title: Kinetics of the inhibition of human serum cholinesterase phenotypes with the dimethylcarbamate of (2-hydroxy-5-phenylbenzyl)-trimethylammonium bromide (Ro 02-0683).
abstract: The inhibition of the human serum cholinesterase phenotypes, usual (U), atypical (A) and heterozygous (UA), by the dimethylcarbamate of (2-hydroxy-5-phenylbenzyl)-trimethylammonium bromide (Ro 02-0683), was followed with benzoylcholine, acetyl-, butyryl- and propionyl-thiocholine as substrates. The first-order rate constants were calculated from the linear part of the inhibition curves and were independent of the substrate used for measuring the enzyme activity. The second-order rate constants for the U, UA and A phenotypes were 8.3 x 10(6), 6.1 x 10(6) and 0.05 x 10(6) M-1 min-1, respectively. The constant of the enzyme-inhibitor complex for the atypical serum was 7.7 microM, and the rate of carbamylation of the enzyme was 0.386 min-1. The rate of reactivation of carbamylated usual and atypical enzyme was found to be same; the half-time of reactivation was about 3.5 hr. The deviation from the linearity of the inhibition course was explained by spontaneous reactivation of the inhibited enzyme; the theoretical inhibition curves were in good agreement with the experimentally obtained values. The three phenotypes could be distinguished by the rate of inhibition by the dimethylcarbamate, Ro 02-0683, in the progressive phase of inhibition or by the degree of inhibition in the apparent steady-state.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, University of Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Prester
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Simeon
mesh_terms: D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002802:Cholinesterases / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000097:blood* / Q000235:genetics; D007700:Kinetics; D010641:Phenotype; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D007527:Isoenzymes; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; C006266:Ro 20683; D002802:Cholinesterases