title: Direct inhibition of tyrosine hydroxylase from PC-12 cells by catechol derivatives.
abstract: Several drugs with a catechol moiety were studied for their potency to inhibit tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) from PC-12 cells in vitro. When the natural compounds tested were compared, dopamine, norepinephrine and 2(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-ethanol (DOPET) were most effective (IC50 between 1.4 and 3.6 microM with 0.5 microM 6(R,S)-L-erythro-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin as cofactor). 3,4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA; IC50: 35 microM) and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC; IC50: 180 microM were less potent inhibitors. Among the synthetic drugs possessing catechol moiety, isoproterenol, (+/-)-2-amino-6,7-dihydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene (6,7-ADTN) and (+/-)-2-dimethylamino-6,7-dihydroxy-tetrahydronaphthalene (TL-99) had the same inhibitory effects as the natural catecholamines (IC50 between 1.6 and 3.9 microM), whereas the apomorphine derivatives and 2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1-phenyl-1 H-3-benzazepine-7,8-diol (SKF 38393) were even more potent (IC50: 0.5-0.8 microM). These results demonstrate that natural catechols and certain drugs (e.g. 6,7-ADTN, TL-99, SKF 38393) are more effective direct blockers of tyrosine hydroxylase than generally assumed provided appropriate assay conditions are used. In the case of dopamine and norepinephrine, these findings suggest a reevaluation of their role for feedback control of tyrosine hydroxylase in vivo.
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology; D000818:Animals; D001058:Apomorphine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002396:Catechols / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000201:enzymology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002396:Catechols; D014446:Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase; D001058:Apomorphine