Rat liver and kidney catechol-O-methyltransferase activity measured by high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. 2002

Makoto Tsunoda, and Kazuko Takezawa, and Mayumi Masuda, and Kazuhiro Imai
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan.

We have previously reported a highly sensitive method for the measurement of catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) activities in rat erythrocytes with norepinephrine (NE), an endogenous native substrate, using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-fluorescence or peroxyoxalate chemiluminescence reaction detection. Applying this method to COMT activities in rat liver and kidney, known to have the highest activities of all organs, the optimum reaction conditions were investigated. Under the optimum conditions, soluble (S)-COMT and membrane-bound (MB)-COMT activities in rat liver, with NE as a substrate, were 2.17 +/- 0.33 and 0.16 +/- 0.02 nmol/min/mg protein (n = 5), respectively. In rat kidney, S-COMT and MB-COMT activities were 1.81 +/- 0.20 and 0.079 +/- 0.009 nmol/min/mg protein (n = 5), respectively. Since liver and kidney play important roles in inactivating catecholamines, using the proposed method would yield critical information to delineate the role of metabolism of catecholamines in rat tissues.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007668 Kidney Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations. Kidneys
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008297 Male Males
D009638 Norepinephrine Precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the ADRENAL MEDULLA and is a widespread central and autonomic neurotransmitter. Norepinephrine is the principal transmitter of most postganglionic sympathetic fibers, and of the diffuse projection system in the brain that arises from the LOCUS CERULEUS. It is also found in plants and is used pharmacologically as a sympathomimetic. Levarterenol,Levonorepinephrine,Noradrenaline,Arterenol,Levonor,Levophed,Levophed Bitartrate,Noradrenaline Bitartrate,Noradrénaline tartrate renaudin,Norepinephrin d-Tartrate (1:1),Norepinephrine Bitartrate,Norepinephrine Hydrochloride,Norepinephrine Hydrochloride, (+)-Isomer,Norepinephrine Hydrochloride, (+,-)-Isomer,Norepinephrine d-Tartrate (1:1),Norepinephrine l-Tartrate (1:1),Norepinephrine l-Tartrate (1:1), (+,-)-Isomer,Norepinephrine l-Tartrate (1:1), Monohydrate,Norepinephrine l-Tartrate (1:1), Monohydrate, (+)-Isomer,Norepinephrine l-Tartrate (1:2),Norepinephrine l-Tartrate, (+)-Isomer,Norepinephrine, (+)-Isomer,Norepinephrine, (+,-)-Isomer
D011921 Rats, Inbred WKY A strain of Rattus norvegicus used as a normotensive control for the spontaneous hypertensive rats (SHR). Rats, Wistar Kyoto,Wistar Kyoto Rat,Rats, WKY,Inbred WKY Rat,Inbred WKY Rats,Kyoto Rat, Wistar,Rat, Inbred WKY,Rat, WKY,Rat, Wistar Kyoto,WKY Rat,WKY Rat, Inbred,WKY Rats,WKY Rats, Inbred,Wistar Kyoto Rats
D002394 Catechol O-Methyltransferase Enzyme that catalyzes the movement of a methyl group from S-adenosylmethionone to a catechol or a catecholamine. Catechol Methyltransferase,Catechol-O-Methyltransferase,Catechol O Methyltransferase,Methyltransferase, Catechol,O-Methyltransferase, Catechol
D002851 Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid Liquid chromatographic techniques which feature high inlet pressures, high sensitivity, and high speed. Chromatography, High Performance Liquid,Chromatography, High Speed Liquid,Chromatography, Liquid, High Pressure,HPLC,High Performance Liquid Chromatography,High-Performance Liquid Chromatography,UPLC,Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography,Chromatography, High-Performance Liquid,High-Performance Liquid Chromatographies,Liquid Chromatography, High-Performance
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013050 Spectrometry, Fluorescence Measurement of the intensity and quality of fluorescence. Fluorescence Spectrophotometry,Fluorescence Spectroscopy,Spectrofluorometry,Fluorescence Spectrometry,Spectrophotometry, Fluorescence,Spectroscopy, Fluorescence

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