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Viet Phong N, Thi Nguyet Anh D, Yeong Chae H, Young Yang S, Jeong Kwon M, Sun Min B, Ah Kim J. Anti-inflammatory activity and cytotoxicity against ovarian cancer cell lines by amide alkaloids and piperic esters isolated from Piper longum fruits: In vitro assessments and molecular docking simulation. Bioorg Chem 2022; 128:106072. [PMID: 35944468 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2022.106072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Three new amide alkaloids, piperlongumamides D-F (14, 19, and 32); a new piperic ester, piperlongumester A (45); and two new natural compounds, methyl (2E,4Z)-5-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)penta-2,4-dienoate (46) and trans-piperolein B ester (47), along with 41 known compounds were isolated from the fruits of Piper longum L. Their structures were identified by analyzing spectroscopic data, including mass spectrometry, 1D, and 2D NMR data. The anti-inflammatory and cytotoxic activities of all isolated compounds (1-47) were evaluated. Compounds 3, 6, and 19 inhibited nitric oxide production with IC50 values of 16.1 ± 0.94, 14.5 ± 0.57, and 27.3 ± 1.11 μM, respectively, whereas compound 1 exhibited strong cytotoxic activity toward three ovarian cancer cell lines A2780, TOV-112D, and SK-OV3, with IC50 values of 6.7 ± 0.77, 5.8 ± 0.29, and 48.3 ± 0.40 μM, respectively. Molecular docking simulations were performed to identify the interaction and binding mechanisms of these active metabolites with proteins related to inflammation and cancer.
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- Nguyen Viet Phong
- Vessel-Organ Interaction Research Center, VOICE (MRC), College of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea; BK21 FOUR Community-Based Intelligent Novel Drug Discovery Education Unit, College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, South Korea
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- Vessel-Organ Interaction Research Center, VOICE (MRC), College of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea; BK21 FOUR Community-Based Intelligent Novel Drug Discovery Education Unit, College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, South Korea
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- Vessel-Organ Interaction Research Center, VOICE (MRC), College of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Sangji University, Wonju 26339, Republic of Korea
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- Vessel-Organ Interaction Research Center, VOICE (MRC), College of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Drug Research and Development Center, Daegu Catholic University, Gyeongbuk 38430, Republic of Korea
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- Vessel-Organ Interaction Research Center, VOICE (MRC), College of Pharmacy, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea; BK21 FOUR Community-Based Intelligent Novel Drug Discovery Education Unit, College of Pharmacy and Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, South Korea.
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Ito A, Choi JH, Yokoyama-Maruyama W, Kotajima M, Wu J, Suzuki T, Terashima Y, Suzuki H, Hirai H, Nelson DC, Tsunematsu Y, Watanabe K, Asakawa T, Ouchi H, Inai M, Dohra H, Kawagishi H. 1,2,3-Triazine formation mechanism of the fairy chemical 2-azahypoxanthine in the fairy ring-forming fungus Lepista sordida. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:2636-2642. [PMID: 35293930 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob00328g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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2-Azahypoxanthine (AHX) was first isolated from the culture broth of the fungus Lepista sordida as a fairy ring-inducing compound. It has since been found that a large number of plants and mushrooms produce AHX endogenously and that AHX has beneficial effects on plant growth. The AHX molecule has an unusual, nitrogen-rich 1,2,3-triazine moiety of unknown biosynthetic origin. Here, we establish the biosynthetic pathway for AHX formation in L. sordida. Our results reveal that the key nitrogen sources that are responsible for the 1,2,3-triazine formation are reactive nitrogen species (RNS), which are derived from nitric oxide (NO) produced by NO synthase (NOS). Furthermore, RNS are also involved in the biochemical conversion of 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-β-D-ribofuranosyl 5'-monophosphate (AICAR) to AHX-ribotide (AHXR), suggesting that a novel biosynthetic route that produces AHX exists in the fungus. These findings demonstrate a physiological role for NOS in AHX biosynthesis as well as in biosynthesis of other natural products containing a nitrogen-nitrogen bond.
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- Akinobu Ito
- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan. .,Graduate School of Integrated Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan. .,Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan.,Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan.
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- Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Center for Bioscience Research and Education, Utsunomiya University, 350 Minemachi, Tochigi 321-8505, Japan
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- Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan
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- Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan. .,Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan.,Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
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- Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan.,Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan. .,Research Fellow of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan.,Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Ohya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8529, Japan
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Mittal A, Kakkar R. Nitric Oxide Synthases and Their Inhibitors: A Review. LETT DRUG DES DISCOV 2020. [DOI: 10.2174/1570180816666190222154457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Nitric Oxide (NO), an important biological mediator, is involved in the regulation of the cardiovascular, nervous and immune systems in mammals. Synthesis of NO is catalyzed by its biosynthetic enzyme, Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS). There are three main isoforms of the enzyme, neuronal NOS, endothelial NOS and inducible NOS, which have very similar structures but differ in their expression and activities. NO is produced in the active site of the enzyme in two distinct cycles from oxidation of the substrate L-arg (L-arginine) in nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)-dependent reaction. NOS has gained considerable attention of biochemists due to its complexity and unique catalytic mechanism. The review focuses on NOS structure, its function and catalytic reaction mechanism. In particular, the review is concluded with a discussion on the role of all three isoforms of NOS in physiological and pathological conditions and their inhibitors with a focus on the role of computational techniques in their development.
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- Anshika Mittal
- Computational Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India
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- Computational Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India
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Bignon E, Rizza S, Filomeni G, Papaleo E. Use of Computational Biochemistry for Elucidating Molecular Mechanisms of Nitric Oxide Synthase. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2019; 17:415-429. [PMID: 30996821 PMCID: PMC6451115 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2019.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 03/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) is an essential signaling molecule in the regulation of multiple cellular processes. It is endogenously synthesized by NO synthase (NOS) as the product of L-arginine oxidation to L-citrulline, requiring NADPH, molecular oxygen, and a pterin cofactor. Two NOS isoforms are constitutively present in cells, nNOS and eNOS, and a third is inducible (iNOS). Despite their biological relevance, the details of their complex structural features and reactivity mechanisms are still unclear. In this review, we summarized the contribution of computational biochemistry to research on NOS molecular mechanisms. We described in detail its use in studying aspects of structure, dynamics and reactivity. We also focus on the numerous outstanding questions in the field that could benefit from more extensive computational investigations.
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- Emmanuelle Bignon
- Computational Biology Laboratory, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Redox Signaling and Oxidative Stress Group, Cell Stress and Survival Unit, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Redox Signaling and Oxidative Stress Group, Cell Stress and Survival Unit, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Computational Biology Laboratory, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.,Translational Disease Systems Biology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Olsbu IK, Zoppellaro G, Andersson KK, Boucher JL, Hersleth HP. Importance of Val567 on heme environment and substrate recognition of neuronal nitric oxide synthase. FEBS Open Bio 2018; 8:1553-1566. [PMID: 30186754 PMCID: PMC6120233 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2018] [Revised: 07/22/2018] [Accepted: 08/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) produced by mammalian nitric oxide synthases (mNOSs) is an important mediator in a variety of physiological functions. Crystal structures of mNOSs have shown strong conservation of the active‐site residue Val567 (numbering for rat neuronal NOS, nNOS). NOS‐like proteins have been identified in several bacterial pathogens, and these display striking sequence identity to the oxygenase domain of mNOS (NOSoxy), with the exception of a Val to Ile mutation at the active site. Preliminary studies have highlighted the importance of this Val residue in NO‐binding, substrate recognition, and oxidation in mNOSs. To further elucidate the role of this valine in substrate and substrate analogue recognition, we generated five Val567 mutants of the oxygenase domain of the neuronal NOS (nNOSoxy) and used UV‐visible and EPR spectroscopy to investigate the effects of these mutations on the heme distal environment, the stability of the heme‐FeII‐CO complexes, and the binding of a series of substrate analogues. Our results are consistent with Val567 playing an important role in preserving the integrity of the active site for substrate binding, stability of heme‐bound gaseous ligands, and potential NO production.
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- Inger K Olsbu
- Department of Biosciences Section for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Oslo Norway
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials Department of Physical Chemistry Faculty of Science Palacky University in Olomouc Czech Republic
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- Department of Biosciences Section for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Oslo Norway
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- Department of Biosciences Section for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Oslo Norway.,Department of Chemistry Section for Chemical Life Sciences University of Oslo Norway
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AlTawallbeh G, Haque MM, Streletzky KA, Stuehr DJ, Bayachou M. Endothelial nitric oxide synthase oxygenase on lipid nanodiscs: A nano-assembly reflecting native-like function of eNOS. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2017; 493:1438-1442. [PMID: 28958937 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.09.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2017] [Accepted: 09/23/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is a membrane-anchored enzyme. To highlight the potential role and effect of membrane phospholipids on the structure and activity of eNOS, we have incorporated the recombinant oxygenase subunit of eNOS into lipid nanodiscs. Two different size distribution modes were detected by multi-angle dynamic light scattering both for empty nanodiscs, and nanodiscs-bound eNOSoxy. The calculated hydrodynamic diameter for mode 1 species was 9.0 nm for empty nanodiscs and 9.8 nm for nanodisc bound eNOSoxy. Spectroscopic Griess assay was used to measure the enzymatic activity. Remarkably, the specific activity of nanodisc-bound eNOSoxy is ∼65% lower than the activity of free enzyme. The data shows that the nano-membrane environment affects the catalytic properties of eNOS heme domain.
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- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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Lang J, Maréchal A, Couture M, Santolini J. Reaction Intermediates and Molecular Mechanism of Peroxynitrite Activation by NO Synthases. Biophys J 2017; 111:2099-2109. [PMID: 27851935 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.05.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2016] [Revised: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 05/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The activation of the peroxynitrite anion (PN) by hemoproteins, which leads to its detoxification or, on the contrary to the enhancement of its cytotoxic activity, is a reaction of physiological importance that is still poorly understood. It has been known for some years that the reaction of hemoproteins, notably cytochrome P450, with PN leads to the buildup of an intermediate species with a Soret band at ∼435 nm (I435). The nature of this intermediate is, however, debated. On the one hand, I435 has been presented as a compound II species that can be photoactivated to compound I. A competing alternative involves the assignment of I435 to a ferric-nitrosyl species. Similar to cytochromes P450, the buildup of I435 occurs in nitric oxide synthases (NOSs) upon their reaction with excess PN. Interestingly, the NOS isoforms vary in their capacity to detoxify/activate PN, although they all show the buildup of I435. To better understand PN activation/detoxification by heme proteins, a definitive assignment of I435 is needed. Here we used a combination of fine kinetic analysis under specific conditions (pH, PN concentrations, and PN/NOSs ratios) to probe the formation of I435. These studies revealed that I435 is not formed upon homolytic cleavage of the O-O bond of PN, but instead arises from side reactions associated with excess PN. Characterization of I435 by resonance Raman spectroscopy allowed its identification as a ferric iron-nitrosyl complex. Our study indicates that the model used so far to depict PN interactions with hemo-thiolate proteins, i.e., leading to the formation and accumulation of compound II, needs to be reconsidered.
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- Jérôme Lang
- Laboratory of Oxidative Stress and Detoxification, iBiTec-S/I2BC, UMR 9198, CEA-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Université Paris Sud, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France; Department of Biochemistry, Université Laval, Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Laboratory of Oxidative Stress and Detoxification, iBiTec-S/I2BC, UMR 9198, CEA-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Université Paris Sud, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, Université Laval, Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Laboratory of Oxidative Stress and Detoxification, iBiTec-S/I2BC, UMR 9198, CEA-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Université Paris Sud, CEA Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France.
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Nitric oxide synthase in plants: Where do we stand? Nitric Oxide 2016; 63:30-38. [PMID: 27658319 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2016.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Revised: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 09/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Over the past twenty years, nitric oxide (NO) has emerged as an important player in various plant physiological processes. Although many advances in the understanding of NO functions have been made, the question of how NO is produced in plants is still challenging. It is now generally accepted that the endogenous production of NO is mainly accomplished through the reduction of nitrite via both enzymatic and non-enzymatic mechanisms which remain to be fully characterized. Furthermore, experimental arguments in favour of the existence of plant nitric oxide synthase (NOS)-like enzymes have been reported. However, recent investigations revealed that land plants do not possess animal NOS-like enzymes while few algal species do. Phylogenetic and structural analyses reveals interesting features specific to algal NOS-like proteins.
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Brunel A, Lang J, Couture M, Boucher JL, Dorlet P, Santolini J. Oxygen activation in NO synthases: evidence for a direct role of the substrate. FEBS Open Bio 2016; 6:386-97. [PMID: 27419044 PMCID: PMC4856417 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2015] [Revised: 12/15/2015] [Accepted: 01/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) and the other reactive nitrogen species (RNOS) play crucial patho‐physiological roles at the interface of oxidative stress and signalling processes. In mammals, the NO synthases (NOSs) are the source of these reactive nitrogen species, and so to understand the precise biological role of RNOS and NO requires elucidation of the molecular functioning of NOS. Oxygen activation, which is at the core of NOS catalysis, involves a sophisticated sequence of electron and proton transfers. While electron transfer in NOS has received much attention, the proton transfer processes has been scarcely investigated. Here, we report an original approach that combines fast‐kinetic techniques coupled to resonance Raman spectroscopy with the use of synthetic analogues of NOS substrate. We characterise FeII‐O2 reaction intermediates in the presence of L‐arginine (Arg), alkyl‐ and aryl‐guanidines. The presence of new reaction intermediates, such as ferric haem‐peroxide, that was formerly postulated, was tracked by analysing the oxygen activation reaction at different times and with different excitation wavelengths. Our results suggest that Arg is not a proton donor, but indirectly intervenes in oxygen activation mechanism by modulating the distal H‐bond network and, in particular, by tuning the position and the role of the distal water molecule. This report supports a catalytic model with two proton transfers in step 1 (Arg hydroxylation) but only one proton transfer in step 2 (Nω‐hydroxy‐L‐arginine oxidation).
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- Albane Brunel
- Laboratoire Stress Oxydant et Détoxication Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC) CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex France
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- Département de biochimie, de microbiologie et de bio-informatique, and PROTEO Pavillon Charles-Eugène Marchand Université Laval Québec Canada
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- Département de biochimie, de microbiologie et de bio-informatique, and PROTEO Pavillon Charles-Eugène Marchand Université Laval Québec Canada
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- Laboratoire Stress Oxydant et Détoxication Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC) CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex France
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- Laboratoire Stress Oxydant et Détoxication Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC) CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex France
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Nagpal L, Panda K. Characterization of calmodulin-free murine inducible nitric-oxide synthase. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0121782. [PMID: 25822458 PMCID: PMC4379030 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0121782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Accepted: 02/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Nitric-Oxide Synthase (NOS), that produces the biological signal molecule Nitric-Oxide (NO), exists in three different isoforms called, neuronal (nNOS), endothelial (eNOS) and inducible (iNOS). All NOS isoforms require post-translational interaction with the calcium-binding protein, calmodulin (CaM) for manifesting their catalytic activity. However, CaM has been suggested to control the translational assembly of the enzyme as well, particularly in helping its inducible isoform, iNOS assume a stable, heme-replete, dimeric and active form. Expression of recombinant murine iNOS in E.coli in the absence of CaM has been previously shown to give extremely poor yield of the enzyme which was claimed to be absolutely heme-free, devoid of flavins, completely monomeric and catalytically inactive when compared to the heme-replete, active, dimeric iNOS, generated through co-expression with CaM. In contrast, we found that although iNOS expressed without CaM does produce significantly low amounts of the CaM-free enzyme, the iNOS thus produced, is not completely devoid of heme and is neither entirely monomeric nor absolutely bereft of catalytic activity as reported before. In fact, iNOS synthesized in the absence of CaM undergoes compromised heme incorporation resulting in extremely poor dimerization and activity compared to its counterpart co-expressed with CaM. Moreover, such CaM-free iNOS has similar flavin content and reductase activity as iNOS co-expressed with CaM, suggesting that CaM may not be as much required for the functional assembly of the iNOS reductase domain as its oxygenase domain. LC-MS/MS-based peptide mapping of the CaM-free iNOS confirmed that it had the same full-length sequence as the CaM-replete iNOS. Isothermal calorimetric measurements also revealed high affinity for CaM binding in the CaM-free iNOS and thus the possible presence of a CaM-binding domain. Thus CaM is essential but not indispensible for the assembly of iNOS and such CaM-free iNOS may help in elucidating the role of CaM on iNOS catalysis.
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- Latika Nagpal
- Department of Biotechnology & Guha Center for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Biotechnology & Guha Center for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
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Santolini J, Maréchal A, Boussac A, Dorlet P. EPR characterisation of the ferrous nitrosyl complex formed within the oxygenase domain of NO synthase. Chembiochem 2013; 14:1852-7. [PMID: 23943262 PMCID: PMC4159581 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201300233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Nitric oxide is produced in mammals by a class of enzymes called NO synthases (NOSs). It plays a central role in cellular signalling but also has deleterious effects, as it leads to the production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. NO forms a relatively stable adduct with ferrous haem proteins, which, in the case of NOS, is also a key catalytic intermediate. Despite extensive studies on the ferrous nitrosyl complex of other haem proteins (in particular myoglobin), little characterisation has been performed in the case of NOS. We report here a temperature-dependent EPR study of the ferrous nitrosyl complex of the inducible mammalian NOS and the bacterial NOS-like protein from Bacillus subtilis. The results show that the overall behaviours are similar to those observed for other haem proteins, but with distinct ratios between axial and rhombic forms in the case of the two NOS proteins. The distal environment appears to control the existence of the axial form and the evolution of the rhombic form.
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- Jérôme Santolini
- CNRS, UMR 8221, CEA/iBiTec-S/SB2SM, Bât. 532, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex (France).
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New anti-inflammatory thiazolyl-carbonyl-thiosemicarbazides and thiazolyl-azoles with antioxidant properties as potential iNOS inhibitors. Arch Pharm Res 2013; 36:702-14. [DOI: 10.1007/s12272-013-0083-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Brunel A, Santolini J, Dorlet P. Electron paramagnetic resonance characterization of tetrahydrobiopterin radical formation in bacterial nitric oxide synthase compared to mammalian nitric oxide synthase. Biophys J 2012; 103:109-17. [PMID: 22828337 PMCID: PMC3388219 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.05.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2012] [Revised: 05/21/2012] [Accepted: 05/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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H(4)B is an essential catalytic cofactor of the mNOSs. It acts as an electron donor and activates the ferrous heme-oxygen complex intermediate during Arg oxidation (first step) and NOHA oxidation (second step) leading to nitric oxide and citrulline as final products. However, its role as a proton donor is still debated. Furthermore, its exact involvement has never been explored for other NOSs such as NOS-like proteins from bacteria. This article proposes a comparative study of the role of H(4)B between iNOS and bsNOS. In this work, we have used freeze-quench to stop the arginine and NOHA oxidation reactions and trap reaction intermediates. We have characterized these intermediates using multifrequency electron paramagnetic resonance. For the first time, to our knowledge, we report a radical formation for a nonmammalian NOS. The results indicate that bsNOS, like iNOS, has the capacity to generate a pterin radical during Arg oxidation. Our current electron paramagnetic resonance data suggest that this radical is protonated indicating that H(4)B may not transfer any proton. In the 2nd step, the radical trapped for iNOS is also suggested to be protonated as in the 1st step, whereas it was not possible to trap a radical for the bsNOS 2nd step. Our data highlight potential differences for the catalytic mechanism of NOHA oxidation between mammalian and bacterial NOSs.
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Key Words
- arg, l-arginine
- epr, electron paramagnetic resonance
- feiino, ferrous heme-nitrosyl complex
- feiio2, ferrous heme-oxygen complex
- feiiino, ferric heme-nitrosyl complex
- h4b, (6r)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-l-biopterin
- hs-5c, high-spin hexacoordinated iron
- no, nitric oxide
- noha, nω-hydroxy-l-arginine
- nos, nitric oxide synthase
- nosoxy, oxygenase domain of nos
- bacnos, bacterial nos-like proteins
- enos, endothelial nitric oxide synthase
- inos, inducible nitric oxide synthase
- mnos, mammalian nitric oxide synthase
- nnos, neuronal nitric oxide synthase
- bsnos, nos–like protein isolated from bacillus subtilis
- cpet, concerted proton electron transfer
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- CNRS, Laboratoire Stress Oxydant et Détoxication, Gif-sur-Yvette, France and CEA, iBiTec-S, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Bernad S, Brunel A, Dorlet P, Sicard-Roselli C, Santolini J. A novel cryo-reduction method to investigate the molecular mechanism of nitric oxide synthases. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:5595-603. [PMID: 22530945 DOI: 10.1021/jp300749b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nitric oxide synthases (NOSs) are hemoproteins responsible for the biosynthesis of NO in mammals. They catalyze two successive oxidation reactions. The mechanism of oxygen activation is based on the transfer of two electrons and two protons. Despite structural analogies with cytochromes P450, the molecular mechanism of NOS remains yet to be elucidated. Because of extremely high reaction rates, conventional kinetics methods failed to trap and characterize the major reaction intermediates. Cryo-reduction methods offer a possibility to circumvent this technological lock, by triggering oxygen activation at cryogenic temperatures by using water radiolysis. However, this method is not adapted to the NOS mechanism because of the high instability of the initial Fe(II)O2 complex (extremely fast autoxidation and/or reaction with the cofactor H4B). This imposed a protocol with a stable Fe(II)O2 complex (observed only for one NOS-like protein) and that excludes any redox role for H4B. A relevant approach to the NOS mechanism would use H4B to provide the (second) electron involved in oxygen activation; water radiolysis would thus provide the first electron (heme reduction). In this context, we report here an investigation of the first electron transfer by this alternative approach, i.e., the reduction of native NOS by water radiolysis. We combined EPR and resonance Raman spectroscopies to analyze NOS reduction for a combination of different substrates, cofactor, and oxygen concentrations, and for different NOS isoforms. Our results show that cryo-reduction of native NOS is achieved for all conditions that are relevant to the investigation of the NOS mechanism.
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- Sophie Bernad
- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, CNRS UMR 8000, Univ Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Wang ZQ, Tejero J, Wei CC, Haque MM, Santolini J, Fadlalla M, Biswas A, Stuehr DJ. Arg375 tunes tetrahydrobiopterin functions and modulates catalysis by inducible nitric oxide synthase. J Inorg Biochem 2012; 108:203-15. [PMID: 22173094 PMCID: PMC3306459 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2011.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2011] [Revised: 11/12/2011] [Accepted: 11/14/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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NO synthase enzymes (NOS) support unique single-electron transitions of a bound H(4)B cofactor during catalysis. Previous studies showed that both the pterin structure and surrounding protein residues impact H(4)B redox function during catalysis. A conserved Arg residue (Arg375 in iNOS) forms hydrogen bonds with the H(4)B ring. In order to understand the role of this residue in modulating the function of H(4)B and overall NO synthesis of the enzyme, we generated and characterized three mutants R375D, R375K and R375N of the oxygenase domain of inducible NOS (iNOSoxy). The mutations affected the dimer stability of iNOSoxy and its binding affinity toward substrates and H(4)B to varying degrees. Optical spectra of the ferric, ferrous, ferrous dioxy, ferrous-NO, ferric-NO, and ferrous-CO forms of each mutant were similar to the wild-type. However, mutants displayed somewhat lower heme midpoint potentials and faster ferrous heme-NO complex reactivity with O(2). Unlike the wild-type protein, mutants could not oxidize NOHA to nitrite in a H(2)O(2)-driven reaction. Mutation could potentially change the ferrous dioxy decay rate, H(4)B radical formation rate, and the amount of the Arg hydroxylation during single turnover Arg hydroxylation reaction. All mutants were able to form heterodimers with the iNOS G450A full-length protein and displayed lower NO synthesis activities and uncoupled NADPH consumption. We conclude that the conserved residue Arg375 (1) regulates the tempo and extent of the electron transfer between H(4)B and ferrous dioxy species and (2) controls the reactivity of the heme-based oxidant formed after electron transfer from H(4)B during steady state NO synthesis and H(2)O(2)-driven NOHA oxidation. Thus, Arg375 modulates the redox function of H(4)B and is important in controlling the catalytic function of NOS enzymes.
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- Zhi-Qiang Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent State University at Tuscarawas, New Philadelphia, Ohio, 44663
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- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 44195
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 62026
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- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 44195
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- iBiTec-S; LSOD, C. E. A. Saclay; 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 44195
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- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 44195
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- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, 44195
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Lustig DB, Kempt C, Alam S, Clancy J, Yee J, Rafferty SP. Mutation of conserved tryptophan residues at the dimer interface of Staphylococcus aureus nitric oxide synthase. Arch Biochem Biophys 2011; 506:165-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2010.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2010] [Revised: 11/25/2010] [Accepted: 11/30/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Maréchal A, Mattioli TA, Stuehr DJ, Santolini J. NO synthase isoforms specifically modify peroxynitrite reactivity. FEBS J 2010; 277:3963-73. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07786.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Cloning, Expression, and Purification of a Nitric Oxide Synthase-Like Protein from Bacillus cereus. Biochem Res Int 2009; 2010:489892. [PMID: 21188074 PMCID: PMC3005942 DOI: 10.1155/2010/489892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2009] [Accepted: 09/02/2009] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The nitric oxide synthase-like protein from Bacillus cereus (bcNOS) has been cloned, expressed, and characterized. This small hemeprotein (356 amino acids in length) has a mass of 43 kDa and forms a dimer. The recombinant protein showed similar spectral shifts to the mammalian NOS proteins and could bind the substrates L-arginine and N(G)-hydroxy-L-arginine as well as the ligand imidazole. Low levels of activity were recorded for the hydrogen peroxide-dependent oxidation of N(G)-hydroxy-L-arginine and L-arginine by bcNOS, while a reconstituted system with the rat neuronal NOS reductase domain showed no activity. The recombinant bcNOS protein adds to the complement of bacterial NOS-like proteins that are used for the investigation of the mechanism and function of NO in microorganisms.
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Anchored plasticity opens doors for selective inhibitor design in nitric oxide synthase. Nat Chem Biol 2008; 4:700-7. [PMID: 18849972 PMCID: PMC2868503 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2008] [Accepted: 09/05/2008] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nitric oxide synthase (NOS) enzymes synthesize nitric oxide, a signal for vasodilatation and neurotransmission at low concentrations and a defensive cytotoxin at higher concentrations. The high active site conservation among all three NOS isozymes hinders the design of selective NOS inhibitors to treat inflammation, arthritis, stroke, septic shock and cancer. Our crystal structures and mutagenesis results identified an isozyme-specific induced-fit binding mode linking a cascade of conformational changes to a new specificity pocket. Plasticity of an isozyme-specific triad of distant second- and third-shell residues modulates conformational changes of invariant first-shell residues to determine inhibitor selectivity. To design potent and selective NOS inhibitors, we developed the anchored plasticity approach: anchor an inhibitor core in a conserved binding pocket, then extend rigid bulky substituents toward remote specificity pockets, which become accessible upon conformational changes of flexible residues. This approach exemplifies general principles for the design of selective enzyme inhibitors that overcome strong active site conservation.
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Gautier C, Mikula I, Nioche P, Martasek P, Raman CS, Slama-Schwok A. Dynamics of NO rebinding to the heme domain of NO synthase-like proteins from bacterial pathogens. Nitric Oxide 2006; 15:312-27. [PMID: 16690332 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2006.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2005] [Revised: 02/24/2006] [Accepted: 03/12/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Some Gram-positive bacterial pathogens harbor a gene that encodes a protein (HNS, Heme domain of NO Synthase-like proteins) with striking sequence identity to the oxygenase domain of mammalian NO synthases (NOS). However, they lack the N-terminal and the Zn-cysteine motif participating to the stability of an active dimer in the mammalian isoforms. The unique properties of HNS make it an excellent model system for probing how the heme environment tunes NO dynamics and for comparing it to the endothelial NO synthase heme domain (eNOS(HD)) using ultrafast transient spectroscopy. NO rebinding in HNS from Staphylococcus aureus (SA-HNS) is faster than that measured for either Bacillus anthracis (BA-HNS) or for eNOS(HD) in both oxidized and reduced forms in the presence of arginine. To test whether these distinct rates arise from different energy barriers for NO recombination, we measured rebinding kinetics at several temperatures. Our data are consistent with different barriers for NO recombination in SA-HNS and BA-HNS and the presence of a second NO-binding site. The hypothesis that an additional NO-binding cavity is present in BA-HNS is also consistent with the effect of the NO concentration on its rebinding. The lack of the effect of NO concentration on the geminate rebinding in SA-HNS could be due to an isolated second site. We confirm the existence of a second NO site in the oxygenase domain of the reduced eNOS as previously hypothesized [A. Slama-Schwok, M. Négrerie, V. Berka, J.C. Lambry, A.L. Tsai, M.H. Vos, J.L. Martin, Nitric oxide (NO) traffic in endothelial NO synthase. Evidence for a new NO binding site dependent on tetrahydrobiopterin? J. Biol. Chem. 277 (2002) 7581-7586]. This site requires the presence of arginine and BH(4); and we propose that NO dynamic and escape from eNOS is regulated by the active site H-bonding network connecting between the heme, the substrate, and cofactor.
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- Clément Gautier
- CNRS, UMR 7645, Laboratory of Optics and Biosciences, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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Litzinger EA, Martásek P, Roman LJ, Silverman RB. Design, synthesis, and biological testing of potential heme-coordinating nitric oxide synthase inhibitors. Bioorg Med Chem 2006; 14:3185-98. [PMID: 16431112 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2005.12.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2005] [Accepted: 12/16/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Based on computer modeling of the active site of nitric oxide synthases (NOS), a series of 10 amidine compounds (9-18) was designed including potential inhibitors that involve the coordination of side-chain functional groups with the iron of the heme cofactor. The most potent and selective compound was the methylthio amidine analogue 9, which was more potent than L-nitroarginine with 185-fold selectivity for inhibition of neuronal NOS over endothelial NOS. It also exhibited time-dependent inhibition, but did not involve the mechanism previously proposed for other amidine inhibitors of NOS. None of the compounds, however, exhibited heme-binding characteristics according to absorption spectroscopy.
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- Elizabeth A Litzinger
- Department of Chemistry, The Center for Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208-3113, USA
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Tiso M, Konas DW, Panda K, Garcin ED, Sharma M, Getzoff ED, Stuehr DJ. C-terminal tail residue Arg1400 enables NADPH to regulate electron transfer in neuronal nitric-oxide synthase. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:39208-19. [PMID: 16150731 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m507775200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The neuronal nitric-oxide synthase (nNOS) flavoprotein domain (nNOSr) contains regulatory elements that repress its electron flux in the absence of bound calmodulin (CaM). The repression also requires bound NADP(H), but the mechanism is unclear. The crystal structure of a CaM-free nNOSr revealed an ionic interaction between Arg(1400) in the C-terminal tail regulatory element and the 2'-phosphate group of bound NADP(H). We tested the role of this interaction by substituting Ser and Glu for Arg(1400) in nNOSr and in the full-length nNOS enzyme. The CaM-free nNOSr mutants had cytochrome c reductase activities that were less repressed than in wild-type, and this effect could be mimicked in wild-type by using NADH instead of NADPH. The nNOSr mutants also had faster flavin reduction rates, greater apparent K(m) for NADPH, and greater rates of flavin auto-oxidation. Single-turnover cytochrome c reduction data linked these properties to an inability of NADP(H) to cause shielding of the FMN module in the CaM-free nNOSr mutants. The full-length nNOS mutants had no NO synthesis in the CaM-free state and had lower steady-state NO synthesis activities in the CaM-bound state compared with wild-type. However, the mutants had faster rates of ferric heme reduction and ferrous heme-NO complex formation. Slowing down heme reduction in R1400E nNOS with CaM analogues brought its NO synthesis activity back up to normal level. Our studies indicate that the Arg(1400)-2'-phosphate interaction is a means by which bound NADP(H) represses electron transfer into and out of CaM-free nNOSr. This interaction enables the C-terminal tail to regulate a conformational equilibrium of the FMN module that controls its electron transfer reactions in both the CaM-free and CaM-bound forms of nNOS.
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- Mauro Tiso
- Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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Lefèvre-Groboillot D, Boucher JL, Stuehr DJ, Mansuy D. Relationship between the structure of guanidines and N-hydroxyguanidines, their binding to inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and their iNOS-catalysed oxidation to NO. FEBS J 2005; 272:3172-83. [PMID: 15955074 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04736.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The binding of several alkyl- and aryl-guanidines and N-hydroxyguanidines to the oxygenase domain of inducible NO-synthase (iNOS(oxy)) was studied by UV/Vis difference spectroscopy. In a very general manner, monosubstituted guanidines exhibited affinities for iNOS(oxy) that were very close to those of the corresponding N-hydroxyguanidines. The highest affinities were observed for the natural substrates, L-arginine and N(omega)-hydroxy-L-arginine (K(d) at the microm level). The deletion of either the CO2H or the NH2 function of their amino acid moiety led to dramatic decreases in the affinity. However, alkylguanidines with a relatively small alkyl chain exhibited interesting affinities, the best being observed for a butyl chain (K(d) =20 microM). Arylguanidines also bound to iNOS(oxy), however, with lower affinities (K(d) > 250 microm). Many N-alkyl- and N-aryl-N'-hydroxyguanidines are oxidized by iNOS with formation of NO, whereas only few alkylguanidines led to significant production of NO under identical conditions, and all the arylguanidines tested to date were unable to lead to the production of NO. The k(cat) values of NO production from the oxidation by iNOS of the studied N-hydroxyguanidines were found to vary independently of their affinity for the protein. The k(cat) values determined for the two-step oxidation of alkylguanidines to NO were not clearly related to the K(d) of these substrates toward iNOS(oxy). However, there is a qualitative relationship between these k(cat) values and the apparent rate constants of dissociation of the complex between iNOS(oxy) and the corresponding N-alkyl-N'-hydroxyguanidine (k(off) (app)) that were determined by stopped-flow UV/Vis spectroscopy. These data indicate that a key factor for efficient oxidation of a guanidine by iNOS to NO is the ability of the corresponding N-hydroxyguanidine to bind to the active site without being too rapidly released before its further oxidation. This explains why 4,4,4-trifluorobutylguanidine is so far the best non-alpha-amino acid guanidine substrate of iNOS with formation of NO, because the k(off) (app) of the corresponding N-hydroxyguanidine is particularly low. This suggests that the rational design of guanidines as new NO donors upon in situ oxidation by NOSs should take into account both thermodynamic and kinetic characteristics of the interaction of the protein not only with the guanidine but also with the corresponding N-hydroxyguanidine.
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- David Lefèvre-Groboillot
- Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologiques, Université Paris 5, France
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L-Arginine is the biological precursor of nitric oxide (NO), which serves as an important signal and effector molecule in animals. This review summarizes some structure-function aspects of the mammalian nitric oxide synthases, which are enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of L-arginine to NO and L-citrulline. These include aspects related to: 1) the chemical transformations of L-arginine during enzyme catalysis, 2) binding of L-arginine or its structural analogs to the nitric oxide synthases, and 3) how L-arginine levels may affect product formation by the nitric oxide synthases and how this can be modulated by structural analogs of L-arginine.
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- Dennis J Stuehr
- Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Smith JC, Siu KWM, Rafferty SP. Collisional cooling enhances the ability to observe non-covalent interactions within the inducible nitric oxide synthase oxygenase domain: dimerization, complexation, and dissociation. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2004; 15:629-638. [PMID: 15121191 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2004.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2003] [Revised: 12/19/2003] [Accepted: 01/05/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The investigation of protein quaternary structure, protein-cofactor, and protein-ligand interactions by mass spectrometry is often limited by the fragility of such interactions under experimental conditions. To develop more gentle conditions of perhaps general use, we used as a model for study the oxygenase domain of murine inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), which is homodimeric, binds heme and tetrahydrobiopterin H(4)B cofactors, and the substrate L-arginine. The energetics of the collisions in q2 and in the lens region of the mass spectrometer were manipulated for varying the degree of solvation around the non-covalently bound ions. Furthermore, the number of low-energy collisions in the collision cell of the instrument was varied, focusing and dampening the ion beam. Under gentle source collision conditions, and using multiple low-energy collisions in the collision cell of the mass spectrometer, dimers of the iNOS oxygenase domain containing heme, H(4)B, and arginine were observed intact after electrospraying at pH values near neutrality; a mutant of this protein (Trp188 --> Phe) was monomeric and did not bind cofactors. The pH dependence of the iNOS oxygenase domain under acidic conditions was also studied; while heme remained bound to the protein between pH 2.5 and 4.0, the dimeric structure was disrupted. Our findings confirm that non-covalently bound macromolecular complexes are retained and observable using electrospray mass spectrometry under the appropriate experimental conditions.
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- Jeffrey C Smith
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Research in Mass Spectrometry, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Panda K, Adak S, Aulak KS, Santolini J, McDonald JF, Stuehr DJ. Distinct influence of N-terminal elements on neuronal nitric-oxide synthase structure and catalysis. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:37122-31. [PMID: 12847099 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m304456200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a signal molecule produced in animals by three different NO synthases. Of these, only NOS I (neuronal nitric-oxide synthase; nNOS) is expressed as catalytically active N-terminally truncated forms that are missing either an N-terminal leader sequence required for protein-protein interactions or are missing the leader sequence plus three core structural motifs that in other NOS are required for dimer assembly and catalysis. To understand how the N-terminal elements impact nNOS structure-function, we generated, purified, and extensively characterized variants that were missing the N-terminal leader sequence (Delta296nNOS) or missing the leader sequence plus the three core motifs (Delta349nNOS). Eliminating the leader sequence had no impact on nNOS structure or catalysis. In contrast, additional removal of the core elements weakened but did not destroy the dimer interaction, slowed ferric heme reduction and reactivity of a hemedioxy intermediate, and caused a 10-fold poorer affinity toward substrate l-arginine. This created an nNOS variant with slower and less coupled NO synthesis that is predisposed to generate reactive oxygen species along with NO. Our findings help justify the existence of nNOS N-terminal splice variants and identify specific catalytic changes that create functional differences among them.
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- Koustubh Panda
- Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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Katsumoto S, Smith SME, Martasek P, Salerno JC. Competition and binding of arginine, imidazole, and aminoguanidine to endothelial nitric oxide synthase: aminoguanidine is a poor model for substrate, intermediate, and arginine analog inhibitor binding. Nitric Oxide 2003; 8:149-54. [PMID: 12826063 DOI: 10.1016/s1089-8603(02)00118-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The oxygenase domains of nitric oxide synthases are unusual in that they contain at least three ligand binding sites; these correspond to the axial heme ligand position, the substrate binding site, and the pterin binding site. Ligands can occupy portions of a site or extend into regions of adjacent sites. Depending on the size, shape, and binding mode of ligands to these positions, cooperative and anticooperative interactions mediated conformationally and by binding domain overlap can be observed. In the present study we describe competition between arginine and imidazole at the axial heme ligand position; a second imidazole, which occupies part of the arginine site in some crystal structures, is too weak to contribute to the equilibria. All spectroscopic titrations using imidazole competition depend on displacement of the heme axial imidazole ligand, which drives the ferriheme low spin. Aminoguanidine, a partial arginine analog, has multiple binding modes. It is somewhat competitive with arginine; a ternary complex forms, but the K(d) for arginine increases from 1 to 15 microM in the presence of saturating aminoguanidine. Aminoguanidine competition with imidazole is very weak, amounting to approximately a factor of two increase in K(d). This implies that aminoguanidine has multiple binding modes and is not well described as an arginine analog. The major binding mode occupies part of the binding site but does not extend into the imidazole axial ligand binding domain and probably corresponds to the crystal structure. The other binding mode is not significantly overlapped with the arginine site.
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- Satoshi Katsumoto
- Biology Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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Cao S, Yao J, Shah V. The proline-rich domain of dynamin-2 is responsible for dynamin-dependent in vitro potentiation of endothelial nitric-oxide synthase activity via selective effects on reductase domain function. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:5894-901. [PMID: 12488320 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m212546200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The GTPase dynamin-2 (dyn-2) binds and positively regulates the nitric oxide-generating enzyme, endothelial nitric-oxide synthase (eNOS) (Cao, S., Yao, Y., McCabe, T., Yao, Q., Katusic, Z., Sessa, W., and Shah, V. (2001) J. Biol. Chem. 276, 14249-14256). Here we demonstrate, using purified proteins, that this occurs through a selective influence of the dyn-2 proline-rich domain (dyn-2 PRD) on the eNOS reductase domain. In vitro studies demonstrate that dyn-2 PRD fused with glutathione S-transferase (GST) binds recombinant eNOS protein specifically and with binding kinetics comparable with that observed between dyn-2 full-length and eNOS. Additionally, GST-dyn-2 PRD binds the in vitro transcribed (35)S-eNOS reductase domain but not the (35)S-eNOS oxygenase domain. Furthermore GST-dyn-2 PRD binds a (35)S-labeled eNOS reductase domain fragment (amino acids 645-850) that partially overlaps with the FAD binding domain of eNOS. A recombinant form of the SH3-containing protein Fyn competes the binding of recombinant eNOS protein with dyn-2 PRD, thereby implicating the SH3-like region contained within this reductase domain fragment as the dyn-2 binding region. Mammalian two-hybrid screen corroborates these interactions in cells as well. Functional studies demonstrate that dyn-2 PRD selectively potentiates eNOS activity in a concentration-dependent manner in an order of magnitude similar to that observed with dyn-2 full-length and in a manner that requires calmodulin. Although dyn-2 PRD does not influence eNOS oxygenase domain function or ferricyanide reduction, it does potentiate the ability of recombinant eNOS to reduce cytochrome c, supporting an influence of dyn-2 PRD on electron transfer between FAD and FMN. (These data indicate that the binding domains of dyn-2 and eNOS reside within the dyn-2 PRD domain and the FAD binding region of the eNOS reductase domains, respectively, and that dyn-2 PRD is sufficient to mediate dyn-2-dependent potentiation of eNOS activity, at least in part, by potentiating electron transfer.)
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- Sheng Cao
- Gastrointestinal Research Unit and Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Wei CC, Wang ZQ, Stuehr DJ. Nitric oxide synthase: use of stopped-flow spectroscopy and rapid-quench methods in single-turnover conditions to examine formation and reactions of heme-O2 intermediate in early catalysis. Methods Enzymol 2003; 354:320-38. [PMID: 12418237 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(02)54026-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/27/2023]
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- Chin-Chuan Wei
- Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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McDonald JK, Taylor CM, Rafferty S. Design, preparation, and characterization of mixed dimers of inducible nitric oxide synthase oxygenase domains. Protein Expr Purif 2003; 27:115-27. [PMID: 12509993 DOI: 10.1016/s1046-5928(02)00588-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A limitation of site-directed mutagenesis of homodimeric proteins is that both subunits will carry the same mutation. We have devised a way to prepare mixed dimers, in which only one chain bears a desired mutation, or each chain can bear a different mutation. Using the inducible nitric oxide oxygenase domain as a model, our strategy focused on the co-expression of two differentially tagged versions of the oxygenase domain, with isolation of the desired mixed dimer in two chromatography steps. We evaluated expression vectors encoding polyhistidine (His(6)), cellulose binding domain, glutathione-S-transferase, and polyglutamate (Glu(7))-tagged versions of the oxygenase domain for satisfactory levels of soluble protein expression and for their ability to form mixed dimers. The combination of His(6)- and Glu(7)-tagged subunits was successful in both respects, and the mixed dimers could be separated from either form of homodimer by sequential immobilized metal affinity chromatography and anion exchange chromatography. The UV-Vis spectrum, substrate binding properties, and enzymatic activity were not altered in the mixed dimer wild-type (His(6)/Glu(7)) compared to the two homodimers (His(6)/His(6) and Glu(7)/Glu(7)). We then characterized a mixed dimer variant in which one chain contained an E371A substitution (which prevents binding of the substrate L-arginine) while the other subunit was left unaltered. This species binds L-arginine and has about one-half the activity of the wild-type homodimer. Mutants known to destabilize the iNOS dimer (E411A, D454A, and W188F) were also investigated; in these cases co-expression with the wild-type subunit did not lead to the formation of stable mixed dimers.
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- Jennifer K McDonald
- Chemistry Department, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, Ont., Canada K9J 7B8
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Wilson DJ, Rafferty SP. A structural role for tryptophan 188 of inducible nitric oxide synthase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 287:126-9. [PMID: 11549264 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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All nitric oxide synthase (NOS) isotypes bear a conserved tryptophan that stacks against the proximal face of the heme cofactor. Recently two hyperactive variants of neuronal NOS were reported in which this residue (W409) was replaced by phenylalanine or tyrosine. We find that mutation of the same residue in the oxygenase domain of inducible NOS (W188) to phenylalanine causes severe destabilization of heme binding. W188F is isolated in a predominantly heme-free state, and axial thiolate ligation to the residual bound heme is unstable. However, W188F is soluble and is expressed at levels comparable to wild type. While circular dichroism spectroscopy demonstrates the loss of some secondary structure, the protein chain is not completely denatured and it retains much of its fold between pH 7.5 and 4. This proximal tryptophan of NOS represents a case where a residue is conserved within an enzyme family but for distinct purposes that are isotype-dependent.
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- D J Wilson
- Chemistry Department, Trent University, 1600 West Bank Drive, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada K9J 7B8
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This review concentrates on advances in nitric oxide synthase (NOS) structure, function and inhibition made in the last seven years, during which time substantial advances have been made in our understanding of this enzyme family. There is now information on the enzyme structure at all levels from primary (amino acid sequence) to quaternary (dimerization, association with other proteins) structure. The crystal structures of the oxygenase domains of inducible NOS (iNOS) and vascular endothelial NOS (eNOS) allow us to interpret other information in the context of this important part of the enzyme, with its binding sites for iron protoporphyrin IX (haem), biopterin, L-arginine, and the many inhibitors which interact with them. The exact nature of the NOS reaction, its mechanism and its products continue to be sources of controversy. The role of the biopterin cofactor is now becoming clearer, with emerging data implicating one-electron redox cycling as well as the multiple allosteric effects on enzyme activity. Regulation of the NOSs has been described at all levels from gene transcription to covalent modification and allosteric regulation of the enzyme itself. A wide range of NOS inhibitors have been discussed, interacting with the enzyme in diverse ways in terms of site and mechanism of inhibition, time-dependence and selectivity for individual isoforms, although there are many pitfalls and misunderstandings of these aspects. Highly selective inhibitors of iNOS versus eNOS and neuronal NOS have been identified and some of these have potential in the treatment of a range of inflammatory and other conditions in which iNOS has been implicated.
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This review concentrates on advances in nitric oxide synthase (NOS) structure, function and inhibition made in the last seven years, during which time substantial advances have been made in our understanding of this enzyme family. There is now information on the enzyme structure at all levels from primary (amino acid sequence) to quaternary (dimerization, association with other proteins) structure. The crystal structures of the oxygenase domains of inducible NOS (iNOS) and vascular endothelial NOS (eNOS) allow us to interpret other information in the context of this important part of the enzyme, with its binding sites for iron protoporphyrin IX (haem), biopterin, L-arginine, and the many inhibitors which interact with them. The exact nature of the NOS reaction, its mechanism and its products continue to be sources of controversy. The role of the biopterin cofactor is now becoming clearer, with emerging data implicating one-electron redox cycling as well as the multiple allosteric effects on enzyme activity. Regulation of the NOSs has been described at all levels from gene transcription to covalent modification and allosteric regulation of the enzyme itself. A wide range of NOS inhibitors have been discussed, interacting with the enzyme in diverse ways in terms of site and mechanism of inhibition, time-dependence and selectivity for individual isoforms, although there are many pitfalls and misunderstandings of these aspects. Highly selective inhibitors of iNOS versus eNOS and neuronal NOS have been identified and some of these have potential in the treatment of a range of inflammatory and other conditions in which iNOS has been implicated.
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Alderton WK, Cooper CE, Knowles RG. Nitric oxide synthases: structure, function and inhibition. Biochem J 2001; 357:593-615. [PMID: 11463332 PMCID: PMC1221991 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3570593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1583] [Impact Index Per Article: 68.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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This review concentrates on advances in nitric oxide synthase (NOS) structure, function and inhibition made in the last seven years, during which time substantial advances have been made in our understanding of this enzyme family. There is now information on the enzyme structure at all levels from primary (amino acid sequence) to quaternary (dimerization, association with other proteins) structure. The crystal structures of the oxygenase domains of inducible NOS (iNOS) and vascular endothelial NOS (eNOS) allow us to interpret other information in the context of this important part of the enzyme, with its binding sites for iron protoporphyrin IX (haem), biopterin, L-arginine, and the many inhibitors which interact with them. The exact nature of the NOS reaction, its mechanism and its products continue to be sources of controversy. The role of the biopterin cofactor is now becoming clearer, with emerging data implicating one-electron redox cycling as well as the multiple allosteric effects on enzyme activity. Regulation of the NOSs has been described at all levels from gene transcription to covalent modification and allosteric regulation of the enzyme itself. A wide range of NOS inhibitors have been discussed, interacting with the enzyme in diverse ways in terms of site and mechanism of inhibition, time-dependence and selectivity for individual isoforms, although there are many pitfalls and misunderstandings of these aspects. Highly selective inhibitors of iNOS versus eNOS and neuronal NOS have been identified and some of these have potential in the treatment of a range of inflammatory and other conditions in which iNOS has been implicated.
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- W K Alderton
- In Vitro Pharmacology Department, GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development, Medicines Research Centre, Gunnels Wood Road, Stevenage SG1 2NY, UK
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Panda K, Ghosh S, Stuehr DJ. Calmodulin activates intersubunit electron transfer in the neuronal nitric-oxide synthase dimer. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:23349-56. [PMID: 11325964 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m100687200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) is composed of an oxygenase domain that binds heme, (6R)-tetrahydrobiopterin, and Arg, coupled to a reductase domain that binds FAD, FMN, and NADPH. Activity requires dimeric interaction between two oxygenase domains and calmodulin binding between the reductase and oxygenase domains, which triggers electron transfer between flavin and heme groups. We constructed four different nNOS heterodimers to determine the path of calmodulin-induced electron transfer in a nNOS dimer. A predominantly monomeric mutant of rat nNOS (G671A) and its Arg binding mutant (G671A/E592A) were used as full-length subunits, along with oxygenase domain partners that either did or did not contain the E592A mutation. The E592A mutation prevented Arg binding to the oxygenase domain in which it was present. It also prevented NO synthesis when it was located in the oxygenase domain adjacent to the full-length subunit. However, it had no effect when present in the full-length subunit (i.e. the subunit containing the reductase domain). The active heterodimer (G671A/E592A full-length subunit plus wild type oxygenase domain subunit) showed remarkable similarity with wild type homodimeric nNOS in its catalytic responses to five different forms and chimeras of calmodulin. This reveals an active involvement of calmodulin in supporting transelectron transfer between flavin and heme groups on adjacent subunits in nNOS. In summary, we propose that calmodulin functions to properly align adjacent reductase and the oxygenase domains in a nNOS dimer for electron transfer between them, leading to NO synthesis by the heme.
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- K Panda
- Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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Eissa NT, Haggerty CM, Palmer CD, Patton W, Moss J. Identification of Residues Critical for Enzymatic Activity in the Domain Encoded by Exons 8 and 9 of the Human Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2001; 24:616-20. [PMID: 11350832 DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.24.5.4324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Overproduction of nitric oxide (NO) by inducible NO synthase (iNOS) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of several diseases including airway inflammation of asthma. iNOS is active only as a homodimer. We previously demonstrated that the region encoded by exons 8 and 9 is critical for dimerization. In this study, alanine-scanning mutagenesis was used to identify critical amino acids in that region by expression of mutant proteins in human embryonic kidney 293 cells. All iNOS mutants yielded iNOS protein as detected by Western analysis. Four iNOS mutants with alanine replacing Trp260, Asn261, Tyr267, or Asp280 did not generate NO. Dimer formation was tested by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis at 4 degrees C, followed by immunoblotting. Wild-type iNOS migrated both as monomers and dimers. iNOS mutants with alanine replacing Trp260, Asn261, or Tyr267, however, migrated only as monomers, suggesting that their inability to produce NO is related to a defect in dimer formation. Interestingly, the Asp280 mutant retained the ability to dimerize, indicating that it represents an inactive form of an iNOS dimer. These data identify four amino acids in exons 8 and 9 critical for iNOS activity, three of which also influence dimerization. These residues are strictly conserved among all NOS isforms and across species. Thus all NOS isoforms share general structural similarities, including specific amino acids critical for dimerization and catalytic activity. These data increase our understanding of the structural elements critical for NO synthesis and lay the groundwork for future studies aimed at downregulation of iNOS activity.
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- N T Eissa
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Section, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA.
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Adhikari S, Ray S, Gachhui R. Catalase activity of oxygenase domain of rat neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Evidence for product formation from L-arginine. FEBS Lett 2000; 475:35-8. [PMID: 10854853 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01616-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Nitric oxide synthases (NOSs) catalyze the formation of nitric oxide from L-arginine. We purified the heme containing, tetrahydrobiopterin-free, oxygenase domain of rat neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOSox) overexpressed in Escherichia coli. We found catalase activity in nNOSox. This is significant because H(2)O(2) may also be a product of nitric oxide synthases. We found H(2)O(2) assisted product formation from N-hydroxy-L-arginine and even from L-arginine both in the presence and in absence of tetrahydrobiopterin. We propose how heme moiety of the oxygenase domain alone is sufficient to carry out both steps of the NOS catalysis.
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- S Adhikari
- Department of Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Calcutta, 92, A.P.C. Road, 700009, Calcutta, India
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Tantillo DJ, Fukuto JM, Hoffman BM, Silverman RB, Houk KN. Theoretical Studies on NG-Hydroxy-l-arginine and Derived Radicals: Implications for the Mechanism of Nitric Oxide Synthase. J Am Chem Soc 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/ja991876c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Dean J. Tantillo
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Pharmacology, Center for the Health Sciences School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California 90095 Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Pharmacology, Center for the Health Sciences School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California 90095 Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Pharmacology, Center for the Health Sciences School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California 90095 Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Pharmacology, Center for the Health Sciences School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California 90095 Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Pharmacology, Center for the Health Sciences School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California 90095 Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology, Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113
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Masters BS. Structural Variations to Accommodate Functional Themes of the Isoforms of NO Synthases. Nitric Oxide 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012370420-7/50007-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Babu BR, Frey C, Griffith OW. L-arginine binding to nitric-oxide synthase. The role of H-bonds to the nonreactive guanidinium nitrogens. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:25218-26. [PMID: 10464242 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.36.25218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Nitric-oxide synthase (NOS) catalyzes the oxidation of L-arginine to nitric oxide and L-citrulline. Because overproduction of nitric oxide causes tissue damage in neurological, inflammatory, and autoimmune disorders, design of NOS inhibitors has received much attention. Most inhibitors described to date include a guanidine-like structural motif and interact with the guanidinium region of the L-arginine-binding site. We report here studies with L-arginine analogs having one or both terminal guanidinium nitrogens replaced by functionalities that preserve some, but not all, of the molecular interactions possible for the -NH(2), =NH, or =NH(2)(+) groups of L-arginine. Replacement groups include -NH-alkyl, -alkyl, =O, and =S. Binding of L-canavanine, an analog unable to form hydrogen bonds involving a N(5)-proton, was also examined. From our results and previous work, we infer the orientation of these compounds in the L-arginine-binding site and use IC(50) or K(i) values and optical difference spectra to quantitate their affinity relative to L-arginine. We find that the non-reactive guanidinium nitrogen of L-arginine binds in a pocket that is relatively intolerant of changes in the size or hydrogen bonding properties of the group bound. The individual H-bonds involved are, however, weaker than expected (<2 versus 3-6 kcal). These findings elucidate substrate binding forces in the NOS active site and identify an important constraint on NOS inhibitor design.
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- B R Babu
- Department of Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226, USA
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Ghosh S, Wolan D, Adak S, Crane BR, Kwon NS, Tainer JA, Getzoff ED, Stuehr DJ. Mutational analysis of the tetrahydrobiopterin-binding site in inducible nitric-oxide synthase. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:24100-12. [PMID: 10446182 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.34.24100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Inducible nitric-oxide synthase (iNOS) is a hemeprotein that requires tetrahydrobiopterin (H4B) for activity. The influence of H4B on iNOS structure-function is complex, and its exact role in nitric oxide (NO) synthesis is unknown. Crystal structures of the mouse iNOS oxygenase domain (iNOSox) revealed a unique H4B-binding site with a high degree of aromatic character located in the dimer interface and near the heme. Four conserved residues (Arg-375, Trp-455, Trp-457, and Phe-470) engage in hydrogen bonding or aromatic stacking interactions with the H4B ring. We utilized point mutagenesis to investigate how each residue modulates H4B function. All mutants contained heme ligated to Cys-194 indicating no deleterious effect on general protein structure. Ala mutants were monomers except for W457A and did not form a homodimer with excess H4B and Arg. However, they did form heterodimers when paired with a full-length iNOS subunit, and these were either fully or partially active regarding NO synthesis, indicating that preserving residue identities or aromatic character is not essential for H4B binding or activity. Aromatic substitution at Trp-455 or Trp-457 generated monomers that could dimerize with H4B and Arg. These mutants bound Arg and H4B with near normal affinity, but Arg could not displace heme-bound imidazole, and they had NO synthesis activities lower than wild-type in both homodimeric and heterodimeric settings. Aromatic substitution at Phe-470 had no significant effects. Together, our work shows how hydrogen bonding and aromatic stacking interactions of Arg-375, Trp-457, Trp-455, and Phe-470 influence iNOSox dimeric structure, heme environment, and NO synthesis and thus help modulate the multiple effects of H4B.
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- S Ghosh
- Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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Iwasaki T, Hori H, Hayashi Y, Nishino T, Tamura K, Oue S, Iizuka T, Ogura T, Esumi H. Characterization of mouse nNOS2, a natural variant of neuronal nitric-oxide synthase produced in the central nervous system by selective alternative splicing. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:17559-66. [PMID: 10364190 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.25.17559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mouse neuronal nitric-oxide synthase 2 (nNOS2) is a unique natural variant of constitutive neuronal nitric-oxide synthase (nNOS) specifically expressed in the central nervous system having a 105-amino acid deletion in the heme-binding domain as a result of in-frame mutation by specific alternative splicing. The mouse nNOS2 cDNA gene was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli, and the resultant product was characterized spectroscopically in detail. Purified recombinant nNOS2 contained heme but showed no L-arginine- and NADPH-dependent citrulline-forming activity in the presence of Ca2+-promoted calmodulin, elicited a sharp electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) signal at g = 6.0 indicating the presence of a high spin ferriheme as isolated and showed a peak at around 420 nm in the CO difference spectrum, instead of a 443-nm peak detected with the recombinant wild-type nNOS1 enzyme. Thus, although the heme domain of nNOS2 is capable of binding heme, the heme coordination geometry is highly abnormal in that it probably has a proximal non-cysteine thiolate ligand both in the ferric and ferrous states. Moreover, negligible spectral perturbation of the nNOS2 ferriheme was detected upon addition of either L-arginine or imidazole. These provide a possible rational explanation for the inability of nNOS2 to catalyze the cytochrome P450-type monooxygenase reaction.
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- T Iwasaki
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, Sendagi, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan
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The nitric oxide (NO) synthase family of enzymes generate NO from L-arginine, which acts as a biologic effector molecule in a broad number of settings. This report summarizes some of the current information regarding NO synthase structure-function, reaction mechanism, control of catalysis, and protein interactions.
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- D J Stuehr
- Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
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Adams DR, Brochwicz-Lewinski M, Butler AR. Nitric oxide: physiological roles, biosynthesis and medical uses. FORTSCHRITTE DER CHEMIE ORGANISCHER NATURSTOFFE = PROGRESS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF ORGANIC NATURAL PRODUCTS. PROGRES DANS LA CHIMIE DES SUBSTANCES ORGANIQUES NATURELLES 1999; 76:1-211. [PMID: 10091554 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-6351-1_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- D R Adams
- Department of Chemistry, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Sennequier N, Wolan D, Stuehr DJ. Antifungal imidazoles block assembly of inducible NO synthase into an active dimer. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:930-8. [PMID: 9873034 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.2.930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cytokine-inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is a homodimeric enzyme that generates nitric oxide (NO) and L-citrulline from L-arginine (L-Arg) and O2. The N-terminal oxygenase domain (amino acids 1-498; iNOSox) in each subunit binds heme, L-Arg, and tetrahydrobiopterin (H4B), is the site of NO synthesis, and is responsible for the dimeric interaction, which must occur to synthesize NO. In both cells and purified systems, iNOS dimer assembly is promoted by H4B, L-Arg, and L-Arg analogs. We examined the ability of imidazole and N-substituted imidazoles to promote or inhibit dimerization of heme-containing iNOSox monomers, or to affect iNOS dimerization in cells. Imidazole, 1-phenylimidazole, clotrimazole, and miconazole all bound to the iNOSox monomer heme iron. Imidazole and 1-phenylimidazole promoted iNOSox dimerization, whereas clotrimazole (30 microM) and miconazole (15 microM) did not, and instead inhibited dimerization normally promoted by L-Arg and H4B. Clotrimazole also bound to iNOSox dimers in the absence of L-Arg and H4B and caused their dissociation. When added to cells expressing iNOS, clotrimazole (50 microM) had no effect on iNOS protein expression but almost completely inhibited its dimerization and consequent NO synthesis over an 8-h culture period, without affecting calmodulin interaction with iNOS. Thus, imidazoles can promote or inhibit dimerization of iNOS both in vitro and in cells, depending on their structure. Bulky imidazoles like clotrimazole block NO synthesis by inhibiting assembly of the iNOS dimer, revealing a new means to control cellular NO synthesis.
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- N Sennequier
- Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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Alderton WK, Lowe PN. Scintillation proximity assay to measure nitroarginine and tetrahydrobiopterin binding to heme domain of neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Methods Enzymol 1999; 301:114-25. [PMID: 9919559 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(99)01074-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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- W K Alderton
- Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development, Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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Martásek P, Miller RT, Liu Q, Roman LJ, Salerno JC, Migita CT, Raman CS, Gross SS, Ikeda-Saito M, Masters BS. The C331A mutant of neuronal nitric-oxide synthase is defective in arginine binding. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:34799-805. [PMID: 9857005 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.52.34799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
It has been proposed that Cys99 of human endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) is responsible for tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) binding. To examine this possibility rigorously, we expressed rat neuronal NOS (nNOS) in Escherichia coli, with the homologous Cys331 to Ala mutation, and characterized structural and functional attributes of the purified, mutated enzyme. C331A-nNOS, as isolated, was catalytically incompetent. Upon prolonged incubation with L-arginine (L-Arg), not only BH4 binding but also catalytic activity could be restored. In contrast to wild-type nNOS (WT-nNOS), which exhibits an absorbance maximum at 407 nm that shifts immediately upon L-arginine addition to a high spin form, the C331A-nNOS mutant, as isolated, exhibited an absorbance maximum at 420 nm. C331A-nNOS, as isolated, did not bind detectable levels of either [3H]Nomega-nitro-L-arginine or [3H]BH4, but [3H]BH4 binding was reinstated after extended incubation with excess L-arginine. On the other hand, C331A-nNOS and WT-NOS were identical with regard to imidazole binding affinity, CaM binding affinity, and rates of cytochrome c and 2, 6-dichlorophenolindophenol reduction. EPR spectroscopy revealed conversion of low to high spin heme after extended incubation with high concentrations of L-arginine (0.1-10 mM). The estimated Kd for L-arginine binding to C331A-nNOS was two orders of magnitude greater than WT-nNOS (>100 microM versus 2-3 microM). Here we propose that Cys331 plays an important role in stabilizing L-arginine binding to nNOS. Our findings suggest that the primary dysfunction in the C331A mutant of nNOS, as isolated, is disruption of the BH4-substrate binding interactions as broadcast from this mutated cysteine residue. Prolonged incubation with L-arginine appears to cause remodeling of the mutant protein to a form similar to that of WT-nNOS, allowing for normalized BH4 binding and nitric oxide synthetic activity.
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- P Martásek
- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78284-7760, USA
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Chen PF, Berka V, Tsai AL, Wu KK. Effects of Asp-369 and Arg-372 mutations on heme environment and function in human endothelial nitric-oxide synthase. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:34164-70. [PMID: 9852077 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.51.34164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Eight polar amino acid residues in the putative substrate-binding region from Thr-360 to Val-379 in human endothelial nitric-oxide synthase (eNOS) (Thr-360, Arg-365, Cys-368, Asp-369, Arg-372, Tyr-373, Glu-377, and Asp-378) were individually mutated. Only two of these residues, Asp-369 and Arg-372, were found to be essential for enzyme activity. A further series of mutants was generated by replacing these two residues with various amino acids and the mutant proteins were expressed in a baculovirus system. Mutant eNOS had a very low L-citrulline formation activity with the exception of D369E and R372K, which retained 27% and 44% of the wild-type enzyme activity, respectively. Unlike the wild-type enzyme, all mutants except D369E, R372K, and R372M had a low spin heme (Soret peak at 416 nm). All the Asp-369 mutants had higher Kd values for L-arginine (1-10 mM) than wild-type eNOS (0.4 microM) and an unstable heme-CO complex, and except for D369E, had a very low (6R)-5,6,7, 8-tetrahydro-L-biopterin (BH4) content. In contrast, each of Arg-372 mutants retained a considerable amount of BH4, had a moderate reduction in L-arginine affinity, and had a more stable heme-CO complex. 1-Phenylimidazole did not bind to wild-type eNOS heme, but bound to all Asp-369 and Arg-372 mutants (Kd ranged from 10 to 65 microM) except R372K. Heme spin-state changes caused by binding of 3, 5-lutidine appeared to depend on both charge and size of the side chains of residues 369 and 372. Furthermore, all Asp-369 and Arg-372 mutants were defective in dimer formation. These results suggest that residues Asp-369 and Arg-372 in eNOS play a critical role in oxygenase domain active-site structure and activity.
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- P F Chen
- Vascular Biology Research Center and Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas 77225, USA.
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