title: Gonadal alcohol and aldehyde dehydrogenase: in vivo and in vitro effects of psychoactive and endocrine agents.
abstract: The in vivo effect of amantadine, chlorpromazine and reserpine on testicular aldehyde dehydrogenase (T-ALDH) was studied as a function of mouse strain. The effect of Leu-enkephalin and tetrahydropapaverine on rodent T-ALDH was also studied in vivo. The in vitro effect of chlorpromazine, papaverine and scopolamine on rodent subcellular T-ALDH and testicular alcohol dehydrogenase (T-ADH) were evaluated. A strain-linked difference in endogenous T-ALDH among the three mouse strains studied was determined. Individual injection of chlorpromazine or reserpine inhibited only albino ICR T-ALDH which was alleviated by pretreatment with amantadine and, thereby, suggesting antagonism between amantadine and these agents. The Leu-enkephalin administration induced T-ALDH from saline control. Tetrahydropapaverine did not influence the enzymes studied in vivo compared to an insignificant in vitro induction of T-ADH by the O-methylated analogue papaverine. Chlorpromazine noncompetitively inhibited T-ADH in vitro. The results indicate the modulation of the enzymes studied, which are involved in both detoxification of ethanol and biogenic amine-derived aldehyde intermediates, by agents affecting the endocrine system. This suggests the potential of these testicular enzymes in the evaluation of alcohol- and drug-induced endocrine adverse reactions.
authors.affiliation: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX.
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Messiha
mesh_terms: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000547:Amantadine / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002746:Chlorpromazine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004743:Enkephalin, Leucine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004822:Epididymis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D010208:Papaverine / Q000494:pharmacology; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012110:Reserpine / Q000494:pharmacology; D012601:Scopolamine / Q000494:pharmacology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013737:Testis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D007546:Isoquinolines; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs; C063395:tetrahydropapaverine; D004743:Enkephalin, Leucine; D012110:Reserpine; D000547:Amantadine; D010208:Papaverine; D012601:Scopolamine; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase; D002746:Chlorpromazine