scholarly journals Metabolomics of Rat Brain After Treatment with Phenelzine: High-Resolution Mass Spectrometric Demonstration of Increased Brain Levels of N-Acetyl Amino Acids

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Paul L. Wood ◽  
Paul L. Wood ◽  
John E. Cebak ◽  
Glen B. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Rat Brain ◽  
Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor ◽  
Oxidase Inhibitor ◽  
Mass Spectrometric ◽  
Brain Levels ◽  
High Resolution Mass ◽  
Resolution Mass

Background: Phenelzine (PLZ) is a non-specific monoamine oxidase inhibitor that has demonstrated clinical efficacy in patients with treatment resistant depression. The mechanism of action with regard to this efficacy is complicated in that its metabolite, β-phenylethylidenehydrazine (PEH), is an inhibitor of amino acid transaminases resulting in dramatic brain elevations of GABA, alanine, ornithine and tyrosine. The full neurochemical profile of PLZ and PEH remain to be explored. Objective: To undertake a non-targeted metabolomics study of phenelzine on rat brain neurochemistry. Methods: We undertook a high-resolution mass spectrometric metabolomics analysis of rat cortical brain 1 and 12 hours after intraperitoneal dosing with PLZ or PEH. Tandem mass spectrometry was utilized to obtain relative quantitation data. Results: N-acetyl amino acids were found to be elevated in cortical brain tissue following either PLZ or PEH treatments. Conclusions: Our data indicate PLZ treatment significantly augments brain levels of N-acetyl amino acids and that this may involve inhibition of deacylases by PEH and/or induction of N-amino acid acetyltransferases.

scholarly journals The structure of novel C35 pentacyclic terpenes from Acetobacter xylinum

1973 ◽  
Vol 135 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans J. Förster ◽  
Klaus Biemann ◽  
W. Geoffrey Haigh ◽  
Neil H. Tattrie ◽  
J. Ross Colvin
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
High Resolution Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Carbon Chain ◽  
Acetobacter Xylinum ◽  
Mass Spectrometric ◽  
Hydroxyl Groups ◽  
Mass Spectral Data ◽  
Mass Spectral ◽  
High Resolution Mass ◽  
Resolution Mass

A novel C35 terpene and its monounsaturated analogue were isolated from cultures of Acetobacter xylinum, together with traces of their C36 homologues. These substances were found to be hopane derivatives substituted by a five-carbon chain bearing four vicinal hydroxyl groups. For the parent hydrocarbon the term bacteriohopane is proposed. The elucidation of the structures utilized high-resolution mass spectrometry of the terpenes, degradation to C32 hydrocarbons and detailed mass-spectrometric comparison of these with C32 hydrocarbons synthesized from known pentacyclic triterpenes. High-resolution mass-spectral data of the terpenes are presented. N.m.r. data are in agreement with the proposed structures, which are further supported by the isolation from the same organism of 22-hydroxyhopane and derivative hopene(s).

Strategy and Its Implications of Protein Bioanalysis Utilizing High-Resolution Mass Spectrometric Detection of Intact Protein

2011 ◽  
Vol 83 (23) ◽  
pp. 8937-8944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qian Ruan ◽  
Qin C. Ji ◽  
Mark E. Arnold ◽  
W. Griffith Humphreys ◽  
Mingshe Zhu
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Mass Spectrometric ◽  
Mass Spectrometric Detection ◽  
Intact Protein ◽  
High Resolution Mass ◽  
Resolution Mass

Mass-spectrometric studies. I. Benzo[b]thiophen, some alkyl and aryl derivatives, and the 1,1-dioxide and 2,3-dihydro-1,1-dioxide

1967 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 103 ◽  
Author(s):  
QN Porter
Keyword(s):  
High Resolution ◽  
Mass Spectra ◽  
Mass Spectrometric ◽  
High Resolution Mass ◽  
Resolution Mass

The high-resolution mass spectra of benzo[b]thiophen, some alkyl and aryl derivatives, and the sulphone and 2,3-dihydrosulphone have been obtained; compositions of all significant ions in the spectra have been determined. Fragmentations of the unoxidized compounds are dominated by losses of C2H2 and CS units, while the sulphones undergo initial isomerization to cyclic sulphinates followed by expulsion of SO and fragments containing a C-O bond. Structures have been suggested for most of the ions observed.

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