Suicidal Inhibition Kinetics of MAO by Tranylcypromine Enantiomers

Tranylcypromine 광학이성질체에 의한 MAO 자살억제의 반응속도론

  • Kang, Gun-Il (College of Pharmacy, Sookmyung Women's University) ;
  • Choi, Myung-Hee (College of Pharmacy, Sookmyung Women's University)
  • 강건일 (숙명여자대학교 약학대학) ;
  • 최명희 (숙명여자대학교 약학대학)
  • Published : 1989.02.28

Abstract

Since time-dependent inactivation of MAO was found to be complete in a few minutes when high concentration ratios of tranylcypromine to MAO were used, a method to obtain kinetic parameters was sought suitable to the conditions in which concentrations of tranylcypromine analogs did not exceed that of MAO. For the purpose, kinetic equations were derived and the method applied to the kinetic studies of tranylcypromine enantiomers. It was found that (E)-(+)-2-phenylcyclopropylamine inhibited MAO by the mechanism following bimolecular reaction scheme with $\tilde{K}_i$ of $2.0\;{\times}\;10^6M^{-1}min^{-1}$. Whereas, MAO-inhibitory pattern of the (-)-enantiomer was to be interpreted by suicide inhibition scheme and measured $k_{in}\;and\;\tilde{K}'$ were $0.457\;min^{-1}\;and\;$5.4{\mu}M$, respectively.

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