title: Oxidation products arising from the action of monoamine oxidase B on 1-methyl-4-benzyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine, a nonneurotoxic analogue of 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine.
abstract: 1-Methyl-4-benzyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MBzTP), an analogue of the neurotoxin 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine, despite its rapid oxidation by monoamine oxidase B (MAO B), is not neurotoxic. The pyridinium expected to arise from the four-electron oxidation of MBzTP inhibits mitochondrial respiration and the oxidation of NADH in inner membranes and is only moderately less inhibitory than 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium. It is also a competitive inhibitor of dopamine uptake by the dopamine transporter and hence likely to be taken up into neurons, despite its relatively high Ki value (Ki = 21 microM). Incubation of MBzTP with purified MAO B yields first the dihydropyridinium form, then a mixture of the pyridinium form and another unidentified product, in proportions that depend on the concentrations of MAO B and oxygen. At low MAO B concentration and moderate oxygen concentration, nonenzymatic formation of the unidentified product predominates. The lack of neurotoxicity of MBzTP appears to be due to the oxidative destruction of the dihydropyridine and consequent failure of accumulation of 1-methyl-4-benzylpyridinium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Sablin
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Krueger
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Bachurin
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Solyakov
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Efange
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Singer
mesh_terms: D015632:1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001711:Biotransformation; D002417:Cattle; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013053:Spectrophotometry
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; C071518:4-benzyl-1-methyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine; D015632:1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase