Differential effect of anionic and cationic drugs on the synaptosome-associated acetylcholinesterase activity of dog brain.

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  • G Deliconstantinos
  • S Tsakiris
چکیده

The evoked effects of the negatively charged drugs phenobarbital and barbituric acid, the positively charged imipramine, perphenazine and trifluoperazine, and the neutral primidone, on the synaptosome-associated acetylcholinesterase activity were studied. A marked increase in the enzyme activity was exhibited in the presence of low concentrations (up to 3 mM) of phenobarbital, barbituric acid and primidone. Higher concentrations (up to 10 mM), however, led to a progressive inhibition of the enzyme activity. However, the activity of the enzyme was not affected by imipramine, but it was decreased by perphenazine and trifluoperazine. Arrhenius plots of acetylcholinesterase activity exhibited a break point at 23.4 degrees C for the untreated (control) synaptosomes, which was shifted to around 16 degrees C in the synaptosomes treated with the charged drugs. The allosteric inhibition by F- of acetylcholinesterase was studied in control synaptosomes and in those treated with the charged drugs. Changes in the Hill coefficients in combination with changes in Arrhenius activation energy produced by the charged drugs would be expected if it is assumed that charged drugs 'fluidize' the synaptosomal plasma membranes.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Biochemical journal

دوره 229 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1985