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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 346, Issue 1-2, Pages 89-92Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00573-1
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tyramine; octopamine; synephrine; high performance liquid chromatography electrochemical detection; trace amine receptors; human plasma; platelets
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We evaluated, using a multi-channel electrochemical HPLC system, whether trace amines are detectable in plasma and platelets of healthy control subjects. To this end, levels of tyramine, octopamine and synephrine were assessed in samples obtained from eight males and eight females, age matched and free from drugs. In plasma, octopamine was detectable in all subjects, synephrine in 15 and tyramine in six out of 16 subjects. Likewise, detectable levels of octopamine together with synephrine were, in contrast to tyramine, found within platelets of most individuals. Intracellular levels of the amines significantly diminished following platelet activation (ADP or collagen). In addition, circulating leukocytes from these same subjects are herein shown to express mRNA transcripts for the recently discovered 'trace amine receptors' (TAR-L -3 -4 and -5). Thus, although baseline plasma levels of octopamine tyramine or synephrine may vary among healthy individuals. the observation that platelets store and actively release these trace amines suggests that they may be effectors involved in platelet-mediated signaling events in the bloodstream. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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