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Roy K, Kajgrova L, Capkova L, Zabransky L, Petraskova E, Dvorak P, Nahlik V, Kuebutornye FKA, Blabolil P, Blaha M, Vrba J, Mraz J. Synergistic digestibility effect by planktonic natural food and habitat renders high digestion efficiency in agastric aquatic consumers. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 927:172105. [PMID: 38556011 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Revised: 03/17/2024] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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A digestibility enhancing effect of natural food on stomachless fish model (Cyprinus carpio) was verified by fluorogenic substrate assays of enzymatic activities in experimental pond carp gut flush and planktonic food over a full vegetative season. Then compared with size-matched conspecific grown artificially (tank carp) and an advanced omnivore species possessing true stomach (tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus). Results suggested activities of digestive enzymes (except amylolytic) were significantly higher in pond carp (p ≤ 0.05) than in the size-matched tank carp. Even compared to tilapia, pond carp appeared superior (p < 0.05; proteolytic or chitinolytic activities) or comparable (p > 0.05; phosphatase or cellulolytic activities). Amylolytic, chitinolytic, and phosphatases activities in pond carp gut significantly increased (p ≤ 0.01) over season. Several orders-of-magnitude higher enzymatic activities were detected in planktonic natural food than expressed in carp gut. Amino acid markers in planktonic food revealed a higher share of zooplankton (microcrustaceans), but not phytoplankton, synchronized with higher activities of complex polysaccharide-splitting enzymes (cellulolytic and chitinolytic) in fish gut. Periods of clear water phase low in chlorophyll-a and nutrients, but high in certain zooplankton (preferably cladocerans), may create a synergistic digestibility effect in pond carp. We conclude aquatic ecosystem components (natural food, water, microbiota) enhance fishes' hydrolyzing capabilities of C/N/P macromolecules and even their complex polymers such as cellulose, chitin, and maybe phytate (to be validated), to the extent that being stomachless is not an issue. Aquatic nutritional ecologists may consider that laboratory-based understandings of digestibility may underestimate digestion efficiency of free-ranging fish in ponds or lakes.
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- Koushik Roy
- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Science, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Science, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Science, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Ravcheev DA, Thiele I. Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Human Gut Microbiome Reveals a Broad Distribution of Metabolic Pathways for the Degradation of Host-Synthetized Mucin Glycans and Utilization of Mucin-Derived Monosaccharides. Front Genet 2017; 8:111. [PMID: 28912798 PMCID: PMC5583593 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2017.00111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The colonic mucus layer is a dynamic and complex structure formed by secreted and transmembrane mucins, which are high-molecular-weight and heavily glycosylated proteins. Colonic mucus consists of a loose outer layer and a dense epithelium-attached layer. The outer layer is inhabited by various representatives of the human gut microbiota (HGM). Glycans of the colonic mucus can be used by the HGM as a source of carbon and energy when dietary fibers are not sufficiently available. Both commensals and pathogens can utilize mucin glycans. Commensals are mostly involved in the cleavage of glycans, while pathogens mostly utilize monosaccharides released by commensals. This HGM-derived degradation of the mucus layer increases pathogen susceptibility and causes many other health disorders. Here, we analyzed 397 individual HGM genomes to identify pathways for the cleavage of host-synthetized mucin glycans to monosaccharides as well as for the catabolism of the derived monosaccharides. Our key results are as follows: (i) Genes for the cleavage of mucin glycans were found in 86% of the analyzed genomes, which significantly higher than a previous estimation. (ii) Genes for the catabolism of derived monosaccharides were found in 89% of the analyzed genomes. (iii) Comparative genomic analysis identified four alternative forms of the monosaccharide-catabolizing enzymes and four alternative forms of monosaccharide transporters. (iv) Eighty-five percent of the analyzed genomes may be involved in potential feeding pathways for the monosaccharides derived from cleaved mucin glycans. (v) The analyzed genomes demonstrated different abilities to degrade known mucin glycans. Generally, the ability to degrade at least one type of mucin glycan was predicted for 81% of the analyzed genomes. (vi) Eighty-two percent of the analyzed genomes can form mutualistic pairs that are able to degrade mucin glycans and are not degradable by any of the paired organisms alone. Taken together, these findings provide further insight into the inter-microbial communications of the HGM as well as into host-HGM interactions.
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- Dmitry A Ravcheev
- Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of LuxembourgEsch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of LuxembourgEsch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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Kwak MJ, Kwon SK, Yoon JK, Song JY, Seo JG, Chung MJ, Kim JF. Evolutionary architecture of the infant-adapted group of Bifidobacterium species associated with the probiotic function. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:429-439. [PMID: 27524178 DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2016.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2016] [Revised: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Bifidobacteria, often associated with the gastrointestinal tract of animals, are well known for their roles as probiotics. Among the dozens of Bifidobacterium species, Bifidobacterium bifidum, B. breve, and B. longum are the ones most frequently isolated from the feces of infants and known to help the digestion of human milk oligosaccharides. To investigate the correlation between the metabolic properties of bifidobacteria and their phylogeny, we performed a phylogenomic analysis based on 452 core genes of forty-four completely sequenced Bifidobacterium species. Results show that a major evolutionary event leading to the clade of the infant-adapted species is linked to carbohydrate metabolism, but it is not the only factor responsible for the adaptation of bifidobacteria to the gut. The genome of B. longum subsp. infantis, a typical bifidobacterium in the gut of breast-fed infants, encodes proteins associated with several kinds of species-specific metabolic pathways, including urea metabolism and biosynthesis of riboflavin and lantibiotics. Our results demonstrate that these metabolic features, which are associated with the probiotic function of bifidobacteria, are species-specific and highly correlate with their phylogeny.
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- Min-Jung Kwak
- Department of Systems Biology and Division of Life Sciences, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology and Division of Life Sciences, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology and Division of Life Sciences, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology and Division of Life Sciences, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Center, Cell Biotech Co., Ltd., 50, Aegibong-ro 409 beon-gil, Wolgot-myeon, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do 10003, Republic of Korea
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- R&D Center, Cell Biotech Co., Ltd., 50, Aegibong-ro 409 beon-gil, Wolgot-myeon, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do 10003, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology and Division of Life Sciences, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea; Strategic Initiative for Microbiomes in Agriculture and Food, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
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Backbone structures in human milk oligosaccharides: trans-glycosylation by metagenomic β-N-acetylhexosaminidases. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 99:7997-8009. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6550-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2015] [Revised: 03/13/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Lunetta JM, Johnson SM, Pappagianis D. Molecular cloning, characterization and expression analysis of two β-N-acetylhexosaminidase homologs ofCoccidioides posadasii. Med Mycol 2010; 48:744-56. [DOI: 10.3109/13693780903496609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Vrba J, Simek K, Nedoma J, Hartman P. 4-Methylumbelliferyl-beta-N-Acetylglucosaminide Hydrolysis by a High-Affinity Enzyme, a Putative Marker of Protozoan Bacterivory. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 59:3091-101. [PMID: 16349049 PMCID: PMC182411 DOI: 10.1128/aem.59.9.3091-3101.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hydrolysis of an artificial fluorogenic substrate, 4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-N-acetylglucosaminide, has been studied in a monoculture predator-prey system with either a flagellate (Bodo saltans) or a ciliate (Cyclidium sp.) fed upon pure bacterial culture (Aeromonas hydrophila or Alcaligenes xylosoxidans). Aeromonas hydrophila produced a low-affinity beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase-like enzyme (K(m), >>100 mumol liter) but Alcaligenes xylosoxidans did not. Inoculation of both bacterial strains with bacterivorous protozoa induced the occurrence of another, high-affinity, beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase-like enzyme (K(m), <0.5 mumol liter). The latter enzyme showed significant, close correlations with total grazing rates of both B. saltans (r = 0.96) and Cyclidium sp. (r = 0.89) estimated by using uptake of fluorescently labelled bacteria. Further significant correlations between several protozoan parameters and kinetic parameters of this enzyme suggest its likely protozoan origin. If both types of enzyme occurred together, they could be satisfactorily distinguished by using kinetic data analysis. Hence, measurements of beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase-like activities might be promising to use to improve estimations of protozoan bacterivory.
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- J Vrba
- Hydrobiological Institute, Czech Academy of Science, Na sádkách 7, 37005 Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic
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Roer RD, Halbrook KE, Shafer TH. Glycosidase activity in the post-ecdysial cuticle of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol 2001; 128:683-90. [PMID: 11290450 DOI: 10.1016/s1096-4959(00)00363-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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We have previously demonstrated a marked change in sugar moieties of glycoproteins of the cuticle of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, between 0.5 and 3 h post-ecdysis. The present study has identified a glycosidase that appears in the cuticle during the early post-ecdysial hours. The enzyme has affinities for p-nitrophenyl derivatives of both N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylgalactosamine. Both activities are competitively inhibited by chitobiose, suggesting that the enzyme could be a N-acetylhexosaminidase (EC 3.2.1.52). Atypical of N-acetylhexosaminidases described to date, this enzyme has a pH optimum of 7.0. The enzyme activity is high during the post-ecdysial period coincident with the changes in glycoprotein profiles observed in vivo. Partial purification of the enzyme has been accomplished by Sephacryl size-exclusion chromatography followed by concanavalin A affinity chromatography.
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- R D Roer
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403-3297, USA.
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Vrba J. Comment to Sherr and Sherr (1999): "Is there any appropriate way to distinguish different beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase activities in aquatic environments?". FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2000; 33:81-84. [PMID: 10922506 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2000.tb00729.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The recent paper of Sherr and Sherr on detecting low-affinity beta-glucosaminidase activity in several marine microbes extends current knowledge about hydrolytic enzyme activities in natural aquatic systems. However, their conclusions regarding the whole-cell assay with MUF-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminide (MUF-[GlcNAc]) cannot be accepted. First, we explicitly demonstrate a strong correlation between extracellular activities of the high-affinity enzymes and grazing rates of bacterivorous protists. Therefore, the assay can still be recommended for the estimation of total protistan grazing on prokaryotic picoplankton. Second, the ability of many aquatic organisms to produce enzymes which cleave fluorogenic substrates, such as MUF-[GlcNAc] and/or MUF-beta-D-N,N',N"-triacetylchitotriose (MUF-[GlcNAc](3)), has been well-documented during the last decade. Thus, neither of the two substrates may be considered as exclusively specific for targeting either lysozymes or beta-N-acetylhexosaminidases.
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- J Vrba
- Hydrobiological Institute AS CR, Na sádkách 7, CZ-37005, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic
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Sánchez-Martín MM, Cabezas JA, Ortega S, García J, García-Criado FJ, Pina J, Gómez-Alonso A. Levels of serum cathepsin L and several glycosidases in patients operated for colorectal cancer. Cancer Lett 1999; 141:73-7. [PMID: 10454245 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(99)00078-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The activities of several glycosidases and cathepsin L were determined in the blood serum of a control group of ten healthy humans in comparison with a group (group I: 32 subjects) of preoperative colorectal cancer patients (1 week before surgical exeresis) and with another two groups: group II, comprising 18 operated subjects (1 week after surgery), and group III, of 15 operated subjects (4 months after surgery). All subjects were 48-88 years old. Both 'enzyme activity' and 'specific activity' determinations of serum beta-galactosidase, alpha-L-fucosidase and cathepsin L revealed peculiar profiles that differed from one another. Control values differed from those of some stages of the pathological groups, but not of others. These values were compared also with the levels of total, lipid- and glycoprotein-associated serum sialic acid. The usefulness of some assays (especially cathepsin L activity measurement) in the follow-up of the health status of humans operated for colorectal cancer is discussed.
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- M M Sánchez-Martín
- Departamento de Bioquimica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Biología, Salamanca, Spain
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Scigelova M, Crout DH. Microbial β-N-acetylhexosaminidases and their biotechnological applications. Enzyme Microb Technol 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0141-0229(98)00171-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Sánchez-Martín MM, Cabezas JA. Evaluation of the activities of eight lysosomal hydrolases in sera of humans, rats and pigs of different ages. Mech Ageing Dev 1997; 99:95-107. [PMID: 9483485 DOI: 10.1016/s0047-6374(97)00093-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The activities of 21 enzymes (belonging to four classes of enzymes) involved in different metabolic pathways were assayed in blood sera of healthy young and adult/elderly groups of humans, rats and pigs, to determine whether activity changes coinciding with changes in age and aging could be detected. In all three species analysed, measurable activities (performed by highly specific and sensitive techniques, generally spectrofluorimetric procedures) were found, usually following a decreasing order of: among glycosidases, beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAG) > alpha-L-fucosidase > alpha-mannosidase > beta-glucuronidase > beta-galactosidase > alpha-galactosidase. In addition, among esterases very high values were found for arylesterase and acid phosphatase. By contrast, no measurable activity was found for the remaining enzymes assayed (8 hydrolases, 1 oxidoreductase, 3 transferases and 1 lyase). In the elderly group of humans, significantly higher activities (P < or = 0.05) were found for NAG, alpha-mannosidase and beta-glucuronidase in comparison to the adult and young groups. However, several activities in rats and all activities in pigs decreased with age. In conclusion, differences in the activities of 6 lysosomal glycosidases and 2 esterases (but no significant differences for another 13 enzymes belonging to several enzyme classes) are found in the sera of healthy humans, rats and pigs. These differences coincide with changes observed in aging.
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- M M Sánchez-Martín
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Biología, Salamanca, Spain
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Horsch M, Mayer C, Sennhauser U, Rast DM. Beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase: a target for the design of antifungal agents. Pharmacol Ther 1997; 76:187-218. [PMID: 9535180 DOI: 10.1016/s0163-7258(97)00110-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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This review provides biochemical, analytical, and biological background information relating to beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase (HexNAc'ase; EC 3.2.1.52) as an emerging target for the design of low-molecular-weight antifungals. The article includes the following: (1) a biochemical description of HexNAc'ase (reaction catalyzed, nomenclature, and mechanism of action) that sets it apart from other, similar enzymes; (2) an overview and a critical evaluation of methods to assay the enzyme, including in crude extracts (photo- and fluorometric procedures with model substrates; HPLC/pulsed amperometric detection of N-acetylglucosamine and chito-oligomers; end-point vs. rate measurements); (3) a summary of some general characteristics of HexNAc'ases from fungi and organisms of other types (Km values, substrate preference, and glycoconjugation); (4) an hypothesis of a specific target function of wall-associated HexNAc'ase (a component of the assembly of surface-located enzymes effecting a continuous turnover and remodelling of the wall fabric through its combined hydrolytic and transglycosylating activities, and a mediator enzyme acting in concert with chitinase and chitin synthase to provide for the controlled lysis and synthesis of chitin during growth); (5) a tabulation of the structural formulae of reaction-based HexNAc'ase inhibitors with Ki values < or = 100 microM (some of them representing transition state mimics that could serve as leads for the development of new antifungals); and (6) an outline of approaches towards the establishment of a three-dimensional model of HexNAc'ase suitable for a truly rational design of antimycotics as well as agricultural fungicides.
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- M Horsch
- Plant Biology Department, University of Zürich, Switzerland
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Sánchez-Martín MM, Cabezas-Delamare MJ, Cabezas JA. Increased levels of several lysosomal enzymes in sera from women using oral contraceptives. Clin Chim Acta 1996; 255:173-81. [PMID: 8937760 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(96)06405-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The activities of eight lysosomal enzymes were measured by spectrophotometric/spectrofluorimetric techniques in the blood sera of 19-24 apparently healthy women using an oral contraceptive (progestin and oestradiol synthetic derivative, desogestrel+ethinyloestradiol) in comparison with 15-16 non-pregnant women not using contraceptives (controls), in a randomised, double-blind, controlled study. beta-Glucuronidase and arylesterase showed statistically increased activities (P < or = 0.05) in the experimental group in comparison to the controls. No significant differences were found for the remaining enzymes assayed (beta-N-acetylhexosaminidase, alpha-L-fucosidase, alpha-mannosidase, beta-galactosidase, alpha-galactosidase and acid phosphatase). Similar results were obtained when the contraceptive formed by the combination of levonorgestrel and ethinyloestradiol was used by an experimental group of eight healthy women. These results suggest that the significant increases in the above-mentioned activities might be the physiological response of the organism (through catabolic processes catalysed by lysosomal enzymes) to the administration of exogenous synthetic compounds, such as the oral contraceptives used.
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- M M Sánchez-Martín
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Biología, Salamanca, Spain.
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Corral J, Miralles JM, García-Pascual IJ, Corrales JJ, García-Sastre A, Villar E. Increased serum N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase and alpha-D-mannosidase activities in obese subjects. THE CLINICAL INVESTIGATOR 1992; 70:880-4. [PMID: 1450611 DOI: 10.1007/bf00180432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We have studied N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase and alpha-D-mannosidase activities in human sera from 35 control subjects, 47 normo- and hyperinsulinemic obese persons, and 12 diabetic patients after a fasting period of 12 h and at 30, 60, 90, and 120 min after an oral glucose overload. The results show a significantly higher activity of these 2 enzymes in obese subjects and diabetic patients, of similar magnitude, especially in those obese persons with a higher grade of obesity. Moreover, the activity of these glycosidases decreases in a similar way in all these 3 groups after the oral glucose overload.
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- J Corral
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Salamanca
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