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Histochemische (fluorescenzmikroskopische) und biochemische Untersuchungen über die Wirkung von Oxypertin 1-[2-(5,6-dimethoxy-2-methyl-3-indol)äthyl]4-phenylpiperazin auf zentrale und periphere monoaminhaltige Neurone der Ratte haben ergeben:

  1. 1.

    Oxypertin (30–70 mg/kg) verminderte den Dopamin-, Noradrenalin- und Serotoningehalt in den entsprechenden Neuronen des Zentralnervensystems. Das Gehirn verarmte stärker an Noradrenalin (−88%) als an Dopamin (−49%) und Serotonin (−46%).

  2. 2.

    Der Noradrenalingehalt der Iris und des Herzens wurde durch Oxypertin ebenfalls herabgesetzt. 24 Std nach der Injektion war die normale Fluorescenzintensität der Iris wiederhergestellt, während die Noradrenalinverarmung im Herzen (−90%) erst nach 72 Std ausgeglichen war.

  3. 3.

    Die Verarmung der monoaminhaltigen Neurone durch Oxypertin war nach Vorbehandlung der Versuchstiere mit dem Monoaminoxydasehemmstoff Nialamid aufgehoben.

  4. 4.

    Oxypertin verhinderte die Anreicherung von exogenem Noradrenalin in zentralen (Eminentia medialis) und peripheren (Iris und Herz) Brenzcatechinamin-Neuronen, nachdem diese durch Hemmung der endogenen Noradrenalinsynthese mit α-Methyl-p-tyrosin an Aminen verarmt worden waren.

  5. 5.

    Auch in vitro bewirkte Oxypertin (10−5 M) eine Abnahme der Fluorescenzintensität der Ratteniris und hemmte die Anreicherung von Noradrenalin bzw. α-Methylnoradrenalin in den noradrenergischen Nerven nach deren vorhergehender Verarmung an Noradrenalin durch α-Methyl-p-tyrosin bzw. Reserpin.

  6. 6.

    Es wird geschlossen, daß die Verarmung der monoaminhaltigen Neurone durch Oxypertin in vivo — reserpinähnlich — durch Blockierung des in der Granulamembran und in vitro durch eine Beeinträchtigung auch des in der Zellmembran lokalisierten — reserpinresistenten — Aufnahmemechanismus für Brenzcatechinamine verursacht ist.

Summary

The effect of oxypertin 1-[2-(5,6-dimethoxy-2-methyl-3-indolyl)ethyl]-4-phenylpiperazine on central and peripheral monoamine containing neurons of rats was investigated both histochemically (fluorescence microscopy) and biochemically:

  1. 1.

    Oxypertin (30–70 mg/kg) depleted the dopamine, noradrenaline, and serotonin containing neurons in the central nervous system. After administration of 70 mg/kg oxypertin the noradrenaline level of the brain was more reduced (−88%) than the dopamine (−49%) and serotonin (−46%) level.

  2. 2.

    The noradrenaline content of the adrenergic ground plexus of the iris and the heart was also diminished by oxypertin. In the iris the recovery of the spezific fluorescence due to noradrenaline was complete 24 hrs after the injection, whereas the noradrenaline content of the heart reached control values after 72 hrs only.

  3. 3.

    Pretreatment of the animals with the monoamine oxidase inhibitor nialamide prevented the depletory effect of oxypertin.

  4. 4.

    The accumulation of exogenous noradrenaline in central (median eminence) and peripheral catecholamine neurons (iris, heart) previously depleted on amines by inhibition of endogenous noradrenaline synthesis with α-methyl-p-tyrosine was blocked by oxypertin.

  5. 5.

    In vitro oxypertin (10−5 M) caused also a decrease of the fluorescence intensity in rat irides and inhibited the accumulation of noradrenaline and α-methylnoradrenaline resp. in the noradrenergic neurons previously depleted of endogenous noradrenaline by α-methyl-p-tyrosine (inhibition of tyrosine hydroxylase) and reserpine resp.

  6. 6.

    It is concluded that the depletory effect of oxypertin on monoamine containing neurons in vivo is mainly due to a reserpine-like blockade of the uptake storage mechanism of the amine storage granules, in vitro, however, additionally by inhibition of the reserpine-resistant uptake mechanism localized in the cell membrane.

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Dedicated to Prof. P. Holtz on the occasion of his 65th birthday, February 6th 1967.

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Fuxe, K., Grobecker, H., Hökfelt, T. et al. Some observations on the site of action of Oxypertin. Naunyn-Schmiedebergs Arch. Pharmak. u. Exp. Path. 256, 450–463 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00536803

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