title: Increased platelet 3H-imipramine binding and monoamine oxidase B activity in Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: Several biochemical abnormalities in peripheral tissues have been reported in Alzheimer's disease (AD). With this in mind we studied platelet monoamine oxidase B (MAO B) activity and 3H-imipramine (IMI) binding in both AD patients and healthy subjects and found a significantly higher level of platelet MAO B activity and 3H-IMI Bmax values in the AD patients. In view of the part that MAO B plays in metabolizing serotonin (5HT) and of the relationship which exists between 3H-IMI binding and 5HT uptake, our results would suggest that with AD there occurs a complex dysfunction in the 5HT system, at least at a peripheral level.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Neurology, University of Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bonuccelli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Piccini
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marazziti
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Cassano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muratorio
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007099:Imipramine / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008995:Monoamine Oxidase; D007099:Imipramine