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Fluorescenzmikroskopische Untersuchungen über die Wirkung des Prenylamins auf noradrenergische Nerven

Fluorescence microscopic investigations on the effect of prenylamine on noradrenergic nerves

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1. Prenylamine (Segontin®) caused in vivo a decrease in the specific fluorescence due to noradrenaline in the sympathetic nerves of rat iris and other organs (heart, spleen, submaxillary gland, vas deferens). In the rat heart the depletion of noradrenaline as determined chemically ran parallel with the decline of fluorescence in the nerve terminals.

16 hours after the administration of prenylamine a very weak fluorescence remained in iris nerves. I.v. injection of noradrenaline led to a restitution of the fluorescence in both the axoplasm and the varicosities.

Monoaminoxidase inhibitors prevented the disappearance, produced by prenylamine, of the fluorescence in the nerves.

2. The fluorescence of iris nerves disappeared after injection of reserpine or H 44/68 (methylester of α-methyl-p-tyrosine). The restoration of the fluorescence by i.v. injection of noradrenaline was prevented by prenylamine given 30 min before.

3. Also after incubation of irises in vitro in Krebs-Ringer-bicarbonate buffer containing prenylamine, a decreased fluorescence intensity of the noradrenergic nerves was observed. This effect was dependent on prenylamine concentration, time of incubation and temperature.

4. The results are in agreement with the hypothesis, which is based on pharmacological and biochemical investigations, that prenylamine behaves like an indirectly acting sympathomimetic amine (amphetamine moiety of the molecule). This action is, however, modified by the lipophilic diphenylpropyl moiety of the molecule, which provides the drug with a high affinity to membranes of cells and granules.

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1. Prenylamin (Segontin®) führte in vivo zu einer Abnahme der für Noradrenalin charakteristischen Grün-Fluorescenz in den sympathischen Nerven der Ratteniris und anderer Organe (Herz, Milz, Submandibularis, Vas deferens). In Rattenherzen verlief die Abschwächung der Fluorescenz zeitlich parallel der Abnahme des biochemisch bestimmten Noradrenalingehaltes.

I.v. Injektion von Noradrenalin restituierte die nach 16 Std maximal abgeschwächte Fluorescenz sowohl im Axoplasma der Nerven als auch in den Varicositäten der Nervenendigungen.

Hemmstoffe der Monoaminoxydase verhinderten die durch Prenylamin verursachte Fluorescenzabnahme.

2. Die Restitution der nach Verabfolgung von Reserpin oder von H 44/68 (Methylester des α-Methyl-p-tyrosins) verschwundenen Fluorescenz der Irisnerven durch Noradrenalin (i.v.) wurde durch Prenylamin, 30 min vor Noradrenalin verabfolgt, gehemmt bzw. verhindert.

3. Auch in vitro — Inkubation der Ratteniris in Krebs-Ringer-Bicarbonatpuffer — nahm die Fluorescenzintensität der Nerven in Gegenwart von Prenylamin ab. Die Wirkung war abhängig von der Prenylaminkonzentration sowie von der Inkubationszeit und -temperatur.

4. Die Ergebnisse stützen die aufgrund pharmakologischer und biochemischer Untersuchungen gemachte Annahme, daß der Wirkungscharakter des Prenylamins demjenigen eines indirekt wirkenden sympathicomimetischen Amins entspricht (Amphetaminanteil des Moleküls), modifiziert durch den lipophilen Diphenylpropylanteil, der dem Gesamtmolekül erhöhte Affinität zu Zell- und Granulamembranen verleiht.

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Grobecker, H., Malmfors, T. Fluorescenzmikroskopische Untersuchungen über die Wirkung des Prenylamins auf noradrenergische Nerven. Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Arch. Pharmak. u. Exp. Path. 261, 59–74 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00537868

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