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Wakamatsu JI. Evidence of the mechanism underlying zinc protoporphyrin IX formation in nitrite/nitrate-free dry-cured Parma ham. Meat Sci 2022; 192:108905. [PMID: 35842957 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2022.108905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 07/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
A large amount of zinc protoporphyrin IX (ZnPP) is found in nitrite/nitrate-free dry-cured meat products, such as Parma ham, and is known to contribute to the favorable bright red color of the latter. ZnPP is a metalloporphyrin, in which zinc is coordinated, instead of iron, in the porphyrin ring. ZnPP proved to be more stable than heme, and its formation should be favored in dried meat products to improve color without the addition of nitrites or nitrates. Toward that, understanding the mechanisms of formation of ZnPP in nitrite/nitrate-free dry-cured ham would be important. In this lecture, I introduce some of our research group's findings regarding the endogenous and exogenous factors contributing to the formation and distribution of ZnPP in Parma ham and why ZnPP formation is suppressed in common cured meat products.
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- Jun-Ichi Wakamatsu
- Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita-9 Nishi-9, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan.
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Sishtla K, Lambert-Cheatham N, Lee B, Han DH, Park J, Sardar Pasha SPB, Lee S, Kwon S, Muniyandi A, Park B, Odell N, Waller S, Park IY, Lee SJ, Seo SY, Corson TW. Small-molecule inhibitors of ferrochelatase are antiangiogenic agents. Cell Chem Biol 2022; 29:1010-1023.e14. [PMID: 35090600 PMCID: PMC9233146 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2022.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Revised: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Activity of the heme synthesis enzyme ferrochelatase (FECH) is implicated in multiple diseases. In particular, it is a mediator of neovascularization in the eye and thus an appealing therapeutic target for preventing blindness. However, no drug-like direct FECH inhibitors are known. Here, we set out to identify small-molecule inhibitors of FECH as potential therapeutic leads using a high-throughput screening approach to identify potent inhibitors of FECH activity. A structure-activity relationship study of a class of triazolopyrimidinone hits yielded drug-like FECH inhibitors. These compounds inhibit FECH in cells, bind the active site in cocrystal structures, and are antiangiogenic in multiple in vitro assays. One of these promising compounds was antiangiogenic in vivo in a mouse model of choroidal neovascularization. This foundational work may be the basis for new therapeutic agents to combat not only ocular neovascularization but also other diseases characterized by FECH activity.
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- Kamakshi Sishtla
- Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, Gachon University, Incheon 21936, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Chungbuk 28160, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Chungbuk 28160, South Korea
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- Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, Gachon University, Incheon 21936, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Gachon University, Incheon 21936, South Korea
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- Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Spelman College, Atlanta, GA 30314, USA
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- Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Chungbuk 28160, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chungbuk National University, Chungbuk 28160, South Korea.
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- College of Pharmacy, Gachon University, Incheon 21936, South Korea.
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- Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Abril B, Sanchez-Torres EA, Bou R, Garcia-Perez JV, Benedito J. Ultrasound intensification of Ferrochelatase extraction from pork liver as a strategy to improve ZINC-protoporphyrin formation. ULTRASONICS SONOCHEMISTRY 2021; 78:105703. [PMID: 34388654 PMCID: PMC8363878 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2021.105703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Revised: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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The enzyme Ferrochelatase (FeCH), which is naturally present in pork liver, catalyses the formation of Zinc-protoporphyrin (ZnPP), a natural pigment responsible for the typical color of dry-cured Italian Parma ham. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using high power ultrasound in continuous and pulsed modes to intensify the extraction of the enzyme FeCH from pork liver. US application during FeCH extraction led to an improved enzymatic activity and further increase in the formation of ZnPP. The optimal condition tested was that of 1 min in continuous US application, in which time the enzymatic activity increased by 33.3 % compared to conventional extraction (30 min). Pulsed US application required 5 min treatments to observe a significant intensification effect. Therefore, ultrasound is a potentially feasible technique as it increases the catalytic activity of FeCH and saves time compared to the conventional extraction method.
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- B Abril
- Department of Food Technology, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camí de Vera, s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain
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- IRTA, XaRTA, Food Technology, Finca Camps i Armet, Monells, Girona E-17121, Spain
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- IRTA, XaRTA, Food Technology, Finca Camps i Armet, Monells, Girona E-17121, Spain
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- Department of Food Technology, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camí de Vera, s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain
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- Department of Food Technology, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camí de Vera, s/n, Valencia 46022, Spain.
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Shimizu R, Lan NN, Tai TT, Adachi Y, Kawazoe A, Mu A, Taketani S. p53 directly regulates the transcription of the human frataxin gene and its lack of regulation in tumor cells decreases the utilization of mitochondrial iron. Gene 2014; 551:79-85. [PMID: 25158131 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.08.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Revised: 08/19/2014] [Accepted: 08/21/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Mitochondrial frataxin functions in iron homeostasis, biogenesis of iron-sulfur clusters, protection from oxidative stress and apoptosis, and as a tumor suppressor protein. We examined regulation of the expression of the human frataxin by p53. Pifithrin-α, an inhibitor of p53 function, and knockdown of p53 decreased the level of frataxin mRNA in human kidney HEK 293T cells. The transcriptional activity of the human frataxin gene is enhanced by the proximal promoter containing the p53-responsive element (p53RE) on the gene. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay and electrophoretic mobility shift assay confirmed the binding of p53 to the human frataxin p53RE. The expression of wild-type p53 in human cancer HeLa cells increased the reporter activity carrying p53RE at the region of -209 to -200bp of the frataxin promoter. Finally, when the HeLa cells overexpressing frataxin were treated with 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), there was less accumulation of protoporphyrin than HeLa control cells, and it was sharply decreased by the addition of iron citrate, suggesting that the utilization of mitochondrial iron for heme biosynthesis can be dependent on the level of frataxin. Alternatively, the low expression of frataxin not regulated by p53 in tumor cells lowers the utilization of iron in mitochondria, causing the tumor-specific ALA-induced accumulation of protoporphyrin.
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- Rina Shimizu
- Department of Biotechnology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan; Insect Biomedical Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan.
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Juzeniene A, Iani V, Moan J. Clearance mechanism of protoporphyrin IX from mouse skin after application of 5-aminolevulinic acid. Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther 2013; 10:538-45. [PMID: 24284108 DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2013.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2013] [Revised: 05/23/2013] [Accepted: 05/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND 5-Aminolevulinic acid (ALA) or its esters mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) is the most widely practiced form of PDT in dermatology. One of its advantages is that undesirable photosensitization lasts only for 24-48 h. In order to optimize ALA-PDT it is necessary to understand the mechanisms of intracellular production and clearance of PpIX (efflux from cells into blood stream and/or its conversion into haem). The aim of this study is to investigate the factors controlling the clearance of intracellular PpIX from healthy skin of mice. METHODS PpIX was induced in mouse skin by topical or systemic application of ALA or by topical application of the iron chelator ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). Fluorescence spectroscopy was used to study PpIX kinetics in alive and dead skin. RESULTS Topical application of ALA or EDTA leads to porphyrin production in living skin, but not in excised skin. The clearance rates of PpIX from alive and dead skin were the same in the absence of an intracellular ALA pool. The clearance half-life of EDTA-induced PpIX was 4-7 times longer than that of PpIX after application of ALA. CONCLUSIONS Skin temperature and intracellular iron availability strongly affect PpIX clearance, while ALA application mode (topical versus systemic) and skin viability (dead versus alive) have no influence on PpIX decay. These results demonstrate that the clearance kinetics of PpIX from skin are determined mostly by the conversion of PpIX into haem, while the cellular efflux of PpIX into blood plays a minor role.
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- Asta Juzeniene
- Department of Radiation Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Montebello, 0310 Oslo, Norway.
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Becker EM, Westermann S, Hansson M, Skibsted LH. Parallel enzymatic and non-enzymatic formation of zinc protoporphyrin IX in pork. Food Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.07.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chau TT, Ishigaki M, Kataoka T, Taketani S. Ferrochelatase catalyzes the formation of Zn-protoporphyrin of dry-cured ham via the conversion reaction from heme in meat. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2011; 59:12238-12245. [PMID: 22004247 DOI: 10.1021/jf203145p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Ferrochelatase (FECH), the enzyme at the last step of the heme-biosynthetic pathway, is involved in the formation of Zn-protoporphyrin via an iron-removal reaction of heme. To improve the efficacy of the formation of Zn-protoporphyrin from heme, the use of recombinant FECHs from porcine, yeast, and bacteria was examined. Incubation of FECH with myoglobin in the presence of ascorbic acid and cysteine resulted in the efficient conversion of myoglobin-heme to Zn-protoporphyrin. Exogenously added recombinant yeast FECH facilitates the production of Zn-protoporphyrin from myoglobin-heme and heme in meat, via the replacement of iron in the protoporphyrin ring by zinc ions. A large amount of Zn-protoporphyrin was also generated by the catalysis of FECH using an intact piece of meat as a substrate. These findings can open up possible approaches for the generation of a nontoxic bright pigment, Zn-protoporphyrin, to shorten the incubation time required to produce dry-cured ham.
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- Tuan Thanh Chau
- Department of Biotechnology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan
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Layer G, Reichelt J, Jahn D, Heinz DW. Structure and function of enzymes in heme biosynthesis. Protein Sci 2010; 19:1137-61. [PMID: 20506125 DOI: 10.1002/pro.405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Tetrapyrroles like hemes, chlorophylls, and cobalamin are complex macrocycles which play essential roles in almost all living organisms. Heme serves as prosthetic group of many proteins involved in fundamental biological processes like respiration, photosynthesis, and the metabolism and transport of oxygen. Further, enzymes such as catalases, peroxidases, or cytochromes P450 rely on heme as essential cofactors. Heme is synthesized in most organisms via a highly conserved biosynthetic route. In humans, defects in heme biosynthesis lead to severe metabolic disorders called porphyrias. The elucidation of the 3D structures for all heme biosynthetic enzymes over the last decade provided new insights into their function and elucidated the structural basis of many known diseases. In terms of structure and function several rather unique proteins were revealed such as the V-shaped glutamyl-tRNA reductase, the dipyrromethane cofactor containing porphobilinogen deaminase, or the "Radical SAM enzyme" coproporphyrinogen III dehydrogenase. This review summarizes the current understanding of the structure-function relationship for all heme biosynthetic enzymes and their potential interactions in the cell.
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- Gunhild Layer
- Institute of Microbiology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig D-38106, Germany
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Sakaino M, Ishigaki M, Ohgari Y, Kitajima S, Masaki R, Yamamoto A, Taketani S. Dual mitochondrial localization and different roles of the reversible reaction of mammalian ferrochelatase. FEBS J 2009; 276:5559-70. [PMID: 19691493 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07248.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Ferrochelatase catalyzes the insertion of ferrous ions into protoporphyrin IX to produce heme. Previously, it was found that this enzyme also participates in the reverse reaction of iron removal from heme. To clarify the role of the reverse reaction of ferrochelatase in cells, mouse liver mitochondria were fractionated to examine the localization of ferrochelatase, and it was found that the enzyme localizes not only to the inner membrane, but also to the outer membrane. Observations by immunoelectron microscopy confirmed the dual localization of ferrochelatase in ferrochelatase-expressing human embryonic kidney cells and mouse liver mitochondria. The conventional (zinc-insertion) activities of the enzyme in the inner and outer membranes were similar, whereas the iron-removal activity was high in the outer membrane. 2D gel analysis revealed that two types of the enzyme with different isoelectric points were present in mitochondria, and the acidic form, which was enriched in the outer membrane, was found to be phosphorylated. Mutation of human ferrochelatase showed that serine residues at positions 130 and 303 were phosphorylated, and serine at position 130 may be involved in the balance of the reversible catalytic reaction. When mouse erythroleukemia cells were treated with 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol 13-acetate, an activator of protein kinase C, or hemin, phospho-ferrochelatase levels increased, with a concomitant decrease in zinc-insertion activity and a slight increase in iron-removal activity. These results suggest that ferrochelatase localizes to both the mitochondrial outer and inner membranes and that the change in the equilibrium position of the forward and reverse activities may be regulated by the phosphorylation of ferrochelatase.
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Benedini R, Raja V, Parolari G. Zinc-protoporphyrin IX promoting activity in pork muscle. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2007.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Taketani S, Ishigaki M, Mizutani A, Uebayashi M, Numata M, Ohgari Y, Kitajima S. Heme Synthase (Ferrochelatase) Catalyzes the Removal of Iron from Heme and Demetalation of Metalloporphyrins. Biochemistry 2007; 46:15054-61. [DOI: 10.1021/bi701460x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Shigeru Taketani
- Department of Biotechnology and Insect Biomedical Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, and Ito Ham Inc., Ibaraki 302-0104, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Insect Biomedical Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, and Ito Ham Inc., Ibaraki 302-0104, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Insect Biomedical Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, and Ito Ham Inc., Ibaraki 302-0104, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Insect Biomedical Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, and Ito Ham Inc., Ibaraki 302-0104, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Insect Biomedical Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, and Ito Ham Inc., Ibaraki 302-0104, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Insect Biomedical Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, and Ito Ham Inc., Ibaraki 302-0104, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Insect Biomedical Center, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto 606-8585, and Ito Ham Inc., Ibaraki 302-0104, Japan
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Wakamatsu J, Nishimura T, Hattori A. A Zn–porphyrin complex contributes to bright red color in Parma ham. Meat Sci 2004; 67:95-100. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2003.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2003] [Revised: 09/23/2003] [Accepted: 09/23/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Shi Z, Ferreira GC. A continuous anaerobic fluorimetric assay for ferrochelatase by monitoring porphyrin disappearance. Anal Biochem 2003; 318:18-24. [PMID: 12782026 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-2697(03)00175-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A continuous spectrofluorimetric assay for determining ferrochelatase activity has been developed using the physiological substrates ferrous iron and protoporphyrin IX under strictly anaerobic conditions. In contrast to heme, the product of the ferrochelatase-catalyzed reaction, protoporphyrin IX is fluorescent, and therefore the progress of the reaction can be monitored by following the decrease in protoporphyrin fluorescence intensity (with excitation and emission wavelengths at 505 and 635 nm, respectively). This continuous fluorimetric assay detects activities as low as 0.01 nmol porphyrin consumed min(-1), representing an increase in sensitivity of up to two orders of magnitude over the currently used, discontinuous assays. The determination of the steady-state kinetic parameters of ferrochelatase yielded K(m)(PPIX)=1.4+/-0.2 microM, K(m)(Fe(2+))=1.9+/-0.3 microM, and k(cat)=4.0+/-0.3 min(-1). In addition to its applicability for acquisition of kinetic data to characterize ferrochelatase and recombinant variants, this new method should permit detection of low concentrations of ferrochelatase in biological samples.
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- Zhen Shi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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Taketani S, Kakimoto K, Ueta H, Masaki R, Furukawa T. Involvement of ABC7 in the biosynthesis of heme in erythroid cells: interaction of ABC7 with ferrochelatase. Blood 2003; 101:3274-80. [PMID: 12480705 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2002-04-1212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A mitochondrial half-type ATP-binding cassette (ABC) protein, ABC7, plays a role in iron homeostasis in mitochondria, and defects in human ABC7 were shown to be responsible for the inherited disease X-linked sideroblastic anemia/ataxia. We examined the role of ABC7 in the biosynthesis of heme in erythroid cells where hemoglobin is a major product of iron-containing compounds. RNA blots showed that the amount of ABC7 mRNA in dimethylsulfoxide (Me(2)SO)-treated mouse erythroleukemia (MEL) cells increased markedly in parallel with the induction of the mRNA expression of ferrochelatase, the last enzyme in the pathway to synthesize heme. The transfection of the antisense oligonucleotide to mouse ABC7 mRNA into Me(2)SO-treated MEL cells led to a decrease of heme production, as compared with sense oligonucleotide-transfected cells. ABC7 protein was shown to be colocalized with ferrochelatase in mitochondria, as assessed by immunostaining. Furthermore, in vitro and in vivo pull-down assays revealed that ABC7 protein is interacted with the carboxy-terminal region containing the iron-sulfur cluster of ferrochelatase. The transient expression of ABC7 in mouse embryo liver BNL-CL2 cells resulted in an increase in the activity and level of ferrochelatase and thioredoxin, a cytosolic protein containing iron-sulfur. These increases were also observed in MEL cells stably expressing ABC7. When ABC7 transfectants were treated with Me(2)SO, an increase in cellular heme concomitant with a marked induction of the expression of ferrochelatase was observed. The extent of these increases was 3-fold greater than in control cells. The results indicated that ABC7 positively regulates not only the expression of extramitochondrial thioredoxin but also that of an intramitochondrial iron-sulfur-containing protein, ferrochelatase. Then, the expression of ABC7 contributes to the production of heme during the differentiation of erythroid cells.
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- Shigeru Taketani
- Department of Biotechnology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan.
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Ohashi T, Kakimoto K, Sokawa Y, Taketani S. Semi-quantitative estimation of heme/hemoprotein with dichlorodihydrofluorescin diacetate. Anal Biochem 2002; 308:392-5. [PMID: 12419355 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-2697(02)00248-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Tomoko Ohashi
- Department of Biotechnology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
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Fujita H, Nishitani C, Ogawa K. Lead, chemical porphyria, and heme as a biological mediator. TOHOKU J EXP MED 2002; 196:53-64. [PMID: 12498316 DOI: 10.1620/tjem.196.53] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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One of the most well-characterized symptoms of lead poisoning is porphyria. The biochemical signs of lead intoxication related to porphyria are delta-aminolevulinic aciduria, coproporphyrinuria, and accumulation of free and zinc protoporphyrin in erythrocytes. From the 1970s to the early 80s, almost all of the enzymes in the heme pathway had been purified and characterized, and it was demonstrated that delta-aminolevulinic aciduria is due to inhibition of delta-aminolevulinate dehydratase by lead. Lead also inhibits purified ferrochelatase; however, the magnitude of inhibition was essentially nil even under pathological conditions. Further study proved the disturbance of iron-reducing activity by moderate lead exposure. Far different from these two enzymes, lead failed to inhibit purified coproporphyrinogen oxidase, i.e., the mechanism of coproporphyrinuria has not yet been understood. During the 80s to the 90s, the effects of environmental hazards including lead were elucidated through stress proteins, indicating the induction of some heme pathway enzymes as stress proteins. At that time, gene environment interaction was another focus of toxicology, since gene carriers of porphyrias are considered to be a high-risk group to chemical pollutants. Toxicological studies from the 70s to the 90s focused on the direct effect of hazards on biological molecules, such as the heme pathway enzymes, and many environmental pollutants were proved to affect cytosolic heme. Recently, we demonstrated the mechanism of the heme-controlled transcription system, which suggests that the indirect effects of environmental hazards are also important for elucidating toxicity, i.e., the hazards can affect cell functions through such biological mediators as regulatory heme. It is, therefore, probable that toxicology in the future will focus on biological systems such as gene regulation and signal transduction systems.
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- Hiroyoshi Fujita
- Laboratory of Environmental Biology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan.
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Funahashi S, Inada Y, Inamo M. Dynamic study of metal-ion incorporation into porphyrins based on the dynamic characterization of metal ions and on sitting-atop complex formation. ANAL SCI 2001; 17:917-27. [PMID: 11708094 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.17.917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We succeeded in the detection of the sitting-atop (SAT) copper(II) complex of TPP (5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin) in acetonitrile (AN) as a solvent with a very low Brønsted basicity, where two pyrrolenine nitrogens in the Cu(II)-SAT complex coordinate to the metal ion and two protons still remain on the pyrrole nitrogens. The structure parameters around the copper(II) ion in the Cu(II)-SAT complex, as determined by a fluorescent EXAFS method, suggest an axially elongated and equatorially distorted six-coordinate geometry. We measured the rates of the formation reaction of the SAT complexes for a series of transition metal(II) ions in AN using the stopped-flow technique. We propose the mechanism where there is a rapid deformation equilibrium of the porphyrin ring prior to the rate-determining step of the bond rupture of a coordinated solvent molecule on the metal(II) ion. Furthermore, we measured the rates of the deprotonation reaction of the Cu(II)-SAT complex by some Brønsted bases and indicated that the rate-determining step is the attack of the base on the proton of the pyrrole nitrogen in the SAT complex. Finally, a unified mechanism relevant to the porphyrin metalation mechanism has been proposed.
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- S Funahashi
- Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
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Ferrochelatase is the terminal enzyme in the heme biosynthesis pathway. Under anaerobic conditions it catalyzes the insertion of ferrous iron into the protoporphyrin IX ring to form protoheme. In the absence of iron and under aerobic conditions, the enzyme will use zinc or mercury as a substitute. The assay described in this unit uses zinc under aerobic conditions and the artificial substrate mesoporphyrin to analyze the formation of zinc-mesoporphyrin by HPLC with UV or fluorescence detection.
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- S Taketani
- Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan
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Deficiencies of 7 enzymes in the heme biosynthetic pathway result in the development of porphyrias. Two of the porphyrias, aminolevulinate dehydratase deficiency porphyria and acute intermittent porphyria do not have cutaneous findings. Cutaneous findings in the other porphyrias could be subdivided into acute phototoxicity and subacute phototoxicity. In addition, 2 of the porphyrias, hereditary coproporphyria and variegate porphyria have both cutaneous and neurovisceral findings. Now that chromosomal assignments for all the genes of the defective enzymes have been mode, prenatal diagnosis is possible for congenital erythropoietic porphyria, and in vitro gene therapy has been successfully performed for congenital erythropoietic porphyria and erythropoietic protoporphyria.
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- H W Lim
- Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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Taketani S, Adachi Y, Kohno H, Ikehara S, Tokunaga R, Ishii T. Molecular characterization of a newly identified heme-binding protein induced during differentiation of urine erythroleukemia cells. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:31388-94. [PMID: 9813049 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.47.31388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A heme-binding protein with a molecular mass of 22 kDa, termed p22 HBP, was purified from mouse liver cytosol, using blue Sepharose CL-6B. We identified a cDNA encoding p22 HBP, and sequence analysis revealed that p22 HBP comprises 190 amino acid residues (Mr 21,063) and has no homology to any other known heme-binding protein. The p22 HBP mRNA (approximately 1.0 kilobases) is ubiquitously expressed in various tissues and is extremely abundant in the liver. cDNA allows for expression of active p22 HBP, with a high affinity for 55Fe-hemin, with a Kd of 26 +/-1.8 nM. The Bmax of hemin binding to p22 HBP was 0.55 +/- 0.021 mol/mol of protein, a value consistent with one heme molecule binding per molecule of protein. The order of potency of different ligands to compete against 55Fe-hemin binding to p22 HBP was hemin = protoporphyrin IX > coproporphyrin III > bilirubin > palmitic acid > all-trans-retinoic acid. Treatment of mouse erythroleukemia (MEL) cells with dimethyl sulfoxide or hemin resulted in an increase in p22 HBP mRNA. The immunoblot analysis showed that p22 HBP increased with time in dimethyl sulfoxide- and hemin-induced MEL cells. Conversely, transfer of antisense oligonucleotides to p22 HBP cDNA resulted in a decrease of p22 HBP in dimethyl sulfoxide-treated MEL cells, and the heme content in these cells decreased to 66-71% of sense oligonucleotides-transferred cells. Thus, this newly identified heme-binding protein, p22 HBP, may be involved in heme utilization for hemoprotein synthesis and even be coupled to hemoglobin synthesis during erythroid differentiation.
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- S Taketani
- Department of Hygiene, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Osaka 570-8506, Japan.
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Todd DJ. Clinical implications of the molecular biology of erythropoietic protoporphyria. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 1998. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.1998.tb00971.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Todd DJ. Molecular genetics of erythropoietic protoporphyria. PHOTODERMATOLOGY, PHOTOIMMUNOLOGY & PHOTOMEDICINE 1998; 14:70-3. [PMID: 9638728 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.1998.tb00015.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is caused by decreased activity of the enzyme ferrochelatase and is characterized by burning photosensitivity commencing in childhood. From 1-10% of patients develop potentially fatal protoporphyric hepatic failure. The gene for ferrochelatase has been cloned, sequenced and mapped to the long arm of chromosome 18. EPP is genetically very heterogeneous and 24 different mutations in 27 unrelated patients have been published. In the majority of families co-inheritance of a mutant ferrochelatase allele from one parent and a low-output "normal" ferrochelatase allele from the other parent is required for disease expression. The molecular basis, if any, of protoporphyric hepatic failure has not yet been resolved. Gene therapy experiments have been completed in vitro and are in progress in an animal model of EPP. In conclusion, molecular genetic investigation of EPP has increased our understanding of its pathogenesis and inheritance. Why some EPP patients develop hepatic failure is still unanswered. Gene therapy of EPP patients may become possible in the future.
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- D J Todd
- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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Jacobs JM, Sinclair PR, Sinclair JF, Gorman N, Walton HS, Wood SG, Nichols C. Formation of zinc protoporphyrin in cultured hepatocytes: effects of ferrochelatase inhibition, iron chelation or lead. Toxicology 1998; 125:95-105. [PMID: 9570325 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-483x(97)00164-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The formation of zinc protoporphyrin in response to lead or iron depletion has previously been investigated in erythroid systems. Because of its possible metabolic role in non-erythroid tissue, we investigated the formation of zinc protoporphyrin in cultured hepatocytes. The effects of lead and inhibitors of ferrochelatase, the iron insertion step of heme synthesis, on the conversion of 5-aminolevulinic acid to zinc protoporphyrin, protoporphyrin and heme were compared in rat and chick embryo hepatocyte cultures. In rat cultures, zinc protoporphyrin was synthesized enzymatically by ferrochelatase, since N-methylmesoporphyrin, an inhibitor of ferrochelatase. caused 40% or greater decreases in both heme and zinc protoporphyrin accumulation and markedly stimulated protoporphyrin accumulation. In addition, chelation of ferrous iron with 2,2'-dipyridyl decreased heme accumulation by 50%, but increased ZPP accumulation by 200%. Zinc protoporphyrin formation in chick embryo hepatocytes required the addition of zinc as well as 5-aminolevulinic acid and apparently was non-enzymatic, since it was not inhibited by N-methylmesoporphyrin nor increased by iron chelation. In the presence of 5-aminolevulinic acid, lead had no effect on zinc protoporphyrin, protoporphyrin or heme accumulation in chick hepatocytes, but decreased all three in rat hepatocytes, with the decrease in protoporphyrin being far greater than that of zinc protoporphyrin or heme. These findings indicate that, in contrast to the effect of lead in erythroid tissue, it did not specifically increase zinc protoporphyrin accumulation or alter iron availability in cultured hepatocytes.
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- J M Jacobs
- Department of Microbiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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Al-Karadaghi S, Hansson M, Nikonov S, Jönsson B, Hederstedt L. Crystal structure of ferrochelatase: the terminal enzyme in heme biosynthesis. Structure 1997; 5:1501-10. [PMID: 9384565 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(97)00299-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND The metallation of closed ring tetrapyrroles resulting in the formation of hemes, chlorophylls and vitamin B12 is catalyzed by specific enzymes called chelatases. Ferrochelatase catalyzes the terminal step in heme biosynthesis by inserting ferrous ion into protoporphyrin IX by a mechanism that is poorly understood. Mutations in the human gene for ferrochelatase can result in the disease erythropoietic protoporphyria, and a further understanding of the mechanism of this enzyme is therefore of clinical interest. No three-dimensional structure of a tetrapyrrole metallation enzyme has been available until now. RESULTS The three-dimensional structure of Bacillus subtilis ferrochelatase has been determined at 1.9 A resolution by the method of multiple isomorphous replacement. The structural model contains 308 of the 310 amino acid residues of the protein and 198 solvent molecules. The polypeptide is folded into two similar domains each with a four-stranded parallel beta sheet flanked by alpha helices. Structural elements from both domains build up a cleft, which contains several amino acid residues that are invariant in ferrochelatases from different organisms. In crystals soaked with gold and cadmium salt solutions, the metal ion was found to be coordinated to the conserved residue His 183, which is located in the cleft. This histidine residue has previously been suggested to be involved in ferrous ion binding. CONCLUSIONS Ferrochelatase seems to have a structurally conserved core region that is common to the enzyme from bacteria, plants and mammals. We propose that porphyrin binds in the identified cleft; this cleft also includes the metal-binding site of the enzyme. It is likely that the structure of the cleft region will have different conformations upon substrate binding and release.
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- S Al-Karadaghi
- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Lund University, Box 124, S-221 00, Lund, Sweden.
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A 33-nucleotide, guanine-rich DNA oligomer, PS5.ST1, has been reported to catalyze the metallation of mesoporphyrin IX (MPIX) by copper and zinc ions. In this paper we report a thorough investigation of the properties of this DNAzyme. We have established that a 24-nucleotide sequence (PS5.M), from within PS5.ST1, is both the minimal and most optimal catalytic unit. We have found that three related porphyrins are acceptable as substrates by this DNAzyme, of which protoporphyrin IX is preferred as a substrate over the expected substrate, MPIX. We have determined that it is unlikely that a strong, catalytically relevant binding site for copper ions exists in the DNAzyme and that high concentrations of copper destroy the active DNAzyme. This enzyme, whose folded structure likely contains guanine quartets, requires potassium ions for activity; we have shown that as little as 1 mM potassium is sufficient for its catalytic robustness, whereas as much as 0.5 M sodium still will not support catalysis. In determining the pH, temperature, and salt optima for the catalyzed reaction, we have found an unexpected stabilizing role for Tris buffer in both the catalyzed and background metallation reactions. As a consequence of various steps of optimization, we now have a vastly improved DNAzyme, one whose enzymatic parameters compare well both with those of natural ferrochelatases, as well as with those of artificially derived chelatases, composed of protein (a catalytic antibody) and RNA. The existence of this array of biocatalysts for porphyrin metallations allows one-to-one comparisons of the ways in which different biopolymers solve a given catalytic problem.
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- Y Li
- Institute of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Equilibria, kinetics and mechanism of complexation of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin and its N-methylated derivative with cadmium(II) and zinc(II) ions in aqueous solution at various temperatures and pressures. Effects of metal ion size and porphyrin ring deformation on metal ion incorporation. Inorganica Chim Acta 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0020-1693(96)05419-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Toda A, Kihara T, Ono N, Nagamatsu A, Shimeno H. Liver haem metabolism in adjuvant-induced arthritic rats. Xenobiotica 1996; 26:415-23. [PMID: 9173682 DOI: 10.3109/00498259609046720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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1. Adjuvant-induced arthritic (AA) rats show a striking decrease in the level of cytochrome P450, a key microsomal haemoprotein involved in electron transport and drug metabolism in the liver. In the present study, we examined the relationship between the reduction of P450 content and haem metabolism in the liver of AA rats. 2. The activities of many enzymes catalyzing the biosynthesis of haem in the liver were significantly higher in AA rats than in normal rats, whereas only coproporphyrinogen oxidase activity in AA rats was markedly lower than that in normal rats. Furthermore, the activity of haem oxygenase, a key enzyme in the haem degradative pathway, increased significantly in AA rats. In addition, the degree of increase in the activity of this enzyme was clearly higher than that in the activity of 5-aminolevulinate synthase, a key enzyme in the haem synthetic pathway. 3. These results suggest that the reduction of live P450 content in AA rats is based on the lowering of liver haem content due to the combined action of the increased haem oxygenase activity and the decreased coproporphyrinogen oxidase activity. The changes in these enzyme activities were apparently suppressed by the continuous administration of indomethacin, which improved the arthritic states of the animals.
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- A Toda
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, Japan
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Franco R, Moura JJ, Moura I, Lloyd SG, Huynh BH, Forbes WS, Ferreira GC. Characterization of the iron-binding site in mammalian ferrochelatase by kinetic and Mössbauer methods. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:26352-7. [PMID: 7592847 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.44.26352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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All organisms utilize ferrochelatase (protoheme ferrolyase, EC 4.99.1.1) to catalyze the terminal step of the heme biosynthetic pathway, which involves the insertion of ferrous ion into protoporphyrin IX. Kinetic methods and Mössbauer spectroscopy have been used in an effort to characterize the ferrous ion-binding active site of recombinant murine ferrochelatase. The kinetic studies indicate that dithiothreitol, a reducing agent commonly used in ferrochelatase activity assays, interferes with the enzymatic production of heme. Ferrochelatase specific activity values determined under strictly anaerobic conditions are much greater than those obtained for the same enzyme under aerobic conditions and in the presence of dithiothreitol. Mössbauer spectroscopy conclusively demonstrates that, under the commonly used assay conditions, dithiothreitol chelates ferrous ion and hence competes with the enzyme for binding the ferrous substrate. Mössbauer spectroscopy of ferrous ion incubated with ferrochelatase in the absence of dithiothreitol shows a somewhat broad quadrupole doublet. Spectral analysis indicates that when 0.1 mM Fe(II) is added to 1.75 mM ferrochelatase, the overwhelming majority of the added ferrous ion is bound to the protein. The spectroscopic parameters for this bound species are delta = 1.36 +/- 0.03 mm/s and delta EQ = 3.04 +/- 0.06 mm/s, distinct from the larger delta EQ of a control sample of Fe(II) in buffer only. The parameters for the bound species are consistent with an active site composed of nitrogenous/oxygenous ligands and inconsistent with the presence of sulfur ligands. This finding is in accord with the absence of conserved cysteines among the known ferrochelatase sequences. The implications these results have with regard to the mechanism of ferrochelatase activity are discussed.
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- R Franco
- Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Monte de Caparíca, Portugal
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Nishimura K, Taketani S, Inokuchi H. Cloning of a human cDNA for protoporphyrinogen oxidase by complementation in vivo of a hemG mutant of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:8076-80. [PMID: 7713909 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.14.8076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO; EC 1.3.3.4) is the enzyme that catalyzes in the penultimate step in the heme biosynthetic pathway. Hemes are essential components of redox enzymes, such as cytochromes. Thus, a hemG mutant strain of Escherichia coli deficient in PPO is defective in aerobic respiration and grows poorly even in rich medium. By complementation with a human placental cDNA library, we were able to isolate a clone that enhanced the poor growth of such a hemG mutant strain. The clone encoded the gene for human PPO. Sequence analysis revealed that PPO consists of 477 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 50.8 kilodaltons. The deduced protein exhibited a high degree of homology over its entire length to the amino acid sequence of PPO encoded by the hemY gene of Bacillus subtilis. The NH2-terminal amino acid sequence of the deduced PPO contains a conserved amino acid sequence that forms the dinucleotide-binding site in many flavin-containing proteins. Northern blot analysis revealed the synthesis of a 1.8-kilobase pair mRNA for PPO. A homogenate of the monkey kidney COS-1 cells that had been transfected with the cDNA had much higher PPO activity than an extract of control cells, and this activity was inhibited by acifluorfen, a specific inhibitor of PPO. Furthermore, the cDNA was expressed in vitro as 51-kilodalton protein, and after incubation with isolated mitochondria the protein was found to be located in the mitochondria, having just the same size as before, an indication that PPO is a mitochondrial enzyme and has no apparent transport-specific leader sequence.
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- K Nishimura
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Japan
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Ferreira GC, Franco R, Lloyd SG, Moura I, Moura JJ, Huynh BH. Structure and function of ferrochelatase. J Bioenerg Biomembr 1995; 27:221-9. [PMID: 7592569 DOI: 10.1007/bf02110037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Ferrochelatase is the terminal enzyme of the heme biosynthetic pathway in all cells. It catalyzes the insertion of ferrous iron into protoporphyrin IX, yielding heme. In eukaryotic cells, ferrochelatase is a mitochondrial inner membrane-associated protein with the active site facing the matrix. Decreased values of ferrochelatase activity in all tissues are a characteristic of patients with protoporphyria. Point-mutations in the ferrochelatase gene have been recently found to be associated with certain cases of erythropoietic protoporphyria. During the past four years, there have been considerable advances in different aspects related to structure and function of ferrochelatase. Genomic and cDNA clones for bacteria, yeast, barley, mouse, and human ferrochelatase have been isolated and sequenced. Functional expression of yeast ferrochelatase in yeast strains deficient in this enzyme, and expression in Escherichia coli and in baculovirus-infected insect cells of different ferrochelatase cDNAs have been accomplished. A recently identified (2Fe-2S) cluster appears to be a structural feature shared among mammalian ferrochelatases. Finally, functional studies of ferrochelatase site-directed mutants, in which key amino acids were replaced with residues identified in some cases of protoporphyria, will be summarized in the context of protein structure.
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- G C Ferreira
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612, USA
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Mathews-Roth MM, Michel JL, Wise RJ. Amelioration of the metabolic defect in erythropoietic protoporphyria by expression of human ferrochelatase in cultured cells. J Invest Dermatol 1995; 104:497-9. [PMID: 7706765 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12605930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The cDNA for human ferrochelatase, the enzyme that is defective in the rare genetic disease erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP), was tested for its ability to allow the expression of ferrochelatase in mammalian cells. The cDNA was ligated to the plasmid expression vectors pCD and pED6 and transfected into COS-1 and CHO-DUKX cells, respectively. In each case, ferrochelatase activity increased. The cDNA was also ligated into the retroviral vector pLXSN, and virus-packaging cells were produced. Supernatants from these cells were used to infect fibroblasts in vitro from a patient with EPP. We found that the infected cells containing the ferrochelatase cDNA had enzyme levels in the range of normal fibroblasts and that they did not accumulate protoporphyrin when grown in the presence of delta-aminolevulinic acid. We conclude that introducing the cDNA for normal ferrochelatase into fibroblasts from an EPP patient restores ferrochelatase enzyme activity to the normal range. These experiments suggest potential for genetic therapy in EPP.
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Kim YM, Bergonia HA, Müller C, Pitt BR, Watkins WD, Lancaster JR. Loss and degradation of enzyme-bound heme induced by cellular nitric oxide synthesis. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:5710-3. [PMID: 7890697 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.11.5710] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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We report here that, like nonheme iron, protein-bound intracellular heme iron is also a target for destruction by endogenously produced nitric oxide (NO). In isolated rat hepatocytes NO synthesis results in substantial (approximately 60%) and comparable loss of catalase and cytochrome P450 as well as total microsomal heme, and decreased heme synthetic (delta-aminolevulinate synthetase and ferrochelatase) and increased degradative (heme oxygenase) enzymatic activities. The effect is reversible, and intact cytochrome P450 apoproteins are still present, as judged by heme reconstitution of isolated microsomes. The effects on delta-aminolevulinate synthetase and heme oxygenase are likely to be secondary to heme liberation, while the effects on ferrochelatase appear to be a direct effect of NO, perhaps destruction of its nonheme iron-sulfur center.
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- Y M Kim
- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania 15261
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Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is an inherited inborn error of porphyrin metabolism caused by decreased activity of the enzyme ferrochelatase, the terminal enzyme of the haem biosynthetic pathway, which catalyses the insertion of iron into protoporphyrin to form haem. EPP is characterized clinically by photosensitivity to visible light commencing in childhood, and biochemically by elevated red cell protoporphyrin levels. Although the majority of papers and reviews have classified EPP as an autosomal dominant disorder, the inheritance has now been shown to be more complex, and both autosomal dominant and recessive patterns of inheritance have been demonstrated using ferrochelatase activity. Further molecular studies should clarify the exact mode of inheritance. It seems likely that in the majority of families a defective allele from the apparently normal parent will be required for disease expression, but another possibility is autosomal dominant inheritance with low clinical penetrance. Exposure to bright sunlight, for as little as a few minutes in the worst affected patients, causes burning pain in exposed skin, which may be so severe and persistent that it prevents sleep for several nights. Patients usually attempt to relieve the pain by cold water or cold compresses. Apart from sun avoidance, the mainstay of prophylactic treatment has been beta-carotene. Although the published evidence for the effectiveness of beta-carotene is impressive, no controlled trials using adequate doses have been performed to unequivocally confirm its usefulness. The most serious complication of EPP is acute hepatic failure, which is due to accumulation of protoporphyrin in the liver. If jaundice develops, a rapidly fatal outcome often follows, unless liver transplantation is undertaken. Regular monitoring of liver function and red cell porphyrin levels is advisable, but this does not always identify patients before serious liver damage has occurred. Even when patients are identified at an early stage in the development of liver disease the therapeutic options available to prevent further damage are limited, and have not been fully evaluated. The gene for ferrochelatase has been cloned, sequenced and mapped to the long arm of chromosome 18. As mutations continue to be identified, phenotype/genotype correlations should become apparent, and it may eventually be possible to identify those patients at risk of developing hepatic failure. In addition, as the basic enzymatic defect in EPP is at the level of the bone marrow stem cells, which are the target cells of choice in the development of retroviral-mediated gene transfer, definitive treatment of EPP by gene therapy is a distinct hope for the future.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- D J Todd
- Department of Dermatology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Kohno H, Okuda M, Furukawa T, Tokunaga R, Taketani S. Site-directed mutagenesis of human ferrochelatase: identification of histidine-263 as a binding site for metal ions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1994; 1209:95-100. [PMID: 7947988 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(94)90142-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In nature, ferrochelatase catalyzes the insertion of ferrous ion into the porphyrin macrocycle of protoporphyrin IX to exclude two protons to form protoheme IX: other porphyrin substrates, including mesoporphyrin IX may be used in vitro. Based on the deduced amino-acid sequences, one histidine residue (H263 of human enzyme) is conserved among all ferrochelatases cloned from human to bacterial cells, and three histidine residues (H157, H341 and H388 of human enzyme) are conserved among eukaryotic ferrochelatases; no cysteine residue is conserved. To attempt to clarify the binding site of ferrous ion, we converted four highly conserved histidine residues in human ferrochelatase to alanine, using site-directed mutagenesis. The mutant enzymes were expressed in Escherichia coli, and iron- and zinc-chelating activities were examined. Mutants H157A and H388A lost most of their activities and concomitantly the enzyme became susceptible to proteolytic degradation. Kinetic studies with the residual activities showed no significant change of Km values for metal ions or for mesoporphyrin IX. Mutation at H341 did not alter the enzyme activities. Iron- and zinc-chelating activities of mutant H263A were reduced to 30% and 21% of the activities of the wild type, respectively. Moreover, this mutation resulted in 18- and 3.4-fold increases in Km values toward ferrous and zinc ions, respectively, while the Km value for mesoporphyrin remained unchanged. These results indicate that the binding site for metal ions in ferrochelatase is distinct from that for the porphyrin, and suggest that histidine-263 contributes significantly to the binding of metal ions. Maintenance of the structure of the protein molecule may involve functions related to histidine-157 and -388.
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- H Kohno
- Department of Hygiene, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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Okuda M, Kohno H, Furukawa T, Tokunaga R, Taketani S. Overexpression in Escherichia coli, and one-step purification of the human recombinant ferrochelatase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1994; 1200:123-8. [PMID: 8031831 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(94)90126-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Ferrochelatase (EC 4.99.1.1), a mitochondrial inner membrane-bound protein, is the terminal enzyme of heme biosynthesis. The cDNA encoding the human mature ferrochelatase was placed under transcriptional control of T7 RNA polymerase in an Escherichia coli expression system. The bacteria produced large amounts of 42 kDa protein which reacted with anti-ferrochelatase antibodies. Expressed ferrochelatase exhibited iron- and zinc-chelating activities, and was found as a soluble protein. The recombinant enzyme has been purified to apparent homogeneity with a high yield, by one-step purification involving Blue-Sepharose chromatography. The purified enzyme which showed a molecular weight of about 40,000 by gel-filtration, functioned in a monomeric form. Km value for both mesoporphyrin IX and protoporphyrin IX with zinc was 12.5 microM. Km values for iron and zinc with mesoporphyrin IX were 6.7 microM and 11.8 microM, respectively. Zinc-chelating activity was markedly stimulated by palmitic acid, but iron-chelating activity remained unchanged. The above results were similar to those reported previously for mammalian ferrochelatase. The overexpression and the simple purification of a functional ferrochelatase exhibiting the same properties as natural enzyme will allow us to elucidate the mechanism of the enzyme reaction and structural changes of the mutated enzyme.
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- M Okuda
- Department of Hygiene, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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Hansson M, Hederstedt L. Purification and characterisation of a water-soluble ferrochelatase from Bacillus subtilis. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1994; 220:201-8. [PMID: 8119288 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.tb18615.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Bacillus subtilis ferrochelatase is encoded by the hemH gene of the hemEHY gene cluster and catalyses the incorporation of Fe2+ into protoporphyrin IX. B. subtilis ferrochelatase produced in Escherichia coli was purified. It was found to be a monomeric, water-soluble enzyme of molecular mass 35 kDa which in addition to Fe2+ can incorporate Zn2+ and Cu2+ into protoporphyrin IX. Chemical modification experiments indicated that the single cysteine residue in the ferrochelatase is required for enzyme activity although it is not a conserved residue compared to other ferrochelatases. In growing B. subtilis, the ferrochelatase constitutes approximately 0.05% (by mass) of the total cell protein, which corresponds to some 600 ferrochelatase molecules/cell. The turnover number of isolated ferrochelatase, 18-29 min-1, was found to be consistent with the rate of haem synthesis in exponentially growing cells (0.2 mol haem formed/min/mol enzyme). It is concluded that the B. subtilis ferrochelatase has enzymic properties which are similar to those of other characterised ferrochelatases of known primary structure, i.e. ferrochelatases of the mitochondrial inner membrane of yeast and mammalian cells. However, in contrast to these enzymes the B. subtilis enzyme is a water-soluble protein and should be more amenable to structural analysis.
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- M Hansson
- Department of Microbiology, Lund University, Sweden
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Mammalian ferrochelatase. Overexpression in Escherichia coli as a soluble protein, purification and characterization. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)41793-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Abbas A, Labbe-Bois R. Structure-function studies of yeast ferrochelatase. Identification and functional analysis of amino acid substitutions that increase Vmax and the KM for both substrates. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)52909-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Rossi E, Taketani S, Garcia-Webb P. Lead and the terminal mitochondrial enzymes of haem biosynthesis. Biomed Chromatogr 1993; 7:1-6. [PMID: 8431673 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.1130070102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Lead exposure causes increases in urinary coproporphyrin excretion and the accumulation of zinc protoporphyrin in red cells. In the conventional view of the effect of lead on haem biosynthesis, the accumulation of these metabolites results from lead inhibition of two of the mitochondrial enzymes of haem biosynthesis, coproporphyrinogen oxidase (EC 1.3.3.3) and ferrochelatase (EC 4.99.1.1). This review critically assesses the evidence for the inhibition of these enzymes. We consider this evidence to be inconclusive and alternative explanations for the increased concentrations of coproporphyrin and zinc protoporphyrin are proposed.
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- E Rossi
- Clinical Biochemistry Department, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, W.A., Australia
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Taketani S, Inazawa J, Nakahashi Y, Abe T, Tokunaga R. Structure of the human ferrochelatase gene. Exon/intron gene organization and location of the gene to chromosome 18. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1992; 205:217-22. [PMID: 1555582 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb16771.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We have determined the structure of the human ferrochelatase gene after isolation and characterization of lambda phage clones mapping discrete regions of the cDNA. This gene was assigned to human chromosome 18 at region q21.3, by fluorescent in situ hybridization. The gene contains a total of 11 exons and has a minimum size of about 45 kb. The exon/intron boundary sequences conform to consensus acceptor (GTn) and donor (nAG) sequences, and the exons in the gene appear to encode functional protein domains. A major site of the transcription initiation, determined by S1 nuclease mapping, was assigned to an adenine base 89 bases upstream from the adenine base of the translation initiation ATG. The promoter region contains a potential binding site for Sp1, NF-E2 and erythroid-specific transcriptional factor GATA-1, but not a typical TATAA or CCAAT sequence. Analysis of primer extension showed that the transcription starts at the same position between hepatoma HepG2 and erythroleukemia K562 cell mRNA, thereby suggesting that there can be a single transcript in erythroid and non-erythroid cells.
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- S Taketani
- Department of Hygiene, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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Straka J, Bloomer J, Kempner E. The functional size of ferrochelatase determined in situ by radiation inactivation. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54277-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Guo R, Lim CK, Peters TJ. High-performance liquid chromatographic assays for protoporphyrinogen oxidase and ferrochelatase in human leucocytes. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY 1991; 566:383-96. [PMID: 1939451 DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(91)80255-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Rapid, sensitive and specific high-performance liquid chromatographic assays are described for protoporphyrinogen oxidase and ferrochelatase in human leucocytes. The enzyme reaction products were separated and quantitated by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. The optimal pH for the protoporphyrinogen oxidase assay was 8.6 and the Michaelis constant for protoporphyrinogen IX was 9.78 +/- 0.96 microM (mean +/- S.D.). The mean (+/- S.D.) activity of protoporphyrinogen oxidase in fourteen apparently healthy subjects was 0.146 +/- 0.023 nmol protoporphyrin IX per min per mg protein. In one patient with variegate porphyria, the activity was 0.028 nmol protoporphyrin IX per min per mg protein. The optimal pH for ferrochelatase was 7.4 and with protoporphyrin and Zn2+ as substrates, the Michaelis constants were 1.49 and 8.33 microM, respectively. The mean activity of ferrochelatase in ten control subjects was 0.24 nM Zn-protoporphyrin or 2.05 nM Zn-mesoporphyrin formed per h per mg protein.
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- R Guo
- Division of Clinical Cell Biology, MRC Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, Middlesex, UK
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Akhtar M. Chapter 2 Mechanism and stereochemistry of the enzymes involved in the conversion of uroporphyrinogen III into haem. BIOSYNTHESIS OF TETRAPYRROLES 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7306(08)60109-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Nakahashi Y, Taketani S, Okuda M, Inoue K, Tokunaga R. Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of cDNA encoding human ferrochelatase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1990; 173:748-55. [PMID: 2260980 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(05)80099-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The cDNA encoding human ferrochelatase [EC 4.99.1.1] was isolated from a human placenta cDNA library in bacteriophage lambda gt11 by screening with a radiolabeled fragment of mouse ferrochelatase cDNA. The cDNA had an open reading frame of 1269 base pairs (bp) encoding a protein of 423 amino acid residues (Mr. 47,833) with alternative putative polyadenylation signals in the 3' non-coding regions and poly (A) tails. Amino acid sequencing showed that the mature protein consists of 369 amino acid residues (Mr. 42,158) with a putative leader sequence of 54 amino acid residues. The human enzyme showed an 88% identity to mouse enzyme and 46% to yeast enzyme. Northern blot analysis showed two mRNAs of about 2500 and 1600 bp for ferrochelatase in K562 and HepG2 cells. As full-length cDNA for human ferrochelatase is now available, molecular lesions related to erythropoietic protoporphyria can be characterized.
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- Y Nakahashi
- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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Taketani S, Nakahashi Y, Osumi T, Tokunaga R. Molecular cloning, sequencing, and expression of mouse ferrochelatase. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)45378-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Taketani S, Kohno H, Sawamura T, Tokunaga R. Hemopexin-dependent down-regulation of expression of the human transferrin receptor. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)77445-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Blom C, Klasen EC, Van Steveninck J. Different characteristics of ferrochelatase in cultured fibroblasts of erythropoietic protoporphyria patients and normal controls. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1990; 1039:339-42. [PMID: 2378891 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(90)90268-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Ferrochelatase activity was measured in crude extracts of fibroblasts, obtained from erythropoietic protoporphyria patients and healthy controls. The enzyme activity in erythropoietic protoporphyria fibroblasts was about 50% lower, compared to the controls. The sulfhydryl-oxidising reagent diamide inhibited the normal enzyme by about 50%, whereas ferrochelatase from erythropoietic protoporphyria fibroblasts was completely insensitive to the reagent. Pb2+ inhibits ferrochelatase activity by reacting with essential sulfhydryl groups. Low concentrations of Pb2+ inhibited the normal enzyme by 56%, but the mutant enzyme by only 8%. The photodynamic activity of bound mesoporphyrin substrate caused a biphasic inactivation of the normal enzyme. During the first 5 min of illumination a fast decrease of enzyme activity occurred to about 60% of the initial value. Experimental evidence indicates that this first phase of inactivation is caused by photooxidation of sulfhydryl groups. During further illumination inactivation continued at a much slower rate. With ferrochelatase from erythropoietic protoporphyria fibroblasts only the second, slow phase of photodynamic inactivation was observed. These observations suggest a mutation of ferrochelatase in erythropoietic protoporphyria, affecting the reactivity of sulfhydryl groups, involved in the catalytic activity of the enzyme.
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- C Blom
- Sylvius Laboratories, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Labbe-Bois R. The ferrochelatase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Sequence, disruption, and expression of its structural gene HEM15. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)39111-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Rossi E, Attwood PV, Garcia-Webb P, Costin KA. Metal inhibition of ferrochelatase activity in human lymphocytes. Clin Chim Acta 1990; 188:1-13. [PMID: 2347080 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(90)90141-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The activity of the terminal enzyme of haem biosynthesis, ferrochelatase (EC 4.99.1.1) was measured in sonicates of human lymphocytes. We used a sensitive method with zinc and mesoporphyrin as substrates and quantification of the product zinc-mesoporphyrin by HPLC. A variety of metal ions and organometal compounds were examined as possible inhibitors of ferrochelatase activity. Inhibition was observed with copper and mercury (but not with lead) and with tributyltin and methylmercury. The kinetics of ferrochelatase inhibition were examined for each of the four inhibitors identified.
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- E Rossi
- Clinical Biochemistry Department, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia
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