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The enhancement of brain choline levels is a possible therapeutic option in neurodegenerative diseases; however, brain choline levels are held within narrow limits by homeostatic mechanisms including the rapid clearance of excess choline from the brain. The present study tests whether N-METHYLNICOTINAMIDE (cas 114-33-0) (NMN), an inhibitor of the outward transport of choline from the brain, can elevate brain choline levels in vivo. As NMN does not cross the blood–brain barrier, we synthesized and administered the brain-permeable prodrug, 1,4-dihydro-N-methyl-nicotinamide (DNMN), and tested its effect on the levels of NMN and choline in brain extracellular fluid, using the microdialysis procedure. Administration of DNMN (1 mmol/kg s.c.) caused a 4- and 9-fold increase in plasma and liver NMN levels, respectively, as determined by HPLC. Concomitantly, the brain tissue levels of NMN were increased by a factor of twenty. In brain extracellular fluid, the injection of DNMN (1–3 mmol/kg s.c.) elevated NMN levels by 3- to 10-fold to maximum levels of >10 μM. In spite of these enhanced NMN levels, the choline concentrations in the brain extracellular fluid and in the cerebrospinal fluid (4.7 μM) remained unchanged or were even slightly decreased. Microsomal incubations of DNMN indicated that cytochrome P-450 3A isoforms may be involved in NMN formation in the liver, but not in the brain. We conclude that DNMN, a brain-permeable prodrug of NMN, is efficiently oxidized to NMN in the brain, but a 10-fold increase in extracellular NMN levels is not sufficient to reduce the clearance of choline from the brain.
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