title: Substituent-dependent, positive and negative modulation of Bombyx mori adenylate cyclase by synthetic octopamine/tyramine analogues.
abstract: Octopamine (OCT)/tyramine (TYR) analogues, mainly including p- and beta-substituted phenylethylamines, were prepared as probes for the ligand-binding site(s) of adenylate cyclase-coupled OCT or TYR receptors, and were examined for their effects on cAMP production in the head membranes of Bombyx mori larvae. Small structural changes in OCT and TYR proved to lead to three types of OCT/TYR analogues: (1) compounds that increase the cAMP level by themselves and also depress OCT-stimulated cAMP production, (2) compounds that do not stimulate cAMP production by themselves but inhibit OCT-stimulated cAMP production, and (3) compounds that are not active in either the stimulation of cAMP production or the inhibition of OCT-stimulated cAMP production. Tyramine, which belongs to the second group, also inhibited the basal level of cAMP production at high concentrations. The data indicate that two biogenic amine systems that positively and negatively regulate the level of the second messenger cAMP are present in the head part of B. mori larvae. This finding points to the necessity of separately evaluating the positive and negative regulatory effects in order to quantitatively understand the structure-activity relationships of OCT receptor ligands. Arch.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University, Matsue, Shimane, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakane
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ozoe
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism*; D018759:Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D012831:Bombyx / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009655:Octopamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014439:Tyramine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
chemical_list: D018759:Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors; D000318:Adrenergic beta-Agonists; D009655:Octopamine; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D014439:Tyramine