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Tateishi Y, McCarty KD, Martin MV, Yoshimoto FK, Guengerich FP. Roles of Ferric Peroxide Anion Intermediates (Fe 3+O 2 -, Compound 0) in Cytochrome P450 19A1 Steroid Aromatization and a Cytochrome P450 2B4 Secosteroid Oxidation Model. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024; 63:e202406542. [PMID: 38820076 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202406542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2024] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/02/2024]
Abstract
Cytochrome P450 (P450, CYP) 19A1 is the steroid aromatase, the enzyme responsible for the 3-step conversion of androgens (androstenedione or testosterone) to estrogens. The final step is C-C bond scission (removing the 19-oxo group as formic acid) that proceeds via a historically controversial reaction mechanism. The two competing mechanistic possibilities involve a ferric peroxide anion (Fe3+O2 -, Compound 0) and a perferryl oxy species (FeO3+, Compound I). One approach to discern the role of each species in the reaction is with the use of oxygen-18 labeling, i.e., from 18O2 and H2 18O of the reaction product formic acid. We applied this approach, using several technical improvements, to study the deformylation of 19-oxo-androstenedione by human P450 19A1 and of a model secosteroid, 3-oxodecaline-4-ene-10-carboxaldehyde (ODEC), by rabbit P450 2B4. Both aldehyde substrates were sensitive to non-enzymatic acid-catalyzed deformylation, yielding 19-norsteroids, and conditions were established to avoid issues with artifactual generation of formic acid. The Compound 0 reaction pathway predominated (i.e., Fe3+O2 -) in both P450 19A1 oxidation of 19-oxo-androstenedione and P450 2B4 oxidation of ODEC. The P450 19A1 results contrast with our prior conclusions (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 15016-16025), attributed to several technical modifications.
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- Yasuhiro Tateishi
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-0146, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-0146, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-0146, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 78249, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-0146, United States
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Hargrove T, Lamb DC, Wawrzak Z, Hull M, Kelly SL, Guengerich FP, Lepesheva GI. Identification of Potent and Selective Inhibitors of Acanthamoeba: Structural Insights into Sterol 14α-Demethylase as a Key Drug Target. J Med Chem 2024; 67:7443-7457. [PMID: 38683753 PMCID: PMC11089504 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Revised: 03/27/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024]
Abstract
Acanthamoeba are free-living pathogenic protozoa that cause blinding keratitis, disseminated infection, and granulomatous amebic encephalitis, which is generally fatal. The development of efficient and safe drugs is a critical unmet need. Acanthamoeba sterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51) is an essential enzyme of the sterol biosynthetic pathway. Repurposing antifungal azoles for amoebic infections has been reported, but their inhibitory effects on Acanthamoeba CYP51 enzymatic activity have not been studied. Here, we report catalytic properties, inhibition, and structural characterization of CYP51 from Acanthamoeba castellanii. The enzyme displays a 100-fold substrate preference for obtusifoliol over lanosterol, supporting the plant-like cycloartenol-based pathway in the pathogen. The strongest inhibition was observed with voriconazole (1 h IC50 0.45 μM), VT1598 (0.25 μM), and VT1161 (0.20 μM). The crystal structures of A. castellanii CYP51 with bound VT1161 (2.24 Å) and without an inhibitor (1.95 Å), presented here, can be used in the development of azole-based scaffolds to achieve optimal amoebicidal effectiveness.
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- Tatiana
Y. Hargrove
- Department
of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School
of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Faculty
of Medicine, Health and Life Science, Swansea
University, Swansea SA2 8PP, U.K.
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- Synchrotron
Research Center, Life Science Collaborative Access Team, Northwestern University, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Faculty
of Medicine, Health and Life Science, Swansea
University, Swansea SA2 8PP, U.K.
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- Faculty
of Medicine, Health and Life Science, Swansea
University, Swansea SA2 8PP, U.K.
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School
of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School
of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Vanderbilt
Institute of Chemical Biology, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Center
for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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Tateishi Y, Webb SN, Li B, Liu L, Lindsey Rose K, Leser M, Patel P, Guengerich FP. Proteomics, modeling, and fluorescence assays delineate cytochrome b 5 residues involved in binding and stimulation of cytochrome P450 17A1 17,20-lyase. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:105688. [PMID: 38280431 PMCID: PMC10878793 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.105688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2023] [Revised: 01/15/2024] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 01/29/2024] Open
Abstract
Cytochrome b5 (b5) is known to stimulate some catalytic activities of cytochrome P450 (P450, CYP) enzymes, although mechanisms still need to be defined. The reactions most strongly enhanced by b5 are the 17,20-lyase reactions of P450 17A1 involved in steroid biosynthesis. We had previously used a fluorescently labeled human b5 variant (Alexa 488-T70C-b5) to characterize human P450 17A1-b5 interactions, but subsequent proteomic analyses indicated that lysines in b5 were also modified with Alexa 488 maleimide in addition to Cys-70, due to disulfide dimerization of the T70C mutant. A series of b5 variants were constructed with Cys replacements for the identified lysine residues and labeled with the dye. Fluorescence attenuation and the function of b5 in the steroid lyase reaction depended on the modified position. Apo-b5 (devoid of heme group) studies revealed the lack of involvement of the b5 heme in the fluorescence attenuation. A structural model of b5 with P450 17A1 was predicted using AlphaFold-Multimer algorithms/Rosetta docking, based upon the individual structures, which predicted several new contacts not previously reported, that is, interactions of b5 Glu-48:17A1 Arg-347, b5 Glu-49:17A1 Arg-449, b5 Asp-65:17A1 Arg-126, b5 Asp-65:17A1 Arg-125, and b5 Glu-61:17A1 Lys-91. Fluorescence polarization assays with two modified b5 variants yielded Kd values (for b5-P450 17A1) of 120 to 380 nM, the best estimate of binding affinity. We conclude that both monomeric and dimeric b5 can bind to P450 17A1 and stimulate activity. Results with the mutants indicate that several Lys residues in b5 are sensitive to the interaction with P450 17A1, including Lys-88 and Lys-91.
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- Yasuhiro Tateishi
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Proteomics Laboratory, Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Proteomics Laboratory, Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Proteomics Laboratory, Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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Mast N, Li Y, Pikuleva IA. 7,8-Dihydroxy Efavirenz Is Not as Effective in CYP46A1 Activation In Vivo as Efavirenz or Its 8,14-Dihydroxy Metabolite. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:2242. [PMID: 38396919 PMCID: PMC10889178 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25042242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
Abstract
High dose (S)-efavirenz (EFV) inhibits the HIV reverse transcriptase enzyme and is used to lower HIV load. Low-dose EFV allosterically activates CYP46A1, the key enzyme for cholesterol elimination from the brain, and is investigated as a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Simultaneously, we evaluate EFV dihydroxymetabolites for in vivo brain effects to compare with those of (S)-EFV. We have already tested (rac)-8,14dihydroxy EFV on 5XFAD mice, a model of Alzheimer's disease. Herein, we treated 5XFAD mice with (rac)-7,8dihydroxy EFV. In both sexes, the treatment modestly activated CYP46A1 in the brain and increased brain content of acetyl-CoA and acetylcholine. Male mice also showed a decrease in the brain levels of insoluble amyloid β40 peptides. However, the treatment had no effect on animal performance in different memory tasks. Thus, the overall brain effects of (rac)-7,8dihydroxy EFV were weaker than those of EFV and (rac)-8,14dihydroxy EFV and did not lead to cognitive improvements as were seen in treatments with EFV and (rac)-8,14dihydroxy EFV. An in vitro study assessing CYP46A1 activation in co-incubations with EFV and (rac)-7,8dihydroxy EFV or (rac)-8,14dihydroxy EFV was carried out and provided insight into the compound doses and ratios that could be used for in vivo co-treatments with EFV and its dihydroxymetabolite.
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; (N.M.); (Y.L.)
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McCarty KD, Sullivan ME, Tateishi Y, Hargrove TY, Lepesheva GI, Guengerich FP. Processive kinetics in the three-step lanosterol 14α-demethylation reaction catalyzed by human cytochrome P450 51A1. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:104841. [PMID: 37209823 PMCID: PMC10285260 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2023] [Revised: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Cytochrome P450 (P450, CYP) family 51 enzymes catalyze the 14α-demethylation of sterols, leading to critical products used for membranes and the production of steroids, as well as signaling molecules. In mammals, P450 51 catalyzes the 3-step, 6-electron oxidation of lanosterol to form (4β,5α)-4,4-dimethyl-cholestra-8,14,24-trien-3-ol (FF-MAS). P450 51A1 can also use 24,25-dihydrolanosterol (a natural substrate in the Kandutsch-Russell cholesterol pathway). 24,25-Dihydrolanosterol and the corresponding P450 51A1 reaction intermediates, the 14α-alcohol and -aldehyde derivatives of dihydrolanosterol, were synthesized to study the kinetic processivity of the overall 14α-demethylation reaction of human P450 51A1. A combination of steady-state kinetic parameters, steady-state binding constants, dissociation rates of P450-sterol complexes, and kinetic modeling of the time course of oxidation of a P450-dihydrolanosterol complex showed that the overall reaction is highly processive, with koff rates of P450 51A1-dihydrolanosterol and the 14α-alcohol and 14α-aldehyde complexes being 1 to 2 orders of magnitude less than the forward rates of competing oxidations. epi-Dihydrolanosterol (the 3α-hydroxy analog) was as efficient as the common 3β-hydroxy isomer in the binding and formation of dihydro FF-MAS. The common lanosterol contaminant dihydroagnosterol was found to be a substrate of human P450 51A1, with roughly one-half the activity of dihydrolanosterol. Steady-state experiments with 14α-methyl deuterated dihydrolanosterol showed no kinetic isotope effect, indicating that C-14α C-H bond breaking is not rate-limiting in any of the individual steps. The high processivity of this reaction generates higher efficiency and also renders the reaction less sensitive to inhibitors.
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- Kevin D McCarty
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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Guengerich FP, McCarty KD, Tateishi Y, Liu L. Steroid 17α-hydroxylase/17, 20-lyase (cytochrome P450 17A1). Methods Enzymol 2023; 689:39-63. [PMID: 37802581 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2023.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
Abstract
Cytochrome P450 (P450) 17A1 plays a key role in steroidogenesis, in that this enzyme catalyzes the 17α-hydroxylation of both pregnenolone and progesterone, followed by a lyase reaction to cleave the C-20 land C-21 carbons from each steroid. The reactions are important in the production of both glucocorticoids and androgens. The enzyme is critical in humans but is also a drug target in treatment of prostate cancer. Detailed methods are described for the heterologous expression of human P450 17A1 in bacteria, purification of the recombinant enzyme, reconstitution of the enzyme system in the presence of cytochrome b5, and chromatographic procedures for sensitive analyses of reaction products. Historic assay approaches are reviewed. Some information is also provided about outstanding questions in the research field, including catalytic mechanisms and searches for selective inhibitors.
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- F Peter Guengerich
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States
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Mast N, Li Y, Pikuleva IA. Increased Acetylcholine Levels and Other Brain Effects in 5XFAD Mice after Treatment with 8,14-Dihydroxy Metabolite of Efavirenz. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23147669. [PMID: 35887013 PMCID: PMC9317559 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23147669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Efavirenz (EFV), an FDA-approved anti-HIV drug, has off-target binding to CYP46A1, the CNS enzyme which converts cholesterol to 24-hydroxycholesterol. At small doses, EFV allosterically activates CYP46A1 in mice and humans and mitigates some of the Alzheimer's disease manifestations in 5XFAD mice, an animal model. Notably, in vitro, all phase 1 EFV hydroxymetabolites activate CYP46A1 as well and bind either to the allosteric site for EFV, neurotransmitters or both. Herein, we treated 5XFAD mice with 8,14-dihydroxyEFV, the binder to the neurotransmitter allosteric site, which elicits the highest CYP46A1 activation in vitro. We found that treated animals of both sexes had activation of CYP46A1 and cholesterol turnover in the brain, decreased content of the amyloid beta 42 peptide, increased levels of acetyl-CoA and acetylcholine, and altered expression of the brain marker proteins. In addition, male mice had improved performance in the Barnes Maze test and increased expression of the acetylcholine-related genes. This work expands our knowledge of the beneficial CYP46A1 activation effects and demonstrates that 8,14-dihydroxyEFV crosses the blood-brain barrier and has therapeutic potential as a CYP46A1 activator.
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Mast N, Fotinich A, Pikuleva IA. The Hydroxylation Position Rather than Chirality Determines How Efavirenz Metabolites Activate Cytochrome P450 46A1 In Vitro. Drug Metab Dispos 2022; 50:923-930. [PMID: 35489779 PMCID: PMC11022896 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.122.000874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
(S)-Efavirenz (EFV) is a reverse transcriptase inhibitor and an antiviral drug. In addition, (S)-EFV can interact off target with CYP46A1, the major cholesterol hydroxylating enzyme in the mammalian brain, and allosterically activate CYP46A1 at a small dose in mice and humans. Studies with purified CYP46A1 identified two allosteric sites on the enzyme surface, one for (S)-EFV and the second site for L-glutamate (Glu), a neurotransmitter that also activates CYP46A1 either alone or in the presence of (S)-EFV. Previously, we found that racemic (rac)-7-hydroxyefavirenz, (rac)-8-hydroxyefavirenz, (S)-8-hydroxyefavirenz, and (rac)-8,14-dihydroxyefavirenz, compounds with the hydroxylation positions corresponding to the metabolism of (S)-EFV in the liver, activated CYP46A1 in vitro. Yet, these compounds differed from (S)-EFV in how they allosterically interacted with CYP46A1. Herein, we further characterized (rac)-7-hydroxyefavirenz, (rac)-8-hydroxyefavirenz, (S)-8-hydroxyefavirenz, and (rac)-8,14-dihydroxyefavirenz, and, in addition, (R)-EFV, (S)-7-hydroxyefavirenz, (rac)-7,8-dihydroxyefavirenz, (S)-7,8-dihydroxyefavirenz, and (S)-8,14-dihydroxyefavirenz for activation and binding to CYP46A1 in vitro. We found that the spatial configuration of all tested compounds neither affected the CYP46A1 activation nor the sites of binding to CYP46A1. Yet, the hydroxylation position determined whether the hydroxylated metabolite interacted with the allosteric site for (S)-EFV [(R)-EFV, (rac)-7,8-dihydroxyefavirenz, and (S)-7,8-dihydroxyefavirenz], L-Glu [(rac)- and (S)-8,14-dihydroxyefavirenz], or both [(rac)-7-hydroxyefavirenz, (S)-7-hydroxyefavirenz, (rac)-8-hydroxyefavirenz, and (S)-8-hydroxyefavirenz]. This difference in binding to the allosteric sites determined, in turn, how CYP46A1 activity was changed in the coincubations with (S)-EFV and either its metabolite or L-Glu. The results suggest EFV metabolites that could be more potent for CYP46A1 activation in vivo than (S)-EFV. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: This study found that not only efavirenz but also all its hydroxylated metabolites allosterically activate CYP46A1 in vitro. The enzyme activation depended on the hydroxylation position but not the metabolite spatial configuration and involved either one or two allosteric sites-for efavirenz, L-glutamate, or both. The results suggest that the hydroxylated efavirenz metabolites may differ from efavirenz in how they interact with the CYP46A1 allosteric and active sites.
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Affiliation(s)
- Natalia Mast
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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Hargrove TY, Wawrzak Z, Rachakonda G, Nes WD, Villalta F, Guengerich FP, Lepesheva GI. Relaxed Substrate Requirements of Sterol 14α-Demethylase from Naegleria fowleri Are Accompanied by Resistance to Inhibition. J Med Chem 2021; 64:17511-17522. [PMID: 34842434 PMCID: PMC8667612 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Naegleria fowleri is the protozoan pathogen that causes primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), with the death rate exceeding 97%. The amoeba makes sterols and can be targeted by sterol biosynthesis inhibitors. Here, we characterized N. fowleri sterol 14-demethylase, including catalytic properties and inhibition by clinical antifungal drugs and experimental substituted azoles with favorable pharmacokinetics and low toxicity. None of them inhibited the enzyme stoichiometrically. The highest potencies were displayed by posaconazole (IC50 = 0.69 μM) and two of our compounds (IC50 = 1.3 and 0.35 μM). Because both these compounds penetrate the brain with concentrations reaching minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values in an N. fowleri cellular assay, we report them as potential drug candidates for PAM. The 2.1 Å crystal structure, in complex with the strongest inhibitor, provides an explanation connecting the enzyme weaker substrate specificity with lower sensitivity to inhibition. It also provides insight into the enzyme/ligand molecular recognition process and suggests directions for the design of more potent inhibitors.
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- Tatiana Y Hargrove
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Synchrotron Research Center, Life Science Collaborative Access Team, Northwestern University, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Physiology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee 37208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Physiology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee 37208, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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Kim D, Kim V, Tateishi Y, Guengerich FP. Cytochrome b 5 Binds Tightly to Several Human Cytochrome P450 Enzymes. Drug Metab Dispos 2021; 49:902-909. [PMID: 34330716 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.121.000475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Numerous studies have been reported in the past 50-plus years regarding the stimulatory role of cytochrome b 5 (b 5) in some, but not all, microsomal cytochrome P450 (P450) reactions with drugs and steroids. A missing element in most of these studies has been a sensitive and accurate measure of binding affinities of b 5 with P450s. In the course of work with P450 17A1, we developed a fluorescent derivative of a human b 5 site-directed mutant, Alexa 488-T70C-b 5, that could be used in binding assays at sub-μM concentrations. Alexa 488-T70C-b 5 bound to human P450s 1A2, 2B6, 2C8, 2C9, 2E1, 2S1, 4A11, 3A4, and 17A1, with estimated K d values ranging from 2.5 to 61 nM. Only weak binding was detected with P450 2D6, and no fluorescence attenuation was observed with P450 2A6. All of the P450s that bound b 5 have some reported activity stimulation except for P450 2S1. The affinity of P450 3A4 for b 5 was decreased somewhat by the presence of a substrate or inhibitor. The fluorescence of a P450 3A4•Alexa 488-T70C-b 5 complex was partially restored by titration with NADPH-P450 reductase (POR) (K d,apparent 89 nM), suggesting the existence of a ternary P450 3A4-b 5-POR complex, as observed previously with P450 17A1. Gel filtration evidence was also obtained for this ternary complex with P450 3A4. Overall, the results indicated that the affinity of b 5 for many P450s is very high, and that ternary P450-b 5-POR complexes are relevant in P450 3A4 reactions as opposed to a shuttle mechanism. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: High-affinity binding of cytochrome b 5 (b 5) (K d < 100 nM) was observed with many drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450 (P450) enzymes. There is some correlation of binding with reported stimulation, with several exceptions. Evidence is provided for a ternary P450 3A4-b 5-NADPH-P450 reductase complex.
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- Donghak Kim
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146 (D.K., Y.T., F.P.G.), and Department of Biological Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (D.K., V.K.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146 (D.K., Y.T., F.P.G.), and Department of Biological Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (D.K., V.K.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146 (D.K., Y.T., F.P.G.), and Department of Biological Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (D.K., V.K.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146 (D.K., Y.T., F.P.G.), and Department of Biological Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (D.K., V.K.)
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Guengerich FP, McCarty KD, Chapman JG, Tateishi Y. Stepwise binding of inhibitors to human cytochrome P450 17A1 and rapid kinetics of inhibition of androgen biosynthesis. J Biol Chem 2021; 297:100969. [PMID: 34273352 PMCID: PMC8350020 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Cytochrome P450 (P450) 17A1 catalyzes the 17α-hydroxylation of progesterone and pregnenolone as well as the subsequent lyase cleavage of both products to generate androgens. However, the selective inhibition of the lyase reactions, particularly with 17α-hydroxy pregnenolone, remains a challenge for the treatment of prostate cancer. Here, we considered the mechanisms of inhibition of drugs that have been developed to inhibit P450 17A1, including ketoconazole, seviteronel, orteronel, and abiraterone, the only approved inhibitor used for prostate cancer therapy, as well as clotrimazole, known to inhibit P450 17A1. All five compounds bound to P450 17A1 in a multistep process, as observed spectrally, over a period of 10 to 30 s. However, no lags were observed for the onset of inhibition in rapid-quench experiments with any of these five compounds. Furthermore, the addition of substrate to inhibitor–P450 17A1 complexes led to an immediate formation of product, without a lag that could be attributed to conformational changes. Although abiraterone has been previously described as showing slow-onset inhibition (t1/2 = 30 min), we observed rapid and strong inhibition. These results are in contrast to inhibitors of P450 3A4, an enzyme with a larger active site in which complete inhibition is not observed with ketoconazole and clotrimazole until the changes are completed. Overall, our results indicate that both P450 17A1 reactions—17α-hydroxylation and lyase activity—are inhibited by the initial binding of any of these inhibitors, even though subsequent conformational changes occur.
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- F Peter Guengerich
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Kim D, Kim V, McCarty KD, Guengerich FP. Tight binding of cytochrome b 5 to cytochrome P450 17A1 is a critical feature of stimulation of C21 steroid lyase activity and androgen synthesis. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100571. [PMID: 33753170 PMCID: PMC8080067 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 03/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
It has been recognized for >50 years that cytochrome b5 (b5) stimulates some cytochrome P450 (P450)–catalyzed oxidations, but the basis of this function is still not understood well. The strongest stimulation of catalytic activity by b5 is in the P450 17A1 lyase reaction, an essential step in androgen synthesis from 21-carbon (C21) steroids, making this an excellent model system to interrogate b5 function. One of the issues in studying b5–P450 interactions has been the limited solution assay methods. We constructed a fluorescently labeled variant of human b5 that can be used in titrations. The labeled b5 bound to WT P450 17A1 with a Kd of 2.5 nM and rapid kinetics, on the order of 1 s−1. Only weak binding was observed with the clinical P450 17A1 variants E305G, R347H, and R358Q; these mutants are deficient in lyase activity, which has been hypothesized to be due to attenuated b5 binding. Kd values were not affected by the presence of P450 17A1 substrates. A peptide containing the P450 17A1 Arg-347/Arg-358 region attenuated Alexa 488-T70C-b5 fluorescence at higher concentrations. The addition of NADPH–P450 reductase (POR) to an Alexa 488-T70C-b5:P450 17A1 complex resulted in a concentration-dependent partial restoration of b5 fluorescence, indicative of a ternary P450:b5:POR complex, which was also supported by gel filtration experiments. Overall, these results are interpreted in the context of a dynamic and tight P450 17A1:b5 complex that also binds POR to form a catalytically competent ternary complex, and variants that disrupt this interaction have low catalytic activity.
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- Donghak Kim
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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McCarty KD, Ratliff SA, Furge KA, Furge LL. Tryptophan-75 Is a Low-Energy Channel-Gating Residue that Facilitates Substrate Egress/Access in Cytochrome P450 2D6. Drug Metab Dispos 2021; 49:179-187. [PMID: 33376147 PMCID: PMC7883074 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.120.000274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
CYP2D6 is a major drug metabolizing enzyme with a buried active site. Channels leading to the active site from various enzyme surfaces are believed to facilitate ligand egress and access to the active site. The present study used molecular dynamics (MD) and in vitro studies with CYP2D6*1 and a Trp75-to-Ala mutant to examine channel gating in CYP2D6 by Trp75. MD simulations measured energy landscapes of Trp75 conformations and simulated substrate passage within channel 2b using bufuralol as a model substrate. Trp75 alternated between multiple stable states that supported substrate transport along channel 2b with low-energy barriers between states (∼ -1 kcal/mol). Trp75 conformations were stabilized primarily by hydrogen bonding between Trp75 and Glu222, Asn226, Ala225, or Gln72. Energy barriers were low between Trp75 conformations, allowing Trp75 to easily move between various conformations over time and to function in both binding to and moving substrates in the 2b channel of CYP2D6. Michaelis-Menten kinetic studies completed with purified enzyme in a reconstituted system showed overall reduced enzyme efficiency for metabolism of bufuralol and dextromethorphan by the Trp75Ala mutant compared with CYP2D6*1. In stopped-flow measurements, k off for dextromethorphan was decreased in the absence of Trp75. Our results support a role for Trp75 in substrate shuttling to the active site of CYP2D6. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: Using combined molecular dynamics and in vitro assays, this study shows for the first time a role for Trp75 as a channel entrance gating residue in the mechanism of substrate binding/unbinding in CYP2D6. Energy landscapes derived from molecular dynamics were used to quantitate the strength of gating, and kinetics assays showed the impact on enzyme efficiency and k off of a Trp75Ala mutation.
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- Kevin D McCarty
- Department of Chemistry, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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- Department of Chemistry, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan
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Guengerich FP, McCarty KD, Chapman JG. Kinetics of cytochrome P450 3A4 inhibition by heterocyclic drugs defines a general sequential multistep binding process. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100223. [PMID: 33449875 PMCID: PMC7948456 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.016855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Cytochrome P450 (P450) 3A4 is the enzyme most involved in the metabolism of drugs and can also oxidize numerous steroids. This enzyme is also involved in one-half of pharmacokinetic drug-drug interactions, but details of the exact mechanisms of P450 3A4 inhibition are still unclear in many cases. Ketoconazole, clotrimazole, ritonavir, indinavir, and itraconazole are strong inhibitors; analysis of the kinetics of reversal of inhibition with the model substrate 7-benzoyl quinoline showed lag phases in several cases, consistent with multiple structures of P450 3A4 inhibitor complexes. Lags in the onset of inhibition were observed when inhibitors were added to P450 3A4 in 7-benzoyl quinoline O-debenzylation reactions, and similar patterns were observed for inhibition of testosterone 6β-hydroxylation by ritonavir and indinavir. Upon mixing with inhibitors, P450 3A4 showed rapid binding as judged by a spectral shift with at least partial high-spin iron character, followed by a slower conversion to a low-spin iron-nitrogen complex. The changes were best described by two intermediate complexes, one being a partial high-spin form and the second another intermediate, with half-lives of seconds. The kinetics could be modeled in a system involving initial loose binding of inhibitor, followed by a slow step leading to a tighter complex on a multisecond time scale. Although some more complex possibilities cannot be dismissed, these results describe a system in which conformationally distinct forms of P450 3A4 bind inhibitors rapidly and two distinct P450-inhibitor complexes exist en route to the final enzyme-inhibitor complex with full inhibitory activity.
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- F Peter Guengerich
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Child SA, Guengerich FP. Multistep Binding of the Non-Steroidal Inhibitors Orteronel and Seviteronel to Human Cytochrome P450 17A1 and Relevance to Inhibition of Enzyme Activity. J Med Chem 2020; 63:6513-6522. [PMID: 32223238 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Orteronel (TAK-700) is a substituted imidazole that was developed for the treatment of castration-resistant prostate cancer but was dropped in phase III clinical trials. Both enantiomers of this inhibitor of cytochrome P450 (P450) 17A1 show some selectivity in differentially blocking the 17α-hydroxylation and lyase activities of the enzyme. Although both enantiomers of this compound have sub-micromolar IC50 values and bind to the enzyme with a type II spectral change (indicative of nitrogen-iron bonding) and reported Kd values of 56 and 40 nM (R and S, respectively), the rates of binding to P450 17A1 were relatively slow. We considered the possibility that the drug is a slow, tight-binding inhibitor. Analysis of the kinetics of binding revealed rapid formation of an initial complex, presumably in the substrate binding site, followed by a slower change to the spectrum of a final iron complex. Similar kinetics were observed in the interaction of another inhibitor, the triazole (S)-seviteronel (VT-464), with P450 17A1. Kinetic tests and modeling indicate that the further change to the iron-complexed form of the orteronel- or seviteronel-P450 complex is not a prerequisite for enzyme inhibition. Accordingly, the inclusion of heme-binding heterocyclic nitrogen moieties in P450 17A1 inhibitors may not be necessary to achieve inhibition but may nevertheless augment the process.
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- Stella A Child
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 638B Robinson Research Building, 2200 Pierce Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 638B Robinson Research Building, 2200 Pierce Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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Hargrove TY, Wawrzak Z, Guengerich FP, Lepesheva GI. A requirement for an active proton delivery network supports a compound I-mediated C-C bond cleavage in CYP51 catalysis. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:9998-10007. [PMID: 32493730 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.014064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 05/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
CYP51 enzymes (sterol 14α-demethylases) are cytochromes P450 that catalyze multistep reactions. The CYP51 reaction occurs in all biological kingdoms and is essential in sterol biosynthesis. It removes the 14α-methyl group from cyclized sterol precursors by first forming an alcohol, then an aldehyde, and finally eliminating formic acid with the introduction of a Δ14-15 double bond in the sterol core. The first two steps are typical hydroxylations, mediated by an electrophilic compound I mechanism. The third step, C-C bond cleavage, has been proposed to involve either compound I (i.e. FeO3 +) or, alternatively, a proton transfer-independent nucleophilic ferric peroxo anion (compound 0, i.e. Fe3 +O2 -). Here, using comparative crystallographic and biochemical analyses of WT human CYP51 (CYP51A1) and its D231A/H314A mutant, whose proton delivery network is destroyed (as evidenced in a 1.98-Å X-ray structure in complex with lanosterol), we demonstrate that deformylation of the 14α-carboxaldehyde intermediate requires an active proton relay network to drive the catalysis. These results indicate a unified, compound I-based mechanism for all three steps of the CYP51 reaction, as previously established for CYP11A1 and CYP19A1. We anticipate that our approach can be applied to mechanistic studies of other P450s that catalyze multistep reactions, such as C-C bond cleavage.
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- Tatiana Y Hargrove
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Synchrotron Research Center, Life Science Collaborative Access Team, Northwestern University, Argonne, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA .,Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Mast N, Verwilst P, Wilkey CJ, Guengerich FP, Pikuleva IA. In Vitro Activation of Cytochrome P450 46A1 (CYP46A1) by Efavirenz-Related Compounds. J Med Chem 2019; 63:6477-6488. [PMID: 31617715 PMCID: PMC7226586 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Cytochrome P450 46A1 (CYP46A1) is a central nervous system-specific
enzyme, which catalyzes cholesterol 24-hydroxylation. Currently CYP46A1
is being evaluated in a clinical trial for activation by small doses
of the anti-HIV drug efavirenz. Eight efavirenz-related compounds
were investigated for CYP46A1 activation in vitro, induction of a
CYP46A1 spectral response, spectral Kd values, interaction with the P450 allosteric sites, and a model
of binding to the enzyme active site. We gained insight into structure–activity
relationships of efavirenz for CYP46A1 activation and found that the
investigated efavirenz primary metabolites are stronger and better
activators of CYP46A1 than efavirenz. We also established that CYP46A1
is activated by racemates and that a conformational-selection mechanism
is operative in CYP46A1. The results suggest structural modifications
of efavirenz to further increase CYP46A1 activation without inhibition
at high compound concentrations. It is possible that not only efavirenz
but its metabolites activate CYP46A1 in vivo.
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- Natalia Mast
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, United States
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Fekry MI, Xiao Y, Berg JZ, Guengerich FP. A Role for the Orphan Human Cytochrome P450 2S1 in Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid ω-1 Hydroxylation Using an Untargeted Metabolomic Approach. Drug Metab Dispos 2019; 47:1325-1332. [PMID: 31511258 PMCID: PMC6800448 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.119.089086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Cytochrome P450 (P450) 2S1 is one of the orphan P450s, known to be expressed but not having a defined function with an endogenous substrate or in drug oxidations. Although it has been clearly demonstrated to catalyze reductive reactions, its role in NADPH-dependent oxidations has been ambiguous. In our efforts to characterize orphan human P450 enzymes, we used an untargeted liquid chromatography-mass spectromterymetabolomic approach with recombinant human P450 2S1 and extracts of rat stomach and intestine, sites of P450 2S1 localization in humans and animals. The search yielded several candidates, including the product 19-hydroxyarachidonic acid. Subsequent 18O analysis and in vitro studies with commercial arachidonic acid and 19-hydroxyarachidonic acid were used to validate ω-1 hydroxylation of the former molecule as a NADPH- and O2-dependent reaction. Steady-state kinetic assays were done for ω-1 hydroxylation reactions of P450 2S1 with several other long-chain fatty acids, including arachidonic, linoleic, α-linolenic, eicosapentaenoic, and docosapentaenoic acids. Rates of hydroxylation were slow, but no detectable activity was seen with either medium-chain length or saturated fatty acids. P450 2S1 is known to be expressed, at least at the mRNA level, to the extent of some other non-3A subfamily P450s in the human gastrointestinal tract, and the activity may be relevant. We conclude that P450 2S1 is a fatty acid ω-1 hydroxylase, although the physiologic relevance of these oxidations remains to be established. The metabolomic approaches we employed in this study are feasible for orphan P450s and other enzymes, in regard to annotation of function, in mammals and other organisms. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT: An untargeted mass spectrometry approach was utilized to identify ω-1 hydroxylation of arachidonic acid as an oxidative reaction catalyzed by human cytochrome P450 2S1. The enzyme also catalyzes the relatively slow ω-1 hydroxylation of several other unsaturated long-chain fatty acids.
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- Mostafa I Fekry
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (M.I.F., Y.X., J.Z.B., F.P.G.); and Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt (M.I.F.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (M.I.F., Y.X., J.Z.B., F.P.G.); and Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt (M.I.F.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (M.I.F., Y.X., J.Z.B., F.P.G.); and Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt (M.I.F.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (M.I.F., Y.X., J.Z.B., F.P.G.); and Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt (M.I.F.)
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Guengerich FP, Wilkey CJ, Glass SM, Reddish MJ. Conformational selection dominates binding of steroids to human cytochrome P450 17A1. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:10028-10041. [PMID: 31072872 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.008860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Revised: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Cytochrome P450 (P450, CYP) enzymes are the major catalysts involved in the oxidation of steroids as well as many other compounds. Their versatility has been explained in part by flexibility of the proteins and complexity of the binding mechanisms. However, whether these proteins bind their substrates via induced fit or conformational selection is not understood. P450 17A1 has a major role in steroidogenesis, catalyzing the two-step oxidations of progesterone and pregnenolone to androstenedione and dehydroepiandrosterone, respectively, via 17α-hydroxy (OH) intermediates. We examined the interaction of P450 17A1 with its steroid substrates by analyzing progress curves (UV-visible spectroscopy), revealing that the rates of binding of any of these substrates decreased with increasing substrate concentration, a hallmark of conformational selection. Further, when the concentration of 17α-OH pregnenolone was held constant and the P450 concentration increased, the binding rate increased, and such opposite patterns are also diagnostic of conformational selection. Kinetic simulation modeling was also more consistent with conformational selection than with an induced-fit mechanism. Cytochrome b 5 partially enhances P450 17A1 lyase activity by altering the P450 17A1 conformation but did not measurably alter the binding of 17α-OH pregnenolone or 17α-OH progesterone, as judged by the apparent Kd and binding kinetics. The P450 17A1 inhibitor abiraterone also bound to P450 17A1 in a multistep manner, and modeling indicated that the selective inhibition of the two P450 17A1 steps by the drug orteronel can be rationalized only by a multiple-conformation model. In conclusion, P450 17A1 binds its steroid substrates via conformational selection.
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- F Peter Guengerich
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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Sausville LN, Gangadhariah MH, Chiusa M, Mei S, Wei S, Zent R, Luther JM, Shuey MM, Capdevila JH, Falck JR, Guengerich FP, Williams SM, Pozzi A. The Cytochrome P450 Slow Metabolizers CYP2C9*2 and CYP2C9*3 Directly Regulate Tumorigenesis via Reduced Epoxyeicosatrienoic Acid Production. Cancer Res 2018; 78:4865-4877. [PMID: 30012669 PMCID: PMC6125168 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-17-3977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Revised: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 07/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
Increased expression of cytochrome P450 CYP2C9, together with elevated levels of its products epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EET), is associated with aggressiveness in cancer. Cytochrome P450 variants CYP2C9*2 and CYP2C9*3 encode proteins with reduced enzymatic activity, and individuals carrying these variants metabolize drugs more slowly than individuals with wild-type CYP2C9*1, potentially affecting their response to drugs and altering their risk of disease. Although genetic differences in CYP2C9-dependent oxidation of arachidonic acid (AA) have been reported, the roles of CYP2C9*2 and CYP2C9*3 in EET biosynthesis and their relevance to disease are unknown. Here, we report that CYP2C9*2 and CYP2C9*3 metabolize AA less efficiently than CYP2C9*1 and that they play a role in the progression of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) via impaired EET biosynthesis. When injected into mice, NSCLC cells expressing CYP2C9*2 and CYP2C9*3 produced lower levels of EETs and developed fewer, smaller, and less vascularized tumors than cells expressing CYP2C9*1. Moreover, endothelial cells expressing these two variants proliferated and migrated less than cells expressing CYP2C*1. Purified CYP2C9*2 and CYP2C9*3 exhibited attenuated catalytic efficiency in producing EETs, primarily due to impaired reduction of these two variants by NADPH-P450 reductase. Loss-of-function SNPs within CYP2C9*2 and CYP2C9*3 were associated with improved survival in female cases of NSCLC. Thus, decreased EET biosynthesis represents a novel mechanism whereby CYPC29*2 and CYP2C9*3 exert a direct protective role in NSCLC development.Significance: These findings report single nucleotide polymorphisms in the human CYP2C9 genes, CYP2C9*2 and CYP2C9*3, exert a direct protective role in tumorigenesis by impairing EET biosynthesis. Cancer Res; 78(17); 4865-77. ©2018 AACR.
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- Lindsay N Sausville
- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Department of Pathobiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Diabetes Research and Training Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
- Veterans Affairs Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Chemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
- Veterans Affairs Hospital, Nashville, Tennessee
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El-Darzi N, Astafev A, Mast N, Saadane A, Lam M, Pikuleva IA. N, N-Dimethyl-3β-hydroxycholenamide Reduces Retinal Cholesterol via Partial Inhibition of Retinal Cholesterol Biosynthesis Rather Than its Liver X Receptor Transcriptional Activity. Front Pharmacol 2018; 9:827. [PMID: 30090064 PMCID: PMC6069453 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
N,N-dimethyl-3β-hydroxycholenamide (DMHCA) is an experimental pharmaceutical and a steroidal liver X receptor (LXR) agonist, which does not induce undesired hepatic lipogenesis. Herein, DMHCA was evaluated for its retinal effects on normal C57BL/6J and Cyp27a1−/−Cyp46a1−/− mice; the latter having higher retinal total and esterified cholesterol in addition to retinal vascular abnormalities. Different doses and two formulations were used for DMHCA delivery either via drinking water (C57BL/6J mice) or by oral gavage (Cyp27a1−/−Cyp46a1−/− mice). The duration of treatment was 1 week for C57BL/6J mice and 2 or 4 weeks for Cyp27a1−/−Cyp46a1−/− mice. In both genotypes, the higher DMHCA doses (37–80 mg/kg of body weight/day) neither increased serum triglycerides nor serum cholesterol but altered the levels of retinal sterols. Total retinal cholesterol was decreased in the DMHCA-treated mice, mainly due to a decrease in retinal unesterified cholesterol. In addition, retinal levels of cholesterol precursors lanosterol, zymosterol, desmosterol, and lathosterol were changed in Cyp27a1−/−Cyp46a1−/− mice. In both genotypes, DMHCA effect on retinal expression of the LXR target genes was only moderate and gender-specific. Collectively, the data obtained provide evidence for a decrease in retinal cholesterol as a result of DMHCA acting in the retina as an enzyme inhibitor of cholesterol biosynthesis rather than a LXR transcriptional activator. Specifically, DMHCA appears to partially inhibit the cholesterol biosynthetic enzyme Δ24-dehydrocholesterol reductase rather than upregulate the expression of LXR target genes involved in reverse cholesterol transport. The identified DMHCA dosages, formulations, and routes of delivery as well as the observed effects on the retina should be considered in future studies using DMHCA as a potential therapeutic for age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.
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- Nicole El-Darzi
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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Albertolle ME, Phan TTN, Pozzi A, Guengerich FP. Sulfenylation of Human Liver and Kidney Microsomal Cytochromes P450 and Other Drug-Metabolizing Enzymes as a Response to Redox Alteration. Mol Cell Proteomics 2018; 17:889-900. [PMID: 29374135 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.ra117.000382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) provides an oxidizing environment to aid in the formation of disulfide bonds, which is tightly regulated by both antioxidant proteins and small molecules. On the cytoplasmic side of the ER, cytochrome P450 (P450) proteins have been identified as a superfamily of enzymes that are important in the formation of endogenous chemicals as well as in the detoxication of xenobiotics. Our previous report described oxidative inhibition of P450 Family 4 enzymes via oxidation of the heme-thiolate cysteine to a sulfenic acid (-SOH) (Albertolle, M. E. et al. (2017) J. Biol. Chem. 292, 11230-11242). Further proteomic analyses of murine kidney and liver microsomes led to the finding that a number of other drug-metabolizing enzymes located in the ER are also redox-regulated in this manner. We expanded our analysis of sulfenylated enzymes to human liver and kidney microsomes. Evaluation of the sulfenylation, catalytic activity, and spectral properties of P450s 1A2, 2C8, 2D6, and 3A4 led to the identification of two classes of redox sensitivity in P450 enzymes: heme-thiolate-sensitive and thiol-insensitive. These findings provide evidence for a mammalian P450 regulatory mechanism, which may also be relevant to other drug-metabolizing enzymes. (Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD007913.).
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- Matthew E Albertolle
- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- §Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-6602.,¶Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, 37232
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- From the ‡Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146;
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Gonzalez E, Johnson KM, Pallan PS, Phan TTN, Zhang W, Lei L, Wawrzak Z, Yoshimoto FK, Egli M, Guengerich FP. Inherent steroid 17α,20-lyase activity in defunct cytochrome P450 17A enzymes. J Biol Chem 2017; 293:541-556. [PMID: 29212707 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra117.000504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2017] [Revised: 11/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Cytochrome P450 (P450) 17A1 catalyzes the oxidations of progesterone and pregnenolone and is the major source of androgens. The enzyme catalyzes both 17α-hydroxylation and a subsequent 17α,20-lyase reaction, and several mechanisms have been proposed for the latter step. Zebrafish P450 17A2 catalyzes only the 17α-hydroxylations. We previously reported high similarity of the crystal structures of zebrafish P450 17A1 and 17A2 and human P450 17A1. Five residues near the heme, which differed, were changed. We also crystallized this five-residue zebrafish P450 17A1 mutant, and the active site still resembled the structure in the other proteins, with some important differences. These P450 17A1 and 17A2 mutants had catalytic profiles more similar to each other than did the wildtype proteins. Docking with these structures can explain several minor products, which require multiple enzyme conformations. The 17α-hydroperoxy (OOH) derivatives of the steroids were used as oxygen surrogates. Human P450 17A1 and zebrafish P450s 17A1 and P450 17A2 readily converted these to the lyase products in the absence of other proteins or cofactors (with catalytically competent kinetics) plus hydroxylated 17α-hydroxysteroids. The 17α-OOH results indicate that a "Compound I" (FeO3+) intermediate is capable of formation and can be used to rationalize the products. We conclude that zebrafish P450 17A2 is capable of lyase activity with the 17α-OOH steroids because it can achieve an appropriate conformation for lyase catalysis in this system that is precluded in the conventional reaction.
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- Eric Gonzalez
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- the Life Sciences Collaborative Access Team, Sector 21, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146,
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Gonzalez E, Guengerich FP. Kinetic processivity of the two-step oxidations of progesterone and pregnenolone to androgens by human cytochrome P450 17A1. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:13168-13185. [PMID: 28684414 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.794917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Revised: 06/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cytochrome P450 (P450, CYP) 17A1 plays a critical role in steroid metabolism, catalyzing both the 17α-hydroxylation of pregnenolone and progesterone and the subsequent 17α,20-lyase reactions to form dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and androstenedione (Andro), respectively, critical for generating glucocorticoids and androgens. Human P450 17A1 reaction rates examined are enhanced by the accessory protein cytochrome b5 (b5), but the exact role of b5 in P450 17A1-catalyzed reactions is unclear as are several details of these reactions. Here, we examined in detail the processivity of the 17α-hydroxylation and lyase steps. b5 did not enhance reaction rates by decreasing the koff rates of any of the steroids. Steroid binding to P450 17A1 was more complex than a simple two-state system. Pre-steady-state experiments indicated lag phases for Andro production from progesterone and for DHEA from pregnenolone, indicating a distributive character of the enzyme. However, we observed processivity in pregnenolone/DHEA pulse-chase experiments. (S)-Orteronel was three times more inhibitory toward the conversion of 17α-hydroxypregnenolone to DHEA than toward the 17α-hydroxylation of pregnenolone. IC50 values for (S)-orteronel were identical for blocking DHEA formation from pregnenolone and for 17α-hydroxylation, suggestive of processivity. Global kinetic modeling helped assign sets of rate constants for individual or groups of reactions, indicating that human P450 17A1 is an inherently distributive enzyme but that some processivity is present, i.e. some of the 17α-OH pregnenolone formed from pregnenolone did not dissociate from P450 17A1 before conversion to DHEA. Our results also suggest multiple conformations of P450 17A1, as previously proposed on the basis of NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography.
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- Eric Gonzalez
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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Mast N, Anderson KW, Johnson KM, Phan TTN, Guengerich FP, Pikuleva IA. In vitro cytochrome P450 46A1 (CYP46A1) activation by neuroactive compounds. J Biol Chem 2017. [PMID: 28642370 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.794909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cytochrome P450 46A1 (CYP46A1, cholesterol 24-hydroxylase) is the enzyme responsible for the majority of cholesterol elimination from the brain. Previously, we found that the anti-HIV drug efavirenz (EFV) can pharmacologically activate CYP46A1 in mice. Herein, we investigated whether CYP46A1 could also be activated by endogenous compounds, including major neurotransmitters. In vitro experiments with purified recombinant CYP46A1 indicated that CYP46A1 is activated by l-glutamate (l-Glu), l-aspartate, γ-aminobutyric acid, and acetylcholine, with l-Glu eliciting the highest increase (3-fold) in CYP46A1-mediated cholesterol 24-hydroxylation. We also found that l-Glu and other activating neurotransmitters bind to the same site on the CYP46A1 surface, which differs from the EFV-binding site. The other principal differences between EFV and l-Glu in CYP46A1 activation include an apparent lack of l-Glu binding to the P450 active site and different pathways of signal transduction from the allosteric site to the active site. EFV and l-Glu similarly increased the CYP46A1 kcat, the rate of the "fast" phase of the enzyme reduction by the redox partner NADPH-cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase, and the amount of P450 reduced. Spectral titrations with cholesterol, in the presence of EFV or l-Glu, suggest that water displacement from the heme iron can be affected in activator-bound CYP46A1. Moreover, EFV and l-Glu synergistically activated CYP46A1. Collectively, our in vitro data, along with those from previous cell culture and in vivo studies by others, suggest that l-Glu-induced CYP46A1 activation is of physiological relevance.
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- Natalia Mast
- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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- Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899; Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, Maryland 20850
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.
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Wang C, Pallan PS, Zhang W, Lei L, Yoshimoto FK, Waterman MR, Egli M, Guengerich FP. Functional analysis of human cytochrome P450 21A2 variants involved in congenital adrenal hyperplasia. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:10767-10778. [PMID: 28539365 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.792465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Revised: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cytochrome P450 (P450, CYP) 21A2 is the major steroid 21-hydroxylase, converting progesterone to 11-deoxycorticosterone and 17α-hydroxyprogesterone (17α-OH-progesterone) to 11-deoxycortisol. More than 100 CYP21A2 variants give rise to congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). We previously reported a structure of WT human P450 21A2 with bound progesterone and now present a structure bound to the other substrate (17α-OH-progesterone). We found that the 17α-OH-progesterone- and progesterone-bound complex structures are highly similar, with only some minor differences in surface loop regions. Twelve P450 21A2 variants associated with either salt-wasting or nonclassical forms of CAH were expressed, purified, and analyzed. The catalytic activities of these 12 variants ranged from 0.00009% to 30% of WT P450 21A2 and the extent of heme incorporation from 10% to 95% of the WT. Substrate dissociation constants (Ks) for four variants were 37-13,000-fold higher than for WT P450 21A2. Cytochrome b5, which augments several P450 activities, inhibited P450 21A2 activity. Similar to the WT enzyme, high noncompetitive intermolecular kinetic deuterium isotope effects (≥ 5.5) were observed for all six P450 21A2 variants examined for 21-hydroxylation of 21-d3-progesterone, indicating that C-H bond breaking is a rate-limiting step over a 104-fold range of catalytic efficiency. Using UV-visible and CD spectroscopy, we found that P450 21A2 thermal stability assessed in bacterial cells and with purified enzymes differed among salt-wasting- and nonclassical-associated variants, but these differences did not correlate with catalytic activity. Our in-depth investigation of CAH-associated P450 21A2 variants reveals critical insight into the effects of disease-causing mutations on this important enzyme.
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- Chunxue Wang
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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Albertolle ME, Kim D, Nagy LD, Yun CH, Pozzi A, Savas Ü, Johnson EF, Guengerich FP. Heme-thiolate sulfenylation of human cytochrome P450 4A11 functions as a redox switch for catalytic inhibition. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:11230-11242. [PMID: 28533430 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.792200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cytochrome P450 (P450, CYP) 4A11 is a human fatty acid ω-hydroxylase that catalyzes the oxidation of arachidonic acid to the eicosanoid 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (20-HETE), which plays important roles in regulating blood pressure regulation. Variants of P450 4A11 have been associated with high blood pressure and resistance to anti-hypertensive drugs, and 20-HETE has both pro- and antihypertensive properties relating to increased vasoconstriction and natriuresis, respectively. These physiological activities are likely influenced by the redox environment, but the mechanisms are unclear. Here, we found that reducing agents (e.g. dithiothreitol and tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine) strongly enhanced the catalytic activity of P450 4A11, but not of 10 other human P450s tested. Conversely, added H2O2 attenuated P450 4A11 catalytic activity. Catalytic roles of five of the potentially eight implicated Cys residues of P450 4A11 were eliminated by site-directed mutagenesis. Using an isotope-coded dimedone/iododimedone-labeling strategy and mass spectrometry of peptides, we demonstrated that the heme-thiolate cysteine (Cys-457) is selectively sulfenylated in an H2O2 concentration-dependent manner. This sulfenylation could be reversed by reducing agents, including dithiothreitol and dithionite. Of note, we observed heme ligand cysteine sulfenylation of P450 4A11 ex vivo in kidneys and livers derived from CYP4A11 transgenic mice. We also detected sulfenylation of murine P450 4a12 and 4b1 heme peptides in kidneys. To our knowledge, reversible oxidation of the heme thiolate has not previously been observed in P450s and may have relevance for 20-HETE-mediated functions.
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- Matthew E Albertolle
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146.,the Department of Biological Sciences, Konkuk University, Seoul 05025, Korea
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- the School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- the Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-6602.,the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, and
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- the Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037
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- the Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146,
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Mast N, Anderson KW, Lin JB, Li Y, Turko IV, Tatsuoka C, Bjorkhem I, Pikuleva IA. Cytochrome P450 27A1 Deficiency and Regional Differences in Brain Sterol Metabolism Cause Preferential Cholestanol Accumulation in the Cerebellum. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:4913-4924. [PMID: 28190002 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.774760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2016] [Revised: 02/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Cytochrome P450 27A1 (CYP27A1 or sterol 27-hydroxylase) is a ubiquitous, multifunctional enzyme catalyzing regio- and stereospecific hydroxylation of different sterols. In humans, complete CYP27A1 deficiency leads to cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis or nodule formation in tendons and brain (preferentially in the cerebellum) rich in cholesterol and cholestanol, the 5α-saturated analog of cholesterol. In Cyp27a1-/- mice, xanthomas are not formed, despite a significant cholestanol increase in the brain and cerebellum. The mechanism behind cholestanol production has been clarified, yet little is known about its metabolism, except that CYP27A1 might metabolize cholestanol. It also is unclear why CYP27A1 deficiency results in preferential cholestanol accumulation in the cerebellum. We hypothesized that cholestanol might be metabolized by CYP46A1, the principal cholesterol 24-hydroxylase in the brain. We quantified sterols along with CYP27A1 and CYP46A1 in mouse models (Cyp27a1-/-, Cyp46a1-/-, Cyp27a1-/-Cyp46a1-/-, and two wild type strains) and human brain specimens. In vitro experiments with purified P450s were conducted as well. We demonstrate that CYP46A1 is involved in cholestanol removal from the brain and that several factors contribute to the preferential increase in cholestanol in the cerebellum arising from CYP27A1 deficiency. These factors include (i) low cerebellar abundance of CYP46A1 and high cerebellar abundance of CYP27A1, the lack of which probably selectively increases the cerebellar cholestanol production; (ii) spatial separation in the cerebellum of cholesterol/cholestanol-metabolizing P450s from a pool of metabolically available cholestanol; and (iii) weak cerebellar regulation of cholesterol biosynthesis. We identified a new physiological role of CYP46A1, an important brain enzyme and cytochrome P450 that could be activated pharmacologically.
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- Natalia Mast
- From the Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and
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- the Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.,the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, Maryland 20850, and
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- From the Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and
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- From the Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and
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- the Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899.,the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, Maryland 20850, and
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- Neurology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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- the Division of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institute, 141 86 Huddinge, Sweden
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Yoshimoto FK, Jung IJ, Goyal S, Gonzalez E, Guengerich FP. Isotope-Labeling Studies Support the Electrophilic Compound I Iron Active Species, FeO(3+), for the Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage Reaction of the Cholesterol Side-Chain Cleavage Enzyme, Cytochrome P450 11A1. J Am Chem Soc 2016; 138:12124-41. [PMID: 27571509 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b04437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The enzyme cytochrome P450 11A1 cleaves the C20-C22 carbon-carbon bond of cholesterol to form pregnenolone, the first 21-carbon precursor of all steroid hormones. Various reaction mechanisms are possible for the carbon-carbon bond cleavage step of P450 11A1, and most current proposals involve the oxoferryl active species, Compound I (FeO(3+)). Compound I can either (i) abstract an O-H hydrogen atom or (ii) be attacked by a nucleophilic hydroxy group of its substrate, 20R,22R-dihydroxycholesterol. The mechanism of this carbon-carbon bond cleavage step was tested using (18)O-labeled molecular oxygen and purified P450 11A1. P450 11A1 was incubated with 20R,22R-dihydroxycholesterol in the presence of molecular oxygen ((18)O2), and coupled assays were used to trap the labile (18)O atoms in the enzymatic products (i.e., isocaproaldehyde and pregnenolone). The resulting products were derivatized and the (18)O content was analyzed by high-resolution mass spectrometry. P450 11A1 showed no incorporation of an (18)O atom into either of its carbon-carbon bond cleavage products, pregnenolone and isocaproaldehyde . The positive control experiments established retention of the carbonyl oxygens in the enzymatic products during the trapping and derivatization processes. These results reveal a mechanism involving an electrophilic Compound I species that reacts with nucleophilic hydroxy groups in the 20R,22R-dihydroxycholesterol intermediate of the P450 11A1 reaction to produce the key steroid pregnenolone.
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- Francis K Yoshimoto
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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Yun CH, Bae CS, Ahn T. Transformation of Escherichia coli and protein expression using lipoplex mimicry. Protein Expr Purif 2016; 127:68-72. [PMID: 27416742 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2016.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Revised: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/10/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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We investigated a "one-step" method for transformation of and protein expression in Escherichia coli (E. coli) using a complex of n-stearylamine, a cationic lipid, and plasmid DNA, which mimics lipoplex-based approaches. When E. coli cells were treated with the cationic lipid-plasmid complex, the transformation efficiencies were in the range of approximately 2-3 × 10(6) colony-forming units. Further increase in the efficiency was obtained by co-treatment with calcium chloride (or rubidium chloride) and the complexes. Moreover, after DNA transfer, E. coli cells successfully expressed plasmid-encoded proteins such as cytochrome P450s and glutathione-S-transferase without overnight incubation of the cells to form colonies, an indispensable step in other bacterial transformation methods. In this study, we provide a simple method for E. coli transformation, which does not require the preparation of competent cells. The present method also shortens the overall procedures for transformation and gene expression in E. coli by omitting the colony-forming step.
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- Chul-Ho Yun
- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea.
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Cytochrome P450 metabolism of the post-lanosterol intermediates explains enigmas of cholesterol synthesis. Sci Rep 2016; 6:28462. [PMID: 27334049 PMCID: PMC4917857 DOI: 10.1038/srep28462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cholesterol synthesis is among the oldest metabolic pathways, consisting of the Bloch and Kandutch-Russell branches. Following lanosterol, sterols of both branches are proposed to be dedicated to cholesterol. We challenge this dogma by mathematical modeling and with experimental evidence. It was not possible to explain the sterol profile of testis in cAMP responsive element modulator tau (Crem τ) knockout mice with mathematical models based on textbook pathways of cholesterol synthesis. Our model differs in the inclusion of virtual sterol metabolizing enzymes branching from the pathway. We tested the hypothesis that enzymes from the cytochrome P450 (CYP) superfamily can participate in the catalysis of non-classical reactions. We show that CYP enzymes can metabolize multiple sterols in vitro, establishing novel branching points of cholesterol synthesis. In conclusion, sterols of cholesterol synthesis can be oxidized further to metabolites not dedicated to production of cholesterol. Additionally, CYP7A1, CYP11A1, CYP27A1, and CYP46A1 are parts of a broader cholesterol synthesis network.
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Yoshimoto FK, Gonzalez E, Auchus RJ, Guengerich FP. Mechanism of 17α,20-Lyase and New Hydroxylation Reactions of Human Cytochrome P450 17A1: 18O LABELING AND OXYGEN SURROGATE EVIDENCE FOR A ROLE OF A PERFERRYL OXYGEN. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:17143-64. [PMID: 27339894 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.732966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cytochrome P450 (P450) reactions can involve C-C bond cleavage, and several of these are critical in steroid and sterol biosynthesis. The mechanisms of P450s 11A1, 17A1, 19A1, and 51A1 have been controversial, in the context of the role of ferric peroxide (FeO2 (-)) versus perferryl (FeO(3+), compound I) chemistry. We reinvestigated the 17α-hydroxyprogesterone and 17α-hydroxypregnenolone 17α,20-lyase reactions of human P450 17A1 and found incorporation of one (18)O atom (from (18)O2) into acetic acid, consonant with proposals for a ferric peroxide mechanism (Akhtar, M., Lee-Robichaud, P., Akhtar, M. E., and Wright, J. N. (1997) J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. 61, 127-132; Akhtar, M., Wright, J. N., and Lee-Robichaud, P. (2011) J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. 125, 2-12). However, the reactions were supported by iodosylbenzene (a precursor of the FeO(3+) species) but not by H2O2 We propose three mechanisms that can involve the FeO(3+) entity and that explain the (18)O label in the acetic acid, two involving the intermediacy of an acetyl radical and one a steroid 17,20-dioxetane. P450 17A1 was found to perform 16-hydroxylation reactions on its 17α-hydroxylated products to yield 16,17α-dihydroxypregnenolone and progesterone, suggesting the presence of an active perferryloxo active species of P450 17A1 when its lyase substrate is bound. The 6β-hydroxylation of 16α,17α-dihydroxyprogesterone and the oxidation of both 16α,17α-dihydroxyprogesterone and 16α,17α-dihydroxypregnenolone to 16-hydroxy lyase products were also observed. We provide evidence for the contribution of a compound I mechanism, although contribution of a ferric peroxide pathway in the 17α,20-lyase reaction cannot be excluded.
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- Francis K Yoshimoto
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146 and the Division of Metabolism, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48019
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146 and
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- the Division of Metabolism, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48019
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146 and
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Kramlinger VM, Nagy LD, Fujiwara R, Johnson KM, Phan TTN, Xiao Y, Enright JM, Toomey MB, Corbo JC, Guengerich FP. Human cytochrome P450 27C1 catalyzes 3,4-desaturation of retinoids. FEBS Lett 2016; 590:1304-12. [PMID: 27059013 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2016] [Revised: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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In humans, a considerable fraction of the retinoid pool in skin is derived from vitamin A2 (all-trans 3,4-dehydroretinal). Vitamin A2 may be locally generated by keratinocytes, which can convert vitamin A1 (all-trans retinol) into vitamin A2 in cell culture. We report that human cytochrome P450 (hP450) 27C1, a previously 'orphan' enzyme, can catalyze this reaction. Purified recombinant hP450 27C1 bound and desaturated all-trans retinol, retinal, and retinoic acid, as well as 11-cis-retinal. Although the physiological role of 3,4-dehydroretinoids in humans is unclear, we have identified hP450 27C1 as an enzyme capable of efficiently mediating their formation.
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- Valerie M Kramlinger
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Anderson KW, Mast N, Hudgens JW, Lin JB, Turko IV, Pikuleva IA. Mapping of the Allosteric Site in Cholesterol Hydroxylase CYP46A1 for Efavirenz, a Drug That Stimulates Enzyme Activity. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:11876-86. [PMID: 27056331 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.723577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Cytochrome P450 46A1 (CYP46A1) is a microsomal enzyme and cholesterol 24-hydroxylase that controls cholesterol elimination from the brain. This P450 is also a potential target for Alzheimer disease because it can be activated pharmacologically by some marketed drugs, as exemplified by efavirenz, the anti-HIV medication. Previously, we suggested that pharmaceuticals activate CYP46A1 allosterically through binding to a site on the cytosolic protein surface, which is different from the enzyme active site facing the membrane. Here we identified this allosteric site for efavirenz on CYP46A1 by using a combination of hydrogen-deuterium exchange coupled to MS, computational modeling, site-directed mutagenesis, and analysis of the CYP46A1 crystal structure. We also mapped the binding region for the CYP46A1 redox partner oxidoreductase and found that the allosteric and redox partner binding sites share a common border. On the basis of the data obtained, we propose the mechanism of CYP46A1 allostery and the pathway for the signal transmission from the P450 allosteric site to the active site.
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- Kyle W Anderson
- From the Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, Maryland 20850, and
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- the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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- From the Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, Maryland 20850, and
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- the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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- From the Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, Maryland 20850, and
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- the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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Mrízová I, Moserová M, Milichovský J, Šulc M, Kizek R, Kubáčková K, Arlt VM, Stiborová M. Heterologous expression of human cytochrome P450 2S1 in Escherichia coli and investigation of its role in metabolism of benzo[ a]pyrene and ellipticine. MONATSHEFTE FUR CHEMIE 2016; 147:881-888. [PMID: 27110039 PMCID: PMC4828499 DOI: 10.1007/s00706-016-1738-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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ABSTRACT Cytochrome P450 (CYP) 2S1 is "orphan" CYP that is overexpressed in several epithelial tissues and many human tumors. The pure enzyme is required for better understanding of its biological functions. Therefore, human CYP2S1 was considered to be prepared by the gene manipulations and heterologous expression in Escherichia coli. Here, the conditions suitable for efficient expression of human CYP2S1 protein from plasmid pCW containing the human CYP2S1 gene were optimized and the enzyme purified to homogeneity. The identity of CYP2S1 as the product of heterologous expression was confirmed by dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, Western blotting, and mass spectrometry. To confirm the presence of the enzymatically active CYP2S1, the CO spectrum of purified CYP2S1 was recorded. Since CYP2S1 was shown to catalyze oxidation of compounds having polycyclic aromatic structures, the prepared enzyme has been tested to metabolize the compounds having this structural character; namely, the human carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), its 7,8-dihydrodiol derivative, and an anticancer drug ellipticine. Reaction mixtures contained besides the test compounds the CYP2S1 enzyme reconstituted with NADPH:CYP reductase (POR) in liposomes, and/or this CYP in the presence of cumene hydroperoxide or hydrogen peroxide. High performance liquid chromatography was employed for separation of BaP, BaP-7,8-dihydrodiol, and ellipticine metabolites. The results found in this study demonstrate that CYP2S1 in the presence of cumene hydroperoxide or hydrogen peroxide catalyzes oxidation of two of the test xenobiotics, a metabolite of BaP, BaP-7,8-dihydrodiol, and ellipticine. Whereas BaP-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrotetrol was formed as a product of BaP-7,8-dihydrodiol oxidation, ellipticine was oxidized to 12-hydroxyellipticine, 13-hydroxyellipticine, and the ellipticine N2-oxide. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT
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- Iveta Mrízová
- />Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 2030, 128 40 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- />Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 2030, 128 40 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- />Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 2030, 128 40 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- />Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 2030, 128 40 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- />Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- />Department of Oncology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and University Hospital Motol, V Uvalu 84, 150 06 Prague 5, Czech Republic
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- />Analytical and Environmental Sciences Division, MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, King’s College London, London, SE1 9NH UK
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- />Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Albertov 2030, 128 40 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Walker VJ, Griffin AP, Hammar DK, Hollenberg PF. Metabolism of Anandamide by Human Cytochrome P450 2J2 in the Reconstituted System and Human Intestinal Microsomes. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2016; 357:537-44. [PMID: 27000802 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.116.232553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the incidence of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) is about 1 in 250 people in the United States. The disease is characterized by chronic or recurring inflammation of the gut. Because of the localization of the endocannabinoid system in the gastrointestinal tract, it may be a potential pharmacologic target for the treatment of IBD and other diseases. Fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) is a potential candidate because it is upregulated in IBD. FAAH hydrolyzes and, as a consequence, inactivates anandamide (AEA), a prominent endocannabinoid. Inhibition of FAAH would lead to increases in the amount of AEA oxidized by cytochrome P450s (P450s). CYP2J2, the major P450 epoxygenase expressed in the heart, is also expressed in the intestine and has previously been reported to oxidize AEA. We have investigated the possibility that it may play a role in AEA metabolism in the gut and have demonstrated that purified human CYP2J2 metabolizes AEA to form the 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid ethanolamide (HETE-EA) and several epoxygenated products, including the 5,6-, 8,9-, 11,12-, and 14,15-epoxyeicosatrienoic acid ethanolamides (EET-EAs), in the reconstituted system. Kinetic studies suggest that the KM values for these products range from approximately 10 to 468 μM and the kcat values from 0.2 to 23.3 pmol/min per picomole of P450. Human intestinal microsomes, which express CYP2J2, metabolize AEA to give the 5,6-, 8,9-, and 11,12-EET-EAs, as well as 20-HETE-EA. Studies using specific P450 inhibitors suggest that although CYP2J2 metabolizes AEA, it is not the primary P450 responsible for AEA metabolism in human intestines.
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- Vyvyca J Walker
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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D'Agostino J, Zhang H, Kenaan C, Hollenberg PF. Mechanism-Based Inactivation of Human Cytochrome P450 2B6 by Chlorpyrifos. Chem Res Toxicol 2015; 28:1484-95. [PMID: 26075493 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.5b00156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Chlorpyrifos (CPS) is a commonly used pesticide which is metabolized by P450s into the toxic metabolite chlorpyrifos-oxon (CPO). Metabolism also results in the release of sulfur, which has been suggested to be involved in mechanism-based inactivation (MBI) of P450s. CYP2B6 was previously determined to have the greatest catalytic efficiency for CPO formation in vitro. Therefore, we characterized the MBI of CYP2B6 by CPS. CPS inactivated CYP2B6 in a time- and concentration-dependent manner with a kinact of 1.97 min(-1), a KI of 0.47 μM, and a partition ratio of 17.7. We further evaluated the ability of other organophosphate pesticides including chorpyrifos-methyl, diazinon, parathion-methyl, and azinophos-methyl to inactivate CYP2B6. These organophosphate pesticides were also potent MBIs of CYP2B6 characterized by similar kinact and KI values. The inactivation of CYP2B6 by CPS was accompanied by the loss of P450 detectable in the CO reduced spectrum and loss of detectable heme. High molecular weight aggregates were observed when inactivated CYP2B6 was run on SDS-PAGE gels indicating protein aggregation. Interestingly, we found that the rat homologue of CYP2B6, CYP2B1, was not inactivated by CPS despite forming CPO to a similar extent. On the basis of the locations of the Cys residues in the two proteins which could react with released sulfur during the metabolism of CPS, we investigated whether the C475 in CYP2B6, which is not conserved in CYP2B1, was the critical residue for inactivation by mutating it to a Ser. CYP2B6 C475S was inactivated to a similar extent as wild type CYP2B6 indicating that C475 is not likely the key difference between CYP2B1 and CYP2B6 with respect to inactivation. These results indicate that CPS and other organophosphate pesticides are potent MBIs of CYP2B6 which may have implications for the toxicity of these pesticides as well as the potential for pesticide-drug interactions.
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- Jaime D'Agostino
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, 2220C MSRB III, 1150 W. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5632, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, 2220C MSRB III, 1150 W. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5632, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, 2220C MSRB III, 1150 W. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5632, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, 2220C MSRB III, 1150 W. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5632, United States
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Pallan PS, Wang C, Lei L, Yoshimoto FK, Auchus RJ, Waterman MR, Guengerich FP, Egli M. Human Cytochrome P450 21A2, the Major Steroid 21-Hydroxylase: STRUCTURE OF THE ENZYME·PROGESTERONE SUBSTRATE COMPLEX AND RATE-LIMITING C-H BOND CLEAVAGE. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:13128-43. [PMID: 25855791 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.646307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cytochrome P450 (P450) 21A2 is the major steroid 21-hydroxylase, and deficiency of this enzyme is involved in ∼95% of cases of human congenital adrenal hyperplasia, a disorder of adrenal steroidogenesis. A structure of the bovine enzyme that we published previously (Zhao, B., Lei, L., Kagawa, N., Sundaramoorthy, M., Banerjee, S., Nagy, L. D., Guengerich, F. P., and Waterman, M. R. (2012) Three-dimensional structure of steroid 21-hydroxylase (cytochrome P450 21A2) with two substrates reveals locations of disease-associated variants. J. Biol. Chem. 287, 10613-10622), containing two molecules of the substrate 17α-hydroxyprogesterone, has been used as a template for understanding genetic deficiencies. We have now obtained a crystal structure of human P450 21A2 in complex with progesterone, a substrate in adrenal 21-hydroxylation. Substrate binding and release were fast for human P450 21A2 with both substrates, and pre-steady-state kinetics showed a partial burst but only with progesterone as substrate and not 17α-hydroxyprogesterone. High intermolecular non-competitive kinetic deuterium isotope effects on both kcat and kcat/Km, from 5 to 11, were observed with both substrates, indicative of rate-limiting C-H bond cleavage and suggesting that the juxtaposition of the C21 carbon in the active site is critical for efficient oxidation. The estimated rate of binding of the substrate progesterone (kon 2.4 × 10(7) M(-1) s(-1)) is only ∼2-fold greater than the catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km = 1.3 × 10(7) M(-1) s(-1)) with this substrate, suggesting that the rate of substrate binding may also be partially rate-limiting. The structure of the human P450 21A2-substrate complex provides direct insight into mechanistic effects of genetic variants.
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- Pradeep S Pallan
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146 and
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- the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146 and
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Bojić M, Sedgeman CA, Nagy LD, Guengerich FP. Aromatic hydroxylation of salicylic acid and aspirin by human cytochromes P450. Eur J Pharm Sci 2015; 73:49-56. [PMID: 25840124 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2015.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2014] [Revised: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) is a well-known and widely-used analgesic. It is rapidly deacetylated to salicylic acid, which forms two hippuric acids-salicyluric acid and gentisuric acid-and two glucuronides. The oxidation of aspirin and salicylic acid has been reported with human liver microsomes, but data on individual cytochromes P450 involved in oxidation is lacking. In this study we monitored oxidation of these compounds by human liver microsomes and cytochrome P450 (P450) using UPLC with fluorescence detection. Microsomal oxidation of salicylic acid was much faster than aspirin. The two oxidation products were 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (gentisic acid, documented by its UV and mass spectrum) and 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid. Formation of neither product was inhibited by desferrioxamine, suggesting a lack of contribution of oxygen radicals under these conditions. Although more liphophilic, aspirin was oxidized less efficiently, primarily to the 2,5-dihydroxy product. Recombinant human P450s 2C8, 2C9, 2C19, 2D6, 2E1, and 3A4 all catalyzed the 5-hydroxylation of salicylic acid. Inhibitor studies with human liver microsomes indicated that all six of the previously mentioned P450s could contribute to both the 5- and 3-hydroxylation of salicylic acid and that P450s 2A6 and 2B6 have contributions to 5-hydroxylation. Inhibitor studies indicated that the major human P450 involved in both 3- and 5-hydroxylation of salicylic acid is P450 2E1.
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- Mirza Bojić
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0146, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0146, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0146, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0146, USA.
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Pallan PS, Nagy LD, Lei L, Gonzalez E, Kramlinger VM, Azumaya CM, Wawrzak Z, Waterman MR, Guengerich FP, Egli M. Structural and kinetic basis of steroid 17α,20-lyase activity in teleost fish cytochrome P450 17A1 and its absence in cytochrome P450 17A2. J Biol Chem 2014; 290:3248-68. [PMID: 25533464 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.627265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cytochrome P450 (P450) 17A enzymes play a critical role in the oxidation of the steroids progesterone (Prog) and pregnenolone (Preg) to glucocorticoids and androgens. In mammals, a single enzyme, P450 17A1, catalyzes both 17α-hydroxylation and a subsequent 17α,20-lyase reaction with both Prog and Preg. Teleost fish contain two 17A P450s; zebrafish P450 17A1 catalyzes both 17α-hydroxylation and lyase reactions with Prog and Preg, and P450 17A2 is more efficient in pregnenolone 17α-hydroxylation but does not catalyze the lyase reaction, even in the presence of cytochrome b5. P450 17A2 binds all substrates and products, although more loosely than P450 17A1. Pulse-chase and kinetic spectral experiments and modeling established that the two-step P450 17A1 Prog oxidation is more distributive than the Preg reaction, i.e. 17α-OH product dissociates more prior to the lyase step. The drug orteronel selectively blocked the lyase reaction of P450 17A1 but only in the case of Prog. X-ray crystal structures of zebrafish P450 17A1 and 17A2 were obtained with the ligand abiraterone and with Prog for P450 17A2. Comparison of the two fish P450 17A-abiraterone structures with human P450 17A1 (DeVore, N. M., and Scott, E. E. (2013) Nature 482, 116-119) showed only a few differences near the active site, despite only ∼50% identity among the three proteins. The P450 17A2 structure differed in four residues near the heme periphery. These residues may allow the proposed alternative ferric peroxide mechanism for the lyase reaction, or residues removed from the active site may allow conformations that lead to the lyase activity.
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- Pradeep S Pallan
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 and
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- the Life Sciences Collaborative Access Team, Sector 21, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232 and
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Kim D, Cha GS, Nagy LD, Yun CH, Guengerich FP. Kinetic analysis of lauric acid hydroxylation by human cytochrome P450 4A11. Biochemistry 2014; 53:6161-72. [PMID: 25203493 PMCID: PMC4188250 DOI: 10.1021/bi500710e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cytochrome P450 (P450) 4A11 is the
only functionally active subfamily
4A P450 in humans. P450 4A11 catalyzes mainly ω-hydroxylation
of fatty acids in liver and kidney; this process is not a major degradative
pathway, but at least one product, 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid,
has important signaling properties. We studied catalysis by P450 4A11
and the issue of rate-limiting steps using lauric acid ω-hydroxylation,
a prototypic substrate for this enzyme. Some individual reaction steps
were studied using pre-steady-state kinetic approaches. Substrate
and product binding and release were much faster than overall rates
of catalysis. Reduction of ferric P450 4A11 (to ferrous) was rapid
and not rate-limiting. Deuterium kinetic isotope effect (KIE) experiments
yielded low but reproducible values (1.2–2) for 12-hydroxylation
with 12-2H-substituted lauric acid. However, considerable
“metabolic switching” to 11-hydroxylation was observed
with [12-2H3]lauric acid. Analysis of switching
results [Jones, J. P., et al. (1986) J. Am. Chem. Soc.108, 7074–7078] and the use of tritium KIE
analysis with [12-3H]lauric acid [Northrop, D. B. (1987) Methods Enzymol.87, 607–625] both
indicated a high intrinsic KIE (>10). Cytochrome b5 (b5) stimulated steady-state
lauric acid ω-hydroxylation ∼2-fold; the apoprotein was
ineffective, indicating that electron transfer is involved in the b5 enhancement. The rate of b5 reoxidation was increased in the presence of ferrous
P450 mixed with O2. Collectively, the results indicate
that both the transfer of an electron to the ferrous·O2 complex and C–H bond-breaking limit the rate of P450 4A11
ω-oxidation.
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- Donghak Kim
- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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Lee GY, Kim HM, Ma SH, Park SH, Joung YH, Yun CH. Heterologous expression and functional characterization of the NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase from Capsicum annuum. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2014; 82:116-22. [PMID: 24935229 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2014.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2014] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Two NADPH-cytochrome P450 reductase (CPR) genes (CaCPR1 and CaCPR2) were isolated from hot pepper (Capsicum annuum L. cv. Bukang). At the red ripe stage, the expression level of CaCPR1 was more than 6-fold greater than that in leaves or flowers. It gradually increased during fruit ripening. The CaCPR2 gene seemed to be expressed constitutively in all of the tested tissues. To investigate the enzymatic properties of CaCPR1, the cDNA of CaCPR1 was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli without any modification of amino acid sequences, and CaCPR1 was purified. The enzymatic properties of CaCPR1 were confirmed using cytochrome c and cytochrome b5 as protein substrates. The CaCPR1 could support human CYP1A2-catalyzed reaction. It also reduced tetrazolium salts and ferricyanide. These results show that CaCPR1 is the major CPR in most hot pepper tissues. It is suggested that the CaCPR1 can be used a prototype for studying biological functions and biotechnological applications of plant CPRs.
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- Ga-Young Lee
- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea.
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Goyal S, Xiao Y, Porter NA, Xu L, Guengerich FP. Oxidation of 7-dehydrocholesterol and desmosterol by human cytochrome P450 46A1. J Lipid Res 2014; 55:1933-43. [PMID: 25017465 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m051508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cytochrome P450 (P450 or CYP) 46A1 is expressed in brain and has been characterized by its ability to oxidize cholesterol to 24S-hydroxycholesterol. In addition, the same enzyme is known to further oxidize 24S-hydroxycholesterol to the 24,25- and 24,27-dihydroxy products, as well as to catalyze side-chain oxidations of 7α-hydroxycholesterol and cholestanol. As precursors in the biosynthesis of cholesterol, 7-dehydrocholesterol has not been found to be a substrate of P450 46A1 and desmosterol has not been previously tested. However, 24-hydroxy-7-dehydrocholesterol was recently identified in brain tissues, which prompted us to reexamine this enzyme and its potential substrates. Here we report that P450 46A1 oxidizes 7-dehydrocholesterol to 24-hydroxy-7-dehydrocholesterol and 25-hydroxy-7-dehydrocholesterol, as confirmed by LC-MS and GC-MS. Overall, the catalytic rates of formation increased in the order of 24-hydroxy-7-dehydrocholesterol < 24-hydroxycholesterol < 25-hydroxy-7-dehydrocholesterol from their respective precursors, with a ratio of 1:2.5:5. In the case of desmosterol, epoxidation to 24S,25-epoxycholesterol and 27-hydroxylation was observed, at roughly equal rates. The formation of these oxysterols in the brain may be of relevance in Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome, desmosterolosis, and other relevant diseases, as well as in signal transduction by lipids.
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- Sandeep Goyal
- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Chemistry and Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235
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- Department of Chemistry and Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232
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Bojić M, Barbero L, Dolgos H, Freisleben A, Gallemann D, Riva S, Guengerich FP. Time- and NADPH-dependent inhibition of cytochrome P450 3A4 by the cyclopentapeptide cilengitide: significance of the guanidine group and accompanying spectral changes. Drug Metab Dispos 2014; 42:1438-46. [PMID: 24985702 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.114.059295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Cilengitide is a stable cyclic pentapeptide containing an Arg-Gly-Asp motif responsible for selective binding to αVβ3 and αVβ5 integrins. The candidate drug showed unexpected inhibition of cytochrome P450 (P450) 3A4 at high concentrations, that is, a 15-mM concentration caused attenuation of P450 3A4 activity (depending on the probe substrate): 15-19% direct inhibition, 10-23% time-dependent inhibition (30-minute preincubation), and 54-60% metabolism-dependent inhibition (30-minute preincubation). The inactivation efficiency determined with human liver microsomes was 0.003 ± 0.001 min(-1) mM(-1) and was 0.04 ± 0.01 min(-1) mM(-1) with baculovirus-based microsomes containing recombinant P450 3A4. Neither heme loss nor covalent binding to apoprotein could explain the observed reductions in residual activity. Slowly forming type II difference spectra were observed, with maximum spectral changes after 2 hours. Binding to both reduced and oxidized P450 3A4 was observed, with apparent Kd values of 0.66 μM and 6 μM. The significance of the guanidine group in inhibition was demonstrated using ligand binding spectral changes and inactivation assays with guanidine analogs (debrisoquine, N-acetylarginine-O-methyl ester) and the acetylated ornithine derivative of cilengitide. The observed inhibition could be explained by direct inhibition, plus by formation of stable complexes with both ferric and ferrous forms of heme iron and to some extent by the formation of reactive species capable to react to the protein or heme. Formation of the complex required time and NADPH and is attributed to the guanidino group. Thus, the NADPH-dependent inhibition is considered to be mainly due to the formation of a stable complex rather than the formation of reactive species.
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- Mirza Bojić
- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (M.B., F.P.G.); Merck-Serono, RBM S.p.A. Istituto di Ricerche Biomediche A. Marxer, Colleretto Giacosa, Torino, Italy (L.B., S.R.); Merck-Serono, Global Early Development, Darmstadt, Germany (H.D.); and Merck-Serono, Global Early Development, Darmstadt/Global DMPK, Grafing, Germany (A.F., D.G.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (M.B., F.P.G.); Merck-Serono, RBM S.p.A. Istituto di Ricerche Biomediche A. Marxer, Colleretto Giacosa, Torino, Italy (L.B., S.R.); Merck-Serono, Global Early Development, Darmstadt, Germany (H.D.); and Merck-Serono, Global Early Development, Darmstadt/Global DMPK, Grafing, Germany (A.F., D.G.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (M.B., F.P.G.); Merck-Serono, RBM S.p.A. Istituto di Ricerche Biomediche A. Marxer, Colleretto Giacosa, Torino, Italy (L.B., S.R.); Merck-Serono, Global Early Development, Darmstadt, Germany (H.D.); and Merck-Serono, Global Early Development, Darmstadt/Global DMPK, Grafing, Germany (A.F., D.G.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (M.B., F.P.G.); Merck-Serono, RBM S.p.A. Istituto di Ricerche Biomediche A. Marxer, Colleretto Giacosa, Torino, Italy (L.B., S.R.); Merck-Serono, Global Early Development, Darmstadt, Germany (H.D.); and Merck-Serono, Global Early Development, Darmstadt/Global DMPK, Grafing, Germany (A.F., D.G.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (M.B., F.P.G.); Merck-Serono, RBM S.p.A. Istituto di Ricerche Biomediche A. Marxer, Colleretto Giacosa, Torino, Italy (L.B., S.R.); Merck-Serono, Global Early Development, Darmstadt, Germany (H.D.); and Merck-Serono, Global Early Development, Darmstadt/Global DMPK, Grafing, Germany (A.F., D.G.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (M.B., F.P.G.); Merck-Serono, RBM S.p.A. Istituto di Ricerche Biomediche A. Marxer, Colleretto Giacosa, Torino, Italy (L.B., S.R.); Merck-Serono, Global Early Development, Darmstadt, Germany (H.D.); and Merck-Serono, Global Early Development, Darmstadt/Global DMPK, Grafing, Germany (A.F., D.G.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (M.B., F.P.G.); Merck-Serono, RBM S.p.A. Istituto di Ricerche Biomediche A. Marxer, Colleretto Giacosa, Torino, Italy (L.B., S.R.); Merck-Serono, Global Early Development, Darmstadt, Germany (H.D.); and Merck-Serono, Global Early Development, Darmstadt/Global DMPK, Grafing, Germany (A.F., D.G.)
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Ahn T, Bae CS, Yun CH. Affinity purification of recombinant human cytochrome P450s 3A4 and 1A2 using mixed micelle systems. Protein Expr Purif 2014; 101:37-41. [PMID: 24893120 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2014.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2014] [Revised: 05/20/2014] [Accepted: 05/21/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Recombinant cytochrome P450 (CYP or P450) enzymes are useful for drug metabolism research and thereby many expression and purification systems have been developed. Here, we provide a method for the purification of human P450s 3A4 and 1A2 expressed in Escherichia coli using mixed micelles containing anionic phospholipids. This method does not require any protein-tagging system for protein isolation and has a further advantage that the purification is concomitantly conducted with reconstitution of the enzymes into a phospholipid environment, which is crucial for the catalytic activity assay of P450 enzyme. This method may also be applied to high-throughput catalytic assays of the enzymes because the purification procedures can be undertaken in a 96-well plate.
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- Taeho Ahn
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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Siller M, Goyal S, Yoshimoto FK, Xiao Y, Wei S, Guengerich FP. Oxidation of endogenous N-arachidonoylserotonin by human cytochrome P450 2U1. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:10476-10487. [PMID: 24563460 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.550004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cytochrome P450 (P450) 2U1 has been shown to be expressed, at the mRNA level, in human thymus, brain, and several other tissues. Recombinant P450 2U1 was purified and used as a reagent in a metabolomic search for substrates in bovine brain. In addition to fatty acid oxidation reactions, an oxidation of endogenous N-arachidonoylserotonin was characterized. Subsequent NMR and mass spectrometry and chemical synthesis showed that the main product was the result of C-2 oxidation of the indole ring, in contrast to other human P450s that generated different products. N-Arachidonoylserotonin, first synthesized chemically and described as an inhibitor of fatty acid amide hydrolase, had previously been found in porcine and mouse intestine; we demonstrated its presence in bovine and human brain samples. The product (2-oxo) was 4-fold less active than N-arachidonoylserotonin in inhibiting fatty acid amide hydrolase. The rate of oxidation of N-arachidonoylserotonin was similar to that of arachidonic acid, one of the previously identified fatty acid substrates of P450 2U1. The demonstration of the oxidation of N-arachidonoylserotonin by P450 2U1 suggests a possible role in human brain and possibly other sites.
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- Michal Siller
- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146; Pharmacology and Toxicology Division, Institute of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Palacky University Olomouc, 775 15 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146.
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Chowdhury G, Shibata N, Yamazaki H, Guengerich FP. Human cytochrome P450 oxidation of 5-hydroxythalidomide and pomalidomide, an amino analogue of thalidomide. Chem Res Toxicol 2013; 27:147-56. [PMID: 24350712 DOI: 10.1021/tx4004215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The sedative and antiemetic drug thalidomide [α-(N-phthalimido)glutarimide] was withdrawn in the early 1960s because of its potent teratogenic effects but was approved for the treatment of lesions associated with leprosy in 1998 and multiple myeloma in 2006. The mechanism of teratogenicity of thalidomide still remains unclear, but it is well-established that metabolism of thalidomide is important for both teratogenicity and cancer treatment outcome. Thalidomide is oxidized by various cytochrome P450 (P450) enzymes, the major one being P450 2C19, to 5-hydroxy-, 5'-hydroxy-, and dihydroxythalidomide. We previously reported that P450 3A4 oxidizes thalidomide to the 5-hydroxy and dihydroxy metabolites, with the second oxidation step involving a reactive intermediate, possibly an arene oxide, that can be trapped by glutathione (GSH) to GSH adducts. We now show that the dihydroxythalidomide metabolite can be further oxidized to a quinone intermediate. Human P450s 2J2, 2C18, and 4A11 were also found to oxidize 5-hydroxythalidomide to dihydroxy products. Unlike P450s 2C19 and 3A4, neither P450 2J2, 2C18, nor 4A11 oxidized thalidomide itself. A recently approved amino analogue of thalidomide, pomalidomide (CC-4047, Actimid), was also oxidized by human liver microsomes and P450s 2C19, 3A4, and 2J2 to the corresponding phthalimide ring-hydroxylated product.
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- Goutam Chowdhury
- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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Yoshigae Y, Kent UM, Hollenberg PF. Role of the highly conserved threonine in cytochrome P450 2E1: prevention of H2O2-induced inactivation during electron transfer. Biochemistry 2013; 52:4636-47. [PMID: 23750736 DOI: 10.1021/bi4004843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A highly conserved threonine in the I-helix of cytochrome P450s has been suggested to play an important role in dioxygen activation, a critical step for catalytic turnover. However, subsequent studies with some P450s in which this highly conserved threonine was replaced by another residue such as alanine showed that significant catalytic activities were still retained when the variants were compared with the wild type enzymes. These results make the role of this residue unclear. We provide data here that suggest a novel role for this highly conserved threonine (Thr303) in the function of P450 2E1. We found that the P450 2E1 T303A mutant undergoes rapid autoinactivation in the reconstituted system during catalytic turnover when the electrons are provided by NADPH. This inactivation was much faster than that of the wild type P450 2E1 and was prevented by catalase. Both the P450 2E1 wild type and T303A mutants produce hydrogen peroxide during the incubations. The inactivation was accompanied by heme destruction with part of the heme becoming covalently attached to protein. The heme destruction was prevented by catalase or by the presence of substrate. Interestingly, this inactivation occurred much more rapidly in the presence of both an electron transfer system and hydrogen peroxide externally added to the enzyme. This accelerated inactivation during catalytic turnover was also found with a 2B4 T302A mutant, which corresponds to 2E1 T303A. Our results suggest that the conserved threonine in these P450s prevents rapid autoinactivation during the catalytic cycle and that this residue may be highly conserved in P450s since it allows them to remain catalytically active for longer periods of time.
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- Yasushi Yoshigae
- Department of Pharmacology, The University of Michigan Medical School , 2301 MSRB III, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5632, United States
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Hartman JH, Bradley AM, Laddusaw RM, Perry MD, Miller GP. Structure of pyrazole derivatives impact their affinity, stoichiometry, and cooperative interactions for CYP2E1 complexes. Arch Biochem Biophys 2013; 537:12-20. [PMID: 23811196 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2013.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2013] [Revised: 06/14/2013] [Accepted: 06/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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CYP2E1 plays a critical role in detoxification and carcinogenic activation of drugs, pollutants, and dietary compounds; however, these metabolic processes can involve poorly characterized cooperative interactions that compromise the ability to understand and predict CYP2E1 metabolism. Herein, we employed an array of ten azoles with an emphasis on pyrazoles to establish the selectivity of catalytic and cooperative CYP2E1 sites through binding and catalytic studies. Spectral binding studies for monocyclic azoles suggested two binding events, while bicyclic azoles suggested one. Pyrazole had moderate affinity toward the CYP2E1 catalytic site that improved when a methyl group was introduced at either position 3 or 4. The presence of methyl groups simultaneously at positions 3 and 5 blocked binding, and a phenyl group at position 3 did not improve binding affinity. In contrast, pyrazole fusion to a benzene or cyclohexane ring greatly increased affinity. The consequences of these binding events on CYP2E1 catalysis were studied through inhibition studies with 4-nitrophenol, a substrate known to bind both sites. Most pyrazoles shared a common mixed cooperative inhibition mechanism in which pyrazole binding rescued CYP2E1 from substrate inhibition. Overall, inhibitor affinities toward the CYP2E1 catalytic site were similar to those reported in binding studies, and the same trend was observed for binding at the cooperative site. Taken together, these studies identified key structural determinants in the affinity and stoichiometry of azole interactions with CYP2E1 and consequences on catalysis that further advance an understanding of the relationship between structure and function for this enzyme.
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- Jessica H Hartman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
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Wang K, Guengerich FP. Reduction of aromatic and heterocyclic aromatic N-hydroxylamines by human cytochrome P450 2S1. Chem Res Toxicol 2013; 26:993-1004. [PMID: 23682735 DOI: 10.1021/tx400139p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Many aromatic amines and heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs) are known carcinogens for animals, and there is also strong evidence of some in human cancer. The activation of these compounds, including some arylamine drugs, involves N-hydroxylation, usually by cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450) in Family 1 (1A2, 1A1, and 1B1). We previously demonstrated that the bioactivation product of the anticancer agent 2-(4-amino-3-methylphenyl)-5-fluorobenzothiazole (5F 203), an N-hydroxylamine, can be reduced by P450 2S1 to its amine precursor under anaerobic conditions and, to a lesser extent, under aerobic conditions [Wang, K., and Guengerich, F. P. (2012) Chem. Res. Toxicol. 25, 1740-1751]. In the study presented here, we tested the hypothesis that P450 2S1 is involved in the reductive biotransformation of known carcinogenic aromatic amines and HAAs. The N-hydroxylamines of 4-aminobiphenyl (4-ABP), 2-naphthylamine (2-NA), and 2-aminofluorene (2-AF) were synthesized and found to be reduced by P450 2S1 under both anaerobic and aerobic conditions. The formation of amines due to P450 2S1 reduction also occurred under aerobic conditions but was less apparent because the competitive disproportionation reactions (of the N-hydroxylamines) also yielded amines. Further, some nitroso and nitro derivatives of the arylamines could also be reduced by P450 2S1. None of the amines tested were oxidized by P450 2S1. These results suggest that P450 2S1 may be involved in the reductive detoxication of several of the activated products of carcinogenic aromatic amines and HAAs.
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- Kai Wang
- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, 638 Robinson Research Building, 2200 Pierce Avenue, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, USA
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