title: 1-Benzyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline as a parkinsonism-inducing agent: a novel endogenous amine in mouse brain and parkinsonian CSF.
abstract: 1-Benzyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (1BnTIQ) was detected as a novel endogenous amine in mouse brain and parkinsonian CSF by using the gas chromatography-selected ion-monitoring method. The level of 1BnTIQ was very high in CSF of some parkinsonian patients compared with that of controls with other neurological diseases, the mean value being three times higher (parkinsonians: 1.17 +/- 0.35 ng/ml of CSF, n = 18; vs. controls: 0.40 +/- 0.10 ng/ml of CSF, n = 11; mean +/- SEM, not significantly different). The pole test, a toxicological examination to evaluate behavior abnormalities related to Parkinson's disease, was used to examine the pharmacological effect of 1BnTIQ in mice. Repeated administration of 1BnTIQ induced behavior abnormalities, which pretreatment with 1-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline could prevent. We suggest that 1BnTIQ may be related to the idiopathic Parkinson's disease.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kotake
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tasaki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Makino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirobe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D001679:Biogenic Amines / Q000378:metabolism*; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006801:Humans; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D010302:Parkinson Disease, Secondary / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000139:chemically induced*; D044005:Tetrahydroisoquinolines
chemical_list: D001679:Biogenic Amines; D007546:Isoquinolines; D044005:Tetrahydroisoquinolines; C084924:1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1-(phenylmethyl)isoquinoline