Understanding Catecholamine Metabolism as a Guide to the Biochemical Diagnosis of Pheochromocytoma

[1] Nagatsu T., Levitt M., Udenfriend S., Tyrosine hydroxylase, the initial step in norepinephrine biosynthesis, J Biol Chem, 239, pp. 2910-2917, (1964)

[2] Mezey E., Eisenhofer G., Harta G., Hansson S., Gould L., Hunyady B., Hoffman B.J., A novel nonneuronal catecholaminergic system: Exocrine pancreas synthesizes and releases dopamine, Proc Natl Acad Sci, 93, pp. 10377-10382, (1996)

[3] Goldstein D.S., Mezey E., Yamamoto T., Aneman A., Friberg P., Eisenhofer G., Is there a third peripheral catecholaminergic system Endogenous dopamine as an autocrine/paracrine substance derived from plasma DOPa and inactivated by conjugation, Hypertens Res, 18, pp. S93-S99, (1995)

[4] Henry J.P., Sagne C., Bedet C., Gasnier B., The vesicular monoamine transporter: From chromaffin granule to brain, Neurochem Int, 32, pp. 227-246, (1998)

[5] Ahn N.G., Klinman J.P., Nature of rate-limiting steps in a compartmentalized enzyme system. Quantitation of dopamine transport and hydroxylation rates in resealed chromaffin granule ghosts, J Biol Chem, 264, pp. 12259-12265, (1989)

[6] Hillarp N.A., Hokfelt B., Evidence of adrenaline and noradrenaline in separate adrenal medullary cells, Acta Physiol Scand, 30, pp. 55-68, (1953)

[7] Livett B.G., Adrenal medullary chromaffin cells in vitro, Physiol Rev, 64, pp. 1103-1161, (1984)

[8] Greenberg R., Rosenthal I., Falk G.S., Electron microscopy of human tumors secreting catecholamines: Correlation with biochemical data, J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 28, pp. 475-500, (1969)

[9] Lauper N.T., Tyce G.M., Sheps S.G., Carney J.A., Pheochromocytoma. Fine structural, biochemical and clinical observations, Am J Cardiol, 30, pp. 197-204, (1972)

[10] Eisenhofer G., Rundqvist B., Aneman A., Friberg P., Dakak N., Kopin I.J., Jacobs M.C., Lenders J.W., Regional release and removal of catecholamines and extraneuronal metabolism to metanephrines, J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 80, pp. 3009-3017, (1995)

[1] Nagatsu T., Levitt M., Udenfriend S., Tyrosine hydroxylase, the initial step in norepinephrine biosynthesis, J Biol Chem, 239, pp. 2910-2917, (1964)

[2] Mezey E., Eisenhofer G., Harta G., Hansson S., Gould L., Hunyady B., Hoffman B.J., A novel nonneuronal catecholaminergic system: Exocrine pancreas synthesizes and releases dopamine, Proc Natl Acad Sci, 93, pp. 10377-10382, (1996)

[3] Goldstein D.S., Mezey E., Yamamoto T., Aneman A., Friberg P., Eisenhofer G., Is there a third peripheral catecholaminergic system Endogenous dopamine as an autocrine/paracrine substance derived from plasma DOPa and inactivated by conjugation, Hypertens Res, 18, pp. S93-S99, (1995)

[4] Henry J.P., Sagne C., Bedet C., Gasnier B., The vesicular monoamine transporter: From chromaffin granule to brain, Neurochem Int, 32, pp. 227-246, (1998)

[5] Ahn N.G., Klinman J.P., Nature of rate-limiting steps in a compartmentalized enzyme system. Quantitation of dopamine transport and hydroxylation rates in resealed chromaffin granule ghosts, J Biol Chem, 264, pp. 12259-12265, (1989)

[6] Hillarp N.A., Hokfelt B., Evidence of adrenaline and noradrenaline in separate adrenal medullary cells, Acta Physiol Scand, 30, pp. 55-68, (1953)

[7] Livett B.G., Adrenal medullary chromaffin cells in vitro, Physiol Rev, 64, pp. 1103-1161, (1984)

[8] Greenberg R., Rosenthal I., Falk G.S., Electron microscopy of human tumors secreting catecholamines: Correlation with biochemical data, J Neuropathol Exp Neurol, 28, pp. 475-500, (1969)

[9] Lauper N.T., Tyce G.M., Sheps S.G., Carney J.A., Pheochromocytoma. Fine structural, biochemical and clinical observations, Am J Cardiol, 30, pp. 197-204, (1972)

[10] Eisenhofer G., Rundqvist B., Aneman A., Friberg P., Dakak N., Kopin I.J., Jacobs M.C., Lenders J.W., Regional release and removal of catecholamines and extraneuronal metabolism to metanephrines, J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 80, pp. 3009-3017, (1995)