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Chen T. Unveiling the significance of inducible nitric oxide synthase: Its impact on cancer progression and clinical implications. Cancer Lett 2024; 592:216931. [PMID: 38701892 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2024.216931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2024] [Revised: 04/14/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
Abstract
The intricate role of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) in cancer pathophysiology has garnered significant attention, highlighting the complex interplay between tumorigenesis, immune response, and cellular metabolism. As an enzyme responsible for producing nitric oxide (NO) in response to inflammatory stimuli. iNOS is implicated in various aspects of cancer development, including DNA damage, angiogenesis, and evasion of apoptosis. This review synthesizes the current findings from both preclinical and clinical studies on iNOS across different cancer types, reflecting the variability depending on cellular context and tumor microenvironment. We explore the molecular mechanisms by which iNOS modulates cancer cell growth, survival, and metastasis, emphasizing its impact on immune surveillance and response to treatment. Additionally, the potential of targeting iNOS as a therapeutic strategy in cancer treatment is examined. By integrating insights from recent advances, this review aims to elucidate the significant role of iNOS in cancer and pave the way for novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
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- Tong Chen
- Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA; The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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Belenichev I, Popazova O, Bukhtiyarova N, Savchenko D, Oksenych V, Kamyshnyi O. Modulating Nitric Oxide: Implications for Cytotoxicity and Cytoprotection. Antioxidants (Basel) 2024; 13:504. [PMID: 38790609 PMCID: PMC11118938 DOI: 10.3390/antiox13050504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2024] [Revised: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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Despite the significant progress in the fields of biology, physiology, molecular medicine, and pharmacology; the designation of the properties of nitrogen monoxide in the regulation of life-supporting functions of the organism; and numerous works devoted to this molecule, there are still many open questions in this field. It is widely accepted that nitric oxide (•NO) is a unique molecule that, despite its extremely simple structure, has a wide range of functions in the body, including the cardiovascular system, the central nervous system (CNS), reproduction, the endocrine system, respiration, digestion, etc. Here, we systematize the properties of •NO, contributing in conditions of physiological norms, as well as in various pathological processes, to the mechanisms of cytoprotection and cytodestruction. Current experimental and clinical studies are contradictory in describing the role of •NO in the pathogenesis of many diseases of the cardiovascular system and CNS. We describe the mechanisms of cytoprotective action of •NO associated with the regulation of the expression of antiapoptotic and chaperone proteins and the regulation of mitochondrial function. The most prominent mechanisms of cytodestruction-the initiation of nitrosative and oxidative stresses, the production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, and participation in apoptosis and mitosis. The role of •NO in the formation of endothelial and mitochondrial dysfunction is also considered. Moreover, we focus on the various ways of pharmacological modulation in the nitroxidergic system that allow for a decrease in the cytodestructive mechanisms of •NO and increase cytoprotective ones.
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- Igor Belenichev
- Department of Pharmacology and Medical Formulation with Course of Normal Physiology, Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 69000 Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
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- Department of Histology, Cytology and Embryology, Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 69000 Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics, Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University, 69000 Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
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- Department of Pharmacy and Industrial Drug Technology, Bogomolets National Medical University, 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Broegelmann Research Laboratory, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology, I. Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University, 46001 Ternopil, Ukraine;
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Alves FDM, Bellei JCB, Barbosa CDS, Duarte CL, da Fonseca AL, Pinto ACDS, Raimundo FO, Carpinter BA, Lemos ASDO, Coimbra ES, Taranto AG, Rocha VN, de Pilla Varotti F, Ribeiro Viana GH, Scopel KKG. Rational-Based Discovery of Novel β-Carboline Derivatives as Potential Antimalarials: From In Silico Identification of Novel Targets to Inhibition of Experimental Cerebral Malaria. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11121529. [PMID: 36558863 PMCID: PMC9781199 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11121529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Malaria is an infectious disease widespread in underdeveloped tropical regions. The most severe form of infection is caused by Plasmodium falciparum, which can lead to development of cerebral malaria (CM) and is responsible for deaths and significant neurocognitive sequelae throughout life. In this context and considering the emergence and spread of drug-resistant P. falciparum isolates, the search for new antimalarial candidates becomes urgent. β-carbolines alkaloids are good candidates since a wide range of biological activity for these compounds has been reported. Herein, we designed 20 chemical entities and performed an in silico virtual screening against a pool of P. falciparum molecular targets, the Brazilian Malaria Molecular Targets (BRAMMT). Seven structures showed potential to interact with PfFNR, PfPK7, PfGrx1, and PfATP6, being synthesized and evaluated for in vitro antiplasmodial activity. Among them, compounds 3−6 and 10 inhibited the growth of the W2 strain at µM concentrations, with low cytotoxicity against the human cell line. In silico physicochemical and pharmacokinetic properties were found to be favorable for oral administration. The compound 10 provided the best results against CM, with important values of parasite growth inhibition on the 5th day post-infection for both curative (67.9%) and suppressive (82%) assays. Furthermore, this compound was able to elongate mice survival and protect them against the development of the experimental model of CM (>65%). Compound 10 also induced reduction of the NO level, possibly by interaction with iNOS. Therefore, this alkaloid showed promising activity for the treatment of malaria and was able to prevent the development of experimental cerebral malaria (ECM), probably by reducing NO synthesis.
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- Fernanda de Moura Alves
- Research Center on Biological Chemistry (NQBio), Federal University of São João Del Rei, Divinópolis 35501-296, Brazil
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- Research Center Parasitology, Departament of Parasitology, Microbiology and Immunology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora 36036-900, Brazil
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- Research Center on Biological Chemistry (NQBio), Federal University of São João Del Rei, Divinópolis 35501-296, Brazil
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- Research Center on Biological Chemistry (NQBio), Federal University of São João Del Rei, Divinópolis 35501-296, Brazil
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- Research Center on Biological Chemistry (NQBio), Federal University of São João Del Rei, Divinópolis 35501-296, Brazil
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- Research Center on Biological Chemistry (NQBio), Federal University of São João Del Rei, Divinópolis 35501-296, Brazil
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- Research Center Parasitology, Departament of Parasitology, Microbiology and Immunology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora 36036-900, Brazil
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- Research Center Parasitology, Departament of Parasitology, Microbiology and Immunology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora 36036-900, Brazil
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- Research Center Parasitology, Departament of Parasitology, Microbiology and Immunology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora 36036-900, Brazil
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- Research Center Parasitology, Departament of Parasitology, Microbiology and Immunology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora 36036-900, Brazil
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- Research Center on Biological Chemistry (NQBio), Federal University of São João Del Rei, Divinópolis 35501-296, Brazil
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- Research Center of Pathology and Veterinary Histology, Departament of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora 36036-900, Brazil
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- Research Center on Biological Chemistry (NQBio), Federal University of São João Del Rei, Divinópolis 35501-296, Brazil
- Correspondence: (F.d.P.V.); (K.K.G.S.)
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- Research Center Parasitology, Departament of Parasitology, Microbiology and Immunology, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora 36036-900, Brazil
- Correspondence: (F.d.P.V.); (K.K.G.S.)
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Camp OG, Bai D, Awonuga A, Goud P, Abu-Soud HM. Hypochlorous acid facilitates inducible nitric oxide synthase subunit dissociation: The link between heme destruction, disturbance of the zinc-tetrathiolate center, and the prevention by melatonin. Nitric Oxide 2022; 124:32-38. [PMID: 35513289 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2022.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2022] [Revised: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) is a zinc-containing hemoprotein composed of two identical subunits, each containing a reductase and an oxygenase domain. The reductase domain contains binding sites for NADPH, FAD, FMN, and tightly bound calmodulin and the oxygenase domain contains binding sites for heme, tetrahydrobiopterin (H4B), and l-arginine. The enzyme converts l-arginine into nitric oxide (NO) and citrulline in the presence of O2. It has previously been demonstrated that myeloperoxidase (MPO), which catalyzes formation of hypochlorous acid (HOCl) from hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and chloride (Cl-), is enhanced in inflammatory diseases and could be a potent scavenger of NO. Using absorbance spectroscopy and gel filtration chromatography, we investigated the role of increasing concentrations of HOCl in mediating iNOS heme destruction and subsequent subunit dissociation and unfolding. The results showed that dimer iNOS dissociation between 15 and 100 μM HOCl was accompanied by loss of heme content and NO synthesis activity. The dissociated subunits-maintained cytochrome c and ferricyanide reductase activities. There was partial unfolding of the subunits at 300 μM HOCl and above, and the subunit unfolding transition was accompanied by loss of reductase activities. These events can be prevented when the enzyme is preincubated with melatonin prior to HOCl addition. Melatonin supplementation to patients experiencing low NO levels due to inflammatory diseases may be helpful to restore physiological NO functions.
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- Olivia G Camp
- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA; Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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- Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility & California IVF Fertility Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA, 95833, USA; California Northstate University Medical College, Elk Grove, CA, 95757, USA
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- Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA; Department of Physiology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA.
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Mishra S, Divakar A, Srivastava S, Dewangan J, Sharma D, Asthana S, Chaturvedi S, Wahajuddin M, Kumar S, Rath SK. N-acetyl-cysteine in combination with celecoxib inhibits Deoxynivalenol induced skin tumor initiation via induction of autophagic pathways in swiss mice. Free Radic Biol Med 2020; 156:70-82. [PMID: 32561319 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2020.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Deoxynivalenol is a trichothecene mycotoxin which naturally contaminates small grain, cereals intended for human and animal consumption. Investigations for dermal toxicity of DON has been needed and highlighted by WHO. Previous studies on dermal toxicity suggest that DON has DNA damaging potential leading to skin tumor initiation in mice skin. However, considering its toxicological manifestations arising after dermal exposure, strategies for its prevention/protection are barely available in literatute. Collectively, our study demonstrated that N-acetylcysteine (NAC), precursor of glutathione, significantly alters the genotoxic potential of DON. Further NAC in combination with Celecoxib (CXB) inhibits tumor growth by altering antioxidant status and increasing autophagy in DON initiated Swiss mice. Despite the broad spectrum use of CXB, its use is limited by the concerns about its adverse effects on the cardiovascular system. Serum parameters and histology analysis revealed that CXB (2 mg) when applied topically for 24 weeks did not impart any cardiovascular toxicity which could be because skin permeation potential of CXB was quite low when analyzed through HPLC analysis. Although the anticancer effects of CXB and NAC have been studied, however, the combination of NAC and CXB has yet not been explored for any cancer treatment. Therefore our observations provide additional insights into the therapeutic effects of combinatorial treatment of CXB and NAC against skin tumor prevention. This approach might form a novel alternative strategy for skin cancer treatment as well as skin associated toxicities caused by mycotoxins such as DON. This combinatorial approach can overcome the limitations associated with the use of CXB for long term as topical application of the same seems to be safe in comparison to the oral mode of administration.
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- Sakshi Mishra
- Genotoxicity Laboratory, Division of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Genotoxicity Laboratory, Division of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Genotoxicity Laboratory, Division of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Genotoxicity Laboratory, Division of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Genotoxicity Laboratory, Division of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Food Drug and Chemical Toxicology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow, 226 001, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Immunotoxicity Laboratory, Division of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Genotoxicity Laboratory, Division of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, 226031, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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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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Cinelli MA, Do HT, Miley GP, Silverman RB. Inducible nitric oxide synthase: Regulation, structure, and inhibition. Med Res Rev 2020; 40:158-189. [PMID: 31192483 PMCID: PMC6908786 DOI: 10.1002/med.21599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 352] [Impact Index Per Article: 88.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2019] [Revised: 04/14/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A considerable number of human diseases have an inflammatory component, and a key mediator of immune activation and inflammation is inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), which produces nitric oxide (NO) from l-arginine. Overexpressed or dysregulated iNOS has been implicated in numerous pathologies including sepsis, cancer, neurodegeneration, and various types of pain. Extensive knowledge has been accumulated about the roles iNOS plays in different tissues and organs. Additionally, X-ray crystal and cryogenic electron microscopy structures have shed new insights on the structure and regulation of this enzyme. Many potent iNOS inhibitors with high selectivity over related NOS isoforms, neuronal NOS, and endothelial NOS, have been discovered, and these drugs have shown promise in animal models of endotoxemia, inflammatory and neuropathic pain, arthritis, and other disorders. A major issue in iNOS inhibitor development is that promising results in animal studies have not translated to humans; there are no iNOS inhibitors approved for human use. In addition to assay limitations, both the dual modalities of iNOS and NO in disease states (ie, protective vs harmful effects) and the different roles and localizations of NOS isoforms create challenges for therapeutic intervention. This review summarizes the structure, function, and regulation of iNOS, with focus on the development of iNOS inhibitors (historical and recent). A better understanding of iNOS' complex functions is necessary before specific drug candidates can be identified for classical indications such as sepsis, heart failure, and pain; however, newer promising indications for iNOS inhibition, such as depression, neurodegenerative disorders, and epilepsy, have been discovered.
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- Maris A. Cinelli
- Department of Chemistry, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Center for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery, Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
- Current address: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Center for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery, Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
- Current address: Mersana Therapeutics, Inc., Cambridge, MA 02139
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Center for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery, Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Center for Molecular Innovation and Drug Discovery, Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, United States
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Hutfless EH, Chaudhari SS, Thomas VC. Emerging Roles of Nitric Oxide Synthase in Bacterial Physiology. Adv Microb Physiol 2018; 72:147-191. [PMID: 29778214 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2018.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a potent inhibitor of diverse cellular processes in bacteria. Therefore, it was surprising to discover that several bacterial species, primarily Gram-positive organisms, harboured a gene encoding nitric oxide synthase (NOS). Recent attempts to characterize bacterial NOS (bNOS) have resulted in the discovery of structural features that may allow it to function as a NO dioxygenase and produce nitrate in addition to NO. Consistent with this characterization, investigations into the biological function of bNOS have also emphasized a role for NOS-dependent nitrate and nitrite production in aerobic and microaerobic respiration. In this review, we aim to compare, contrast, and summarize the structure, biochemistry, and biological role of bNOS with mammalian NOS and discuss how recent advances in our understanding of bNOS have enabled efforts at designing inhibitors against it.
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States.
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Weisslocker-Schaetzel M, André F, Touazi N, Foresi N, Lembrouk M, Dorlet P, Frelet-Barrand A, Lamattina L, Santolini J. The NOS-like protein from the microalgae Ostreococcus tauri is a genuine and ultrafast NO-producing enzyme. PLANT SCIENCE : AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PLANT BIOLOGY 2017; 265:100-111. [PMID: 29223331 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2017.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Revised: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/24/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The exponential increase of genomes' sequencing has revealed the presence of NO-Synthases (NOS) throughout the tree of life, uncovering an extraordinary diversity of genetic structure and biological functions. Although NO has been shown to be a crucial mediator in plant physiology, NOS sequences seem present solely in green algae genomes, with a first identification in the picoplankton species Ostreococcus tauri. There is no rationale so far to account for the presence of NOS in this early-diverging branch of the green lineage and its absence in land plants. To address the biological function of algae NOS, we cloned, expressed and characterized the NOS oxygenase domain from Ostreococcus tauri (OtNOSoxy). We launched a phylogenetic and structural analysis of algae NOS, and achieved a 3D model of OtNOSoxy by homology modeling. We used a combination of various spectroscopies to characterize the structural and electronic fingerprints of some OtNOSoxy reaction intermediates. The analysis of OtNOSoxy catalytic activity and kinetic efficiency was achieved by stoichiometric stopped-flow. Our results highlight the conserved and particular features of OtNOSoxy structure that might explain its ultrafast NO-producing capacity. This integrative Structure-Catalysis-Function approach could be extended to the whole NOS superfamily and used for predicting potential biological activity for any new NOS.
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- Marine Weisslocker-Schaetzel
- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biologicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, CC 1245, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina, Argentina
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biologicas, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, CC 1245, 7600 Mar del Plata, Argentina, Argentina
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198, 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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Wang ZQ, Haque MM, Binder K, Sharma M, Wei CC, Stuehr DJ. Engineering nitric oxide synthase chimeras to function as NO dioxygenases. J Inorg Biochem 2016; 158:122-130. [PMID: 27013266 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.03.002] [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: 11/12/2015] [Revised: 03/10/2016] [Accepted: 03/12/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Nitric oxide synthases (NOSs) catalyze a two-step oxidation of l-arginine to form nitric oxide (NO) and l-citrulline. NOS contains a N-terminal oxygenase domain (NOSoxy) that is the site of NO synthesis, and a C-terminal reductase domain (NOSred) that binds nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH), flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), and flavin mononucleotide (FMN) and provides electrons to the NOSoxy heme during catalysis. The three NOS isoforms in mammals inducible NOS (iNOS), neuronal NOS (nNOS), and endothelial NOS (eNOS) share high structural similarity but differ in NO release rates and catalytic properties due to differences in enzyme kinetic parameters. These parameters must be balanced for NOS enzymes to release NO, rather than consume it in a competing, inherent NO dioxygenase reaction. To improve understanding, we drew on a global catalytic model and previous findings to design three NOS chimeras that may predominantly function as NO dioxygenases: iNOSoxy/nNOSred (Wild type (WT) chimera), V346I iNOSoxy/nNOSred (V346I chimera) and iNOSoxy/S1412D nNOSred (S1412D chimera). The WT and S1412D chimeras had higher NO release than the parent iNOS, while the V346I chimera exhibited much lower NO release, consistent with expectations. Measurements indicated that a greater NO dioxygenase activity was achieved, particularly in the V346I chimera, which dioxygenated an estimated two to four NO per NO that it released, while the other chimeras had nearly equivalent NO dioxygenase and NO release activities. Computer simulations of the global catalytic model using the measured kinetic parameters produced results that mimicked the measured outcomes, and this provided further insights on the catalytic behaviors of the chimeras and basis of their increased NO dioxygenase activities.
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- Zhi-Qiang Wang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Kent State University Geauga, Burton, OH 44021, United States.
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- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States
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- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States
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- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 62026, United States
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- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, United States.
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Yokom AL, Morishima Y, Lau M, Su M, Glukhova A, Osawa Y, Southworth DR. Architecture of the nitric-oxide synthase holoenzyme reveals large conformational changes and a calmodulin-driven release of the FMN domain. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:16855-65. [PMID: 24737326 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.564005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Nitric-oxide synthase (NOS) is required in mammals to generate NO for regulating blood pressure, synaptic response, and immune defense. NOS is a large homodimer with well characterized reductase and oxygenase domains that coordinate a multistep, interdomain electron transfer mechanism to oxidize l-arginine and generate NO. Ca(2+)-calmodulin (CaM) binds between the reductase and oxygenase domains to activate NO synthesis. Although NOS has long been proposed to adopt distinct conformations that alternate between interflavin and FMN-heme electron transfer steps, structures of the holoenzyme have remained elusive and the CaM-bound arrangement is unknown. Here we have applied single particle electron microscopy (EM) methods to characterize the full-length of the neuronal isoform (nNOS) complex and determine the structural mechanism of CaM activation. We have identified that nNOS adopts an ensemble of open and closed conformational states and that CaM binding induces a dramatic rearrangement of the reductase domain. Our three-dimensional reconstruction of the intact nNOS-CaM complex reveals a closed conformation and a cross-monomer arrangement with the FMN domain rotated away from the NADPH-FAD center, toward the oxygenase dimer. This work captures, for the first time, the reductase-oxygenase structural arrangement and the CaM-dependent release of the FMN domain that coordinates to drive electron transfer across the domains during catalysis.
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- Adam L Yokom
- From the Department of Biological Chemistry, the Program in Chemical Biology, and
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- the Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- From the Department of Biological Chemistry, the Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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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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Symons KT, Massari ME, Nguyen PM, Lee TT, Roppe J, Bonnefous C, Payne JE, Smith ND, Noble SA, Sablad M, Rozenkrants N, Zhang Y, Rao TS, Shiau AK, Hassig CA. KLYP956 Is a Non-Imidazole-Based Orally Active Inhibitor of Nitric-Oxide Synthase Dimerization. Mol Pharmacol 2009; 76:153-62. [DOI: 10.1124/mol.109.055434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Menyhárd DK. Comparative computational analysis of active and inactive cofactors of nitric oxide synthase. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:3151-9. [PMID: 19708267 DOI: 10.1021/jp8083056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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 heme proteins that catalyze the formation of nitric oxide from L-Arg in the presence of oxygen. Of the two electrons required for the first step of the reaction, the second is primarily donated by the tetrahydrobiopterin (H4B) cofactor bound adjacent to the heme, which is eventually reduced back to resting state by the ultimate electron source of the reaction, the flavins of the NOS reductase domain. Density functional theory calculations were carried out to identify those protonation states of different cofactor molecules that best support radicalization of the cofactor and the coupled increase in the electron density of the heme-bound oxygen molecule. Three cofactor molecules were studied, native H4B, an active analogue, 5-methyl-H4B, and the inactive 4-amino-H4B. Findings support the emerging model where H4B and 5-methyl-H4B are coupled proton/electron sources of NOS catalysis, while 4-amino-H4B is an inhibitor due to its inability to donate the catalytically required proton.
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- Dóra K Menyhárd
- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Budapest University of Technology and Economy, Budapest, Szent Gellért tér 4., H-1111, Hungary.
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Tetrahydrobiopterin is the reduced unconjugated pterin that serves as an essential cofactor for the normal enzymatic function of the aromatic amino acid hydroxylases and for the nitric oxide synthases (NOS). Its role in the latter biochemistry is being increasing appreciated, as depletion or oxidation of BH4 results in a condition of NOS uncoupling, resulting in a nitroso-oxidative imbalance. Recent experimental studies support an important pathophysiologic role of BH4 deficiency as well as the therapeutic potential of BH4 repletion for hypertension, endothelial dysfunction, atherosclerosis, diabetes, cardiac hypertrophic remodeling, and heart failure. In addition to BH4, studies are also examining the potential role of folic acid therapy, because folic acid can enhance BH4 levels and the NOS coupling state. This review summarizes these recent studies focusing on the biochemistry and pharmacology of BH4 and its potential role for treating cardiovascular disease.
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- An L Moens
- Department of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Wang ZQ, Lawson RJ, Buddha MR, Wei CC, Crane BR, Munro AW, Stuehr DJ. Bacterial flavodoxins support nitric oxide production by Bacillus subtilis nitric-oxide synthase. J Biol Chem 2006; 282:2196-202. [PMID: 17127770 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m608206200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Unlike animal nitric-oxide synthases (NOSs), the bacterial NOS enzymes have no attached flavoprotein domain to reduce their heme and so must rely on unknown bacterial proteins for electrons. We tested the ability of two Bacillus subtilis flavodoxins (YkuN and YkuP) to support catalysis by purified B. subtilis NOS (bsNOS). When an NADPH-utilizing bacterial flavodoxin reductase (FLDR) was added to reduce YkuP or YkuN, both supported NO synthesis from either L-arginine or N-hydroxyarginine and supported a linear nitrite accumulation over a 30-min reaction period. Rates of nitrite production were directly dependent on the ratio of YkuN or YkuP to bsNOS. However, the V/Km value for YkuN (5.2 x 10(5)) was about 20 times greater than that of YkuP (2.6 x 10(4)), indicating YkuN is more efficient in supporting bsNOS catalysis. YkuN that was either photo-reduced or prereduced by FLDR transferred an electron to the bsNOS ferric heme at rates similar to those measured for heme reduction in the animal NOSs. YkuN supported a similar NO synthesis activity by a different bacterial NOS (Deinococcus radiodurans) but not by any of the three mammalian NOS oxygenase domains nor by an insect NOS oxygenase domain. Our results establish YkuN as a kinetically competent redox partner for bsNOS and suggest that FLDR/flavodoxin proteins could function physiologically to support catalysis by bacterial NOSs.
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- Zhi-Qiang Wang
- Department of Pathobiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.
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Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) is an essential cofactor for the aromatic amino acid hydroxylases, which are essential in the formation of neurotransmitters, and for nitric oxide synthase. It is presently used clinically to treat some forms of phenylketonuria (PKU) that can be ameliorated by BH4 supplementation. Recent evidence supports potential cardiovascular benefits from BH4 replacement for the treatment of hypertension, ischemia-reperfusion injury, and cardiac hypertrophy with chamber remodeling. Such disorders exhibit BH4 depletion because of its oxidation and/or reduced synthesis, which can result in functional uncoupling of nitric oxide synthase (NOS). Uncoupled NOS generates more oxygen free radicals and less nitric oxide, shifting the nitroso-redox balance and having adverse consequences on the cardiovascular system. While previously difficult to use as a treatment because of chemical instability and cost, newer methods to synthesize stable BH4 suggest its novel potential as a therapeutic agent. This review discusses the biochemistry, physiology, and evolving therapeutic potential of BH4 for cardiovascular disease.
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- An L Moens
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 720 Rutland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Sengupta R, Sahoo R, Ray SS, Dutta T, Dasgupta A, Ghosh S. Dissociation and unfolding of inducible nitric oxide synthase oxygenase domain identifies structural role of tetrahydrobiopterin in modulating the heme environment. Mol Cell Biochem 2006; 284:117-26. [PMID: 16411020 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-005-9027-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2005] [Accepted: 10/07/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The oxygenase domain of the inducible nitric oxide synthase, Delta65 iNOSox is a dimer that binds heme, L-Arginine (L-Arg), and tetrahydrobiopterin (H(4)B) and is the site for NO synthesis. The role of H(4)B in iNOS structure-function is complex and its exact structural role is presently unknown. The present paper provides a simple mechanistic account of interaction of the cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin (H(4)B) with the bacterially expressed Delta65 iNOSox protein. Transverse urea gradient gel electrophoresis studies indicated the presence of different conformers in the cofactor-incubated and cofactor-free Delta65 iNOSox protein. Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS) studies of cofactor-incubated and cofactor-free Delta65 iNOSox protein also showed two distinct populations of two different diameter ranges. Cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin (H(4)B) shifted one population, with higher diameter, to the lower diameter ranges indicating conformational changes. The additional role played by the cofactor is to elevate the heme retaining capacity even in presence of denaturing stress. Together, these findings confirm that the H(4)B is essential in modulating the iNOS heme environment and the protein environment in the dimeric iNOS oxygenase domain.
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- Rajib Sengupta
- Department of Biochemistry, University College of Science, Calcutta University, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, 700 019, India
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Stuehr DJ, Wei CC, Wang Z, Hille R. Exploring the redox reactions between heme and tetrahydrobiopterin in the nitric oxide synthases. Dalton Trans 2005:3427-35. [PMID: 16234921 DOI: 10.1039/b506355h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The NO synthases (NOSs) catalyze a two-step oxidation of L-arginine (Arg) to generate nitric oxide (NO) plus L-citrulline. Because NOSs are the only hemeproteins known to contain tetrahydrobiopterin (H4B) as a bound cofactor, the function and role of H4B in their heme-based oxygen activation and catalysis is of current interest. Distinct oxidative and reductive transitions of bound H4B cofactor occur during catalysis and are associated with distinct redox transitions of the NOS heme and flavin prosthetic groups. In this perspective, we discuss the redox transitions of H4B and heme with regard to their kinetics, regulation, role in the catalytic mechanism, and how and why they may be linked.
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- Dennis J Stuehr
- Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio State University, USA
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Jagnandan D, Sessa WC, Fulton D. Intracellular location regulates calcium-calmodulin-dependent activation of organelle-restricted eNOS. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2005; 289:C1024-33. [PMID: 15917301 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00162.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Mislocalization of endothelial nitric oxide (NO) synthase (eNOS) in response to oxidized low-density lipoprotein, cholesterol depletion, elevated blood pressure, and bound eNOS interacting protein/NOS traffic inducer is associated with reduced NO release via unknown mechanisms. The proper targeting of eNOS to the plasma membrane or intracellular organelles is an important regulatory step controlling enzyme activity. Previous studies have shown that plasma membrane eNOS is constitutively phosphorylated on serine 1179 and highly active. In contrast, the activity of eNOS targeted to intracellular organelles is more complex. The cis-Golgi eNOS is fully activated by Akt-dependent phosphorylation. However, eNOS targeted to the trans-Golgi is decidedly less active in response to all modes of activation, including mutation to the phosphomimetic aspartic acid. In this study, we establish that when expressed within other intracellular organelles, such as the mitochondria and nucleus, the activity of eNOS is also greatly reduced. To address the mechanisms underlying the impaired catalytic activity of eNOS within these locations, we generated subcellular-targeted constructs that express a calcium-independent NOS isoform, iNOS. With the use of organelle specific (plasma membrane, cis- vs. trans-Golgi, plasma membrane, and Golgi, nucleus, and mitochondria) targeting motifs fused to the wild-type iNOS, we measured NO release from intact cells. With the exception of the Golgi lumen, our results showed no impairment in the ability of targeted iNOS to synthesize NO. Confirmation of correct targeting was obtained through confocal microscopy using identical constructs fused to the green fluorescent protein. We conclude that the reduced activation of eNOS within discrete cytoplasmic regions of the Golgi, the mitochondria and the nucleus is primarily due to insufficient access to calcium-calmodulin.
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- Davin Jagnandan
- Vascular Biology Center and Department of Pharmacology, Medical College of Georgia, 1459 Laney Walker Blvd., Augusta Georgia 30912, 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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Wei CC, Wang ZQ, Durra D, Hemann C, Hille R, Garcin ED, Getzoff ED, Stuehr DJ. The three nitric-oxide synthases differ in their kinetics of tetrahydrobiopterin radical formation, heme-dioxy reduction, and arginine hydroxylation. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:8929-35. [PMID: 15632185 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m409737200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [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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The nitric-oxide synthases (NOSs) make nitric oxide and citrulline from l-arginine. How the bound cofactor (6R)-tetrahydrobiopterin (H4B) participates in Arg hydroxylation is a topic of interest. We demonstrated previously that H4B radical formation in the inducible NOS oxygenase domain (iNOSoxy) is kinetically coupled to the disappearance of a heme-dioxy intermediate and to Arg hydroxylation. Here we report single turnover studies that determine and compare the kinetics of these transitions in Arg hydroxylation reactions catalyzed by the oxygenase domains of endothelial and neuronal NOSs (eNOSoxy and nNOSoxy). There was a buildup of a heme-dioxy intermediate in eNOSoxy and nNOSoxy followed by a monophasic transition to ferric enzyme during the reaction. The rate of heme-dioxy decay matched the rates of H4B radical formation and Arg hydroxylation in both enzymes. The rates of H4B radical formation differed such that nNOSoxy (18 s(-1)) > iNOSoxy (11 s(-1)) > eNOSoxy (6 s(-1)), whereas the lifetimes of the resulting H4B radical followed an opposite rank order. 5MeH4B supported a three-fold faster radical formation and greater radical stability relative to H4B in both eNOSoxy and nNOSoxy. Our results indicate the following: (i) the three NOSs share a common mechanism, whereby H4B transfers an electron to the heme-dioxy intermediate. This step enables Arg hydroxylation and is rate-limiting for all subsequent steps in the hydroxylation reaction. (ii) A direct correlation exists between pterin radical stability and the speed of its formation in the three NOSs. (iii) Uncoupled NO synthesis often seen for eNOS at low H4B concentrations may be caused by the slow formation and poor stability of its H4B radical.
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- Chin-Chuan Wei
- Department of Immunology, The Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.
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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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Matter H, Kotsonis P. Biology and chemistry of the inhibition of nitric oxide synthases by pteridine-derivatives as therapeutic agents. Med Res Rev 2004; 24:662-84. [PMID: 15224385 DOI: 10.1002/med.20005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Inhibitors of the family of nitric oxide synthases (NOS-I-III; EC 1.14.13.39) are of interest as pharmacological agents to modulate pathologically high nitric oxide (NO) levels in inflammation, sepsis, and stroke. In this article, we discuss the approach for targeting the unique (6R)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-L-biopterin (H4Bip) binding site of NOS by appropriate inhibitors. This binding site maximally increases enzyme activity and NO production from the substrate L-arginine upon cofactor binding. The first generation of H4Bip-based NOS inhibitors was based on 4-amino H4Bip derivatives in analogy to anti-folates such as methotrexate. In addition, we discuss the structure-activity relationship of a related series of 4-oxo-pteridine derivatives. Furthermore, molecular modeling studies provide an understanding of pterin antagonism on a structural level based on favorable and unfavorable interactions between protein binding site and ligands. These techniques include 3D-QSAR (CoMFA, CoMSIA) to understand ligand affinity and GRID/consensus principal component analysis (CPCA) to learn about selectivity requirements. Collectively these approaches, in combination with the presented SAR and structural data, provide useful information for the design of novel NOS inhibitors with increased isoform selectivity.
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- Hans Matter
- Aventis Pharma Deutschland GmbH, DI&A Chemistry, Molecular Modelling, Building G 878, D-65926, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a gaseous free radical that serves cell signaling, cellular energetics, host defense, and inflammatory functions in virtually all cells. In the kidney and vasculature, NO plays fundamental roles in the control of systemic and intrarenal hemodynamics, the tubuloglomerular feedback response, pressure natriuresis, release of sympathetic neurotransmitters and renin, and tubular solute and water transport. NO is synthesized from L-arginine by NO synthases (NOS). Because of its high chemical reactivity and high diffusibility, NO production by each of the 3 major NOS isoforms is regulated tightly at multiple levels from gene transcription to spatial proximity near intended targets to covalent modification and allosteric regulation of the enzyme itself. Many of these regulatory mechanisms have yet to be tested in renal cells. The NOS isoforms are distributed differentially and regulated in the kidney, and there remains some controversy over the specific expression of functional protein for the NOS isoforms in specific renal cell populations. Mice with targeted deletion of each of the NOS isoforms have been generated, and these each have unique phenotypes. Studies of the renal and vascular phenotypes of these mice have yielded important insights into certain vascular diseases, ischemic acute renal failure, the tubuloglomerular feedback response, and some mechanisms of tubular fluid and electrolyte transport, but thus far have been underexploited. This review explores the collective knowledge regarding the structure, regulation, and function of the NOS isoforms gleaned from various tissues, and highlights the progress and gaps in understanding in applying this information to renal and vascular physiology.
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- Bruce C Kone
- University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, 77030, USA.
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Wang ZQ, Wei CC, Sharma M, Pant K, Crane BR, Stuehr DJ. A conserved Val to Ile switch near the heme pocket of animal and bacterial nitric-oxide synthases helps determine their distinct catalytic profiles. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:19018-25. [PMID: 14976216 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m311663200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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 (NO) release from nitric oxide synthases (NOSs) is largely dependent on the dissociation of an enzyme ferric heme-NO product complex (Fe(III)NO). Although the NOS-like protein from Bacillus subtilis (bsNOS) generates Fe(III)NO from the reaction intermediate N-hydroxy-l-arginine (NOHA), its NO dissociation is about 20-fold slower than in mammalian NOSs. Crystal structures suggest that a conserved Val to Ile switch near the heme pocket of bsNOS might determine its kinetic profile. To test this we generated complementary mutations in the mouse inducible NOS oxygenase domain (iNOSoxy, V346I) and in bsNOS (I224V) and characterized the kinetics and extent of their NO synthesis from NOHA and their NO-binding kinetics. The mutations did not greatly alter binding of Arg, (6R)-tetrahydrobiopterin, or alter the electronic properties of the heme or various heme-ligand complexes. Stopped-flow spectroscopy was used to study heme transitions during single turnover NOHA reactions. I224V bsNOS displayed three heme transitions involving four species as typically occurs in wild-type NOS, the beginning ferrous enzyme, a ferrous-dioxy (Fe(II)O(2)) intermediate, Fe(III)NO, and an ending ferric enzyme. The rate of each transition was increased relative to wild-type bsNOS, with Fe(III)NO dissociation being 3.6 times faster. In V346I iNOSoxy we consecutively observed the beginning ferrous, Fe(II)O(2), a mixture of Fe(III)NO and ferric heme species, and ending ferric enzyme. The rate of each transition was decreased relative to wild-type iNOSoxy, with the Fe(III)NO dissociation being 3 times slower. An independent measure of NO binding kinetics confirmed that V346I iNOSoxy has slower NO binding and dissociation than wild-type. Citrulline production by both mutants was only slightly lower than wild-type enzymes, indicating good coupling. Our data suggest that a greater shielding of the heme pocket caused by the Val/Ile switch slows down NO synthesis and NO release in NOS, and thus identifies a structural basis for regulating these kinetic variables.
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- Zhi-Qiang Wang
- Department of Immunology, the Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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Gautier C, Négrerie M, Wang ZQ, Lambry JC, Stuehr DJ, Collin F, Martin JL, Slama-Schwok A. Dynamic regulation of the inducible nitric-oxide synthase by NO: comparison with the endothelial isoform. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:4358-65. [PMID: 14594819 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m305048200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We studied by ultrafast time-resolved absorption spectroscopy the geminate recombination of NO to the oxygenase domain of the inducible NO synthase, iNOSoxy, and to mutated proteins at position Trp-457. This tryptophan interacts with the tetrahydrobiopterin cofactor BH4, and W457A/F mutations largely reduced the catalytic formation of NO. BH4 decreases the rate of NO rebinding to the ferric iNOSoxy compared with that measured in its absence. The pterin has a larger effect on W457A/F than on the WT protein by increasing NO release from the protein. Therefore, BH4 raises the energy barrier for NO recombination to the mutated proteins in contrast with our observations on eNOS (Slama-Schwok, A., Négrerie, M., Berka, V., Lambry, J.-C., Tsai, A.-L., Vos, M., and Martin, J.-L. (2002) J. Biol. Chem. 277, 7581-7586). Thus, we show a differential effect of BH4 on NO release from eNOS and iNOS. Compared with the position of this residue in the BH4-repleted enzyme, simulations of the NO dissociation dynamics point out at a swing of Trp-457 toward the missing pterin in the absence of BH4. NO geminate-rebinding data show a more efficient NO release from eNOS than from iNOS once NO is formed. Consistently, NO produced by iNOS is regulated by its ferric nitrosyl complex in contrast with eNOS. We show that the small enhancement of the NO geminate recombination rate in W457A/F compared with that in the WT enzyme cannot explain the decrease of NO yield because of the mutation; the major effect of the mutation thus arises from an uncoupled catalysis (Wang, Z. Q., Wei, C. C., Ghosh, S., Meade, A. L., Hemann, C., Hille, R., and Stuehr, D. J. (2001) Biochemistry 40, 12819-12825).
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- Clement Gautier
- Laboratory for Optics and Biosciences, INSERM U451, CNRS Unite Mixte de Recherche 7645, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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Zhang W, Kuncewicz T, Yu ZY, Zou L, Xu X, Kone BC. Protein-protein interactions involving inducible nitric oxide synthase. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 179:137-42. [PMID: 14510776 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201x.2003.01119.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIM Nitric oxide (NO) is a signaling and effector molecule that contributes to multiple physiological and pathophysiological processes in the kidney, vasculature, and other tissues. High output NO generation by inducible NO synthase (iNOS) participates in host defense against pathogens and contributes to tissue injury during inflammatory states. Because of its potent reactivity and diffusibility, NO generation by iNOS is subject to multiple levels of regulation, including transcriptional, translational, and post-translational controls, including protein-protein interactions. This review examines the experimental basis for these protein-protein interactions and their known and potential importance for kidney and vascular physiology. METHODS Analysis of the biomedical literature in the area. RESULTS iNOS interacts with the inhibitory molecules Kalirin and NOS-associated protein 1.10 kd (NAP110), which inhibit iNOS homodimerization, as well as activator proteins, the Rac-GTPases. Interactions with caveolin-1 control the intracellular locale and degradation of iNOS in tumor cells. In polarized epithelial cells, associations of iNOS with the scaffolding protein EBP50 position iNOS in the apical membrane near key ion transport proteins that also interact with EPB50. In addition, protein-protein interactions of proteins governing iNOS transcription function to specify activation or suppression of iNOS induction by cytokines. CONCLUSION Interactions of iNOS with a diverse group of heterologous proteins provides a selective mechanism to control the activity, spatial distribution, and proximity of iNOS to intended targets, while potentially limiting autotoxicity to the iNOS-expressing cell.
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- W Zhang
- Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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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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Li HY, Yao YM, Shi ZG, Dong N, Yu Y, Lu LR, Sheng ZY. Significance of biopterin induction in rats with postburn Staphylococcus aureus sepsis. Shock 2003; 20:159-65. [PMID: 12865661 DOI: 10.1097/01.shk.0000079421.72656.bd] [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: 11/25/2022]
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It has been demonstrated that biopterin, an essential cofactor of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), plays an important role in the pathogenesis of endotoxin-induced shock, yet its biological significance in gram-positive sepsis remains unclear. In this study, we adopted a rat model of postburn Staphylococcus aureus sepsis to investigate the potential role of biopterin in the pathogenesis of gram-positive sepsis. Wistar rats were inflicted with a 20% total body surface area (TBSA) full-thickness scald injury followed by S. aureus challenge, and then guanosine triphosphate-cyclohydrolase I (GTP-CHI) mRNA expression and biopterin levels in liver, kidneys, lungs, and heart were determined. We found that after S. aureus challenge, GTP-CHI gene expressions and biopterin levels were markedly upregulated in various tissues. Meanwhile, multiple organ dysfunction was induced by S. aureus challenge. It was shown that cardiac GTP-CHI mRNA expression and renal BH(4) levels were positively correlated with MB isoenzyme of creatine kinase (CK-MB) and creatinine (r = 0.892, P = 0.0012 and r = 0.9423, P = 0.0015, respectively). These results suggested that thermal injury combined with S. aureus challenge could induce de novo biosynthesis of biopterin, which might play a role in the development of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome secondary to postburn sepsis.
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Sengupta R, Sahoo R, Mukherjee S, Regulski M, Tully T, Stuehr DJ, Ghosh S. Characterization of Drosophila nitric oxide synthase: a biochemical study. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 306:590-7. [PMID: 12804606 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)01003-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The heme and flavin-binding domains of Drosophila nitric oxide synthase (DNOS) were expressed in Escherichia coli using the expression vector pCW. The denatured molecular mass of the expressed protein was 152kDa along with a proteolytically cleaved product of 121kDa. The DNOS heme protein exhibited very low Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent NO synthase activity. The trypsin digestion patterns were different from nNOS. The full-length DNOS protein had high degree of stability against trypsin. The activity assay of trypsin-digested protein confirmed the same result. Urea dissociation profile of DNOS full-length protein showed that the reductase domain activity was much more susceptible towards urea than the oxygenase domain activity. Urea gradient gel of DNOS full-length protein established distinct transition of dissociation and unfolding in the range 3-4M urea. Reductase domain activity of full-length DNOS protein against external electron acceptors like cytochrome c indicated slow electron transfer from FMN. The bacterial expression of DNOS full-length protein represents an important development in structure-function studies of this enzyme and comparison with other mammalian NOS enzymes which is evolutionary significant.
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- Rajib Sengupta
- Department of Biochemistry, University College of Sciences, Calcutta University, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata, West Bengal 700 019, India
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Sahoo R, Sengupta R, Ghosh S. Nitrosative stress on yeast: inhibition of glyoxalase-I and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in the presence of GSNO. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2003; 302:665-70. [PMID: 12646220 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)00251-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Under nitrosative stressed condition intracellular GSNO accumulation is common to all cell types. Conserved NADH-dependent GSNO reductase was reported previously as an important cellular protective measure against this. In spite of the constitutive nature of the enzyme, we observed in vivo inactivation of two important enzymes-glyoxalase-I and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase under 5 mM GSNO stress in two budding yeasts, though with difference in their sensitivity. Former was more susceptible to inactivation in in vitro condition, too. In this study, we explored the competitive nature of yeast glyoxalase-I inhibition by GSNO. GSNO actually competes with GSH substrate-binding site of the enzyme.
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- Rupam Sahoo
- Department of Biochemistry, University College of Science, Calcutta University, 35, Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700 019, India
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Chen PF, Berka V, Wu KK. Differential effects of mutations in human endothelial nitric oxide synthase at residues Tyr-357 and Arg-365 on L-arginine hydroxylation and GN-hydroxy-L-arginine oxidation. Arch Biochem Biophys 2003; 411:83-92. [PMID: 12590926 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-9861(02)00729-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Biosynthesis of nitric oxide (NO) is catalyzed by NO synthase (NOS) through a two-step oxidation of L-arginine (Arg) with formation of an intermediate, GN-hydroxy-L-Arg (NHA). In this study we have employed mutagenesis to investigate how residues Y357 and R365 which interact primarily with the substrate Arg and (6R)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-L-biopterin (H(4)B) modulate these two steps of the NOS reaction. Mutant Y357F preserved most wild-type heme characteristics and NADPH oxidation ability. However, mutation of this residue markedly increased the dissociation constants for both Arg and NHA by 20-fold and decreased the NO synthesis from Arg by 85% compared to that of wild type. Mutation of Y357 had less effect on the rate of NO generated from NHA. Mutant R365L purified in the presence of Arg had a normal heme environment and retained 9 and 55% of the wild-type NO formation rate from Arg and NHA, respectively. When Arg was removed from buffer, R365L instantly became a low-spin state (Soret peak at 418 nm) with the resultant loss of H(4)B and instability of the heme-CO complex. The low-spin R365L exhibited an NADPH oxidation rate higher than that of wild type. Its Arg-driven NO formation was decreased to near the limit of detection, whereas the rate of NHA-driven NO synthesis was one third that of wild type. This NHA-driven NO formation completely relied on H(4)B and was not sensitive to superoxide dismutase or catalase but was inhibited by imidazole. The wild-type eNOS required 14 microM NHA and 0.39 microM H(4)B to reach the half-maximal NHA-driven NO formation rate (EC(50)), while R365L needed 59 microM NHA and 0.73 microM H(4)B to achieve EC(50). The differential effect of mutation on Arg and NHA oxidation suggests that distinct heme-based active oxidants are responsible for each step of NO synthesis.
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- Pei-Feng Chen
- Vascular Biology Research Center and Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Bird LE, Ren J, Zhang J, Foxwell N, Hawkins AR, Charles IG, Stammers DK. Crystal structure of SANOS, a bacterial nitric oxide synthase oxygenase protein from Staphylococcus aureus. Structure 2002; 10:1687-96. [PMID: 12467576 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(02)00911-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Prokaryotic genes related to the oxygenase domain of mammalian nitric oxide synthases (NOSs) have recently been identified. Although they catalyze the same reaction as the eukaryotic NOS oxygenase domain, their biological function(s) are unknown. In order to explore rationally the biochemistry and evolution of the prokaryotic NOS family, we have determined the crystal structure of SANOS, from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), to 2.4 A. Haem and S-ethylisothiourea (SEITU) are bound at the SANOS active site, while the intersubunit site, occupied by the redox cofactor tetrahydrobiopterin (H(4)B) in mammalian NOSs, has NAD(+) bound in SANOS. In common with all bacterial NOSs, SANOS lacks the N-terminal extension responsible for stable dimerization in mammalian isoforms, but has alternative interactions to promote dimer formation.
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- Louise E Bird
- Division of Structural Biology, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Henry Wellcome Building of Genomic Medicine, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, United Kingdom
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Wei CC, Wang ZQ, Meade AL, McDonald JF, Stuehr DJ. Why do nitric oxide synthases use tetrahydrobiopterin? J Inorg Biochem 2002; 91:618-24. [PMID: 12237227 DOI: 10.1016/s0162-0134(02)00432-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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We are combining stopped-flow, stop-quench, and rapid-freezing kinetic methods to help clarify the unique redox roles of tetrahydrobiopterin (H(4)B) in NO synthesis, which occurs via the consecutive oxidation of L-arginine (Arg) and N-hydroxy-L-arginine (NOHA). In the Arg reaction, H(4)B radical formation is coupled to reduction of a heme Fe(II)O(2) intermediate. The tempo of this electron transfer is important for coupling Fe(II)O(2) formation to Arg hydroxylation. Because H(4)B provides this electron faster than can the NOS reductase domain, H(4)B appears to be a kinetically preferred source of the second electron for oxygen activation during Arg hydroxylation. A conserved Trp (W457 in mouse inducible NOS) has been shown to influence product formation by controlling the kinetics of H(4)B electron transfer to the Fe(II)O(2) intermediate. This shows that the NOS protein tunes H(4)B redox function. In the NOHA reaction the role of H(4)B is more obscure. However, existing evidence suggests that H(4)B may perform consecutive electron donor and acceptor functions to reduce the Fe(II)O(2) intermediate and then ensure that NO is produced from NOHA.
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- Chin-Chuan Wei
- Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Wang ZQ, Wei CC, Stuehr DJ. A conserved tryptophan 457 modulates the kinetics and extent of N-hydroxy-L-arginine oxidation by inducible nitric-oxide synthase. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:12830-7. [PMID: 11823464 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111967200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In the oxygenase domain of mouse inducible nitric-oxide synthase (iNOSoxy), a conserved tryptophan residue, Trp-457, regulates the kinetics and extent of l-Arg oxidation to N(omega)-hydroxy-l-arginine (NOHA) by controlling electron transfer between bound (6R)-tetrahydrobiopterin (H(4)B) cofactor and the enzyme heme Fe(II)O(2) intermediate (Wang, Z. Q., Wei, C. C., Ghosh, S., Meade, A. L., Hemann, C., Hille, R., and Stuehr, D. J. (2001) Biochemistry 40, 12819-12825). To investigate whether NOHA oxidation to citrulline and nitric oxide (NO) is regulated by a similar mechanism, we performed single turnover reactions with wild type iNOSoxy and mutants W457F and W457A. Ferrous proteins containing NOHA plus H(4)B or NOHA plus 7,8-dihydrobiopterin (H(2)B), were mixed with O(2)-containing buffer, and then heme spectral transitions and product formation were followed versus time. All three proteins formed a Fe(II)O(2) intermediate with identical spectral characteristics. In wild type, H(4)B increased the disappearance rate of the Fe(II)O(2) intermediate relative to H(2)B, and its disappearance was coupled to the formation of a Fe(III)NO immediate product prior to formation of ferric enzyme. In W457F and W457A, the disappearance rate of the Fe(II)O(2) intermediate was slower than in wild type and took place without detectable build-up of the heme Fe(III)NO immediate product. Rates of Fe(II)O(2) disappearance correlated with rates of citrulline formation in all three proteins, and reactions containing H(4)B formed 1.0, 0.54, and 0.38 citrulline/heme in wild type, W457F, and W457A iNOSoxy, respectively. Thus, Trp-457 modulates the kinetics of NOHA oxidation by iNOSoxy, and this is important for determining the extent of citrulline and NO formation. Our findings support a redox role for H(4)B during NOHA oxidation to NO by iNOSoxy.
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- Zhi-Qiang Wang
- Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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Sagami I, Sato Y, Noguchi T, Miyajima M, Rozhkova E, Daff S, Shimizu T. Electron transfer in nitric-oxide synthase. Coord Chem Rev 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0010-8545(01)00446-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Doyle J, Llewellyn LE, Brinkworth CS, Bowie JH, Wegener KL, Rozek T, Wabnitz PA, Wallace JC, Tyler MJ. Amphibian peptides that inhibit neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Isolation of lesuerin from the skin secretion of the Australian Stony Creek frog Litoria lesueuri. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:100-9. [PMID: 11784303 DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2002.02630.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Two neuropeptides have been isolated and identified from the secretions of the skin glands of the Stony Creek Frog Litoria lesueuri. The first of these, the known neuropeptide caerulein 1.1, is a common constituent of anuran skin secretions, and has the sequence pEQY(SO3)TGWMDF-NH2. This neuropeptide is smooth muscle active, an analgaesic more potent than morphine and is also thought to be a hormone. The second neuropeptide, a new peptide, has been named lesueurin and has the primary structure GLLDILKKVGKVA-NH2. Lesueurin shows no significant antibiotic or anticancer activity, but inhibits the formation of the ubiquitous chemical messenger nitric oxide from neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS) at IC(50) (16.2 microm), and is the first amphibian peptide reported to show inhibition of nNOS. As a consequence of this activity, we have tested other peptides previously isolated from Australian amphibians for nNOS inhibition. There are three groups of peptides that inhibit nNOS (IC(50) at microm concentrations): these are (a) the citropin/aurein type peptides (of which lesueurin is a member), e.g. citropin 1.1 (GLFDVIKKVASVIGGL-NH(2)) (8.2 microm); (b) the frenatin type peptides, e.g. frenatin 3 (GLMSVLGHAVGNVLG GLFKPK-OH) (6.8 microm); and (c) the caerin 1 peptides, e.g. caerin 1.8 (GLFGVLGSIAKHLLPHVVPVIAEKL-NH(2)) (1.7 microm). From Lineweaver-Burk plots, the mechanism of inhibition is revealed as noncompetitive with respect to the nNOS substrate arginine. When the nNOS inhibition tests with the three peptides outlined above were carried out in the presence of increasing concentrations of Ca(2+) calmodulin, the inhibition dropped by approximately 50% in each case. In addition, these peptides also inhibit the activity of calcineurin, another enzyme that requires the presence of the regulatory protein Ca(2+) calmodulin. It is proposed that the amphibian peptides inhibit nNOS by interacting with Ca(2+)calmodulin, and as a consequence, blocks the attachment of this protein to the calmodulin domain of nNOS.
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- Jason Doyle
- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville MC, Queensland, Australia
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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: 1580] [Impact Index Per Article: 68.7] [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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Erlandsen H, Stevens RC. A structural hypothesis for BH4 responsiveness in patients with mild forms of hyperphenylalaninaemia and phenylketonuria. J Inherit Metab Dis 2001; 24:213-30. [PMID: 11405341 DOI: 10.1023/a:1010371002631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Deficiencies in the human enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) due to mutations in the PAH gene (PAH) result in the inborn error of metabolism phenylketonuria (PKU). The clinical symptom of this disease is an elevated concentration of L-phenylalanine (L-Phe) in blood serum. To prevent mental retardation due to the buildup of neurotoxic metabolites of L-Phe, patients with severe PKU must be treated with a low-L-Phe diet starting early in their life. Owing to extensive newborn screening programmes and genotyping efforts, more than 400 different mutations have been identified in the PAH gene. Recently, there have been several reports of PKU patients showing a normalization of their L-Phe concentrations upon oral administration of the natural cofactor to PAH, (6R)-L-erythro-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4). In an attempt to correlate the clinical responsiveness to BH4 administration with PKU genotype, we propose specific structural consequences for this subset of PAH mutations. Based on the location and proximity of this subset of mutations to the cofactor-binding site in the three-dimensional structure of PAH, a hypothesis for BH4 responsiveness in PKU patients is presented. It is believed that some of these mutations result in expressed mutant enzymes that are Km variants (with a lower binding affinity for BH4) of the standard PAH enzyme phenotype. Oral administration of excess BH4 thus makes it possible for these mutant enzymes to suppress their low binding affinity for BH4, enabling this subset of PAH mutations to perform the L-Phe hydroxylation reaction. Most of the BH4-responsive PAH mutations map to the catalytic domain of PAH in either of two categories. Residues are located in cofactor-binding regions or in regions that interact with the secondary structural elements involved in cofactor binding. Based on the series of known mutations that have been found to be responsive to BH4, we propose that other subsets of PAH mutations will have a high likelihood of being responsive to oral BH4 administration.
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- H Erlandsen
- The Scripps Research Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Institute for Childhood and Neglected Diseases, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Luckhart S, Li K. Transcriptional complexity of the Anopheles stephensi nitric oxide synthase gene. INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2001; 31:249-56. [PMID: 11167094 DOI: 10.1016/s0965-1748(00)00144-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Anopheles stephensi nitric oxide synthase (AsNOS) is a single copy gene that shares significant structural homology with the three human NOS genes and is inducibly expressed in Plasmodium-infected mosquitoes. Exon-specific Northern analyses and exon-spanning polymerase chain reaction amplification were used to further characterize transcription from this gene. A total of 18-22 AsNOS transcripts, ranging in size from 1.0 to 7.5 kb, were detected in replicated Northern blots from three separate cohorts of mosquitoes. Three transcripts (1604, 2330, and 2585 bp) were significantly induced in Plasmodium-infected mosquitoes (p<0.05), while others showed varying patterns of induction or downregulation. Five splice variants contained deletions of 1-7 exons. All but one deletion pattern was predicted to introduce in-frame stop codons or alter the translational reading frame. A novel insertion derived from intron sequence was predicted to introduce in-frame stop codons following exon 11. Two truncated novel exon 1 variants were identified that are homologous to a previously published 5' sequence for this exon. The large number of AsNOS transcripts and diversity in AsNOS splicing and exon 1 sequences indicate that transcriptional complexity is a hallmark of both invertebrate and vertebrate NOS genes.
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- S Luckhart
- Department of Biochemistry, 306 Engel Hall, Mail Stop 0308, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
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Wei CC, Wang ZQ, Wang Q, Meade AL, Hemann C, Hille R, Stuehr DJ. Rapid kinetic studies link tetrahydrobiopterin radical formation to heme-dioxy reduction and arginine hydroxylation in inducible nitric-oxide synthase. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:315-9. [PMID: 11020389 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m008441200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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To understand how heme and (6R)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-l-biopterin (H(4)B) participate in nitric-oxide synthesis, we followed ferrous-dioxy heme (Fe(II)O(2)) formation and disappearance, H(4)B radical formation, and Arg hydroxylation during a single catalytic turnover by the inducible nitric-oxide synthase oxygenase domain (iNOSoxy). In all cases, prereduced (ferrous) enzyme was rapidly mixed with an O(2)-containing buffer to start the reaction. A ferrous-dioxy intermediate formed quickly (53 s(-1)) and then decayed with concurrent buildup of ferric iNOSoxy. The buildup of the ferrous-dioxy intermediate preceded both H(4)B radical formation and Arg hydroxylation. However, the rate of ferrous-dioxy decay (12 s(-1)) was equivalent to the rate of H(4)B radical formation (11 s(-1)) and the rate of Arg hydroxylation (9 s(-1)). Practically all bound H(4)B was oxidized to a radical during the reaction and was associated with hydroxylation of 0.6 mol of Arg/mol of heme. In dihydrobiopterin-containing iNOSoxy, ferrous-dioxy decay was much slower and was not associated with Arg hydroxylation. These results establish kinetic and quantitative links among ferrous-dioxy disappearance, H(4)B oxidation, and Arg hydroxylation and suggest a mechanism whereby H(4)B transfers an electron to the ferrous-dioxy intermediate to enable the formation of a heme-based oxidant that rapidly hydroxylates Arg.
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- C C Wei
- Department of Immunology, The Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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Inducible nitric-oxide synthase (NOS) was expressed and purified in the absence of 6(R)-tetrahydro-l-biopterin (H(4)B). Pterin-free NOS exhibits a Soret band (416-420 nm) characteristic of predominantly low spin heme and does not catalyze the formation of nitric oxide (. NO) (Rusche, K. M., Spiering, M. M., and Marletta, M. A. (1998) Biochemistry 37, 15503-15512). Reconstitution of pterin-free NOS with H(4)B was monitored by a shift in the Soret band to 396-400 nm, the recovery of.NO-forming activity, and the measurement of H(4)B bound to the enzyme. As assessed by these properties, H(4)B binding was not rapid and required the presence of a reduced thiol. Spectral changes and recovery of activity were incomplete in the absence of reduced thiol. Full reconstitution of holoenzyme activity and stoichiometric H(4)B binding was achieved in the presence of 5 mm glutathione (GSH). Preincubation with GSH before the addition of H(4)B decreased, whereas lower concentrations of GSH extended, the time required for reconstitution. Six protected cysteine residues in pterin-free NOS were identified by labeling of NOS with cysteine-directed reagents before and after reduction with GSH. Heme and metal content of pterin-free and H(4)B-reconstituted NOS were also measured and were found to be independent of H(4)B content. Additionally, pterin-free NOS was reconstituted with 6-methylpterin analogs, including redox-stable deazapterins. Reconstitution with the redox-stable pterin analogs was neither time- nor thiol-dependent. Apparent binding constants were determined for the 6-methyl- (50 microm) and 6-ethoxymethyl (200 microm) deazapterins. The redox-stable pterin analogs appear to bind to NOS in a different manner than H(4)B.
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- K M Rusche
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0606, USA
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Sagami I, Sato Y, Daff S, Shimizu T. Aromatic residues and neighboring Arg414 in the (6R)-5,6,7, 8-tetrahydro-L-biopterin binding site of full-length neuronal nitric-oxide synthase are crucial in catalysis and heme reduction with NADPH. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:26150-7. [PMID: 10846172 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m000534200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Nitric-oxide synthase (NOS) requires the cofactor, (6R)-5,6,7, 8-tetrahydrobiopterin (H4B), for catalytic activity. The crystal structures of NOSs indicate that H4B is surrounded by aromatic residues. We have mutated the conserved aromatic acids, Trp(676), Trp(678), Phe(691), His(692), and Tyr(706), together with the neighboring Arg(414) residue within the H4B binding region of full-length neuronal NOS. The W676L, W678L, and F691L mutants had no NO formation activity and had very low heme reduction rates (<0.02 min(-1)) with NADPH. Thus, it appears that Trp(676), Trp(678), and Phe(691) are important to retain the appropriate active site conformation for H4B/l-Arg binding and/or electron transfer to the heme from NADPH. The mutation of Tyr(706) to Leu and Phe decreased the activity down to 13 and 29%, respectively, of that of the wild type together with a dramatically increased EC(50) value for H4B (30-40-fold of wild type). The Tyr(706) phenol group interacts with the heme propionate and Arg(414) amine via hydrogen bonds. The mutation of Arg(414) to Leu and Glu resulted in the total loss of NO formation activity and of the heme reduction with NADPH. Thus, hydrogen bond networks consisting of the heme carboxylate, Tyr(706), and Arg(414) are crucial in stabilizing the appropriate conformation(s) of the heme active site for H4B/l-Arg binding and/or efficient electron transfer to occur.
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- I Sagami
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8577, Japan.
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Crane BR, Arvai AS, Ghosh S, Getzoff ED, Stuehr DJ, Tainer JA. Structures of the N(omega)-hydroxy-L-arginine complex of inducible nitric oxide synthase oxygenase dimer with active and inactive pterins. Biochemistry 2000; 39:4608-21. [PMID: 10769116 DOI: 10.1021/bi992409a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nitric oxide synthases (NOSs) catalyze two mechanistically distinct, tetrahydrobiopterin (H(4)B)-dependent, heme-based oxidations that first convert L-arginine (L-Arg) to N(omega)-hydroxy-L-arginine (NHA) and then NHA to L-citrulline and nitric oxide. Structures of the murine inducible NOS oxygenase domain (iNOS(ox)) complexed with NHA indicate that NHA and L-Arg both bind with the same conformation adjacent to the heme iron and neither interacts directly with it nor with H(4)B. Steric restriction of dioxygen binding to the heme in the NHA complex suggests either small conformational adjustments in the ternary complex or a concerted reaction of dioxygen with NHA and the heme iron. Interactions of the NHA hydroxyl with active center beta-structure and the heme ring polarize and distort the hydroxyguanidinium to increase substrate reactivity. Steric constraints in the active center rule against superoxo-iron accepting a hydrogen atom from the NHA hydroxyl in their initial reaction, but support an Fe(III)-peroxo-NHA radical conjugate as an intermediate. However, our structures do not exclude an oxo-iron intermediate participating in either L-Arg or NHA oxidation. Identical binding modes for active H(4)B, the inactive quinonoid-dihydrobiopterin (q-H(2)B), and inactive 4-amino-H(4)B indicate that conformational differences cannot explain pterin inactivity. Different redox and/or protonation states of q-H(2)B and 4-amino-H(4)B relative to H(4)B likely affect their ability to electronically influence the heme and/or undergo redox reactions during NOS catalysis. On the basis of these structures, we propose a testable mechanism where neutral H(4)B transfers both an electron and a 3,4-amide proton to the heme during the first step of NO synthesis.
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- B R Crane
- The Department of Molecular Biology, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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