RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 INHIBITION OF NOREPINEPHRINE BIOSYNTHESIS BY CHLORPROMAZINE IN THE GUINEA-PIG VAS DEFERENS
JF Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
JO J Pharmacol Exp Ther
FD American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
SP 146
OP 154
VO 177
IS 1
A1 JOHNSON, DAVID G.
A1 THOA, NGUYEN B.
A1 KOPIN, IRWIN J.
YR 1971
UL http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/177/1/146.abstract
AB Chlorpromazine decreased levels of norepinephrine-14C synthesized from tyrosine-14C in the guinea-pig vas deferens in vitro. The percent inhibition was unchanged during acceleration of the rate of synthesis induced by stimulation of the hypogastric nerve. Synthesis of norepinephrine-3H from 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine-3H and α-methyloctopamine-3H from α-methyltyramine-3H were also inhibited by chlorpromazine. Cocaine inhibited to a lesser extent norepinephrine-14C synthesis during stimulation and decreased the formation of α-methyloctopamine-3H from α-methyltyramine-3H. Neither chlorpromazine nor cocaine inhibited tyrosine hydroxylase or dopamine-β-hydroxylase activities measured in tissue homogenates. Although both chlorpromazine and cocaine diminished the uptake of norepinephrine-3H, neither drug influenced the proportion of the various metabohites of norepinephrine-3H found in the vasa deferentia. The drugs had no effect on the amounts of norepinephriue-14C formed from tyrosine-14C found in the incubation medium after nerve stimulation. These results suggest that chlorpromazine inhibits norepinephrme biosynthesis by blocking dopamine uptake into the nerve granules and that this inhibition remains proportionally the same during the increased rate of catecholamine synthesis obtained by nerve stimulation. © 1971, by The Williams & Wilkins Company