title: Effect of diethylnitrosamine on monoamine oxidase in rat liver.
abstract: The effect of diethylnitrosamine (DEN), a well-known experimental carcinogen, toward MAO-A and MAO-B activity of rat liver was investigated. The oxidations of both beta-PEA (MAO-B) and 5-HT (MAO-A) were inhibited by DEN. The K1 values of DEN in the inhibition of rat liver MAO-A and MAO-B activity were determined. The kinetic data show that DEN is a competitive, MAO-B selective inhibitor and its inhibitory effect on MAO-B is about 4-fold more potent than that on MAO-A. DEN might change the proportions of the multiple forms of MAO activity in tumor cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Medical College of Oita, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Obata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Egashira
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004052:Diethylnitrosamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010627:Phenethylamines / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors; D010627:Phenethylamines; C029261:phenethylamine; D012701:Serotonin; D004052:Diethylnitrosamine; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase