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Perea-Gil I, Seeger T, Bruyneel AAN, Termglinchan V, Monte E, Lim EW, Vadgama N, Furihata T, Gavidia AA, Arthur Ataam J, Bharucha N, Martinez-Amador N, Ameen M, Nair P, Serrano R, Kaur B, Feyen DAM, Diecke S, Snyder MP, Metallo CM, Mercola M, Karakikes I. Serine biosynthesis as a novel therapeutic target for dilated cardiomyopathy. Eur Heart J 2022; 43:3477-3489. [PMID: 35728000 PMCID: PMC9794189 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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AIMS Genetic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a leading cause of heart failure. Despite significant progress in understanding the genetic aetiologies of DCM, the molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of familial DCM remain unknown, translating to a lack of disease-specific therapies. The discovery of novel targets for the treatment of DCM was sought using phenotypic sceening assays in induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) that recapitulate the disease phenotypes in vitro. METHODS AND RESULTS Using patient-specific iPSCs carrying a pathogenic TNNT2 gene mutation (p.R183W) and CRISPR-based genome editing, a faithful DCM model in vitro was developed. An unbiased phenotypic screening in TNNT2 mutant iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) with small molecule kinase inhibitors (SMKIs) was performed to identify novel therapeutic targets. Two SMKIs, Gö 6976 and SB 203580, were discovered whose combinatorial treatment rescued contractile dysfunction in DCM iPSC-CMs carrying gene mutations of various ontologies (TNNT2, TTN, LMNA, PLN, TPM1, LAMA2). The combinatorial SMKI treatment upregulated the expression of genes that encode serine, glycine, and one-carbon metabolism enzymes and significantly increased the intracellular levels of glucose-derived serine and glycine in DCM iPSC-CMs. Furthermore, the treatment rescued the mitochondrial respiration defects and increased the levels of the tricarboxylic acid cycle metabolites and ATP in DCM iPSC-CMs. Finally, the rescue of the DCM phenotypes was mediated by the activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4) and its downstream effector genes, phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH), which encodes a critical enzyme of the serine biosynthesis pathway, and Tribbles 3 (TRIB3), a pseudokinase with pleiotropic cellular functions. CONCLUSIONS A phenotypic screening platform using DCM iPSC-CMs was established for therapeutic target discovery. A combination of SMKIs ameliorated contractile and metabolic dysfunction in DCM iPSC-CMs mediated via the ATF4-dependent serine biosynthesis pathway. Together, these findings suggest that modulation of serine biosynthesis signalling may represent a novel genotype-agnostic therapeutic strategy for genetic DCM.
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- Isaac Perea-Gil
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 240 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
- Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 240 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
- Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 240 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 240 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 240 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
- Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 240 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
- Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 240 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 240 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 240 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, 240 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA 94304, USA
- Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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Jin L, Kiang KMY, Cheng SY, Leung GKK. Pharmacological inhibition of serine synthesis enhances temozolomide efficacy by decreasing O 6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) expression and reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated DNA damage in glioblastoma. J Transl Med 2022; 102:194-203. [PMID: 34625658 DOI: 10.1038/s41374-021-00666-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most malignant primary tumor in the central nervous system of adults. Temozolomide (TMZ), an alkylating agent, is the first-line chemotherapeutic agent for GBM patients. However, its efficacy is often limited by innate or acquired chemoresistance. Cancer cells can rewire their metabolic programming to support rapid growth and sustain cell survival against chemotherapies. An example is the de novo serine synthesis pathway (SSP), one of the main branches from glycolysis that is highly activated in multiple cancers in promoting cancer progression and inducing chemotherapy resistance. However, the roles of SSP in TMZ therapy for GBM patients remain unexplored. In this study, we employed NCT503, a highly selective inhibitor of phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH, the first rate-limiting enzyme of SSP), to study whether inhibition of SSP may enhance TMZ efficacy in MGMT-positive GBMs. 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT), flowcytometry and colony formation assays demonstrated that NCT503 worked synergistically with TMZ in suppressing GBM cell growth and inducing apoptosis in T98G and U118 cells in vitro. U118 and patient-derived GBM subcutaneous xenograft models showed that combined NCT503 and TMZ treatment inhibited GBM growth and promoted apoptosis more significantly than would each treatment alone in vivo. Mechanistically, we found that NCT503 treatment decreased MGMT expression possibly by modulating the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Moreover, intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species were elevated especially when NCT503 and TMZ treatments were combined, and the synergistic effects could be partially negated by NAC, a classic scavenger of reactive oxygen species. Taken together, these results suggest that NCT503 may be a promising agent for augmenting TMZ efficacy in the treatment of GBM, especially in TMZ-resistant GBMs with high expression of MGMT.
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- Lei Jin
- Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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Takahashi Y, Hara K, Haranishi Y, Terada T, Obara G, Sata T. Antinociceptive effect of intracerebroventricular administration of glycine transporter-2 inhibitor ALX1393 in rat models of inflammatory and neuropathic pain. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 2015; 130:46-52. [PMID: 25579325 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2015.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Revised: 12/28/2014] [Accepted: 01/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Glycinergic transmission has an important role in regulating nociception in the spinal cord. The glycine transporter-2 (GlyT2) is localized at presynaptic terminals of glycinergic neurons and eliminates glycine from the synaptic cleft to terminate glycinergic transmission. Systemic and intrathecal administration of GlyT2 inhibitors alleviate various types of pain. Although the GlyT2s and glycine receptors are widely distributed in the central nervous system, little is known about the role of glycinergic transmission in pain perception at supraspinal regions. The present study examined the antinociceptive effect of intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) administration of the selective GlyT2 inhibitor ALX1393 on inflammatory and neuropathic pain in experimental models. For i.c.v. administration, a guide cannula was implanted into the right lateral ventricle of male Sprague-Dawley rats. Normal rats were used to assess inflammatory nociception using the formalin test and motor function using the rotarod test. Chronic constriction injury (CCI) to the sciatic nerve was induced in the rats. The CCI rats were then used to assess mechanical, cold, and thermal hyperalgesia using the electronic von Frey test, cold plate test, and the plantar test, respectively. ALX1393 (25, 50, and 100 μg) was administered i.c.v. to examine its effects on supraspinal antinociception. Supraspinal ALX1393 in normal rats suppressed the late-phase response in the formalin test but did not affect motor performance. In the CCI rats, ALX1393 inhibited mechanical and cold hyperalgesia in a dose-dependent manner. The antihyperalgesic effects of ALX1393 (100 μg) were reversed completely by i.c.v. pretreatment with a glycine receptor antagonist strychnine (10 μg). These results suggest that GlyT2 contributes to nociceptive transmission at supraspinal level and that the selective GlyT2 inhibitor is a promising candidate for the treatment of inflammatory and neuropathic pain without causing motor dysfunction.
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- Yoshihiro Takahashi
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan
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Kholmukhamedov EL, Teplova VV, Johnson CB, MacDonald J. [Effect of ethanol on synthesis of serine and exchange of methyl groups in hepatocytes by NMR spectroscopy]. Biofizika 2010; 55:1057-1062. [PMID: 21268350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The method of NMR spectroscopy was used to investigate the role of voltage-dependent anion channels in the outer mitochondrial membrane in the mechanism of ethanol hepatotoxicity using the synthesis of serine and exchange of methyl groups in hepatocytes metabolizing 13C-labeled glycine. Here we present and describe a methodological approach developed for the independent monitoring of the synthesis of serine in two intracellular compartments: the cytoplasm and mitochondria of intact hepatocytes, and quantification of different serine isotopomers synthesized in hepatocytes from 13C-labeled glycine. The data obtained indicate that the treatment of cells with ethanol as well as cysteamine (specific inhibitor of mitochondrial synthesis of serine) suppressed the level of mitochondria but not cytoplasmic serine isotopomers. It is concluded that the decrease in the production of mitochondrial serine isotopomers in hepatocytes exposed to ethanol can be caused not only by decreased permeability of the outer mitochondrial membrane due to the closure of voltage-dependent anion channels and suppression of the exchange of substrates of serine synthesis in mitochondria but also by the restoration of the cytoplasmic and/or mitochondrial pool of pyridine nucleotides (NADH) during the oxidation of ethanol. Our work reveals a new mechanism of action of ethanol (alcohol intoxication) in hepatocytes through the regulation of glycine metabolism and opens new possibilities in the treatment of alcohol poisoning.
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Park HK, Shishido Y, Ichise-Shishido S, Kawazoe T, Ono K, Iwana S, Tomita Y, Yorita K, Sakai T, Fukui K. Potential Role for Astroglial d-Amino Acid Oxidase in Extracellular d-Serine Metabolism and Cytotoxicity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 139:295-304. [PMID: 16452318 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvj036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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D-amino acid oxidase (DAO) is a flavoenzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of D-amino acids. In the brain, gene expression of DAO is detected in astrocytes. Among the possible substrates of DAO in vivo, D-serine is proposed to be a neuromodulator of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor. In a search for the physiological role of DAO in the brain, we investigated the metabolism of extracellular D-serine in glial cells. Here we show that after D-serine treatment, rat primary type-1 astrocytes exhibited increased cell death. In order to enhance the enzyme activity of DAO in cells, we established stable rat C6 glial cells overexpressing mouse DAO designated as C6/DAO. Treatment with a high dose of D-serine led to the production of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) followed by apoptosis in C6/DAO cells. Among the amino acids tested, D-serine specifically exhibited a significant cell death-inducing effect. DAO inhibitors, i.e., sodium benzoate and chlorpromazine, partially prevented the death of C6/DAO cells treated with D-serine, indicating the involvement of DAO activity in d-serine metabolism. Overall, we consider that extracellular D-serine can gain access to intracellular DAO, being metabolized to produce H(2)O(2). These results support the proposal that astroglial DAO plays an important role in metabolizing a neuromodulator, D-serine.
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- Hwan Ki Park
- Department of Gene Regulatorics, The Institute for Enzyme Research, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan
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Hayashi Y, Ishibashi H, Hashimoto K, Nakanishi H. Potentiation of the NMDA receptor-mediated responses through the activation of the glycine site by microglia secreting soluble factors. Glia 2006; 53:660-8. [PMID: 16498631 DOI: 10.1002/glia.20322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We have previously reported that both transferred microglia and microglia-conditioned medium (MCM) potentiated the N-methyl-D-aspatate (NMDA) receptor-mediated synaptic responses in cortical neurons. To elucidate the mechanism underlying the potentiation of NMDA receptor-mediated responses by microglia, we examined the effects of MCM on NMDA-induced inward currents in mechanically dissociated hippocampal CA1 neurons under whole-cell patch recordings. MCM potentiated the amplitude of NMDA-induced currents up to 10-fold in a dose-dependent manner, and this effect of MCM remained even after boiling or cutting off molecules with a molecular mass more than 3 kDa. In the presence of glycine with a concentration sufficient to saturate the NMDA receptor glycine site, MCM failed to further potentiate the NMDA-induced currents. The glycine site antagonist 5, 7-dichrolokynurenic acid, significantly inhibited the effects of MCM. The effect of MCM was still observed even after treatment with D-amino acid oxidase, a D-serine degrading enzyme. On the other hand, MCM had no significant effect on the voltage-dependent Mg(2+) blockade of NMDA receptors. Furthermore, MCM enhanced the formation of the long-term potentiation in the Schaffer collateral pathway-CA1 pyramidal cell synapses. Using a high performance liquid chromatography system, we found the levels of both glycine and L-serine in MCM to be significantly higher than those in the control medium. It was also noted that an increased glycine productivity of microglia was observed in the hippocampus in the acute phase of neuronal injury. These observations strongly suggest that glycine is a major causative molecule released from microglia that potentiates the NMDA-induced currents.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Cell Communication/drug effects
- Cell Communication/physiology
- Cells, Cultured
- Culture Media, Conditioned/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists/pharmacology
- Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists/pharmacology
- Glutamic Acid/metabolism
- Glycine/metabolism
- Glycine/pharmacology
- Hippocampus/cytology
- Hippocampus/metabolism
- Long-Term Potentiation/drug effects
- Long-Term Potentiation/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Microglia/drug effects
- Microglia/metabolism
- N-Methylaspartate/pharmacology
- Patch-Clamp Techniques
- Pyramidal Cells/drug effects
- Pyramidal Cells/metabolism
- Rats
- Rats, Wistar
- Receptors, Glycine/agonists
- Receptors, Glycine/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Glycine/metabolism
- Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/drug effects
- Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate/metabolism
- Serine/antagonists & inhibitors
- Serine/metabolism
- Synaptic Transmission/drug effects
- Synaptic Transmission/physiology
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- Yoshinori Hayashi
- Laboratory of Oral Aging Science, Faculty of Dental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Williams RE, Lock EA. D-serine-induced nephrotoxicity: possible interaction with tyrosine metabolism. Toxicology 2004; 201:231-8. [PMID: 15297036 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2004.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2004] [Accepted: 05/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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D-serine selectively damages renal proximal tubule cells in rats by a mechanism that is not fully understood. Recent proteomic analysis identified that D-serine elevated plasma fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase (FAH). FAH is involved in tyrosine catabolism; hence, this pathway may be involved in mediating the toxicity. This work examines whether 2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-cyclohexane-1,3-dione (NTBC), a potent inhibitor of the enzyme 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) located upstream of FAH, modulates D-serine-induced nephrotoxicity. Rats were pretreated with NTBC (0.5 mg/kg p.o.) or corn oil and then 30 min later given either D-serine (250 mg/kg i.p.) or water. Urine was collected every 12 h until termination (48 h) and analysed by 1H NMR spectroscopy and principal component analysis (PCA). Markers of proximal tubule injury were evident in urine following treatment with D-serine and NTBC + D-serine. PCA could not distinguish between these urine samples suggesting that NTBC does not effect the development of nephrotoxicity. Clinical chemistry analysis of urine and terminal plasma samples and histopathological examination of the kidneys confirmed this. NTBC alone caused a marked increase in the excretion of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate (HPPA) and 4-hydroxyphenyllactate (HPLA); however, HPPA and HPLA excretion was minimal following NTBC + D-serine. Instead marked tyrosinuria was observed suggesting that D-serine-induced renal damage markedly affects the handling of increased levels of HPPA and HPLA resulting from the inhibition of HPPD.
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- R E Williams
- Syngenta Central Toxicology Laboratory, Alderley Park, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 4TJ, UK.
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Momose H, Kurosu H, Tsujimoto N, Kontani K, Tsujita K, Nishina H, Katada T. Dual Phosphorylation of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Adaptor Grb2-Associated Binder 2 Is Responsible for Superoxide Formation Synergistically Stimulated by Fcγ and Formyl-Methionyl-Leucyl-Phenylalanine Receptors in Differentiated THP-1 Cells. J Immunol 2003; 171:4227-34. [PMID: 14530346 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.8.4227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The class Ia phosphoinositide (PI) 3-kinase consisting of p110 catalytic and p85 regulatory subunits is activated by Tyr kinase-linked membrane receptors such as FcgammaRII through the association of p85 with the phosphorylated receptors or adaptors. The heterodimeric PI 3-kinase is also activated by G protein-coupled chemotactic fMLP receptors, and activation of the lipid kinase plays an important role in various immune responses, including superoxide formation in neutrophils. Although fMLP-induced superoxide formation is markedly enhanced in FcgammaRII-primed neutrophils, the molecular mechanisms remain poorly characterized. In this study, we identified two Tyr-phosphorylated proteins, c-Cbl (Casitas B-lineage lymphoma) and Grb2-associated binder 2 (Gab2), as PI 3-kinase adaptors that are Tyr phosphorylated upon the stimulation of FcgammaRII in differentiated neutrophil-like THP-1 cells. Interestingly, Gab2 was, but c-Cbl was not, further Ser/Thr phosphorylated by fMLP. Thus, the adaptor Gab2 appeared to be dually phosphorylated at the Ser/Thr and Tyr residues through the two different types of membrane receptors. The Ser/Thr phosphorylation of Gab2 required the activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase, and fMLP receptor stimulation indeed activated extracellular signal-regulated kinase in the cells. Enhanced superoxide formation in response to Fcgamma and fMLP was markedly attenuated when the Gab2 Ser/Thr phosphorylation was inhibited. These results show the importance of the dual phosphorylation of PI 3-kinase adaptor Gab2 for the enhanced superoxide formation in neutrophil-type cells.
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- Haruka Momose
- Department of Physiological Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Verri A, Laforenza U, Gastaldi G, Tosco M, Rindi G. Molecular characteristics of small intestinal and renal brush border thiamin transporters in rats. Biochim Biophys Acta 2002; 1558:187-97. [PMID: 11779568 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(01)00430-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The molecular characteristics of thiamin (T) transport were studied in the small intestinal and renal brush border membrane vesicles of rats, using [(3)H]T at high specific activity. The effects of various chemical modifiers (amino acid blockers) on T uptake were examined and their specificity assessed. Treatment with the carboxylic specific blockers 1-cyclohexyl-3-(2-morpholinoethyl) carbodiimide metho-p-toluene sulfonate, (1-ethyl-3-[3-(dimethylamino)propyl]-carbodiimide hydrochloride and N-ethyl-5-phenylisoaxolium-3'-sulfonate (Woodward's Reagent K) and with the sulfhydryl specific blocker p-chloromercuribenzene sulfonate inhibited T transport in both types of vesicles. Phenylglyoxal, but not ninhydrin, both reagents for arginine residues, and diethylpyrocarbonate, a reagent for histidine residues, specifically decreased T transport only in renal and small intestinal vesicles respectively. Similarly 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole reacted, but not N-acetylimidazole, both of which are reagents for tyrosine residues. However, 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole inhibition was aspecific. Acetylsalicylic acid, a reagent for lysine and serine residues, decreased T transport, but the lysine effect was aspecific. Acetylsalicylic acid serine blockage also eliminated T/H(+) exchange in small intestinal vesicles. Taken together, these results suggest that for T transport carboxylic and sulfhydryl groups and serine residues are essential in both renal and small intestinal brush border membrane vesicles. In addition, arginine and histidine residues are also essential respectively for renal and small intestinal transporters. Serine was essential for the T/H(+) antiport mechanism.
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- Anna Verri
- Institute of Human Physiology, University of Pavia, Italy
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Kirken RA, Erwin RA, Wang L, Wang Y, Rui H, Farrar WL. Functional uncoupling of the Janus kinase 3-Stat5 pathway in malignant growth of human T cell leukemia virus type 1-transformed human T cells. J Immunol 2000; 165:5097-104. [PMID: 11046040 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.9.5097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) transforms cytokine-dependent T lymphocytes and causes adult T cell leukemia. Janus tyrosine kinase (Jak)3 and transcription factors Stat5a and Stat5b are essential for the proliferation of normal T cells and are constitutively hyperactivated in both HTLV-1-transformed human T cell lines and lymphocytes isolated from HTLV-1-infected patients; therefore, a critical role for the Jak3-Stat5 pathway in the progression of this disease has been postulated. We recently reported that tyrphostin AG-490 selectively blocked IL-2 activation of Jak3/Stat5 and growth of murine T cell lines. Here we demonstrate that disruption of Jak3/Stat5a/b signaling with AG-490 (50 microM) blocked the proliferation of primary human T lymphocytes, but paradoxically failed to inhibit the proliferation of HTLV-1-transformed human T cell lines, HuT-102 and MT-2. Structural homologues of AG-490 also inhibited the proliferation of primary human T cells, but not HTLV-1-infected cells. Disruption of constitutive Jak3/Stat5 activation by AG-490 was demonstrated by inhibition of 1) tyrosine phosphorylation of Jak3, Stat5a (Tyr(694)), and Stat5b (Tyr(699)); 2) serine phosphorylation of Stat5a (Ser(726)) as determined by a novel phosphospecific Ab; and 3) Stat5a/b DNA binding to the Stat5-responsive beta-casein promoter. In contrast, AG-490 had no effect on DNA binding by p50/p65 components of NF-kappaB, a transcription factor activated by the HTLV-1-encoded phosphoprotein, Tax. Collectively, these data suggest that the Jak3-Stat5 pathway in HTLV-1-transformed T cells has become functionally redundant for proliferation. Reversal of this functional uncoupling may be required before Jak3/Stat5 inhibitors will be useful in the treatment of this malignancy.
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- R A Kirken
- Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Brennan FR, Mikecz K, Glant TT, Jobanputra P, Pinder S, Bavington C, Morrison P, Nuki G. CD44 expression by leucocytes in rheumatoid arthritis and modulation by specific antibody: implications for lymphocyte adhesion to endothelial cells and synoviocytes in vitro. Scand J Immunol 1997; 45:213-20. [PMID: 9042434 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1997.d01-382.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Anti-CD44 MoAb IM7 induced the loss of CD44 from mouse leucocytes thereby inhibiting leucocyte migration and joint inflammation in murine arthritis. Thus, targeting CD44 with MoAb may have potential for the treatment of patients with inflammatory joint diseases. Expression of CD44 by peripheral blood (PB) and synovial fluid (SF) leucocytes from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients was compared and the ability of IM7 to modulate this expression determined. RASF lymphocytes showed increased CD44 expression compared with those in PB indicative of an activated phenotype. As inflammatory SF did not up-regulate CD44 expression on PB lymphocytes, the increased CD44 expression by SF lymphocytes was a result of the selective homing of CD44(high) cells to the synovium rather than an effect of the synovial environment. RASF granulocytes showed reduced CD44 expression compared with those in PB, again indicative of an activated phenotype. However, this reduction could be induced on PB granulocytes following culture with inflammatory SF and was inhibited by anti-TNF-alpha MoAb, implying that soluble factors in inflammatory SF such as TNF-alpha induced granulocyte activation and CD44 loss. IM7 induced the loss of CD44 from lymphocytes (both from PB and SF) and granulocytes in vitro, but was subsequently re-expressed after 24 h culture in the absence of the MoAb. This loss of CD44 was blocked by serine- and metalloprotease inhibitors implying that IM7 induced the proteolytic cleavage of CD44 by a mechanism similar to that reported for the loss of CD44 from PMA-activated granulocytes. Furthermore, IM7-treated CD44(low) lymphocytes showed reduced adherence to both an endothelial cell line and RA synovial fibroblasts in vitro. The unique ability of IM7 to reduce CD44 expression by lymphocytes suggests that it could prevent lymphocyte extravasation and synovial infiltration in RA as previously reported in murine arthritis.
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- F R Brennan
- University of Edinburgh, Department of Medicine, Western General Hospital, UK
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Rao TS, Mick SJ, Cler JA, Emmett MR, Dilworth VM, Contreras PC, Gray NM, Wood PL, Iyengar S. Effects of sigma ligands on mouse cerebellar cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) levels in vivo: further evidence for a functional modulation of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor complex-mediated events by sigma ligands. Brain Res 1991; 561:43-50. [PMID: 1686745 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(91)90747-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In the present investigation, the effects of sigma ligands [WY-47384 [8-fluoro-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-2[3-(3-pyridinyl)propyl)1H- pyrido(4,3b)indole], (+)-pentazocine, (+)-SFK 10,047 (N-allylnormetazocine), mafoprazine, opipramol, dextromethorphan, dextrorphan, (+)-3-PPP [3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-N-propylpiperidine], (-)-butaclamol, DTG [1,3-di(2-tolyl)guanidine], rimcazole, ifenprodil and BMY-14802 [alpha-(fluorophenyl)-4-(5-fluoropyrimidinyl)-1-piperazine butanol]] on harmaline-, pentylenetetrazol (PTZ)-, methamphetamine (MA)- and D-serine-induced increases in mouse cerebellar levels of cGMP were determined. Ifenprodil, BMY-14802, dextromethorphan, dextrorphan, (+)-SKF 10,047, opipramol and mafoprazine reversed harmaline-, PTZ-, MA- and D-serine-induced increases in levels of cGMP. Rimcazole reversed only the harmaline-induced response. WY-47384 reversed harmaline-, MA-, D-serine-, but not PTZ- or quisqualate-induced increases in levels of cGMP. (+)-Pentazocine attenuated harmaline- and D-serine-, but not PTZ- and MA-induced cGMP responses. Haloperidol did not affect harmaline- and D-serine-induced cGMP responses. (+)-3-PPP and (-)-butaclamol did not affect any of the responses studied. Furthermore, (+)-3-PPP-induced increases in levels of cGMP were reversed by the competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) antagonist, CPP]3-(2-carboxypiperazin-4-yl)propyl- 1-phosphonic acid, the non-competitive NMDA antagonist, (+)-MK-801 (dizocilipine maleate), the NMDA-associated glycine receptor antagonist, HA-966 (3-amino-1-hydroxypyrrolidin-2-one), the partial glycine agonist, DCS (D-cycloserine) as well as by the sigma ligands, ifenprodil, WY-47384, (+)-pentazocine, (+)-SKF 10,047, dextromethorphan and dextrorphan but not by rimcazole.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- T S Rao
- Searle Research and Development, G.D. Searle-Monsanto Co., St. Louis, MO 63198
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Zborowski J, Corazzi L, Arienti G. Regulation of liver base-exchange activity by acidic phospholipids. Biosci Rep 1991; 11:231-6. [PMID: 1790314 DOI: 10.1007/bf01127498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Liver microsomes were enriched in liposomal acidic lipids by Ca(2+)-dependent fusion of liposomes at pH 7.0. The extent of fusion was monitored by the transfer of radioactive cholesteryl oleate. The enrichment of membranes in phosphatidylserine inhibited ethanolamine base-exchange, whereas the fusion with phosphatidylinositol inhibited both ethanolamine and serine base-exchange reactions. In contrast, these two phospholipids had scarce effects on choline base-exchange. Phosphatidic acid did not suppress any of the three base-exchange activities. Possible functional implications are discussed.
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- J Zborowski
- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Nencki Institute for Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland
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Izumi Y, Yoshida T, Yamada H. Purification and characterization of serine-glyoxylate aminotransferase from a serine-producing methylotroph, Hyphomicrobium methylovorum GM2. Eur J Biochem 1990; 190:285-90. [PMID: 2114288 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1990.tb15574.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Serine--glyoxylate aminotransferase was purified to complete homogeneity from a serine-producing methylotrophic bacterium, Hyphomicrobium methylovorum GM2, which possesses the serine pathway. This is the first microbial serine--glyoxylate aminotransferase to be purified. The enzyme has a molecular mass of about 140 kDa and consists of four subunits of identical mass, i.e. 40 kDa. The holoenzyme exhibited absorption maxima at 282 nm and 408 nm, and a shoulder at about 315-345 nm in potassium phosphate pH 7.0; it contained 4 mol pyridoxal 5'-phosphate/mol enzyme. Isoelectric focusing showed that the enzyme had a pI value of 6.9. The Km values for glyoxylate and L-serine were 0.23 mM and 4.98 mM, respectively, and the enzyme showed high specificity for these substrates. The transamination between glyoxylate and L-serine seemed to be nearly irreversible. These data indicated that this serine--glyoxylate aminotransferase plays an essential role in methanol assimilation through the serine pathway in H. methylovorum GM2.
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- Y Izumi
- Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan
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Wood PL, Emmett MR, Rao TS, Mick S, Cler J, Iyengar S. In vivo modulation of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor complex by D-serine: potentiation of ongoing neuronal activity as evidenced by increased cerebellar cyclic GMP. J Neurochem 1989; 53:979-81. [PMID: 2547911 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1989.tb11803.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Direct intracerebellar injections of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) or D-serine elicited dose-dependent increases in cerebellar cyclic GMP levels, in vivo in the mouse. The actions of D-serine were antagonized by the competitive NMDA receptor antagonist 3-(2-carboxypiperazin-4-yl) propyl-1-phosphonic acid and by the phencyclidine receptor agonist MK-801, observations supporting actions at the NMDA-coupled glycine receptor. In addition, the actions of D-serine were antagonized by a partial agonist (D-cycloserine) and an antagonist (HA-966) of the NMDA-coupled glycine receptor. These data are all consistent with D-serine acting at the NMDA-coupled glycine receptor and represent the first demonstration of glycine receptor potentiation of ongoing NMDA-mediated neuronal activity in the CNS, rather than potentiation of exogenous NMDA.
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- P L Wood
- CNS Diseases Research, G.D. Searle and Company, St. Louis, MO 63198
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The pathway of serine synthesis by the rat kidney has been investigated in vivo by measuring the net flux in the presence and absence of specific inhibitors of the glycine cleavage system, phosphoenol-pyruvate carboxykinase and gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase. In normal animals serine release was 705 +/- 187 nmol X min-1 X animal-1, whereas glycine uptake was only 28% of this value. Inhibition of the glycine cleavage system (cysteamine infusion) resulted in a reversal of glycine flux with no change in serine production. In similar experiments with mercaptopicolinate serine release was decreased by 55% with no change in glycine removal. AT-125, a potent inhibitor of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase, had no effect on renal serine and glycine fluxes. In chronically acidotic rats serine synthesis was unchanged, but there were significant increases in the uptake of glutamine (fourfold) and glycine (2.5-fold). Infusion of cysteamine into these animals caused a 50% decrease in serine release with a significant reversal of the glycine flux. Infusion of mercaptopicolinate had effects similar to those observed in normal animals. These results show that renal serine synthesis can occur by both the phosphorylated-intermediate pathway and serine hydroxymethyltransferase in vivo. Furthermore, they demonstrate that glycine can contribute significantly to ammoniagenesis during acidosis.
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Asparagine aminotransferase activity was measured in a variety of mouse tissues. The liver had the highest activity--nearly 20 times more than any of the other tissues tested. Hepatic asparagine aminotransferase was found to consist of cytosolic and mitochondrial forms. The mitochondrial form was found to be the predominant form in mouse tissue. Gel filtration chromatography indicated that the mouse enzyme forms have comparable molecular weights of approximately 70,000. While the substrate specificities of the two forms are very different, asparagine was the preferred amino donor for both forms. The relative contribution to the total activity of the hepatic enzyme forms varies with the animal source. Mouse had the highest level of enzyme activity of all animals tested. Ratios of the two enzyme forms also varied greatly not only with the animal source but also with the substrate used and the isolation conditions.
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Mouse liver asparagine aminotransferase has been found to be a mixture of enzyme forms having a cytosolic component and a mitochondrial component. The molecular weight of the mitochondrial enzyme is 70,800. The mitochondrial asparagine aminotransferase is strongly inhibited by aminooxyacetate. It is less affected by D-cycloserine but a small amount of inhibition is observed. Cysteine strongly inhibits the enzyme as do several sulfhydryl modifying reagents. The activities of the cytosolic and mitochondrial aminotransferases have been separated, and the kinetic properties of the mitochondrial form determined. The mouse liver mitochondrial asparagine aminotransferase is fairly specific for asparagine, utilizing very few amino acids as alternate amino donors and none to a great extent. The keto acid specificity is very broad, but glyoxylate is one of the most active amino group acceptors. The kinetic properties of the mitochondrial enzyme are also reported here and the data indicate strong substrate and product inhibition. Abortive complex formation may account for the deviation of the double reciprocal plots from the expected pattern.
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Hongo S, Ito H, Takeda M, Sato T. Identity of rat liver mitochondrial asparagine-pyruvate transaminase with phenylalanine-pyruvate transaminase. Enzyme 1986; 36:232-8. [PMID: 3106029 DOI: 10.1159/000469299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Identification of rat liver mitochondrial asparagine-pyruvate transaminase with phenylalanine-pyruvate transaminase has been done. When a mitochondria extract was subjected to isoelectric focusing, the two enzyme activities were identically focused. This procedure and DEAE-Sepharose chromatography revealed multiple forms of the enzyme, in which the main form was purified. In the various purification steps the two enzyme activities appeared in the same fraction. The enzyme of the final preparation step gave a single band in polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence and absence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. During the purification, a similar increase of the specific activity and yield were obtained in the two activities. Phenylalanine was found to be a competitive inhibitor of asparagine transaminase. These results suggest the identity of the two enzymes.
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The reaction of porcine pancreatic lipase with an organophosphorus compound bis-p-nitrophenyl methylphosphonate (BNMP) resulted in the complete and irreversible inhibition of lipase activity on tributyrin emulsion (25 degrees C, pH 7.5, 40 mM Na-veronal-HCl buffer) whereas the activity of the enzyme on p-nitrophenyl acetate solution remained unchanged. The BNMP-modified enzyme did not bind on hydrophobic interfaces (siliconized glass beads). Tyr 49 was presumed to be the modification site, and the conclusion has been made that this residue is implicated in the interface recognition site of pancreatic lipase.
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Miki Y, Kishi H, Muraguchi A, Kishimoto S, Yamamura Y, Kishimoto T. The requirement for esterase activation in T cell replacing factor (TRF)-induced IgG production in a human B blastoid cell line. J Immunol 1982; 128:675-8. [PMID: 6798119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Involvement of stimulus-activatable serine esterase in the process of TRF-induced IgG production in a human B blastoid cell line (CESS) was demonstrated. Addition of DFP or PMSF (1 X 10(-3) M to 1 X 10(-5) M) showed a dose-dependent inhibitory effect on TRF-induced IgG induction in CESS cells. Other organophosphorous inhibitors, such as p-NPEPP and PEPP, were also effective, but a nonphosphorylating analogue of DFP, DMP, was not inhibitory. Simultaneous addition of DFP with TRF showed the inhibitory effect, and the inhibition was irreversible. However, pretreatment of the cells with DFP did not abrogate TRF-induced IgG production. In synchronized cells, signals provided by TRF could be transduced only when cells were in the G1-phase, and DFP showed an inhibitory effect only when it was added to cells in the G1-phase with TRF. One amino acid derivative (AAME) partially inhibited TRF-induced IgG production.
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Pipy B, Gaillard D, Derache R. Enzymatic activities of liver serine esterases during the reticuloendothelial system phagocytosis blockade by Carbaryl, an anticholinesterasic insecticide. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1982; 62:11-8. [PMID: 6278676 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(82)90097-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Ohno H, Kosaki G, Kambayashi J, Imaoka S, Hirata F. FOY: [ethyl P-(6-guanidinohexanoyloxy) benzoate] methanesulfonate as a serine proteinase inhibitor. I. Inhibition of thrombin and factor Xa in vitro. Thromb Res 1980; 19:579-88. [PMID: 6449757 DOI: 10.1016/0049-3848(80)90030-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Ogawa M, Kosaki G, Tanaka S, Iwaki K, Nomoto M. An activity of hydrolyzing elastase substrate succinyltrialanine p-nitroanilide in human bile. Clin Chim Acta 1979; 93:235-8. [PMID: 87289 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(79)90094-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Human hepatic bile contained an activity of hydrolyzing N-succinyl-L-alanyl-Lalanyl-L-alanine-p-nitroanilide, a substrate for elastase. The activity was associated with high molecular weight materials and was metal dependent. Neither elastase nor elastase-alpha 2-macroglobulin complex was implicated in this activity.
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Aoki N, Naito K, Yoshida N. Inhibition of platelet aggregation by protease inhibitors. Possible involvement of proteases in platelet aggregation. Blood 1978; 52:1-12. [PMID: 656619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The possible participation of proteases in human platelet aggregation was explored using various protease inhibitors and substrates. Protease inhibitors used included naturally occurring inhibitors of serine proteases and synthetic inhibitors that modify the active site of protease. Substrates used were synthetic substrates for the trypsin type as well as for the chymotrypsin type of protease. All these inhibitors and substrates inhibited platelet aggregation and serotonin release induced by ADP, collagen, epinephrine, or thrombin. In ADP- and epinephrine-induced platelet aggregation the second phase of aggregation was most efficiently inhibited. The inhibitors suppressed the formation of malondialdehyde during platelet aggregation. Release by aggregating agents of arachidonate and its metabolites from indomethacin-treated platelets as well as nontreated platelets was also inhibited. The inhibitors apperar to interact with stimulated platelets but not with unstimulated platelets. These observations suggest that the interaction of an aggregating agent with its platelet receptor activates a unique precursor serine protease that in turn activates platelet phospholipase to liberate arachidonic acid (the precursor of the potent platelet aggregating agent thromboxane A2) from platelet phospholipids.
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Markwardt F. Pharmacological content of hyperproteolytic states in blood by synthetic inhibitors of serine proteinases. Haemostasis 1978; 7:177-82. [PMID: 658778 DOI: 10.1159/000214259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Proteolytic enzymes participate extensively in coagulation, fibrinolysis, kininogenesis, and complement activity. Synthetic low molecular weight inhibitors of these enzymes which belong to the group of serine proteinases allow pharmacological control of these processes. The development of such inhibitors and their therapeutic importance are reported, especially on the pattern of benzamidine derivatives.
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Aoyagi T, Ishizuka M, Takeuchi T, Umezawa H. Enzyme inhibitors in relation to cancer therapy. Jpn J Antibiot 1977; 30 Suppl:121-32. [PMID: 612703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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In the last 11 years the authors have succeeded in isolating nearly 40 enzyme inhibitors of small molecular size from microbial origins. These inhibitors proved to be not only useful tools in analyses of homeostasis of living organisms but also promising agents for cancer chemotherapy. Leupeptin was originally isolated as an inhibitor against serine or thiol proteases such as trypsin, plasmin, papain and cathepsin B. And soon it was demonstrated that leupeptin suppressed chemical carcinogenesis in rats. Pepstatin has an extremely strong activity to inhibit pepsin and cathepsin D. It also inhibits ascites accumulation caused by neoplastic diseases. Bestatin is a specific inhibitor against aminopeptidase B and leucine aminopeptidase. The enzymes are located on the surface membrane in various kinds of cells including lymphocytes. Bestatin was shown to enhance not only blastogenesis of lymphocytes in vitro but also establishment of delayed-type hypersensitivity in vivo. Combined use of bestatin and other antitumor agents gave promising results in animal experiments. Studies on enzyme inhibitors have provided us a new approach to cancer chemotherapy.
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1. The isolated frog spinal cord was used to study the effects of picrotoxin, bicuculline, and strychnine on the responses of primary afferents to amino acids. Recording was by sucrose gap technique. 2. A series of neutral amino acids was found to depolarize primary afferents. Optimal activity was obtained by an amino acid whose carboxyl and amino groups were separated by a three-carbon chain length (i.e. GABA). Amino acids with shorter (i.e. beta-alanine, glycine) or longer (i.e. delta-aminovaleric acid, epsilon-aminocaproic acid) distances between the charged groups were less potent. Imidazoleacetic acid was the most potent depolarizing agent tested. 3. Picrotoxin and bicuculline antagonized the primary afferent depolarizations of a number of amino acids tested with equal specificity. Depolarizing responses to standard (10- minus 3 M) concentrations of beta-alanine and taurine were completely blocked by these convulsants, while depolarizations to 10- minus 3 gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) were only partially antagonized. Glycine responses were unaffected by these agentsk; Strychnine completely blocked beta-alanine and taurine depolarizations and incompletely antagonized several other neutral amino acids. GABA, glutamate, and glycine depolarizations were not affected. 5. These results suggest that there are at least three distinct populations of neutral amino acid receptors on primary afferent terminals: a GABA-like receptor, a taurine/beta-alanine receptor, and a glycine-like receptor. The strychnine resistance of the glycine responses indictaes that the primary afferent receptors for glycine differ from those on the somata of spinal neurones.
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Walsmann P, Markwardt F, Richter P, Stürzebecher J, Wagner G, Landmann H. [Synthetic inhibitors of serine proteinases. 2. Inhibitory effect of amidino benzoic acid homologues and of their esters in comparison with trypsin, plasmin and thrombin]. Pharmazie 1974; 29:333-6. [PMID: 4277282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Tudball N, Thomas P. Studies on the inhibition of the L-serine O-sulphate-degrading system of pig liver and the topography of its active site. Eur J Biochem 1973; 40:25-9. [PMID: 4772681 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1973.tb03165.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Pazmiño N, Doherty DG, Regan JD. Inhibition of DNA and RNA synthesis, but minimally of protein synthesis, in human leukemia cells by a serine antimetabolite. J Natl Cancer Inst 1973; 51:761-5. [PMID: 4517822 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/51.3.761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The conversion of the plasminogen proactivator to plasminogen activator by activated Hageman factor or its fragments has been recognized as an essential step in the conversion of plasminogen to plasmin. The plasminogen proactivator has been completely separated from prekallikrein and pre-PTA, two other proenzyme substrates of activated Hageman factor or its fragments. Plasminogen proactivator, free of any contaminating proteins as assessed by disc gel electrophoresis or isoelectric focusing, revealed a single band with an isoelectric point of 8.9 corresponding in position to the Hageman factor activatable material eluted from replicate unstained gels. After conversion of plasminogen proactivator by Hageman factor fragments to the plasminogen activator, the active site of the plasminogen activator is not inhibited by C1INH and is thus readily distinguished from that of kallikrein or PTA. The plasminogen activator is susceptible to inactivation by DFP while the plasminogen proactivator is not, as has been the case for esterases having a serine in the active site. Its interaction with plasminogen is inhibited by epsilon-aminocaproic acid.
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Porcellati G, Arienti G, Pirotta M, Giorgini D. Base-exchange reactions for the synthesis of phospholipids in nervous tissue: the incorporation of serine and ethanolamine into the phospholipids of isolated brain microsomes. J Neurochem 1971; 18:1395-417. [PMID: 4999162 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1971.tb00004.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Hütter R, Poralla K, Zachau HG, Zähner H. [Metabolic products of microorganisms. 5l. On the mechanism of action of borrelidin-inhibition of the threonine incorporation in sRNA]. Biochem Z 1966; 344:190-6. [PMID: 4860826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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LEIBMAN KC, FELLNER SK. Some aspects of serine metabolism: actions of isoserine and other inhibitors. J Biol Chem 1962; 237:2213-7. [PMID: 14463816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2023] Open
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APOSHIAN HV, WOLFF SM, RHEA WG. The inhibition of serine metabolism in Leuconostoc mesenteroides P-60. I. Microbiological activity of D- and L-penicillamine. Arch Biochem Biophys 1957; 71:442-50. [PMID: 13471048 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(57)90056-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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