title: Fate of the monoamine oxidase inhibitor pargyline in cultured hepatocytes.
abstract: The interaction of the monoamine oxidase inhibitor pargyline with cultured hepatocytes has been studied. [Phenyl-3, benzyl-3H] pargyline (38 nM) rapidly enters the cells and a plateau of incorporation into a trichloroacetic acid insoluble form (monoamine oxidase) is reached after 2 hr. The level of labelling is lower in freshly isolated cells than in those in later culture. The maximum incorporation accounts for only 6% of the added radioactivity and produces a 9% inhibition of monoamine oxidase activity. The remaining [3H] pargyline is metabolized and quickly accumulates in the cell culture medium in a form which cannot label exogenous mitochondria. The metabolism of pargyline varies both qualitatively and quantitatively with culture age. In 0 hr and 20 hr-cultured cells one metabolite preferentially appears whilst in 140 hr cultured hepatocytes at least three metabolites are formed. The metabolism of [3H] pargyline in early culture is consistent with a cytochrome P-450 involvement. The use of [3H] pargyline to label monoamine oxidase in cultured hepatocytes offers several attractive features for studying the turnover of this enzyme. These include speed of interaction, non-reutilization, application to normal cells, controlled inhibition of monoamine oxidase and metabolism of non-specific label.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D010293:Pargyline / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding
chemical_list: D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010293:Pargyline; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase