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  • Title: Expression of diamine oxidase (histaminase) in guinea-pig tissues.
    Author: Kitanaka J, Kitanaka N, Tsujimura T, Terada N, Takemura M.
    Journal: Eur J Pharmacol; 2002 Feb 22; 437(3):179-85. PubMed ID: 11890907.
    Abstract:
    The expression of mRNA for diamine oxidase (histaminase) and the enzyme activity in guinea-pig tissues were investigated. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed that the message corresponding to the long form present in humans and rats was expressed abundantly in the small intestine and liver. Small but detectable amounts of diamine oxidase mRNA were observed in the kidney, stomach, cerebellum, thalamus+hypothalamus, and cerebral cortex. Northern blot analysis showed that the message (2.8 kb in size) was observed abundantly in the liver and small intestine and was detectable in the kidney and stomach but not in the brain or lung. In situ hybridization showed that diamine oxidase mRNA was localized throughout the liver and epithelial cells of the small intestine. Diamine oxidase activity was detected at various levels in different tissues of the guinea-pig at the following relative abundance: liver>small intestine>lung, kidney>stomach. Histamine dose-dependently induced the contraction of sections of the guinea-pig small intestine, and the pretreatment of the tissue section with aminoguanidine (100 microM), a diamine oxidase inhibitor, but not with S-[4-(N,N-dimethylamino)butyl]isothiourea (100 microM), an inhibitor of histamine N-methyltransferase, shifted the dose-response curve of histamine-induced contraction to lower concentrations. These results suggest that diamine oxidase has a crucial role in the degradation of histamine in the guinea-pig small intestine and probably in the liver.
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