Background: Perivascular adipose tissue (PVAT) can decrease vascular contraction to NE. We tested the hypothesis that metabolism and/or uptake of vasoactive amines by mesenteric PVAT (MPVAT) could affect NE-induced contraction of the mesenteric resistance arteries. Methods: Mesenteric resistance vessels (MRV) and MPVAT from male Sprague-Dawley rats were used. RT-PCR and Western blots were perfo...

There has been a recent renewal of interest in the use of monoamine oxidase inhibitors in psychiatry. The concurrent administration of anaesthetic agents, particularly narcotic analgesics, is often a cause for concern. Although many monoamine oxidase inhibitor-drug interactions have been reported, in practice it is only the interaction with pethidine which has led to fatalities. What is not app...

1. Antiserum raised to purified human liver monoamine oxidase was used to characterize the monoamine oxidase from human liver, brain cortex, placenta and platelets. 2. Antibodies to monoamine oxidase were purified by adsorption with a mitochondrial preparation. 3. Monoamine oxidase was present in liver particle-free supernatant as measured by enzyme activity and immunodiffusion. 4. Multiple pre...

Ciproxifan is a well-investigated histamine H3 receptor (H3R) inverse agonist/antagonist, showing an exclusively high species-specific affinity at rodent compared to human H3R. It is well studied as reference compound for H3R in rodent models for neurological diseases connected with neurotransmitter dysregulation, e.g. attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or Alzheimer's disease. In a screen...

A monoclonal antibody was used to prepare immunoaffinity columns that efficiently bind monoamine oxidase B activity but not monoamine oxidase A activity from detergent extracts of human liver mitochondria. The only discrete polypeptide component that eluted from affinity columns with potassium thiocyanate migrated in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels with an apparent molecular weight o...

Variation in the personality trait of neuroticism is known to be affected by genetic influences, but despite a number of association studies, the genes involved have not yet been characterized. In a recent study of platelet monoamine oxidase in 1,551 twin subjects, we found a significant association between monoamine oxidase activity and scores on the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire neurotici...

Abstract The treatment of neuropsychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders such as depression Parkinson’s disease represent significant challenges in healthcare. Enzymes that metabolise neurotransmitter amines are important drug targets for these inhibitors enzymes have played key roles therapeutic agents. For example, monoamine oxidase (MAO) A been used decades antidepressant agents act by inh...

The endogenous reactive oxygen species ("ROS") formation is associated with many pathologic states such as inflammatory diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, brain and heart ischemic injuries, cancer, and aging. The purpose of this study was to investigate the endogenous sources for "ROS" formation in intact isolated rat hepatocytes, in particular, peroxisomal oxidases, monoamine oxidase, xanth...