title: Inhibitory effects of ethaverine, a homologue of papaverine, on monoamine oxidase activity in mouse brain.
abstract: The effects of benzylisoquinoline compounds such as ethaverine, laudanosine, and tetrahydropapaverine on monoamine oxidase (MAO, EC 1.4.3.4) activity in mouse brain were investigated. Ethaverine showed an inhibition of MAO activity in a concentration-dependent manner (57.6% inhibition at 40 microm). Papaverine also inhibited MAO activity (38.1% inhibition at 40 microM). However, laudanosine and tetrahydropapaverine did not inhibit MAO activity. The IC50 value of ethaverine for MAO was 25.5 microm. Ethaverine non-competitively inhibited MAO activity with a substrate kynuramine. The Ki value for ethaverine was 11.9 microM. In addition, ethaverine proved to preferentially inhibit type B MAO activity in a concentration-dependent manner, with an IC50 value of 32.8 microm. These results suggest that ethaverine partially contributes to the regulation of catecholamine content.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Cheong
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Y P
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D001923:Brain Chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D007735:Kynuramine / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010208:Papaverine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002395:Catecholamines; D008996:Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors; C007639:ethaverine; D007735:Kynuramine; D010208:Papaverine; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase