On the fate of dopamine-beta-hydroxylase after release from the pheripheral sympathetic nerves in the cat.
On the fate of dopamine-beta-hydroxylase after release from the pheripheral sympathetic nerves in the cat.
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关于猫外周交感神经释放后多巴胺-β-羟化酶的命运。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1748-1716.1974.tb05783.x
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发表时间:
1974
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W. Hellström
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作者:
S. Ross;H. Eriksson;W. Hellström
The enzyme dopamine-B-hydroxylase (DBH), which catalyzes the hydroxylation of dopamine to noradrenaline, is located in the storage vesicles of the sympatht-tic nerves and the chromaffin cells in the adrenal medulla and is released from thtw sites together with noradrenaline (Geffen et al. 1969, de Potter et al. 1969, Vivelti et al. 1969). Since blood serum contains appreciable amounts of DBH activity it 11as been suggested that the enzyme relased from the sympathetic nerves and ilie chromaffin cells reaches the blood circulation (Weinshilboum and Axelrod 1971 a, b). DBH is a large molecule with a molecular weight of about 290,000 (Friedm. ib and Kaufmann 1965) and may therefore only slowly pass from the interstitial fliiid in which it is released directly into the blood circulation. The lymphatic systvm appears to be an alternative route for DBH to the blood. Recently the occurrence of DBH in human lymph was reported (Aberg et al. 1974). This observation does not by itself prove that the DBH in the lymph emanates from the sympathetic: nerves, since plasma proteins are normal constituents of the lymph. In order to examine whether the DBH in lymph is derived from the sympathetic nerves we have now determined the effect of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system ip anesthetized cats on the DBH activity in lymph and plasma. The ganglionic stimulatory agent dimethylphenylpiperazinium iodide (DMPP) was used for k massive stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.6 cats weighing 2.54. 0 kg, anesthetized with sodium pentobarbitone were used in tlw experiments. The thoracic duct was cannulated just below the diaphragm. Lymph w.~ collected in ice-chilled tubes for periods of 30 min. The lymph flow was determined 1,; measuring the volume of the lymph. 3 consecutive doses of DMPP, 0.1 mg/kg, were inject (.# into the femoral vein at intervals of 10 min. The first injection was given 1 h after the start of the lymph collection. Blood samples were taken from the femoral vein every 30 min. Tlie blood pressure was measured in the femoral artery. The DBH activity in plasma and lymph was measured according to the method of Molinoff et aJ.(1971) using tyramine as the substrate with the modification that the DBH assay was performed at pH 5.2 (Weinshilbouin et 01. 1973). The plasma and lymph were diluted with 8 volumes of distilled water befoie the assay. The optimal copper sulphate concentration for the DBH assay of both plasma and lymph was 7 x 10-eM. The DBH activity was expressed in normal octopamine formed per nil lymph per 20 min incubation. The amount of the DBH in the lymph collected for periods cjf30 min was also estimated.