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Rana HK, Singh AK, Kumar R, Pandey AK. Antitubercular drugs: possible role of natural products acting as antituberculosis medication in overcoming drug resistance and drug-induced hepatotoxicity. NAUNYN-SCHMIEDEBERG'S ARCHIVES OF PHARMACOLOGY 2024; 397:1251-1273. [PMID: 37665346 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-023-02679-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a pathogenic bacterium which causes tuberculosis (TB). TB control programmes are facing threats from drug resistance. Multidrug-resistant (MDR) and extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Mtb strains need longer and more expensive treatment with many medications resulting in more adverse effects and decreased chances of treatment outcomes. The World Health Organization (WHO) has emphasised the development of not just new individual anti-TB drugs, but also novel medication regimens as an alternative treatment option for the drug-resistant Mtb strains. Many plants, as well as marine creatures (sponge; Haliclona sp.) and fungi, have been continuously used to treat TB in various traditional treatment systems around the world, providing an almost limitless supply of active components. Natural products, in addition to their anti-mycobacterial action, can be used as adjuvant therapy to increase the efficacy of conventional anti-mycobacterial medications, reduce their side effects, and reverse MDR Mtb strain due to Mycobacterium's genetic flexibility and environmental adaptation. Several natural compounds such as quercetin, ursolic acid, berberine, thymoquinone, curcumin, phloretin, and propolis have shown potential anti-mycobacterial efficacy and are still being explored in preclinical and clinical investigations for confirmation of their efficacy and safety as anti-TB medication. However, more high-level randomized clinical trials are desperately required. The current review provides an overview of drug-resistant TB along with the latest anti-TB medications, drug-induced hepatotoxicity and oxidative stress. Further, the role and mechanisms of action of first and second-line anti-TB drugs and new drugs have been highlighted. Finally, the role of natural compounds as anti-TB medication and hepatoprotectants have been described and their mechanisms discussed.
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- Harvesh Kumar Rana
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj (Allahabad), 211002, India
- Department of Zoology, Feroze Gandhi College, Raebareli, 229001, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj (Allahabad), 211002, India
- Department of Botany, BMK Government. Girls College, Balod, Chhattisgarh, 491226, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj (Allahabad), 211002, India
- Department of Biochemistry, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, 151401, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Allahabad, Prayagraj (Allahabad), 211002, India.
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Comparative Investigation of Fifteen Xenobiotic Metabolizing N-Acetyltransferase (NAT) Homologs from Bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:e0081921. [PMID: 34288706 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00819-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Arylamines constitute a large group of industrial chemicals detoxified by certain bacteria through conjugation reactions catalyzed by N-acetyltransferase (NAT) enzymes. NAT homologs, mostly from pathogenic bacteria, have been the subject of individual studies that do not facilitate direct comparisons. By implementing a practicable pipeline, we present comparative investigation of fifteen NAT homologs from ten bacteria, mainly bacilli, streptomycetes, and one alphaproteobacterium. The new homologs were characterized for their sequence, phylogeny, predicted structural features, substrate specificity, thermal stability, and interaction with components of the enzymatic reaction. Bacillus NATs demonstrated the characteristics of xenobiotic metabolizing N-acetyltransferases, with the majority of homologs generating high activities. Non-pathogenic bacilli are thus proposed as suitable mediators of arylamine bioremediation. Of the Streptomyces homologs, the NAT2 isoenzyme of S. venezuelae efficiently transformed highly toxic arylamines, while the remaining homologs were inactive or generated low activities suggesting that xenobiotic metabolism may not be their primary role. The functional divergence of Streptomyces NATs was consistent with their observed sequence, phylogenetic, and structural variability. These and previous findings support classification of microbial NATs into three groups. The first includes xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes with dual acetyl-/propionyl-CoA selectivity. Homologs of the second group are more rarely encountered, acting as malonyltransferases mediating specialized ecological interactions. Homologs of the third group effectively lack acyltransferase activity and their study may represent an interesting research area. Comparative NAT enzyme screens from a broad microbial spectrum may guide rational selection of homologs likely to share similar biological functions, allowing their combined investigation and use in biotechnological applications. IMPORTANCE Arylamines are encountered as industrial chemicals or byproducts of agrochemicals that may constitute highly toxic contaminants of soils and groundwaters. Although such chemicals may be recalcitrant to biotransformation, they can be enzymatically converted into less toxic forms by some bacteria. Therefore, exploitation of the arylamine detoxification capabilities of microorganisms is investigated as an effective approach for bioremediation. Among microbial biotransformations of arylamines, enzymatic conjugation reactions have been reported, including NAT-mediated N-acetylation. Comparative investigations of NAT enzymes across a range of microorganisms can be laborious and expensive, so here we present a streamlined methodology for implementing such work. We compare fifteen NAT homologs from non-pathogenic, free-living bacteria of potential biotechnological utility, mainly Terrabacteria known for their rich secondary and xenobiotic metabolism. The analysis allowed insights into the evolutionary and functional divergence of bacterial NAT homologs, combined with assessment of their fundamental structural and enzymatic differences and similarities.
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Rani A, Johansen MD, Roquet-Banères F, Kremer L, Awolade P, Ebenezer O, Singh P, Sumanjit, Kumar V. Design and synthesis of 4-Aminoquinoline-isoindoline-dione-isoniazid triads as potential anti-mycobacterials. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2020; 30:127576. [PMID: 32980514 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2020.127576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Revised: 09/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A series of 4-aminoquinoline-isoindoline-dione-isoniazid triads were synthesized and assessed for their anti-mycobacterial activities and cytotoxicity. Most of the synthesized compounds exhibited promising activities against the mc26230 strain of M. tuberculosis with MIC in the range of 5.1-11.9 µM and were non-cytotoxic against Vero cells. The conjugates lacking either isoniazid or quinoline core in their structural framework failed to inhibit the growth of M. tuberculosis; thus, further strengthening the proposed design of triads in the present study.
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- Anu Rani
- Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India
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- Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie (IRIM) de Montpellier, CNRS, UMR 9004 Université de Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie (IRIM) de Montpellier, CNRS, UMR 9004 Université de Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie (IRIM) de Montpellier, CNRS, UMR 9004 Université de Montpellier, France; INSERM, IRIM, 34293 Montpellier, France
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, P/Bag X54001, Westville, Durban, South Africa
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, P/Bag X54001, Westville, Durban, South Africa
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, P/Bag X54001, Westville, Durban, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India.
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The actinobacterium Tsukamurella paurometabola has a functionally divergent arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT) homolog. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2019; 35:174. [PMID: 31673919 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-019-2755-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Actinobacteria in the Tsukamurella genus are aerobic, high-GC, Gram-positive mycolata, considered as opportunistic pathogens and isolated from various environmental sources, including sites contaminated with oil, urban or industrial waste and pesticides. Although studies look into xenobiotic biotransformation by Tsukamurella isolates, the relevant enzymes remain uncharacterized. We investigated the arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT) enzyme family, known for its role in the xenobiotic metabolism of prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Xenobiotic sensitivity of Tsukamurella paurometabola type strain DSM 20162T was assessed, followed by cloning, recombinant expression and functional characterization of its single NAT homolog (TSUPD)NAT1. The bacterium appeared quite robust against chloroanilines, but more sensitive to 4-anisidine and 2-aminophenol. However, metabolic activity was not evident towards those compounds, presumably due to mechanisms protecting cells from xenobiotic entry. Of the pharmaceutical arylhydrazines tested, hydralazine was toxic, but the bacterium was less sensitive to isoniazid, a drug targeting mycolic acid biosynthesis in mycobacteria. Although (TSUPD)NAT1 protein has an atypical Cys-His-Glu (instead of the expected Cys-His-Asp) catalytic triad, it is enzymatically active, suggesting that this deviation is likely due to evolutionary adaptation potentially serving a different function. The protein was indeed found to use malonyl-CoA, instead of the archetypal acetyl-CoA, as its preferred donor substrate. Malonyl-CoA is important for microbial biosynthesis of fatty acids (including mycolic acids) and polyketide chains, and the corresponding enzymatic systems have common evolutionary histories, also linked to xenobiotic metabolism. This study adds to accummulating evidence suggesting broad phylogenetic and functional divergence of microbial NAT enzymes that goes beyond xenobiotic metabolism and merits investigation.
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Yang P, Song Y, Xia X, Zhang AM. Rapid screening mutations of first-line-drug-resistant genes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains by allele-specific real-time quantitative PCR. PeerJ 2019; 7:e6696. [PMID: 30972260 PMCID: PMC6448557 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 02/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a worldwide health, economic, and social burden, especially in developing countries. Drug-resistant TB is the most serious type of this burden. Thus, it is necessary to screen drug-resistant mutations by using a simple and rapid detection method. A total of 32 pairs of allele-specific PCR (AS-PCR) primers were designed to screen mutation and/or wild-type alleles of 16 variations in four first-line drug-resistant genes (katG, rpoB, rpsL, and embB) of TB strains. A pair of primers was designed to amplify 16S rRNA gene and to verify successful amplification. Subsequently, we tested the specificity and sensitivity of these AS-PCR primers. The optimized condition of these AS-PCR primers was first confirmed. All mutations could be screened in general AS-PCR, but only 13 of 16 variations were intuitively investigated by using real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) and AS-PCR primers. The results of specificity assay suggested that the AS-PCR primers with mutation and/or wildtype alleles could successfully amplify the corresponding allele under optimized PCR conditions. The sensitivity of nine pairs of primers was 500 copy numbers, and the other seven pairs of primers could successfully amplify correct fragments with a template comprising 103 or 104 copy numbers template. An optimized AS-qPCR was established to screen drug-resistant mutations in TB strains with high specificity and sensitivity.
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- Pengpeng Yang
- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, China
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Kashyap A, Singh PK, Silakari O. Mechanistic investigation of resistance via drug-inactivating enzymes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Drug Metab Rev 2018; 50:448-465. [PMID: 30343607 DOI: 10.1080/03602532.2018.1533966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious major health concern that has existed from millennia. According to annual WHO report 2016, it is considered as world's ninth highest killer disease by single infectious agent, ranking above HIV/AIDS. To worsen the scenario the development of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) have significantly reduced the success rate of TB treatment. Several efforts are being made to handle pharmacodynamic resistance (MDR and XDR-TB) involving designing of new inhibitors, targeting mutated target or by multi-targeting agents. However, the issue of pharmacokinetic resistance in TB is not being addressed appropriately till date. Pharmacokinetic mode of resistance involves an intrinsic mechanism of bacterial drug resistance via expression of various enzymes and efflux pumps that are responsible for the loss of activity of the therapeutic agents. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is also intrinsically resistant to various approved agents via pharmacokinetic mechanism of resistance. Several bacterial enzymes are encoded that either degrade or modifies the drugs and renders them ineffective. Targeting such inactivating bacterial enzymes provides a novel approach to make the current therapy effective and combat the problem of resistance. This review provides an insight into different bacterial enzymes which are responsible for pharmacokinetic drug resistance in TB. The structure attributes and mechanism of catalysis employed by these enzymes to inactivate drug have also been discussed which may provide basis for developing novel therapeutic agents for resistant TB.
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- Aanchal Kashyap
- a Molecular Modeling Lab (MML), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research , Punjabi University , Patiala , India
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- a Molecular Modeling Lab (MML), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research , Punjabi University , Patiala , India
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- a Molecular Modeling Lab (MML), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research , Punjabi University , Patiala , India
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Unissa AN, Sukumar S, Hanna LE. The Role of N-Acetyl Transferases on Isoniazid Resistance from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Human: An In Silico Approach. Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul) 2017; 80:255-264. [PMID: 28747958 PMCID: PMC5526952 DOI: 10.4046/trd.2017.80.3.255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2017] [Revised: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background N-acetyl transferase (NAT) inactivates the pro-drug isoniazid (INH) to N-acetyl INH through a process of acetylation, and confers low-level resistance to INH in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Similar to NAT of MTB, NAT2 in humans performs the same function of acetylation. Rapid acetylators, may not respond to INH treatment efficiently, and could be a potential risk factor, for the development of INH resistance in humans. Methods To understand the contribution of NAT of MTB and NAT2 of humans in developing INH resistance using in silico approaches, in this study, the wild type (WT) and mutant (MT)-NATs of MTB, and humans, were modeled and docked, with substrates and product (acetyl CoA, INH, and acetyl INH). The MT models were built, using templates 4BGF of MTB, and 2PFR of humans. Results On the basis of docking results of MTB-NAT, it can be suggested that in comparison to the WT, binding affinity of MT-G207R, was found to be lower with acetyl CoA, and higher with acetyl-INH and INH. In case of MT-NAT2 from humans, the pattern of score with respect to acetyl CoA and acetyl-INH, was similar to MT-NAT of MTB, but revealed a decrease in INH score. Conclusion In MTB, MT-NAT revealed high affinity towards acetyl-INH, which can be interpreted as increased formation of acetyl-INH, and therefore, may lead to INH resistance through inactivation of INH. Similarly, in MT-NAT2 (rapid acetylators), acetylation occurs rapidly, serving as a possible risk factor for developing INH resistance in humans.
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- Ameeruddin Nusrath Unissa
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Chennai, India
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Chennai, India
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis (NIRT), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Chennai, India
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Hu YQ, Zhang S, Zhao F, Gao C, Feng LS, Lv ZS, Xu Z, Wu X. Isoniazid derivatives and their anti-tubercular activity. Eur J Med Chem 2017; 133:255-267. [PMID: 28390957 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2017.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2017] [Revised: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 04/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Tuberculosis (TB), which has been a scourge of humanity for thousands of years, is a worldwide pandemic disease caused mainly by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). The emergence of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB), multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB), extensively drug-resistant TB (XDR-TB) and totally drug-resistant TB (TDR-TB) increase the challenges to eliminate TB worldwide. Isoniazid (INH), a critical frontline anti-TB drug, is one of the most effective drugs used to treatment of TB infection for more than 60 years. Unfortunately, bacterial strains resistant to INH are becoming common which mainly due to the long-term widely use even abuse. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop novel anti-TB agents. Numerous efforts have been undertaken to develop new anti-TB agents, but no new drug has been introduced for more than 5 decades. It has been suggested that the incorporation of lipophilic moieties into the framework of INH can increase permeation of the drug into bacterial cells, thereby enhancing the anti-TB. Therefore, INH derivatives with greater lipophilicity are emerging as one of the most potential anti-TB agents. Indeed, the INH derivative LL-3858 is in initial stages of phase II clinical trial for the treatment of TB and may be approved to treat TB in the near future. This review aims to summarize the recent advances made towards the discovery anti-TB agents holding INH as a nucleus including INH hybrids and INH hydrazide-hydrazone derivatives.
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- Yuan-Qiang Hu
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Hubei Engineering University, Hubei, PR China
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- Pony Testing International Group (Wuhan), Hubei, PR China
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- WuXi AppTec (Wuhan), Hubei, PR China
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- WuXi AppTec (Wuhan), Hubei, PR China
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- Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Hubei, PR China
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- WuXi AppTec (Wuhan), Hubei, PR China; Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Hubei, PR China.
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- WuXi AppTec (Wuhan), Hubei, PR China.
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Xu Z, Zhang S, Gao C, Fan J, Zhao F, Lv ZS, Feng LS. Isatin hybrids and their anti-tuberculosis activity. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2016.07.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Nieto R LM, Mehaffy C, Creissen E, Troudt J, Troy A, Bielefeldt-Ohmann H, Burgos M, Izzo A, Dobos KM. Virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis after Acquisition of Isoniazid Resistance: Individual Nature of katG Mutants and the Possible Role of AhpC. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0166807. [PMID: 27893795 PMCID: PMC5125630 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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In the last decade, there were 10 million new tuberculosis cases per year globally. Around 9.5% of these cases were caused by isoniazid resistant (INHr) Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains. Although isoniazid resistance in Mtb is multigenic, mutations in the catalase-peroxidase (katG) gene predominate among the INHr strains. The effect of these drug-resistance-conferring mutations on Mtb fitness and virulence is variable. Here, we assessed differences in bacterial growth, immune response and pathology induced by Mtb strains harboring mutations at the N-terminus of the katG gene. We studied one laboratory and one clinically isolated Mtb clonal pair from different genetic lineages. The INHr strain in each pair had one and two katG mutations with significantly reduced levels of the enzyme and peroxidase activity. Both strains share the V1A mutation, while the double mutant clinical INHr had also the novel E3V katG mutation. Four groups of C57BL/6 mice were infected with one of the Mtb strains previously described. We observed a strong reduction in virulence (reduced bacterial growth), lower induction of proinflammatory cytokines and significantly reduced pathology scores in mice infected with the clinical INHr strain compared to the infection caused by its INHs progenitor strain. On the other hand, there was a subtle reduction of bacteria growth without differences in the pathology scores in mice infected with the laboratory INHr strain. Our results also showed distinct alkyl-hydroperoxidase C (AhpC) levels in the katG mutant strains, which could explain the difference in the virulence profile observed. The difference in the AhpC levels between clonal strains was not related to a genetic defect in the gene or its promoter. Cumulatively, our results indicate that the virulence, pathology and fitness of INHr strains could be negatively affected by multiple mutations in katG, lack of the peroxidase activity and reduced AhpC levels.
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- Luisa Maria Nieto R
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia; Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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Overview on mechanisms of isoniazid action and resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2016; 45:474-492. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2016.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2016] [Revised: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 09/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Eldehna WM, Fares M, Abdel-Aziz MM, Abdel-Aziz HA. Design, synthesis and antitubercular activity of certain nicotinic Acid hydrazides. Molecules 2015; 20:8800-15. [PMID: 25988611 PMCID: PMC6272317 DOI: 10.3390/molecules20058800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Revised: 05/12/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Three series of 6-aryl-2-methylnicotinohydrazides 4a–i, N′-arylidene-6-(4-bromophenyl)-2-methylnicotino hydrazides 7a–f, and N′-(un/substituted 2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene)-6-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-methylnicotinohydrazides 8a–c were synthesized and evaluated for their potential in vitro antimycobacterial activity against M. tuberculosis. The results showed that isatin hydrazides 8a–c are remarkably more active than the parent hydrazide 4c. Hydrazides 8b and 8c exhibited the highest activity among all the tested compounds (MIC = 12.5 and 6.25 µg/mL, respectively). Compounds 8b and 8c were also devoid of apparent cytotoxicity to HT-29, PC-3, A549, HepG2 and MCF-7 cancer cell lines. Besides, 8b and 8c showed good drug-likeness scores of 0.62 and 0.41, respectively. Those two isatin hydrazides could offer an excellent framework for future development to obtain more potent antitubercular agents. The SAR study suggested that lipophilicity of the synthesized derivatives is a crucial element that accounts for their antimycobacterial activity. Finally, a theoretical kinetic study was established to predict the ADME of the active derivatives.
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- Wagdy M Eldehna
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Egyptian Russian University, Badr City, Cairo 11829, Egypt.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Egyptian Russian University, Badr City, Cairo 11829, Egypt.
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- The Regional Center for Mycology and Biotechnology, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11759, Egypt.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2457, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
- Department of Applied Organic Chemistry, National Research Center, Dokki, Cairo 12622, Egypt.
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Xu X, Li de la Sierra-Gallay I, Kubiak X, Duval R, Chaffotte AF, Dupret JM, Haouz A, Rodrigues-Lima F. Insight into cofactor recognition in arylamine N-acetyltransferase enzymes: structure of Mesorhizobium loti arylamine N-acetyltransferase in complex with coenzyme A. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 71:266-73. [PMID: 25664736 DOI: 10.1107/s139900471402522x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Accepted: 11/17/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Arylamine N-acetyltransferases (NATs) are xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes that catalyze the acetyl-CoA-dependent acetylation of arylamines. To better understand the mode of binding of the cofactor by this family of enzymes, the structure of Mesorhizobium loti NAT1 [(RHILO)NAT1] was determined in complex with CoA. The F42W mutant of (RHILO)NAT1 was used as it is well expressed in Escherichia coli and displays enzymatic properties similar to those of the wild type. The apo and holo structures of (RHILO)NAT1 F42W were solved at 1.8 and 2 Å resolution, respectively. As observed in the Mycobacterium marinum NAT1-CoA complex, in (RHILO)NAT1 CoA binding induces slight structural rearrangements that are mostly confined to certain residues of its `P-loop'. Importantly, it was found that the mode of binding of CoA is highly similar to that of M. marinum NAT1 but different from the modes reported for Bacillus anthracis NAT1 and Homo sapiens NAT2. Therefore, in contrast to previous data, this study shows that different orthologous NATs can bind their cofactors in a similar way, suggesting that the mode of binding CoA in this family of enzymes is less diverse than previously thought. Moreover, it supports the notion that the presence of the `mammalian/eukaryotic insertion loop' in certain NAT enzymes impacts the mode of binding CoA by imposing structural constraints.
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- Ximing Xu
- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Unité BFA, CNRS UMR 8251, 75013 Paris, France
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- Université Paris-Sud, Institut de Biochimie et Biophysique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS UMR 8619, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Unité BFA, CNRS UMR 8251, 75013 Paris, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Unité BFA, CNRS UMR 8251, 75013 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire des Biomolécules, 75015 Paris, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Unité BFA, CNRS UMR 8251, 75013 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Plateforme de Cristallographie, CNRS UMR 3528, 75015 Paris, France
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Unité BFA, CNRS UMR 8251, 75013 Paris, France
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Sim E, Abuhammad A, Ryan A. Arylamine N-acetyltransferases: from drug metabolism and pharmacogenetics to drug discovery. Br J Pharmacol 2014; 171:2705-25. [PMID: 24467436 PMCID: PMC4158862 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2013] [Revised: 08/15/2013] [Accepted: 08/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Arylamine N-acetyltransferases (NATs) are polymorphic drug-metabolizing enzymes, acetylating arylamine carcinogens and drugs including hydralazine and sulphonamides. The slow NAT phenotype increases susceptibility to hydralazine and isoniazid toxicity and to occupational bladder cancer. The two polymorphic human NAT loci show linkage disequilibrium. All mammalian Nat genes have an intronless open reading frame and non-coding exons. The human gene products NAT1 and NAT2 have distinct substrate specificities: NAT2 acetylates hydralazine and human NAT1 acetylates p-aminosalicylate (p-AS) and the folate catabolite para-aminobenzoylglutamate (p-abaglu). Human NAT2 is mainly in liver and gut. Human NAT1 and its murine homologue are in many adult tissues and in early embryos. Human NAT1 is strongly expressed in oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancer and may contribute to folate and acetyl CoA homeostasis. NAT enzymes act through a catalytic triad of Cys, His and Asp with the architecture of the active site-modulating specificity. Polymorphisms may cause unfolded protein. The C-terminus helps bind acetyl CoA and differs among NATs including prokaryotic homologues. NAT in Salmonella typhimurium supports carcinogen activation and NAT in mycobacteria metabolizes isoniazid with polymorphism a minor factor in isoniazid resistance. Importantly, nat is in a gene cluster essential for Mycobacterium tuberculosis survival inside macrophages. NAT inhibitors are a starting point for novel anti-tuberculosis drugs. Human NAT1-specific inhibitors may act in biomarker detection in breast cancer and in cancer therapy. NAT inhibitors for co-administration with 5-aminosalicylate (5-AS) in inflammatory bowel disease has prompted ongoing investigations of azoreductases in gut bacteria which release 5-AS from prodrugs including balsalazide.
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- E Sim
- Faculty of Science Engineering and Computing, Kingston University, Kingston, UK; Department of Pharmacology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
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Laurieri N, Kawamura A, Westwood IM, Varney A, Morris E, Russell AJ, Stanley LA, Sim E. Differences between murine arylamine N-acetyltransferase type 1 and human arylamine N-acetyltransferase type 2 defined by substrate specificity and inhibitor binding. BMC Pharmacol Toxicol 2014; 15:68. [PMID: 25432241 PMCID: PMC4258814 DOI: 10.1186/2050-6511-15-68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2014] [Accepted: 11/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background The mouse has three arylamine N-acetyltransferase genes, (MOUSE)Nat1, (MOUSE)Nat2 and (MOUSE)Nat3. These are believed to correspond to (HUMAN)NAT1, (HUMAN)NAT2 and NATP in humans. (MOUSE)Nat3 encodes an enzyme with poor activity and human NATP is a pseudogene. (MOUSE)Nat2 is orthologous to (HUMAN)NAT1 and their corresponding proteins are functionally similar, but the relationship between (MOUSE)Nat1 and (HUMAN)NAT2 is less clear-cut. Methods To determine whether the (MOUSE)NAT1 and (HUMAN)NAT2 enzymes are functionally equivalent, we expressed and purified (MOUSE)NAT1*1 and analysed its substrate specificity using a panel of arylamines and hydrazines. To understand how specific residues contribute to substrate selectivity, three site-directed mutants of (MOUSE)NAT2*1 were prepared: these were (MOUSE)NAT2_F125S, (MOUSE)NAT2_R127G and (MOUSE)NAT2_R127L. All three exhibited diminished activity towards “(MOUSE)NAT2-specific” arylamines but were more active against hydrazines than (MOUSE)NAT1*1. The inhibitory and colorimetric properties of a selective naphthoquinone inhibitor of (HUMAN)NAT1 and (MOUSE)NAT2 were investigated. Results Comparing (MOUSE)NAT1*1 with other mammalian NAT enzymes demonstrated that the substrate profiles of (MOUSE)NAT1 and (HUMAN)NAT2 are less similar than previously believed. Three key residues (F125, R127 and Y129) in (HUMAN)NAT1*4 and (MOUSE)NAT2*1 were required for enzyme inhibition and the associated colour change on naphthoquinone binding. In silico modelling of selective ligands into the appropriate NAT active sites further implicated these residues in substrate and inhibitor specificity in mouse and human NAT isoenzymes. Conclusions Three non-catalytic residues within (HUMAN)NAT1*4 (F125, R127 and Y129) contribute both to substrate recognition and inhibitor binding by participating in distinctive intermolecular interactions and maintaining the steric conformation of the catalytic pocket. These active site residues contribute to the definition of substrate and inhibitor selectivity, an understanding of which is essential for facilitating the design of second generation (HUMAN)NAT1-selective inhibitors for diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic purposes. In particular, since the expression of (HUMAN)NAT1 is related to the development and progression of oestrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer, these structure-based tools will facilitate the ongoing design of candidate compounds for use in (HUMAN)NAT1-positive breast tumours. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/2050-6511-15-68) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Zhou X, Ma Z, Dong D, Wu B. Arylamine N-acetyltransferases: a structural perspective. Br J Pharmacol 2014; 169:748-60. [PMID: 23517104 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2012] [Revised: 02/02/2013] [Accepted: 02/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT) plays an important role in metabolism and detoxification of many compounds including drugs and environmental carcinogens through chemical modification of the amine group with an acetyl group. Recent studies have suggested that NATs are also involved in cancer cell growth and inhibition of the enzymes may be a potential target for cancer chemotherapy. Three-dimensional (3D) structures are available for NATs from both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. These structures provide valuable insights into the acetylation mechanism, features of the active site and the structural determinants that govern substrate/inhibitor-binding specificity. Such insights allow a more precise understanding of the structure-activity relationships for NAT substrates and inhibitors. Furthermore, the structural elucidation of NATs has generated powerful tools in the design of small molecule inhibitors that should alleviate cancer, based on the important role of the enzyme in cancer biology.
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- Xiaotong Zhou
- Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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Laurieri N, Dairou J, Egleton JE, Stanley LA, Russell AJ, Dupret JM, Sim E, Rodrigues-Lima F. From arylamine N-acetyltransferase to folate-dependent acetyl CoA hydrolase: impact of folic acid on the activity of (HUMAN)NAT1 and its homologue (MOUSE)NAT2. PLoS One 2014; 9:e96370. [PMID: 24823794 PMCID: PMC4019507 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Acetyl Coenzyme A-dependent N-, O- and N,O-acetylation of aromatic amines and hydrazines by arylamine N-acetyltransferases is well characterised. Here, we describe experiments demonstrating that human arylamine N-acetyltransferase Type 1 and its murine homologue (Type 2) can also catalyse the direct hydrolysis of acetyl Coenzyme A in the presence of folate. This folate-dependent activity is exclusive to these two isoforms; no acetyl Coenzyme A hydrolysis was found when murine arylamine N-acetyltransferase Type 1 or recombinant bacterial arylamine N-acetyltransferases were incubated with folate. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy allowed chemical modifications occurring during the catalytic reaction to be analysed in real time, revealing that the disappearance of acetyl CH3 from acetyl Coenzyme A occurred concomitantly with the appearance of a CH3 peak corresponding to that of free acetate and suggesting that folate is not acetylated during the reaction. We propose that folate is a cofactor for this reaction and suggest it as an endogenous function of this widespread enzyme. Furthermore, in silico docking of folate within the active site of human arylamine N-acetyltransferase Type 1 suggests that folate may bind at the enzyme’s active site, and facilitate acetyl Coenzyme A hydrolysis. The evidence presented in this paper adds to our growing understanding of the endogenous roles of human arylamine N-acetyltransferase Type 1 and its mouse homologue and expands the catalytic repertoire of these enzymes, demonstrating that they are by no means just xenobiotic metabolising enzymes but probably also play an important role in cellular metabolism. These data, together with the characterisation of a naphthoquinone inhibitor of folate-dependent acetyl Coenzyme A hydrolysis by human arylamine N-acetyltransferase Type 1/murine arylamine N-acetyltransferase Type 2, open up a range of future avenues of exploration, both for elucidating the developmental role of these enzymes and for improving chemotherapeutic approaches to pathological conditions including estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer.
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- Nicola Laurieri
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Unit of Functional and Adaptive Biology, Paris, France
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Consultant in Investigative Toxicology, Linlithgow, West Lothian, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Unit of Functional and Adaptive Biology, Paris, France
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing, Kingston University, Kingston on Thames, United Kingdom
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- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Unit of Functional and Adaptive Biology, Paris, France
- * E-mail: (FR-L); (ES)
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Wang X, Jiao J, Xu W, Chai X, Li Z, Wang Q. A simple, rapid and economic method for detecting multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. Braz J Infect Dis 2013; 17:667-71. [PMID: 24029439 PMCID: PMC9427339 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjid.2013.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2013] [Revised: 04/12/2013] [Accepted: 04/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate multiplex allele specific polymerase chain reaction as a rapid molecular tool for detecting multidrug-resistant tuberculosis. METHODS Based on drug susceptibility testing, 103 isolates were multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and 45 isolates were sensitive to isonicotinylhydrazine and rifampin. Primers were designed to target five mutations hotspots that confer resistance to the first-line drugs isoniazid and rifampin, and multiplex allele specific polymerase chain reaction was performed. Whole-genome sequencing confirmed drug resistance mutations identified by multiplex allele specific polymerase chain reaction. RESULTS DNA sequencing revealed that 68.9% of multidrug-resistant strains have point mutations at codon 315 of the katG gene, 19.8% within the mabA-inhA promoter, and 98.0% at three hotspots within rpoB. Multiplex allele specific polymerase chain reaction detected each of these five mutations, yielding 82.3% sensitivity and 100% specificity for isoniazid resistance, and 97.9% sensitivity and 100% specificity for rifampin resistance as compared to drug susceptibility testing. CONCLUSIONS The results show that multiplex allele specific polymerase chain reaction is an inexpensive and practical method for rapid detection of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in developing countries.
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- Xia Wang
- Department of Tuberculosis, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinxiang Medical University, Henan Province, China.
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Abuhammad A, Lowe ED, McDonough MA, Shaw Stewart PD, Kolek SA, Sim E, Garman EF. Structure of arylamineN-acetyltransferase fromMycobacterium tuberculosisdetermined by cross-seeding with the homologous protein fromM. marinum: triumph over adversity. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D: BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 2013; 69:1433-46. [DOI: 10.1107/s0907444913015126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2013] [Accepted: 05/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Zhang QF, Zhang Q, Gu J, Gong P, Wang XD, Wang X, Tu S, Bi LJ, Bi L, Yu ZN, Yu Z, Zhang ZP, Zhang Z, Cui ZQ, Cui Z, Wei HP, Wei H, Tao SC, Tao S, Zhang XE, Zhang X, Deng JY. Reversibly acetylated lysine residues play important roles in the enzymatic activity of Escherichia coli N-hydroxyarylamine O-acetyltransferase. FEBS J 2013; 280:1966-79. [PMID: 23452042 DOI: 10.1111/febs.12216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Revised: 02/17/2013] [Accepted: 02/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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CobB is a bacterial NAD(+)-dependent protein deacetylase. Although progress has been made in functional studies of this protein in recent years, its substrates and biological functions are still largely unclear. Using proteome microarray technology, potential substrates of Escherichia coli CobB were screened and nine proteins were identified, including N-hydroxyarylamine O-acetyltransferase (NhoA). In vitro acetylation/deacetylation of NhoA was verified by western blotting and mass spectrometry, and two acetylated lysine residues were identified. Site-specific mutagenesis experiments showed that mutation of each acetylated lysine decreased the acetylation level of NhoA in vitro. Further analysis showed that variant NhoA proteins carrying substitutions at the two acetylated lysine residues are involved in both the O-acetyltransferase and N-acetyltransferase activity of NhoA. Structural analyses were also performed to explore the effects of the acetylated lysine residues on the activity of NhoA. These results suggest that reversible acetylation may play a role in the activity of Escherichia coli NhoA.
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- Qun-Fang Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Agricultural and Environmental Microbiology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China
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Kubiak X, Dairou J, Dupret JM, Rodrigues-Lima F. Crystal structure of arylamineN-acetyltransferases: insights into the mechanisms of action and substrate selectivity. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2013; 9:349-62. [DOI: 10.1517/17425255.2013.742505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Chia BS, Lanzas F, Rifat D, Herrera A, Kim EY, Sailer C, Torres-Chavolla E, Narayanaswamy P, Einarsson V, Bravo J, Pascale JM, Ioerger TR, Sacchettini JC, Karakousis PC. Use of multiplex allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (MAS-PCR) to detect multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Panama. PLoS One 2012; 7:e40456. [PMID: 22792333 PMCID: PMC3391257 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2012] [Accepted: 06/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The frequency of individual genetic mutations conferring drug resistance (DR) to Mycobacterium tuberculosis has not been studied previously in Central America, the place of origin of many immigrants to the United States. The current gold standard for detecting multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is phenotypic drug susceptibility testing (DST), which is resource-intensive and slow, leading to increased MDR-TB transmission in the community. We evaluated multiplex allele-specific polymerase chain reaction (MAS-PCR) as a rapid molecular tool to detect MDR-TB in Panama. Based on DST, 67 MDR-TB and 31 drug-sensitive clinical isolates were identified and cultured from an archived collection. Primers were designed to target five mutation hotspots that confer resistance to the first-line drugs isoniazid and rifampin, and MAS-PCR was performed. Whole-genome sequencing confirmed DR mutations identified by MAS-PCR, and provided frequencies of genetic mutations. DNA sequencing revealed 70.1% of MDR strains to have point mutations at codon 315 of the katG gene, 19.4% within mabA-inhA promoter, and 98.5% at three hotspots within rpoB. MAS-PCR detected each of these mutations, yielding 82.8% sensitivity and 100% specificity for isoniazid resistance, and 98.4% sensitivity and 100% specificity for rifampin resistance relative to DST. The frequency of individual DR mutations among MDR strains in Panama parallels that of other TB-endemic countries. The performance of MAS-PCR suggests that it may be a relatively inexpensive and technically feasible method for rapid detection of MDR-TB in developing countries.
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- Bing-Shao Chia
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Genomics and Proteomics, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, ICGES, Panamá, República de Panamá
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Genomics and Proteomics, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, ICGES, Panamá, República de Panamá
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- Department of Genomics and Proteomics, Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud, ICGES, Panamá, República de Panamá
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- Department of Computer Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry/Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Arylamine N-Acetyltransferases – from Drug Metabolism and Pharmacogenetics to Identification of Novel Targets for Pharmacological Intervention. CURRENT CONCEPTS IN DRUG METABOLISM AND TOXICOLOGY 2012; 63:169-205. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-398339-8.00005-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Hearn M, Cynamon M. In Vitro and In Vivo Activities of Acylated Derivatives of Isoniazid Against Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.3109/10559610390450705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Pluvinage B, Li de la Sierra-Gallay I, Kubiak X, Xu X, Dairou J, Dupret JM, Rodrigues-Lima F. The Bacillus anthracis arylamine N-acetyltransferase ((BACAN)NAT1) that inactivates sulfamethoxazole, reveals unusual structural features compared with the other NAT isoenzymes. FEBS Lett 2011; 585:3947-52. [PMID: 22062153 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.10.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2011] [Revised: 10/25/2011] [Accepted: 10/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Arylamine N-acetyltransferases (NATs) are xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes that biotransform arylamine drugs. The Bacillus anthracis (BACAN)NAT1 enzyme affords increased resistance to the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole through its acetylation. We report the structure of (BACAN)NAT1. Unexpectedly, endogenous coenzymeA was present in the active site. The structure suggests that, contrary to the other prokaryotic NATs, (BACAN)NAT1 possesses a 14-residue insertion equivalent to the "mammalian insertion", a structural feature considered unique to mammalian NATs. Moreover, (BACAN)NAT1 structure shows marked differences in the mode of binding and location of coenzymeA when compared to the other NATs. This suggests that the mechanisms of cofactor recognition by NATs is more diverse than expected and supports the cofactor-binding site as being a unique subsite to target in drug design against bacterial NATs.
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- Benjamin Pluvinage
- Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Unité BFA, EAC-CNRS 4413, Paris, France
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Coelho MB, Costa ERD, Vasconcellos SEG, Linck N, Ramos RM, Amorim HLND, Suffys PN, Santos AR, Silva PEAD, Ramos DF, Silva MSN, Rossetti MLR. Sequence and structural characterization of tbnat gene in isoniazid-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: identification of new mutations. Mutat Res 2011; 712:33-39. [PMID: 21514309 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2011.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2011] [Revised: 03/30/2011] [Accepted: 03/31/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The present study was carried out to investigate the presence of polymorphism in the N-acetyltransferase gene of 41 clinical isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, that were resistant to isoniazid (INH) with no mutations in the hot spots of the genes previously described to be involved in INH resistance (katG, inhA and ahpC). We observed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in ten of these, including the G619A SNP in five isolates and an additional four so far un-described mutations in another five isolates. Among the latter SNPs, two were synonymous (C276T, n=1 and C375G, n=3), while two more non-synonymous SNPs were composed of C373A (Leu→Met) and T503G (Met→Arg) were observed in respectively one and two isolates. Molecular modeling and structural analysis based in a constructed full length 3D models of wild type TBNAT (TBNAT_H37Rv) and the isoforms (TBNAT_L125M and TBNAT_M168R) were also performed. The refined models show that, just as observed in human NATs, the carboxyl terminus extends deep within the folded enzyme, into close proximity to the buried catalytic triad. Analysis of tbnat that present non-synonymous mutations indicates that both substitutions are plausible to affect enzyme specificity or acetyl-CoA binding capacity. The results contribute to a better understanding of structure-function relationships of NATs. However, further investigation including INH-sensitive strains as a control group is needed to get better understanding of the possible role of these new mutations on tuberculosis control.
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- Millene Borges Coelho
- Post-Graduation Program in Applied Genetics and Toxicology Program, Lutheran University of Brazil (PPGGTA/ULBRA), Canoas, RS, Brazil
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Fullam E, Abuhammad A, Wilson DL, Anderton MC, Davies SG, Russell AJ, Sim E. Analysis of β-amino alcohols as inhibitors of the potential anti-tubercular target N-acetyltransferase. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2010; 21:1185-90. [PMID: 21251821 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2010.12.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2010] [Revised: 12/14/2010] [Accepted: 12/18/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The synthesis and inhibitory potencies of a novel series of β-amino alcohols, based on the hit-compound 3-[3'-(4''-cyclopent-2'''-en-1'''-ylphenoxy)-2'-hydroxypropyl]-5,5 dimethylimidazolidine-2,4-dione as specific inhibitors of mycobacterial N-acetyltransferase (NAT) enzymes are reported. Effects of synthesised compounds on growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis have been determined.
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- Elizabeth Fullam
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
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Fullam E, Kawamura A, Wilkinson H, Abuhammad A, Westwood I, Sim E. Comparison of the Arylamine N-acetyltransferase from Mycobacterium marinum and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Protein J 2010; 28:281-93. [PMID: 19636684 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-009-9193-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Arylamine N-acetyltansferase (NAT) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TBNAT) is a potential drug target for anti-tubercular therapy. Recombinant TBNAT is much less soluble and is produced in lower yields than the closely related NAT from Mycobacterium marinum (MMNAT). In order to explore MMNAT as a model for TBNAT in drug discovery, we compare the two mycobacterial NAT enzymes. Two site-directed mutants of MMNAT have been prepared and characterised: MMNAT71, Tyr --> Phe and MMNAT209, Met --> Thr, in which residues within 6 A of the active-site cysteine have been replaced with the corresponding residue from TBNAT. Two chimeric proteins have also been produced in which the third domain of MMNAT has been replaced by the third domain of TBNAT and vice versa. The activity profile of the chimeric proteins suggests a role for the third domain in the evolutionary divergence of NAT between these closely related mycobacterial species.
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- Elizabeth Fullam
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3QT, UK
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Teixeira RLF, Silva FP, Silveira AR, Cabello PH, Mendonça-Lima L, Rabahi MF, Kritski AL, Mello FCQ, Suffys PN, de Miranda AB, Santos AR. Sequence analysis of NAT2 gene in Brazilians: identification of undescribed single nucleotide polymorphisms and molecular modeling of the N-acetyltransferase 2 protein structure. Mutat Res 2010; 683:43-49. [PMID: 19909761 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2009.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2009] [Revised: 09/30/2009] [Accepted: 10/16/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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N-Acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) metabolizes a variety of xenobiotics that includes many drugs, chemicals and carcinogens. This enzyme is genetically variable in human populations and polymorphisms in the NAT2 gene have been associated with drug toxicity and efficacy as well as cancer susceptibility. Here, we have focused on the identification of NAT2 variants in Brazilian individuals from two different regions, Rio de Janeiro and Goiás, by direct sequencing, and on the characterization of new haplotypes after cloning and re-sequencing. Upon analysis of DNA samples from 404 individuals, six new SNPs (c.29T>C, c.152G>T, c.203G>A, c.228C>T, c.458C>T and c.600A>G) and seven new NAT2 alleles were identified with different frequencies in Rio de Janeiro and Goiás. All new SNPs were found as singletons (observed only once in 808 genes) and were confirmed by three independent technical replicates. Molecular modeling and structural analysis suggested that p.Gly51Val variant may have an important effect on substrate recognition by NAT2. We also observed that amino acid change p.Cys68Tyr would affect acetylating activity due to the resulting geometric restrictions and incompatibility of the functional group in the Tyr side chain with the admitted chemical mechanism for catalysis by NATs. Moreover, other variants, such like p.Thr153Ile, p.Thr193Met, p.Pro228Leu and p.Val280Met, may lead to the presence of hydrophobic residues on NAT2 surface involved in protein aggregation and/or targeted degradation. Finally, the new alleles NAT2*6H and NAT2*5N, which showed the highest frequency in the Brazilian populations considered in this study, may code for a slow activity. Functional studies are needed to clarify the mechanisms by which new SNPs interfere with acetylation.
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- Raquel L F Teixeira
- Laboratory of Human Genetics, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Westwood IM, Bhakta S, Russell AJ, Fullam E, Anderton MC, Kawamura A, Mulvaney AW, Vickers RJ, Bhowruth V, Besra GS, Lalvani A, Davies SG, Sim E. Identification of arylamine N-acetyltransferase inhibitors as an approach towards novel anti-tuberculars. Protein Cell 2010; 1:82-95. [PMID: 21204000 PMCID: PMC4875111 DOI: 10.1007/s13238-010-0006-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2009] [Accepted: 11/03/2009] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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New anti-tubercular drugs and drug targets are urgently needed to reduce the time for treatment and also to identify agents that will be effective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis persisting intracellularly. Mycobacteria have a unique cell wall. Deletion of the gene for arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT) decreases mycobacterial cell wall lipids, particularly the distinctive mycolates, and also increases antibiotic susceptibility and killing within macrophage of Mycobacterium bovis BCG. The nat gene and its associated gene cluster are almost identical in sequence in M. bovis BCG and M. tuberculosis. The gene cluster is essential for intracellular survival of mycobacteria. We have therefore used pure NAT protein for high-throughput screening to identify several classes of small molecules that inhibit NAT activity. Here, we characterize one class of such molecules-triazoles-in relation to its effects on the target enzyme and on both M. bovis BCG and M. tuberculosis. The most potent triazole mimics the effects of deletion of the nat gene on growth, lipid disruption and intracellular survival. We also present the structure-activity relationship between NAT inhibition and effects on mycobacterial growth, and use ligand-protein analysis to give further insight into the structure-activity relationships. We conclude that screening a chemical library with NAT protein yields compounds that have high potential as anti-tubercular agents and that the inhibitors will allow further exploration of the biochemical pathway in which NAT is involved.
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- Isaac M. Westwood
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QT UK
- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QL UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QT UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QT UK
- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QL UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QT UK
- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QL UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QT UK
- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QL UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QL UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QL UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT UK
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- Tuberculosis Immunology Group, Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Wright Fleming Institute of Infection and Immunity, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QL UK
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QT UK
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Qiao QA, Sun XM, Jing J, Chen X, Wang HY, Yang CL, Cai ZT. What differs on the enzymatic acetylation mechanisms for arylamines and arylhydrazines substrates? A theoretical study. Res Lett Biochem 2009; 2009:783035. [PMID: 22820752 PMCID: PMC3005951 DOI: 10.1155/2009/783035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2009] [Accepted: 07/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The acetylation mechanisms of several selected typical substrates from experiments, including arylamines and arylhydrazines, are investigated with the density functional theory in this paper. The results indicate that all the transition states are characterized by a four-membered ring structure, and hydralazine (HDZ) is the most potent substrate. The bioactivity for all the compounds is increased in a sequence of PABA ≈ 4-AS < 4-MA < 5-AS ≈ INH < HDZ. The conjunction effect and the delocalization of the lone pairs of N atom play a key role in the reaction. All the results are consistent with the experimental data.
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- Qing-An Qiao
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- Environment Research Institute, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
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- Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250100, China
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Zhang N, Walters KJ. Insights into how protein dynamics affects arylamine N-acetyltransferase catalysis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2009; 385:395-401. [PMID: 19463782 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.05.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2009] [Accepted: 05/18/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Arylamine N-acetyltransferases (NATs) detoxify arylamines and hydrazine xenobiotics by catalyzing their N-acetylation, which prevents their bioactivation. Here, we reveal how structural dynamics impact NAT protein function. Our data suggest that there are multiple conformations in the catalytic cavity of hamster NAT2 that exchange on the millisecond time scale and enable NATs to accommodate substrates of varying size. The regions spanning N177-L180 and D285-F288, which form unique structures in mammalian NATs, possess inherent motions on the nanosecond time scale. The latter segment becomes more restricted in its motions upon substrate binding according to our NMR XNOE data. This greater rigidity appears to stem from interactions with the substrate. Finally, NAT acetylation has been suggested to protect these enzymes from ubiquitination. Our NMR data on a catalytically active state of hamster NAT2 suggest that structural rearrangements caused by its acetylation might contribute to this protection.
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- Naixia Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Glenn AE, Bacon CW. FDB2 encodes a member of the arylamine N-acetyltransferase family and is necessary for biotransformation of benzoxazolinones by Fusarium verticillioides. J Appl Microbiol 2009; 107:657-71. [PMID: 19302487 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04246.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS To clone and characterize genes from the mycotoxigenic fungus, Fusarium verticillioides, which are associated with its ability to biotransform allelopathic benzoxazolinones produced by maize, wheat, and rye. METHODS AND RESULTS Suppression subtractive hybridization identified F. verticillioides genes up-regulated in response to 2-benzoxazolinone (BOA), including a cluster of genes along chromosome 3. One of these genes, putatively encoding an arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT), was highly represented in the subtracted library and was of particular interest since previous analyses identified the FDB2 locus as possibly encoding transferase activity. The gene was subcloned and complemented a natural fdb2 mutant. Conversely, disruption of the gene eliminated the ability of F. verticillioides to metabolize BOA. Other genes in the cluster also were assessed using a complementation assay. Metabolic profiles of fdb2 mutants suggest that minor acylation activity occurred independently of the NAT activity encoded by FDB2. CONCLUSIONS The previously defined FDB2 locus was functionally associated with the gene encoding putative NAT activity, and the FDB2 gene was essential for biotransformation of BOA. The flanking gene FDB3 encodes a putative Zn(II)2Cys6 transcription factor and contributes to efficient BOA biotransformation but was not essential. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Biotransformation of benzoxazolinones by F. verticillioides may enhance its ecological fitness in maize field environments and our results provide greater understanding of the genes that modulate the biotransformation process. Additionally, this is the first homologue of the NAT gene family to be characterized in a filamentous fungus.
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- A E Glenn
- USDA, ARS, Richard B. Russell Research Center, Toxicology & Mycotoxin Research Unit, Athens, Georgia 30604, USA.
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Stanley LA, Sim E. Update on the pharmacogenetics of NATs: structural considerations. Pharmacogenomics 2009; 9:1673-93. [PMID: 19018723 DOI: 10.2217/14622416.9.11.1673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT) genes encode enzymes that catalyze the N-acetylation of aromatic amines and hydrazines and the O-acetylation of heterocyclic amines. These genes, which play a key role in cellular homeostasis as well as in gene-environment interactions, are subject to marked pharmacogenetic variation, and different combinations of SNPs in the human NAT genes lead to different acetylation phenotypes. Our understanding of the consequences of pharmacogenetic variability in NATs has recently been enhanced by structural studies showing that effects on protein folding, aggregation and turnover, as well as direct changes in active site topology, are involved. These developments pave the way for a better understanding of the role played by NATs in maintaining cellular homeostasis. In addition, the NATs represent a model for studying fundamental processes associated with protein folding and pharmacogenomic effects mediated by inheritance in human populations across a polymorphic region of the genome.
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Temperature stability of proteins essential for the intracellular survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Biochem J 2009; 418:369-78. [PMID: 19014350 DOI: 10.1042/bj20082011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the genes hsaD (2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid hydrolase) and nat (arylamine N-acetyltransferase) are essential for survival inside of host macrophages. These genes act as an operon and have been suggested to be involved in cholesterol metabolism. However, the role of NAT in this catabolic pathway has not been determined. In an effort to better understand the function of these proteins, we have expressed, purified and characterized TBNAT (NAT from M. tuberculosis) and HsaD (2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoic acid hydrolase) from M. tuberculosis. Both proteins demonstrated remarkable heat stability with TBNAT and HsaD retaining >95% of their activity after incubation at 60 degrees C for 30 min. The first and second domains of TBNAT were demonstrated to be very important to the heat stability of the protein, as the transfer of these domains caused a dramatic reduction in the heat stability. The specific activity of TBNAT was tested against a broad range of acyl-CoA cofactors using hydralazine as a substrate. TBNAT was found to be able to utilize not just acetyl-CoA, but also n-propionyl-CoA and acetoacetyl-CoA, although at a lower rate. As propionyl-CoA is a product of cholesterol catabolism, we propose that NAT could have a role in the utilization of this important cofactor.
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Russell AJ, Westwood IM, Crawford MH, Robinson J, Kawamura A, Redfield C, Laurieri N, Lowe ED, Davies SG, Sim E. Selective small molecule inhibitors of the potential breast cancer marker, human arylamine N-acetyltransferase 1, and its murine homologue, mouse arylamine N-acetyltransferase 2. Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 17:905-18. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.11.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2008] [Revised: 11/06/2008] [Accepted: 11/12/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Arylamine N-acetyltransferases: Structural and functional implications of polymorphisms. Toxicology 2008; 254:170-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2008.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2008] [Revised: 08/29/2008] [Accepted: 08/31/2008] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Martins M, Pluvinage B, de la Sierra-Gallay IL, Barbault F, Dairou J, Dupret JM, Rodrigues-Lima F. Functional and Structural Characterization of the Arylamine N-Acetyltransferase from the Opportunistic Pathogen Nocardia farcinica. J Mol Biol 2008; 383:549-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.08.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2008] [Revised: 08/13/2008] [Accepted: 08/14/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Arylamine N-acetyltransferases (NATs) are phase II xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes, catalyzing acetyl-CoA-dependent N- and O-acetylation reactions. All NATs have a conserved cysteine protease-like Cys-His-Asp catalytic triad inside their active site cleft. Other residues determine substrate specificity, while the C-terminus may control hydrolysis of acetyl-CoA during acetyltransfer. Prokaryotic NAT-like coding sequences are found in >30 bacterial genomes, including representatives of Actinobacteria, Firmicutes and Proteobacteria. Of special interest are the nat genes of TB-causing Mycobacteria, since their protein products inactivate the anti-tubercular drug isoniazid. Targeted inactivation of mycobacterial nat leads to impaired mycolic acid synthesis, cell wall damage and growth retardation. In eukaryotes, genes for NAT are found in the genomes of certain fungi and all examined vertebrates, with the exception of canids. Humans have two NAT isoenzymes, encoded by highly polymorphic genes on chromosome 8p22. Syntenic regions in rodent genomes harbour two Nat loci, which are functionally equivalent to the human NAT genes, as well as an adjacent third locus with no known function. Vertebrate genes for NAT invariably have a complex structure, with one or more non-coding exons located upstream of a single, intronless coding region. Ubiquitously expressed transcripts of human NAT1 and its orthologue, murine Nat2, are initiated from promoters with conserved Sp1 elements. However, in humans, additional tissue-specific NAT transcripts may be expressed from alternative promoters and subjected to differential splicing. Laboratory animals have been widely used as models to study the effects of NAT polymorphism. Recently generated knockout mice have normal phenotypes, suggesting no crucial endogenous role for NAT. However, these strains will be useful for understanding the involvement of NAT in carcinogenesis, an area extensively investigated by epidemiologists, often with ambiguous results.
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- Sotiria Boukouvala
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
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Sim E, Walters K, Boukouvala S. Arylamine N-acetyltransferases: From Structure to Function. Drug Metab Rev 2008; 40:479-510. [DOI: 10.1080/03602530802186603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Walraven JM, Zang Y, Trent JO, Hein DW. Structure/function evaluations of single nucleotide polymorphisms in human N-acetyltransferase 2. Curr Drug Metab 2008; 9:471-86. [PMID: 18680467 PMCID: PMC2507886 DOI: 10.2174/138920008784892065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Arylamine N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) modifies drug efficacy/toxicity and cancer risk due to its role in bioactivation and detoxification of arylamine and hydrazine drugs and carcinogens. Human NAT2 alleles possess a combination of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with slow acetylation phenotypes. Clinical and molecular epidemiology studies investigating associations of NAT2 genotype with drug efficacy/toxicity and/or cancer risk are compromised by incomplete and sometimes conflicting information regarding genotype/phenotype relationships. Studies in our laboratory and others have characterized the functional effects of SNPs alone, and in combinations present in alleles or haplotypes. We extrapolate this data generated following recombinant expression in yeast and COS-1 cells to assist in the interpretation of NAT2 structure. Whereas previous structural studies used homology models based on templates of N-acetyltransferase enzyme crystal structures from various prokaryotic species, alignment scores between bacterial and mammalian N-acetyltransferase protein sequences are low (approximately 30%) with important differences between the bacterial and mammalian protein structures. Recently, the crystal structure of human NAT2 was released from the Protein Data Bank under accession number 2PFR. We utilized the NAT2 crystal structure to evaluate the functional effects of SNPs resulting in the protein substitutions R64Q (G191A), R64W (C190T), I114T (T341C), D122N (G364A), L137F (A411T), Q145P (A434C), E167K (G499A), R197Q (C590A), K268R (A803G), K282T (A845C), and G286E (G857A) of NAT2. This analysis advances understanding of NAT2 structure-function relationships, important for interpreting the role of NAT2 genetic polymorphisms in bioactivation and detoxification of arylamine and hydrazine drugs and carcinogens.
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- Jason M. Walraven
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Medicine and James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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Sim E, Sandy J, Evangelopoulos D, Fullam E, Bhakta S, Westwood I, Krylova A, Lack N, Noble M. Arylamine N-acetyltransferases in mycobacteria. Curr Drug Metab 2008; 9:510-9. [PMID: 18680471 PMCID: PMC2764864 DOI: 10.2174/138920008784892100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2008] [Revised: 05/22/2008] [Accepted: 06/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Polymorphic Human arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT2) inactivates the anti-tubercular drug isoniazid by acetyltransfer from acetylCoA. There are active NAT proteins encoded by homologous genes in mycobacteria including M. tuberculosis, M. bovis BCG, M. smegmatis and M. marinum. Crystallographic structures of NATs from M. smegmatis and M. marinum, as native enzymes and with isoniazid bound share a similar fold with the first NAT structure, Salmonella typhimurium NAT. There are three approximately equal domains and an active site essential catalytic triad of cysteine, histidine and aspartate in the first two domains. An acetyl group from acetylCoA is transferred to cysteine and then to the acetyl acceptor e.g. isoniazid. M. marinum NAT binds CoA in a more open mode compared with CoA binding to human NAT2. The structure of mycobacterial NAT may promote its role in synthesis of cell wall lipids, identified through gene deletion studies. NAT protein is essential for survival of M. bovis BCG in macrophage as are the proteins encoded by other genes in the same gene cluster (hsaA-D). HsaA-D degrade cholesterol, essential for mycobacterial survival inside macrophage. Nat expression remains to be fully understood but is co-ordinated with hsaA-D and other stress response genes in mycobacteria. Amide synthase genes in the streptomyces are also nat homologues. The amide synthases are predicted to catalyse intramolecular amide bond formation and creation of cyclic molecules, e.g. geldanamycin. Lack of conservation of the CoA binding cleft residues of M. marinum NAT suggests the amide synthase reaction mechanism does not involve a soluble CoA intermediate during amide formation and ring closure.
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- Edith Sim
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX13QT, UK.
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Boukouvala S, Westwood IM, Butcher NJ, Fakis G. Current trends in N-acetyltransferase research arising from the 2007 International NAT Workshop. Pharmacogenomics 2008; 9:765-71. [DOI: 10.2217/14622416.9.6.765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT) research has been influenced in recent years by the rapid progress in genomics, proteomics, structural genomics and other cutting-edge disciplines. To keep up with these advancements, the NAT scientific community has fostered collaboration and exchange of know-how between its members. As a specialized event bringing together experts from many different laboratories, the triennial International NAT Workshop has been instrumental in maintaining this culture over the past ten years. The 2007 Workshop took place in Alexandroupolis, Greece, and covered ongoing research on the structure and enzymatic function of human NATs, the prokaryotic and eukaryotic models for NAT, the mechanisms of NAT gene regulation and expression, the frequencies and effects of polymorphisms in the human NAT genes, and the involvement of NATs in multifactorial diseases, including cancer, allergic conditions, endometriosis and endemic nephropathies. Gene nomenclature issues were also addressed and the participants discussed current trends in the field.
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- Sotiria Boukouvala
- Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Demetras 19, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3QT, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Demetras 19, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece
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Walraven JM, Trent JO, Hein DW. Structure-function analyses of single nucleotide polymorphisms in human N-acetyltransferase 1. Drug Metab Rev 2008; 40:169-84. [PMID: 18259988 DOI: 10.1080/03602530701852917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Human N-acetyltransferase 1 (NAT1) alleles are characterized by one or more single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with rapid and slow acetylation phenotypes. NAT1 both activates and deactivates arylamine drugs and carcinogens, and NAT1 polymorphisms are associated with increased frequencies of many cancers and birth defects. The recently resolved human NAT1 crystal structure was used to evaluate SNPs resulting in the protein substitutions R64W, V149I, R187Q, M205V, S214A, D251V, E261K, and I263V. The analysis enhances knowledge of NAT1 structure-function relationships, important for understanding associations of NAT1 SNPs with genetic predisposition to cancer, birth defects, and other diseases.
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- Jason M Walraven
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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Divergence of cofactor recognition across evolution: coenzyme A binding in a prokaryotic arylamine N-acetyltransferase. J Mol Biol 2007; 375:178-91. [PMID: 18005984 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2007] [Revised: 08/27/2007] [Accepted: 10/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT) enzymes are widespread in nature. They serve to acetylate xenobiotics and/or endogenous substrates using acetyl coenzyme A (CoA) as a cofactor. Conservation of the architecture of the NAT enzyme family from mammals to bacteria has been demonstrated by a series of prokaryotic NAT structures, together with the recently reported structure of human NAT1. We report here the cloning, purification, kinetic characterisation and crystallographic structure determination of NAT from Mycobacterium marinum, a close relative of the pathogenic Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We have also determined the structure of M. marinum NAT in complex with CoA, shedding the first light on cofactor recognition in prokaryotic NATs. Surprisingly, the principal CoA recognition site in M. marinum NAT is located some 30 A from the site of CoA recognition in the recently deposited structure of human NAT2 bound to CoA. The structure explains the Ping-Pong Bi-Bi reaction mechanism of NAT enzymes and suggests mechanisms by which the acetylated enzyme intermediate may be protected. Recognition of CoA in a much wider groove in prokaryotic NATs suggests that this subfamily may accommodate larger substrates than is the case for human NATs and may assist in the identification of potential endogenous substrates. It also suggests the cofactor-binding site as a unique subsite to target in drug design directed against NAT in mycobacteria.
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Pluvinage B, Li de la Sierra-Gallay I, Martins M, Ragunathan N, Dupret JM, Rodrigues-Lima F. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray characterization of arylamine N-acetyltransferase C (BanatC) from Bacillus anthracis. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2007; 63:862-4. [PMID: 17909290 PMCID: PMC2339728 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309107041814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2007] [Accepted: 08/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The arylamine N-acetyltransferase (NAT) enzymes are xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes that have been found in a large range of eukaryotes and prokaryotes. These enzymes catalyse the acetylation of arylamine drugs and/or pollutants. Recently, a Bacillus anthracis NAT isoform (BanatC) has been cloned and shown to acetylate the sulfonamide antimicrobial sulfamethoxazole (SMX). Subsequently, it was shown that BanatC contributes to the resistance of this bacterium to SMX. Here, the crystallization and the X-ray characterization of BanatC (Y38F mutant) are reported. The crystals belong to the tetragonal space group P4(1)2(1)2 or P4(3)2(1)2, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 53.70, c = 172.40 A, and diffract to 1.95 A resolution on a synchrotron source.
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- Benjamin Pluvinage
- Laboratoire de Cytophysiologie et Toxicologie Cellulaire (EA 1553), Université Paris Diderot–Paris 7, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Cytophysiologie et Toxicologie Cellulaire (EA 1553), Université Paris Diderot–Paris 7, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Cytophysiologie et Toxicologie Cellulaire (EA 1553), Université Paris Diderot–Paris 7, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Cytophysiologie et Toxicologie Cellulaire (EA 1553), Université Paris Diderot–Paris 7, 75005 Paris, France
- UFR de Biochimie, Université Paris Diderot–Paris 7, 75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Cytophysiologie et Toxicologie Cellulaire (EA 1553), Université Paris Diderot–Paris 7, 75005 Paris, France
- UFR de Biochimie, Université Paris Diderot–Paris 7, 75005 Paris, France
- Correspondence e-mail:
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Kendall SL, Withers M, Soffair CN, Moreland NJ, Gurcha S, Sidders B, Frita R, ten Bokum A, Besra GS, Lott JS, Stoker NG. A highly conserved transcriptional repressor controls a large regulon involved in lipid degradation in Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mol Microbiol 2007; 65:684-99. [PMID: 17635188 PMCID: PMC1995591 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05827.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The Mycobacterium tuberculosis TetR-type regulator Rv3574 has been implicated in pathogenesis as it is induced in vivo, and genome-wide essentiality studies show it is required for infection. As the gene is highly conserved in the mycobacteria, we deleted the Rv3574 orthologue in Mycobacterium smegmatis (MSMEG_6042) and used real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction and microarray analyses to show that it represses the transcription both of itself and of a large number of genes involved in lipid metabolism. We identified a conserved motif within its own promoter (TnnAACnnGTTnnA) and showed that it binds as a dimer to 29 bp probes containing the motif. We found 16 and 31 other instances of the motif in intergenic regions of M. tuberculosis and M. smegmatis respectively. Combining the results of the microarray studies with the motif analyses, we predict that Rv3574 directly controls the expression of 83 genes in M. smegmatis, and 74 in M. tuberculosis. Many of these genes are known to be induced by growth on cholesterol in rhodococci, and palmitate in M. tuberculosis. We conclude that this regulator, designated elsewhere as kstR, controls the expression of genes used for utilizing diverse lipids as energy sources, possibly imported through the mce4 system.
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- Sharon L Kendall
- Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Veterinary CollegeRoyal College Street, London NW1 0TU, UK.
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- Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Veterinary CollegeRoyal College Street, London NW1 0TU, UK.
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- Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Veterinary CollegeRoyal College Street, London NW1 0TU, UK.
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, School of Biological Sciences, University of AucklandAuckland, New Zealand.
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, EdgbastonBirmingham B15 2TT, UK.
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- Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Veterinary CollegeRoyal College Street, London NW1 0TU, UK.
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- Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Veterinary CollegeRoyal College Street, London NW1 0TU, UK.
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- Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineLondon WC1E 7HT, UK.
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- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, EdgbastonBirmingham B15 2TT, UK.
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology and Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, School of Biological Sciences, University of AucklandAuckland, New Zealand.
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- Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, The Royal Veterinary CollegeRoyal College Street, London NW1 0TU, UK.
- For correspondence. E-mail: ; Tel. (+020) 7468 5272; Fax (+020) 7468 5306
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Liu L, Von Vett A, Zhang N, Walters KJ, Wagner CR, Hanna PE. Arylamine N-Acetyltransferases: Characterization of the Substrate Specificities and Molecular Interactions of Environmental Arylamines with Human NAT1 and NAT2. Chem Res Toxicol 2007; 20:1300-8. [PMID: 17672512 DOI: 10.1021/tx7001614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Arylamine N-acetyltransferases (NATs) are phase II xenobiotic metabolism enzymes that catalyze the detoxification of arylamines by N-acetylation and the bioactivation of N-arylhydroxylamines by O-acetylation. Endogenous and recombinant mammalian NATs with high specific activities are difficult to obtain in substantial quantities and in a state of homogeneity. This paper describes the overexpression of human wild-type NAT2 as a dihydrofolate reductase fusion protein containing a TEV protease-sensitive linker. Treatment of the partially purified fusion protein with TEV protease, followed by chromatographic purification, afforded 2.8 mg of homogeneous NAT2 from 2 L of cell culture. The kinetic specificity constants ( k cat/ K m) for N-acetylation of arylamine environmental contaminants, some of which are associated with bladder cancer risk, were determined with NAT2 and NAT1. The NAT1/NAT2 ratio of the specificity constants varied almost 1000-fold for monosubstituted and disubstituted alkylanilines containing methyl and ethyl ring substituents. 2-Alkyl substituents depressed N-acetylation rates but were more detrimental to catalysis by NAT1 than by NAT2. 3-Alkyl groups caused substrates to be preferentially N-acetylated by NAT2, and both 4-methyl- and 4-ethylaniline were better substrates for NAT1 than NAT2. NMR-based models were used to analyze the NAT binding site interactions of the alkylanilines. The selectivity of NAT1 for acetylation of 4-alkylanilines appears to be due to binding of the substituents to V216, which is replaced by S216 in NAT2. The contribution of 3-alkyl substituents to NAT2 substrate selectivity is attributed to multiple bonding interactions with F93, whereas a single bonding interaction occurs with V93 in NAT1. Unfavorable steric clashes between 2-methyl substituents and F125 of NAT1 may account for the selective NAT2-mediated N-acetylation of 2-alkylanilines; F125 is replaced by S125 in NAT2. These results provide insight into the structural basis for the substrate specificity of two NATs that play major roles in the biotransformation of genotoxic environmental arylamines.
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- Li Liu
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 308 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Zang Y, Zhao S, Doll MA, States JC, Hein DW. Functional characterization of the A411T (L137F) and G364A (D122N) genetic polymorphisms in human N-acetyltransferase 2. Pharmacogenet Genomics 2007; 17:37-45. [PMID: 17264801 PMCID: PMC1989107 DOI: 10.1097/01.fpc.0000236325.73186.2c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Human N-acetyltransferase 2 (NAT2) genetic polymorphisms may modify drug efficacy and toxicity and cancer susceptibility from carcinogen exposure. Two human NAT2 alleles, NAT2*5I and NAT2*12D, were identified recently. In NAT2*5I, a new single nucleotide polymorphism AT (L137F) was found coexisting with single nucleotide polymorphisms TC (I114T), CT (silent) and AG (K268R). The other allele NAT2*12D consists of a new single nucleotide polymorphism GA (D122N) together with AG (K268R). We undertook a study to characterize these new single nucleotide polymorphisms and NAT2 alleles to further our understanding of genotype/phenotype relationships in human populations. METHODS Various human NAT2 alleles were cloned and recombinantly expressed in COS-1 cells and the effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms on NAT2 expression were determined. To further test our hypothesis that AT (L137F) and GA (D122N) accelerate protein degradation, various NAT2 alleles were cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli, which does not possess the ubiquitin-mediated degradation pathway. RESULTS Both AT and GA reduced NAT2 immuno-reactive protein to an undetectable level without causing changes in mRNA level. Missense mutants displayed different effects on sulfamethazine N-acetylation activity for both L137 (wild-type: 70.2+/-5.2 nmol/min/mg; L137F: 1.34+/-0.03 nmol/min/mg; L137W: nondetectable; L137I: 34.2+/-2.0 nmol/min/mg; L137G: 0.52+/-0.04 nmol/min/mg) and D122 (wild-type: 70.2+/-5.2 nmol/min/mg; D122R: non-detectable; D122Q: non-detectable; D122E: 1.72+/-0.24 nmol/min/mg). In contrast to the expression in mammalian cells, recombinant NAT2 possessing either of these two single nucleotide polymorphisms showed no reduction in immuno-reactive NAT2 level when expressed in E. coli. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that both AT (L137F) and GA (D122N) enhance NAT2 degradation, resulting in reduced NAT2 protein and catalytic activity for NAT2 5I and NAT2 12D.
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- Yu Zang
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Center for Genetics and Molecular Medicine and James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA
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Pluvinage B, Dairou J, Possot OM, Martins M, Fouet A, Dupret JM, Rodrigues-Lima F. Cloning and molecular characterization of three arylamine N-acetyltransferase genes from Bacillus anthracis: identification of unusual enzymatic properties and their contribution to sulfamethoxazole resistance. Biochemistry 2007; 46:7069-78. [PMID: 17511472 DOI: 10.1021/bi700351w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The arylamine N-acetyltransferases (NATs) are xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes that catalyze the N-acetylation of arylamines and their N-hydroxylated metabolites. These enzymes play a key role in detoxication of numerous drugs and xenobiotics. We report here the cloning, functional expression, and characterization of three new NAT genes (termed banatA, banatB, and banatC) from the pathogen Bacillus anthracis. The sequences of the corresponding proteins are approximately 30% identical with those of characterized eukaryotic and prokaryotic NAT enzymes, and the proteins were recognized by an anti-NAT antibody. The three genes were endogenously expressed in B. anthracis, and NAT activity was found in cell extracts. The three NAT homologues exhibited distinct structural and enzymatic properties, some of which have not previously been observed with other NAT enzymes. Recombinant BanatC displayed strong NAT activity toward several prototypic NAT substrates, including the sulfonamide antibiotic sulfamethoxazole (SMX). As opposed to BanatC, BanatB also had acetyl-CoA (AcCoA) and p-nitrophenyl acetate (PNPA) hydrolysis activity in the absence of arylamine substrates, indicating that it may act as an AcCoA hydrolase. BanatA was devoid of NAT or AcCoA/PNPA hydrolysis activities, suggesting that it may be a new bacterial NAT-like protein with unknown function. Expression of BanatC in Escherichia coli afforded higher-than-normal resistance to SMX in the recombinant bacteria, whereas an inactive mutant of the enzyme did not. These data indicate that BanatC could contribute to the resistance of B. anthracis to SMX.
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- Benjamin Pluvinage
- Laboratoire de Cytophysiologie et Toxicologie Cellulaire, EA 1553, Université Paris 7-Denis Diderot, 75005 Paris, France
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