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Raihan T, Rabbee MF, Roy P, Choudhury S, Baek KH, Azad AK. Microbial Metabolites: The Emerging Hotspot of Antiviral Compounds as Potential Candidates to Avert Viral Pandemic Alike COVID-19. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:732256. [PMID: 34557521 PMCID: PMC8452873 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.732256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The present global COVID-19 pandemic caused by the noble pleomorphic severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has created a vulnerable situation in the global healthcare and economy. In this pandemic situation, researchers all around the world are trying their level best to find suitable therapeutics from various sources to combat against the SARS-CoV-2. To date, numerous bioactive compounds from different sources have been tested to control many viral diseases. However, microbial metabolites are advantageous for drug development over metabolites from other sources. We herein retrieved and reviewed literatures from PubMed, Scopus and Google relevant to antiviral microbial metabolites by searching with the keywords "antiviral microbial metabolites," "microbial metabolite against virus," "microorganism with antiviral activity," "antiviral medicine from microbial metabolite," "antiviral bacterial metabolites," "antiviral fungal metabolites," "antiviral metabolites from microscopic algae' and so on. For the same purpose, the keywords "microbial metabolites against COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2" and "plant metabolites against COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2" were used. Only the full text literatures available in English and pertinent to the topic have been included and those which are not available as full text in English and pertinent to antiviral or anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity were excluded. In this review, we have accumulated microbial metabolites that can be used as antiviral agents against a broad range of viruses including SARS-CoV-2. Based on this concept, we have included 330 antiviral microbial metabolites so far available to date in the data bases and were previously isolated from fungi, bacteria and microalgae. The microbial source, chemical nature, targeted viruses, mechanism of actions and IC50/EC50 values of these metabolites are discussed although mechanisms of actions of many of them are not yet elucidated. Among these antiviral microbial metabolites, some compounds might be very potential against many other viruses including coronaviruses. However, these potential microbial metabolites need further research to be developed as effective antiviral drugs. This paper may provide the scientific community with the possible secret of microbial metabolites that could be an effective source of novel antiviral drugs to fight against many viruses including SARS-CoV-2 as well as the future viral pandemics.
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- Topu Raihan
- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, South Korea
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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Phenanthridine derivatives as potential HIV-1 protease inhibitors. Biomed Rep 2020; 13:66. [PMID: 33149910 DOI: 10.3892/br.2020.1373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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In the present study, the antiviral activity of phenanthridine derivatives was assessed. In total, the inhibitory effect of eight structurally similar low-molecular-weight hydrophobic compounds on HIV-1 protease (HIVp) was investigated. HIVp is a key enzyme in the HIV-1 life cycle. Surface plasmon resonance technology was used for affinity assessment of compounds binding with either monomeric or dimeric forms of HIVp. HIVp enzyme inhibition assays with chromogenic substrate VII were also used to determine the IC50 values. The most potent compound was 3,3,9,9-tetramethyl-3,4,9,10-tetrahydro-2H,8H-phenanthridine-1,7-dione which binds to monomeric and dimeric forms of HIVp (apparent dissociation constant, 2-7 µM; IC50, 36 µМ), while possessing the most favorable Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion parameters. Molecular docking simulations highlighted certain differences in the binding patterns of the phenanthridine derivatives with HIVp amino acid residues forming the flaps domain, monomer/monomer interfaces and the active site cavity of HIVp. Thus, it was hypothesized that the inhibitory effect of phenanthridine compounds on the enzymatic activity of HIVp may be due to restriction of substrate access to the HIVp active site.
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Takizawa N, Yamasaki M. Current landscape and future prospects of antiviral drugs derived from microbial products. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2017; 71:ja2017115. [PMID: 29018267 PMCID: PMC7091927 DOI: 10.1038/ja.2017.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2017] [Revised: 08/10/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Viral infections are a major global health threat. Over the last 50 years, significant efforts have been devoted to the development of antiviral drugs and great success has been achieved for some viruses. However, other virus infections, such as epidemic influenza, still spread globally and new threats continue to arise from emerging and re-emerging viruses and drug-resistant viruses. In this review, the contributions of microbial products isolated in Institute of Microbial Chemistry for antiviral research are summarized. In addition, the current state of development of antiviral drugs that target influenza virus and hepatitis B virus, and the future prospects for antivirals from natural products are described and discussed.The Journal of Antibiotics advance online publication, 11 October 2017; doi:10.1038/ja.2017.115.
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- Naoki Takizawa
- Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Microbial Chemistry (BIKAKEN), Tokyo Japan
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- Laboratory of Virology, Institute of Microbial Chemistry (BIKAKEN), Tokyo Japan
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- B. M. Dunn
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, J. Hillis Miller Health Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wales, College of Cardiff, PO Box 903, Cardiff CF1 1ST, UK
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Hirel PH, Parker F, Boiziau J, Jung G, Outerovitch D, Dugué A, Peltiers C, Giuliacci C, Boulay R, Lelièvre Y, Cambou B, Mayaux JF, Cartwright T. HIV-1 Aspartic Proteinase: High-Level Production and Automated Fluorometric Screening Assay of Inhibitors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/095632029000100103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The 99-amino-acid HIV-1 aspartic proteinase was expressed to high levels in Escherichia coli using a T7 expression system. About 50% of the insoluble material after sonication of the bacteria was composed of aggregated proteinase. Subsequent renaturation and purification yielded large quantities of a homogeneous enzyme able to cleave various heptapeptidic substrates in vitro with a Km around 2.5 mM. A fluorometric assay has been devised to allow automated screening of HIV proteinase inhibitors based on an analogous renin assay. We used the synthetic intramolecularly quenched fluorogenic substrate Suc-TLNFPIS-4MCA based on the heptapeptide TLNFPIS, which encompasses the proteinase/reverse transcriptase junction, coupled to the fluorophore 7-amino-4-methylcoumarin and blocked at the amino-terminus by a succinyl group. The enzyme cleaves the substrate between phenylalanine and proline, and conditions were optimized for liberation of 7AMC from the generated PIS-4MCA with aminopeptidase M as secondary enzyme. 7AMC was monitored with a microplate fluorescence scanner. The known aspartic proteinase inhibitor pepstatin A consistently gave Ki = 2 × 10−6M. Other synthetic and natural compounds are currently being tested.
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- Ph.-H. Hirel
- Institut des Biotechnologies, Rhône-Poulenc, Santé, BP14, F94403 Vitry, France
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- Institut des Biotechnologies, Rhône-Poulenc, Santé, BP14, F94403 Vitry, France
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- Institut des Biotechnologies, Rhône-Poulenc, Santé, BP14, F94403 Vitry, France
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- Institut des Biotechnologies, Rhône-Poulenc, Santé, BP14, F94403 Vitry, France
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- Institut des Biotechnologies, Rhône-Poulenc, Santé, BP14, F94403 Vitry, France
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- Institut des Biotechnologies, Rhône-Poulenc, Santé, BP14, F94403 Vitry, France
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- Institut des Biotechnologies, Rhône-Poulenc, Santé, BP14, F94403 Vitry, France
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- Institut des Biotechnologies, Rhône-Poulenc, Santé, BP14, F94403 Vitry, France
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- Institut des Biotechnologies, Rhône-Poulenc, Santé, BP14, F94403 Vitry, France
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- Institut des Biotechnologies, Rhône-Poulenc, Santé, BP14, F94403 Vitry, France
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- Institut des Biotechnologies, Rhône-Poulenc, Santé, BP14, F94403 Vitry, France
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- Institut des Biotechnologies, Rhône-Poulenc, Santé, BP14, F94403 Vitry, France
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- Institut des Biotechnologies, Rhône-Poulenc, Santé, BP14, F94403 Vitry, France
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Billich A, Billich S, Rosenwirth B. Assay Systems for HIV-1 Proteinase and Their Use for Evaluation of Inhibitors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/095632029100200201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- A. Billich
- Sandoz Forschungsinstitut GmbH, Department of AntiRetroviral Therapy, Brunnerstr. 59, A-1235 Vienna, Austria
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- Sandoz Forschungsinstitut GmbH, Department of AntiRetroviral Therapy, Brunnerstr. 59, A-1235 Vienna, Austria
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- Sandoz Forschungsinstitut GmbH, Department of AntiRetroviral Therapy, Brunnerstr. 59, A-1235 Vienna, Austria
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Purification and characterization of naturally occurring HIV-1 (South African subtype C) protease mutants from inclusion bodies. Protein Expr Purif 2016; 122:90-6. [PMID: 26917227 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2016.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Revised: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 02/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections in sub-Saharan Africa represent about 56% of global infections. Many studies have targeted HIV-1 protease for the development of drugs against AIDS. Recombinant HIV-1 protease is used to screen new drugs from synthetic compounds or natural substances. Along with the wild type (C-SA) we also over-expressed and characterized two mutant forms from patients that had shown resistance to protease inhibitors. Using recombinant DNA technology, we constructed three recombinant plasmids in pGEX-6P-1 and expressed them containing a sequence encoding wild type HIV protease and two mutants (I36T↑T contains 100 amino acids and L38L↑N↑L contains 101 amino acids). These recombinant proteins were isolated from inclusion bodies by using QFF anion exchange and GST trap columns. In SDS-PAGE, we obtained these HIV proteases as single bands of approximately 11.5, 11.6 and 11.7 kDa for the wild type, I36T↑Tand L38L↑N↑L mutants, respectively. The enzyme was recovered efficiently (0.25 mg protein/L of Escherichia coli culture) and had high specific activity of 2.02, 2.20 and 1.33 μmol min(-1) mg(-1) at an optimal pH of 5 and temperature of 37 °C for the wild type, I36T↑T and L38L↑N↑L, respectively. The method employed here provides an easy and rapid purification of the HIV-1(C-SA) protease from the inclusion bodies, with high yield and high specific activities.
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A target repurposing approach identifies N-myristoyltransferase as a new candidate drug target in filarial nematodes. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014; 8:e3145. [PMID: 25188325 PMCID: PMC4154664 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Accepted: 07/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Myristoylation is a lipid modification involving the addition of a 14-carbon unsaturated fatty acid, myristic acid, to the N-terminal glycine of a subset of proteins, a modification that promotes their binding to cell membranes for varied biological functions. The process is catalyzed by myristoyl-CoA:protein N-myristoyltransferase (NMT), an enzyme which has been validated as a drug target in human cancers, and for infectious diseases caused by fungi, viruses and protozoan parasites. We purified Caenorhabditis elegans and Brugia malayi NMTs as active recombinant proteins and carried out kinetic analyses with their essential fatty acid donor, myristoyl-CoA and peptide substrates. Biochemical and structural analyses both revealed that the nematode enzymes are canonical NMTs, sharing a high degree of conservation with protozoan NMT enzymes. Inhibitory compounds that target NMT in protozoan species inhibited the nematode NMTs with IC50 values of 2.5–10 nM, and were active against B. malayi microfilariae and adult worms at 12.5 µM and 50 µM respectively, and C. elegans (25 µM) in culture. RNA interference and gene deletion in C. elegans further showed that NMT is essential for nematode viability. The effects observed are likely due to disruption of the function of several downstream target proteins. Potential substrates of NMT in B. malayi are predicted using bioinformatic analysis. Our genetic and chemical studies highlight the importance of myristoylation in the synthesis of functional proteins in nematodes and have shown for the first time that NMT is required for viability in parasitic nematodes. These results suggest that targeting NMT could be a valid approach for the development of chemotherapeutic agents against nematode diseases including filariasis. Lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis are neglected tropical diseases caused by filarial nematodes. The limitations of existing drugs to treat these infections highlight the need for new drugs. In the present study, we investigated myristoylation, a lipid modification of a subset of proteins that promotes their binding to cell membranes for varied biological functions. The process is catalyzed by N-myristoyltransferase (NMT), an enzyme which has been validated as a drug target in protozoan parasites. We performed kinetic analyses on Caenorhabditis elegans and Brugia malayi NMTs. NMT inhibitors were active against B. malayi microfilariae and adult worms, and C. elegans in culture. RNA interference and gene deletion in C. elegans further demonstrated that NMT is essential for nematode viability. Our genetic and chemical studies indicate the importance of myristoylation in the synthesis of functional proteins in nematodes and have shown for the first time that NMT is required for viability in parasitic nematodes. These results suggest that targeting NMT could be a valid approach for the development of new therapies against nematode infection including filarial diseases.
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Matúz K, Mótyán J, Li M, Wlodawer A, Tőzsér J. Inhibition of XMRV and HIV-1 proteases by pepstatin A and acetyl-pepstatin. FEBS J 2012; 279:3276-86. [PMID: 22804908 PMCID: PMC6290463 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08714.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The kinetic properties of two classical inhibitors of aspartic proteases (PRs), pepstatin A and acetyl-pepstatin, were compared in their interactions with HIV-1 and xenotropic murine leukemia virus related virus (XMRV) PRs. Both compounds are substantially weaker inhibitors of XMRV PR than of HIV-1 PR. Previous kinetic and structural studies characterized HIV-1 PR-acetyl-pepstatin and XMRV PR-pepstatin A complexes and suggested dramatically different binding modes. Interaction energies were calculated for the possible binding modes and suggested a strong preference for the one-inhibitor binding mode for HIV-1 PR-acetyl-pepstatin and the two-inhibitor binding mode for XMRV PR-pepstatin A interactions. Comparison of the molecular models suggested that in the case of XMRV PR the relatively unfavorable interactions at S3' and the favorable interactions at S4 and S4' sites with the statine residues may shift the ground state binding towards the two-inhibitor binding mode, whereas the single molecule ground state binding of statines to the HIV-1 PR appear to be more favorable. The preferred single molecular binding to HIV-1 PR allows the formation of the transition state complex, represented by substantially better binding constants. Intriguingly, the crystal structure of the complex of acetyl-pepstatin with XMRV PR has shown a mixed type of binding: the unusual binding mode of two molecules of the inhibitor to the enzyme, in a mode very similar to the previously determined complex with pepstatin A, together with the classical binding mode found for HIV-1 PR. The structure is thus in good agreement with the very similar interaction energies calculated for the two types of binding.
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- Krisztina Matúz
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Protein Structure Section, Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, National Cancer Institute - Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
- Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Protein Structure Section, Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, National Cancer Institute - Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
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Menon V, Rao M. A low-molecular-mass aspartic protease inhibitor from a novel Penicillium sp.: implications in combating fungal infections. Microbiology (Reading) 2012; 158:1897-1907. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.058511-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Vishnu Menon
- Division of Biochemical Sciences, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 008, India
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- Division of Biochemical Sciences, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 008, India
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Lee SK, Potempa M, Kolli M, Özen A, Schiffer CA, Swanstrom R. Context surrounding processing sites is crucial in determining cleavage rate of a subset of processing sites in HIV-1 Gag and Gag-Pro-Pol polyprotein precursors by viral protease. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:13279-90. [PMID: 22334652 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.339374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Processing of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Gag and Gag-Pro-Pol polyproteins by the HIV-1 protease (PR) is essential for the production of infectious particles. However, the determinants governing the rates of processing of these substrates are not clearly understood. We studied the effect of substrate context on processing by utilizing a novel protease assay in which a substrate containing HIV-1 matrix (MA) and the N-terminal domain of capsid (CA) is labeled with a FlAsH (fluorescein arsenical hairpin) reagent. When the seven cleavage sites within the Gag and Gag-Pro-Pol polyproteins were placed at the MA/CA site, the rates of cleavage changed dramatically compared with that of the cognate sites in the natural context reported previously. The rate of processing was affected the most for three sites: CA/spacer peptide 1 (SP1) (≈10-fold increase), SP1/nucleocapsid (NC) (≈10-30-fold decrease), and SP2/p6 (≈30-fold decrease). One of two multidrug-resistant (MDR) PR variants altered the pattern of processing rates significantly. Cleavage sites within the Pro-Pol region were cleaved in a context-independent manner, suggesting for these sites that the sequence itself was the determinant of rate. In addition, a chimera consisting of SP1/NC P4-P1 and MA/CA P1'-P4' residues (ATIM↓PIVQ) abolished processing by wild type and MDR proteases, and the reciprocal chimera consisting of MA/CA P4-P1 and SP1/NC P1'-4' (SQNY↓IQKG) was cleaved only by one of the MDR proteases. These results suggest that complex substrate interactions both beyond the active site of the enzyme and across the scissile bond contribute to defining the rate of processing by the HIV-1 PR.
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- Sook-Kyung Lee
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and the University of North Carolina Center for AIDS Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Infectious diseases are an enormous burden to global health and ,since drug discovery is costly, those infectious diseases that affect the developing world are often not pursued by commercial drug-discovery efforts. Therefore, pragmatic means by which new therapeutics can be discovered are needed. One such approach is target repurposing, where pathogen targets are matched with homologous human targets that have been pursued for drug discovery for other indications. In many cases, the medicinal chemistry, structural biology and biochemistry knowledge around these human targets can be directly repurposed to launch and accelerate new drug-discovery efforts against the pathogen targets. This article describes the overarching strategy of target repurposing as a tool for initiating and prosecuting neglected disease drug-discovery programs, highlighting this approach with three case studies.
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Castro HC, Abreu PA, Geraldo RB, Martins RCA, dos Santos R, Loureiro NIV, Cabral LM, Rodrigues CR. Looking at the proteases from a simple perspective. J Mol Recognit 2011; 24:165-81. [PMID: 21360607 DOI: 10.1002/jmr.1091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Proteases have received enormous interest from the research and medical communities because of their significant roles in several human diseases. Some examples include the involvement of thrombin in thrombosis, HIV-1 protease in Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, cruzain in Trypanosoma cruzi infection, and membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase in tumor invasion and metastasis. Many efforts has been undertaken to design effective inhibitors featuring potent inhibitory activity, specificity, and metabolic stability to those proteases involved in such pathologies. Protease inhibitors usually target the active site, but some of them act by other inhibitory mechanisms. The understanding of the structure-function relationships of proteases and inhibitors has an impact on new inhibitor drugs designing. In this paper, the structures of four proteases (thrombin, HIV-protease, cruzain, and a matrix metalloproteinase) are briefly reviewed, and used as examples of the importance of proteases for the development of new treatment strategies, leading to a longer and healthier life.
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- Helena C Castro
- LABioMol, Departamento de Biologia Celular e Molecular, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, 24001-970, Brazil.
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Kerman K, Kraatz HB. Electrochemical probing of HIV enzymes using ferrocene-conjugated peptides on surfaces. Analyst 2009; 134:2400-4. [DOI: 10.1039/b912083a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mahmoud KA, Luong JHT. Impedance Method for Detecting HIV-1 Protease and Screening For Its Inhibitors Using Ferrocene−Peptide Conjugate/Au Nanoparticle/Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Modified Electrode. Anal Chem 2008; 80:7056-62. [DOI: 10.1021/ac801174r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Khaled A. Mahmoud
- Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4P 2R2, and Department of Chemistry, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4P 2R2, and Department of Chemistry, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Gomez-Bengoa E, Linden A, López R, Múgica-Mendiola I, Oiarbide M, Palomo C. Asymmetric Aza-Henry Reaction Under Phase Transfer Catalysis: An Experimental and Theoretical Study. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:7955-66. [DOI: 10.1021/ja800253z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Enrique Gomez-Bengoa
- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Química, Universidad del País Vasco, Apdo. 1072, San Sebastián, 20080, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Química, Universidad del País Vasco, Apdo. 1072, San Sebastián, 20080, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Química, Universidad del País Vasco, Apdo. 1072, San Sebastián, 20080, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Química, Universidad del País Vasco, Apdo. 1072, San Sebastián, 20080, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Química, Universidad del País Vasco, Apdo. 1072, San Sebastián, 20080, Spain
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- Departamento de Química Orgánica I, Facultad de Química, Universidad del País Vasco, Apdo. 1072, San Sebastián, 20080, Spain
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Sidechain-linked inhibitors of HIV-1 protease dimerization. Bioorg Med Chem 2008; 17:967-76. [PMID: 18337105 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.02.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2007] [Revised: 02/15/2008] [Accepted: 02/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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There is a great need for alternative modes of inhibition for the design of anti-HIV therapies, due to the increased resistance of HIV to currently approved drugs. A novel strategy for generating potent dimerization inhibitors of HIV-1 protease is described based on sidechain-linked interfacial peptides. In a number of cases the activity of these agents against HIV-1 protease was found to be among the most potent reported, with inhibitory constants in the low nM range.
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Farran D, Toupet L, Martinez J, Dewynter G. Stereocontrolled Synthesis of 2,4-Diamino-3-hydroxyacids Starting from Diketopiperazines: A New Route for the Preparation of Statine Analogues. Org Lett 2007; 9:4833-6. [DOI: 10.1021/ol7021593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Daniel Farran
- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, UMR 5247, Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France, and Groupe Matière Condensée et Matériaux, UMR 6626, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, UMR 5247, Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France, and Groupe Matière Condensée et Matériaux, UMR 6626, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, UMR 5247, Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France, and Groupe Matière Condensée et Matériaux, UMR 6626, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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- Institut des Biomolécules Max Mousseron, UMR 5247, Université Montpellier 2, Place Eugène Bataillon, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France, and Groupe Matière Condensée et Matériaux, UMR 6626, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
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Kerman K, Mahmoud KA, Kraatz HB. An electrochemical approach for the detection of HIV-1 protease. Chem Commun (Camb) 2007:3829-31. [DOI: 10.1039/b707140j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Bowman MJ, Byrne S, Chmielewski J. Switching between allosteric and dimerization inhibition of HIV-1 protease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 12:439-44. [PMID: 15850980 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2005.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2004] [Revised: 01/28/2005] [Accepted: 02/01/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Refining the functional groups on a phenethylamine moiety within an inhibitor of HIV-1 protease led to a switch in the mechanism of inhibition from competitive and allosteric to dimerization inhibition. Phenylether extensions to the phenethylamine group led to agents that target the dimerization interface of HIV-1 protease with high potency.
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- Michael J Bowman
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayett, Indiana 47907, USA
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Kitano H, Makino Y, Kawasaki H, Sumi Y. Self-Assembled Monolayer of a Pepstatin Fragment as a Sensing Element for Aspartyl Proteases. Anal Chem 2005; 77:1588-95. [PMID: 15762561 DOI: 10.1021/ac0488558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A novel disulfide, which carried two pepstatin fragments at both ends, was prepared by the coupling of 11,11'-dithiobisundecanoic acid (DTUA) with a fragment (Val-Val-Sta) carrying a n-hexyl end (Pepsta(h)). The compound obtained (DTUA-Pepsta(h)) formed a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) on a gold electrode and vacuum-evaporated gold thin film as proven by cyclic voltammetry and reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy, respectively. When the SAM-modified gold electrode was incubated with a solution of aspartyl protease, pepsin, a decrease in both anodic and cathodic peak currents and an increase in potential difference were observed in the cyclic voltamogram of hydroquinone as a probe, whereas a coexistence of free pepstatin fragment inhibited these phenomena, indicating the specific binding of pepsin to the fragment at the exterior of the SAM. The binding rate of the enzyme to the SAM was largely dependent on the surface density of the fragment moiety in the SAM. Furthermore, when the SAM of DTUA-Pepsta(h) on a gold colloid array deposited on an amino group-modified glass plate was immersed in a pepsin solution, absorption of the glass plate at 550 nm corresponding to a localized surface plasmon resonance of the gold colloid abruptly increased and slightly red-shifted, and a further addition of pepstatin A gradually decreased the absorbance. From the increasing and decreasing profiles of absorbance, the association constant (K(assoc)) for pepsin with the fragment on the SAM was determined. Similar phenomena were observed upon immersion of the fragment-modified SAM in a solution of HIV-1 protease, suggesting a usability of the pepstatin fragment SAM for the detection and removal of the enzyme from biological fluids.
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- Hiromi Kitano
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Toyama University, Toyama 930-8555, Japan.
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Lee TG, Yeum DM. Isolation of HIV-1 Pretense Inhibiting Peptide from Thermolysin Hydrolysate of Manila Clam Proteins. Prev Nutr Food Sci 2003. [DOI: 10.3746/jfn.2003.8.2.154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Dumond J, Boggetto N, Schramm HJ, Schramm W, Takahashi M, Reboud-Ravaux M. Thyroxine-derivatives of lipopeptides: bifunctional dimerization inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus-1 protease. Biochem Pharmacol 2003; 65:1097-102. [PMID: 12663045 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(02)01622-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The structure of new lipopeptides targeting the enzymic dimer interface have been rationally improved resulting in dimerization inhibitors of the human immunodeficiency virus 1 protease (K(id)=5nM for the best inhibitor). The contribution of each amino acid in inhibitory 3-mer lipopeptides was analyzed demonstrating that the C-terminal amino acid residue may preferably be replaced by thyroxine and thyronine. The negative charge of Glu is not essential. Lengthening of the peptidic chain may lead to a decrease of efficiency and a change in the mechanism (competitive inhibition instead of dimerization inhibition). The N-terminal blocking group can be replaced by 2-aminopalmitic acid. The mechanism of inhibition has been ascertained using Zhang's kinetic analysis combined with a physical method based on binding of 1-anilino-8-naphtalene sulfonate to enzyme. By targeting the hydrophobic pocket and the interface antiparallel beta-sheet found relatively free of mutations in contrary to the active site, these efficient dimerization inhibitors may provide a way of overcoming the drug resistances observed with therapeutic antiproteases that bind to the active site.
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- Julien Dumond
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie Moléculaire et Fonctionnelle, Département de Biologie Cellulaire, Institut Jacques Monod, UMR 7592, CNRS-Universités Paris 6 & 7, 2 Place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Park JC, Hur JM, Park JG, Hatano T, Yoshida T, Miyashiro H, Min BS, Hattori M. Inhibitory effects of Korean medicinal plants and camelliatannin H from Camellia japonica on human immunodeficiency virus type 1 protease. Phytother Res 2002; 16:422-6. [PMID: 12203260 DOI: 10.1002/ptr.919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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To identify substances with anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) activity in traditional medicines, 101 extracts of Korean medicinal plants were screened for their inhibitory effects on HIV type 1 protease (PR). The enzyme activity was determined by HPLC. Of the extracts tested, strong inhibitory effects were observed in the acetone extracts of the pericarp and leaves of Camellia japonica, the water extract of the leaves of Sageretia theezans and the methanol extract of the aerial part of Sophora flavescens. Camelliatannin H from the pericarp of C. japonica, showed a potent inhibitory activity on HIV-1 PR with IC(50) of 0.9 microM.
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- Jong Cheol Park
- Department of Oriental Medicine Resources, Sunchon National University, 315 Maegok-dong, Sunchon, Jonnam, 540-742, Republic of Korea.
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OBJECTIVE To review the pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug interactions, and dosage and administration information of amprenavir. DATA SOURCE An extensive review of the literature (MEDLINE search from 1994 to April 2001) relating to the clinical pharmacology of the HIV protease inhibitors was conducted. Meeting abstracts or full presentations and data submitted to the Food and Drug Administration were also reviewed. STUDY SELECTION AND DATA EXTRACTION The data on pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug interactions, and drug resistance were obtained from in vitro studies and open-label and controlled clinical trials. DATA SYNTHESIS Like all HIV protease inhibitors, amprenavir interrupts the maturation phase of the HIV replicative cycle by forming an inhibitor-enzyme complex, which prevents HIV protease from binding with its normal substrates (biologically inactive viral polyproteins). Amprenavir has an enzyme inhibition constant (Ki = 0.6 nM) that falls within the Ki range of the other protease inhibitors. Amprenavir's in vitro 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) against wild-type clinical HIV isolates is 14.6 +/- 12.5 ng/mL (mean +/- SD). Pharmacodynamic modeling indicates that, as is the case with other protease inhibitors, the concentration-response curve for amprenavir plateaus at amprenavir trough values above the IC50 for these isolates. This exposure-activity relationship, plus such favorable pharmacokinetic parameters as a long terminal elimination half-life (7-10 h), makes amprenavir an attractive drug of choice when considering potent antiretrovirals. The higher trough exposure obtained with amprenavir coadministered with ritonavir may allow effective treatment of patients with decreased susceptibility viral isolates and once-daily dosing. Amprenavir has been approved for adults and children; the recommended capsule doses are 1200 mg twice daily for adults and 20 mg/kg twice daily or 15 mg/kg 3 times daily for children < 13 years of age or adolescents < 50 kg. The recommended dose for amprenavir oral solution is 1.5 mL/kg twice daily or 1.1 mL/kg 3 times daily. CONCLUSIONS The clinical pharmacology, exposure-activity relationship, and drug resistance profile of amprenavir support the use of this potent HIV protease inhibitor in combination antiretroviral regimens, especially for persons who have experienced virologic failure while on protease inhibitor-containing regimens.
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- Brian M Sadler
- GlaxoSmithKline, 5 Moore Dr., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Bravo P, Bruché L, Pesenti C, Viani F, Volonterio A, Zanda M. Solution and solid-phase synthesis of trifluoromethyl peptides and mimetics. J Fluor Chem 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1139(01)00485-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Min BS, Kim YH, Tomiyama M, Nakamura N, Miyashiro H, Otake T, Hattori M. Inhibitory effects of Korean plants on HIV-1 activities. Phytother Res 2001; 15:481-6. [PMID: 11536375 DOI: 10.1002/ptr.751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In the search for novel anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (anti-HIV-1) agents from natural sources, 49 MeOH extracts of Korean plants were screened for their inhibitory effects against RNA-dependent DNA polymerase (RT) and ribonuclease H (RNase H) activities of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and HIV-1 protease, and anti-HIV-1 activity. Regarding the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase, Agrimonia pilosa (whole plant), Cornus kousa (stem and leaf), Limonium tetragonum (root) and Mallotus japonicus (stem) showed significant inhibitory activity on RT activity with 50% inhibitory activity (IC(50)) of 8.9, 6.3, 7.5 and 11.9 microg/mL, respectively, whereas Agrimonia pilosa was also active against RNase H activity (IC(50) = 98.4 microg/mL). Four plants, namely Agrimonia pilosa (whole plant), Atractylodes japonica (root), Clematis heracleifolia (whole plant) and Syneilesis palmata (whole plant), were appreciably active (<35%) against recombinant HIV-1 protease at a concentration of 100 microg/mL. Crinum asiaticum var. japonicum (root) showed significant anti-HIV-1 activity (ED(50) = 12.5 microg/mL) with a favourable SI value of 16.
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- B S Min
- College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Taejon, 305-764, Korea
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Pesenti C, Arnone A, Bellosta S, Bravo P, Canavesi M, Corradi E, Frigerio M, Meille SV, Monetti M, Panzeri W, Viani F, Venturini R, Zanda M. Total synthesis of a pepstatin analog incorporating two trifluoromethyl hydroxymethylene isosteres (Tfm-GABOB) and evaluation of Tfm-GABOB containing peptides as inhibitors of HIV-1 protease and MMP-9. Tetrahedron 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4020(01)00543-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Dash C, Rao M. Interactions of a novel inhibitor from an extremophilic Bacillus sp. with HIV-1 protease: implications for the mechanism of inactivation. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:2487-93. [PMID: 11042202 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m005662200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The active site cleft of the HIV-1 protease (PR) is bound by two identical conformationally mobile loops known as flaps, which are important for substrate binding and catalysis. The present article reports, for the first time, an HIV-1 PR inhibitor, ATBI, from an extremophilic Bacillus sp. The inhibitor is found to be a hydrophilic peptide with Mr of 1147, and an amino acid sequence of Ala-Gly-Lys-Lys-Asp-Asp-Asp-Asp-Pro-Pro-Glu. Sequence homology exhibited no similarity with the reported peptidic inhibitors of HIV-1 PR. Investigation of the kinetics of the enzyme-inhibitor interactions revealed that ATBI is a noncompetitive and tight binding inhibitor with the IC(50) and K(i) values 18.0 and 17.8 nm, respectively. The binding of the inhibitor with the enzyme and the subsequent induction of the localized conformational changes in the flap region of the HIV-1 PR were monitored by exploiting the intrinsic fluorescence of the surface exposed Trp-42 residues, which are present at the proximity of the flaps. We have demonstrated by fluorescence and circular dichroism studies that ATBI binds in the active site of the HIV-1 PR and thereby leads to the inactivation of the enzyme. Based on our results, we propose that the inactivation is due to the reorganization of the flaps impairing its flexibility leading toward inaccessibility of the substrate to the active site of the enzyme.
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- C Dash
- Division of Biochemical Sciences, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 008, India
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Ikuta K, Suzuki S, Horikoshi H, Mukai T, Luftig RB. Positive and negative aspects of the human immunodeficiency virus protease: development of inhibitors versus its role in AIDS pathogenesis. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2000; 64:725-45. [PMID: 11104817 PMCID: PMC99012 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.64.4.725-745.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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In this review we summarize multiple aspects of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease from both structural and functional viewpoints. After an introductory overview, we provide an up-to-date status report on protease inhibitors (PI). This proceeds from a discussion of PI structural design, to how PI are optimally utilized in highly active antiretroviral triple therapy (one PI along with two reverse transcriptase inhibitors), the emergence of PI resistance, and the natural role of secretory leukocyte PI. Then we switch to another focus: the interaction of HIV protease with other genes in acute and persistent infection, which in turn may have an effect on AIDS pathogenesis. We conclude with a discussion on future directions in HIV treatment, involving multiple-target anti-HIV therapy, vaccine development, and novel reactivation-inhibitory reagents.
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- K Ikuta
- Department of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases (Biken), Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Pesenti C, Arnone A, Aubertin AM, Bravo P, Frigerio M, Panzeri W, Schmidt S, Viani F, Zanda M. Total synthesis of a Pepstatin analogue incorporating two trifluoromethyl hydroxymethylene isosteres. Tetrahedron Lett 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)01244-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Liu H, Felten C, Xue Q, Zhang B, Jedrzejewski P, Karger BL, Foret F. Development of multichannel devices with an array of electrospray tips for high-throughput mass spectrometry. Anal Chem 2000; 72:3303-10. [PMID: 10939404 DOI: 10.1021/ac000115l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The basic principles of multichannel devices with an array of electrospray tips for high-throughput infusion electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) have been developed. The prototype plastic devices were fabricated by casting from a solvent-resistant resin. The sample wells on the device were arranged in the format of the standard 96-microtiter well plate, with each sample well connected to an independent electrospray exit port via a microchannel with imbedded electrode. A second plastic plate with distribution microchannels was employed as a cover plate and pressure distributor. Nitrogen gas was used to pressurize individual wells for transport of sample into the electrospray exit port. The design of independent microchannels and electrospray exit ports allowed very high throughput and duty cycle, as well as elimination of any potential sample carryover. The device was placed on a computer-controlled translation stage for precise positioning of the electrospray exit ports in front of the mass spectrometer sampling orifice. High-throughput ESI-MS was demonstrated by analyzing 96 peptide samples in 480 s, corresponding to a potential throughput of 720 samples/h. As a model application, the device was used for the MS determination of inhibition constants of several inhibitors of HIV-1 protease.
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- H Liu
- Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Deo SK, Lewis JC, Daunert S. Bioluminescence detection of proteolytic bond cleavage by using recombinant aequorin. Anal Biochem 2000; 281:87-94. [PMID: 10847614 DOI: 10.1006/abio.2000.4539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Detection of proteolytic bond cleavage was achieved by taking advantage of the bioluminescence emission generated by the photoprotein aequorin. A genetically engineered HIV-1 protease substrate was coupled with a cysteine-free mutant of aequorin by employing the polymerase chain reaction to produce a fusion protein that incorporates an optimum natural protease cleavage site. The fusion protein was immobilized on a solid phase and employed as the substrate for the HIV-1 protease. Proteolytic bond cleavage was detected by a decrease in the bioluminescence generated by the aequorin fusion protein on the solid phase. A dose-response curve for HIV-1 protease was constructed by relating the decrease in bioluminescence signal with varying amounts of the protease. The system was also used to evaluate two competitive and one noncompetitive inhibitor of the HIV-1 protease. Among the advantages of this assay is that by using recombinant methods a complete bioluminescently labeled protease recognition site can be designed and produced. The assay yields very sensitive detection limits, which are inherent to bioluminescence-based methods. An application of this system may be in the high-throughput screening of biopharmaceutical drugs that are potential inhibitors of a target protease.
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- S K Deo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington 40506, USA
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Bioactive peptides in dairy products: synthesis and interaction with proteolytic enzymes. Food Microbiol 2000. [DOI: 10.1006/fmic.1999.0302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Todd S, Anderson C, Jolly DJ, Craik CS. HIV protease as a target for retrovirus vector-mediated gene therapy. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1477:168-88. [PMID: 10708857 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(99)00272-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The dimeric aspartyl protease of HIV has been the subject of intense research for almost a decade. Knowledge of the substrate specificity and catalytic mechanism of this enzyme initially guided the development of several potent peptidomimetic small molecule inhibitors. More recently, the solution of the HIV protease structure led to the structure-based design of improved peptidomimetic and non-peptidomimetic antiviral compounds. Despite the qualified success of these inhibitors, the high mutation rate associated with RNA viruses continues to hamper the long-term clinical efficacy of HIV protease inhibitors. The dimeric nature of the viral protease has been conducive to the investigation of dominant-negative inhibitors of the enzyme. Some of these inhibitors are defective protease monomers that interact with functional monomers to form inactive protease heterodimers. An advantage of macromolecular inhibitors as compared to small-molecule inhibitors is the increased surface area of interaction between the inhibitor and the target gene product. Point mutations that preserve enzyme activity but confer resistance to small-molecule inhibitors are less likely to have an adverse effect on macromolecular interactions. The use of efficient retrovirus vectors has facilitated the delivery of these macromolecular inhibitors to primary human lymphocytes. The vector-transduced cells were less susceptible to HIV infection in vitro, and showed similar levels of protection compared to other macromolecular inhibitors of HIV replication, such as RevM10. These preliminary results encourage the further development of dominant-negative HIV protease inhibitors as a gene therapy-based antiviral strategy.
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- S Todd
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143-0446, USA.
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Wlodawer A, Gustchina A. Structural and biochemical studies of retroviral proteases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1477:16-34. [PMID: 10708846 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(99)00267-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Retroviral proteases form a unique subclass of the family of aspartic proteases. These homodimeric enzymes from a number of viral sources have by now been extensively characterized, both structurally and biochemically. The importance of such knowledge to the development of new drugs against AIDS has been, to a large extent, the driving force behind this progress. High-resolution structures are now available for enzymes from human immunodeficiency virus types 1 and 2, simian immunodeficiency virus, feline immunodeficiency virus, Rous sarcoma virus, and equine infectious anemia virus. In this review, structural and biochemical data for retroviral proteases are compared in order to analyze the similarities and differences between the enzymes from different sources and to enhance our understanding of their properties.
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- A Wlodawer
- Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, Program in Structural Biology, NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
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Garg R, Gupta SP, Gao H, Babu MS, Debnath AK, Hansch C. Comparative Quantitative Structureminus signActivity Relationship Studies on Anti-HIV Drugs. Chem Rev 1999; 99:3525-3602. [PMID: 11849030 DOI: 10.1021/cr9703358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Rajni Garg
- Department of Chemistry, Pomona College, Claremont, California 91711, Departments of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 333031, India, Pharmacia & Upjohn, 301 Henrietta Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007, and Biochemical Virology Laboratory, Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute of The New York Blood Center, 310 E. 67th Street, New York, New York 10021
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Min BS, Bae KH, Kim YH, Miyashiro H, Hattori M, Shimotohno K. Screening of Korean plants against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 protease. Phytother Res 1999; 13:680-2. [PMID: 10594938 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1573(199912)13:8<680::aid-ptr501>3.0.co;2-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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With the aim of finding novel anti-human immunodeficiency virus agents from natural products, 93 MeOH extracts of Korean plants were screened for their inhibitory activities against HIV-1 protease. The most potent inhibition was shown by the root of Rodiola rosea with 70.4% inhibition at a concentration of 100 microg/mL.
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- B S Min
- College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Taejon 305-764, Korea
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Lee TG, Maruyama S. Isolation of HIV-1 protease-inhibiting peptides from thermolysin hydrolysate of oyster proteins. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 253:604-8. [PMID: 9918775 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.9824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The peptides inhibiting HIV-1 protease were isolated from the hydrolysate of oyster (Crassostrea gigas) proteins prepared with thermolysin. The amino acid sequences of the peptides were determined as Leu-Leu-Glu-Tyr-Ser-Ile and Leu-Leu-Glu-Tyr-Ser-Leu. These sequences exist in some proteins of variola major virus or human cytomegalovirus. Chemically synthesized Leu-Leu-Glu-Tyr-Ser-Ile and Leu-Leu-Glu-Tyr-Ser-Leu showed IC50 values of 20 and 15 nM, respectively, and behaved as competitive inhibitors for HIV-1 protease with Ki values of 13 and 10 nM, respectively. These peptides were more potent as an HIV-1 protease inhibitor than pepstatin A.
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- T G Lee
- National Institute of Bioscience and Human-Technology, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Boden D, Markowitz M. Resistance to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 protease inhibitors. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1998; 42:2775-83. [PMID: 9797203 PMCID: PMC105943 DOI: 10.1128/aac.42.11.2775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- D Boden
- Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Wlodawer A, Vondrasek J. Inhibitors of HIV-1 protease: a major success of structure-assisted drug design. ANNUAL REVIEW OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMOLECULAR STRUCTURE 1998; 27:249-84. [PMID: 9646869 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.27.1.249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 486] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Retroviral protease (PR) from the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) was identified over a decade ago as a potential target for structure-based drug design. This effort was very successful. Four drugs are already approved, and others are undergoing clinical trials. The techniques utilized in this remarkable example of structure-assisted drug design included crystallography, NMR, computational studies, and advanced chemical synthesis. The development of these drugs is discussed in detail. Other approaches to designing HIV-1 PR inhibitors, based on the concepts of symmetry and on the replacement of a water molecule that had been found tetrahedrally coordinated between the enzyme and the inhibitors, are also discussed. The emergence of drug-induced mutations of HIV-1 PR leads to rapid loss of potency of the existing drugs and to the need to continue the development process. The structural basis of drug resistance and the ways of overcoming this phenomenon are mentioned.
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- A Wlodawer
- Macromolecular Structure Laboratory, ABL-Basic Research Program, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Maryland 21702, USA.
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Michaud D, Vrain TC. Expression of Recombinant Proteinase Inhibitors in Plants. RECOMBINANT PROTEINS FROM PLANTS 1998. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-260-5_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Vance JE, LeBlanc DA, London RE. Cleavage of the X-Pro peptide bond by pepsin is specific for the trans isomer. Biochemistry 1997; 36:13232-40. [PMID: 9341212 DOI: 10.1021/bi970918b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Fluorine nuclear magnetic resonance studies of the cleavage of peptides containing a 4-fluorophenylalanine (FPhe)-Pro bond have been performed in order to determine the conformational specificity of FPhe-Pro bond cleavage by pepsin. The peptides selected were substrates of HIV protease or of avian sarcoma virus protease, both of which have been reported to be cleaved specifically at X-Pro by pepsin as well as by the corresponding viral protease enzyme. By working at 0 degrees C, it was possible to separate kinetically cleavage and cis/trans isomerization. For the case of the protease substrate, Ser-Gln-Asn-FPhe-Pro-Ile-Val-Gln, cleavage was shown to be specific for the trans conformation. A value for the rate constant for hydrolysis of the trans peptide divided by the Michaelis constant, ktH/KMtrans = 0.3 min-1 mM-1 was obtained with this substrate, and the Michaelis constant appears to be considerably higher than the substrate concentration, 3.7 mM, used in the study. On a slower time scale, additional cleavages can readily be detected. For the avian leukemia virus protease substrate, Thr-Phe-Gln-Ala-FPhe-Pro-Leu-Arg-Glu-Ala, the cleavage was both slower and less specific. In addition to the primary cleavage at the FPhe-Pro site, cleavage also occurs at the Ala-FPhe bond on a somewhat slower time scale. In addition to the conformational specificity of the cleavage reaction, these results indicate that pepsin is a better model for HIV protease than for avian leukemia virus protease.
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- J E Vance
- Laboratory of Structural Biology, NIEHS, Box 12233, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Rashkovetsky LG, Lyubarskaya YV, Foret F, Hughes DE, Karger BL. Automated microanalysis using magnetic beads with commercial capillary electrophoretic instrumentation. J Chromatogr A 1997; 781:197-204. [PMID: 9368386 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(97)00629-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The potential of a new microanalytical method using magnetic beads (MBs) and commercial capillary electrophoresis (CE) instrumentation for performing enzymatic and inhibition assays, as well as for analysis of biological molecules such as antigens, substrates, etc., has been explored. A small quantity of magnetic beads containing immobilized biomolecules was injected into a neutral hydrophilic-coated fused-silica capillary. The short plug (2-3 mm) of beads was held fixed by a magnet placed in the cartridge of the CE system, without the use of frits. The beads could be replaced after each run, eliminating the need to regenerate the solid support. Two protocols were used for analysis: sequential injection (SI) and SI followed by isotachophoretic (ITP) focusing. Alkaline phosphatase (AP) and HIV-protease were used to demonstrate the SI procedure for enzymatic and inhibition assays. The second protocol, SI/ITP, was employed to quantitate an antigen (mouse mAB) using antibodies (sheep IgG towards mouse AB) immobilized on the beads. The MB-CE method, requiring only femtomole (fmol) quantities of material, can potentially be employed in diagnostic and forensic assays, kinetic studies and searching for inhibitors, ligands, receptors, etc.
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- L G Rashkovetsky
- Barnett Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Laco GS, Schalk-Hihi C, Lubkowski J, Morris G, Zdanov A, Olson A, Elder JH, Wlodawer A, Gustchina A. Crystal structures of the inactive D30N mutant of feline immunodeficiency virus protease complexed with a substrate and an inhibitor. Biochemistry 1997; 36:10696-708. [PMID: 9271500 DOI: 10.1021/bi9707436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Crystal structures of complexes of a D30N mutant of feline immunodeficiency virus protease (FIV PR) complexed with a statine-based inhibitor (LP-149), as well as with a substrate based on a modification of this inhibitor (LP-149S), have been solved and refined at resolutions of 2.0 and 1.85 A, respectively. Both the inhibitor and the substrate are bound in the active site of the mutant protease in a similar mode, which also resembles the mode of binding of LP-149 to the native protease. The carbonyl oxygen of the scissile bond in the substrate is not hydrated and is located within the distance of a hydrogen bond to an amido nitrogen atom from one of the two asparagines in the active site of the enzyme. The nitrogen atom of the scissile bond is 3.25 A from the conserved water molecule (Wat301). A model of a tetrahedral intermediate bound to the active site of the native enzyme was built by considering the interactions observed in all three crystal structures of FIV PR. Molecular dynamics simulations of this model bound to native wild-type FIV PR were carried out, to investigate the final stages of the catalytic mechanism of aspartic proteases.
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- G S Laco
- Macromolecular Structure Laboratory, NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
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Matsuse IT, Nakabayashi T, Lim YA, Hussein GME, Miyashiro H, Kakiuchi N, Hattori M, Stardjo S, Shimotohno K. A human immunodeficiency virus protease inhibitory substance from
Swietenia mahagoni. Phytother Res 1997. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1573(199709)11:6<433::aid-ptr122>3.0.co;2-#] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Ines Tomoco Matsuse
- Research Institute for Wakan‐Yaku (Traditional Sino‐Japanese Medicines), Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930‐01, Japan
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- Research Institute for Wakan‐Yaku (Traditional Sino‐Japanese Medicines), Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930‐01, Japan
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- Research Institute for Wakan‐Yaku (Traditional Sino‐Japanese Medicines), Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930‐01, Japan
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- Research Institute for Wakan‐Yaku (Traditional Sino‐Japanese Medicines), Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930‐01, Japan
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- Research Institute for Wakan‐Yaku (Traditional Sino‐Japanese Medicines), Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930‐01, Japan
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- Research Institute for Wakan‐Yaku (Traditional Sino‐Japanese Medicines), Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930‐01, Japan
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- Research Institute for Wakan‐Yaku (Traditional Sino‐Japanese Medicines), Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930‐01, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Padjadjaran University, Jatinangor, Sumedang 45363, Indonesia
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- Virology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Chuo‐ku, Tokyo 104, Japan
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van Boulanger Y, Senécal L, Sauvé G. Solution structure of the HIV protease inhibitor acetyl-pepstatin as determined by NMR and molecular modeling. J Biomol Struct Dyn 1997; 14:421-8. [PMID: 9172642 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.1997.10508141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The structure of acetyl-pepstatin has been investigated in solution by two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy and molecular modeling. The analysis of DQFCOSY, TOCSY and NOESY spectra lead to a full assignment of the -NMR signals both in DMSO-d6 and in TFE-d3:H2O 1:1. Interproton distances, dihedral angles and exchanger regimes of NH or OH protons were derived from ROESY connectivities, coupling constants and temperature dependences of the chemical shifts, respectively. Molecular modeling using the NMR distance and dihedral angle constraints obtained in DMSO-d6 yielded a model showing a well-defined structure for the N-terminal segment Ac-1 to Sta-4, but a flexible structure for the C-terminal segment. The structure was less defined in TFE-d3:H2O 1:1 and 13C T1 measurements are indicative of higher mobility. Comparison of the NMR-determined solution structure of acetyl-pepstatin with its crystal structure when bound to HIV-1 protease shows that the conformation is more extended in the complex as a result of intermolecular interactions.
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- Y van Boulanger
- INRS-Santé, Université du Québec, Pointe-Claire, Québec, Canada. , CA
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Miller M, Geller M, Gribskov M, Kent SB. Analysis of the structure of chemically synthesized HIV-1 protease complexed with a hexapeptide inhibitor. Part I: Crystallographic refinement of 2 A data. Proteins 1997; 27:184-94. [PMID: 9061782 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0134(199702)27:2<184::aid-prot4>3.0.co;2-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The structure of a complex between a hexapeptide-based inhibitor, MVT-101, and the chemically synthesized (Aba 67,95,167,195; Aba: L-alpha-amino-n-butyric acid) protease from the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), reported previously at 2.3 A has now been refined to a crystallographic R factor of 15.4% at 2.0 A resolution. Root mean square deviations from ideality are 0.18 A for bond lengths and 2.4 degrees for the angles. The inhibitor can be fitted to the difference electron density map in two alternative orientations. Drastic differences are observed for positions and interactions at P3/S3 and P3'/S3' subsites of the two orientations due to different crystallographic environments.
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- M Miller
- Macromolecular Structure Laboratory, NCI-Frederick Cancer Research Facility and Development Center, MD 21702, USA
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Kay J, Tyas L, Humphreys MJ, Hill J, Dunn BM, Berry C. Aspartic proteinases from parasites. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1996; 389:247-50. [PMID: 8861018 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0335-0_31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- J Kay
- School of Molecular and Medical Biosciences, University of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Chen IW, Vastag KJ, Lin JH. High-performance liquid chromatographic determination of a potent and selective HIV protease inhibitor (L-735,524) in rat, dog and monkey plasma. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS 1995; 672:111-7. [PMID: 8590922 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(95)00191-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A high-performance liquid chromatographic method coupled with liquid-liquid sample extraction and ultraviolet detection has been developed for the quantification of L-735,524 (I), a potent, highly selective and orally bioavailable inhibitor of recombinant human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) protease in rat, dog and monkey plasma. The present method is reproducible and reliable with limits of quantification of 25, 12.5 and 6.25 ng/ml, respectively for rat, dog and monkey plasma. The standard curve was linear over the range of 6.25-2000 ng/ml in the biological fluid. The mean coefficients of variation for concentration within the range of standard curve were 7.94, 6.91 and 4.52%, respectively, for intra-day analysis and 5.58, 9.27 and 5.45%, respectively, for inter-day analysis. The recoveries of I and L-707,943 (II), an analog of I used as the internal standard, from plasma samples were all over 88% through the extraction procedure. I and II are stable in mobile phase over a 48-h period while waiting for injection at ambient temperature and over a 144-h period in rat, dog and monkey plasma while stored at -20 degrees C. Aqueous solubility of I is pH dependent, 60 mg/ml at pH 3.5 and 0.3 mg/ml at pH 4.8. The analytic procedures described in this report have been successfully employed to quantify the concentration of I in rat, dog and monkey plasma and provide the kinetic information for toxicological and pharmacological studies.
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- I W Chen
- Department of Drug Metabolism I, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, PA 19486, USA
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