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COMT  -  catechol-O-methyltransferase

Canis lupus familiaris

 
 
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Disease relevance of COMT

 

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Biological context of COMT

 

Anatomical context of COMT

  • It is concluded that COMT is related to smooth muscle cells in this tissue [8].
  • Our results strongly support the view that alpha-adrenoceptors are in close contract with the nerve endings and beta-adrenoceptors are in close proximity of COMT in a vessel with the nerve endings evenly distributed throughout the media [9].
  • Effect of catechol-O-methyl-transferase (COMT) inhibition on the vascular and metabolic responses to noradrenaline, isoprenaline and sympathetic nerve stimulation in canine subcutaneous adipose tissue [10].
  • Dog splenic artery strips were incubated with [3H]NA after inhibition of catechol-O-methyl-transferase (COMT) and of extraneuronal uptake [11].
  • Effect of cooling on COMT activity in canine saphenous vein homogenates determined by a micro radioenzymatic assay [12].
 

Associations of COMT with chemical compounds

  • Thus, the excretion of dopamine by the cat kidney is linked to an inactivation by the kidney enzymes MAO and COMT [13].
  • The activity of COMT was assayed with the method of Axelrod (1962, Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 5. Academic Press, New York) in the presence of epinephrine bitartrate as a substrate [14].
  • FS-32 tended to produce an increase in chatecholamine content in the brain without MAO or COMT inhibitory activity [15].
  • Cocaine was used to inhibit neuronal uptake and COMT was blocked with 3,4-dihydroxy-2-methyl propiophenone [16].
  • Using the oil immersion technique, the role of neuronal uptake, monoamine oxidase and COMT in the inactivation of 2 concentrations (0.23 and 2.3 mumol/l) of noradrenaline and adrenaline was determined by the prolongation of the inactivation time caused by cocaine (12 mumol/l), pargyline (1 mmol/l) and U-0521 (50 mumol/l), respectively [17].
 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of COMT

References

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  8. Relation between the amount of smooth muscle of venous tissue and the degree of supersensitivity to isoprenaline caused by inhibition of catechol-O-methyl transferase. Guimarães, S., Azevedo, I., Cardoso, W., Oliveira, M.C. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch. Pharmacol. (1975) [Pubmed]
  9. Two different biophases for adrenaline released by electrical stimulation or tyramine from the sympathetic nerve endings of the dog saphenous vein. Guimarães, S., Paiva, M.Q. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch. Pharmacol. (1981) [Pubmed]
  10. Effect of catechol-O-methyl-transferase (COMT) inhibition on the vascular and metabolic responses to noradrenaline, isoprenaline and sympathetic nerve stimulation in canine subcutaneous adipose tissue. Belfrage, E., Fredholm, B.B., Rosell, S. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch. Pharmacol. (1977) [Pubmed]
  11. The influence of monoamine oxidase activity on the release of noradrenaline by tyramine. Brandão, F., Araújo, D., Monteriro, J.G. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. (1989) [Pubmed]
  12. Effect of cooling on COMT activity in canine saphenous vein homogenates determined by a micro radioenzymatic assay. Janssens, W.J., Vanhoutte, P.M. Archives internationales de pharmacodynamie et de thérapie. (1978) [Pubmed]
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  15. Pharmacological studies on a new thymoleptic antidepressant, 1-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]-5-methyl-3-phenyl-1H-indazole (FS-32). Ikeda, Y., Takano, N., Matsushita, H., Shiraki, Y., Koide, T., Nagashima, R., Fujimura, Y., Shindo, M., Suzuki, S., Iwasaki, T. Arzneimittel-Forschung. (1979) [Pubmed]
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