Inhibition of phenylalanine hydroxylase activity by alpha-methyl tyrosine, a potent inhibitor of tyrosine hydroxylase. |
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Authors: | L T Murthy |
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Affiliation: | Children''s Hospital Research Foundation and the Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, USA |
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Abstract: | Inhibitors of phenylalanine hydroxylase and tyrosine hydroxylase were used in the assay of phenylalanine hydroxylase in liver and kidney of rats and mice. Parachlorophenylalanine (PCPA), methyl tyrosine methyl ester and dimethyl tyrosine methyl ester showed 5–15% inhibition while α-methyl tyrosine seemed to inhibit phenylalanine hydroxylase to the extent of 95–98% at concentrations of 5 × 10 −5M –1 × 10 −4M. After a phenylketonuric diet (0.12% PCPA + 3% excess phenylalanine), the liver showed 60% phenylalanine hydroxylase activity and kidney 82% that present in pair-fed normals. Hepatic activity was normal after 8 days refeeding normal diet whereas kidney showed 63% of normal activity. The PCPA-fed animals showed 34% in liver and 38% in kidney as compared to normals; in both cases normal activity was noticed after refeeding. The phenylalanine-fed animals showed activity similar to that seen in phenylketonuric animals. The temporary inducement of phenylketonuria in these animals may be due to a slight change in conformation of the phenylalanine hydroxylase molecule; once the normal diet is resumed, the enzyme reverts back to its active form. This paper also suggests that α-methyl tyrosine when fed in conjunction with the phenylketonuric diet may suppress phenylalanine hydroxylase activity completely in the experimental animals thus yielding normal tyrosine levels as seen in human phenylketonurics. |
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Keywords: | PKU phenylketonuria or phenylketonuric PHE phenylalanine TYR tyrosine PAH phenylalanine hydroxylase TYH tyrosine hydroxylase PCPA p-chlorophenylalanine AMT α-methyl tyrosine NE norepinephrine CA catecholamine(s) DOPA dihydroxyphenylalanine |
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