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Inhibition of aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase and tyrosine aminotransferase by the monoamine oxidase inhibitor phenelzine.

The concentration of p-tyramine in the rat striatum was increased significantly by intraperitoneal injection of phenelzine (5 or 100 mg/kg). Unlike other monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors, phenelzine had no effect on p-tyramine levels in the first 1-2 h following injection. The high dose of phenelzine increased the p-tyramine levels much more than the low dose. In addition, the high dose of phenelzine increased striatal p-tyrosine levels significantly 12 h after injection. Further studies showed that phenelzine inhibited the tyrosine aminotransferase activity of rat liver homogenates; the IC50 was 50 microM. Phenelzine also inhibited the aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase activity of rat brain homogenate with an IC50 of 25 microM. Following intraperitoneal injection of 100 mg/kg phenelzine, the initial concentration of phenelzine in the striatum appears to be high enough to inhibit aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase. It is suggested that the multiple enzyme inhibition caused by administration of high doses of phenelzine accounts for its unusual effects on striatal p-tyramine levels compared with other MAO inhibitors, i.e., its initial lack of effect on p-tyramine levels followed later by very large increases in p-tyramine levels.[1]

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