboxy-6-chloro-3-indoleacetic acid (Ki = 1.6 microM vs [3H]glycine), was also found to noncompetitively inhibit the binding of MK-801, a ligand for the phencyclidine site on the receptor macrocomplex. These latter data suggest that the compound functions as an antagonist at the strychnine-insensitive glycine receptor. The structural activity relationships within this series of indole-2-carboxylates is discussed and several key pharmacophores are identified for this series of glycine ligands. In general, the most potent compounds were the C-3 acetamides, with N-propyl-2-carboxy-6-chloro-3-indoleacetamide having the highest receptor affinity.

Animals↗
PubMed1998

Synthesis of the Pentacyclic Skeleton of the Aspidosperma Alkaloids Using Rhodium Carbenoids as Reactive Intermediates.

A series of diazo amido keto esters prepared from N-alkenyl-substituted 3-carbalkoxy-2-piperidone derivatives was treated with rhodium(II) acetate. Attack of the amido carbonyl oxygen at the resultant rhodium carbenoid center produced a transient push-pull carbonyl ylide dipole which underwent an intramolecular dipolar cycloaddition reaction. A related annulation sequence was used to prepare the pentacyclic skeleton of the aspidosperma family of alkaloids. Synthesis of the required diazo imide was carried out from 3-carboxy-3-ethyl-2-piperidone and N-methyl-3-indoleacetic acid. Treatment of the diazo imide with rhodium(II) acetate afforded a transient 1,3-dipole which subsequently underwent cycloaddition across the indole pi-bond. The resulting cycloadduct is the consequence of endo cycloaddition with respect to the dipole which is fully in accord with the lowest energy transition state. The cycloadduct was converted in three steps into desacetoxy-4-oxo-6,7-dihydrovindorosine. The stereochemistry of the final product was established by a X-ray crystallographic study.

Journal Article↗
PubMed2002

A seedling specific vegetative lectin gene is related to development in Cicer arietinum.

Plant lectins are a group of glycoproteins with the ability to recognize and bind carbohydrate ligands. Seed lectins function as storage and defense proteins, but the specific function of vegetative lectins is uncertain. In this paper we describe the characterization of a clone, CanVLEC, encoding a vegetative lectin from chickpea (Cicer arietinum L. cv. Castellana). The expression of the CanVLEC gene was specific in seedlings, mostly in hooks and elongating epicotyls, and no expression was detected in adult plants. The level of chickpea vegetative lectin transcripts in epicotyls decreased through the epicotyl growth suggesting a relationship to development. Treatment with indoleacetic acid (IAA) and brassinolides (BR), hormones that promoted elongation in chickpea epicotyl, increased the level of CanVLEC mRNA, supporting a relationship to growth. CanVLEC is drastically down regulated by water deficit ruling out its possible involvement in plant response to water stress, unlike other vegetative lectins. CanVLEC protein may be targeted to an extracellular location owing to the presence of a signal peptide.

Journal Article↗
PubMed1990

Reversible inactivation of K+ channels of Vicia stomatal guard cells following the photolysis of caged inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate.

RECENT investigations suggest that cytoplasmic D-myo-inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate (InsP3) functions as a second messenger in plants, as in animals, coupling environmental and other stimuli to intracellular Ca2+ release. Cytoplasmic levels of InsP3 and the turnover of several probable precursors in plants are affected by physiological stimuli--including light, osmotic stress and the phytohormone indoleacetic acid--and InsP3 activates Ca2+ channels and Ca2+ flux across plant vacuolar and microsomal membranes. Complementary data also link changes in cytoplasmic free Ca2+ to several physiological responses, notably in guard cells which regulate gas exchange through the stomatal pores of higher plant leaves. Recent evidence indicates that guard cell K+ channels and, hence, K+ flux for stomatal movements may be controlled by cytoplasmic Ca2+. So far, however, direct evidence of a role for InsP3 in signalling in plants has remained elusive. Here we report that InsP3 released from an inactive, photolabile precursor, the P5-1-(2-nitrophenyl)ethyl ester of InsP3 (caged InsP3) reversibly inactivates K+ channels thought to mediate K+ uptake by guard cells from Vicia faba L. while simultaneously activating an apparently time-independent, inward current to depolarize the membrane potential and promote K+ efflux through a second class of K+ channels. The data are consistent with a transient rise in cytoplasmic free Ca2+ and demonstrate that intact guard cells are competent to use InsP3 in signal cascades controlling ion flux through K+ channels.

Calcium↗
PubMed1987

Preparation of 7-hydroxy-2-oxoindolin-3-ylacetic acid and its [13C2], [5-n-3H], and [5-n-3H]-7-O-glucosyl analogues for use in the study of indol-3-ylacetic acid catabolism.

An improved synthesis of 7-hydroxy-2-oxoindolin-3-ylacetic acid via the base-induced condensation reaction between oxalate esters and 7-benzyloxyindolin-2-one is described. 7-Benzyloxyindolin-2-one was prepared in four steps and 50% overall yield from 3-hydroxy-2-nitrotoluene. The yield of the title compound from 7-benzyloxyindolin-2-one was 56%. This route was used to prepare 7-hydroxy-2-oxoindolin-3-yl[13C2]acetic acid in 30% yield from [13C2]oxalic acid dihydrate. The method could not be extended to the preparation of the corresponding [14C2]-compound. However, an enzyme preparation from Zea mays roots catalysed the conversion of carrier-free [5-n-3H]indol-3-ylacetic acid with a specific activity of 16.7 Ci mmol-1 to a mixture of 7-hydroxy-2-oxo[5-n-3H]indolin-3-ylacetic acid and its [5-n-3H]-7-O-glucoside in ca. 3 and 40% radiochemical yield respectively. The glucoside was converted into the 7-hydroxy compound in 80% yield by means of beta-glucosidase.

Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Sequestration of serotonin in stored platelets.

A high-pressure liquid chromatographic procedure was used for the determination of 5-hydroxytryptamine (serotonin, 5HT) in platelets. The method, which is based on the separation on a reverse-phase column and measurement of native fluorescence in an acidified mobile phase, had a detection limit of femtomol quantities of 5HT. The mean contents of 5HT extracted from the Triton X-100-lysed platelets in random-donor platelet concentrates (PCs) were 0.39 +/- 0.19 mumol per 10(11) platelets (n = 5), the value of which was almost equal to 0.40 +/- 0.09 mumol per 10(11) platelets (n = 15) of platelets prepared by cytapheresis. The fate of platelet 5HT during storage of PCs at 22 degrees C with agitation was investigated for 5 days. Nearly all amounts of 5HT were sequestered within platelets after 5-day storage. No increased amounts of major metabolites of 5HT, 5-hydroxytryptophol and 5-hydroxy-3-indoleacetic acid, were detected in plasma. These data suggest that 5HT stored in dense granules of platelets is not metabolized during storage of PCs at 22 degrees C for 5 days.

Blood Platelets↗
PubMed1982

Central action of amitriptyline N-oxide.

The central action of amitriptyline N-oxide (AMINO) has been compared with amitriptyline (AMI) in biochemical and pharmacological studies in rats and mice. It has been found in rats that both drugs prevent 6-OH-dopamine-induced depletion of brain noradrenaline (NA). At the same time AMINO increases and AMI lowers the NA level, both being without effect on 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol concentrations in the brain. AMINO and AMI potentiate the depletion of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) induced by p-chloroamphetamine in the rat brain and it may be considered as evidence that both drugs do not inhibit 5-HT uptake in vivo. Neither AMINO nor AMI affects the rat brain level of 5-HT but at higher doses they elevate the 5-hydroxy-indoleacetic acid concentrations. AMINO antagonizes the head twitch reaction induced by 5-hydroxytryptophan in mice and tryptamine convulsions in rats. The hyperthermia induced by fenfluramine (in rats at a high ambient temperature) as well as the stimulation of the hind limb flexor reflex in spinal rats, induced by fenfluramine or LSD, are also inhibited. AMINO antagonizes the 5-HT-induced increase in blood pressure in pithed rats. All the above effects are similar to those induced by AMI, only the active doses of AMINO are higher. The results presented indicate that AMINO, like AMI, inhibits NA uptake and is a 5-HT antagonist.

5-Hydroxytryptophan↗