TABLE 4

Effect of clorgyline and selegiline on the metabolism of [14C]bicifadine to M2 by human liver microsomes and mitochondrial preparations

Pooled human liver microsomes (0.5 mg/ml) and mitochondria (1 mg/ml) were incubated with increasing concentrations of clorgyline or selegiline for 37°C for 20 min. [14C]Bicifadine (1 μM) was then added and the incubation continued for an additional 30 min. The incubations were assayed for metabolites as detailed under Materials and Methods.



Conc.

Activity ± S.D.

Microsomes
Mitochondria
μM pmol/min/mg protein
Control 0.0 37.7 ± 1.1 17.3 ± 0.06
Selegiline 0.001 40.2 ± 1.9 13.9 ± 3.2
0.01 37.1 ± 3.2 14.6 ± 2.9
0.1 4.30 ± 0.95 3.56 ± 0.41
1 2.35 ± 0.05 2.67 ± 0.30
Clorgyline 0.001 40.5 ± 1.7 15.8 ± 1.5
0.01 38.9 ± 1.3 17.8 ± 1.1
0.1 36.3 ± 0.3 14.4 ± 0.3

1
33.6 ± 0.5
14.0 ± 0.5