title: Drug-induced changes in the formation, storage and metabolism of tyramine in the mouse.
abstract: 1 The endogenous concentrations of p- and m-tyramine in the mouse striatum were determined by a mass spectrometric integrated ion current technique and concentrations were 21.3 and 6.1 ng/g, respectively.2 The present results further confirm that the administration of antipsychotic drugs (chlorpromazine, haloperidol, spiroperidol, alpha-flupenthixol and (+)-butaclamol) reduces p-tyramine concentrations in the mouse striatum. In contrast, striatal m-tyramine showed a tendency to increase, although only in the cases of haloperidol and (+)-butaclamol were the differences statistically significant.3 Administration of antipsychotic drugs to mice pretreated with tranylcypromine or clorgyline produced a significant reduction in striatal p-tyramine when compared with the concentrations obtained in mice given a monoamine oxidase inhibitor. These results suggest that antipsychotic drugs reduce striatal p-tyramine formation. The moderate increases produced by monoamine oxidase inhibitors on striatal m-tyramine were not significantly changed after the administration of an antipsychotic.4 Drugs that reduce dopamine turnover (apomorphine, piribedil, lergotrile, alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine) significantly increased the concentration of striatal p-tyramine. No significant changes were observed in striatal m-tyramine concentrations after apomorphine, piribedil or lergotrile; alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine produced a reduction in its concentration.5 Drugs that impair amine storage (reserpine, tetrabenazine, oxypertine) reduced striatal concentrations of p-tyramine. The m-tyramine concentrations were also reduced by reserpine or tetrabenazine.6 It is possible that striatal tyramines act as modulators, or transmitters, and control the activity of dopaminergic neurones.
mesh_terms: D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001058:Apomorphine / Q000494:pharmacology; D003010:Clorgyline / Q000494:pharmacology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism; D004873:Ergolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008781:Methyltyrosines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D010891:Piribedil / Q000494:pharmacology; D012110:Reserpine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013747:Tetrabenazine / Q000494:pharmacology; D014191:Tranylcypromine / Q000494:pharmacology; D014439:Tyramine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D004873:Ergolines; D008781:Methyltyrosines; D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid; D014191:Tranylcypromine; D012110:Reserpine; D010891:Piribedil; D003010:Clorgyline; D001058:Apomorphine; D014439:Tyramine; D013747:Tetrabenazine