The effect of divalent cations on the catalytic activity of the human plasma 3′-exonuclease

Wójcik, Marzena; Stec, Wojciech J.

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“…In compound 3 we replaced the nucleotide bridging P α –P β oxygen atom with a CH 2 group and modified the P γ phosphate moiety to thiophosphate. The catalytic binding site of NPP1 was suggested to contain two Zn 2+ ions, although other reports also suggested activation by Mg 2+ and Ca 2+ ions. , Hence, thiophosphate groups were designed to chelate the tentative Zn 2+ ions . For this reason, we further replaced H8 of the adenine base in ATP by a thiol group, analogue 4 .…”

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Highly Potent and Selective Ectonucleotide Pyrophosphatase/Phosphodiesterase I Inhibitors Based on an Adenosine 5′-(α or γ)-Thio-(α,β- or β,γ)-methylenetriphosphate Scaffold

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Aberrant nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase-1 (NPP1) activity is associated with chondrocalcinosis, osteoarthritis, and type 2 diabetes. The potential of NPP1 inhibitors as therapeutic agents, and the scarceness of their structure–activity relationship, encouraged us to develop new NPP1 inhibitors. Specifically, we synthesized ATP-α-thio-β,γ- CH2 (1), ATP-α-thio-β,γ-CCl2 (2), ATP-α-CH2-γ-thio (3), and 8-SH-ATP (4) and established their resistance to hydrolysis by NPP1,3 and NTPDase1,2,3,8 (<5% hydrolysis) (NTPDase = ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase). Analogues 1–3 at 100 μM inhibited thymidine 5′-monophosphate p-nitrophenyl ester hydrolysis by NPP1 and NPP3 by >90% and 23–43%, respectively, and only slightly affected (0–40%) hydrolysis of ATP by NTPDase1,2,3,8. Analogue 3 is the most potent NPP1 inhibitor currently known, Ki = 20 nM and IC50 = 0.39 μM. Analogue 2a is a selective NPP1 inhibitor with Ki = 685 nM and IC50 = 0.57 μM. Analogues 1–3 were found mostly to be nonagonists of P2Y1/P2Y2/P2Y11 receptors. Docking analogues 1–3 into the NPP1 model suggested that activity correlates with the number of H-bonds with binding site residues. In conclusion, we propose analogues 2a and 3 as highly promising NPP1 inhibitors.

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Highly Potent and Selective Ectonucleotide Pyrophosphatase/Phosphodiesterase I Inhibitors Based on an Adenosine 5′-(α or γ)-Thio-(α,β- or β,γ)-methylenetriphosphate Scaffold

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Ig-like Domain in Endoglucanase Cel9A from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius Makes Dependent the Enzyme Stability on Calcium

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Endoglucanase Cel9A from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius (AaCel9A) has an Ig-like domain and the enzyme stability is dependent to calcium. In this study the effect of calcium on the structure and stability of the wild-type enzyme and the truncated form (the wild-type enzyme without Ig-like domain, AaCel9AΔN) was investigated. Fluorescence quenching results indicated that calcium increased and decreased the rigidity of the wild-type and truncated enzymes, respectively. RMSF results indicated that AaCel9A has two flexible regions (regions A and B) and deleting the Ig-like domain increased the truncated enzyme stability by decreasing the flexibility of region B probably through increasing the hydrogen bonds. Calcium contact map analysis showed that deleting the Ig-like domain decreased the calcium contacting residues and their calcium binding affinities, especially, in region B which has a role in calcium binding site in AaCel9A. Metal depletion and activity recovering as well as stability results showed that the structure and stability of the wild-type and truncated enzymes are completely dependent on and independent of calcium, respectively. Finally, one can conclude that the deletion of Ig-like domain makes AaCel9AΔN independent of calcium via decreasing the flexibility of region B through increasing the hydrogen bonds. This suggests a new role for the Ig-like domain which makes AaCel9A structure dependent on calcium.

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A guide for measurement of circulating metabolic hormones in rodents: Pitfalls during the pre-analytical phase

Bielohuby¹,

Popp²,

Bidlingmaier³

2012

Molecular Metabolism

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Researchers analyse hormones to draw conclusions from changes in hormone concentrations observed under specific physiological conditions and to elucidate mechanisms underlying their biological variability. It is, however, frequently overlooked that also circumstances occurring after collection of biological samples can significantly affect the hormone concentrations measured, owing to analytical and pre-analytical variability. Whereas the awareness for such potential confounders is increasing in human laboratory medicine, there is sometimes limited consensus about the control of these factors in rodent studies. In this guide, we demonstrate how such factors can affect reliability and consequent interpretation of the data from immunoassay measurements of circulating metabolic hormones in rodent studies. We also compare the knowledge about such factors in rodent studies to recent recommendations established for biomarker studies in humans and give specific practical recommendations for the control of pre-analytical conditions in metabolic studies in rodents.

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The effect of divalent cations on the catalytic activity of the human plasma 3′-exonuclease

Cited by 3 publications

References 41 publications

Highly Potent and Selective Ectonucleotide Pyrophosphatase/Phosphodiesterase I Inhibitors Based on an Adenosine 5′-(α or γ)-Thio-(α,β- or β,γ)-methylenetriphosphate Scaffold

Highly Potent and Selective Ectonucleotide Pyrophosphatase/Phosphodiesterase I Inhibitors Based on an Adenosine 5′-(α or γ)-Thio-(α,β- or β,γ)-methylenetriphosphate Scaffold

Ig-like Domain in Endoglucanase Cel9A from Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius Makes Dependent the Enzyme Stability on Calcium

A guide for measurement of circulating metabolic hormones in rodents: Pitfalls during the pre-analytical phase

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