Isomeric monomethyl ether derivatives of (RS)-9,10-dihydroxyaporphine ("isoapomorphine") as possible products of metabolism by catechol-O-methyltransferase
摘要:
The isomeric monomethyl ether derivatives of (RS)-9,10-dihydroxyaporphine (''isoapomorphine'') were synthesized unequivocally as possible metabolites in catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) mediated O-methylation reactions. In vitro incubation studies revealed that isoapomorphine is not a substrate for the COMT using experimental conditions under which apomorphine (10,11-dihydroxyaporphine) is converted in high yield into its 10-methyl ether, apocodeine. The in vivo dopaminergic inactivity of isoapomorphine (as compared with that of apomorphine) seems to be due to factors other than metabolic inactivation by COMT.
Isomeric monomethyl ether derivatives of (RS)-9,10-dihydroxyaporphine ("isoapomorphine") as possible products of metabolism by catechol-O-methyltransferase
摘要:
The isomeric monomethyl ether derivatives of (RS)-9,10-dihydroxyaporphine (''isoapomorphine'') were synthesized unequivocally as possible metabolites in catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) mediated O-methylation reactions. In vitro incubation studies revealed that isoapomorphine is not a substrate for the COMT using experimental conditions under which apomorphine (10,11-dihydroxyaporphine) is converted in high yield into its 10-methyl ether, apocodeine. The in vivo dopaminergic inactivity of isoapomorphine (as compared with that of apomorphine) seems to be due to factors other than metabolic inactivation by COMT.