Abstract
Isatin (Tribulin) produced a dose-dependent inhibition of both MAO A and MAO B in broken cell preparations from rat brain and pineal. However, isatin administered in vivo (80-160 mg/kg) to the intact animal significantly increased brain, but not pineal, serotonin and did not affect 5HIAA or other indoles in either brain or pineal. Further, in vivo administration did not produce detectable MAO inhibition in either tissue. In pineal organ culture, addition of isatin up to 1mM had no influence on the concentrations of pineal indoles or the activities of monoamine oxidase or serotonin N-acetyltransferase. However, the diazepam augmentation of beta adrenergic induction of serotonin N-acetyltransferase activity was blocked by isatin. The results of these studies call into question the proposed role of isatin as an endogenous monoamine oxidase inhibitor but support a possible role as a benzodiazepine receptor blocker.
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