title: L-dihydroxyphenylalanine methyl ester is a potent competitive antagonist of the L-dihydroxyphenylalanine-induced facilitation of the evoked release of endogenous norepinephrine from rat hypothalamic slices.
abstract: Using high performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection, we attempted to find among L-dopa-related analogs a competitive antagonist against L-dopa-induced facilitation of impulse (2 Hz)-evoked endogenous norepinephrine (NE) release from rat hypothalamic slices. At the first screening in the presence of cocaine and 3-hydroxybenzylhydrazine (NSD-1015), a L-aromatic amino acid decarboxylase inhibitor, L-dopa (1-100 nM) concentration-dependently facilitated NE release. L-dopa (1 microM) reduced NE release. D-dopa, L-phenylalanine, 3-O-methyl-dopa, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid or L-dopa-phosphate at 1 to 1000 nM, and carbidopa (1-10 nM), did not mimic L-dopa. L-dopa methyl ester (0.3-10 nM) concentration-dependently decreased NE release, suggesting that it is antagonistic, whereas L-threo-3,4-dihydroxyphenylserine (0.001-1 nM) concentration-dependently mimicked L-dopa. At the second screening in the additional presence of S-sulpiride, L-dopa (1-1000 nM) concentration-dependently facilitated NE release. Maximum effect was seen at 0.3 to 1 microM. Pretreatment with carbidopa (0.1-10 nM) or L-dopa phosphate (0.01-0.1 nM) was somewhat antagonistic. L-Dopa methyl ester (3-30 nM) in a concentration-dependent manner shifted the concentration-facilitation curve for L-dopa to the right: Schild plots gave a straight line with a slope of 1.00 and pA2 was 8.9, whereas l-propranolol (1-100 nM) concentration-dependently reduced maximal effect of L-dopa without rightward shift of the curve. L-Dopa methyl ester and some large neutral amino acids inhibited uptake of [3H]-L-dopa into slices in the presence of NSD-1015.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Goshima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Misu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002230:Carbidopa / Q000494:pharmacology; D003042:Cocaine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006834:Hydrazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007980:Levodopa / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism*; D011433:Propranolol / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013469:Sulpiride / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D006834:Hydrazines; D007980:Levodopa; D013469:Sulpiride; D011433:Propranolol; C004297:3-hydroxybenzylhydrazine; D003042:Cocaine; C035420:levodopa methyl ester; D002230:Carbidopa; D009638:Norepinephrine