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Al-Dulaimy WYM, Hussein AA, Mahdi MA, Kadhom M. In Vitro Inhibition of Xanthine Oxidase Purified from Arthritis Serum Patients by Nanocurcumin and Artemisinin Active Compounds. Molecules 2023; 28:5124. [PMID: 37446786 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28135124] [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: 05/15/2023] [Revised: 06/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
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Curcumin and artemisinin are commonly used in traditional East Asian medicine. In this study, we investigated the inhibitory effects of these active compounds on xanthine oxidase (XO) using allopurinol as a control. XO was purified from the serum of arthritis patients through ammonium sulfate precipitation (65%) and ion exchange chromatography on diethylaminoethyl (DEAE)-cellulose. The specific activity of the purified enzyme was 32.5 U/mg protein, resulting in a 7-fold purification with a yield of 66.8%. Molecular docking analysis revealed that curcumin had the strongest interaction energy with XO, with a binding energy of -9.28 kcal/mol. The amino acid residues Thr1077, Gln762, Phe914, Ala1078, Val1011, Glu1194, and Ala1079 were located closer to the binding site of curcumin than artemisinin, which had a binding energy of -7.2 kcal/mol. In vitro inhibition assays were performed using nanocurcumin and artemisinin at concentrations of 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25 µg/mL. Curcumin inhibited enzyme activity by 67-91%, while artemisinin had a lower inhibition ratio, which ranged from 40-70% compared to allopurinol as a control.
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology, Al-Nahrain University, Jadriya, Baghdad 64074, Iraq
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Diyala, Baquba 32001, Iraq
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- Department of Environmental Science, College of Energy and Environmental Science, Al-Karkh University of Science, Baghdad 10081, Iraq
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Kusano T, Nishino T, Okamoto K, Hille R, Nishino T. The mechanism and significance of the conversion of xanthine dehydrogenase to xanthine oxidase in mammalian secretory gland cells. Redox Biol 2022; 59:102573. [PMID: 36525890 PMCID: PMC9760657 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2022.102573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2022] [Revised: 12/03/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The conversion of xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) to xanthine oxidase (XO) occurs only in mammalian species. In fresh bovine milk, the enzyme exists predominantly as the oxidase form, in contrast to various normal organs where it is found primarily as the dehydrogenase: the mechanism of conversion to the oxidase in milk remains obscure. A systematic search for the essential factors for conversion from XDH to XO has been performed within fresh bovine milk using the highly purified dehydrogenase form after removal endogenous oxidase form by fractionation analysis. We find that conversion to the oxidase form requires four components under air: lactoperoxidase (LPO), XDH, SCN-, and substrate hypoxanthine or xanthine; the contribution of sulfhydryl oxidase appears to be minor. Disulfide bond formation between Cys-535 and Cys-995 is principally involved in the conversion, consistent with the result obtained from previous work with transgenic mice. In vitro reconstitution of LPO and SCN- results in synergistic conversion of the dehydrogenase to the oxidase the presence of xanthine, indicating the conversion is autocatalytic. Milk from an LPO knockout mouse contains a significantly greater proportion of the dehydrogenase form of the enzyme, although some oxidase form is also present, indicating that LPO contributes principally to the conversion, but that sulfhydryl oxidase (SO) may also be involved to a minor extent. All the components XDH/LPO/SCN- are necessary to inhibit bacterial growth in the presence of xanthine through disulfide bond formation in bacterial protein(s) required for replication, as part of an innate immunity system in mammals. Human GTEx Data suggest that mRNA of XDH and LPO are highly co-expressed in the salivary gland, mammary gland, mucosa of the airway and lung alveoli, and we have confirmed these human GTEx Data experimentally in mice. We discuss the possible roles of these components in the propagation of SARS-CoV-2 in these human cell types.
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- Teruo Kusano
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5, Sendagi, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5, Sendagi, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5, Sendagi, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5, Sendagi, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Chen Y, Li Y, Chao H, Wu J, Zhu W, Fang T, Gao X, Yan D. Molecular cloning and characterisation of a novel xanthine oxidase from Cellulosimicrobium cellulans ATCC21606. Process Biochem 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2019.11.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Uchida H, Mikami B, Yamane-Tanabe A, Ito A, Hirano K, Oki M. Crystal structure of an aldehyde oxidase from Methylobacillus sp. KY4400. J Biochem 2018; 163:321-328. [DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvy004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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- Hiroyuki Uchida
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Fukui, 9-1, Bunkyo 3-Chome, Fukui 910-8507, Japan
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- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Fukui, 9-1, Bunkyo 3-Chome, Fukui 910-8507, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Fukui, 9-1, Bunkyo 3-Chome, Fukui 910-8507, Japan
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Fukui, 9-1, Bunkyo 3-Chome, Fukui 910-8507, Japan
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Khambata RS, Ghosh SM, Ahluwalia A. "Repurposing" of Xanthine Oxidoreductase as a Nitrite Reductase: A New Paradigm for Therapeutic Targeting in Hypertension. Antioxid Redox Signal 2015; 23:340-53. [PMID: 25714611 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2015.6254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE In contrast to nitric oxide (NO), which has well-established, important effects in regulation of cardiovascular homeostasis, its oxidative metabolite nitrite has, until recently, been considered to be of minor functional significance. RECENT ADVANCES However, this view of nitrite has been radically revised over the past 10 years with evidence now supporting a critical role for this anion as a storage form of NO. CRITICAL ISSUES Importantly, while hypoxia and acidosis have been shown to play a pivotal role in the generation of nitrite to NO, a number of mammalian nitrite reductases have been identified that facilitate the reduction of nitrite. Critically, these nitrite reductases have been demonstrated to operate under physiological pH conditions and in normoxia, extending the functional remit of this anion from an ischemic mediator to an important regulator of physiology. One particular nitrite reductase that has been shown to operate under a wide range of environmental conditions is the enzyme xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR). FUTURE DIRECTIONS In this review, we discuss the evidence supporting a role for XOR as a nitrite reductase while focusing particularly on its function in hypertension. In addition, we discuss the potential merit in exploiting this activity of XOR in the therapeutics of hypertension.
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- Rayomand S Khambata
- The William Harvey Research Institute, Barts NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Barts & The London Medical School, Queen Mary University of London , London, United Kingdom
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- The William Harvey Research Institute, Barts NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Barts & The London Medical School, Queen Mary University of London , London, United Kingdom
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- The William Harvey Research Institute, Barts NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Barts & The London Medical School, Queen Mary University of London , London, United Kingdom
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Lin WQ, Xie JX, Wu XM, Yang L, Wang HD. Inhibition of xanthine oxidase activity by gnaphalium affine extract. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 29:225-30. [PMID: 25429747 DOI: 10.1016/s1001-9294(14)60075-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the inhibitory effect of Gnaphalium affine extracts on xanthine oxidase (XO) activity in vitro and to analyze the mechanism of this effect. METHODS In this in vitro study, Kinetic measurements were performed in 4 different inhibitor concentrations and 5 different xanthine concentrations (60, 100, 200, 300, 400 Μmol/L). Dixon and Lineweaver-Burk plot analysis were used to determine Ki values and the inhibition mode for the compounds isolated from Gnaphalium affine extract. RESULTS Four potent xanthine oxidase inhibitors were found in 95% ethanolic (v/v) Gnaphalium affine extract. Among them, the flavone Eupatilin exhibited the strongest inhibitory effect on XO with a inhibition constant (Ki) of 0.37 Μmol/L, lower than the Ki of allopurinol (4.56 mol/L), a known synthetic XO inhibitor. Apigenin (Ki of 0.56 Μmol/L, a proportion of 0.0053‰ in Gnaphalium affine), luteolin (Ki of 2.63 Μmol/L, 0.0032‰ in Gnaphalium affine) and 5-hydroxy-6,7,3',4'-tetramethoxyflavone (Ki of 3.15 Μmol/L, 0.0043‰ in Gnaphalium affine) also contributed to the inhibitory effect of Gnaphalium affine extract on XO activity. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that the use of Gnaphalium affine in the treatment of gout could be attributed to its inhibitory effect on XO. This study provides a rational basis for the traditional use of Gnaphalium affine against gout.
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- Wei-qing Lin
- Nanchang University School of Medicine Graduate School, Nanchang 330006, China; Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, Jiangxi Provincial Children's Hospital, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital, Nanchang 330006, China
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- Nanchang University School of Medicine Graduate School, Nanchang 330006, China; Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital, Nanchang 330006, China
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Hyperuricemia is associated with an increased risk of developing gout. This increases with the degree and duration of hyperuricemia. Gout can be managed by dietary modification and pharmacologic urate-lowering therapies. The recent identification of the renal apical urate/anion exchanger URAT1 (SLC22A12) and several membrane proteins relevant to the transport of urate play an important role in gaining a better understanding of the mode of action of many drugs used to treat gout. As described in this review, therapeutics designed to modify URAT1 transport activities might be useful in treating pathologies associated with hyperuricemia such as gout and urolithiasis. Continuing studies into the urate transportsome hold promise for the development of new, more effective therapeutics for hyperuricemia.
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- Naohiko Anzai
- Kyorin University School of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 6-20-2, Shinkawa, Mitaka-shi, Tokyo 181-8611, Japan +81 422 47 5511 (ext 3692) ; +81 422 79 1321 ;
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Kurosaki M, Bolis M, Fratelli M, Barzago MM, Pattini L, Perretta G, Terao M, Garattini E. Structure and evolution of vertebrate aldehyde oxidases: from gene duplication to gene suppression. Cell Mol Life Sci 2013; 70:1807-30. [PMID: 23263164 PMCID: PMC11113236 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1229-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2012] [Revised: 11/29/2012] [Accepted: 12/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Aldehyde oxidases (AOXs) and xanthine dehydrogenases (XDHs) belong to the family of molybdo-flavoenzymes. Although AOXs are not identifiable in fungi, these enzymes are represented in certain protists and the majority of plants and vertebrates. The physiological functions and substrates of AOXs are unknown. Nevertheless, AOXs are major drug metabolizing enzymes, oxidizing a wide range of aromatic aldehydes and heterocyclic compounds of medical/toxicological importance. Using genome sequencing data, we predict the structures of AOX genes and pseudogenes, reconstructing their evolution. Fishes are the most primitive organisms with an AOX gene (AOXα), originating from the duplication of an ancestral XDH. Further evolution of fishes resulted in the duplication of AOXα into AOXβ and successive pseudogenization of AOXα. AOXβ is maintained in amphibians and it is the likely precursors of reptilian, avian, and mammalian AOX1. Amphibian AOXγ is a duplication of AOXβ and the likely ancestor of reptilian and avian AOX2, which, in turn, gave rise to mammalian AOX3L1. Subsequent gene duplications generated the two mammalian genes, AOX3 and AOX4. The evolution of mammalian AOX genes is dominated by pseudogenization and deletion events. Our analysis is relevant from a structural point of view, as it provides information on the residues characterizing the three domains of each mammalian AOX isoenzyme. We cloned the cDNAs encoding the AOX proteins of guinea pig and cynomolgus monkeys, two unique species as to the evolution of this enzyme family. We identify chimeric RNAs from the human AOX3 and AOX3L1 pseudogenes with potential to encode a novel microRNA.
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- Mami Kurosaki
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, via La Masa 19, 20156 Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, via La Masa 19, 20156 Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, via La Masa 19, 20156 Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, via La Masa 19, 20156 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- Istututo di Biologia Cellulare e Neurobiologia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, via La Masa 19, 20156 Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche “Mario Negri”, via La Masa 19, 20156 Milan, Italy
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Garattini E, Terao M. Aldehyde oxidase and its importance in novel drug discovery: present and future challenges. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2013; 8:641-54. [DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2013.788497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Coelho C, Mahro M, Trincão J, Carvalho ATP, Ramos MJ, Terao M, Garattini E, Leimkühler S, Romão MJ. The first mammalian aldehyde oxidase crystal structure: insights into substrate specificity. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:40690-702. [PMID: 23019336 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.390419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Aldehyde oxidases have pharmacological relevance, and AOX3 is the major drug-metabolizing enzyme in rodents. RESULTS The crystal structure of mouse AOX3 with kinetics and molecular docking studies provides insights into its enzymatic characteristics. CONCLUSION Differences in substrate and inhibitor specificities can be rationalized by comparing the AOX3 and xanthine oxidase structures. SIGNIFICANCE The first aldehyde oxidase structure represents a major advance for drug design and mechanistic studies. Aldehyde oxidases (AOXs) are homodimeric proteins belonging to the xanthine oxidase family of molybdenum-containing enzymes. Each 150-kDa monomer contains a FAD redox cofactor, two spectroscopically distinct [2Fe-2S] clusters, and a molybdenum cofactor located within the protein active site. AOXs are characterized by broad range substrate specificity, oxidizing different aldehydes and aromatic N-heterocycles. Despite increasing recognition of its role in the metabolism of drugs and xenobiotics, the physiological function of the protein is still largely unknown. We have crystallized and solved the crystal structure of mouse liver aldehyde oxidase 3 to 2.9 Å. This is the first mammalian AOX whose structure has been solved. The structure provides important insights into the protein active center and further evidence on the catalytic differences characterizing AOX and xanthine oxidoreductase. The mouse liver aldehyde oxidase 3 three-dimensional structure combined with kinetic, mutagenesis data, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics studies make a decisive contribution to understand the molecular basis of its rather broad substrate specificity.
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- Catarina Coelho
- Requimte, Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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Flavonoid glycosides isolated from unique legume plant extracts as novel inhibitors of xanthine oxidase. PLoS One 2012; 7:e32214. [PMID: 22396752 PMCID: PMC3292553 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2011] [Accepted: 01/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Legumes and the polyphenolic compounds present in them have gained a lot of interest due to their beneficial health implications. Dietary polyphenolic compounds, especially flavonoids, exert antioxidant properties and are potent inhibitors of xanthine oxidase (XO) activity. XO is the main contributor of free radicals during exercise but it is also involved in pathogenesis of several diseases such as vascular disorders, cancer and gout. In order to discover new natural, dietary XO inhibitors, some polyphenolic fractions and pure compounds isolated from two legume plant extracts were tested for their effects on XO activity. The fractions isolated from both Vicia faba and Lotus edulis plant extracts were potent inhibitors of XO with IC(50) values range from 40-135 µg/mL and 55-260 µg/mL, respectively. All the pure polyphenolic compounds inhibited XO and their K(i) values ranged from 13-767 µM. Ten of the compounds followed the non competitive inhibitory model whereas one of them was a competitive inhibitor. These findings indicate that flavonoid isolates from legume plant extracts are novel, natural XO inhibitors. Their mode of action is under investigation in order to examine their potential in drug design for diseases related to overwhelming XO action.
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Ishikita H, Eger BT, Okamoto K, Nishino T, Pai EF. Protein conformational gating of enzymatic activity in xanthine oxidoreductase. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:999-1009. [PMID: 22145797 PMCID: PMC3264664 DOI: 10.1021/ja207173p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In mammals, xanthine oxidoreductase can exist as xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) and xanthine oxidase (XO). The two enzymes possess common redox active cofactors, which form an electron transfer (ET) pathway terminated by a flavin cofactor. In spite of identical protein primary structures, the redox potential difference between XDH and XO for the flavin semiquinone/hydroquinone pair (E(sq/hq)) is ~170 mV, a striking difference. The former greatly prefers NAD(+) as ultimate substrate for ET from the iron-sulfur cluster FeS-II via flavin while the latter only accepts dioxygen. In XDH (without NAD(+)), however, the redox potential of the electron donor FeS-II is 180 mV higher than that for the acceptor flavin, yielding an energetically uphill ET. On the basis of new 1.65, 2.3, 1.9, and 2.2 Å resolution crystal structures for XDH, XO, the NAD(+)- and NADH-complexed XDH, E(sq/hq) were calculated to better understand how the enzyme activates an ET from FeS-II to flavin. The majority of the E(sq/hq) difference between XDH and XO originates from a conformational change in the loop at positions 423-433 near the flavin binding site, causing the differences in stability of the semiquinone state. There was no large conformational change observed in response to NAD(+) binding at XDH. Instead, the positive charge of the NAD(+) ring, deprotonation of Asp429, and capping of the bulk surface of the flavin by the NAD(+) molecule all contribute to altering E(sq/hq) upon NAD(+) binding to XDH.
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- Hiroshi Ishikita
- Career-Path Promotion Unit for Young Life Scientists, Kyoto University, 202 Building E, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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Flemmig J, Kuchta K, Arnhold J, Rauwald HW. Olea europaea leaf (Ph.Eur.) extract as well as several of its isolated phenolics inhibit the gout-related enzyme xanthine oxidase. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2011; 18:561-566. [PMID: 21144719 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2010.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2010] [Revised: 09/09/2010] [Accepted: 10/26/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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In Mediterranean folk medicine Olea europaea L. leaf (Ph.Eur.) preparations are used as a common remedy for gout. In this in vitro study kinetic measurements were performed on both an 80% ethanolic (v/v) Olea europaea leaf dry extract (OLE) as well as on nine of its typical phenolic constituents in order to investigate its possible inhibitory effects on xanthine oxidase (XO), an enzyme well known to contribute significantly to this pathological process. Dixon and Lineweaver-Burk plot analysis were used to determine K(i) values and the inhibition mode for the isolated phenolics, which were analysed by RP-HPLC for standardisation of OLE. The standardised OLE as well as some of the tested phenolics significantly inhibited the activity of XO. Among these, the flavone aglycone apigenin exhibited by far the strongest effect on XO with a K(i) value of 0.52 μM. In comparison, the known synthetic XO inhibitor allopurinol, used as a reference standard, showed a K(i) of 7.3 μM. Although the phenolic secoiridoid oleuropein, the main ingredient of the extract (24.8%), had a considerable higher K(i) value of 53.0 μM, it still displayed a significant inhibition of XO. Furthermore, caffeic acid (K(i) of 11.5 μM; 1.89% of the extract), luteolin-7-O-β-D-glucoside (K(i) of 15.0 μM; 0.86%) and luteolin (K(i) of 2.9 μM; 0.086%) also contributed significantly to the XO inhibiting effect of OLE. For oleuropein, a competitive mode of inhibition was found, while all other active substances displayed a mixed mode of inhibition. Tyrosol, hydroxytyrosol, verbascoside, and apigenin-7-O-β-D-glucoside, which makes up for 0.3% of the extract, were inactive in all tested concentrations. Regarding the pharmacological in vitro effect of apigenin-7-O-β-D-glucoside, it has to be considered that it is transformed into the active apigenin aglycone in the mammalian body, thus also contributing substantially to the anti-gout activity of olive leaves. For the first time, this study provides a rational basis for the traditional use of olive leaves against gout in Mediterranean folk medicine.
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- J Flemmig
- Institute for Medical Physics and Biophysics, Medical Faculty, University of Leipzig, Härtelstraße 16-18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
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Garattini E, Terao M. Increasing recognition of the importance of aldehyde oxidase in drug development and discovery. Drug Metab Rev 2011; 43:374-86. [DOI: 10.3109/03602532.2011.560606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Matsumoto K, Okamoto K, Ashizawa N, Nishino T. FYX-051: A Novel and Potent Hybrid-Type Inhibitor of Xanthine Oxidoreductase. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2010; 336:95-103. [DOI: 10.1124/jpet.110.174540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Shan D, Wang YN, Xue HG, Cosnier S, Ding SN. Xanthine oxidase/laponite nanoparticles immobilized on glassy carbon electrode: direct electron transfer and multielectrocatalysis. Biosens Bioelectron 2009; 24:3556-61. [PMID: 19500969 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2009.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2009] [Revised: 04/17/2009] [Accepted: 05/11/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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In this work, colloidal laponite nanoparticles were further expanded into the design of the third-generation biosensor. Direct electrochemistry of the complex molybdoenzyme xanthine oxidase (XnOx) immobilized on glassy carbon electrode (GCE) by laponite nanoparticles was investigated for the first time. XnOx/laponite thin film modified electrode showed only one pair of well defined and reversible cyclic voltammetric peaks attributed to XnOx-FAD cofactor at about -0.370 V vs. SCE (pH 5). The formal potential of XnOx-FAD/FADH(2) couple varied linearly with the increase of pH in the range of 4.0-8.0 with a slope of -54.3 mV pH(-1), which indicated that two-proton transfer was accompanied with two-electron transfer in the electrochemical reaction. More interestingly, the immobilized XnOx retained its biological activity well and displayed an excellent electrocatalytic performance to both the oxidation of xanthine and the reduction of nitrate. The electrocatalytic response showed a linear dependence on the xanthine concentration ranging from 3.9 x 10(-8) to 2.1 x 10(-5)M with a detection limit of 1.0 x 10(-8)M based on S/N=3.
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- Dan Shan
- College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Yangzhou University, Jiangsu 225002, China.
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Okamoto K, Eger BT, Nishino T, Pai EF, Nishino T. Mechanism of inhibition of xanthine oxidoreductase by allopurinol: crystal structure of reduced bovine milk xanthine oxidoreductase bound with oxipurinol. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2008; 27:888-93. [PMID: 18600558 DOI: 10.1080/15257770802146577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Inhibitors of xanthine oxidoreductase block conversion of xanthine to uric acid and are therefore potentially useful for treatment of hyperuricemia or gout. We determined the crystal structure of reduced bovine milk xanthine oxidoreductase complexed with oxipurinol at 2.0 A resolution. Clear electron density was observed between the N2 nitrogen of oxipurinol and the molybdenum atom of the molybdopterin cofactor, indicating that oxipurinol coordinated directly to molybdenum. Oxipurinol forms hydrogen bonds with glutamate 802, arginine 880, and glutamate 1261, which have previously been shown to be essential for the enzyme reaction. We discuss possible differences in the hypouricemic effect of inhibitors, including allopurinol and newly developed inhibitors, based on their mode of binding in the crystal structures.
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- Ken Okamoto
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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Tsujii A, Nishino T. Mechanism of transition from xanthine dehydrogenase to xanthine oxidase: effect of guanidine-HCL or urea on the activity. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2008; 27:881-7. [PMID: 18600557 DOI: 10.1080/15257770802146569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Mammalian xanthine oxidoreductase can be converted from the dehydrogenase to the oxidase form, either reversibly by formation of disulfide bridges or irreversibly by proteolytic cleavage within the xanthine oxidoreductase protein molecule. A tightly packed amino acid cluster stabilizes the dehydrogenase form, and disruption of this cluster is accompanied with rearrangement of the active site loop. Here, we show that the conversion occurs in the presence of guanidine-HCl or urea. We propose that xanthine dehydrogenase and oxidase are in a thermodynamic equilibrium that can be shifted by disruption of the amino acid cluster with a denaturant.
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- Atsuko Tsujii
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
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Pauff JM, Zhang J, Bell CE, Hille R. Substrate orientation in xanthine oxidase: crystal structure of enzyme in reaction with 2-hydroxy-6-methylpurine. J Biol Chem 2007; 283:4818-24. [PMID: 18063585 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m707918200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Xanthine oxidoreductase catalyzes the final two steps of purine catabolism and is involved in a variety of pathological states ranging from hyperuricemia to ischemia-reperfusion injury. The human enzyme is expressed primarily in its dehydrogenase form utilizing NAD+ as the final electron acceptor from the enzyme's flavin site but can exist as an oxidase that utilizes O2 for this purpose. Central to an understanding of the enzyme's function is knowledge of purine substrate orientation in the enzyme's molybdenum-containing active site. We report here the crystal structure of xanthine oxidase, trapped at the stage of a critical intermediate in the course of reaction with the slow substrate 2-hydroxy-6-methylpurine at 2.3A. This is the first crystal structure of a reaction intermediate with a purine substrate that is hydroxylated at its C8 position as is xanthine and confirms the structure predicted to occur in the course of the presently favored reaction mechanism. The structure also corroborates recent work suggesting that 2-hydroxy-6-methylpurine orients in the active site with its C2 carbonyl group interacting with Arg-880 and extends our hypothesis that xanthine binds opposite this orientation, with its C6 carbonyl positioned to interact with Arg-880 in stabilizing the MoV transition state.
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- James M Pauff
- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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Shleev S, Wetterö J, Magnusson KE, Ruzgas T. Electrochemical characterization and application of azurin-modified gold electrodes for detection of superoxide. Biosens Bioelectron 2006; 22:213-9. [PMID: 16442792 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2005.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2005] [Revised: 12/01/2005] [Accepted: 12/20/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A novel biosensor for superoxide radical (O(2)(*-)) detection based on Pseudomonas aeruginosa azurin immobilized on gold electrode was designed. The rate constant of azurin reduction by O(2)(*-) was found to be 10(5)M(-1)s(-1) in solution and five times lower, i.e., 0.2 x 10(5)M(-1)s(-1), for azurin coupled to gold by 3,3'-dithiobis(sulfosuccinimidylpropionate) (DTSSP). The electron transfer rate between the protein and the electrode ranged from 2 to 6s(-1). The sensitivity of this biosensor to O(2)(*-) was 6.8 x 10(2)Am(-2)M(-1). The response to the interference substances, such as uric acid, H(2)O(2), and dimethylsulfoxide was negligible below 10 microM. The electrode was applied in three O(2)(*-) generating systems: (i) xanthine oxidase (XOD), (ii) potassium superoxide (KO(2)), and (iii) stimulated neutrophil granulocytes. The latter was compared with luminol-amplified chemiluminescence. The biosensor responded to O(2)(*-) in all three environments, and the signals were antagonized by superoxide dismutase.
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- Sergey Shleev
- Biomedical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, SE-205 06 Malmö, Sweden.
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Pacher P, Nivorozhkin A, Szabó C. Therapeutic effects of xanthine oxidase inhibitors: renaissance half a century after the discovery of allopurinol. Pharmacol Rev 2006; 58:87-114. [PMID: 16507884 PMCID: PMC2233605 DOI: 10.1124/pr.58.1.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 791] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The prototypical xanthine oxidase (XO) inhibitor allopurinol, has been the cornerstone of the clinical management of gout and conditions associated with hyperuricemia for several decades. More recent data indicate that XO also plays an important role in various forms of ischemic and other types of tissue and vascular injuries, inflammatory diseases, and chronic heart failure. Allopurinol and its active metabolite oxypurinol showed considerable promise in the treatment of these conditions both in experimental animals and in small-scale human clinical trials. Although some of the beneficial effects of these compounds may be unrelated to the inhibition of the XO, the encouraging findings rekindled significant interest in the development of additional, novel series of XO inhibitors for various therapeutic indications. Here we present a critical overview of the effects of XO inhibitors in various pathophysiological conditions and also review the various emerging therapeutic strategies offered by this approach.
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- Pál Pacher
- Laboratory of Physiological Studies, National Institute on Alcohol Aabuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, 5625 Fishers Lane MSC 9413, Room 2N-17, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-9413, USA.
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Okamoto K, Matsumoto K, Hille R, Eger BT, Pai EF, Nishino T. The crystal structure of xanthine oxidoreductase during catalysis: implications for reaction mechanism and enzyme inhibition. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:7931-6. [PMID: 15148401 PMCID: PMC419534 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0400973101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Molybdenum is widely distributed in biology and is usually found as a mononuclear metal center in the active sites of many enzymes catalyzing oxygen atom transfer. The molybdenum hydroxylases are distinct from other biological systems catalyzing hydroxylation reactions in that the oxygen atom incorporated into the product is derived from water rather than molecular oxygen. Here, we present the crystal structure of the key intermediate in the hydroxylation reaction of xanthine oxidoreductase with a slow substrate, in which the carbon-oxygen bond of the product is formed, yet the product remains complexed to the molybdenum. This intermediate displays a stable broad charge-transfer band at approximately 640 nm. The crystal structure of the complex indicates that the catalytically labile Mo-OH oxygen has formed a bond with a carbon atom of the substrate. In addition, the MoS group of the oxidized enzyme has become protonated to afford Mo-SH on reduction of the molybdenum center. In contrast to previous assignments, we find this last ligand at an equatorial position in the square-pyramidal metal coordination sphere, not the apical position. A water molecule usually seen in the active site of the enzyme is absent in the present structure, which probably accounts for the stability of this intermediate toward ligand displacement by hydroxide.
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- Ken Okamoto
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8602, Japan
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Okamoto K, Eger BT, Nishino T, Kondo S, Pai EF, Nishino T. An extremely potent inhibitor of xanthine oxidoreductase. Crystal structure of the enzyme-inhibitor complex and mechanism of inhibition. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:1848-55. [PMID: 12421831 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m208307200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 301] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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TEI-6720 (2-(3-cyano-4-isobutoxyphenyl)-4-methyl-5-thiazolecarboxylic acid) is an extremely potent inhibitor of xanthine oxidoreductase. Steady state kinetics measurements exhibit mixed type inhibition with K(i) and K(i)' values of 1.2 +/- 0.05 x 10(-10) m and 9 +/- 0.05 x 10(-10) m, respectively. Fluorescence-monitored titration experiments showed that TEI-6720 bound very tightly to both the active and the inactive desulfo-form of the enzyme. The dissociation constant determined for the desulfo-form was 2 +/- 0.03 x 10(-9) m; for the active form, the corresponding number was too low to allow accurate measurements. The crystal structure of the active sulfo-form of milk xanthine dehydrogenase complexed with TEI-6720 and determined at 2.8-A resolution revealed the inhibitor molecule bound in a long, narrow channel leading to the molybdenum-pterin active site of the enzyme. It filled up most of the channel and the immediate environment of the cofactor, very effectively inhibiting the activity of the enzyme through the prevention of substrate binding. Although the inhibitor did not directly coordinate to the molybdenum ion, numerous hydrogen bonds as well as hydrophobic interactions with the protein matrix were observed, most of which are also used in substrate recognition.
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- Ken Okamoto
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0022, Japan
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