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  • Title: Effects of a monoamine oxidase A inhibitor, FLA 668 (+) on the adrenergic mechanisms of the dog saphenous vein.
    Author: Caramona MM, Esplugues JV, Osswald W.
    Journal: Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol; 1985 Nov; 331(2-3):181-5. PubMed ID: 2935741.
    Abstract:
    FLA 668 (+) [(S)-(+)-4-amino-2, alpha-dimethylethylphenethylamine (+)-hydrogen bitartrate] selectively inhibited MAO type A in homogenates of dog saphenous vein, with a IC50 of 1 mumol/l for MAO A and greater than 1 mmol/l for MAO B. At concentrations of 1 mumol/l and higher, FLA 668(+) progressively decreased the formation of deaminated metabolites by saphenous vein strips incubated with 3H-noradrenaline, with a preferential action on DOPEG formation. Normetanephrine formation increased but this increase did not wholly compensate for the reduction in the formation of deaminated metabolites. FLA 668(+) caused increased reactivity of saphenous vein strips to noradrenaline and markedly reduced the accumulation of 3H-noradrenaline in the incubated tissue; both effects were still evident in the presence of clorgyline. After cocaine, FLA 668(+) caused no further increase in sensitivity. It is concluded that FLA 668(+) is, in the saphenous vein of the dog, a selective inhibitor of MAO type A and that it exerts a cocaine-like effect.
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