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Lauer SM, Reepmeyer M, Berendes O, Klepacki D, Gasse J, Gabrielli S, Grubmüller H, Bock LV, Krizsan A, Nikolay R, Spahn CMT, Hoffmann R. Multimodal binding and inhibition of bacterial ribosomes by the antimicrobial peptides Api137 and Api88. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3945. [PMID: 38730238 PMCID: PMC11087509 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48027-4] [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: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024] Open
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Proline-rich antimicrobial peptides (PrAMPs) inhibit bacterial protein biosynthesis by binding to the polypeptide exit tunnel (PET) near the peptidyl transferase center. Api137, an optimized derivative of honeybee PrAMP apidaecin, inhibits protein expression by trapping release factors (RFs), which interact with stop codons on ribosomes to terminate translation. This study uses cryo-EM, functional assays and molecular dynamic (MD) simulations to show that Api137 additionally occupies a second binding site near the exit of the PET and can repress translation independently of RF-trapping. Api88, a C-terminally amidated (-CONH2) analog of Api137 (-COOH), binds to the same sites, occupies a third binding pocket and interferes with the translation process presumably without RF-trapping. In conclusion, apidaecin-derived PrAMPs inhibit bacterial ribosomes by multimodal mechanisms caused by minor structural changes and thus represent a promising pool for drug development efforts.
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- Simon M Lauer
- Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Charité - Berlin University of medicine, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Biologie, 10099, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Department, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Department, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
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- Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Department, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
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- Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Department, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Charité - Berlin University of medicine, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Department of Genome Regulation, Ihnestrasse 63-73, 14195, Berlin, Germany.
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- Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Charité - Berlin University of medicine, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
- Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
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Ludwig T, Krizsan A, Mohammed GK, Hoffmann R. Antimicrobial Activity and 70S Ribosome Binding of Apidaecin-Derived Api805 with Increased Bacterial Uptake Rate. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022; 11:antibiotics11040430. [PMID: 35453182 PMCID: PMC9025336 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics11040430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
In view of the global spread of multiresistant bacteria and the occurrence of panresistant bacteria, there is an urgent need for antimicrobials with novel modes of action. A promising class is antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), including them proline-rich AMPs (PrAMPs), which target the 70S ribosome to inhibit protein translation. Here, we present a new designer peptide, Api805, combining the N- and C-terminal sequences of PrAMPs Api137 and drosocin, respectively. Api805 was similarly active against two Escherichia coli B strains but was inactive against E. coli K12 strain BW25113. These different activities could not be explained by the dissociation constants measured for 70S ribosome preparations from E. coli K12 and B strains. Mutations in the SbmA transporter that PrAMPs use to pass the inner membrane or proteolytic degradation of Api805 by lysate proteases could not explain this either. Interestingly, Api805 seems not to bind to the known binding sites of PrAMPs at the 70S ribosome and inhibited in vitro protein translation, independent of release factors, most likely using a “multimodal effect”. Interestingly, Api805 entered the E. coli B strain Rosetta faster and at larger quantities than the E. coli K-12 strain BW25113, which may be related to the different LPS core structure. In conclusion, slight structural changes in PrAMPs significantly altered their binding sites and mechanisms of action, allowing for the design of different antibiotic classes.
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- Tobias Ludwig
- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; (T.L.); (A.K.); (G.K.M.)
- Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; (T.L.); (A.K.); (G.K.M.)
- Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; (T.L.); (A.K.); (G.K.M.)
- Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; (T.L.); (A.K.); (G.K.M.)
- Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Correspondence:
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Dewangan RP, Verma DP, Verma NK, Gupta A, Pant G, Mitra K, Habib S, Ghosh JK. Spermine-Conjugated Short Proline-Rich Lipopeptides as Broad-Spectrum Intracellular Targeting Antibacterial Agents. J Med Chem 2022; 65:5433-5448. [PMID: 35297625 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c01809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Toward the design of new proline-rich peptidomimetics, a short peptide segment, present in several proline-rich antimicrobial peptides (AMPs), was selected. Fatty acids of varying lengths and spermine were conjugated at the N- and C-terminals of the peptide, respectively. Spermine-conjugated lipopeptides, C10-PR-Spn and C12-PR-Spn, exhibited minimum inhibitory concentrations within 1.5-6.2 μM against the tested pathogens including resistant bacteria and insignificant hemolytic activity against human red blood cells up to 100 μM concentrations and demonstrated resistance against trypsin digestion. C10-PR-Spn and C12-PR-Spn showed synergistic antimicrobial activity against multidrug-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with several tested antibiotics. These lipopeptides did not permeabilize bacterial membrane-mimetic lipid vesicles or damage the Escherichia coli membrane like the nonmembrane-lytic AMP, buforin-II. The results suggested that C10-PR-Spn and C12-PR-Spn could interact with the 70S ribosome of E. coli and inhibit its protein synthesis. C10-PR-Spn and C12-PR-Spn demonstrated superior clearance of bacteria from the spleen, liver, and kidneys of mice, infected with S. aureus ATCC 25923 compared to levofloxacin.
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- Rikeshwer Prasad Dewangan
- Biochemistry and Structural Biology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226031, India
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- Biochemistry and Structural Biology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226031, India
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- Biochemistry and Structural Biology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226031, India
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- Biochemistry and Structural Biology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226031, India
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- Electron Microscopy Unit, SAIF Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226031, India
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- Electron Microscopy Unit, SAIF Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226031, India
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- Biochemistry and Structural Biology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226031, India
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- Biochemistry and Structural Biology Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Sitapur Road, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226031, India
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Brakel A, Krizsan A, Itzenga R, Kraus CN, Otvos L, Hoffmann R. Influence of Substitutions in the Binding Motif of Proline-Rich Antimicrobial Peptide ARV-1502 on 70S Ribosome Binding and Antimicrobial Activity. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23063150. [PMID: 35328571 PMCID: PMC8950706 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23063150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Revised: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Proline-rich antimicrobial peptides (PrAMPs) are promising candidates to treat bacterial infections. The designer peptide ARV-1502 exhibits strong antimicrobial effects against Enterobacteriaceae both in vitro and in vivo. Since the inhibitory effects of ARV-1502 reported for the 70 kDa heat-shock protein DnaK do not fully explain the antimicrobial activity of its 176 substituted analogs, we further studied their effect on the bacterial 70S ribosome of Escherichia coli, a known target of PrAMPs. ARV-1502 analogues, substituted in positions 3, 4, and 8 to 12 (underlined) of the binding motif D3KPRPYLPRP12 with aspartic acid, lysine, serine, phenylalanine or leucine, were tested in a competitive fluorescence polarization (FP) binding screening assay using 5(6)-carboxyfluorescein-labeled (Cf-) ARV-1502 and the 70S ribosome isolated from E. coli BW25113. While their effect on ribosomal protein expression was studied for green fluorescent protein (GFP) in a cell-free expression system (in vitro translation), the importance of known PrAMP transporters SbmA and MdtM was investigated using E. coli BW25113 and the corresponding knockout mutants. The dissociation constant (Kd) of 201 ± 16 nmol/L obtained for Cf-ARV-1502 suggests strong binding to the E. coli 70S ribosome. An inhibitory binding assay indicated that the binding site overlaps with those of other PrAMPs including Onc112 and pyrrhocoricin as well as the non-peptidic antibiotics erythromycin and chloramphenicol. All these drugs and drug candidates bind to the exit-tunnel of the 70S ribosome. Substitutions of the C-terminal fragment of the binding motif YLPRP reduced binding. At the same time, inhibition of GFP expression increased with net peptide charge. Interestingly, the MIC values of wild-type and ΔsbmA and ΔmdtM knockout mutants indicated that substitutions in the ribosomal binding motif altered also the bacterial uptake, which was generally improved by incorporation of hydrophobic residues. In conclusion, most substituted ARV-1502 analogs bound weaker to the 70S ribosome than ARV-1502 underlining the importance of the YLPRP binding motif. The weaker ribosomal binding correlated well with decreased antimicrobial activity in vitro. Substituted ARV-1502 analogs with a higher level of hydrophobicity or positive net charge improved the ribosome binding, inhibition of translation, and bacterial uptake.
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- Alexandra Brakel
- Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Universität Leipzig, 04109 Leipzig, Germany; (A.K.); (R.I.)
- Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universität Leipzig, 04109 Leipzig, Germany
- Correspondence: (A.B.); (R.H.)
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Universität Leipzig, 04109 Leipzig, Germany; (A.K.); (R.I.)
- Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universität Leipzig, 04109 Leipzig, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Universität Leipzig, 04109 Leipzig, Germany; (A.K.); (R.I.)
- Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universität Leipzig, 04109 Leipzig, Germany
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- Aceragen Inc., Durham, NC 27709, USA; (C.N.K.); (L.O.J.)
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- Aceragen Inc., Durham, NC 27709, USA; (C.N.K.); (L.O.J.)
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Semmelweis University, 1085 Budapest, Hungary
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Universität Leipzig, 04109 Leipzig, Germany; (A.K.); (R.I.)
- Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universität Leipzig, 04109 Leipzig, Germany
- Correspondence: (A.B.); (R.H.)
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Kolano L, Knappe D, Berg A, Berg T, Hoffmann R. Effect of amino acid substitutions on 70S ribosomal binding, cellular uptake, and antimicrobial activity of oncocin Onc112. Chembiochem 2021; 23:e202100609. [PMID: 34902208 PMCID: PMC9306569 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202100609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Proline‐rich antimicrobial peptides (PrAMPs) are promising candidates for the treatment of infections caused by high‐priority human pathogens. Their mode of action consists of (I) passive diffusion across the outer membrane, (II) active transport through the inner membrane, and (III) inhibition of protein biosynthesis by blocking the exit tunnel of the 70S ribosome. We tested whether in vitro data on ribosomal binding and bacterial uptake could predict the antibacterial activity of PrAMPs against Gram‐negative and Gram‐positive bacteria. Ribosomal binding and bacterial uptake rates were measured for 47 derivatives of PrAMP Onc112 and compared to the minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of each peptide. Ribosomal binding was evaluated for ribosome extracts from four Gram‐negative bacteria. Bacterial uptake was assessed by quantifying each peptide in the supernatants of bacterial cultures. Oncocin analogues with a higher net positive charge appeared to be more active, although their ribosome binding and uptake rates were not necessarily better than for Onc112. The data suggest a complex mode of action influenced by further factors improving or reducing the antibacterial activity, including diffusion through membranes, transport mechanism, secondary targets, off‐target binding, intracellular distribution, and membrane effects. Relying only on in vitro binding and uptake data may not be sufficient for the rational development of more active analogues.
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- Lisa Kolano
- Universität Leipzig Fakultät für Chemie und Mineralogie: Universitat Leipzig Fakultat fur Chemie und Mineralogie, Chemie und Mineralogie, GERMANY
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- Universität Leipzig Fakultät für Chemie und Mineralogie: Universitat Leipzig Fakultat fur Chemie und Mineralogie, Chemie und Mineralogie, GERMANY
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- Universität Leipzig Fakultät für Chemie und Mineralogie: Universitat Leipzig Fakultat fur Chemie und Mineralogie, Chemie und Mineralogie, GERMANY
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- Universität Leipzig Fakultät für Chemie und Mineralogie: Universitat Leipzig Fakultat fur Chemie und Mineralogie, Chemie und Mineralogie, GERMANY
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- Institut für Bioanalytische Chemie, Biotechnologisch-Biomedizinisches Zentrum, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103, Leipzig, GERMANY
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Correlating uptake and activity of proline-rich antimicrobial peptides in Escherichia coli. Anal Bioanal Chem 2017; 409:5581-5592. [PMID: 28717895 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-017-0496-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2017] [Revised: 05/29/2017] [Accepted: 06/26/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Increasing death tolls accounted for by antimicrobial drug resistance demand novel antibiotic lead compounds. Among different promising candidate classes, proline-rich antimicrobial peptides (PrAMPs) are very favorable due to their intracellular mechanism, i.e., binding to the 70S ribosome and DnaK, after active uptake relying on bacterial transporters like SbmA and MdtM. Studies on peptide internalization as the first step of their complex mode of action rely typically on fluorophore or radioactive labeling and quantification using microscopy, flow cytometry, or radioactivity. Here, a liquid chromatography based assay was applied to quantify the unlabeled internalized full-length peptides and their proteolytic degradation products (metabolites) using UV absorbance and mass spectrometry. Knockout mutants lacking transporter proteins showed reduced PrAMP uptakes, explaining their reduced susceptibility against PrAMPs. Interestingly, major metabolites produced by bacterial proteases still bound to the 70S ribosome provide evidence that degradation by cytosolic proteases as a possible resistance mechanism is not very efficient. Graphical abstract The uptake of unlabeled proline-rich antimicrobial peptides (PrAMPs) is analyzed in Escherichia coli BW25113 wild-type and transporter knockout mutants ΔsbmA and BS2 (ΔsbmA yjiL::Tn10) by reversed-phase chromatography and quantified by UV detection or mass spectrometry with multi-reaction monitoring (scheme right). Internalized peptide amounts correlated to minimal inhibitory concentrations and bacterial transport activities based on the present transporter proteins (scheme left).
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Gielen F, Butz M, Rees EJ, Erdelyi M, Moschetti T, Hyvönen M, Edel JB, Kaminski CF, Hollfelder F. Quantitative Affinity Determination by Fluorescence Anisotropy Measurements of Individual Nanoliter Droplets. Anal Chem 2017; 89:1092-1101. [PMID: 28192993 PMCID: PMC5287478 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b02528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Fluorescence anisotropy measurements of reagents compartmentalized into individual nanoliter droplets are shown to yield high-resolution binding curves from which precise dissociation constants (Kd) for protein-peptide interactions can be inferred. With the current platform, four titrations can be obtained per minute (based on ∼100 data points each), with stoichiometries spanning more than 2 orders of magnitude and requiring only tens of microliters of reagents. In addition to affinity measurements with purified components, Kd values for unpurified proteins in crude cell lysates can be obtained without prior knowledge of the concentration of the expressed protein, so that protein purification can be avoided. Finally, we show how a competition assay can be set up to perform focused library screens, so that compound labeling is not required anymore. These data demonstrate the utility of droplet compartments for the quantitative characterization of biomolecular interactions and establish fluorescence anisotropy imaging as a quantitative technique in a miniaturized droplet format, which is shown to be as reliable as its macroscopic test tube equivalent.
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- Fabrice Gielen
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge , 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, United Kingdom.,Living Systems Institute, University of Exeter , Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4QD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge , 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, New Museums Site , Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3RA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, New Museums Site , Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3RA, United Kingdom.,Department of Optics and Quantum Electronics, University of Szeged , Dom ter 9, Szeged, Hungary
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge , 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge , 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London , South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, New Museums Site , Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3RA, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge , 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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Goldbach T, Knappe D, Reinsdorf C, Berg T, Hoffmann R. Ribosomal binding and antibacterial activity of ethylene glycol-bridged apidaecin Api137 and oncocin Onc112 conjugates. J Pept Sci 2016; 22:592-9. [PMID: 27406684 DOI: 10.1002/psc.2905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2016] [Revised: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Recent surveillance data on antimicrobial resistance predict the beginning of the post-antibiotic era with pan-resistant bacteria even overcoming polymyxin as the last available treatment option. Thus, new substances using novel modes of antimicrobial action are urgently needed to reduce this health threat. Antimicrobial peptides are part of the innate immune system of most vertebrates and invertebrates and accepted as valid substances for antibiotic drug development efforts. Especially, short proline-rich antimicrobial peptides (PrAMP) of insect origin have been optimized for activity against Gram-negative strains. They inhibit protein expression in bacteria by blocking the 70S ribosome exit tunnel (oncocin-type) or the assembly of the 50S subunit (apidaecin-type binding). Thus, apidaecin analog Api137 and oncocin analog Onc112 supposedly bind to different nearby or possibly partially overlapping binding sites. Here, we synthesized Api137/Onc112-conjugates bridged by ethylene glycol spacers of different length to probe synergistic activities and binding modes. Indeed, the antimicrobial activities against Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa improved for some constructs, although the conjugates did not bind better to the 70S ribosome of E. coli than Api137 and Onc112 using 5(6)-carboxyfluorescein-labelled Api137 and Onc112 in a competitive fluorescence polarization assay. In conclusion, Api137/Onc112-conjugates showed increased antimicrobial activities against P. aeruginosa and PrAMP-susceptible and -resistant E. coli most likely because of improved membrane interactions, whereas the interaction to the 70S ribosome was most likely not improved relying still on the independent apidaecin- and oncocin-type binding modes. Copyright © 2016 European Peptide Society and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- Tina Goldbach
- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 29, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy, Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.,Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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Roy S, Nandi RK, Ganai S, Majumdar KC, Das TK. Binding interaction of phosphorus heterocycles with bovine serum albumin: A biochemical study. J Pharm Anal 2016; 7:19-26. [PMID: 29404014 PMCID: PMC5686865 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpha.2016.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Revised: 05/24/2016] [Accepted: 05/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Interaction between bovine serum albumin (BSA) and phosphorus heterocycles (PHs) was studied using multi-spectroscopic techniques. The results indicated the high binding affinity of PHs to BSA as it quenches the intrinsic fluorescence of BSA. The experimental data suggested the fluorescence quenching mechanism between PHs and BSA as a dynamic quenching. From the UV–vis studies, the apparent association constant (Kapp) was found to be 9.25×102, 1.27×104 and 9.01×102 L/mol for the interaction of BSA with PH-1, PH-2 and PH-3 respectively. According to the Förster's non-radiation energy transfer (FRET) theory, the binding distances between BSA and PHs were calculated. The binding distances (r) of PH-1, PH-2 and PH-3 were found to be 2.86, 3.03, and 5.12 nm, respectively, indicating energy transfer occurs between BSA and PHs. The binding constants of the PHs obtained from the fluorescence quenching data were found to be decreased with increase of temperature. The negative values of the thermodynamic parameters ΔH, ΔS and ΔG at different temperatures revealed that the binding process is spontaneous; hydrogen bonds and van der Waals interaction were the main force to stabilize the complex. The microenvironment of the protein-binding site was studied by synchronous fluorescence and circular dichroism (CD) techniques and data indicated that the conformation of BSA changed in the presence of PHs. Finally, we studied the BSA-PHs docking using Autodock and results suggest that PHs is located in the cleft between the domains of BSA. The interaction between BSA and PHs by spectroscopic methods. The fluorescence quenching mechanism is dynamic. Van der Waals force and hydrogen bond are the main force for BSA-PHs interaction. Docking of PHs-BSA interaction.
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- Swarup Roy
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Kalyani, Kalyani 741235, West Bengal, India
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Hall MD, Yasgar A, Peryea T, Braisted JC, Jadhav A, Simeonov A, Coussens NP. Fluorescence polarization assays in high-throughput screening and drug discovery: a review. Methods Appl Fluoresc 2016; 4:022001. [PMID: 28809163 DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/4/2/022001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The sensitivity of fluorescence polarization (FP) and fluorescence anisotropy (FA) to molecular weight changes has enabled the interrogation of diverse biological mechanisms, ranging from molecular interactions to enzymatic activity. Assays based on FP/FA technology have been widely utilized in high-throughput screening (HTS) and drug discovery due to the homogenous format, robust performance and relative insensitivity to some types of interferences, such as inner filter effects. Advancements in assay design, fluorescent probes, and technology have enabled the application of FP assays to increasingly complex biological processes. Herein we discuss different types of FP/FA assays developed for HTS, with examples to emphasize the diversity of applicable targets. Furthermore, trends in target and fluorophore selection, as well as assay type and format, are examined using annotated HTS assays within the PubChem database. Finally, practical considerations for the successful development and implementation of FP/FA assays for HTS are provided based on experience at our center and examples from the literature, including strategies for flagging interference compounds among a list of hits.
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- Matthew D Hall
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA
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Krizsan A, Prahl C, Goldbach T, Knappe D, Hoffmann R. Short Proline-Rich Antimicrobial Peptides Inhibit Either the Bacterial 70S Ribosome or the Assembly of its Large 50S Subunit. Chembiochem 2015; 16:2304-8. [PMID: 26448548 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201500375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Short proline-rich antimicrobial peptides (PrAMPs) are a promising class of antibiotics that use novel mechanisms, thus offering the potential to overcome the health threat of multiresistant pathogens. The peptides bind to the bacterial 70S ribosome and can inhibit protein translation. We report that PrAMPs can be divided into two classes, with each class binding to a different site, and thus use different lethal mechanisms. Oncocin-type peptides inhibit protein translation in Escherichia coli by binding to the exit tunnel of the 70S ribosome with half maximal inhibitory concentrations (IC50 values) of around 2 to 6 μmol L(-1), whereas apidaecin-type peptides block the assembly of the large (50S) subunit of the ribosome, resulting in similar IC50 values. The revealed mechanisms should allow the design of new antibiotics to overcome current bacterial resistance mechanisms.
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- Andor Krizsan
- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Bioanalytical Chemistry, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine (BBZ), Universität Leipzig, Deutscher Platz 5, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
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Zhang X, Lin Y, Liu L, Lin C. Study on the synthesis of sulfonamide derivatives and their interaction with bovine serum albumin. LUMINESCENCE 2014; 30:269-79. [PMID: 24923629 DOI: 10.1002/bio.2725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2013] [Revised: 04/10/2014] [Accepted: 05/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Three sulfonamide derivatives (SAD) were first synthesized from p-hydroxybenzoic acid and sulfonamides (sulfadimidine, sulfamethoxazole and sulfachloropyridazine sodium) and were characterized by elemental analysis, (1) H NMR and MS. The interaction between bovine serum albumin (BSA) and SAD was studied using UV/vis absorption spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy and circular dichroism spectra under imitated physiological conditions. The experimental results indicated that SAD effectively quenched the intrinsic fluorescence of BSA via a static quenching process. The thermodynamic parameters showed that hydrogen bonding and van der Waal's forces were the predominant intermolecular forces between BSA and two SADs [4-((4-(N-(4,6-dimethylpyrimidin-2-yl)sulfamoyl)phenyl)carbamoyl)phenyl acetate and 4-((4-(N-(5-methylisoxazol-3-yl)sulfamoyl)phenyl)carbamoyl)phenyl acetate], but hydrophobic forces played a major role in the binding process of BSA and 4-((4-(N-(6-chloropyridazin-3-yl)sulfamoyl)phenyl) carbamoyl)phenyl acetate. In addition, the effect of SAD on the conformation of BSA was investigated using synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy and circular dichroism spectra. Molecular modeling results showed that SAD was situated in subdomain IIA of BSA.
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- Xuehong Zhang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China; School of Chemistry and Life Science, Guangxi Teachers Education University, Nanning, 530001, China
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Molecular simulation of model sulfated polysaccharides of low molecular weight from Ganoderma lucidum and their interaction with human serum albumin. Struct Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-014-0420-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A fluorescence-based high throughput assay for the determination of small molecule-human serum albumin protein binding. Anal Bioanal Chem 2014; 406:1867-75. [PMID: 24390461 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-7560-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2013] [Revised: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Herein, we describe the development of a fluorescence-based high throughput assay to determine the small molecule binding towards human serum albumin (HSA). This innovative competition assay is based on the use of a novel fluorescent small molecule Red Mega 500 with unique spectroscopic and binding properties. The commercially available probe displays a large fluorescence intensity difference between the protein-bound and protein-unbound state. The competition of small molecules for HSA binding in the presence of probe resulted in low fluorescence intensities. The assay was evaluated with the library of pharmacological active compounds (LOPAC) small molecule library of 1,280 compounds identifying known high protein binders. The small molecule competition of HSA-Red Mega 500 binding was saturable at higher compound concentrations and exhibited IC50 values between 3 and 24 μM. The compound affinity toward HSA was confirmed by isothermal titration calorimetry indicating that the new protein binding assay is a valid high throughput assay to determine plasma protein binding.
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Yasgar A, Furdas SD, Maloney DJ, Jadhav A, Jung M, Simeonov A. High-throughput 1,536-well fluorescence polarization assays for α(1)-acid glycoprotein and human serum albumin binding. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45594. [PMID: 23029124 PMCID: PMC3447978 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2012] [Accepted: 08/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Two major plasma proteins in humans are primarily responsible for drug binding, the α(1)-acid-glycoprotein (AGP) and human serum albumin (HSA). The availability of at least a semiquantitative high-throughput assay for assessment of protein binding is expected to aid in bridging the current gap between high-throughput screening and early lead discovery, where cell-based and biochemical assays are deployed routinely to test up to several million compounds rapidly, as opposed to the late-stage candidate drug profiling methods which test at most dozens of compounds at a time. Here, we describe the miniaturization of a pair of assays based on the binding- and displacement-induced changes in fluorescence polarization (FP) of fluorescent small molecule probes known to specifically target the drug-binding sites of these two proteins. A robust and reproducible assay performance was achieved in ≤4 µL assay volume in 1,536-well format. The assays were tested against a validation set of 10 known protein binders, and the results compared favorably with data obtained using protein-coated beads with high-performance liquid chromatography analysis. The miniaturized assays were taken to a high-throughput level in a screen of the LOPAC(1280) collection of 1,280 pharmacologically active compounds. The adaptation of the AGP and HSA FP assays to a 1,536-well format should allow their use in early-stage profiling of large-size compound sets.
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- Adam Yasgar
- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- NIH Chemical Genomics Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Zohoorian-Abootorabi T, Sanee H, Iranfar H, Saberi MR, Chamani J. Separate and simultaneous binding effects through a non-cooperative behavior between cyclophosphamide hydrochloride and fluoxymesterone upon interaction with human serum albumin: multi-spectroscopic and molecular modeling approaches. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2012; 88:177-191. [PMID: 22217702 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2011.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2011] [Revised: 11/25/2011] [Accepted: 12/15/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This study was designed to examine the interaction of two anti-breast cancer drugs, i.e., fluoxymesterone (FLU) and cyclophosphamide (CYC), with human serum albumin (HSA) using different kinds of spectroscopic, zeta potential and molecular modeling techniques under imitated physiological conditions. The RLS technique was utilized to investigate the effect of the two anticancer drugs on changes of the protein conformation, both separately and simultaneously. Our study suggested that the enhancement in RLS intensity was attributed to the formation of a new complex between the two drugs and the protein. Both drugs demonstrated a powerful ability to quench the fluorescence of HSA, and the fluorescence quenching action was much stronger when the two drugs coexisted. The quenching mechanism was suggested to be static as confirmed by time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy results. The effect of both drugs on the conformation of HSA was analyzed using synchronous fluorescence spectroscopy. Our results revealed that the fluorescence quenching of HSA originated from the Trp and Tyr residues, and demonstrated a conformational change of HSA with the addition of both drugs. The binding distances between HSA and the drugs were estimated by the Förster theory, and it was revealed that nonradiative energy transfer from HSA to both drugs occurred with a high probability. According to CD measurements, the influence of both drugs on the secondary structure of HSA in aqueous solutions was also investigated and illustrated that the α-helix content of HSA decreased with increasing drug concentration in both systems. Moreover, the zeta-potential experiments revealed that both drugs induced conformational changes on HSA. Docking studies were also performed and demonstrated that a reduction of the binding affinity between the drugs and HSA occurred in the presence of both drugs.
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Wang Y, Luo Z, Shi X, Wang H, Nie L, Huang M. A fluorescent fatty acid probe, DAUDA, selectively displaces two myristates bound in human serum albumin. Protein Sci 2011; 20:2095-101. [PMID: 21997768 DOI: 10.1002/pro.749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2011] [Accepted: 09/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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11-(Dansylamino) undecanoic acid (DAUDA) is a dansyl-type fluorophore and has widely used as a probe to determine the binding site for human serum albumin (HSA). Here, we reported that structure of HSA-Myristate-DAUDA ternary complex and identified clearly the presence of two DAUDA molecules at fatty acid (FA) binding site 6 and 7 of HSA, thus showing these two sites are weak FA binding sites. This result also show that DAUDA is an appropriate probe for FA site 6 and 7 on HSA as previous studied, but not a good probe of FA binding site 1 that is likely bilirubin binding site on HSA.
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- Yu Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, China
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Khan MK, Rakotomanomana N, Dufour C, Dangles O. Binding of citrus flavanones and their glucuronides and chalcones to human serum albumin. Food Funct 2011; 2:617-26. [PMID: 21952533 DOI: 10.1039/c1fo10077g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Naringenin and hesperetin glycosides are the major polyphenols (flavanones) of citrus fruits and juices and are thought to participate in the cardioprotective effects of diets rich in plant products. Naringenin and hesperetin glucuronides (resulting from conjugation at the A- or B-ring) are the main circulating metabolites in humans and their binding to human serum albumin (HSA) is expected to modulate their half-life in plasma and tissue distribution. In this work, the binding of flavanone glucuronides to HSA was investigated by fluorescence spectroscopy. Binding constants in the range of 3-9 × 10(4) M(-1) were estimated. The affinity of glucuronides for HSA is close to that of naringenin and hesperetin themselves. Competition experiments in the presence of the fluorescent probes dansylsarcosine and quercetin were used to gain information on the flavanone binding site. Naringenin and hesperetin chalcones were also included for comparison as their glucuronides too were detected in the general circulation. Naringenin and hesperetin chalcones spontaneously undergo cyclization back to the parent flavanones under neutral conditions. The cyclization was significantly slowed down by HSA but led to a racemic mixture of (2R) and (2S) flavanones in the absence or presence of HSA.
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Binding of engeletin with bovine serum albumin: insights from spectroscopic investigations. J Fluoresc 2011; 22:511-9. [PMID: 21947612 DOI: 10.1007/s10895-011-0985-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2011] [Accepted: 09/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In this paper, several spectroscopic techniques were used to investigate the interaction of engeletin (ELN) with bovine serum albumin (BSA). The analysis of UV-Vis absorption and fluorescence spectra revealed that ELN and BSA formed a static complex ELN-BSA, and ELN quenched the fluorescence of BSA effectively. According to the thermodynamic parameters ΔS(0) = 47.27 J·mol(-1)·K(-1) and ΔΗ(0) = -10.34 kJ·mol(-1), the hydrophobic and hydrogen bond interactions were suggested to be the major interaction forces between ELN and BSA. Raman spectroscopy indicated that the binding of ELN slightly changed the conformations and microenviroment of BSA and decreased the α-helix content of BSA.
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An improved synthetic approach to 7-[3-amino-4-O-(α-l-mycarosyl)-2,3,6-trideoxy-α-l-lyxo-hexopyranosyl]daunorubicinone and its interaction with human serum albumin. Carbohydr Res 2011; 346:949-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2011.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2010] [Revised: 01/30/2011] [Accepted: 02/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Park M, Matsuura H, Lamb RA, Barron AE, Jardetzky TS. A fluorescence polarization assay using an engineered human respiratory syncytial virus F protein as a direct screening platform. Anal Biochem 2011; 409:195-201. [PMID: 20971054 PMCID: PMC3462168 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2010.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2010] [Revised: 09/26/2010] [Accepted: 10/15/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Human respiratory syncytial virus (hRSV) typically affects newborns and young children. Even though it can cause severe and, in some cases, lifelong respiratory infections, there are currently no Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved therapeutics that control this virus. The hRSV F protein facilitates viral fusion, a critical extracellular event that can be targeted for therapeutic intervention by disrupting the assembly of a postfusion 6-helix bundle (6HB) within the hRSV F protein. Here we report the development of a fluorescence polarization (FP) assay using an engineered hRSV F protein 5-helix bundle (5HB). We generated the 5HB and validated its ability to form a 6HB in an FP assay. To test the potential of 5HB as a screening tool, we then investigated a series of truncated peptides derived from the "missing" sixth helix. Using this FP-based 5HB system, we have successfully demonstrated that short peptides can prevent 6HB formation and serve as potential hRSV fusion inhibitors. We anticipate that this new 5HB system will provide an effective tool to identify and study potential antivirals to control hRSV infection.
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- Minyoung Park
- Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University School of Engineering and Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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Ryan AJ, Ghuman J, Zunszain PA, Chung CW, Curry S. Structural basis of binding of fluorescent, site-specific dansylated amino acids to human serum albumin. J Struct Biol 2010; 174:84-91. [PMID: 20940056 PMCID: PMC3073228 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2010] [Accepted: 10/07/2010] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Human serum albumin (HSA) has two primary binding sites for drug molecules. These sites selectively bind different dansylated amino acid compounds, which—due to their intrinsic fluorescence—have long been used as specific markers for the drug pockets on HSA. We present here the co-crystal structures of HSA in complex with six dansylated amino acids that are specific for either drug site 1 (dansyl-l-asparagine, dansyl-l-arginine, dansyl-l-glutamate) or drug site 2 (dansyl-l-norvaline, dansyl-l-phenylalanine, dansyl-l-sarcosine). Our results explain the structural basis of the site-specificity of different dansylated amino acids. They also show that fatty acid binding has only a modest effect on binding of dansylated amino acids to drug site 1 and identify the location of secondary binding sites.
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- Ali J Ryan
- Biophysics Section, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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Jameson DM, Ross JA. Fluorescence polarization/anisotropy in diagnostics and imaging. Chem Rev 2010; 110:2685-708. [PMID: 20232898 DOI: 10.1021/cr900267p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 398] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- David M Jameson
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, 651 Ilalo Street, BSB222, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA.
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Vogler M, Furdas SD, Jung M, Kuwana T, Dyer MJS, Cohen GM. Diminished sensitivity of chronic lymphocytic leukemia cells to ABT-737 and ABT-263 due to albumin binding in blood. Clin Cancer Res 2010; 16:4217-25. [PMID: 20601444 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-10-0777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Inhibition of the antiapoptotic BCL2 family is one of the most promising areas of anticancer drug development. However, ABT-737, a specific BCL2 inhibitor, is neither orally bioavailable nor metabolically stable. To overcome these problems, the structurally related molecule ABT-263 was synthesized and recently entered clinical trials in hematologic malignancies, including chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Almost all laboratory studies have been carried out with ABT-737 rather than ABT-263, the drug being used in clinical trials. Currently there are no published data on the comparative effects of these inhibitors. To gain insight into the potential value or limitations of ABT-263 in the clinic, we assessed its ability to induce apoptosis in clinically relevant cellular models of CLL. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN The susceptibility of freshly isolated primary CLL cells to these inhibitors was compared in standard culture conditions and in conditions that more closely mimic in vivo conditions in a whole blood assay system. RESULTS ABT-737 was more potent than ABT-263 at inducing apoptosis in CLL cells. In whole blood, approximately 100-fold higher concentrations of both drugs were required to induce apoptosis. We found that ABT-263 was highly bound by albumin and that an increased albumin binding of ABT-263 as compared with ABT-737 accounted for the differential sensitivity of CLL cells. CONCLUSIONS Our data indicate that the exquisite in vitro sensitivity of CLL cells to BCL2 inhibitors may be lost in vivo due to high cell densities and the albumin binding of ABT-263. Modification of ABT-263 may yield a BCL2 inhibitor with greater bioavailability and more favorable pharmacokinetics.
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Studies of imipramine binding to human serum albumin by high-performance affinity chromatography. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2009; 877:1149-54. [PMID: 19328747 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2009.02.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2009] [Revised: 02/24/2009] [Accepted: 02/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Binding by the drug imipramine to the protein human serum albumin (HSA) was studied by using high-performance affinity chromatography. The association equilibrium constants and number of binding sites for imipramine with HSA were first estimated by utilizing frontal analysis. Imipramine was found to have one major binding site on HSA with an association equilibrium constant of 1.6 x 10(5) M(-1) at pH 7.4 and 37 degrees C, as well as a second group of weaker and non-specific binding regions (8-9 mol/mol HSA) with an average association equilibrium constant of 1.5 x 10(3) M(-1). Competition studies based on zonal elution were performed to identify the location of the major binding site for imipramine on HSA. Imipramine was found to have direct competition with L-tryptophan, which indicated that imipramine was interacting with Sudlow site II, or the indole-benzodiazepine site of HSA. No competition or allosteric effects were noted between imipramine and warfarin, a probe for Sudlow site I or the warfarin-azapropazone site of HSA. The association equilibrium constant found for imipramine at its site of competition with L-tryptophan also agreed with the value that was obtained for the major binding site of imipramine in the frontal analysis studies. These results confirmed that Sudlow site II was the location of the major binding site for imipramine on HSA. These results gave good agreement with previous observations made in the literature and should provide a more detailed description of how imipramine is transported in blood and of how it may interact with other drugs in the body.
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Alarcón E, Edwards AM, Aspée A, Borsarelli CD, Lissi EA. Photophysics and photochemistry of rose bengal bound to human serum albumin. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2009; 8:933-43. [DOI: 10.1039/b901056d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Horiuchi KY, Ma H. Fluorescence polarization and time-resolved fluorescence resonance energy transfer techniques for PI3K assays. Methods Mol Biol 2009; 572:161-176. [PMID: 20694691 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-244-5_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Fluorescence-based biochemical assays are sensitive and convenient to use; therefore, they are widely employed for enzyme assays and molecular interaction studies. However, when this method is applied for screening of a compound library for drug discovery, high fluorescence compounds, which usually exist in large numbers in chemical libraries, are problematic. Fluorescence Polarization (FP) and Time-Resolved Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (TR-FRET) assays are less affected by compound fluorescence and suitable for large-scale high-throughput screening (HTS). In this section, we describe homogenous FP and TR-FRET methods for PI3-kinase (PI3K), a family of lipid kinases that is "difficult-to-do-HTS" since traditional radioisotope assays are hard to apply to HTS format. The application of FP and TR-FRET techniques for PI3K HTS will be described and advantages and disadvantages of these assays will be discussed.
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Yue Y, Chen X, Qin J, Yao X. Spectroscopic investigation on the binding of antineoplastic drug oxaliplatin to human serum albumin and molecular modeling. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2008; 69:51-7. [PMID: 19084386 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2008.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2008] [Revised: 10/23/2008] [Accepted: 10/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This study was designed to examine the interaction of oxaliplatin with human serum albumin (HSA) under physiological conditions by using fluorescence, absorption, FT-IR and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopic techniques in combination with molecular docking study. Spectroscopic analysis of the emission quenching at different temperatures has revealed that the quenching mechanism of oxaliplatin with HSA was static quenching mechanism. The value of 1.64nm for the distance r between the donor (HSA) and acceptor (oxaliplatin) was derived from the fluorescence resonance energy transfer. From the CD and FT-IR results, it was apparent that the interaction of oxaliplatin with HSA caused a conformational change of the protein. Molecular docking study showed that oxaliplatin bind to residues located in subdomain IIA of HSA. The effect of metal ions and amino acids on the binding constant of HSA-oxaliplatin complex was also discussed.
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- Yuanyuan Yue
- Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, PR China
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Schönfeld DL, Ravelli RBG, Mueller U, Skerra A. The 1.8-A crystal structure of alpha1-acid glycoprotein (Orosomucoid) solved by UV RIP reveals the broad drug-binding activity of this human plasma lipocalin. J Mol Biol 2008; 384:393-405. [PMID: 18823996 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2008] [Revised: 08/31/2008] [Accepted: 09/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Alpha(1)-acid glycoprotein (AGP) is an important drug-binding protein in human plasma and, as an acute-phase protein, it has a strong influence on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of many pharmaceuticals. We report the crystal structure of the recombinant unglycosylated human AGP at 1.8 A resolution, which was solved using the new method of UV-radiation-damage-induced phasing (UV RIP). AGP reveals a typical lipocalin fold comprising an eight-stranded beta-barrel. Of the four loops that form the entrance to the ligand-binding site, loop 1, which connects beta-strands A and B, is among the longest observed so far and exhibits two full turns of an alpha-helix. Furthermore, it carries one of the five N-linked glycosylation sites, while a second one occurs underneath the tip of loop 2. The branched, partly hydrophobic, and partly acidic cavity, together with the presumably flexible loop 1 and the two sugar side chains at its entrance, explains the diverse ligand spectrum of AGP, which is known to vary with changes in glycosylation pattern.
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- Dorian L Schönfeld
- Lehrstuhl für Biologische Chemie, Technische Universität München, An der Saatzucht 5, 85350 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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