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Li L, Tuckey RC. Inactivation of vitamin D2 metabolites by human CYP24A1. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2023; 233:106368. [PMID: 37495192 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2023.106368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
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Vitamin D is found in two forms in humans, D3 produced in the skin and D2 solely from the diet. Both 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25(OH)2D) are oxidised and inactivated by CYP24A1, a tightly regulated mitochondrial enzyme that controls serum levels of these secosteroids. The pathways of oxidation of 25(OH)D2 and 1,25(OH)2D2, particularly 25(OH)D2, by human CYP24A1 are not well characterized. The aim of this study was to further elucidate these pathways, and to compare the kinetics of metabolism of 25(OH)D2 and 1,25(OH)2D2 with their vitamin D3 counterparts. We used expressed and partially purified human CYP24A1 with substrates dissolved in the membrane of phospholipid vesicles, to mimic the inner mitochondrial membrane. We found that the major pathways for side chain oxidation of 25(OH)D2 and 1,25(OH)2D2 were identical and that predominant intermediates of 25(OH)D2 metabolism could be converted to the corresponding intermediates in the pathway of 1,25(OH)2D2 oxidation by 1α-hydroxylation by CYP27B1. The initial steps in the CYP24A1-mediated oxidation involved hydroxylation at the C24R position, and another unknown position where the alcohol was oxidised to an aldehyde. The 24R-hydroxylation was followed by hydroxylation at C26 or C28, or cleavage between C24 and C25 to produce the 24-oxo-25,26,27-trinor derivative. All of these products were further oxidised, with 24-oxo-25,26,27-trinor-1(OH)D2 giving a product tentatively identified as 24-oxo-25,26,27-trinor-1,28(OH)2D2. The catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) of CYP24A1 for initial 25(OH)D2 hydroxylation was similar to that for 25(OH)D3, indicating that they have similar rates of inactivation at low substrate concentrations, supporting that vitamins D2 and D3 are equally effective in maintaining serum 25(OH)D concentrations. In contrast, the kcat/Km value for 1,25(OH)2D3 was almost double that for 1,25(OH)2D2 indicating a lower rate of inactivation of 1,25(OH)2D2 at a low substrate concentration, suggesting that it has increased metabolic stability in vivo.
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- Lei Li
- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA 6009, Australia.
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Shang S, He Z, Hou W, Chen X, Zhao X, Han H, Chen S, Yang S, Tai F. Molecular cloning, expression analysis and functional characterization of chicken cytochrome P450 27A1: A novel mitochondrial vitamin D 3 25-hydroxylase. Poult Sci 2023; 102:102747. [PMID: 37276702 PMCID: PMC10258509 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.102747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023] Open
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Vitamin D3 is hydroxylated by cytochrome P450 (CYP) before exerting biological effects. The chicken CYP involved in vitamin D3 25-hydroxylation has yet to be cloned, and little is known about its functional characteristics, tissue distribution, and cellular expression. We identified a novel, full-length CYP27A1 gene cloned from chicken hepatocyte cDNA that encodes a putative protein of 518 amino acids. Swiss modeling revealed that chicken CYP27A1 has a classic open-fold form. Multisequence homology alignment determined that CYP27A1 contains conserved motifs for substrate recognition and binding. Quantitative real-time PCR analysis in 2-mo-old Partridge Shank broilers demonstrated that CYP27A1 mRNA levels were highest in the liver, followed by the thigh muscles, the breast muscles, and kidneys. The transcripts of CYP27A1 in breast muscles were significantly higher in males than in females. A subcellular localization analysis demonstrated that CYP27A1 was mainly expressed in the mitochondria. In vitro enzyme assays suggested that recombinant CYP27A1 hydroxylates vitamin D3 at the C-25 position to form 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D3). The Km and Vmax values for CYP27A1-dependent vitamin D3 25-hydroxylation were estimated to be 4.929 μM and 0.389 mol min-1 mg-1 protein, respectively. In summary, these results suggest that CYP27A1 encodes a mitochondrial CYP that plays an important physiologic role in the 25-hydroxylation of vitamin D3 in chickens, providing novel insights into vitamin D3 metabolism in this species.
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- S Shang
- Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, China; Institute of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China; Qinba State Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Ecological Environment (Incubation), Hanzhong, China; Qinba Mountain Area Collaborative Innovation Center of Bioresources Comprehensive Development, China
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- Institute of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Institute of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China
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- Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, China
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- Hanzhong Central Hospital, Hanzhong, China
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- Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, China
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- Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, China
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- Shaanxi Province Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources, Shaanxi University of Technology, Hanzhong, China
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- Institute of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, China.
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Wang Z, Zeng Y, Jia H, Yang N, Liu M, Jiang M, Zheng Y. Bioconversion of vitamin D 3 to bioactive calcifediol and calcitriol as high-value compounds. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS 2022; 15:109. [PMID: 36229827 PMCID: PMC9563128 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-022-02209-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Biological catalysis is an important approach for the production of high-value-added compounds, especially for products with complex structures. Limited by the complex steps of chemical synthesis and low yields, the bioconversion of vitamin D3 (VD3) to calcifediol and calcitriol, which are natural steroid products with high added value and significantly higher biological activity compared to VD3, is probably the most promising strategy for calcifediol and calcitriol production, and can be used as an alternative method for chemical synthesis. The conversion efficiency of VD3 to calcifediol and calcitriol has continued to rise in the past few decades with the help of several different VD3 hydroxylases, mostly cytochrome P450s (CYPs), and newly isolated strains. The production of calcifediol and calcitriol can be systematically increased in different ways. Specific CYPs and steroid C25 dehydrogenase (S25DH), as VD3 hydroxylases, are capable of converting VD3 to calcifediol and calcitriol. Some isolated actinomycetes have also been exploited for fermentative production of calcifediol and calcitriol, although the VD3 hydroxylases of these strains have not been elucidated. With the rapid development of synthetic biology and enzyme engineering, quite a lot of advances in bioproduction of calcifediol and calcitriol has been achieved in recent years. Therefore, here we review the successful strategies of promoting VD3 hydroxylation and provide some perspective on how to further improve the bioconversion of VD3 to calcifediol and calcitriol.
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- Zheyi Wang
- grid.9227.e0000000119573309State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101 China ,grid.410726.60000 0004 1797 8419University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049 China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101 China
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- China Animal Husbandry Industry Co. Ltd, Beijing, 100095 China
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- grid.256885.40000 0004 1791 4722School of Life Sciences, Hebei University, No. 180 Wusi Dong Road, Baoding, 071002 China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101 China ,grid.410726.60000 0004 1797 8419University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049 China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101 China ,grid.410726.60000 0004 1797 8419University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.19A Yuquan Road, Beijing, 100049 China
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- grid.9227.e0000000119573309State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101 China
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Schulke D, Sass JO. Frequent sequence variants of human glycine N-acyltransferase (GLYAT) and inborn errors of metabolism. Biochimie 2021; 183:30-34. [PMID: 33567294 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2021.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2020] [Revised: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Glycine conjugation is an important phase II reaction and represents a central detoxification pathway which is essential for the recycling of free coenzyme A. Only few sequence variants have been reported in the human GLYAT gene and only two studies have overexpressed the human protein in bacterial systems and partially characterized it. This has prompted us to study the wild-type enzyme and two sequence variants not only in the E. coli strain Origami 2(DE3), but also to overexpress GLYAT in HEK293 cells, a human-derived cell line. Following purification of the recombinant proteins from E. coli the wild-type GLYAT protein and sequence variants, p.(Gln61Leu) yielded decreased specific activity than the wild-type enzyme, while specific activity of p.(Asn156Ser) activity of the latter variant was somewhat increased. KM values were similar for the three forms of GLYAT overexpressed in bacteria and for the wild-type enzyme overexpressed in HEK293 cells. Localization studies demonstrated intramitochondrial localization of human wild-type GLYAT, conjugated with eGFP, in the HEK293 cells. As p.(Gln61Leu) does not only impair GLYAT activity in vitro, but is of high prevalence in a Caucasian Afrikaner cohort in South Africa, potential pharmacogenetic implications, warrant further studies of GLYAT.
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- Daniel Schulke
- Research Group Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Department of Natural Sciences, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Rheinbach, Germany
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- Research Group Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Department of Natural Sciences, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Rheinbach, Germany; Institute for Functional Gene Analytics (IFGA), Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Rheinbach, Germany.
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Tuckey RC, Cheng CYS, Slominski AT. The serum vitamin D metabolome: What we know and what is still to discover. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2019; 186:4-21. [PMID: 30205156 PMCID: PMC6342654 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2018.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Vitamin D, referring to the two forms, D2 from the diet and D3 primarily derived from phototransformation in the skin, is a prohormone important in human health. The most hormonally active form, 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1α,25(OH)2D), formed from vitamin D via 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), is not only important for regulating calcium metabolism, but has many pleiotropic effects including regulation of the immune system and has anti-cancer properties. The major circulating form of vitamin D is 25(OH)D and both D2 and D3 forms are routinely measured by LC/MS/MS to assess vitamin D status, due to their relatively long half-lives and much higher concentrations compared to 1α,25(OH)2D. Inactivation of both 25(OH)D and 1α,25(OH)2D is catalyzed by CYP24A1 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 3-epimerase. Initial products from these enzymes acting on 25(OH)D3 are 24R,25(OH)2D3 and 3-epi-25(OH)D3, respectively, and both of these can also be measured routinely in some clinical laboratories to further document vitamin D status. With advances in LC/MS/MS and its increased availability, and with the help of studies with recombinant vitamin D-metabolizing enzymes, many other vitamin D metabolites have now been detected and in some cases quantitated, in human serum. CYP11A1 which catalyzes the first step in steroidogenesis, has been found to also act on vitamins D3 and D2 hydroxylating both at C20, but with some secondary metabolites produced by subsequent hydroxylations at other positions on the side chain. The major vitamin D3 metabolite, 20S-hydroxyvitamin D3 (20S(OH)D3), shows biological activity, often similar to 1α,25(OH)2D3 but without calcemic effects. Using standards produced enzymatically by purified CYP11A1 and characterized by NMR, many of these new metabolites have been detected in human serum, with semi-quantitative measurement of 20S(OH)D3 indicating it is present at comparable concentrations to 24R,25(OH)2D3 and 3-epi-25(OH)D3. Recently, vitamin D-related hydroxylumisterols derived from lumisterol3, a previtamin D3 photoproduct, have also been measured in human serum and displayed biological activity in initial in vitro studies. With the current extensive knowledge on the reactions and pathways of metabolism of vitamin D, especially those catalyzed by CYP24A1, CYP27A1, CYP27B1, CYP3A4 and CYP11A1, it is likely that many other of the resulting hydroxyvitamin D metabolites will be measured in human serum in the future, some contributing to a more detailed understanding of vitamin D status in health and disease.
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- Robert C Tuckey
- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia.
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA; Comprehensive Cancer Center Cancer Chemoprevention Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA; VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA
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Rhieu SY, Annalora AJ, LaPorta E, Welsh J, Itoh T, Yamamoto K, Sakaki T, Chen TC, Uskokovic MR, Reddy GS. Potent antiproliferative effects of 25-hydroxy-16-ene-23-yne-vitamin D₃ that resists the catalytic activity of both CYP27B1 and CYP24A1. J Cell Biochem 2015; 115:1392-402. [PMID: 24535953 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.24789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2014] [Accepted: 02/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The potency of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (25(OH)D3) is increased by several fold through its metabolism into 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1α,25(OH)2D3) by cytochrome P450 27B1 (CYP27B1). Thus, the pivotal role of 1α-hydroxylation in the activation of vitamin D compounds is well known. Here, we examined the metabolism of 25-hydroxy-16-ene-23-yne-vitamin D3 (25(OH)-16-ene-23-yne-D3), a synthetic analog of 25(OH)D3 in a cell-free system and demonstrated that 25(OH)-16-ene-23-yne-D3 is neither activated by CYP27B1 nor inactivated by cytochrome P450 24A1 (CYP24A1). These findings were also confirmed in immortalized normal human prostate epithelial cells (PZ-HPV-7) which are known to express both CYP27B1 and CYP24A1, indicating that the structural modifications featured in 25(OH)-16-ene-23-yne-D3 enable the analog to resist the actions of both CYP27B1 and CYP24A1. To provide intelligible structure-function information, we also performed molecular docking analysis between the analog and CYP27B1. Furthermore, 25(OH)-16-ene-23-yne-D3 was found to suppress the growth of PZ-HPV-7 cells with a potency equivalent to 1α,25(OH)2D3. The antiproliferative activity of 25(OH)-16-ene-23-yne-D3 was found to be vitamin D receptor (VDR)-dependent as it failed to inhibit the growth of mammary tumor cells derived from VDR-knockout mice. Furthermore, stable introduction of VDR into VDR-knockout cells restored the growth inhibition by 25(OH)-16-ene-23-yne-D3. Thus, we identified 25-hydroxy-16-ene-23-yne-vitamin D3 as a novel non-1α-hydroxylated vitamin D analog which is equipotent to 1α,25(OH)2D3 in its antiproliferative activity. We now propose that the low potency of the intrinsic VDR-mediated activities of 25(OH)D3 can be augmented to the level of 1α,25(OH)2D3 without its activation through 1α-hydroxylation by CYP27B1, but by simply preventing its inactivation by CYP24A1.
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- Steve Y Rhieu
- Epimer LLC, North Smithfield, Rhode Island, 02896, USA
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Biosynthetic pathway for the cyanide-free production of phenylacetonitrile in Escherichia coli by utilizing plant cytochrome P450 79A2 and bacterial aldoxime dehydratase. Appl Environ Microbiol 2014; 80:6828-36. [PMID: 25172862 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01623-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The biosynthetic pathway for the production of phenylacetonitrile (PAN), which has a wide variety of uses in chemical and pharmaceutical industries, was constructed in Escherichia coli utilizing enzymes from the plant glucosinolate-biosynthetic and bacterial aldoxime-nitrile pathways. First, the single-step reaction to produce E,Z-phenylacetaldoxime (PAOx) from l-Phe was constructed in E. coli by introducing the genes encoding cytochrome P450 (CYP) 79A2 and CYP reductase from Arabidopsis thaliana, yielding the E,Z-PAOx-producing transformant. Second, this step was expanded to the production of PAN by further introducing the aldoxime dehydratase (Oxd) gene from Bacillus sp. strain OxB-1, yielding the PAN-producing transformant. The E,Z-PAOx-producing transformant also produced phenethyl alcohol and PAN as by-products, which were suggested to be the metabolites of E,Z-PAOx produced by E. coli enzymes, while the PAN-producing transformant accumulated only PAN in the culture broth, which suggested that the CYP79A2 reaction (the conversion of l-Phe to E,Z-PAOx) was a potential bottleneck in the PAN production pathway. Expression of active CYP79A2 and concentration of biomass were improved by the combination of the autoinduction method, coexpression of groE, encoding the heat shock protein GroEL/GroES, N-terminal truncation of CYP79A2, and optimization of the culture conditions, yielding a >60-fold concentration of E,Z-PAOx (up to 2.9 mM). The concentration of PAN was 4.9 mM under the optimized conditions. These achievements show the potential of this bioprocess to produce nitriles and nitrile derivatives in the absence of toxic chemicals.
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Endo-Umeda K, Yasuda K, Sugita K, Honda A, Ohta M, Ishikawa M, Hashimoto Y, Sakaki T, Makishima M. 7-Dehydrocholesterol metabolites produced by sterol 27-hydroxylase (CYP27A1) modulate liver X receptor activity. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2014; 140:7-16. [PMID: 24269243 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2013.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2013] [Revised: 10/26/2013] [Accepted: 11/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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7-Dehydrocholesterol (7-DHC) is a common precursor of vitamin D3 and cholesterol. Although various oxysterols, oxygenated cholesterol derivatives, have been implicated in cellular signaling pathways, 7-DHC metabolism and potential functions of its metabolites remain poorly understood. We examined 7-DHC metabolism by various P450 enzymes and detected three metabolites produced by sterol 27-hydroxylase (CYP27A1) using high-performance liquid chromatography. Two were further identified as 25-hydroxy-7-DHC and 26/27-hydroxy-7-DHC. These 7-DHC metabolites were detected in serum of a patient with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome. Luciferase reporter assays showed that 25-hydroxy-7-DHC activates liver X receptor (LXR) α, LXRβ and vitamin D receptor and that 26/27-hydroxy-7-DHC induces activation of LXRα and LXRβ, although the activities of both compounds on LXRs were weak. In a mammalian two-hybrid assay, 25-hydroxy-7-DHC and 26/27-hydroxy-7-DHC induced interaction between LXRα and a coactivator fragment less efficiently than a natural LXR agonist, 22(R)-hydroxycholesterol. These 7-DHC metabolites did not oppose agonist-induced LXR activation and interacted directly to LXRα in a manner distinct from a potent agonist. These findings indicate that the 7-DHC metabolites are partial LXR activators. Interestingly, 25-hydroxy-7-DHC and 26/27-hydroxy-7-DHC suppressed mRNA expression of sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1c, an LXR target gene, in HepG2 cells and HaCaT cells, while they weakly increased mRNA levels of ATP-binding cassette transporter A1, another LXR target, in HaCaT cells. Thus, 7-DHC is catabolized by CYP27A1 to metabolites that act as selective LXR modulators.
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- Kaori Endo-Umeda
- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Joint Research Center, Tokyo Medical University Ibaraki Medical Center, Ami, Ibaraki 300-0395, Japan
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- Department of Nutrition and Health, Faculty of Human Development, Soai University, Suminoe-ku, Osaka 559-0033, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Nihon University School of Medicine, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan.
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Yasutake Y, Kitagawa W, Hata M, Nishioka T, Ozaki T, Nishiyama M, Kuzuyama T, Tamura T. Structure of the quinoline N-hydroxylating cytochrome P450 RauA, an essential enzyme that confers antibiotic activity on aurachin alkaloids. FEBS Lett 2013; 588:105-10. [PMID: 24269679 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2013] [Revised: 11/06/2013] [Accepted: 11/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The cytochrome P450 RauA from Rhodococcus erythropolis JCM 6824 catalyzes the hydroxylation of a nitrogen atom in the quinolone ring of aurachin, thereby conferring strong antibiotic activity on the aurachin alkaloid. Here, we report the crystal structure of RauA in complex with its substrate, a biosynthetic intermediate of aurachin RE. Clear electron density showed that the quinolone ring is oriented parallel to the porphyrin plane of the heme cofactor, while the farnesyl chain curls into a U-shape topology and is buried inside the solvent-inaccessible hydrophobic interior of RauA. The nearest atom from the heme iron is the quinolone nitrogen (4.3Å), which is consistent with RauA catalyzing the N-hydroxylation of the quinolone ring to produce mature aurachin RE.
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- Yoshiaki Yasutake
- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-17-2-1 Tsukisamu-Higashi, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo 062-8517, Japan.
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-17-2-1 Tsukisamu-Higashi, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo 062-8517, Japan; Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-9, Nishi-9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-17-2-1 Tsukisamu-Higashi, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo 062-8517, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-9, Nishi-9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-17-2-1 Tsukisamu-Higashi, Toyohira-ku, Sapporo 062-8517, Japan; Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-9, Nishi-9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan
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Tang EKY, Chen J, Janjetovic Z, Tieu EW, Slominski AT, Li W, Tuckey RC. Hydroxylation of CYP11A1-derived products of vitamin D3 metabolism by human and mouse CYP27B1. Drug Metab Dispos 2013; 41:1112-24. [PMID: 23454830 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.113.050955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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CYP11A1 can hydroxylate vitamin D3 at carbons 17, 20, 22, and 23, producing a range of secosteroids which are biologically active with respect to their ability to inhibit proliferation and stimulate differentiation of various cell types, including cancer cells. As 1α-hydroxylation of the primary metabolite of CYP11A1 action, 20S-hydroxyvitamin D3 [20(OH)D3], greatly influences its properties, we examined the ability of both human and mouse CYP27B1 to 1α-hydroxylate six secosteroids generated by CYP11A1. Based on their kcat/Km values, all CYP11A1-derived metabolites are poor substrates for CYP27B1 from both species compared with 25-hydroxyvitamin D3. No hydroxylation of metabolites with a 17α-hydroxyl group was observed. 17α,20-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 acted as an inhibitor on human CYP27B1 but not the mouse enzyme. We also tested CYP27B1 activity on 20,24-, 20,25-, and 20,26-dihydroxyvitamin D3, which are products of CYP24A1 or CYP27A1 activity on 20(OH)D3. All three compounds were metabolized with higher catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) by both mouse and human CYP27B1 than 25-hydroxyvitamin D3. CYP27B1 action on these new dihydroxy derivatives was confirmed to be 1α-hydroxylation by mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance analyses. Both 1,20,25- and 1,20,26- trihydroxyvitamin D3 were tested for their ability to inhibit melanoma (SKMEL-188) colony formation, and were significantly more active than 20(OH)D3. This study shows that CYP11A1-derived secosteroids are 1α-hydroxylated by both human and mouse CYP27B1 with low catalytic efficiency, and that the presence of a 17α-hydroxyl group completely blocks 1α-hydroxylation. In contrast, the secondary metabolites produced by subsequent hydroxylation of 20(OH)D3 at C24, C25, or C26 are very good substrates for CYP27B1.
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- Edith K Y Tang
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
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Tang EKY, Tieu EW, Tuckey RC. Expression of human CYP27B1 inEscherichia coliand characterization in phospholipid vesicles. FEBS J 2012; 279:3749-3761. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08736.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Production of human phase 1 and 2 metabolites by whole-cell biotransformation with recombinant microbes. Bioanalysis 2011; 2:1277-90. [PMID: 21083240 DOI: 10.4155/bio.10.80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYPs or P450s) are the most important enzymes involved in the phase I metabolism of drugs and poisons in humans, while UDP glycosyltransferases catalyze the majority of phase II reactions. In addition, a number of other enzymes or enzyme families contribute to the metabolism of xenobiotica, including alcohol dehydrogenase, aldehyde dehydrogenase, ester and amide hydrolases, epoxide hydrolase and flavine monooxygenases, as well as sulfotransferases, catechol-O-methyltransferase and N-acetyltransferase. A thorough understanding of their activity and of the properties of the metabolites they form is an essential prerequisite for the assessment of drug-caused side effects or toxicity. In this context of MIST, efficient production systems are needed to permit the large-scale production of human drug metabolites. As classical chemical synthesis cannot always provide these metabolites, biotechnological approaches have been developed that typically employ the recombinant expression of human drug-metabolizing enzymes. This review summarizes the current knowledge regarding whole-cell biotransformation processes that make use of such an approach.
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Human aromatase (CYP19, P450arom) is responsible for the conversion of androgens to estrogens. In addition to the estrogen biosynthesis in gonads and adrenals in a classical endocrine manner, this enzyme is widely expressed in various tissues and locally regulates the estrogen level or estrogen/androgen ratio in an intracrine manner. Since estrogen biosynthesis is involved in many essential biological events in humans, aromatase is an attractive target for investigations in basic biomedical and pharmacological sciences. Aromatase is a membrane protein localized on the endoplasmic reticulum, and its instability and hydrophobic nature has hampered the investigation of this important biological system. To investigate the structure-function relationship of human aromatase by obtaining quantities of the purified enzyme, we have developed the expression system of human aromatase in E. coli. The human aromatase has two major forms from its genetic polymorphism, arginine (264R) and cysteine (264C) at the amino acid position 264. Although there is only one amino acid difference between the two forms of aromatase, the 264C form was expressed in E. coli with the cold stress response induced by chloramphenicol while the 264R form was expressed by the coexpression of heat shock proteins GroES/GroEL. In the case of human aromatase, a clear protocol is important to determine the expression levels by the reduced CO-difference spectrum. Therefore, the expression methods for the two forms of human aromatase as well as a method for the determination of the reduced CO-difference spectrum will be described.
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- Norio Kagawa
- Office of Global COE, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
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Zhu J, Barycki R, Chiellini G, Deluca HF. Screening of selective inhibitors of 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 24-hydroxylase using recombinant human enzyme expressed in Escherichia coli. Biochemistry 2010; 49:10403-11. [PMID: 21058632 DOI: 10.1021/bi101488p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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High-level heterologous expression of human 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) 24-hydroxylase (CYP24A1) in Escherichia coli was attained via a fusion construct by appending the mature CYP24A1 without the leader sequence to the maltose binding protein (MBP). Facile purification was achieved efficiently through affinity chromatography and afforded fully functional enzyme of near homogeneity, with a k(cat) of 0.12 min(-1) and a K(M) of 0.19 μM toward 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) [1,25(OH)(2)D(3)]. A convenient and reliable cell-free assay was established and used to screen vitamin D analogues with potential inhibitory properties toward CYP24A1. Some of the compounds exhibited potent inhibition with K(I) values as low as 0.021 μM. Furthermore, TS17 and CPA1 exhibited superior specificity toward CYP24A1 over 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) 1α-hydroxylase (CYP27B1), with selectivities of 39 and 80, respectively. Addition of TS17 or CPA1 to a mouse osteoblast culture sustained the level of 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) in the medium. Their activities in vitamin D receptor (VDR) binding, CYP24A1 transcription, and HL-60 cell differentiation were evaluated as well.
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- Jinge Zhu
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, 433 Babcock Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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Sakaki T, Sugimoto H, Hayashi K, Yasuda K, Munetsuna E, Kamakura M, Ikushiro S, Shiro Y. Bioconversion of vitamin D to its active form by bacterial or mammalian cytochrome P450. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2010; 1814:249-56. [PMID: 20654743 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2010] [Revised: 06/29/2010] [Accepted: 07/12/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Bioconversion processes, including specific hydroxylations, promise to be useful for practical applications because chemical syntheses often involve complex procedures. One of the successful applications of P450 reactions is the bioconversion of vitamin D₃ to 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃. Recently, a cytochrome P450 gene encoding a vitamin D hydroxylase from the CYP107 family was cloned from Pseudonocardia autotrophica and is now applied in the bioconversion process that produces 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃. In addition, the directed evolution study of CYP107 has significantly enhanced its activity. On the other hand, we found that Streptomyces griseolus CYP105A1 can convert vitamin D₃ to 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃. Site-directed mutagenesis of CYP105A1 based on its crystal structure dramatically enhanced its activity. To date, multiple vitamin D hydroxylases have been found in bacteria, fungi, and mammals, suggesting that vitamin D is a popular substrate of the enzymes belonging to the P450 superfamily. A combination of these cytochrome P450s would produce a large number of compounds from vitamin D and its analogs. Therefore, we believe that the bioconversion of vitamin D and its analogs is one of the most promising P450 reactions in terms of practical application.
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- Toshiyuki Sakaki
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University, 5180 Kurokawa, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan.
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Tang EKY, Li W, Janjetovic Z, Nguyen MN, Wang Z, Slominski A, Tuckey RC. Purified mouse CYP27B1 can hydroxylate 20,23-dihydroxyvitamin D3, producing 1alpha,20,23-trihydroxyvitamin D3, which has altered biological activity. Drug Metab Dispos 2010; 38:1553-9. [PMID: 20554701 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.110.034389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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20,23-Dihydroxyvitamin D(3) [20,23(OH)(2)D(3)] is a biologically active metabolite produced by the action of cytochrome P450scc (CYP11A1) on vitamin D(3). It inhibits keratinocyte proliferation, stimulates differentiation, and inhibits nuclear factor-kappaB activity, working as a vitamin D receptor agonist. We have tested the ability of purified mouse 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) 1alpha-hydroxylase (CYP27B1) to add a 1alpha-hydroxyl group to this vitamin D analog and determined whether this altered its biological activity. 20,23(OH)(2)D(3) incorporated into phospholipid vesicles was converted to a single product by CYP27B1, confirmed to be 1alpha,20,23-trihydroxyvitamin D(3) [1,20,23(OH)(3)D(3)] by mass spectrometry and NMR. The 20,23(OH)(2)D(3) was a relatively poor substrate for CYP27B1 compared with the normal substrate, 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3), displaying a 5-fold higher K(m) and 8-fold lower k(cat) value. Both 20,23(OH)(2)D(3) and 1,20,23(OH)(3)D(3) decreased neonatal human epidermal keratinocyte proliferation, showing significant effects at a lower concentration (0.1 nM) than that seen for 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) [1,25(OH)(2)D(3)] at 24 h of treatment. Both compounds also decreased cell biomass relative to that of control cells, measured by staining with sulforhodamine B. They caused little stimulation of the expression of the vitamin D receptor at the mRNA level compared with the 30-fold induction observed with the same concentration (100 nM) of 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) at 24 h. Addition of a 1alpha-hydroxyl group to 20,23(OH)(2)D(3) greatly enhanced its ability to stimulate the expression of the CYP24 gene but not to the extent seen with 1,25(OH)(2)D(3). This study shows that purified CYP27B1 can add a 1alpha-hydroxyl group to 20,23(OH)(2)D(3) with the product showing altered biological activity, especially for the stimulation of CYP24 gene expression.
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- Edith K Y Tang
- School of Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia
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Tang EKY, Voo KJQ, Nguyen MN, Tuckey RC. Metabolism of substrates incorporated into phospholipid vesicles by mouse 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 1alpha-hydroxylase (CYP27B1). J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 2010; 119:171-9. [PMID: 20193763 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2010.02.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2009] [Revised: 02/23/2010] [Accepted: 02/23/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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CYP27B1 catalyzes the 1alpha-hydroxylation of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 to 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, the hormonally active form of vitamin D3. To further characterize mouse CYP27B1, it was expressed in Escherichia coli, purified and its activity measured on substrates incorporated into phospholipid vesicles, which served as a model of the inner mitochondrial membrane. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 in vesicles underwent 1alpha-hydroxylation with similar kinetics, the catalytic rate constants (k(cat)) were 41 and 48mol/min/mol P450, respectively, while K(m) values were 5.9 and 4.6mmol/mol phospholipid, respectively. CYP27B1 showed inhibition when substrate concentrations in the membrane were greater than 4 times K(m), more pronounced with 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 than 25-hydroxyvitamin D2. Higher catalytic efficiency was seen in vesicles prepared from dioleoyl phosphatidylcholine and cardiolipin than for dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine vesicles. CYP27B1 also catalyzed 1alpha-hydroxylation of vesicle-associated 24R,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 and 20-hydroxyvitamin D3, and 25-hydroxylation of 1alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3 and 1alpha-hydroxyvitamin D2, but with much lower efficiency than for 25(OH)D3. This study shows that CYP27B1 can hydroxylate 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 associated with phospholipid membranes with the highest activity yet reported for the enzyme. The expressed enzyme has low activity at higher concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in membranes, revealing that substrate inhibition may contribute to the regulation of the activity of this enzyme.
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- Edith K Y Tang
- School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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Novikova LA, Faletrov YV, Kovaleva IE, Mauersberger S, Luzikov VN, Shkumatov VM. From structure and functions of steroidogenic enzymes to new technologies of gene engineering. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2010; 74:1482-504. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297909130057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Brüsehaber E, Schwiebs A, Schmidt M, Böttcher D, Bornscheuer UT. Production of pig liver esterase in batch fermentation of E. coli Origami. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2009; 86:1337-44. [PMID: 20024542 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2392-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2009] [Revised: 11/07/2009] [Accepted: 11/29/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The establishment of a fermentation process for the production of pig liver esterase (PLE) in high yields is necessary for industrial applications. In our previous studies, we reported the recombinant expression of PLE in Escherichia coli Origami (DE3) in shake flask. Only a coexpression with chaperones GroEL/ES allowed the production of soluble and active enzyme. The optimization of the cultivation conditions, such as temperature, inducer concentrations, or media compositions to increase enzyme yield in a fermentation process is described here. Using fed-batch fermentation cell densities up to OD = 50 were obtained, but almost no active enzyme was expressed. Only batch fermentation was found suitable for production of active pig liver esterase and cell densities between OD = 7-13 and activities of 300-400 U L(-1) for isoenzyme PLE-1 (gammaPLE) and 1,400 U L(-1) for PLE-5 were obtained after 22 h total cultivation time or 18 h after induction of PLE expression, respectively.
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- Elke Brüsehaber
- Department of Biotechnology & Enzyme Catalysis, Institute of Biochemistry, Greifswald University, Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 4, 17487, Greifswald, Germany
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Purification, characterization, and directed evolution study of a vitamin D3 hydroxylase from Pseudonocardia autotrophica. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 385:170-5. [PMID: 19450562 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.05.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2009] [Accepted: 05/10/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Vitamin D(3) (VD(3)) is a fat-soluble prohormone that plays a crucial role in bone metabolism, immunity, and control of cell proliferation and cell differentiation in mammals. The actinomycete Pseudonocardia autotrophica is capable of bioconversion of VD(3) into its physiologically active forms, namely, 25(OH)VD(3) or 1alpha,25(OH)(2)VD(3). In this study, we isolated and characterized Vdh (vitamin D(3) hydroxylase), which hydroxylates VD(3) from P. autotrophica NBRC 12743. The vdh gene encodes a protein containing 403 amino acids with a molecular weight of 44,368Da. This hydroxylase was found to be homologous with the P450 belonging to CYP107 family. Vdh had the same ratio of the V(max) values for VD(3) 25-hydroxylation and 25(OH)VD(3) 1alpha-hydroxylation, while other enzymes showed preferential regio-specific hydroxylation on VD(3). We characterized a collection of Vdh mutants obtained by random mutagenesis and obtained a Vdh-K1 mutant by the combination of four amino acid substitutions. Vdh-K1 showed one-order higher VD(3) 25-hydroxylase activity than the wild-type enzyme. Biotransformation of VD(3) into 25(OH)VD(3) was successfully accomplished with a Vdh-expressed recombinant strain of actinobacterium Rhodococcus erythropolis. Vdh may be a useful enzyme for the production of physiologically active forms of VD(3) by a single cytochrome P450.
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Yasutake Y, Fujii Y, Cheon WK, Arisawa A, Tamura T. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of vitamin D3 hydroxylase, a novel cytochrome P450 isolated from Pseudonocardia autotrophica. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2009; 65:372-5. [PMID: 19342783 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309109007829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2009] [Accepted: 03/04/2009] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Vitamin D(3) hydroxylase (Vdh) is a novel cytochrome P450 monooxygenase isolated from the actinomycete Pseudonocardia autotrophica and consisting of 403 amino-acid residues. Vdh catalyzes the activation of vitamin D(3) via sequential hydroxylation reactions: these reactions involve the conversion of vitamin D(3) (cholecalciferol or VD3) to 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) [25(OH)VD3] and the subsequent conversion of 25(OH)VD3 to 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) [calciferol or 1alpha,25(OH)(2)VD3]. Overexpression of recombinant Vdh was carried out using a Rhodococcus erythropolis expression system and the protein was subsequently purified and crystallized. Two different crystal forms were obtained by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method at 293 K using polyethylene glycol as a precipitant. The form I crystal belonged to the trigonal space group P3(1), with unit-cell parameters a = b = 61.7, c = 98.8 A. There is one Vdh molecule in the asymmetric unit, with a solvent content of 47.6%. The form II crystal was grown in the presence of 25(OH)VD3 and belonged to the orthorhombic system P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 63.4, b = 65.6 c = 102.2 A. There is one Vdh molecule in the asymmetric unit, with a solvent content of 46.7%. Native data sets were collected to resolutions of 1.75 and 3.05 A for form I and form II crystals, respectively, using synchrotron radiation. The structure solution was obtained by the molecular-replacement method and model refinement is in progress for the form I crystal.
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- Yoshiaki Yasutake
- Research Institute of Genome-based Biofactory, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Toyohira-ku, Sapporo 062-8517, Japan
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Kolaj O, Spada S, Robin S, Wall JG. Use of folding modulators to improve heterologous protein production in Escherichia coli. Microb Cell Fact 2009; 8:9. [PMID: 19173718 PMCID: PMC2642769 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-8-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2008] [Accepted: 01/27/2009] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Despite the fundamental importance of E. coli in the manufacture of a wide range of biotechnological and biomedical products, extensive process and/or target optimisation is routinely required in order to achieve functional yields in excess of low mg/l levels. Molecular chaperones and folding catalysts appear to present a panacea for problems of heterologous protein folding in the organism, due largely to their broad substrate range compared with, e.g., protein-specific mutagenesis approaches. Painstaking investigation of chaperone overproduction has, however, met with mixed - and largely unpredictable - results to date. The past 5 years have nevertheless seen an explosion in interest in exploiting the native folding modulators of E. coli, and particularly cocktails thereof, driven largely by the availability of plasmid systems that facilitate simultaneous, non-rational screening of multiple chaperones during recombinant protein expression. As interest in using E. coli to produce recombinant membrane proteins and even glycoproteins grows, approaches to reduce aggregation, delay host cell lysis and optimise expression of difficult-to-express recombinant proteins will become even more critical over the coming years. In this review, we critically evaluate the performance of molecular chaperones and folding catalysts native to E. coli in improving functional production of heterologous proteins in the bacterium and we discuss how they might best be exploited to provide increased amounts of correctly-folded, active protein for biochemical and biophysical studies.
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- Olga Kolaj
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences and Materials and Surface Science Institute, University of Limerick, National Technology Park, Limerick, Ireland.
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Julsing MK, Cornelissen S, Bühler B, Schmid A. Heme-iron oxygenases: powerful industrial biocatalysts? Curr Opin Chem Biol 2008; 12:177-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2007] [Revised: 01/18/2008] [Accepted: 01/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Zöllner A, Kagawa N, Waterman MR, Nonaka Y, Takio K, Shiro Y, Hannemann F, Bernhardt R. Purification and functional characterization of human 11beta hydroxylase expressed in Escherichia coli. FEBS J 2008; 275:799-810. [PMID: 18215163 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06253.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The human 11beta-hydroxylase (hCYP11B1) is responsible for the conversion of 11-deoxycortisol into the major mammalian glucocorticoid, cortisol. The reduction equivalents needed for this reaction are provided via a short electron transfer chain consisting of a [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin and a FAD-containing reductase. On the biochemical and biophysical level, little is known about hCYP11B1 because it is very unstable for analyses performed in vitro. This instability is also the reason why it has not been possible to stably express it so far in Escherichia coli and subsequently purify it. In the present study, we report on the successful and reproducible purification of recombinant hCYP11B1 coexpressed with molecular chaperones GroES/GroEL in E. coli. The protein was highly purified to apparent homogeneity, as observed by SDS/PAGE. Upon mass spectrometry, the mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) of the protein was estimated to be 55 761, which is consistent with the value 55 760.76 calculated for the form lacking the translational initiator Met. The functionality of hCYP11B1 was analyzed using different methods (substrate conversion assays, stopped-flow, Biacore). The results clearly demonstrate that the enzyme is capable of hydroxylating its substrates at position 11-beta. Moreover, the determined NADPH coupling percentage for the hCYP11B1 catalyzed reactions using either 11-deoxycortisol or 11-deoxycorticosterone as substrates was approximately 75% in both cases. Biacore and stopped-flow measurements indicate that hCYP11B1 possesses more than one binding site for its redox partner adrenodoxin, possibly resulting in the formation of more than one productive complexes. In addition, we performed CD measurements to obtain information about the structure of hCYP11B1.
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- Andy Zöllner
- Department of Biochemistry, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Urushino N, Nakabayashi S, Arai MA, Kittaka A, Chen TC, Yamamoto K, Hayashi K, Kato S, Ohta M, Kamakura M, Ikushiro S, Sakaki T. Kinetic Studies of 25-Hydroxy-19-nor-vitamin D3 and 1α,25-Dihydroxy-19-nor-vitamin D3 Hydroxylation by CYP27B1 and CYP24A1. Drug Metab Dispos 2007; 35:1482-8. [PMID: 17553915 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.107.015602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Our previous study demonstrated that 25-hydroxy-19-nor-vitamin D(3) [25(OH)-19-nor-D(3)] inhibited the proliferation of immortalized noncancerous PZ-HPV-7 prostate cells similar to 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) [1 alpha,25(OH)(2)D(3)], suggesting that 25(OH)-19-nor-D(3) might be converted to 1 alpha,25-dihydroxy-19-nor-vitamin D(3) [1 alpha,25(OH)(2)-19-nor-D(3)] by CYP27B1 before exerting its antiproliferative activity. Using an in vitro cell-free model to study the kinetics of CYP27B1-dependent 1 alpha-hydroxylation of 25(OH)-19-nor-D(3) and 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) [25(OH)D(3)] and CYP24A1-dependent hydroxylation of 1 alpha,25(OH)-19-nor-D(3) and 1 alpha,25(OH)(2)D(3), we found that k(cat)/K(m) for 1 alpha-hydroxylation of 25(OH)-19-nor-D(3) was less than 0.1% of that for 25(OH)D(3), and the k(cat)/K(m) value for 24-hydroxylation was not significantly different between 1 alpha,25(OH)(2)-19-nor-D(3) and 1 alpha,25(OH)(2)D(3). The data suggest a much slower formation and a similar rate of degradation of 1 alpha,25(OH)(2)-19-nor-D(3) compared with 1 alpha,25(OH)(2)D(3). We then analyzed the metabolites of 25(OH)D(3) and 25(OH)-19-nor-D(3) in PZ-HPV-7 cells by high-performance liquid chromatography. We found that a peak that comigrated with 1 alpha,25(OH)(2)D(3) was detected in cells incubated with 25(OH)D(3), whereas no 1 alpha,25(OH)(2)-19-nor-D(3) was detected in cells incubated with 25(OH)-19-nor-D(3). Thus, the present results do not support our previous hypothesis that 25(OH)-19-nor-D(3) is converted to 1 alpha,25(OH)(2)-19-nor-D(3) by CYP27B1 in prostate cells to inhibit cell proliferation. We hypothesize that 25(OH)-19-nor-D(3) by itself may have a novel mechanism to activate vitamin D receptor or it is metabolized in prostate cells to an unknown metabolite with antiproliferative activity without 1 alpha-hydroxylation. Thus, the results suggest that 25(OH)-19-nor-D(3) has potential as an attractive agent for prostate cancer therapy.
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- Naoko Urushino
- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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Rupasinghe S, Schuler MA, Kagawa N, Yuan H, Lei L, Zhao B, Kelly SL, Waterman MR, Lamb DC. The cytochrome P450 gene family CYP157 does not contain EXXR in the K-helix reducing the absolute conserved P450 residues to a single cysteine. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:6338-42. [PMID: 17092500 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.10.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2006] [Revised: 10/19/2006] [Accepted: 10/19/2006] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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In this work, we have spectroscopically characterised CYP157C1 from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) which has the motif E(297)QSLW(301) rather than the invariant EXXR motif in the P450 K-helix. Site-directed mutagenesis of native E(297)QSLW(301) in CYP157C1 to E(297)ESLR(301) or E(297)QSRW(301) both containing standard EXXR motifs produced cytochrome P420 proteins thought to be inactive forms of P450 even though wild type CYP157C1 has the spectral properties of a normal P450. These results indicate that the EXXR motif is not required in all CYP tertiary architectures and only a single cysteine residue, which coordinates as the fifth thiolate ligand to the P450 haem iron, is invariant in all CYPs structures.
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- Sanjeewa Rupasinghe
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois, 1201 W Gregory Dr, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Hamamoto H, Kusudo T, Urushino N, Masuno H, Yamamoto K, Yamada S, Kamakura M, Ohta M, Inouye K, Sakaki T. Structure-function analysis of vitamin D 24-hydroxylase (CYP24A1) by site-directed mutagenesis: amino acid residues responsible for species-based difference of CYP24A1 between humans and rats. Mol Pharmacol 2006; 70:120-8. [PMID: 16617161 DOI: 10.1124/mol.106.023275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Our previous studies revealed the species-based difference of CYP24A1-dependent vitamin D metabolism. Although human CYP24A1 catalyzes both C-23 and C-24 oxidation pathways, rat CYP24A1 shows almost no C-23 oxidation pathway. We tried to identify amino acid residues that cause the species-based difference by site-directed mutagenesis. In the putative substrate-binding regions, amino acid residue of rat CYP24A1 was converted to the corresponding residue of human CYP24A1. Among eight mutants examined, T416M and I500T showed C-23 oxidation pathway. In addition, the mutant I500F showed quite a different metabolism of 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1alpha,25(OH)2D3] from both human and rat CYP24A1. These results strongly suggest that the amino acid residues at positions 416 and 500 play a crucial role in substrate binding and greatly affect substrate orientation. A three-dimensional model of CYP24A1 indicated that the A-ring and triene part of 1alpha,25(OH)2D3 could be located close to amino acid residues at positions 416 and 500, respectively. Our findings provide useful information for the development of new vitamin D analogs for clinical use.
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- Hiromi Hamamoto
- Biotechnology Research Center, Faculty of Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University, 5180 Kurokawa, Imizu, Toyama 939-0398, Japan
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Arase M, Waterman MR, Kagawa N. Purification and characterization of bovine steroid 21-hydroxylase (P450c21) efficiently expressed in Escherichia coli. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 344:400-5. [PMID: 16597434 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.03.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2006] [Accepted: 03/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Steroid 21-hydroxylase, P450c21, is responsible for the conversion of progesterone and 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone to their 21-hydroxylated derivatives. P450c21 has been poorly investigated because of difficulty in obtaining sufficient quantities of purified protein. To solve the problem, we have attempted to express the bovine P450c21 in Escherichia coli as a stable form. The N-terminal membrane anchor and basic regions of P450c21 were replaced by the basic region of CYP2C3. The engineered P450c21 was expressed at a level higher than 1.2micromol/L culture (>60mg/L) when coexpressed with molecular chaperones GroES/GroEL. Utilizing three steps of column chromatography, the protein was highly purified to the specific content 16.6nmol/mg (91.2% purity). The purified protein is a monomer in the presence of 1% sodium cholate as determined by gel filtration analysis, suggesting that this membrane anchor-truncated form of P450c21 is more soluble than the native form. The purified enzyme showed typical substrate-binding difference spectra and 21-hydroxylase activities for both progesterone and 17alpha-hydroxyprogesterone. Truncation of the membrane anchor increases solubility of P450c21 facilitating expression of this protein in E. coli yielding sufficient quantities for both biochemical and biophysical studies.
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- Miharu Arase
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Wu ZL, Bartleson CJ, Ham AJL, Guengerich FP. Heterologous expression, purification, and properties of human cytochrome P450 27C1. Arch Biochem Biophys 2006; 445:138-46. [PMID: 16360114 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2005.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2005] [Revised: 11/04/2005] [Accepted: 11/05/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cytochrome P450 (P450) 27C1 is one of the "orphan" P450 enzymes without a known biological function. A human P450 27C1 cDNA with a nucleotide sequence modified for Escherichia coli usage was prepared and modified at the N-terminus, based on the expected mitochondrial localization. A derivative with residues 3-60 deleted was expressed at a level of 1350nmol/L E. coli culture and had the characteristic P450 spectra. The identity of the expressed protein was confirmed by mass spectrometry of proteolytic fragments. The purified P450 was in the low-spin iron state, and the spin equilibrium was not perturbed by any of the potential substrates vitamin D(3), 1alpha- or 25-hydroxy vitamin D(3), or cholesterol. P450s 27A1 and 27B1 are known to catalyze the 25-hydroxylation of vitamin D(3) and the 1alpha-hydroxylation of 25-hydroxy vitamin D(3), respectively. In the presence of recombinant human adrenodoxin and adrenodoxin reductase, recombinant P450 27C1 did not catalyze the oxidation of vitamin D(3), 1alpha- or 25-hydroxy vitamin D(3), or cholesterol at detectable rates. P450 27C1 mRNA was determined to be expressed in liver, kidney, pancreas, and several other human tissues.
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- Zhong-Liu Wu
- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0146, USA
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Mitsuda M, Iwasaki M. Improvement in the expression of CYP2B6 by co-expression with molecular chaperones GroES/EL in Escherichia coli. Protein Expr Purif 2005; 46:401-5. [PMID: 16310378 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2005.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2005] [Revised: 09/24/2005] [Accepted: 10/18/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Improvement of CYP2B6 expression was examined by co-expression with molecular chaperones GroES/EL. Although a CO-reduced difference spectrum was not detected in Escherichia coli transformed only by the CYP2B6-expressing vector, co-expression of GroES/EL resulted in high-level expression which reached over 2000 nmol P450/L. CYP2B6 was purified from the E. coli membrane with a high yield. Purified CYP2B6 showed 7-ethoxy-4-trifluoromethylcoumarin O-deethylase activity in a reconstitution system. This expression system would be useful for the production of large amounts of active CYP2B6 and for the detailed analysis of the enzyme.
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- Maori Mitsuda
- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 2-17-85, Jusohonmachi, Osaka 532-8686, Japan
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Xu Y, Hashizume T, Shuhart MC, Davis CL, Nelson WL, Sakaki T, Kalhorn TF, Watkins PB, Schuetz EG, Thummel KE. Intestinal and hepatic CYP3A4 catalyze hydroxylation of 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3): implications for drug-induced osteomalacia. Mol Pharmacol 2005; 69:56-65. [PMID: 16207822 DOI: 10.1124/mol.105.017392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The decline in bone mineral density that occurs after long-term treatment with some antiepileptic drugs is thought to be mediated by increased vitamin D(3) metabolism. In this study, we show that the inducible enzyme CYP3A4 is a major source of oxidative metabolism of 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) [1,25(OH)(2)D(3)] in human liver and small intestine and could contribute to this adverse effect. Heterologously-expressed CYP3A4 catalyzed the 23- and 24-hydroxylation of 1,25(OH)(2)D(3). No human microsomal cytochrome P450 enzyme tested, other than CYP3A5, supported these reactions. CYP3A4 exhibited opposite product stereochemical preference compared with that of CYP24A1, a known 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) hydroxylase. The three major metabolites generated by CYP3A4 were 1,23R,25(OH)(3)D(3), 1,24S,25(OH)(3)D(3), and 1,23S,25(OH)(3)D(3). Although the metabolic clearance of CYP3A4 was less than that of CYP24A1, comparison of metabolite profiles and experiments using CYP3A-specific inhibitors indicated that CYP3A4 was the dominant source of 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) 23- and 24-hydroxylase activity in both human small intestine and liver. Consistent with this observation, analysis of mRNA isolated from human intestine and liver (including samples from donors treated with phenytoin) revealed a general absence of CYP24A1 mRNA. In addition, expression of CYP3A4 mRNA in a panel of duodenal samples was significantly correlated with the mRNA level of a known vitamin D receptor gene target, calbindin-D9K. These and other data suggest that induction of CYP3A4-dependent 1,25(OH)(2)D(3) metabolism by antiepileptic drugs and other PXR ligands may diminish intestinal effects of the hormone and contribute to osteomalacia.
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- Yang Xu
- Department of Pharmaceutics, Box 357610, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7610, USA
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Yamamoto K, Uchida E, Urushino N, Sakaki T, Kagawa N, Sawada N, Kamakura M, Kato S, Inouye K, Yamada S. Identification of the amino acid residue of CYP27B1 responsible for binding of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 whose mutation causes vitamin D-dependent rickets type 1. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:30511-6. [PMID: 15972816 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m505244200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We previously reported the three-dimensional structure of human CYP27B1 (25-hydroxyvitamin D3 1alpha-hydroxylase) constructed by homology modeling. Using the three-dimensional model we studied the docking of the substrate, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, into the substrate binding pocket of CYP27B1. In this study, we focused on the amino acid residues whose point mutations cause vitamin D-dependent rickets type 1, especially unconserved residues among mitochondrial CYPs such as Gln65 and Thr409. Recently, we successfully overexpressed mouse CYP27B1 by using a GroEL/ES co-expression system. In a mutation study of mouse CYP27B1 that included spectroscopic analysis, we concluded that in a 1alpha-hydroxylation process, Ser408 of mouse CYP27B1 corresponding to Thr409 of human CYP27B1 forms a hydrogen bond with the 25-hydroxyl group of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3. This is the first report that shows a critical amino acid residue recognizing the 25-hydroxyl group of the vitamin D3.
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- Keiko Yamamoto
- Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering & School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 2-3-10 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan
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Abe D, Sakaki T, Kusudo T, Kittaka A, Saito N, Suhara Y, Fujishima T, Takayama H, Hamamoto H, Kamakura M, Ohta M, Inouye K. METABOLISM OF 2α-PROPOXY-1α,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D3AND 2α-(3-HYDROXYPROPOXY)-1α,25-DIHYDROXYVITAMIN D3BY HUMAN CYP27A1 AND CYP24A1. Drug Metab Dispos 2005; 33:778-84. [PMID: 15764712 DOI: 10.1124/dmd.104.003038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Recently, we demonstrated that some A-ring-modified vitamin D3 analogs had unique biological activity. Of these analogs, 2alpha-propoxy-1alpha,25(OH)2D3 (C3O1) and 2alpha-(3-hydroxypropoxy)-1alpha,25(OH)2D3 (O2C3) were examined for metabolism by CYP27A1 and CYP24A1. Surprisingly, CYP27A1 catalyzed the conversion from C3O1 to O2C3, which has 3 times more affinity for vitamin D receptor than C3O1. Thus, the conversion from C3O1 to O2C3 by CYP27A1 is considered to be a metabolic activation process. Five metabolites were detected in the metabolism of C3O1 and O2C3 by human CYP24A1 including both C-23 and C-24 oxidation pathways. On the other hand, three metabolites of the C-24 oxidation pathway were detected in their metabolism by rat CYP24A1, indicating a species-based difference in the CYP24A1-dependent metabolism of C3O1 and O2C3 between humans and rats. Kinetic analysis revealed that the Km and kcat values of human CYP24A1 for O2C3 are, respectively, approximately 16 times more and 3 times less than those for 1alpha,25(OH)2D3. Thus, the catalytic efficiency, kcat/Km, of human CYP24A1 for O2C3 is only 2% of 1alpha,25(OH)2D3. These results and a high calcium effect of C3O1 and O2C3 in animal experiments using rats suggest that C3O1 and O2C3 are promising for clinical treatment of osteoporosis.
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- Daisuke Abe
- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Shinkyo R, Sakaki T, Kamakura M, Ohta M, Inouye K. Metabolism of vitamin D by human microsomal CYP2R1. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 324:451-7. [PMID: 15465040 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.09.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2004] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The activation of vitamin D requires 25-hydroxylation in the liver and 1alpha-hydroxylation in the kidney. However, it remains unclear which enzyme is relevant to vitamin D 25-hydroxylation. Recently, human CYP2R1 has been reported to be a potential candidate for a hepatic vitamin D 25-hydroxylase. Thus, vitamin D metabolism by CYP2R1 was compared with human mitochondrial CYP27A1, which used to be considered a physiologically important vitamin D(3) 25-hydroxylase. A clear difference was observed between CYP2R1 and CYP27A1 in the metabolism of vitamin D(2). CYP2R1 hydroxylated vitamin D(2) at the C-25 position while CYP27A1 hydroxylated it at positions C-24 and C-27. The K(m) and k(cat) values for the CYP2R1-dependent 25-hydroxylation activity toward vitamin D(3) were 0.45microM and 0.97min(-1), respectively. The k(cat)/K(m) value of CYP2R1 was 26-fold higher than that of CYP27A1. These results strongly suggest that CYP2R1 plays a physiologically important role in the vitamin D 25-hydroxylation in humans.
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- Raku Shinkyo
- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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