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Ratan Y, Rajput A, Pareek A, Pareek A, Kaur R, Sonia S, Kumar R, Singh G. Recent Advances in Biomolecular Patho-Mechanistic Pathways behind the Development and Progression of Diabetic Neuropathy. Biomedicines 2024; 12:1390. [PMID: 39061964 PMCID: PMC11273858 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines12071390] [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: 05/07/2024] [Revised: 06/12/2024] [Accepted: 06/19/2024] [Indexed: 07/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Diabetic neuropathy (DN) is a neurodegenerative disorder that is primarily characterized by distal sensory loss, reduced mobility, and foot ulcers that may potentially lead to amputation. The multifaceted etiology of DN is linked to a range of inflammatory, vascular, metabolic, and other neurodegenerative factors. Chronic inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, and oxidative stress are the three basic biological changes that contribute to the development of DN. Although our understanding of the intricacies of DN has advanced significantly over the past decade, the distinctive mechanisms underlying the condition are still poorly understood, which may be the reason behind the lack of an effective treatment and cure for DN. The present study delivers a comprehensive understanding and highlights the potential role of the several pathways and molecular mechanisms underlying the etiopathogenesis of DN. Moreover, Schwann cells and satellite glial cells, as integral factors in the pathogenesis of DN, have been enlightened. This work will motivate allied research disciplines to gain a better understanding and analysis of the current state of the biomolecular mechanisms behind the pathogenesis of DN, which will be essential to effectively address every facet of DN, from prevention to treatment.
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- Yashumati Ratan
- Department of Pharmacy, Banasthali Vidyapith, Banasthali 304022, Rajasthan, India; (A.R.); (A.P.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Banasthali Vidyapith, Banasthali 304022, Rajasthan, India; (A.R.); (A.P.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Banasthali Vidyapith, Banasthali 304022, Rajasthan, India; (A.R.); (A.P.); (A.P.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Banasthali Vidyapith, Banasthali 304022, Rajasthan, India; (A.R.); (A.P.); (A.P.)
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- Adesh Institute of Dental Sciences and Research, Bathinda 151101, Punjab, India;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India;
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- Baba Ragav Das Government Medical College, Gorakhpur 273013, Uttar Pradesh, India;
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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Erba F, Mei G, Minicozzi V, Sabatucci A, Di Venere A, Maccarrone M. Conformational Dynamics of Lipoxygenases and Their Interaction with Biological Membranes. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:2241. [PMID: 38396917 PMCID: PMC10889196 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25042241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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Lipoxygenases (LOXs) are a family of enzymes that includes different fatty acid oxygenases with a common tridimensional structure. The main functions of LOXs are the production of signaling compounds and the structural modifications of biological membranes. These features of LOXs, their widespread presence in all living organisms, and their involvement in human diseases have attracted the attention of the scientific community over the last decades, leading to several studies mainly focused on understanding their catalytic mechanism and designing effective inhibitors. The aim of this review is to discuss the state-of-the-art of a different, much less explored aspect of LOXs, that is, their interaction with lipid bilayers. To this end, the general architecture of six relevant LOXs (namely human 5-, 12-, and 15-LOX, rabbit 12/15-LOX, coral 8-LOX, and soybean 15-LOX), with different specificity towards the fatty acid substrates, is analyzed through the available crystallographic models. Then, their putative interface with a model membrane is examined in the frame of the conformational flexibility of LOXs, that is due to their peculiar tertiary structure. Finally, the possible future developments that emerge from the available data are discussed.
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- Fulvio Erba
- Department of Clinical Science and Translational Medicine, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Physics and INFN, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Via Della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Biosciences and Technology for Food Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Via Renato Balzarini 1, 64100 Teramo, Italy;
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Tor Vergata University of Rome, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, Via Vetoio, Coppito, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy
- European Center for Brain Research (CERC), Santa Lucia Foundation IRCCS, 00143 Rome, Italy
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Oliw EH. Thirty years with three-dimensional structures of lipoxygenases. Arch Biochem Biophys 2024; 752:109874. [PMID: 38145834 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2023.109874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2023] [Revised: 12/17/2023] [Accepted: 12/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
Abstract
The X-ray crystal structures of soybean lipoxygenase (LOX) and rabbit 15-LOX were reported in the 1990s. Subsequent 3D structures demonstrated a conserved U-like shape of the substrate cavities as reviewed here. The 8-LOX:arachidonic acid (AA) complex showed AA bound to the substrate cavity carboxylate-out with C10 at 3.4 Å from the iron metal center. A recent cryo-electron microscopy (EM) analysis of the 12-LOX:AA complex illustrated AA in the same position as in the 8-LOX:AA complex. The 15- and 12-LOX complexes with isoenzyme-specific inhibitors/substrate mimics confirmed the U-fold. 5-LOX oxidizes AA to leukotriene A4, the first step in biosynthesis of mediators of asthma. The X-ray structure showed that the entrance to the substrate cavity was closed to AA by Phe and Tyr residues of a partly unfolded α2-helix. Recent X-ray analysis revealed that soaking with inhibitors shifted the short α2-helix to a long and continuous, which opened the substrate cavity. The α2-helix also adopted two conformations in 15-LOX. 12-LOX dimers consisted of one closed and one open subunit with an elongated α2-helix. 13C-ENDOR-MD computations of the 9-MnLOX:linoleate complex showed carboxylate-out position with C11 placed 3.4 ± 0.1 Å from the catalytic water. 3D structures have provided a solid ground for future research.
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- Ernst H Oliw
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Box 591, SE 751 24, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Aziz N, Dash B, Wal P, Kumari P, Joshi P, Wal A. New Horizons in Diabetic Neuropathies: An Updated Review on their Pathology, Diagnosis, Mechanism, Screening Techniques, Pharmacological, and Future Approaches. Curr Diabetes Rev 2024; 20:e201023222416. [PMID: 37867268 DOI: 10.2174/0115733998242299231011181615] [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: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND One of the largest problems for global public health is diabetes mellitus (DM) and its micro and macrovascular consequences. Although prevention, diagnosis, and treatment have generally improved, its incidence is predicted to keep rising over the coming years. Due to the intricacy of the molecular mechanisms, which include inflammation, oxidative stress, and angiogenesis, among others, discovering treatments to stop or slow the course of diabetic complications is still a current unmet need. METHODS The pathogenesis and development of diabetic neuropathies may be explained by a wide variety of molecular pathways, hexosamine pathways, such as MAPK pathway, PARP pathway, oxidative stress pathway polyol (sorbitol) pathway, cyclooxygenase pathway, and lipoxygenase pathway. Although diabetic neuropathies can be treated symptomatically, there are limited options for treating the underlying cause. RESULT Various pathways and screening models involved in diabetic neuropathies are discussed, along with their possible outcomes. Moreover, both medicinal and non-medical approaches to therapy are also explored. CONCLUSION This study highlights the probable involvement of several processes and pathways in the establishment of diabetic neuropathies and presents in-depth knowledge of new therapeutic approaches intended to stop, delay, or reverse different types of diabetic complications.
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- Namra Aziz
- Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology (Pharmacy), Bhauti, Kanpur 209305, UP, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Medical Sciences, ADAMAS University, Kolkata 700 126, West Bengal, India
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- Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology (Pharmacy), Bhauti, Kanpur 209305, UP, India
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- Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology (Pharmacy), Bhauti, Kanpur 209305, UP, India
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- Uttaranchal Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun 248007, Uttarakhand, India
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- Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology (Pharmacy), Bhauti, Kanpur 209305, UP, India
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Manivarma T, Kapralov AA, Samovich SN, Tyurina YY, Tyurin VA, VanDemark AP, Nowak W, Bayır H, Bahar I, Kagan VE, Mikulska-Ruminska K. Membrane regulation of 15LOX-1/PEBP1 complex prompts the generation of ferroptotic signals, oxygenated PEs. Free Radic Biol Med 2023; 208:458-467. [PMID: 37678654 PMCID: PMC10952060 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023]
Abstract
Ferroptosis is a regulated form of cell death, the mechanism of which is still to be understood. 15-lipoxygenase (15LOX) complex with phosphatidylethanolamine (PE)-binding protein 1 (PEBP1) catalyzes the generation of pro-ferroptotic cell death signals, hydroperoxy-polyunsaturated PE. We focused on gaining new insights into the molecular basis of these pro-ferroptotic interactions using computational modeling and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry experiments. Simulations of 15LOX-1/PEBP1 complex dynamics and interactions with lipids revealed that association with the membrane triggers a conformational change in the complex. This conformational change facilitates the access of stearoyl/arachidonoyl-PE (SAPE) substrates to the catalytic site. Furthermore, the binding of SAPE promotes tight interactions within the complex and induces further conformational changes that facilitate the oxidation reaction. The reaction yields two hydroperoxides as products, 15-HpETE-PE and 12-HpETE-PE, at a ratio of 5:1. A significant effect of PEBP1 is observed only on the predominant product. Moreover, combined experiments and simulations consistently demonstrate the significance of PEBP1 P112E mutation in generating ferroptotic cell death signals.
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- Thiliban Manivarma
- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun, Poland
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care and Hospital Medicine, Redox Health Center, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun, Poland
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care and Hospital Medicine, Redox Health Center, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Laufer Center for Physical and Quantitative Biology and Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, New York, USA.
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health and Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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- Institute of Physics, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Informatics, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Torun, Poland.
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Mobbs JI, Black KA, Tran M, Burger WAC, Venugopal H, Holman TR, Holinstat M, Thal DM, Glukhova A. Cryo-EM structures of human arachidonate 12S-lipoxygenase bound to endogenous and exogenous inhibitors. Blood 2023; 142:1233-1242. [PMID: 37506345 PMCID: PMC10579047 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2023020441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Human 12-lipoxygenase (12-LOX) is a key enzyme involved in platelet activation, and the regulation of its activity has been targeted for the treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Despite the clinical importance of 12-LOX, the exact mechanisms by which it affects platelet activation are not fully understood, and the lack of structural information has limited drug discovery efforts. In this study, we used single-particle cryo-electron microscopy to determine high-resolution structures (1.7-2.8 Å) of human 12-LOX. Our results showed that 12-LOX can exist in multiple oligomeric states, from monomer to hexamer, which may affect its catalytic activity and membrane association. We also identified different conformations within the 12-LOX dimer, which likely represent different time points in its catalytic cycle. Furthermore, we identified small molecules bound to 12-LOX. The active site of the 12-LOX tetramer was occupied by an endogenous 12-LOX inhibitor, a long-chain acyl coenzyme A. In addition, we found that the 12-LOX hexamer can simultaneously bind to arachidonic acid and ML355, a selective 12-LOX inhibitor that has passed a phase 1 clinical trial for the treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and received a fast-track designation by the Food and Drug Administration. Overall, our findings provide novel insights into the assembly of 12-LOX oligomers, their catalytic mechanism, and small molecule binding, paving the way for further drug development targeting the 12-LOX enzyme.
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- Jesse I. Mobbs
- Drug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- ARC Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Structural Biology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
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- ARC Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Structural Biology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Ramaciotti Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Drug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- ARC Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Drug Discovery Biology, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- ARC Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Structural Biology Division, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Bhuktar H, Shukla S, Kakularam KR, Battu S, Srikanth M, Srivastava S, Medishetti R, Ram P, Jagadish PC, Rasool M, Chakraborty S, Khan N, Reddanna P, Oruganti S, Pal M. Design, synthesis and evaluation of 2-aryl quinoline derivatives against 12R-lipoxygenase (12R-LOX): Discovery of first inhibitor of 12R-LOX. Bioorg Chem 2023; 138:106606. [PMID: 37210826 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
Abstract
The 12R-lipoxygenase (12R-LOX), a (non-heme) iron-containing metalloenzyme belonging to the lipoxygenase (LOX) family catalyzes the conversion of arachidonic acid (AA) to its key metabolites. Studies suggested that 12R-LOX plays a critical role in immune modulation for the maintenance of skin homeostasis and therefore can be considered as a potential drug target for psoriasis and other skin related inflammatory diseases. However, unlike 12-LOX (or 12S-LOX) the enzyme 12R-LOX did not receive much attention till date. In our effort, the 2-aryl quinoline derivatives were designed, synthesized and evaluated for the identification of potential inhibitors of 12R-hLOX. The merit of selection of 2-aryl quinolines was assessed by in silico docking studies of a representative compound (4a) using the homology model of 12R-LOX. Indeed, in addition to participating in H-bonding with THR628 and LEU635 the molecule formed a hydrophobic interaction with VAL631. The desired 2-aryl quinolines were synthesized either via the Claisen-Schmidt condensation followed by one-pot reduction-cyclization or via the AlCl3 induced heteroarylation or via the O-alkylation approach in good to high (82-95%) yield. When screened against human 12R-LOX (12R-hLOX) in vitro four compounds (e.g. 4a, 4d, 4e and 7b) showed encouraging (>45%) inhibition at 100 μM among which 7b and 4a emerged as the initial hits. Both the compounds showed selectivity towards 12R-hLOX over 12S-hLOX, 15-hLOX and 15-hLOXB and concentration dependent inhibition of 12R-hLOX with IC50 = 12.48 ± 2.06 and 28.25 ± 1.63 μM, respectively. The selectivity of 4a and 7b towards 12R-LOX over 12S-LOX was rationalized with the help of molecular dynamics simulations. The SAR (Structure-Activity Relationship) within the present series of compounds suggested the need of a o-hydroxyl group on the C-2 phenyl ring for the activity. The compound 4a and 7b (at 10 and 20 µM) reduced the hyper-proliferative state and colony forming potential of IMQ-induced psoriatic keratinocytes in a concentration dependent manner. Further, both compounds decreased the protein levels of Ki67 and the mRNA expression of IL-17A in the IMQ-induced psoriatic-like keratinocytes. Notably, 4a but not 7b inhibited the production of IL-6 and TNF-α in the keratinocyte cells. In the preliminary toxicity studies (i.e. teratogenicity, hepatotoxicity and heart rate assays) in zebrafish both the compounds showed low safety (<30 µM) margin. Overall, being the first identified inhibitors of 12R-LOX both 4a and 7b deserve further investigations.
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- Harshavardhan Bhuktar
- Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad Campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana, India; Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Madhav Nagar, Manipal 576 104, Karnataka, India
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- Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad Campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana, India; Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Madhav Nagar, Manipal 576 104, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Animal Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana, India
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- Department of Animal Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana, India
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- Immunopathology Lab, School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Immunopathology Lab, School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad Campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana, India; Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Madhav Nagar, Manipal 576 104, Karnataka, India
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- Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad Campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana, India
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- Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Madhav Nagar, Manipal 576 104, Karnataka, India
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- Immunopathology Lab, School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore 632014, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad Campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana, India
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- Department of Animal Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana, India
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- Department of Animal Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana, India
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- Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad Campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana, India
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- Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad Campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, Telangana, India; Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Madhav Nagar, Manipal 576 104, Karnataka, India.
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Hébert MPA, Selka A, Lebel AA, Doiron JA, Isabel Chiasson A, Gauvin VL, Matthew AJ, Hébert MJG, Doucet MS, Joy AP, Barnett DA, Touaibia M, Surette ME, Boudreau LH. Caffeic acid phenethyl ester analogues as selective inhibitors of 12-lipoxygenase product biosynthesis in human platelets. Int Immunopharmacol 2023; 121:110419. [PMID: 37295028 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.110419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
The inflammatory response is an essential process for the host defence against pathogens. Lipid mediators are important in coordinating the pro-inflammatory and pro-resolution phases of the inflammatory process. However, unregulated production of these mediators has been associated with chronic inflammatory diseases such as arthritis, asthma, cardiovascular diseases, and several types of cancer. Therefore, it is not surprising that enzymes implicated in the production of these lipid mediators have been targeted for potential therapeutic approaches. Amongst these inflammatory molecules, the 12-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (12(S)-HETE) is abundantly produced in several diseases and is primarily biosynthesized via the platelet's 12-lipoxygenase (12-LO) pathway. To this day, very few compounds selectively inhibit the 12-LO pathway, and most importantly, none are currently used in the clinical settings. In this study, we investigated a series of polyphenol analogues of natural polyphenols that inhibit the 12-LO pathway in human platelets without affecting other normal functions of the cell. Using an ex vivo approach, we found one compound that selectively inhibited the 12-LO pathway, with IC50 values as low as 0.11 µM, with minimal inhibition of other lipoxygenase or cyclooxygenase pathways. More importantly, our data show that none of the compounds tested induced significant off-target effects on either the platelet's activation or its viability. In the continuous search for specific and better inhibitors targeting the regulation of inflammation, we characterized two novel inhibitors of the 12-LO pathway that could be promising for subsequent in vivo studies.
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- Mathieu P A Hébert
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, 18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue, Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E9, Canada; New Brunswick Center for Precision Medicine, 27 Providence Street, Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 8X3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, 18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue, Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E9, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, 18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue, Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E9, Canada; New Brunswick Center for Precision Medicine, 27 Providence Street, Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 8X3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, 18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue, Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E9, Canada; New Brunswick Center for Precision Medicine, 27 Providence Street, Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 8X3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, 18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue, Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E9, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, 18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue, Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E9, Canada; New Brunswick Center for Precision Medicine, 27 Providence Street, Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 8X3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, 18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue, Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E9, Canada; New Brunswick Center for Precision Medicine, 27 Providence Street, Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 8X3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, 18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue, Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E9, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, 18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue, Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E9, Canada
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- Atlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, 27 Providence Street, Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 8X3, Canada
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- Atlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, 27 Providence Street, Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 8X3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, 18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue, Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E9, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, 18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue, Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E9, Canada; New Brunswick Center for Precision Medicine, 27 Providence Street, Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 8X3, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, 18 Antonine-Maillet Avenue, Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E9, Canada; New Brunswick Center for Precision Medicine, 27 Providence Street, Moncton, New Brunswick E1C 8X3, Canada.
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Sharma A, Whittington C, Jabed M, Hill SG, Kostenko A, Yu T, Li P, Doan PE, Hoffman BM, Offenbacher AR. 13C Electron Nuclear Double Resonance Spectroscopy-Guided Molecular Dynamics Computations Reveal the Structure of the Enzyme-Substrate Complex of an Active, N-Linked Glycosylated Lipoxygenase. Biochemistry 2023; 62:1531-1543. [PMID: 37115010 PMCID: PMC10704959 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/29/2023]
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Lipoxygenase (LOX) enzymes produce important cell-signaling mediators, yet attempts to capture and characterize LOX-substrate complexes by X-ray co-crystallography are commonly unsuccessful, requiring development of alternative structural methods. We previously reported the structure of the complex of soybean lipoxygenase, SLO, with substrate linoleic acid (LA), as visualized through the integration of 13C/1H electron nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) spectroscopy and molecular dynamics (MD) computations. However, this required substitution of the catalytic mononuclear, nonheme iron by the structurally faithful, yet inactive Mn2+ ion as a spin probe. Unlike canonical Fe-LOXs from plants and animals, LOXs from pathogenic fungi contain active mononuclear Mn2+ metallocenters. Here, we report the ground-state active-site structure of the native, fully glycosylated fungal LOX from rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae, MoLOX complexed with LA, as obtained through the 13C/1H ENDOR-guided MD approach. The catalytically important distance between the hydrogen donor, carbon-11 (C11), and the acceptor, Mn-bound oxygen, (donor-acceptor distance, DAD) for the MoLOX-LA complex derived in this fashion is 3.4 ± 0.1 Å. The difference of the MoLOX-LA DAD from that of the SLO-LA complex, 3.1 ± 0.1 Å, is functionally important, although is only 0.3 Å, despite the MoLOX complex having a Mn-C11 distance of 5.4 Å and a "carboxylate-out" substrate-binding orientation, whereas the SLO complex has a 4.9 Å Mn-C11 distance and a "carboxylate-in" substrate orientation. The results provide structural insights into reactivity differences across the LOX family, give a foundation for guiding development of MoLOX inhibitors, and highlight the robustness of the ENDOR-guided MD approach to describe LOX-substrate structures.
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- Ajay Sharma
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL 60660, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, United States
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Haroun M, Fesatidou M, Petrou A, Tratrat C, Zagaliotis P, Gavalas A, Venugopala KN, Kochkar H, Emeka PM, Younis NS, Elmaghraby DA, Almostafa MM, Chohan MS, Vizirianakis IS, Papadimitriou-Tsantarliotou A, Geronikaki A. Identification of Novel Cyclooxygenase-1 Selective Inhibitors of Thiadiazole-Based Scaffold as Potent Anti-Inflammatory Agents with Safety Gastric and Cytotoxic Profile. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28083416. [PMID: 37110650 PMCID: PMC10142904 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28083416] [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: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 04/08/2023] [Accepted: 04/10/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
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Major obstacles faced by the use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) are their gastrointestinal toxicity induced by non-selective inhibition of both cyclooxygenases (COX) 1 and 2 and their cardiotoxicity associated with a certain class of COX-2 selective inhibitors. Recent studies have demonstrated that selective COX-1 and COX-2 inhibition generates compounds with no gastric damage. The aim of the current study is to develop novel anti-inflammatory agents with a better gastric profile. In our previous paper, we investigated the anti-inflammatory activity of 4-methylthiazole-based thiazolidinones. Thus, based on these observations, herein we report the evaluation of anti-inflammatory activity, drug action, ulcerogenicity and cytotoxicity of a series of 5-adamantylthiadiazole-based thiazolidinone derivatives. The in vivo anti-inflammatory activity revealed that the compounds possessed moderate to excellent anti-inflammatory activity. Four compounds 3, 4, 10 and 11 showed highest potency (62.0, 66.7, 55.8 and 60.0%, respectively), which was higher than the control drug indomethacin (47.0%). To determine their possible mode of action, the enzymatic assay was conducted against COX-1, COX-2 and LOX. The biological results demonstrated that these compounds are effective COX-1 inhibitors. Thus, the IC50 values of the three most active compounds 3, 4 and 14 as COX-1 inhibitors were 1.08, 1.12 and 9.62 μΜ, respectively, compared to ibuprofen (12.7 μΜ) and naproxen (40.10 μΜ) used as control drugs. Moreover, the ulcerogenic effect of the best compounds 3, 4 and 14 were evaluated and revealed that no gastric damage was observed. Furthermore, compounds were found to be nontoxic. A molecular modeling study provided molecular insight to rationalize the COX selectivity. In summary, we discovered a novel class of selective COX-1 inhibitors that could be effectively used as potential anti-inflammatory agents.
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- Michelyne Haroun
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Pharmacy, Aristotle, University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- School of Pharmacy, Aristotle, University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Pharmacy, Aristotle, University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- School of Pharmacy, Aristotle, University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Durban University of Technology, Durban 4001, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
- Basic & Applied Scientific Research Center, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
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- Biomedical Sciences Department, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
- Department of Health Sciences, School of Life and Health Sciences, University of Nicosia, 2417 Nicosia, Cyprus
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- School of Pharmacy, Aristotle, University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
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Canyelles-Niño M, González-Lafont À, Lluch JM. Hydroperoxidation of Docosahexaenoic Acid by Human ALOX12 and pigALOX15-mini-LOX. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24076064. [PMID: 37047037 PMCID: PMC10094721 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24076064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 03/17/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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Human lipoxygenase 12 (hALOX12) catalyzes the conversion of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) into mainly 14S-hydroperoxy-4Z,7Z,10Z,12E,16Z,19Z-docosahexaenoic acid (14S-H(p)DHA). This hydroperoxidation reaction is followed by an epoxidation and hydrolysis process that finally leads to maresin 1 (MaR1), a potent bioactive specialized pro-resolving mediator (SPM) in chronic inflammation resolution. By combining docking, molecular dynamics simulations, and quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics calculations, we have computed the potential energy profile of DHA hydroperoxidation in the active site of hALOX12. Our results describe the structural evolution of the molecular system at each step of this catalytic reaction pathway. Noteworthy, the required stereospecificity of the reaction leading to MaR1 is explained by the configurations adopted by DHA bound to hALOX12, along with the stereochemistry of the pentadienyl radical formed after the first step of the mechanism. In pig lipoxygenase 15 (pigALOX15-mini-LOX), our calculations suggest that 14S-H(p)DHA can be formed, but with a stereochemistry that is inadequate for MaR1 biosynthesis.
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- Miquel Canyelles-Niño
- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- Arquebio SL, Carrer de Álava 51, 08005 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina (IBB), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina (IBB), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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Börner F, Pace S, Jordan PM, Gerstmeier J, Gomez M, Rossi A, Gilbert NC, Newcomer ME, Werz O. Allosteric Activation of 15-Lipoxygenase-1 by Boswellic Acid Induces the Lipid Mediator Class Switch to Promote Resolution of Inflammation. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 10:e2205604. [PMID: 36567268 PMCID: PMC9951388 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202205604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPM), primarily produced in innate immune cells, exert crucial bioactions for resolving inflammation. Among various lipoxygenases (LOX), 15-LOX-1 is key for SPM biosynthesis, but cellular activation principles of 15-LOX-1 are unexplored. It was shown that 3-O-acetyl-11-keto-β-boswellic acid (AKBA) shifts 5-LOX regiospecificity from 5- to 12-lipoxygenation products. Here, it is demonstrated that AKBA additionally activates cellular 15-LOX-1 via an allosteric site accomplishing robust SPM formation in innate immune cells, particularly in M2 macrophages. Compared to ionophore, AKBA-induced LOX activation is Ca2+ - and phosphorylation-independent, with modest induction of 5-LOX products. AKBA docks into a groove between the catalytic and regulatory domains of 15-LOX-1 interacting with R98; replacement of R98 by alanine abolishes AKBA-induced 15-LOX product formation in HEK293 cells. In zymosan-induced murine peritonitis, AKBA strikingly elevates SPM levels and promotes inflammation resolution. Together, targeted allosteric modulation of LOX activities governs SPM formation and offers new concepts for inflammation resolution pharmacotherapy.
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- Friedemann Börner
- Department of Pharmaceutical/Medicinal ChemistryInstitute of PharmacyFriedrich‐Schiller‐University JenaPhilosophenweg 1407743JenaGermany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical/Medicinal ChemistryInstitute of PharmacyFriedrich‐Schiller‐University JenaPhilosophenweg 1407743JenaGermany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical/Medicinal ChemistryInstitute of PharmacyFriedrich‐Schiller‐University JenaPhilosophenweg 1407743JenaGermany
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- Department of Pharmaceutical/Medicinal ChemistryInstitute of PharmacyFriedrich‐Schiller‐University JenaPhilosophenweg 1407743JenaGermany
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- Evonik Operations GmbHKirschenallee 4564293DarmstadtGermany
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- Department of PharmacySchool of Medicine and SurgeryUniversity of Naples Federico IIVia D. Montesano 49NaplesI‐80131Italy
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- Department of Biological SciencesLouisiana State University202 Life Science BuildingBaton RougeLA70803USA
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- Department of Biological SciencesLouisiana State University202 Life Science BuildingBaton RougeLA70803USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical/Medicinal ChemistryInstitute of PharmacyFriedrich‐Schiller‐University JenaPhilosophenweg 1407743JenaGermany
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Atz K, Guba W, Grether U, Schneider G. Machine Learning and Computational Chemistry for the Endocannabinoid System. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2576:477-493. [PMID: 36152211 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2728-0_39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Computational methods in medicinal chemistry facilitate drug discovery and design. In particular, machine learning methodologies have recently gained increasing attention. This chapter provides a structured overview of the current state of computational chemistry and its applications for the interrogation of the endocannabinoid system (ECS), highlighting methods in structure-based drug design, virtual screening, ligand-based quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) modeling, and de novo molecular design. We emphasize emerging methods in machine learning and anticipate a forecast of future opportunities of computational medicinal chemistry for the ECS.
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- Kenneth Atz
- ETH Zurich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharma Research & Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland
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- Roche Pharma Research & Early Development, Roche Innovation Center Basel, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel, Switzerland.
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- ETH Zurich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Zurich, Switzerland
- ETH Singapore SEC Ltd, Singapore, Singapore
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Chontzopoulou E, Papaemmanouil CD, Chatziathanasiadou MV, Kolokouris D, Kiriakidi S, Konstantinidi A, Gerogianni I, Tselios T, Kostakis IK, Chrysina ED, Hadjipavlou-Litina D, Tzeli D, Tzakos AG, Mavromoustakos T. Molecular investigation of artificial and natural sweeteners as potential anti-inflammatory agents. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2022; 40:12608-12620. [PMID: 34499023 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2021.1973565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Repurposing existing drugs, as well as natural and artificial sweeteners for novel therapeutic indications could speed up the drug discovery process since numerous associated risks and costs for drug development can be surpassed. In this study, natural and artificial sweeteners have been evaluated by in silico and experimental studies for their potency to inhibit lipoxygenase enzyme, an enzyme participating in the inflammation pathway. A variety of different methods pinpointed that aspartame inhibits the lipoxygenase isoform 1 (LOX-1). In particular, "LOX-aspartame" complex, that was predicted by docking studies, was further evaluated by Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations in order to assess the stability of the complex. The binding energy of the complex has been calculated after MD simulations using Molecular Mechanics/Generalized Born Surface Area (MM/GBSA) method. Furthermore, Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics (QM/MM) calculations have been applied for geometry optimization of the "enzyme-ligand" complex. After having fully characterized the "LOX-aspartame" complex in silico, followed in vitro biological assays confirmed that aspartame inhibits LOX-1 (IC50=50 ± 3.0 μΜ) and blocks its biological response. The atomic details of aspartame's interaction profile with LOX-1 were revealed through Saturation Transfer Difference (STD) NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance). Finally, aspartame was also tested with Molecular Docking and Molecular Dynamics studies for its potent binding to a number of different LOX isoforms of many organisms, including human. The in silico methods indicated that aspartame could serve as a novel starting point for drug design against LOX enzyme. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Eleni Chontzopoulou
- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Section of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Section of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece.,Department of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry and Biotechnology, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece.,Department of Pharmacy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Section of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.,Institute of Materials Science and Computing, University Research Center of Ioannina (URCI), Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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Functional Characterization of Novel Bony Fish Lipoxygenase Isoforms and Their Possible Involvement in Inflammation. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232416026. [PMID: 36555666 PMCID: PMC9787790 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232416026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2022] [Revised: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Eicosanoids and related compounds are pleiotropic lipid mediators, which are biosynthesized in mammals via three distinct metabolic pathways (cyclooxygenase pathway, lipoxygenase pathway, epoxygenase pathway). These mediators have been implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases and drugs interfering with eicosanoid signaling are currently available as antiphlogistics. Eicosanoid biosynthesis has well been explored in mammals including men, but much less detailed information is currently available on eicosanoid biosynthesis in other vertebrates including bony fish. There are a few reports in the literature describing the expression of arachidonic acid lipoxygenases (ALOX isoforms) in several bony fish species but except for two zebrafish ALOX-isoforms (zfALOX1 and zfALOX2) bony fish eicosanoid biosynthesizing enzymes have not been characterized. To fill this gap and to explore the possible roles of ALOX15 orthologs in bony fish inflammation we cloned and expressed putative ALOX15 orthologs from three different bony fish species (N. furzeri, P. nyererei, S. formosus) as recombinant N-terminal his-tag fusion proteins and characterized the corresponding enzymes with respect to their catalytic properties (temperature-dependence, activation energy, pH-dependence, substrate affinity and substrate specificity with different polyenoic fatty acids). Furthermore, we identified the chemical structure of the dominant oxygenation products formed by the recombinant enzymes from different free fatty acids and from more complex lipid substrates. Taken together, our data indicate that functional ALOX isoforms occur in bony fish but that their catalytic properties are different from those of mammalian enzymes. The possible roles of these ALOX-isoforms in bony fish inflammation are discussed.
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Abdullah Asif H, Kamal S, Rehman AU, Rasool S, Hamid Akash MS. Synthesis, Characterization, and Enzyme Inhibition Properties of 1,2,4-Triazole Bearing Azinane Analogues. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:32360-32368. [PMID: 36119993 PMCID: PMC9476189 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c03779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Considering the importance of acetylcholine esterase (AChE, BchE) and α-glucosidase in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and diabetes mellitus, the synthesis of novel azinane triazole-based derivatives as effective acetylcholinesterase (AchE), α-glucosidase, urease, lipoxygenase (LOX), and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) inhibitors is described. Azinane analogue (2) was merged with 1,2,4-triazole to acquire 1-(4-toluenesulfonyl)-4-(3-mercapto-4-methyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl) piperidine (8) through a list of intermediates including 1-(4-toluenesulfonyl)-4-(ethoxycarbonyl) piperidine (3), 1-(4-toluenesulfonyl)-4-(2-hydrazinocarbonyl)piperidine (5), and 1-(4-toluenesulfonyl)-4-[1-(methyl amino thiocarbonyl)-2-hydrazinocarbonyl]piperidine (7). The target molecules, 1-(4-toluenesulfonyl)-4-[3-(N-alkyl/phenyl/aryl-2-ethanamoyl thio)-4-methyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl] piperidine (12a-o), were achieved through the reaction of 8 with N-alkyl/phenyl/aryl-2-bromo ethanamides (11a-o) as electrophiles. These electrophiles were accomplished by a benign reaction of alkyl/phenyl/aryl amines (9a-o) and 2-bromo ethanoyl bromide (10). The spectral study of IR, 1D-NMR, and EI-MS corroborated the synthesized compounds. Methyl phenyl and methyl phenyl-substituted derivatives 12d and 12m with IC50 = 0.73 ± 0.54; 36.74 ± 1.24; 19.35 ± 1.28; 0.017 ± 0.53; and 0.038 ± 0.50 μM are found to be the most potent AChE, α-glucosidase, urease, and BChE inhibitors. The high inhibition potential of synthesized molecules against AChE, α-glucosidase, urease, and BChEenzymes inferred their role in enzyme inhibition properties.
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Government College University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Government College University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
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Enhancement of the Anti-Inflammatory Activity of NSAIDs by Their Conjugation with 3,4,5-Trimethoxybenzyl Alcohol. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27072104. [PMID: 35408503 PMCID: PMC9000480 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27072104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The synthesis of derivatives of three nonspecific COX-1 and COX-2 inhibitors, ibuprofen, ketoprofen, naproxen is presented. These acids were connected via an amide bond with an amino acid (L-proline, L-tyrosine, and beta-alanine) used as a linker. The amino acid carboxylic group was esterified with 3,4,5 trimethoxybenzyl alcohol. The activity of the novel derivatives was examined in vivo on carrageenan-induced inflammation, and in vitro, as cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase inhibitors. It was found that the new compounds were more potent anti-inflammatory agents than the parent drugs. Thus, the ibuprofen (21) and ketoprofen (16) derivatives reduced rat paw edema by 67 and 91% (the reduction by the relevant NSAIDs was 36 and 47%, respectively). They inhibited COX-2 more than the starting drugs (21 by 67%, ibuprofen 46%, 19 by 94%, ketoprofen 49%). Docking of compounds on the active sites of COX-1 and COX-2 reflects their in vitro activity. Thus, 19 adopts an unfavorable orientation for COX-1 inhibition, but it binds effectively in the binding pocket of COX-2, in agreement with the absence of activity for COX-1 and the high inhibition of COX-2. In conclusion, the performed structural modifications result in the enhancement of the anti-inflammatory activity, compared with the parent NSAIDs.
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Oliw EH. Iron and manganese lipoxygenases of plant pathogenic fungi and their role in biosynthesis of jasmonates. Arch Biochem Biophys 2022; 722:109169. [PMID: 35276213 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2022.109169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Lipoxygenases (LOX) contain catalytic iron (FeLOX), but fungi also produce LOX with catalytic manganese (MnLOX). In this review, the 3D structures and properties of fungal LOX are compared and contrasted along with their associations with pathogenicity. The 3D structures and properties of two MnLOX (Magnaporthe oryzae, Geaumannomyces graminis) and the catalysis of five additional MnLOX have provided information on the metal center, substrate binding, oxygenation, tentative O2 channels, and biosynthesis of exclusive hydroperoxides. In addition, the genomes of other plant pathogens also code for putative MnLOX. Crystals of the 13S-FeLOX of Fusarium graminearum revealed an unusual altered geometry of the Fe ligands between mono- and dimeric structures, influenced by a wrapping sequence extension near the C-terminal of the dimers. In plants, the enzymes involved in jasmonate synthesis are well documented whereas the fungal pathway is yet to be fully elucidated. Conversion of deuterium-labeled 18:3n-3, 18:2n-6, and their 13S-hydroperoxides to jasmonates established 13S-FeLOX of F. oxysporum in the biosynthesis, while subsequent enzymes lacked sequence homologues in plants. The Rice-blast (M. oryzae) and the Take-all (G. graminis) fungi secrete MnLOX to support infection, invasive hyphal growth, and cell membrane oxidation, contributing to their devastating impact on world production of rice and wheat.
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- Ernst H Oliw
- Division of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Box 591, SE 751 24, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Qurrat-Ul-Ain, Abid A, Lateef M, Rafiq N, Eijaz S, Tauseef S. Multi-activity tetracoordinated pallado-oxadiazole thiones as anti-inflammatory, anti-Alzheimer, and anti-microbial agents: Structure, stability and bioactivity comparison with pallado-hydrazides. Biomed Pharmacother 2021; 146:112561. [PMID: 34965504 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.112561] [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: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Herein, we report a comparative study based on structure, thermal and solution stability, and biopotency against lipoxygenase (LOX), butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) and microbes for Pd(II) compounds of N,O,S bearing 5-(C5H4XR)-1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thiones (L') of type [PdL'Cl2] (P'n) and N,O bearing respective hydrazides (L) of type trans-[PdL2Cl2] (Pn) {X = C, R = 4-I, 2-Br, 4-NO2, 3-NO2, 2-Cl, 3-Cl (n = 1-6, serially); X = N (n = 7)}. Spectral techniques (IR, EI-MS, NMR) and physicochemical evaluations successfully characterized the new compounds. The L' behaved as bidentate S-N donors bonded through exocyclic sulfur and N-3' nitrogen, while L acted as amino N donors. UV-vis (solution speciation) and thermal degradation profiles consistently confirmed the greater stability for P'n than Pn compounds. These compounds manifested varying degree in vitro potential to inhibit LOX, BChE and several bacteria and fungi, affected mainly by Pd(II) presence, M-L binding mode, nature and position of R, or halo groups electronegativity. Molecular docking with human 5-LOX and BChE further validated the respective experimental inhibition findings and explored several putative mechanistic interactions (H-bonding, π-stacking, π-alkyl, π-S, etc.) at the enzyme active sites. Pn generally offered superior antimicrobial and anti-LOX (anti-inflammatory) potential than respective P'n compounds, with P3/P'5, P(2,3,7)/P'3, and P6 being comparable, better and equivalent to ampicillin, nystatin and baicalein, the reference antibacterial, antifungal and anti-LOX drugs, respectively. Contrarily, the anti-BChE activity of P'n was found better than Pn compounds, showing P'2/P1 as the most promising anti-Alzheimer drug candidates. This study bares important structural and mechanistic aspects in optimizing antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and anti-Alzheimer activities, highlighting some potential future pallado-drug candidates.
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- Qurrat-Ul-Ain
- Department of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan
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- Multi-Disciplinary Research Laboratory (MDRL), Bahria University Medical and Dental College, Karachi 75500, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Gulshan-e-Iqbal Campus, Karachi 75300, Pakistan
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Kakularam KR, Karst F, Polamarasetty A, Ivanov I, Heydeck D, Kuhn H. Paralog- and ortholog-specificity of inhibitors of human and mouse lipoxygenase-isoforms. Biomed Pharmacother 2021; 145:112434. [PMID: 34801853 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.112434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Lipoxygenases (ALOX-isoforms) are lipid peroxidizing enzymes, which have been implicated in cell differentiation and maturation but also in the biosynthesis of lipid mediators playing important roles in the pathogenesis of inflammatory, hyperproliferative and neurological diseases. In mammals these enzymes are widely distributed and the human genome involves six functional genes encoding for six distinct human ALOX paralogs. In mice, there is an orthologous enzyme for each human ALOX paralog but the catalytic properties of human and mouse ALOX orthologs show remarkable differences. ALOX inhibitors are frequently employed for deciphering the biological role of these enzymes in mouse models of human diseases but owing to the functional differences between mouse and human ALOX orthologs the uncritical use of such inhibitors is sometimes misleading. In this study we evaluated the paralog- and ortholog-specificity of 13 frequently employed ALOX-inhibitors against four recombinant human and mouse ALOX paralogs (ALOX15, ALOX15B, ALOX12, ALOX5) under different experimental conditions. Our results indicated that except for zileuton, which exhibits a remarkable paralog-specificity for mouse and human ALOX5, no other inhibitor was strictly paralog specific but some compounds exhibit an interesting ortholog-specificity. Because of the variable isoform specificities of the currently available ALOX inhibitors care must be taken when the biological effects of these compounds observed in complex in vitro and in vivo systems are interpreted.
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- Kumar Reddy Kakularam
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Biochemistry, Chariteplatz 1, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Biochemistry, Chariteplatz 1, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy, Visakhapatnam 530003, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Lomonosov Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies, MIREA - Russian Technological University, Vernadskogo Pr. 86, 119571 Moscow, Russia
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Biochemistry, Chariteplatz 1, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Biochemistry, Chariteplatz 1, D-10117 Berlin, Germany.
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Gilbert NC, Newcomer ME, Werz O. Untangling the web of 5-lipoxygenase-derived products from a molecular and structural perspective: The battle between pro- and anti-inflammatory lipid mediators. Biochem Pharmacol 2021; 193:114759. [PMID: 34487716 PMCID: PMC8865081 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2021.114759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 08/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Arachidonic acid (AA) is the precursor to leukotrienes (LT), potent mediators of the inflammatory response. In the 35 + years since cysteinyl-LTs were reported to mediate antigen-induced constriction of bronchi in tissue from asthma patients, numerous cellular responses evoked by the LTs, such as chemoattraction and G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) activation, have been elucidated and revealed a potential for 5-lipoxygenase (5-LOX) as a promising drug target that goes beyond asthma. We describe herein early work identifying 5-LOX as the key enzyme that initiates LT biosynthesis and the discovery of its membrane-embedded helper protein required to execute the two-step reaction that transforms AA to the progenitor leukotriene A4 (LTA4). 5-LOX must traffic to the nuclear membrane to interact with its partner and undergo a conformational change so that AA can enter the active site. Additionally, the enzyme must retain the hydroperoxy-reaction intermediate for its final transformation to LTA4. Each of these steps provide a unique target for inhibition. Next, we describe the recent structures of GPCRs that recognize metabolites of the 5-LOX pathway and thus provide target alternatives. We also highlight the role of 5-LOX in the biosynthesis of anti-inflammatory lipid mediators (LM), the so-called specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPM). The involvement of 5-LOX in the biosynthesis of LM with opposing functions undoubtedly complicates the continuing search for 5-LOX inhibitors as therapeutic leads. Finally, we address the recent discovery of how some allosteric 5-LOX inhibitors promote oxygenation at the 12/15 carbon on AA to generate mediators that resolve, rather than promote, inflammation.
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- Nathaniel C Gilbert
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical/Medicinal Chemistry, Institute of Pharmacy, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany
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Dobbelaar E, Rauber C, Bonck T, Kelm H, Schmitz M, de Waal Malefijt ME, Klein JEMN, Krüger HJ. Combining Structural with Functional Model Properties in Iron Synthetic Analogue Complexes for the Active Site in Rabbit Lipoxygenase. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:13145-13155. [PMID: 34383499 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c04422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Iron complexes that model the structural and functional properties of the active iron site in rabbit lipoxygenase are described. The ligand sphere of the mononuclear pseudo-octahedral cis-(carboxylato)(hydroxo)iron(III) complex, which is completed by a tetraazamacrocyclic ligand, reproduces the first coordination shell of the active site in the enzyme. In addition, two corresponding iron(II) complexes are presented that differ in the coordination of a water molecule. In their structural and electronic properties, both the (hydroxo)iron(III) and the (aqua)iron(II) complex reflect well the only two essential states found in the enzymatic mechanism of peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Furthermore, the ferric complex is shown to undergo hydrogen atom abstraction reactions with O-H and C-H bonds of suitable substrates, and the bond dissociation free energy of the coordinated water ligand of the ferrous complex is determined to be 72.4 kcal·mol-1. Theoretical investigations of the reactivity support a concerted proton-coupled electron transfer mechanism in close analogy to the initial step in the enzymatic mechanism. The propensity of the (hydroxo)iron(III) complex to undergo H atom abstraction reactions is the basis for its catalytic function in the aerobic peroxidation of 2,4,6-tri(tert-butyl)phenol and its role as a radical initiator in the reaction of dihydroanthracene with oxygen.
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- Emiel Dobbelaar
- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Molecular Inorganic Chemistry, Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 9, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Inorganic Chemistry, Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 9, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Tratrat C, Haroun M, Tsolaki E, Petrou A, Gavalas A, Geronikaki A. Thiazole-based Chalcone Derivatives as Potential Anti-inflammatory Agents: Biological Evaluation and Molecular Modelling. Curr Top Med Chem 2021; 21:257-268. [PMID: 33319674 DOI: 10.2174/1568026621999201214232458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Inflammation is a multifactorial process reflecting the response of the organism to various stimuli and is associated with a number of disorders such as arthritis, asthma and psoriasis, which require long-lasting or repeated treatment. OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper is to evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of previous synthesized thiazole-based chalcone derivatives. METHODS Chalcones were synthesized via Cliazen-Schmidt condensation1-(4-methyl-2- alkylamino)thiazol-5-yl) ethanone with a corresponding aromatic aldehyde. For the evaluation of possible anti-inflammatory activity, carrageenan mouse paw edema was used. RESULTS Eight out of thirteen tested chalcones showed anti-inflammatory activity in a range of 51- 55%. Prediction of toxicity revealed that these compounds are not toxic. CONCLUSION In general, it can be concluded that these compounds can be used for further modifications in order to develop more active and safe agents.
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- Christophe Tratrat
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, University College Dublin, Ireland
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- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Pharmacy, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Pharmacy, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Pharmacy, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
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Lee JY, Kim WK, Bae KH, Lee SC, Lee EW. Lipid Metabolism and Ferroptosis. BIOLOGY 2021; 10:biology10030184. [PMID: 33801564 PMCID: PMC8000263 DOI: 10.3390/biology10030184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Simple Summary Ferroptosis is a type of cell death, which is morphologically and mechanistically distinct from other type of cell death pathways such as apoptosis and necroptosis. Lipid peroxidation is a hallmark of ferroptosis and directly destroys cellular membranes, thereby causing ferroptosis. Since lipid peroxidation, which induces ferroptosis, occurs in polyunsaturated fatty acid on specific phospholipids, various lipid metabolic pathways are involved in lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis. Besides, various metabolic and signaling pathways directly and indirectly regulate lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis. Since ferroptosis is associated with a variety of human diseases such as cancer, myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis, kidney diseases, liver diseases, and neuronal diseases, a better understanding of the regulatory mechanisms of ferroptosis can provide insights and treatment strategies for related diseases. Abstract Ferroptosis is a type of iron-dependent regulated necrosis induced by lipid peroxidation that occurs in cellular membranes. Among the various lipids, polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) associated with several phospholipids, such as phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and phosphatidylcholine (PC), are responsible for ferroptosis-inducing lipid peroxidation. Since the de novo synthesis of PUFAs is strongly restricted in mammals, cells take up essential fatty acids from the blood and lymph to produce a variety of PUFAs via PUFA biosynthesis pathways. Free PUFAs can be incorporated into the cellular membrane by several enzymes, such as ACLS4 and LPCAT3, and undergo lipid peroxidation through enzymatic and non-enzymatic mechanisms. These pathways are tightly regulated by various metabolic and signaling pathways. In this review, we summarize our current knowledge of how various lipid metabolic pathways are associated with lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis. Our review will provide insight into treatment strategies for ferroptosis-related diseases.
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- Ji-Yoon Lee
- Metabolic Regulation Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Korea; (J.-Y.L.); (W.K.K.); (K.-H.B.)
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- Metabolic Regulation Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Korea; (J.-Y.L.); (W.K.K.); (K.-H.B.)
- Department of Functional Genomics, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Metabolic Regulation Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Korea; (J.-Y.L.); (W.K.K.); (K.-H.B.)
- Department of Functional Genomics, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Metabolic Regulation Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Korea; (J.-Y.L.); (W.K.K.); (K.-H.B.)
- Correspondence: (S.C.L.); (E.-W.L.)
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- Metabolic Regulation Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Korea; (J.-Y.L.); (W.K.K.); (K.-H.B.)
- Correspondence: (S.C.L.); (E.-W.L.)
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Yi JJ, Heo SY, Ju JH, Oh BR, Son WS, Seo JW. Synthesis of two new lipid mediators from docosahexaenoic acid by combinatorial catalysis involving enzymatic and chemical reaction. Sci Rep 2020; 10:18849. [PMID: 33139849 PMCID: PMC7606508 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76005-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) have been known to have beneficial effects in the prevention of various diseases. Recently, it was identified that the bioactivities of omega-3 are related to lipid mediators, called pro-resolving lipid mediators (SPMs), converted from PUFAs, so they have attracted much attention as potential pharmaceutical targets. Here, we aimed to build an efficient production system composed of enzymatic and chemical catalysis that converts docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) into lipid mediators. The cyanobacterial lipoxygenase, named Osc-LOX, was identified and characterized, and the binding poses of enzyme and substrates were predicted by ligand docking simulation. DHA was converted into three lipid mediators, a 17S-hydroxy-DHA, a 7S,17S-dihydroxy-DHA (RvD5), and a 7S,15R-dihydroxy-16S,17S-epoxy-DPA (new type), by an enzymatic reaction and deoxygenation. Also, two lipid mediators, 7S,15R,16S,17S-tetrahydroxy-DPA (new type) and 7S,16R,17S-trihydroxy-DHA (RvD2), were generated from 7S,15R-dihydroxy-16S,17S-epoxy-DPA by a chemical reaction. Our study suggests that discovering new enzymes that have not been functionally characterized would be a powerful strategy for producing various lipid mediators. Also, this combination catalysis approach including biological and chemical reactions could be an effective production system for the manufacturing lipid mediators.
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- Jong-Jae Yi
- Microbial Biotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Jeongeup-Si, 56212, Republic of Korea
- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CHA University, Pocheon-Si, Gyeonggi-do, 11160, Republic of Korea
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- Microbial Biotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Jeongeup-Si, 56212, Republic of Korea
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- Microbial Biotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Jeongeup-Si, 56212, Republic of Korea
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- Microbial Biotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Jeongeup-Si, 56212, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, CHA University, Pocheon-Si, Gyeonggi-do, 11160, Republic of Korea.
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- Microbial Biotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Jeongeup-Si, 56212, Republic of Korea.
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Grignano E, Birsen R, Chapuis N, Bouscary D. From Iron Chelation to Overload as a Therapeutic Strategy to Induce Ferroptosis in Leukemic Cells. Front Oncol 2020; 10:586530. [PMID: 33042852 PMCID: PMC7530268 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2020.586530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Despite its crucial importance in numerous physiological processes, iron also causes oxidative stress and damage which can promote the growth and proliferation of leukemic cells. Iron metabolism is strictly regulated and the related therapeutic approaches to date have been to restrict iron availability to tumor cells. However, since a new form of iron-catalyzed cell death has been described, termed ferroptosis, and subsequently better understood, iron excess is thought to represent an opportunity to selectively kill leukemic cells and spare normal hematopoietic cells, based on their differential iron needs. This review summarizes the physiology of iron metabolism and its deregulation in leukemia, the known ferrotoposis pathways, and therapeutic strategies to target the altered iron metabolism in leukemia for the purposes of initiating ferroptosis in these cancer cells.
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- Eric Grignano
- Université de Paris, Institut Cochin, CNRS UMR8104, INSERM U1016, Paris, France.,Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre-Université de Paris, Service d'Hématologie clinique, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Institut Cochin, CNRS UMR8104, INSERM U1016, Paris, France.,Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre-Université de Paris, Service d'Hématologie clinique, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Institut Cochin, CNRS UMR8104, INSERM U1016, Paris, France.,Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre-Université de Paris, Service d'Hématologie biologique, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Institut Cochin, CNRS UMR8104, INSERM U1016, Paris, France.,Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre-Université de Paris, Service d'Hématologie clinique, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France
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Biringer RG. The enzymology of human eicosanoid pathways: the lipoxygenase branches. Mol Biol Rep 2020; 47:7189-7207. [PMID: 32748021 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-05698-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Eicosanoids are short-lived derivatives of polyunsaturated fatty acids that serve as autocrine and paracrine signaling molecules. They are involved numerous biological processes of both the well state and disease states. A thorough understanding of the progression the disease state and homeostasis of the well state requires a complete evaluation of the systems involved. This review examines the enzymology for the enzymes involved in the production of eicosanoids along the lipoxygenase branches of the eicosanoid pathways with particular emphasis on those derived from arachidonic acid. The enzymatic parameters, protocols to measure them, and proposed catalytic mechanisms are presented in detail.
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- Roger Gregory Biringer
- College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton, FL, 34211, USA.
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Aloe emodin shows high affinity to active site and low affinity to two other sites to result consummately reduced inhibition of lipoxygenase. Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat 2020; 150:106453. [PMID: 32380176 DOI: 10.1016/j.prostaglandins.2020.106453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Revised: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Lipoxygenases (LOXs) are potential treatment targets in a variety of inflammatory conditions. It is assumed that blocking the arachidonic acid (AA) metabolism via COX inhibition by either traditional NSAIDs or selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors could lead to the generation of pro-inflammatory leukotrienes and lipoxins via the LOX pathway, partly accounting for the side effects seen with traditional NSAIDs and selective COX-2 inhibitors. To counter this, several LOX, phospholipase A2 (PLA2) inhibitors have been reported nowadays from natural sources. Cassia angustifolia (Vahl.) is a medicinal herb belonging to the family Leguminosae and their LOX inhibitory profiles are reported in this study. Results indicate that ethyl acetate extract of Cassia leaves could inhibit LOX. MS and IR data revealed the presence of aloe emodin (270.2 m/z) in the isolated fraction. Enzyme kinetics showed that aloe emodin inhibit Lipoxygenase competitively with an IC50 of 29.49 μM. Interaction of aloe emodin with LOX was also studied using fluorescence quenching method. ITC results indicate that the interaction of LOX with aloe emodin is endothermic in nature with a stoichiometry of n = 3. In conclusion, anti-inflammatory property of the plant could be assigned to the presence of aloe emodin.
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Liu X, Sims HF, Jenkins CM, Guan S, Dilthey BG, Gross RW. 12-LOX catalyzes the oxidation of 2-arachidonoyl-lysolipids in platelets generating eicosanoid-lysolipids that are attenuated by iPLA 2γ knockout. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:5307-5320. [PMID: 32161117 PMCID: PMC7170522 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.012296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Revised: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The canonical pathway of eicosanoid production in most mammalian cells is initiated by phospholipase A2-mediated release of arachidonic acid, followed by its enzymatic oxidation resulting in a vast array of eicosanoid products. However, recent work has demonstrated that the major phospholipase in mitochondria, iPLA2γ (patatin-like phospholipase domain containing 8 (PNPLA8)), possesses sn-1 specificity, with polyunsaturated fatty acids at the sn-2 position generating polyunsaturated sn-2-acyl lysophospholipids. Through strategic chemical derivatization, chiral chromatographic separation, and multistage tandem MS, here we first demonstrate that human platelet-type 12-lipoxygenase (12-LOX) can directly catalyze the regioselective and stereospecific oxidation of 2-arachidonoyl-lysophosphatidylcholine (2-AA-LPC) and 2-arachidonoyl-lysophosphatidylethanolamine (2-AA-LPE). Next, we identified these two eicosanoid-lysophospholipids in murine myocardium and in isolated platelets. Moreover, we observed robust increases in 2-AA-LPC, 2-AA-LPE, and their downstream 12-LOX oxidation products, 12(S)-HETE-LPC and 12(S)-HETE-LPE, in calcium ionophore (A23187)-stimulated murine platelets. Mechanistically, genetic ablation of iPLA2γ markedly decreased the calcium-stimulated production of 2-AA-LPC, 2-AA-LPE, and 12-HETE-lysophospholipids in mouse platelets. Importantly, a potent and selective 12-LOX inhibitor, ML355, significantly inhibited the production of 12-HETE-LPC and 12-HETE-LPE in activated platelets. Furthermore, we found that aging is accompanied by significant changes in 12-HETE-LPC in murine serum that were also markedly attenuated by iPLA2γ genetic ablation. Collectively, these results identify previously unknown iPLA2γ-initiated signaling pathways mediated by direct 12-LOX oxidation of 2-AA-LPC and 2-AA-LPE. This oxidation generates previously unrecognized eicosanoid-lysophospholipids that may serve as biomarkers for age-related diseases and could potentially be used as targets in therapeutic interventions.
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- Xinping Liu
- Division of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110
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- Division of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110
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- Division of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110
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- Division of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110
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- Division of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110
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- Division of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110; Department of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110; Department of Chemistry, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri 63130.
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Kagan VE, Tyurina YY, Sun WY, Vlasova II, Dar H, Tyurin VA, Amoscato AA, Mallampalli R, van der Wel PCA, He RR, Shvedova AA, Gabrilovich DI, Bayir H. Redox phospholipidomics of enzymatically generated oxygenated phospholipids as specific signals of programmed cell death. Free Radic Biol Med 2020; 147:231-241. [PMID: 31883467 PMCID: PMC7037592 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Revised: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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High fidelity and effective adaptive changes of the cell and tissue metabolism to changing environments require strict coordination of numerous biological processes. Multicellular organisms developed sophisticated signaling systems of monitoring and responding to these different contexts. Among these systems, oxygenated lipids play a significant role realized via a variety of re-programming mechanisms. Some of them are enacted as a part of pro-survival pathways that eliminate harmful or unnecessary molecules or organelles by a variety of degradation/hydrolytic reactions or specialized autophageal processes. When these "partial" intracellular measures are insufficient, the programs of cells death are triggered with the aim to remove irreparably damaged members of the multicellular community. These regulated cell death mechanisms are believed to heavily rely on signaling by a highly diversified group of molecules, oxygenated phospholipids (PLox). Out of thousands of detectable individual PLox species, redox phospholipidomics deciphered several specific molecules that seem to be diagnostic of specialized death programs. Oxygenated cardiolipins (CLs) and phosphatidylethanolamines (PEs) have been identified as predictive biomarkers of apoptosis and ferroptosis, respectively. This has led to decoding of the enzymatic mechanisms of their formation involving mitochondrial oxidation of CLs by cytochrome c and endoplasmic reticulum-associated oxidation of PE by lipoxygenases. Understanding of the specific biochemical radical-mediated mechanisms of these oxidative reactions opens new avenues for the design and search of highly specific regulators of cell death programs. This review emphasizes the usefulness of such selective lipid peroxidation mechanisms in contrast to the concept of random poorly controlled free radical reactions as instruments of non-specific damage of cells and their membranes. Detailed analysis of two specific examples of phospholipid oxidative signaling in apoptosis and ferroptosis along with their molecular mechanisms and roles in reprogramming has been presented.
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- V E Kagan
- Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Heath, USA; Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh, USA; Laboratory of Navigational Redox Lipidomics, IM Sechenov Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation.
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- Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Heath, USA; Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, USA
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- Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Heath, USA; Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, USA; International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Development of Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE), College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Laboratory of Navigational Redox Lipidomics, IM Sechenov Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Heath, USA; Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, USA
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- Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Heath, USA; Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, USA
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- Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Heath, USA; Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, USA
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- International Cooperative Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Modernization and Innovative Drug Development of Chinese Ministry of Education (MOE), College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Exposure Assessment Branch, NIOSH/CDC, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Heath, USA; Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
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Stolterfoht H, Rinnofner C, Winkler M, Pichler H. Recombinant Lipoxygenases and Hydroperoxide Lyases for the Synthesis of Green Leaf Volatiles. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2019; 67:13367-13392. [PMID: 31591878 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b02690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Green leaf volatiles (GLVs) are mainly C6- and in rare cases also C9-aldehydes, -alcohols, and -esters, which are released by plants in response to biotic or abiotic stresses. These compounds are named for their characteristic smell reminiscent of freshly mowed grass. This review focuses on GLVs and the two major pathway enzymes responsible for their formation: lipoxygenases (LOXs) and fatty acid hydroperoxide lyases (HPLs). LOXs catalyze the peroxidation of unsaturated fatty acids, such as linoleic and α-linolenic acids. Hydroperoxy fatty acids are further converted by HPLs into aldehydes and oxo-acids. In many industrial applications, plant extracts have been used as LOX and HPL sources. However, these processes are limited by low enzyme concentration, stability, and specificity. Alternatively, recombinant enzymes can be used as biocatalysts for GLV synthesis. The increasing number of well-characterized enzymes efficiently expressed by microbial hosts will foster the development of innovative biocatalytic processes for GLV production.
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- Holly Stolterfoht
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology , Petersgasse 14 , 8010 Graz , Austria
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- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology , Petersgasse 14 , 8010 Graz , Austria
- bisy e.U. , Wetzawinkel 20 , 8200 Hofstaetten , Austria
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- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology , Petersgasse 14 , 8010 Graz , Austria
- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology , TU Graz, NAWI Graz, BioTechMed Graz , Petersgasse 14 , 8010 Graz , Austria
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- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology , Petersgasse 14 , 8010 Graz , Austria
- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology , TU Graz, NAWI Graz, BioTechMed Graz , Petersgasse 14 , 8010 Graz , Austria
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Maccarrone M. Missing Pieces to the Endocannabinoid Puzzle. Trends Mol Med 2019; 26:263-272. [PMID: 31822395 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2019.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The most bioactive ingredient of cannabis (Cannabis sativa or indica) extracts, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), was identified in the 1960s as one of more than 110 phytocannabinoids. It activates receptors of chemically different endogenous ligands (endocannabinoids) that, unlike THC, are metabolized by several enzymes of the endocannabinoid system. Here, the complexity of the plant-derived and endogenous cannabinoids (eCBs) is discussed, to better appreciate the challenge of: (i) dissecting their mutual interactions; (ii) understanding their impact on human pathophysiology; and (iii) exploiting them for human disease. To this aim, missing pieces to the eCB puzzle must be urgently found, by solving the 3D structures of key components, and interrogating noncanonical modes of regulation and trafficking of these lipid signals.
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- Mauro Maccarrone
- Department of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo 21, 00128 Rome, Italy; European Center for Brain Research, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Via del Fosso di Fiorano 64, 00143 Rome, Italy.
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Gaffney BJ. EPR Spectroscopic Studies of Lipoxygenases. Chem Asian J 2019; 15:42-50. [PMID: 31782616 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201901461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Revised: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Polyunsaturated fatty acids are sources of diverse natural, and chemically designed products. The enzyme lipoxygenase selectively oxidizes fatty acid acyl chains using controlled free radical chemistry; the products are regio- and stereo-chemically unique hydroperoxides. A conserved structural fold of ≈600 amino acids harbors a long and narrow substrate channel and a well-shielded catalytic iron. Oxygen, a co-substrate, is blocked from the active site until a hydrogen atom is abstracted from substrate bis-allylic carbon, in a non-heme iron redox cycle. EPR spectroscopy of ferric intermediates in lipoxygenase catalysis reveals changes in the metal coordination and leads to a proposal on the nature of the reactive intermediate. Remarkably, free radicals are so well controlled in lipoxygenase chemistry that spin label technology can be applied as well. The current level of understanding of steps in lipoxygenase catalysis, from the EPR perspective, will be reviewed.
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- Betty J Gaffney
- Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA
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Mishra VK, Mishra S. Origin of Regio- and Stereospecific Catalysis by 8-Lipoxygenase. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:10605-10621. [PMID: 31775504 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b07917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Vipin Kumar Mishra
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
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Hershelman D, Kahler KM, Price MJ, Lu I, Fu Y, Plumeri PA, Karaisz F, Bassett NF, Findeis PM, Clapp CH. Oxygenation reactions catalyzed by the F557V mutant of soybean lipoxygenase-1: Evidence for two orientations of substrate binding. Arch Biochem Biophys 2019; 674:108082. [PMID: 31473191 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2019.108082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Plant lipoxygenases oxygenate linoleic acid to produce 13(S)-hydroperoxy-9Z,11E-octadecadienoic acid (13(S)-HPOD) or 9-hydroperoxy-10E,12Z-octadecadienoic acid (9(S)-HPOD). The manner in which these enzymes bind substrates and the mechanisms by which they control regiospecificity are uncertain. Hornung et al. (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA96 (1999) 4192-4197) have identified an important residue, corresponding to phe-557 in soybean lipoxygenase-1 (SBLO-1). These authors proposed that large residues in this position favored binding of linoleate with the carboxylate group near the surface of the enzyme (tail-first binding), resulting in formation of 13(S)-HPOD. They also proposed that smaller residues in this position facilitate binding of linoleate in a head-first manner with its carboxylate group interacting with a conserved arginine residue (arg-707 in SBLO-1), which leads to 9(S)-HPOD. In the present work, we have tested these proposals on SBLO-1. The F557V mutant produced 33% 9-HPOD (S:R = 87:13) from linoleic acid at pH 7.5, compared with 8% for the wild-type enzyme and 12% with the F557V,R707L double mutant. Experiments with 11(S)-deuteriolinoleic acid indicated that the 9(S)-HPOD produced by the F557V mutant involves removal of hydrogen from the pro-R position on C-11 of linoleic acid, as expected if 9(S)-HPOD results from binding in an orientation that is inverted relative to that leading to 13(S)-HPOD. The product distributions obtained by oxygenation of 10Z,13Z-nonadecadienoic acid and arachidonic acid by the F557V mutant support the hypothesis that ω6 oxygenation results from tail-first binding and ω10 oxygenation from head-first binding. The results demonstrate that the regiospecificity of SBLO-1 can be altered by a mutation that facilitates an alternative mode of substrate binding and adds to the body of evidence that 13(S)-HPOD arises from tail-first binding.
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- Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA.
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Tyurina YY, St Croix CM, Watkins SC, Watson AM, Epperly MW, Anthonymuthu TS, Kisin ER, Vlasova II, Krysko O, Krysko DV, Kapralov AA, Dar HH, Tyurin VA, Amoscato AA, Popova EN, Bolevich SB, Timashev PS, Kellum JA, Wenzel SE, Mallampalli RK, Greenberger JS, Bayir H, Shvedova AA, Kagan VE. Redox (phospho)lipidomics of signaling in inflammation and programmed cell death. J Leukoc Biol 2019; 106:57-81. [PMID: 31071242 PMCID: PMC6626990 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.3mir0119-004rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2019] [Revised: 04/12/2019] [Accepted: 04/19/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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In addition to the known prominent role of polyunsaturated (phospho)lipids as structural blocks of biomembranes, there is an emerging understanding of another important function of these molecules as a highly diversified signaling language utilized for intra- and extracellular communications. Technological developments in high-resolution mass spectrometry facilitated the development of a new branch of metabolomics, redox lipidomics. Analysis of lipid peroxidation reactions has already identified specific enzymatic mechanisms responsible for the biosynthesis of several unique signals in response to inflammation and regulated cell death programs. Obtaining comprehensive information about millions of signals encoded by oxidized phospholipids, represented by thousands of interactive reactions and pleiotropic (patho)physiological effects, is a daunting task. However, there is still reasonable hope that significant discoveries, of at least some of the important contributors to the overall overwhelmingly complex network of interactions triggered by inflammation, will lead to the discovery of new small molecule regulators and therapeutic modalities. For example, suppression of the production of AA-derived pro-inflammatory mediators, HXA3 and LTB4, by an iPLA2 γ inhibitor, R-BEL, mitigated injury associated with the activation of pro-inflammatory processes in animals exposed to whole-body irradiation. Further, technological developments promise to make redox lipidomics a powerful approach in the arsenal of diagnostic and therapeutic instruments for personalized medicine of inflammatory diseases and conditions.
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- Yulia Y Tyurina
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Exposure Assessment Branch, NIOSH/CDC, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
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- Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, Moscow, Russia
- Laboratory of Navigational Redox Lipidomics, IM Sechenov Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Head and Skin, Ghent University, and Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium
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- Cell Death Investigation and Therapy Laboratory, Department of Human Structure and Repair, Ghent University, and Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Laboratory of Navigational Redox Lipidomics, IM Sechenov Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Navigational Redox Lipidomics, IM Sechenov Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Laboratory of Navigational Redox Lipidomics, IM Sechenov Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Exposure Assessment Branch, NIOSH/CDC, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Laboratory of Navigational Redox Lipidomics, IM Sechenov Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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Kozlov N, Humeniuk L, Ufer C, Ivanov I, Golovanov A, Stehling S, Heydeck D, Kuhn H. Functional characterization of novel ALOX15 orthologs representing key steps in mammalian evolution supports the Evolutionary Hypothesis of reaction specificity. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2019; 1864:372-385. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2018.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Revised: 12/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Aleem AM, Tsai WC, Tena J, Alvarez G, Deschamps J, Kalyanaraman C, Jacobson MP, Holman T. Probing the Electrostatic and Steric Requirements for Substrate Binding in Human Platelet-Type 12-Lipoxygenase. Biochemistry 2019; 58:848-857. [PMID: 30565457 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b01167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Human platelet ALOX12 (hALOX12 or h12-LOX) has been implicated in a variety of human diseases. The present study investigates the active site of hALOX12 to more thoroughly understand how it positions the substrate and achieves nearly perfect regio- and stereospecificities (i.e., 100 ± 5% of the 12(S)-hydroperoxide product), utilizing site-directed mutagenesis. Specifically, we have determined that Arg402 is not as important in substrate binding as previously seen for hALOX15 but that His596 may play a role in anchoring the carboxy terminal of the arachidonic acid during catalysis. In addition, Phe414 creates a π-stacking interaction with a double bond of arachidonic acid (Δ11), and Ala417/Val418 define the bottom of the cavity. However, the influence of Ala417/Val418 on the profile is markedly less for hALOX12 than that seen in hALOX15. Mutating these two residues to larger amino acids (Ala417Ile/Val418Met) only increased the generation of 15-HpETE by 24 ± 2%, but conversely, smaller residues at these positions converted hALOX15 to almost 100% hALOX12 reactivity [Gan et al. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 25412-25418]. However, we were able to increase 15-HpETE to 46 ± 3% by restricting the width of the active site with the Ala417Ile/Val418Met/Ser594Thr mutation, indicating both depth and width of the active site are important. Finally, residue Leu407 is shown to play a critical role in positioning the substrate correctly, as seen by the increase of 15-HpETE to 21 ± 1% for the single Leu407Gly mutant. These results outline critical differences between the active site requirements of hALOX12 relative to hALOX15 and explain both their product specificity and inhibitory differences.
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- Ansari Mukhtar Aleem
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California Santa Cruz , Santa Cruz , California 95064 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California Santa Cruz , Santa Cruz , California 95064 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California Santa Cruz , Santa Cruz , California 95064 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California Santa Cruz , Santa Cruz , California 95064 , United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy , University of California San Francisco , San Francisco , California 94143 , United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy , University of California San Francisco , San Francisco , California 94143 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , University of California Santa Cruz , Santa Cruz , California 95064 , United States
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Goloshchapova K, Stehling S, Heydeck D, Blum M, Kuhn H. Functional characterization of a novel arachidonic acid 12S-lipoxygenase in the halotolerant bacterium Myxococcus fulvus exhibiting complex social living patterns. Microbiologyopen 2018; 8:e00775. [PMID: 30560563 PMCID: PMC6612559 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Revised: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Lipoxygenases are lipid peroxidizing enzymes, which frequently occur in higher plants and mammals. These enzymes are also expressed in lower multicellular organisms but here they are not widely distributed. In bacteria, lipoxygenases rarely occur and evaluation of the currently available bacterial genomes suggested that <0.5% of all sequenced bacterial species carry putative lipoxygenase genes. We recently rescreened the public bacterial genome databases for lipoxygenase-like sequences and identified two novel lipoxygenase isoforms (MF-LOX1 and MF-LOX2) in the halotolerant Myxococcus fulvus. Both enzymes share a low degree of amino acid conservation with well-characterized eukaryotic lipoxygenase isoforms but they involve the catalytically essential iron cluster. Here, we cloned the MF-LOX1 cDNA, expressed the corresponding enzyme as N-terminal hexa-his-tag fusion protein, purified the recombinant enzyme to electrophoretic homogeneity, and characterized it with respect to its protein-chemical and enzymatic properties. We found that M. fulvus expresses a catalytically active intracellular lipoxygenase that converts arachidonic acid and other polyunsaturated fatty acids enantioselectively to the corresponding n-9 hydroperoxy derivatives. The enzyme prefers C20 - and C22 -polyenoic fatty acids but does not exhibit significant membrane oxygenase activity. The possible biological relevance of MF-LOX1 will be discussed in the context of the suggested concepts of other bacterial lipoxygenases.
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- Kateryna Goloshchapova
- Institute of BiochemistryCharité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of HealthBerlinGermany
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- Institute of BiochemistryCharité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of HealthBerlinGermany
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- Institute of BiochemistryCharité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of HealthBerlinGermany
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- Institute of BiochemistryCharité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt‐Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of HealthBerlinGermany
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Kuhn H, Humeniuk L, Kozlov N, Roigas S, Adel S, Heydeck D. The evolutionary hypothesis of reaction specificity of mammalian ALOX15 orthologs. Prog Lipid Res 2018; 72:55-74. [PMID: 30237084 DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2018.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Hartmut Kuhn
- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Biochemistry, Charitéplatz 1, CCO- Building, Virchowweg 6, D-10117 Berlin, Germany.
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Biochemistry, Charitéplatz 1, CCO- Building, Virchowweg 6, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Biochemistry, Charitéplatz 1, CCO- Building, Virchowweg 6, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Biochemistry, Charitéplatz 1, CCO- Building, Virchowweg 6, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hepathology and Gastroenterology, Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Biochemistry, Charitéplatz 1, CCO- Building, Virchowweg 6, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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Dewanjee S, Das S, Das AK, Bhattacharjee N, Dihingia A, Dua TK, Kalita J, Manna P. Molecular mechanism of diabetic neuropathy and its pharmacotherapeutic targets. Eur J Pharmacol 2018; 833:472-523. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2018.06.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2017] [Revised: 06/15/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Cabezas F, Mascayano C. Docking, steered molecular dynamics, and QSAR studies as strategies for studying isoflavonoids as 5-, 12-, and 15-lipoxygenase inhibitors. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2018; 37:1511-1519. [PMID: 29624122 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2018.1461687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Lipoxygenases (LOX) are enzymes that catalyze polyunsaturated fatty acid peroxidation and have a non-heme iron atom located in their active site. They are implicated in the arachidonic acid pathway and involved in inflammation, fever, pain production, and in the origins of several diseases such as cancer, asthma, and psoriasis. The search for inhibitors of these enzymes has emerged in the last years, and isoflavonoids have a broad spectrum of biological activity with low cytotoxicity. Our previous results have shown that isoflavonoids inhibited different LOX isoforms in vitro. For this reason, we studied the most important interactions that govern the potency and selectivity of some isoflavones and isoflavans toward different LOX isoforms using computational methods. The docking results have shown that all the molecules can be located in different zones in the LOX active site. Steered molecular dynamics indicated that selectivity was present at the cavity entry, but not at its exit. We also observed the correlation between the potential mean force and the best (HIR-303) and worst inhibitors (IR-213) in 5-LOX. Finally, structure-activity relationship (QSAR) studies showed a good correlation between theoretical IC50 values and experimental data for 5-LOX and 12-LOX with 96 and 95%, respectively, and a lower correlation for 15-LOX (79%). Conclusively, pharmacophore analysis showed that our proposed molecules should possess a donor-acceptor and aromatic centers to encourage interactions in the active site.
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- Francisco Cabezas
- a Laboratorio de Simulación Molecular y Diseño Racional de Fármacos, Facultad de Química y Biología, Departamento de Ciencias del Ambiente , Universidad de Santiago de Chile , Santiago , Chile
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- a Laboratorio de Simulación Molecular y Diseño Racional de Fármacos, Facultad de Química y Biología, Departamento de Ciencias del Ambiente , Universidad de Santiago de Chile , Santiago , Chile
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Gilbert NC, Neau DB, Newcomer ME. Expression of an 8R-Lipoxygenase From the Coral Plexaura homomalla. Methods Enzymol 2018; 605:33-49. [PMID: 29909831 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2018.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Methods are presented for the use of the coral 8R-lipoxygenase from the Caribbean sea whip coral Plexaura homomalla as a model enzyme for structural studies of animal lipoxygenases. The 8R-lipoxygenase is remarkably stable and can be stored at 4°C for 3 months with virtually no loss of activity. In addition, an engineered "pseudo wild-type" enzyme is soluble in the absence of detergents, which helps facilitate the preparation of enzyme:substrate complexes.
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- Cornell University, Northeastern Collaborative Access Team, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, United States
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ElBordiny HS, El-Miligy MM, Kassab SE, Daabees H, Mohamed Ali WA, Abdelhamid Mohamed El-Hawash S. Design, synthesis, biological evaluation and docking studies of new 3-(4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol/isoxazol-5-yl)-2-phenyl-1H-indole derivatives as potent antioxidants and 15-lipoxygenase inhibitors. Eur J Med Chem 2018; 145:594-605. [PMID: 29339254 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.01.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Revised: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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New candidates of 3-(4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazol/isoxazol-5-yl)-2-phenyl-1H-indole derivatives (4-7) were designed combining the pyrazoline/isoxazoline heterocycles and 2-phenylindole to explore its potential as 15-lipoxygenase (15-LOX) inhibitors. The design of the new derivatives was based on utilizing the antioxidant properties of pyrazoline, 2-phenylindole and the good 15-LOX inhibition properties of indolylpyrazoline. The derivatives were synthesized adopting simple and laboratory friendly reaction conditions to give the target compounds in quantitative yields. The resulting indolylpyrazolines/isoxazolines were evaluated as antioxidants against 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH), nitric oxide (NO) and superoxide dismutase (SOD); indolylpyrazoline (4b) was the most potent antioxidant against SOD assay (IC50 = 1.78 μM) to be superior to ascorbic by 2 folds. Consistently, (4b) was the most potent inhibitor when tested against Soybean 15-LOX (IC50 = 3.84 μM) excelling quercetin as standard inhibitor by 1.8 folds. Some of the new derivatives were docked into the active binding site of human 15-LOX (PDB entry 4NRE) emphasizing the most potent derivative (4b) and the least potent one (4c). Docking solutions of compounds (4b), (4c), (5b) and (6c) revealed that (4b) was the only compound that got stabilized into the catalytic pocket of enzyme by π-cation interaction with the catalytic Fe+ and formation of one hydrogen bond with Ile 676 amino acid. Other derivatives including the least potent one variably got stabilized into the active binding pocket by π-cation interaction with the catalytic Fe+ but failed to form hydrogen bond with Ile 676. For the future optimization of the generated inhibitors, (i) antioxidant activity against SOD, (ii) the inhibitor stabilization by π-cation interaction with the catalytic Fe+3 and (iii) formation of hydrogen bond with Ile 676 should be regarded.
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- Haydi Saher ElBordiny
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Damanhour University, Damanhour, El-Buhaira, 22516, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21526, Egypt
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Damanhour University, Damanhour, El-Buhaira, 22516, Egypt.
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Damanhour University, Damanhour, El-Buhaira, 22516, Egypt
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Saura P, Kaganer I, Heydeck D, Lluch JM, Kühn H, González-Lafont À. Mutagenesis of Sequence Determinants of Truncated Porcine ALOX15 Induces Changes in the Reaction Specificity by Altering the Catalytic Mechanism of Initial Hydrogen Abstraction. Chemistry 2017; 24:962-973. [PMID: 29154477 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The reaction specificity of lipoxygenases is of physiological relevance since the various oxygenation products exhibit different biological activities. Among mammalian ALOX15 orthologs there are arachidonic acid 12- and 15-lipoxygenating enzymes and recent studies suggested an evolutionary switch in that reaction specificity during late primate development. Previous reports showed that 12-lipoxygenating ALOX15 orthologs can be converted to 15-lipoxygenating enzymes by site-directed mutagenesis of some sequence determinants. Unfortunately, the molecular basis for those alterations are not well understood. Here, the arachidonic acid 12-lipoxygenating N-terminal truncation variant of pig ALOX15, for which a crystal structure is available, was used to explore the catalytic mechanism of the specificity switch induced by mutagenesis of Val418 and Val419 sequence determinants. We found that Val418Ile+Val419Met double mutant is dominantly 15-lipoxygenating. Docking and MD simulations, and quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics calculations indicated that the wildtype energy barrier for arachidonic acid 15-lipoxygenation is 3.4 kcal mol-1 higher than for 12-lipoxygenation. In contrast, for the Val418Ile+Val419Met double mutant the energy barrier for 12-lipoxygenation is 6.0 kcal mol-1 higher than for 15-lipoxygenation. Our data suggest that enzyme-substrate complex geometries determine the value of these energy barriers and, as a consequence, the reaction specificity of ALOX15 orthologs.
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- Patricia Saura
- Departament de Química and Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina (IBB), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Biochemistry (CC2), Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry (CC2), Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Departament de Química and Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina (IBB), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute for Biochemistry (CC2), Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Departament de Química and Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina (IBB), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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Wenzel SE, Tyurina YY, Zhao J, St Croix CM, Dar HH, Mao G, Tyurin VA, Anthonymuthu TS, Kapralov AA, Amoscato AA, Mikulska-Ruminska K, Shrivastava IH, Kenny EM, Yang Q, Rosenbaum JC, Sparvero LJ, Emlet DR, Wen X, Minami Y, Qu F, Watkins SC, Holman TR, VanDemark AP, Kellum JA, Bahar I, Bayır H, Kagan VE. PEBP1 Wardens Ferroptosis by Enabling Lipoxygenase Generation of Lipid Death Signals. Cell 2017; 171:628-641.e26. [PMID: 29053969 PMCID: PMC5683852 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.09.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 581] [Impact Index Per Article: 83.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Revised: 07/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Ferroptosis is a form of programmed cell death that is pathogenic to several acute and chronic diseases and executed via oxygenation of polyunsaturated phosphatidylethanolamines (PE) by 15-lipoxygenases (15-LO) that normally use free polyunsaturated fatty acids as substrates. Mechanisms of the altered 15-LO substrate specificity are enigmatic. We sought a common ferroptosis regulator for 15LO. We discovered that PEBP1, a scaffold protein inhibitor of protein kinase cascades, complexes with two 15LO isoforms, 15LO1 and 15LO2, and changes their substrate competence to generate hydroperoxy-PE. Inadequate reduction of hydroperoxy-PE due to insufficiency or dysfunction of a selenoperoxidase, GPX4, leads to ferroptosis. We demonstrated the importance of PEBP1-dependent regulatory mechanisms of ferroptotic death in airway epithelial cells in asthma, kidney epithelial cells in renal failure, and cortical and hippocampal neurons in brain trauma. As master regulators of ferroptotic cell death with profound implications for human disease, PEBP1/15LO complexes represent a new target for drug discovery.
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- Sally E Wenzel
- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Center for Critical Care Nephrology, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Center for Critical Care Nephrology, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Computational and System Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Computational and System Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Center for Critical Care Nephrology, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Center for Critical Care Nephrology, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Center for Critical Care Nephrology, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Center for Critical Care Nephrology, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Center for Critical Care Nephrology, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Computational and System Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Critical Care Medicine, Center for Critical Care Nephrology, Safar Center for Resuscitation Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Torras J, Maccarrone M, Dainese E. Molecular dynamics study on the Apo- and Holo-forms of 5-lipoxygenase. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2017; 65:54-61. [PMID: 28791741 DOI: 10.1002/bab.1583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2017] [Accepted: 08/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Lipoxygenases (LOXs) are nonheme iron-containing enzymes catalyzing the dioxygenation of polyunsaturated fatty acids. LOX catalytic activity depends on the presence of iron in the active site and the iron removal is also able to affect the membrane binding properties of the enzyme. Leukotrienes biosynthesis is initiated by the action of 5-LOX at the level of nuclear membrane and the mechanism of enzyme-membrane interaction is thought to involve structural flexibility and conformational changes at the level of the protein tertiary structure. In this study, we have analyzed by molecular dynamics simulations the conformational changes induced by iron removal in 5-LOX. The data indicate that the degree of enzyme flexibility is related to the presence of iron into the active site that is able to stabilize the protein increasing its rigidity. These findings provide further evidence that the conformation and the functional activity of LOXs is tuned by the presence of iron at the active site, suggesting new approaches for the design of enzyme inhibitors.
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- Juan Torras
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Escola d'Enginyeria de Barcelona Est (EEBE), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy.,European Center for Brain Research (CERC)/Santa Lucia Foundation IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- European Center for Brain Research (CERC)/Santa Lucia Foundation IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Faculty of Bioscience and Technology for Food Agriculture and Environment, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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Droege KD, Keithly ME, Sanders CR, Armstrong RN, Thompson MK. Structural Dynamics of 15-Lipoxygenase-2 via Hydrogen-Deuterium Exchange. Biochemistry 2017; 56:5065-5074. [PMID: 28809482 PMCID: PMC5619234 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b00559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Eicosanoids are inflammatory signaling lipids that are biosynthesized in response to cellular injury or threat. They were originally thought to be pro-inflammatory molecules, but members of at least one subclass, the lipoxins, are able to resolve inflammation. One step in lipoxin synthesis is the oxygenation of arachidonic acid by 15-lipoxygenase (15-LOX). 15-LOX contains two domains: a Ca2+ binding PLAT domain and a catalytic domain. 15-LOX is a soluble cytosolic protein until binding of Ca2+ to the PLAT domain promotes translocation to the membrane surface. The role of 15-LOX structural dynamics in this translocation has remained unclear. We investigated the dynamics of 15-LOX isoform B (15-LOX-2) upon binding of Ca2+ and ligands, as well as upon membrane association using hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS). We used HDX-MS to probe the solvent accessibility and backbone flexibility of 15-LOX-2, revealing significant differences in deuterium incorporation between the PLAT and catalytic domains, with the PLAT domain demonstrating higher flexibility. Comparison of HDX for 15-LOX-2 in the presence and absence of Ca2+ indicates there are few differences in structural dynamics. Furthermore, our HDX results involving nanodisc-associated 15-LOX-2 suggest that significant structural and dynamic changes in 15-LOX-2 are not required for membrane association. Our results also show that a substrate lipid binding to the active site in the catalytic domain does induce changes in incorporation of deuterium into the PLAT domain. Overall, our results challenge the previous hypothesis that Ca2+ binding induces major structural changes in the PLAT domain and support the hypothesis that is interdomain communication in 15-LOX-2.
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- Kristin D Droege
- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, Tennessee 37232, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Missouri Southern State University , Joplin, Missouri 64801, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
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Newie J, Neumann P, Werner M, Mata RA, Ficner R, Feussner I. Lipoxygenase 2 from Cyanothece sp. controls dioxygen insertion by steric shielding and substrate fixation. Sci Rep 2017; 7:2069. [PMID: 28522865 PMCID: PMC5437038 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02153-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The biological function of lipoxygenases depends on the regio and stereo specific formation of fatty acid-derived hydroperoxides and different concepts exist to explain the mechanism that directs dioxygen to a specific carbon atom within the substrate. Here, we report the 1.8 Å resolution crystal structure of a cyanobacterial lipoxygenase that produces bis-allylic hydroperoxides (CspLOX2). Site directed mutagenesis experiments combined with computational approaches reveal that residues around the active site direct dioxygen to a preferred carbon atom and stereo configuration in the substrate fatty acid. Modulating the cavity volume around the pentadiene system of linoleic acid shifted the product formation towards 9S-, 9R-, 13S- or 13R-hydroperoxides in correlation with the site of mutation, thus decreasing the amount of the bis-allylic 11R-hydroperoxide. Decreasing the channel size of a 9R-lipoxygenase (CspLOX1) on the other hand could in turn induce formation of the bis-allylic 11R-hydroperoxide. Together this study suggests that an active site clamp fixing the pentadiene system of the substrate together with steric shielding controls the stereo and regio specific positioning of dioxygen at all positions of the reacting pentadiene system of substrate fatty acids.
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- Julia Newie
- University of Goettingen, Albrecht-von-Haller Institute for Plant Sciences, Department of Plant Biochemistry, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- University of Goettingen, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- University of Goettingen, Institute for Physical Chemistry, Tammannstr. 6, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- University of Goettingen, Institute for Physical Chemistry, Tammannstr. 6, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- University of Goettingen, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
- University of Goettingen, Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077, Goettingen, Germany
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- University of Goettingen, Albrecht-von-Haller Institute for Plant Sciences, Department of Plant Biochemistry, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077, Goettingen, Germany.
- University of Goettingen, Goettingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, 37077, Goettingen, Germany.
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Marques SM, Daniel L, Buryska T, Prokop Z, Brezovsky J, Damborsky J. Enzyme Tunnels and Gates As Relevant Targets in Drug Design. Med Res Rev 2016; 37:1095-1139. [PMID: 27957758 DOI: 10.1002/med.21430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2016] [Revised: 10/11/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Many enzymes contain tunnels and gates that are essential to their function. Gates reversibly switch between open and closed conformations and thereby control the traffic of small molecules-substrates, products, ions, and solvent molecules-into and out of the enzyme's structure via molecular tunnels. Many transient tunnels and gates undoubtedly remain to be identified, and their functional roles and utility as potential drug targets have received comparatively little attention. Here, we describe a set of general concepts relating to the structural properties, function, and classification of these interesting structural features. In addition, we highlight the potential of enzyme tunnels and gates as targets for the binding of small molecules. The different types of binding that are possible and the potential pharmacological benefits of such targeting are discussed. Twelve examples of ligands bound to the tunnels and/or gates of clinically relevant enzymes are used to illustrate the different binding modes and to explain some new strategies for drug design. Such strategies could potentially help to overcome some of the problems facing medicinal chemists and lead to the discovery of more effective drugs.
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- Sergio M Marques
- Loschmidt Laboratories, Faculty of Science, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, RECETOX, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories, Faculty of Science, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, RECETOX, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic.,International Centre for Clinical Research, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories, Faculty of Science, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, RECETOX, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic.,International Centre for Clinical Research, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories, Faculty of Science, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, RECETOX, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic.,International Centre for Clinical Research, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories, Faculty of Science, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, RECETOX, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic.,International Centre for Clinical Research, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Loschmidt Laboratories, Faculty of Science, Department of Experimental Biology and Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, RECETOX, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic.,International Centre for Clinical Research, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekarska 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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