The effects of alcohols on MAO activity in beef and rat liver mitochondria were studied. MAO activity was determined manometrically using tyramine (1× 10-2 M) as substrate and expressed as O2 uptake in 60 min. At concentrations of 0.1 to 10%, methanol and ethanol increased MAO activity in both beef and rat liver mitochondria. Activation of MAO by ethanol was reversib...

The in vivo characteristics of [C]befloxatone were assessed in myocardium of rats and monkeys. A complete multicompartmental model was developed to quantify monkey cardiac monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) binding sites using positron emission tomography (PET) and was applied to assess the acute effects of inhalation of tobacco smoke. Unknown compounds contained in tobacco smoke inhibit brain MAO. In...

The use of selective inhibitors of monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) and B (MAO-B) holds a therapeutic relevance in the treatment of depressive disorders and Parkinson's disease (PD), respectively. Here, the discovery of a new class of compounds acting as monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAO-Is) and bearing a 6'-substituted (E)-2-(benzofuran-3(2H)-ylidene)-N-alkylacetamide skeleton is reported. 6'-Sulfo...

In the adult brain, progenitor cells remaining in the subventricular zone (SVZ) are frequently identified as glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-positive cells that retain attributes reminiscent of radial glia. Because the very high expression of monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) in the subventricular area has been related to epithelial and astroglial expression, we sought to ascertain whether it ...

Hormonal influence resulting from serum gonadotropin was investigated by radiochemical activity studies of the degradation enzyme of monoamine oxidase catecholamines (MAo) in certain regions of the hypothalamus (area preoptica, corpus mamillare, infundibulum), which participates in the regulation of sheep sexual functioning, as well as in nucleus caudatus, in the hypophysis and epiphysis. We at...

Monoamine oxidases A and B (MAO-A and MAO-B) oxidatively deaminate neurotransmitter and xenobiotic amines. Since the cellular localization of the isoenzymes in the CNS and peripheral organs determines to a large extent which substrate has access to which isoenzyme, knowledge of their tissue distribution and cellular localization is essential. Here we describe how reversible and selective inhibi...

SL25.1131 [3(S),3a(S)-3-methoxymethyl-7-[4,4,4-trifluorobutoxy]-3,3a,4,5-tetrahydro-1,3-oxazolo[3,4-a]quinolin-1-one] is a new, nonselective, and reversible monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitor, belonging to a oxazoloquinolinone series. In vitro studies showed that SL25.1131 inhibits rat brain MAO-A and MAO-B with IC50 values of 6.7 and 16.8 nM and substrate-dependent Ki values of 3.3 and 4.2 nM, ...

BACKGROUND Monoamine oxidase-B (MAO-B) inhibitors are widely used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. They increase vital monoamine neurotransmitters in the brain. However, there is a need for safer natural reversible MAO inhibitors with MAO-B selectivity. Our previous studies showed that Psoralea corylifolia seeds (PCS) extract contains compounds that inhibit monoamine oxidase-B. METHOD...

Oxidative stress is one of the factors involved in age-related impairment of cardiac function. In the present study, we investigated the role of the catecholamine-degrading enzyme monoamine oxidase (MAO) in H(2)O(2) production in the hearts of young, adult, and old rats. MAO-dependent H(2)O(2) production, measured by a chemiluminescence-based assay, increased with age, reaching the maximum in 2...

Traditional health care is utilized by a large majority of the population in southern Africa. This is particularly true of treatment for mental health problems. A large part of the treatment regimes used by traditional healers involve numerous herbal preparations. Twenty plants used traditionally were screened for MAO inhibition and specific MAO-B inhibition activity. MAO-B inhibitors are curre...