INHIBITION INVITRO OF THE ENZYMES OF THE OXIDATIVE PATHWAY OF TRYPTOPHAN-METABOLISM AND OF NICOTINAMIDE NUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS BY BENSERAZIDE, CARBIDOPA AND ISONIAZID
INHIBITION INVITRO OF THE ENZYMES OF THE OXIDATIVE PATHWAY OF TRYPTOPHAN-METABOLISM AND OF NICOTINAMIDE NUCLEOTIDE SYNTHESIS BY BENSERAZIDE, CARBIDOPA AND ISONIAZID
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DOI:
10.1016/0006-2952(80)90544-4
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
BENDER, DA
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作者:
BENDER, DA
The effects of 3 hydrazine derivatives on the enzymes of the tryptophan oxidative pathway and of nicotinamide nucleotide synthesis were studied using preparations from rat liver. The compounds used were Benserazide [N-seryl-N''-(2,3,4-trihydroxybenzyl)-hydrazine] and Carbidopa [.alpha.-hydrazino-3,4-dihydroxyphenyl-.alpha.-methylpropionic acid], 2 inhibitors of aromatic amino acid decarboxylase [EC 4.1.1.28]. All 3 drugs inhibited tryptophan oxygenase and kynureninase, at concentrations that are encountered in vivo after administration to patients or experimental animals. Isoniazid inhibited 3-hydroxy-anthranilate oxidase and nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase. The 2 enzymes were inhibited significantly at concentrations of the drug far in excess of those likely to be encountered in vivo. On the basis of the in vitro enzyme inhibition studies, it is not possible to explain why patients treated with isoniazid (without supplementary vitamin B6) develop clinical pellagra, while those treated with Benserazide or Carbidopa do not, despite biochemical evidence of niacin deficiency. The difference may be due to differences in the intake of dietary niacin in the 2 groups of patients or to differences in the metabolism of the groups and in their interactions with enzymes in vivo that are not apparent in vitro.